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COPmaH*. lose. BT yXBIEST. INC. . AIX mOHTS BESEBTED 



108. No. 4 



NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1932 



56 PAGES 







; Rewlto stations a.rQ .1!>ei.ng contact- 
trd bjr a midwest Inaarance company 
t^hlch Oifters t<» cqver the station 
ftgalnst losses from, llbei or slander 
Actldhsi 

.' Flerured py the stations and in- 
iurance company that- the present 
time is ripe for such, protection be- 
itiatise of the. coming heat of the No- 
vember-election. . 
: While ■ broadcasters have been 
'discussing: the hecessitj^'for protec- 
ilon against libel and. slander suits, 
■thla Is. the first attempt -by an Insur- 
ftnoe company '.to itiee^^^ talk by 
•fteHner concrete ooveragre... 
;' There> little likelihood of the sta- 
tions coming .under . the Insurance 
Ikmbrelle, most of them claiming 
fhey don't heed any .'protection be- 
cause they keep too close a watch 
6n the stuff ar(?ln^' oyer their trana- 
tnitters. Bvery . political speech is 
^refuily . checked ' both before and 
4ur^g the time' .OA the ' air and -on 
Any bint of veering away from the 
^opjr handed IH; before the broad- 
cast, the speaker la immediately sl- 
fehced out of the air. Advertising 
Copy Is always e.diteii bel^ore allowed 

the ether. 

Ad Lib Chances . 
Jnsurance company Is making its 
hie plea,',;however; on the basis of 
XCpntinued on page. 54) 



A Trade Secret 



. Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Phoning a wrestler, who was 
to do a part in 'Rackety Rax,' 
to report for a test, Fox studio 
received this answer: 

'I can't come at that time be- 
cause I have to rehearse for 
my bout.* 



L A YOKELS GO 
FOR BARTER 





PARIS tOLIES BERGER£' 
SET FOR CHICAGO EXPO. 



Paris. : Oct. 3. 
'J.he Chicago exhibition ig to have 
l^^'Foljles; Bergere show produced by 
Iiouls liemarchand, who for years 
itroduced the 'FoUes Bergere' show 
In Paris, and recently separated 
trom Paul . I>erval, who retains the 
iuMise. 

; Ai'rangements for his trip are be- 
ing: made through LeO Mantin, 
iiLaherlcan dancer, who has appeared 
^rlth Eleanor Ninon. Latter is 
idated to head the Chicago cast. 

Chicago meatpacker money 'will 
1l>ack the show, which should come 
to Chicago after breaking In at At- 
lantic City and Philadelphia. A 
. bhicago theatre will be rented for 
the duration of the exhibition. Pro- 
Quctlon will be strictly on the 
'holies Bergere' lines, but American 
talent only is to be used with the 
texceptlbii of a line of a dozen 
French girls to give the show a 
AuiSlan touch. 

-Tentative arrangements were 
auude for -temarchand, who spent 
|tl» -summer on his yacht on the 
Mhrlera, to sail for America with 
Mantin and Ninon. 



CELLULOID BLACESTOHE 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
John Lodge, local attorney, goes 
•creen. Got a Metro contract on 
iiia flrst screen test. Contracted 
through Schulberg-Feldnutn agency. 



Los Angeles, Oct.- 1. 
Los Angeles is going strong fpr 
the barter and swap! idea, with ex- 
changes for buyers and sellers 
opening all over the city. . In these 
markets one can swap this for that 
with little money passing. 

AH sorts of merchandise is of- 
fered, on the exchange boards, for 
what have you : Automobiles, air- 
planes, real estate, groceries,, dress 
goods, notions, bath tubs, clothing, 
furniture, chickens, electric fix- 
tures, musical instruments, all are 
offered on one downtown mart. 

Exchanges operate on various 
bases. Some charge a fixed 
amount for listings. Others take a 
percentage of the cash which passes 
hands. It Is estimated that over 
100 exchanges are in operation lo- 
cally. . . 

Idea was started here by a real 
estate man, who found that, while 
he couldn't, sell property, people 
were Interested in the furnishings 
of several houses lie was holding. 
Investigation proved that few of the 
prospective buyers had cash. . He 
didn't want to start a credit busi- 
ness, so looked for a swap. Idea 
caught on and an exchange was 
opened. . , 

Board exchanges are good for 
(Continued oh page 54) 



Roller Skates Save Cab 
Fare for Chi Chorines 

Chicago, Oct. 3. 

Several chorus girls living at the 
Park Dearborn hotel have been roll- 
er skating to and from the Grand 
Opera House. They can be heard 
going down the hotel corrlders every 
night around midnight. 

Guests wise to exploitation tricks 
waited ail last week for the dailies to 
pick up the stunt with art. GlrlB 
denied It was anything more cal- 
culating than their own desire to 
beat that 06 cent taxlcab fare be- 
tween the Grand and the hotel. 

Anyhow, the dallies never touched 

It. 



LOOIH 

mm m 



Screen's Forgotten Men and 
Wometi Parade Daily to 
Coast Stations Despite 
Futility of their Effort*^ 
Pushed into Siakne Rank 
as the Extras at M. P. 
Studios 



OPTIMISTIC, HOWEVER 



Hollywood, Oct. S. 

.Gtiances of old time picture play- 
ers getting spots in air dramas and 
serials, on which the stations h^re 
■re currently overboard, are one in 
a 1,000l Wm about the same percent- 
age that exists for the -extra reach- 
ing stardom. 

Despite the odds there's a parade 
of the screeia's forgotten men and 
women to, the local stations dally. 
It's the same army that has virtu- 
ally given up hope of ever getting 
back Into pictures,- yet they are op- 
timistic about the air, despite the 
continuous turndowns. 

Unlike the east, the stormers at 
radio's gates are not would-be sing- 
ers, who may have made good in the 
old home town. : Here they are 
nearly all actors aiid actresses who 
once knew success either on stage 
or screen. 

Plus the hordes of ex-fllmites 
looking for the ether Jobs, there are 
the thousands of former legit and 
stock company players who have 
flocked here since the start of the 
talker era. 

$9 Per Performance 

Salary for the air acting jobs are 
standardized at )B a performance, 
but it Is figured that for every one 
(Continued on page 64) 

'VANITiES' CREW OF 82 
AT $6,000, 30!!; OF NUT 

Elarl Carroll's 'Vanities' Is using 
82 stage hands, at the Broadway 
New York. Wages average close 
to ISO a week with overtime. 

At that, rate, the bill for stage 
hands is almost $6,000 a week, or 
about 30% of the show's stage pay- 
roll. 



Their Own Idea 



Los Angeles, Oct S. 
♦Drums Of VoodOo,MndiBpen- 
dently produced novelty fea- 
ture, had 800 feet of a negro 
girl doing a nude dance when 
finished four months ago. Aftef 
playing the Main Street grind?, 
the dance sequence Is down to 
40 feet. 

Projectionists, Interested tn 
erotica, are to blame. 





unmists 

First Ni^t Lbts, Fewer Critics 



Air Minded 



Solly Viollnsky was bewail- 
ing his toiigh radio breaks 
when' a cross current of con- 
versation veered to the sub- 
ject of cremation. 

'Thaf B it,* shouted the Vio- 
llnsky. 'When I die, cremate 
me and thitow my ashes to the 
four winds. - It's the only way 
I'll ever get on the air.' 



UNIONMAKES 
M APPEAL 
FOR JOBS 



Cincinnati, Oct 8. 

The Greater Clncy local of, union, 
operator^ took to the - air Oct 2, 
over WCKT, Covington, Ky.,. for a 
month's campaign of trl-weekly 16- 
mlnute programs designed to regain 
Jobs for members^ la 16 nabes which 
have not accepted . the projection- 
ists' new scale; For a year, up to 
dept. 1 last, 49. independent ex- 
hibitors in this area operated with 
union booth men, who demanded 
that two operators be engaged 
simultaneously. 

In their broadcasts the operators 
will tell . that they are American 
born, own homes, some are ex- 
soldiers, have children In school, 
patronize stores In their neighbor- 
hood and call upon listeners to a:p- 
peal to owners of theatres they 
name to give them back their Jobs. 

WCKT Is operated by U B. Wil- 
son, who, owns four of the leading 
film houses In Covlngtoiv opposite 
Clncy, which we're non-union . until 
the operators came down' in their 
demands. The station is a .6,000- 
watter and .calls itself ''the Voice 
of Cincinnati," located "one minute 
from Cincinnati." It is on the NBC 
network and uses 180 KBC pf j)grams 
weekly, as compared to 56 by Cros- 
ley's WLW and WSAl, located in 
Cincinnati. 



FREE TUXES 



RKO Managers Under $S0 a V/eelt 
Crash a Free Dinner Jacket 



Managers or assistant managers 
who are paid less than $60 weekly 
by RKO are to be provided with 
tuxedos by the circuit itself. 

RKO requires managers and as- 
sistants' to wear black and white 
combinations evenings, with the 
better paid lads obliged to buy their 
own mufti. 



First . night list, to the press for 
Broadway's legit premiere? totals 44 
pairs or 88 tickets, distributed priiiv 
cipally to 'the i|ine ^ leading' dalles 
published in Ma;nhattan. It Is the 
same number of premiere ducats as 
when thete ttrOre 13 dailies several 
years ago. First night lists fluc- 
tuate, some managers adding: to the 
standard total, Hightest number 
given out applied to a major musical 
of some years back, when '108 press 
seats -were sent , bnt 

Reasons^'why as ihany press , first 
nights are given Out now as former- 
ly,- (iespilte decfeiaae in the number Of 
newspapers published (I'oweisft num- 
ber In a gerte/'ation), is explained by 
the advent of Br'oadway columnists, 
who think they are entitled to sit In 
at openings and aro getting away 
with it; Another and probably the 
ihaln reaspii is the enlarging of dra-r 
matlc staffs. ' 

A 'Mild Racket* 
The coluninlstsl angle is a peculiar 
one, thps^ scribes believing that it 
gives' tiiem prestige to witness pre- 
mieres. If . not on the HrEit night list 
they think themselves slighted and 
do not hesitate t<) declare them- 
selves to managers and press agents. 
'A mild form of r^icket' Is the way 

-(Continued on page 54) . 



FEMMES' GAB SPELS 
COAST BARS' FINISH 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Speaks in this territory have been 
discarding their bars to comply "with 
the wishes of the men higher up 
to whom . they look for protection. 
Majority of places now .lerve drinks 
only -to customers seated at tables. 

Owners, said . that .bars put too 
much 'heat'. . on the Joints. Cus- 
tomers, .especially women, gab too 
freely ajjtout. putting their feet on 
the rail, . About watching the bar- 
tenders .w.orjc and other thrills of 
talcing U .over, the; mahogany. On 
the other .hand, fcmmes inclined to 
aridness,. .got. an earful and began 
complaining, .to . the district attor- 
ney's ofKce 

Big p.erc.entrtge . of. femme trade 
here includes . tourists and women 
getting their. first peep at a speak. 
When takJnfe drinks in tea fashion 
at a table, they aren't likely to gab 
about It. eo. much. 



for 



In tke Box 

" ■ WihneapoUs, Oct. 

Local undertakers going in 
sliowmanflhip to .stimulate biz. 

Hou.sc-to-HousiP' convasscrs tn 
ciuo.st for ordpr." for cofflns, etc., plus 
n^wspappp, billboard and radio cam- 
pal-ijn. 



VABlETr 



P I tC T a RES 



Studios New 'Be Polite Rule Has 
Colony Wondering What s HapiMened 



Hollywood, Oct, 3. 
Hollywood has been treated to a 
shock lij the past two weeks,, >vlth 
the cleanout of Badib's . casting de; 
partiinent and the management of 
Fox's Cafe A« Paris, because the 
(itudios decided the departments 
were going high-hat, and that peo- 
ple who frequented them were re- 
ceiving uncivil treatment. Change 
has the locals figurlhg the burg hias 
gon^ violet. 

It's ' underttood lhat David I. 
SelEnick had received a. number ,. of: 
complaints; from .plajrers and extra^ 
people regarding the ' hlgh-handied 
mannet- in xvhich lesser- members 
ot :the casting ofnce conducted the 
affairs of . the ..departriient. In the 
c^£^nge Selznick is understood to; 
have ordered polite service -to 
everyone, no .majter .hpwvunlmriQr-' 
tant ,thejr.aji;e.;;!. .'^ ' ^ :. V , ,; 

Fox .'ca^'e . was getting pl,4nty rit?y.. 
w-ith the Olympic; games .the high 
spot, when studio personnel was 
shunted . ail q ver". .tjie .cate Jn. order 
toi-give. th«- visitors tbe breiak..' Se- 
fpre, the gamea.eijded, Uje cafe^be.- 
ga,n to loblr like a ni'glit pp'ioi, with, 
the same... type;, of . , sejrylqe ' ofi!ere4>' 
Only: peifsoi^ ,thfiy ; didn'.t kick aroun^ 
wtw wni .]Ftpger8,r:TvhQ ;ea^s at/whaj- 
evet'tabifr.he chooses, and. is. usually 
dressed. in .^foiiYeraUS' ,• .. • : i ]■ 

.i?olH(e „ oi'clerB, .which, ib.a.ye gone 
out at b.pthi stvdips,:. are .making the 
ranki and file of .the employees f^el.. 
prjptty ^ppd, aft<^r a ijuniber of years 
of .'treiEiltinent. which; claiss.^ them as 
fimiall fry. •. • ■ :.r' ; ; v.; : 



Chaplin's Trade-in 



Hollywood, Oct. 3, 
Charlie J Chaplin , bought a 
new toreign car and received 
a 14.000 allowance on his old 
one of th6 same make/ . The 
salesman, remarked to itie qqr. 
median . that the amount al- 
lowed on th^ tradfiiln was a 
7,5% loss tp the agency as "the 
resale value of his old car wa9 
only .11,000., . , . \ ■, 

i'ollpwin^' day.',6hapjfti sent' 
one o' his stiidid employees to 
the atency to buy back the 'car 
at '; Ji;0]JO', , • ithereby . profiting 
$3,obo-'cn paper' bn the deal. ' 



DouUin' the Ante 



Shoi<tage r again" of ^ good titles at 
Badio: has the- atudio offering $100 
for • every- handle, suggested by . an 
.employee) and used on a released 
picture; 

■ Previous pffer at Radio was- $50.. 



Roach on MG Exchange 
Ttip, Using 'Loew's l^^ 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
. Hal Roach left here today (Mpnr 
day') In Arthur_Ii6ew*s planie, for a 
three weeks'' ; tour , of . MGM . ex- 
changes. ' ■ ^ 

He goes ilirst .tP Salt Lake City, 
thence . east,, .stppping. , ii) St. . Paul, 
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo,, 
Rochester, Boston and New York. 
Return flight will be ihade over the 
southern route;. 



ONE mE QUADRUPLET 
Wmi M AT S400 PER 

. v-.-:"* ■ ' ■." ' . .... . .. 

■ . • ., ■ ' ,Xips. Angeles, ' Oct. 3. 

' , Jo4n jSalel pnel^:pf ti>e, G^l.e quiad- 
ruplets, '.sitartis, .a six year'^ optional 
c6nirja^.,wjth 2;' 1933, at 

$46j},J^, w^e'ejk,. Sbe.'worKg ^'^^ to $1,- 
500^ a week" if all' claises .a^e picked 
up.. .oticfioi;dlxig^ to , her; (Contract np\V 
up'.itoi; Sup'ejrliir court VpP.r?yal- The, 
gJLrt^iigJf. Jtiifiuwr./' ■ .a-!,^ .. 

j ..^tos G^le'g feal. naipe is Joan. CrlJ- 
Jnartini . ,.JIer "mother apptaJt-s. 'as' 
guardian/ ' . ■ . ' 

jCcurt Ok^s ^350 i^^^ 
i In '3^ for Buster Phelps 

! .• ^ ■ Lot "Angeles,- Oct. 3; '<" 
• Contract between Buster Phelps, 
(Ive-year-pld actor, and Radio studio 
has been approved by. Judge Parker 
jWpod in Superior cpurt here. far. 
pers, , provide, that , thei child, cur- 
rently in 'Little Orphan Annie,' is 
bptipned for. the next two years for 
a. nxihimuni of if our weeks', work 
0ach year. Salary, during 1933 is 
ise't at $350 a week^ and In 1934, 
1450. 

Court also approved the taking 
lip of Phyllis Fraser'B option by 
Radio, l^hrough an overslgbt the 
,studip| had failed to dp so at the 
tight time,' arid petitioned the cdurt 
for permission to keep the girl un- 
der contract; , although 1.6 tlays late 
in notifying her*. 






WILL MAHQNEY 

This Week, Earle .Theatre, Washr 
nfljton, .D^ .C. ; 

.The -Oakland Post "Enaulrer'"' 
said: "Will I\liahoney is, onP of 
those rare comedians who think up 
li^w antics all the time. Not only 
does he roll hls.'audienceE into the 
Aisles, but hie panics them with his 
hew invention, the Mahoney-plione. 
The man Is, .a wonder.". 

■ Direction 

RALPH G. FARNUM 

., .1580 Broadway. 




DowHng Now at Metro 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Eddie Dowlihg.'ttbt the jperformer, 
formerly 'Ih the. Shubert office in 
New York, and ex-hiidband of Efetty 
Comptpn, musical comedy actress, 
1b now working bh the Metro lot. ' 

He's alsslstihg Jack Cuihmlngs, 
who is directing a series of musi- 
cal shorts. 



lUXAS-KABIO^ IN PEESON 

Boris Karloft and Paul Luk»s are 
being offered lor vaude dates. 

Lyons .&- Lyons • are negotiating 
with Loew for the 'Screen' pair: ■ i 









INDEX 






Bills 




37 


Burlesque . .'i,.. 




40 


Chatter ^ . 




39 


Editorial .. . ............ 




41 


Exploitation . . ; . . . . v. . 




17 


Film House Review-fi.'. . . 


♦ 


33 ■■ 


Film Reviews . . . i ; .. . v . .\ 




16 


Foreign Film News......; 


11 


Foreign Show News..... 


« 


44 


Inside — Legit ........... 


• - 


42 


Inside — Music .......... 


• 


63 


Inside — Pictures ....... 


• 


41 


Inside — Radio 




50 


Legitimate ............. 


.42- 


46 


Letter List. ,; . 


• 


54 


Literati 




47 


IMCusic 


*.32 


-53 






34 


News from the Dailies. . . 




38 


Nite Clubs ........ .'h , . . 


• 


52 






65 


Outdoors 




55 


JF^lctui'€s. •«'•••»«••««■•«■ 


.,2 


-29 


Radio ................. 


.48 


-5,2 


Radio Chatter. ......... 




48; 


Radio Reports., 


* • 


50 


Talking Shorts.;....... 




15 






36 


Vaudeville .. . . . '. . . . 


.30 


-32 


Vaude House Review.s. . 
i-^- — -■- 


..34 


-35 




No T<mr for 'Kid' Gals 

: Hollywood, Oct. 3. • 
Sam Goldwyn has decided to let 
kp all 'the chorus girls whom he had 
under contract in 'Kid .From 
iSpaln.' 

That will probably eliminate 
their going on a 'picture hPuse 
toOr. 



HAUMN SFITZEB SET 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Marian Spitzer has been added to 
JParairnount's editorial board in ad- 
dition to her duties as' story scout. 



. Film, directors are protean artists 
.who transf.orm themselves,, at. a slg- 

hal from their employers. Into 
inakiers of comedy, wielders of. slap- 
stick, wringers of tears. 

One or two establish themselves 
aa - stylists who are given their 
choice of scripts, moods and play- 
ers. ' Rut Ibir every such one there's 
a dozen other^, says Archie Maiyo, 
who are jacks-of -all-trades in Hol- 
lywood. 

They are creative, artists who are 
deprl'ved of the divine privilege of 
creation. . They are assigned to sto- 
ries, . pla.yers apd. mpods that are 
dealt out .as iD^ipe'rEionally as a deck 

of cards. , • • . 

I . - • ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 

! 'A dii^ector may, feel no. response 

to the script . thrust at him by the 
studio. He may know: that the au- 
thor's intent .has been mismated 
with the cast selected tP interpret 
his picpe. . He may start to. work on 
& picture with fals heart broken. But 
he works .on that picture Just the 
same, hpping. that out of his per- 
sonal pride ih his work will evolve 
la, film of which he need not be 
ashamed.' 

Though he suspects that this cpn- 
ditlon has caused sad days at the 
box office, Mr. Mayo doesn't pro- 
test the prder of things. He makes 
a philosophic rule of never protest- 
ing anything vigorously. A loyal 
HpllywoPdite, he offers apologies for 
his industry the moment after he 
(Continued on. page 26)' 



Screen Celebs (M Hide Their - 
Right Names in L A. Coiirl^ 



They Don't Change; 



, .,.| . Hollyw:pod,i .Oct., 9, " 
Announcer on the 'Hollyyrpod 
on the Air' radio program 't,wo 
weeks ago informed listeners- 
in that any questibnis concern- 
ing picture celebs would be 
answered over the air on sub- 
seQueht programs. 

At least 700 inquired as tp 
the ages of stars; what pic- 
tures they would be in n^xt, 
and more than 25"^ of the in- 
quisitive wanted to know: 
-'What -Hlvould I do to, get in 
pictures?" 



BencUey East, Undecided 
:Over Writing-Acdng Bid 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
\ Robert Benchley left here today 
tor New York, to resume his. edt-' 
^orlal post - on 'The New Torker.' 
j After stealing hPnprd iii Radio 
pictures' 'SpPrt Page;' ■With a bit 
is air announcer; 'studio offered him 
a contract, to go - into Effect In' the 
spring, under which he would both 
jivrite' attd act. -He left- without 
ijnaklng a decision on the offer. 
I Beiichley haa been • here ' two 
months, during which time he wrote 
dialog for' 'Page,' and played the 
|>art in the picture, which was built 
up in reta/kes after the pi-evlew so 
that the writer would have a fattier 
bpot. 

. Benchley may make deal east to 
dp a series of shorts for RKO in 
New York. 



K. C. *Star' Critic Sells 
Original Yarn to FN 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
I Jack Moffltt, dramatic editor of 

!he 'Kansas City Star,' here on the 
Jern story, found enough time be- 
pre returning home to drop in on 
parryl Zanuck at First : National, 
jsmd sell him an^ air opus, 'Hawk's 
Jtfate.' 

j First National are also dickering 
for another original .from this writer. 



i TJi DAUGHEETY TO COAST 

■ Ed Daughtiery,, star reporter on 
i^. T. 'Mirror' and 'Liberty* author. 
Is going Hollywood. U has signed 
|ilm through Leo Morrison on a 
writer contract. 

U. is also interested in buying 
Daugherty's story, 'Shackeled Cin- 
derella.' 



AETHXTB KLEIN'S N. T. MISSION 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Arthur Klein will leave for New 
York tomorrow (Tuesday), to look 
fpr available talent to be ~ booked 
through . the Schulberg-Feldman 
agency. 



Un-bylined and Unsung 

By Ruth Morris ' 



j He wa^ited tp write a book.. He 
•went to college to study Journalism. 
He stiU thinks he'll 'flriiish that play. 
But he. was di'.afteji into the arrty of 
•those who market fame and are de- 
bjrlv^ed of its by-lines. He's a mov- 
ing picture press agent. , , 

Quiet, unassuming, he blows a 
loud trumpet . In th^ orchestra of 
jBallyhoo., He sees prominence from 
tthe seamy side but he strings to- 
gether yarns of cpnVincing fallacy 
on the great and near great. He 
smiles about it only to himself — a 
smile that lodges Hi his eyes and 
stays there to brighten a profes- 
sionally poker face. 

He writes only for publication. 
But he has a little list, mostly 
mental, of his own private summary 
of ' the players he's helped . to make 
famous. 

He'is for exterminating the. actors 
who read their press clippings and 
come, in time, to believe them. He'd 
gladly strangle Hbllywbodites whp 
come east on personal appearance 
tours. They break into his busy 
day with comiilalnts about the 
hotels at \yhich they're booked. This 
one Isn't good. enough; they all want 
to stop at that one. Many, terrified 
at the prospect of contacting a, vis- 
ible .'iiidience, order prepared 



'Next,' enumerates Joe Ppessagent) 
'thier6's .the actre;3S' who writes that 
she's coming to town and will put' 
herself at' the disposal of the' pub- 
licity departmenit. We, line Up In- 
terviewsr. After she gives two, our 
little Pbllyanna develops laryngitis. 

'Thei-e'S So-and-So, the star with 
a swelled head. He used to , bd a 
good guy* But how he thinks he 
doesn't need publicity. In town on 
ia vacation, he doesn't want to be 
disturbed. I don't disturb him. I 
Just slip the hamei of his hotel, or 
the town or boat where he's hiding, 
to every reporter who wants ah in- 
terview. He can't resist the flat- 
tery of a personal call. He'll talk 
for a high school Journalist.' 

Married couples are averse to 
publicity. They want to meet their 



Film New Acts 



, Following picture players 
who are making personal stage 
appearances are reviewed in 
this issue, under New Acts, on 
page 31. . 
Jack Mulhall. 
Josephine Dunn. 



friends and do the town. Invari- 
ably, one weakens and talks for the 
press whereupon the otheir becomes 
Jealous. Since interviewers are 
irarely Interested in more than one 
member of a family, Joe Pressagent 
uses his wits and dispatches a group 
of stooges, posing as newspaper 
men, to the hotel suite of the neg- 
lected star. 

The hlghi-hat actor freezes up on 
interviewers who- try to probe into 
his dbmestic life. He must be pro- 
tected from the gushers, the school 
girl sobbies who want to know what 
he has for breakfast, what color he 
prefers in ties. 

'Once in a lifetime,' continues Joe, 
'I worked witix an actress who was 
a good scout. She doesn't vyant to 
shop, gp to the theatre or meet her 
old friends. She'll Jump through 
hoops for publicity. But she insists 
upon being interviewed over lunch 
in speakeasies. She'll talk all day 
as she runs up a luncheon check of 
$50.' 

There is also the actress whom 
the press agent, in spite of his dis- 
illusionment regarding , celebrities, 
personally admires. She'll arrive in 
town and be so thoroughly human, 
sweet and reasonable that, before 
Joe knows what's happened, she'll 
<Contlnued on page 27). 



LPs Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Reporters coviering the courthouse 
for the dailies are taking no chances 
on muffing suits agciinst fllm .fcliebs 
who are sued under their right 
names: A lone list of straight and 
screen names of picture people 'has ' 
been posited for the enlightenment 
Of the county, clerk's staff. 

• A» -the stars marry and divorce, 
list is changed, and when new- 
names climb Into headlines they ta'feH 
added to ' the "roster, wh ich ife' feiJf. 
ferred to • frequently by the ebi^jf* ". 
beat men. m ;.'i 

List, headed by an admonitioff^'^b 
'watch these names!' includes: ' '- • 
' Profls'sBional Righi Name '. 

Llla.,Lee. . , .-. . .Augusta' Appel ' 

Mte Marsh;.. ....Mrs. Xopla X. A^l ' 

Florence VIdor .Florence .-Arta 

."3ally Phlpps;. Byrnlce Buetler 

Monte BnnkB. .Mnrlo. Blnnchl 

Elsie Janls..,. Els'e Blerbauer 

Billie Dove 1 . . . : . T.111 Ian Bohny " 

Fnnny Brice..;;- Viv .Fnntiy Borpeh 

HIchnrd Dlx. Ernsst Brimmer 

James HnJI.:. . ... ... ...» Jaraen BrO-^vn 

Barbara Kint . Bnrbnya Clontiftan 
Betty Gom-pson.. — .-. i . .I^ulslne Compfeoir 

Gary Cooper..... i FrpnK J. Cooper 

Clelre. ■Wlpdepr. .................. OiKa Cronk 

John Garrlck. RtglnalU Danfly 

Gilbert Rolnnd 

DcAlonzo T..0U Is Antonio Dfimoso 
Renee- Adi)ree:'. . . .'. . , . Jeanne De La Fontis 
Dp'.ores .del.Blo 

Lbllta Dolores Asuns'olo D« Martinez 

Katfaryn 'Carver. ; . vCatherlne Drum ' 

Tpd Ctal^^. , . . .ina FaBen 

Phlrley Mason ...Leona Flugratl; 

Ed.\vln Cnrew. .Tan Fox 

.Samuel Goldwyn. Samuel Goldfish 

Roltind Drew , Walter GosB 

Karl Dane. .Raismus Knrl Thekelson GottUeb 

Roy D'Aroy. ..... Roy Oulsti 

Gret.R, Oarbo. .Greta . Oustavson 

June Collyer Dorothea Heermance 

Farina.., ^.. Allen Clay Hosklns ' 

Dorothy Janls Dorothy Penelope Jones 

Rlcardo Cortez Jack Krantz 

Nancy Drexel Dorothy Kitchen 

Norman Kerry.. ..Arnold Kaiser 

Jack Dakle...,. Jack Kesterton 

Mae Murray , Marie Koenls 

Xancy CarrolK -.Nancy I>« HIIT 

.Sue Catol. . Evelyn Lederer - 

Gwen,t«e. .Gwen Le- Plnekl ' 

Jeahettd Jjott Jitn LoVe 

Ev^'3outhern Elvira McDowell ' 

Gllda Gray Mnrlitnna Micholeka 

Colleen Moore Kathleen Morrison 

Sally O'Neal Ghotsey Noonua 

Molly O'Dey. .Molly- Noonart 

X^ne Chandler.. Robert Clipton Oakea . 

Raquel Torres Paula Ostefman' 

Don AKrEkraUo.'. .' . Jose Falg^ ' 

Stepin . Fetchit . ; .Joe Ferry. 

Carole. Lombard .Jane Peters ' 

Madge Bellamy..... .....Margaret Phlllpott ' 

Anita Page .Anita I'omares 

Nick Stuart Nikolas Prata 

Jack Gllbert.^. ..John Ptingle 

Evelyn Brent....... .B<itty RIggs 

Ramon , Novarro Ramon Satnanelgo 

Arthur Lake ..^Arthur Sllverlaka 

John DatroW ......Harry Simpson 

Mack SennettI Mlckall SInnott 

Josef voii Sternberg Joe Stern 

Ford Sterling George Ford Stitch 

Virgipla ;Valli. ........ ...Virginia Sweeney 

Hugh Trevor. .Hugti Thomas 

Rupert Julian....... Percival Thomas 

Frances I.ee. .Merna .Tlbbetts 

Douglas 1 alrbahks. .Douglas.'Ullman 

Rudy Vallee... ..Hubert Prior Valie» 

Rlchard^ Arlen Richard -Van Mattlmore^ 

Pau) Muni... Muni- Welsenfreund 

Myriia Loy .Myr'na 'WiUlama 

Alice White '..Alva 'White 

Kathryn Crawford ....Catherine Toung 



Wally Reid, Jr/s First 
Auto Yarn for St. Rightis 

Hollj'Avood, Oct. 3. 

\Villls Kent has selected 'The 
Racing Strain' as the first auto 
speed story which will feature Billy 
Reid, 14-year-old son of the late 
Walla!ce Reid. Youngster, who win 
be billed as 'Wallace, Jr., starts 
work today (3) at International. 

Jerome Storm, who will direct, 
will spend one day on interiors, with 
the remainder of the. footage beih^ 
Aimed at "the Ascot speedway. Pic- 
ture will 'be state righted. 



SAILINGS 



! Oct, 15 (New York to San Fran:- 
Ci^co) . Herman Wobber CVirginia), 

Oct. 12 (New York to Chcrbpurg');.--' 
Mr. ahd Mrs. Clyde Elliott, Marian • 
Burns, Carl Berger, Harry "Woode, 
all of Fox's 'Man-Eater' company 
and James Spearing (Aquitania); 

Oct. 10 (Los Angeles to Singa- 
pore) , Technical crew of Fox's 
■Man-Eater' company (President 
Harrison). 

Oct 8 (New York to Paris), Fred 
Pelton, OUndo Cecc.irlni. Martin 
S&belman, Giovinni Del Lonj^o 
(Paris). ■ 

Oct. 1 (New York to Lpndp'niij 
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin (Bre- 
men). 

Oct. 1 (New, York to Hamburg), 
Anna Chevllier (Rori), Robert 
Plumpe Murnau (Milwaukee). 

Sept. 30 (New York to London), 
Maurice Ostrer, AVilllani Gell (Bre- 
men). 

Sept 30 (New York to London), 
Max Schmeling, Mr. and Mr.s. Har- 
old Lloyd, Alfred A. Knopf, Johnny 
I "Walker (Bremen). 



Tuesday, October 4« 1932 



PICT 



E S 



VARIETY 



BEERY, HAYES 
SEEM SET FOR 
AWARDS 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Nominations for Academy awards 
of the past season show a prepon- 
derance of votes eoing to Wallace 
Beery in. 'The Champ' a.s the best 
periConiianc^ .of the year by a male 
player. Helei^ Hayes, iii 'The Sin of 
Madelon Claudet,' seems to head the 
list for the leadlner femme. 'Champ' 
gets a second showing with Frances 
S^afiion in line for wrltingr the best 
brleinal, and Edwin Burke is due 
fqr, Ahe iaward oh the best adapta- 
tion of his work on 'Pad Girl.' 

Pfhere are two other nominations 
In each class, but those named 
above seem to have the majority 
of vot6s in excess of the required 
60i^!C This virtually clinches the 
(election. 



Itockabye' Retakes 
Tift Nut to $600^^ 
Build Up Benchley 



' Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Radio is now making extensive 
retakes on two pictures, with Con- 
Btqjace Bennett's 'Rockabye' sched- 
tijea** for a 50% revamping, -which 
will tilt the nut on prodiLctlon 
$160,000. This will put the final cost 
at $600,000, 

The other feature In the retake 
process is 'Free, White and 21.' Fol 
lowing Us first preview, the studio 
execs decided to rebuild several se 
quences in order that Robert Bench 
ley might be given a greater build 
up. He was credited with stealing 
the picture as first shown. Studio 
has. offered Benchley an acting 
writing contract, which he is con 
sidering. 

In 'Rockabye,' at least two prin- 
cipals, Phillips Holmes and Laura 
Ifope Crews, are out, with" Joel Mc 
Crea and Jobyna Howland replac- 
ing them. A part, also. Is being 
Written in for Walter Catlett.. 



GARBO BALKS 



Objects to Examination Sequence In 
. Visa Routine 



Stockholm, Sept. 21. 

Garbo burned up the Swedish 
telephone wires this week when she 
called American consulate and an- 
nounced that she would like a visa 
to riBturh to the States, but that she 
didn't feet like coming In herself to 
get If. ■ The Stockholm consul re 
plied that he was sorry, but she 
must come in and take the required 
physical examination. 

..^tar was wild- and said she 
Wouldn't submit to such an ex 
Rmination. Consul was sorry, but 
Oixly President Hoover could help 
her out. The medical board who 
do. the physical examining in Scan 
d^navian.'only stop once a month in 
Stockholm and Garbo will have an 
other four weeks .to make a de 
cision. 



Btock Sues to Keep His 
Salary From First Wife 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Friendly suit has been filed in 
superior court by Louis Brock, 
Radio shorts producer, against RKO 
Stidlos, Inc., to prevent the com- 
p:^tty from paying his salary to his 
fi^st wife in Ntw York, who is at- 
t6!rhpting to collect alimony from the 
home office of Radio. 

Similar action was taken against 
Fox two weeks ago by Alan Dine 
hart. 



Young-Powell Team 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Lpretta Young and Dick Powell 
■win'be co-starred by Warners as a 
teaip. 'Their first will, be 'Stuffed 
Sl^r.t,' by Stephen Morehouse Avery. 
It's running currently In the October 
'Cosmopolitan.' 



VIDOR WILL PROBABLY 
GO WITH PAR; OWN UNTT 

Hollywood, Oct. 8. 
Paramount, B. P. Schulberg, Radio 
and Sam Goldwyn are all bidding 
for King Vidor. His last picture 
was 'Bird of Paradise' for Radio on 
Loan from Metro. . 

His contract with Metlho was for 
$226,000 guarantee for three pix with 
a 26% cut on the profits. 

Probable that he will accept the 
Paramount offer as It is understood 
that Par Will give him a unit and 
flnunce production. Also the same 
profit proposition ias was incorpor- 
ated in the Metro contract. 



WALKER, OF COLO., 1ST 
SHOWMAN AS SENATOR 



Denver, Oct. 3. 
Walter Walker is the first show- 
man to become U. S. Senator. He 
was appointed last week by Gov. 
Attams to fill the' vacancy caused 
by. the death of Senator Charles H. 
Waterman; . 

Walker is the owner of the Av- 
alon theatre. Grand Junction, Col., 
and actively managed theatres until 
he "sold out to picture Interests; 

In political circles here it was not 
certain how long Walker will serve. 
Waterman's term expires March . 4. 
It is possible . that a successor to 
the late Senator w'ill be chosen at 
the general election Nov. 8. How:^ 
ever, state laws make no provision 
for the ' nomination of candidates 
in situations of this kind. 

Walker has been active in the 
state Democratic party for some 
time, retiring as chairman of the 
central committee to accept the 
Senatorial appointment. 

In addition to his theatre inter- 
ests, Walker is a Grand Junction 
newspaper publisher. 



Margruerite Churchill 
Set in a Legit Pronto 

Marguerite Churchill arrived in 
New York Thursday morning (29); 
on the Century. At one o'clock that 
afternoon she was engaged for Sam 
Harris' next legit 'Dinner at Eight.' 
At two o'clock she started re- 
hearsing. 

Miss Churchill engineered the 
high speed engagement herself be- 
tween breakfast and lunch time. No 
negotiations were on before her ar- 
rival in New York. 

She has been away from Broad- 
way and in the talkers fO|r about 
four years. 



HELLINGER'S SHORTS 



10 Months' World Tour for 'Mirror' 
^Film Deal Factor 



Mark Helllnger Is the first of the 
present day columnists to. tour the 
world in conjunction with his daily 
New York 'Mirror* contributions. 
He will write human Interest stories 
of 'Other . Broadways.' 

Hellinger will be gone 10 months 
sailing aboard the new Italian liner. 
Rex. He lands at Gibraltar and 
journeys from there overland to 
Nice. ■ ■ 

Columnist's 'AH in a Day' has been 
prepared for more than a month in 
advance, or until his travel columns 
start reaching the 'Mirror.' He has 
signed for another two years with 
this paper. ... 

Another feature of the trip has to 
do with the making of 26 film shorts 
to be released through Universal. 
After a slight hitch an agreement 
giving Hellinger a guarantee and 
50% of the profits on the shorts was 
made with Bill Rowland and Monte 
Brice, the latter having contracted 
to make 40 ishorts for U. 

Hellinger will be accompanied by 
a director and cameraman. 



RKO PK AFTER 
VAUDE NAMES 



Authors Camouflage Script Anenua 
By Writing In Known Personalities 



YOUTHFUL SUPER 



25- Year Old New York Girl Pro- 
moted by Fox 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Irene Lee. the 26-year old girl re- 
cently brought from New York by 
Fox to read plays in search of film 
material^ >vill be made supervisor. 

She Is now on the set daily dur- 
ing the filming of 'Second Hand 
Wife,' m order to become familar 
with prod-.ictloh. 

Miss Lue win handle pictures par- 
ticularly appealing to women. 



TIFFS TAKE LAEHKILE 
KIN OFF MIX SERIES 



Harry Weber^s Daughter 
Suing Ex-Actor, Divorce 

Iios Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Muriel MiUsChd, daughter of Harry 
Weber, agent, is bringing suit for 
divorce in the Superior court 
against Jack Milland, who was un- 
der an acting contract to Metro 
when he married. 

He quit to enter her falther's of- 
fice. He left this week for England. 
Suit will not be contested. 



Par Deal Forces Cortez 
To Pass Up British Job 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Going under contract at Para- 
mount, Jan. 2, Ricardo Cortez will 
be unable to accept an offer to make 
two in England. Player had been 
negotiating with Basil Deane, to be 
starred in a brace therei. 

Cortez goes to Fox for one, 'Giant 
Swing,' on completion of his cur- 
rent, 'FlesTij' at Metro. 



PAIMER, RADIO CASTING ASST. 

Hollywood, Oct. 3, . 

Bob Palmer becomes as.slstant to 
Fred Schuossler, ca.stin.tj director at 
RUtdio, going from United Artists. . 

,He replaces Bob Mayo, who goes 
to. Warners. 



Karen Morley's Fall 

' Hollywood, Oct, 3. 

Karen Morley, playing the femme 
lead in 'Flesh' for Metro suffering 
from exhaustion fell down her dress- 
ing room stairs on the lot Saturday 
afternoon (1), bruising her face and 
spi'aining ankle. Company wanted 
her to take rest before the picture's 
start but. she insisted she wanted 
to work and had done long hours 
during fir.st week- shooting. 

Company ■will shoot around her 
until .she returns Wednesday. 



D'Arrast Back at MG 

Hollywood, Obt. 3. 
li.arry D' Arrast will return to 
Metro to direct. He leCt that studio 
three years ago. 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Radio studio is making a survey 
of the vaude field with a view of 
bringing more players from the va- 
riety stage' into pictures. Idea is 
that current vaude contains a lot 
of good material that stands a 
chance of clicking almost over night 
in Alms. 

Charles Freeman Is handling this 
end of the new talent hunt. He is 
lining up names of possibilities, 
mostly singles and doubles, who will 
be tested in New York when the 
acts play there. 



Hollywood, Oct. .3. 
To prevent further bickering be- 
tween Toni Mix and Stanley Ber- 
german, Universal has taken Carl 
Laemmle's son-in-law off the Mix 
series and will repla,ce him with 
another supervisor. Bergerman will 
be assigned to other, pictures. Pair 
had plenty of squabbles over direc- 
tion. 

Henry MacRae will direct the next 
Mix feature, which will not be 'Oh 
Promise Me,' which has been moved 
back so that a yarn with more hair 
on its chest cah be bublstltuted. 

Tom Mix has been home the past 
five days with a heavy cold. 



Kate's "Moon Song' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Paramount will star Kate Smith 
In 'Moon Song,' original by Fannie 
Hurst on which Xgnes Brandt 
Leahy and Sid Lazarus are doing 
the adaptation. 



'Best Dressed Woman* 
Figured Bennett Starrer 

Hollywood, Oct 3. 
Prompted by the mpdishness of 
Constance Bennett, Gene Towne and 
C. Graham Baker are writing 'The 
Best Dressed Woma-n In the World, 
for submission to Dave Selznick as 
a Bennett stellar. 
: Team, now in N. T., also is work- 
ing on 'Strang Bedfellows,' an idea 
already sold to Charles B. Rogers. 



Gaige Wants Land! as 
'Anger Star on Broadway 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Crosby Gaige, Broadway -legit 
producer, is dickering with Fox for 
the loan of Elissa Landi, to star in 
'Angel,' which he will produce in 
New York in December. 

Player is currently in Vancouver, 
awaiting reentry to this country un- 
der the. immigration quota, 



Juiiiipr Stock in &s Teist 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Nearly all young stock players at 
Radio have been cast in 'Lucky 
Devils,' Bill Boyd's next feature, as 
an experiment. Tom Keene, west- 
ern star, will also appear in the 
pic. . . 

Ralph Ince is to direct. Ben 
Markson and Casey Robinson' are 
on the story. 



Tired of Cinematic Street 
Walking, Player Squawks 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Tired of being Paramount's num-, 
ber one screen harlot. Wynne Gib- 
son is pouting at the studio and de- 
manding that she be cast In parts 
other than bad girls. 

With the .exception of one pic- 
ture, 'The Strange Case of Clara 
Deane,' Miss Gibson's assignments 
at that i.-.t have-all been those of 
sidewalk strollers; > 



Two Pix for Blue Before 
Returning to F-M Unit 

Hollywood, Oct. 8. 
Monte Blue leaves Fanchon & 
Marco's 'Movie Circud' Idea In Chi- 
cago thiis week to fly here for -work 
in two Allied features. After com- 
pletion, expected to take about five 
weeks, ■ Blue returns to the F. & 
M. unit. 

Blue Is due here Thursday (6) to 
start 'The Intruder,' and, after that 
'Officer 13.' Actor's contract with 
M. H. Hoffman allows him to be 
recalled at any time for. picture 
work. 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
On every major lot there are sev- 
eral featured players stamped for 
certain specialties, who are in« 
eluded' In every script turned out 
by . the writing department; Rea- 
son Is the. writers feel that the . 
player, although not a star, has a 
personality strong' enough to de- 
tract from any story weakness 
which otherwise might be notice- 
able. 

For any story written at Para- 
mount having a drunk part, the 
writers suggest that sonieone of 
Charles Ruggles' type play the 
part. Same applies to Wynne 
Gibson, who is written in on a num- 
ber of scripts as a hard boiled, 
wilted lily. 

; Radio has Its writers who In- 
clude a stutterer in all their yirris,' 
with the hope that" the studio w:lll 
set Rosco Ates In the part. At 
Universal, practically every story 
has a part for Russell Hopton as . 
a wisecracking, fast thinking lad: 
Drawling Andy Dievlhe Is also a 
writers' pet. . ' 

Fox flnds that lii every, story 
there Is a 'prototype of Herbert ' 
Mundon and' Idlnha Qo'mbell, both 
fav players with the v^rlters, be- 
cause of their positive personalltiesv 

Few stories are . turned In by 
Metro's -writing state thkt have not' 
a Jimmy Durante running: through 
the yarn. Another Metro lilayer- In 
most Scripts In Jean Hersholt.' At' 
Warners, Guy KIbbe, Frank Mc^ 
Hugh, Bette Davis, Aline Mac- 
Mahon ahd, recently, Dick Powell, 
are the most populat- players with 
the; scriveners. If the casting der 
partment spotted them In all pic- 
tures Into which they were written, 
the players would spend 24 hours 
dally running from one set to -an-< 
other. 

Studios are wise to the writers* 
gag, and in most cases blue pencil 
the part and start looking for holes 
in the yarn, knowing that the In- 
clusloit of the siire shot players in 
the script usually indicates a story 
weakness. 



Anna Sten — -Communist? 

Hollywood, Oct 3. 
Mrs. Patrick Dray, chairman of 
the Atlanta Better Films commit- 
tee, wired Sam Goldwyn not to use 
Anna Sten in pictures on grounds 
she was a Communist. Goldwyn 
denies this and says he will not 
stop. 

This is not a press agent gag. 



U After Tracy 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Universal is negotiating for Lee 
Tracy to play the lead . In .'Private 
Jones,' original one-act play ; by 
Richard Schayer which ' was later 
produce'd on Broadway as 'War 
Song' by George Jessel. 



Grossman to Fox 

Hollywood, Oct. 3, 
Henrietta Crossman Is being 
brought from New York by Fox 
to play the lead in a Gold Star 
Mother story titled 'Pilgrimage.' 



RugglesV Co-Starrers 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

I*aramount has renewed Charles 
Rufftfles'. contract for another year. 

Durin;; Ihe new termer, he will be 
oo-.starre;l in three plcture.s with 
Mary Roland. 



HOLLt'S FRENCH HANDLE 

Hollywood, Oct.. 3. 

Molly O'Day will leave here 
Thursday (6), for New York. Going 
into a musical production. 

She will change her name to Su- 
zanne, eliminating', the O'Day and 
will be known merely by the single 
handle. She's a sister of Sally 
O'Neil. 



FOX TERMER FOR FOSTER 

Hollywood, Oct, 3. 

Norman Foster has been given a 
term contract by Fox. 

Player has been assigned to two 
pictures, 'Plea.sure. Cruise' and 
'Cflant Swing.'' 



Joan Castle and WB 

Joan Castle signed by Warners 
for a Vitaphone opposltf Jack 
Haley; 

Wli is also rohsiderjng a Holly- 
wood contract for Miss Castle. 



Boy of 7 Only American 
Youngster in 'Cavalcadd' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Unable to procure English chil- 
dren for all four of the kid parts in 
'Cavalcade,'. Fox gave one of the 
Jobs to Douglas Scott, seven , years 
old, born In Seattle, Youngster Is 
the only Anierlcan child in the cast, 
and the only one with previous pic- 
ture experience. 

The three others, born In Eng- 
land, 'are iDIck Henderson, Jr., 10, 
son of the vaude actor; Sheila Mac- 
Glll, nine, and Bonlto Granville, 
nine, living in Hollywood. Intention 
to Import minors from England was 
stopped by an English law forbid- 
ding exporting children for profit- 
making enterprises. 

Production of 'Cavalcade' is set to 
begin Monday (3). 

'Cavalcade' cops honors for the 
number of featured players in cast- 
and speaking parts in bits. 

Lineup has 40 featured, people 
cast, and 160 parts and bits. And 
all with an English accent. 



Sehnitzer Sets Scribe 

Shore Swelegahtly 

Hollywood, Oct, 3. 

Viola Brothers Shore gets a cour 
tract to write the next four pictures 
for Jos. J. Schnitzer's releases 
through Radio. Paper sets $30,000 
as the figure. 

Writer has the authority to select 
the director and choose the cast, 
giving her the virtual authority of 
supervisor. 

ITormer Paramount writer worlied 
on 'Second Fiddle' with the contract 
as the result. 



Contract Rewards 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Tad Alexander, nine year youngr 
stor brought from San Francisco 
for 'Ra.sputin* by Metro has been 
given a .seven year contract by the 
company. 

Al.so a year's ticket goes to C. 
Fienry Gordon for his work in the 
same picture. 



4 



VAREETT 



PICTHRES 



IVesdaf t Oetober 4, 1932 




1.(100 k Best Net Retum on 
Average Fibi in U. S; Worlds 
Average Maxintuni Is $400,000 



The average major company tea-, 
ture today Is costlne: around |260,000 
to produce. In order to . break even 
It mvst realize in rentals an aver* 
age total of $42>&,000 throughout the 
world. This 'peak' figure Includes 
print, sales, advertising and hand- 
ling costs. And the better feature 
is netting for the distributor only 
aboiit 1300,000 frbmi major U. S'. 
boxofllces which have always been 
counted upon to mee^" virtually .aU 

negative costs. 

Distribution authorities, as well 
as sales and hjeutral executives In 
majoi: companies agree, that these 
figures are approximately correct, 
and tiiey point to them aa the rea- 
son for iaeekihg higher rentals fijpm 
exhibitors this season. 

With the lesser, runs and world 
sales reckoned. It Ig" figured" that the 
most a major feature, in thie general 
ratro. dan noM^ average in rental is 
another |10T),000 bif $400,000 gross 
tbtal for his couiitry.' In the si- 
lent and early dajrs of sound, re- 
ttirW to the'distributoirfl, coinputed 
conservatively, were ' placed at 
around $£00,000 for a normal film 
in the TT. S. : • " 

" Most surprising in the analysis 
are figures showing there ia a profit 
even in the $10 rental today. 

Distributors who cover this mar<r 
ket intensively can net a- profit of 
$3.fiO on every $10 rental. In actual 
outlay at the exchange for handling 
and -repairing prints the average ex- 
penditure is set at $6.^0. 

There aire now atraut an estimated 
3,7SD of the lesser subseauent runs, 
houses paying $10-$12-$16-$2& rent- 
als, straight and sometimes on fter- 
centage. This means that there are 
on aiii average of ^50 such admission 
fheatreq in each fit the . 31 box- 
oflice zones. . 

Eixhlbitors In the lesser class are 
generally; known ;to dlstilbutprs as 
of ..the. type that ai'e chiefly inter- 
estisd . , in getting set on product. 
They buy in ' bulk rather , than in 
quality, so that little sales talk Is 
needed' providing the salesman ar- 
rives eiarly. 



SELZNICK'S 0. 0. 



Aflent For 



European 
Survey 



Booking and 



for 



Holly^^ood, Oct 
Myron Selznlck left today 
New York to confer with Leland 
Hay ward and James R Cowan^. the 
Jloyce-Selznlck eastern associates 
and then sail for £urope, where he 
will endeavor to' spot American stu- 
dio talent for Biritish productions. 
Also to O. O. London, Paris and 
Berlin. 

I "When he returns, Frank Joyce 
takes a scram to Europe.. 





BURNS AT 




Hollywood, Oct, 3. 
Ja.cH' Warner delivered a blast 
against picture cycles,' layinsr tlie 
responsibility on unscrupulous pirb- 
ducers who imitate original ideas, 
Warner wants tlie producers' asso- 
ciatlbn to protect story ideas sim- 
ilar to present title registry. 

'Blessed Bvenf and *! Am a Fu- 
gitive From the Chain Gang* were 
'V^arner's particular peeves, claim- 
ing that they have been bultated to 
death by other studios. 

Didn't mention any copyist by 
name, but. meant TJnlversal and 
Radio, which made 'Okay America' 
and 'Is My Face Red?' in the col- 
umnist trend. 'Destination Un- 
known' Is about to start at IT, and 
Radio has released 'Hell's Highway,' 
chain, gang stories. 




Hollywood, Oct. 9. 
Due to the heavy influx of free- 
lance newspapermen,, a rigorous 
'tightening ' of the industry's reins 
on the press tras launched this week 
by the Hays organization when it 
refused one publisher all studio 
courtesies and effected. Immediately, 
an order that from, now on. all new 
arrivals in the correspondent . class 
on the coast will be placed on pro 
batit>n for the. first three months 
of their contact with the industry. 

Expulsion order 18 the first of its 
kind and the moat drastic yet made 
by the industry in its relation -with 
publishers. Under it, the credential 
card .of .Howard Hall, publisher of 
'Cinema Digest,'- was called in and 
studio publicity departments were 
instructed to ignore Hall and all 
members of .his staff '.from now on. 
Ruling: was based on the findings of 
the producers, who . have had Hall, 
as well as several others, under ob 
servation for some time. 

Probation order for all new cor- 
respondents is prompted by the 
Hayslan desire to get a line on the 
type of people representing publl 
cations. If during the first three 
months the news writer shows any 
tendency to distort or misrepresent 
to the industry's disadvantage, then 
the paper, magazine or news serv- 
ice will either have to send out a 
new representative or else be 'un- 
co-.-ered' in general coast news chan- 
nels. . - 



R. R, CUT RATE$ 

No Winter Scale N. Y» to Denver— 
40% Cut for Round Trips 



Hollywood, Oct 
Transcontinental railroads are 

not putting into effect the winter 

rates between New Tork and Denr 

ver due to slack traiBc. 
Rates this year are reduced 40% 

for round trips^ , 



NEW UNIFORM 
CONTRACT BY 
JAN. '33 




Radio Pli% on Snbsqaoit Rons 



ACTOR CAN COOK 



So Much So, MankieWicz Fears Stu- 
dio Will Grab His. Chef 



Ties Up WB 
Bank Accoimts iq 
$580,000 Oiaffl M 



O'Reilly's Special P. A. 

Ed Barry has been retained by 
Charles, O'Reilly as special publicist 
for the film Industry's relations with 
t.he Democratic National committee. 

O'Reilly last week moved over to 
the committee headquarters in thie 
:biltm6re 'hotel.' 



Bank acconnts of Warner Bros. 
Pictures, Inc., In New York City, 
have been tied up by attachment 
for $200,000 in a $500,000 suit by El- 
more Helns of the Sun Investment 
Corp. and National Theatre Corp., 
operating foxlr theatres Ih Roanoke, 
Va. Suit for the half-million is 
predicated on an alleged loss bcr 
tween May 7, 1930, when a deal 
for WB to take over these houses 
was made, and Aug. 12,1930, when, 
it is claimed, the arrangement was 
to have become effective, WB never 
took over the theatres. 

In that interval of three months 
and one week, in 1930, the theatre 
market' dove to the degree; cli^lmq 
Helns, et al„ that the $600,000 loss 
was suffered. Meanwhile, Publlx 
stepped In arid took over the 
hcuae^. 

Four theatres involved are valued 
at $1,700,000 which was the figure 
originally agreed upon in May, but 
by August, 1930, that valuation had 
allegedly dwindled $600,000. It was 
around that date that Warners had 
refused to accept the theatres, set- 
ting forth that the entire transac- 
tion was supposedly subject to ap- 
proval of the board of directors. 
This approval, said WB, wasn't 
forthcoming. 

Helns and his Roanoake theatre 
interests, however, evidenced to 
Justice Shlentag, in N. Y. Supreme 
Court that while WB claimed there 
was no board okay, in the formal 
applications to the N. Y. Stock Ex- 
change, where WB stock is listed, 
the picture company apparently ad- 
mitted that the board had okayed 
the Roanoke theatre deal, and thus 
that became one of WB's assets. On 
that evidence, Justice Shientag ap- 
proved an attachment for $200,000, 
which is , only part of the $500,000 
claimed. 

According to the law, the banK 
accounts are lied up until' a bond 
for twice that amount — or $400,000^ 
is posted. 



indication^, taking a sudden 
abput'^face during the past week, 
now are that tho Industry will have 
£), uniforhi. contra,ct by. January, 
1933. There are many Important 
angles. Distributors figure that the 
new national Indie, organization In 
the offing will be a militant one. 
They are more fearful of indie ac- 
tivity with state legislatures com- 
batting their own renewed flght 
against box office taxation than they 
are of the gesture for Federal reg- 
ulation. ^ 

Contributing strongly to the 
chances of uniformity is the legal 
angle. Attorneys hiave Questioned 
the court viewpoint that such con- 
certed action is a restraint of trade. 
Leaya It to Sale* Mgrs; 
Powerful influences in the indus- 
try ai'e being' brought to bear for 
the indie. These point out that for 
two years the MPTOA of Ainerica 
has advocated self-regulation, but 
that its program has failed coni- 
pletely because of major company 
attorneys refusing to concede a sin- 
gle point. 

Under the new plan of relations 
between distributors and exhibitors, 
neutral parties would have lawyers 
excluded until the last, with sales 
managers doing the actual negotiat- 
ing. ' Lawyers . are conceded not so 
well versed in. the Intricacies of the 
box office. 

Representatives for distributors in 
the current political issue with the 
indies say that they are -willing fpr 
the lUiPTQA and AlUe'd to sit down 
at. the same table and. draft a coiiir 
tract. They express the certainty 
that if the indie demands are not 
excessive the formula will be ddopt 
ed by the industry! - 

Behind the about-face on the part 
of the dlstribs is the knowledge that 
they are facing what they expect to 
be the most difficult year with taxa- 
tion. In all other battles -with legis- 
Ia,ture3 the major part of the In- 
dustry has used the indie b. o. as its 
shield. They readily . admit, and 
seem to appreciate for the first time, 
that many of these Indie contacts 
with the law makers have year after 
year saved the industry from taxa- 
tion. 

The session in Washington be- 
tween MPTOA and Allied on the 
uniform contract, which was post- 
poned indefinitely, now has been set 
for Chicago on Oct. 14. 



Hollywood, Cot 9. 
It's the guy who's versatile that 
gets the spots in Hollywood today. 
An actor friend of Joe Manklewl<i2's, 
who hadn't clicked since 'Reunion 
in yienna' closed in ti. A., csune to 
the writer the other day and said 
tiiat it -was a job or no ham and. 
'I, need a cook^' lsaid Joe. : 
'Oke,' replied the acton " 
■ Today,' both are eating, with Joe 
afraid that one of these days the 
actor-cook-frleiid will get set at one 
of the gtudios. 



METRO COUNTS 
ON 25 B.O;S 
FOREXCL 



Metro Is. counting on not over 26 
theatres in the U. 9. tot its exclu- 
sive nin policy; According to Felix 
Feist yesterday (Monday) these 
theatres will be the only oniea In 
their territories Into which Metro 
product will be booked,, the deals 
representing the 100% Metro pro- 
gram and not just a group of pic- 
tures. 

Metro's sales head scUd that the 
'exclusive' circuit is not yet com- 
plete and that there is considerable 
more negotiating to be doiie. 

Reports during the past week 
were that Metro is counting upon 
40. Instead of 25 exclusive theatres, 
which would mean that the com- 
pany is reaching into box offices In 
aidditlon to Its own. 



■ Los Angelesi Oct. 3. 

New •wrinkle In radio explctltAtioiii 
for picture houses has. been.w.orke^ 
out. by Robert Collier, F-WC pub* 
liclty chief here, by which' it will; 
be possible to reproduce oVer- thft 
air any Hollywood deluxe opening; 
at subsequent runs of the picture^ 
Collier, at every major opening here^ 
records the broadcast Incident to the 
festivities, by having 'a local studiO) 
pick ufp and wane the progranv, 
either via the ether route, or oyer a 
private telephone wire. 

This jprovides a permanent record 
of the hroadcadt, . arid' ekterpta 
from the reproduction' can: ba 
dubbed at any- time for .tmnscrip> 
Uon piirposes. with such additional 
announcements as may 'he required 
Included. 

For the liopular priced showing: 
here of 'Grand Hotel," ' opening at 
Loew's State Oct. 6, CoTtler Is 
transcribing the radio broadcast ot 
the premiere at Gcauraan's- Chinese, 
which wa4 recorded on -900 feet qt 
sound track. He will use the' rec«- 
ords as 15 minute sustalni'ng ' pro- 
grams on eight, or 10 of the minor 
radio stations In Southern Califor- 
nia, IMS' direct plugs for the State 
engagement. v.-. 

Similar ^ploitaUon will .be pos- 
sible for any bouse by the simplei 
process of transcribing new discs, 
and usin^r such announcements^ 
both at the start and the finish, to 
tie In -the local booking. 



Frisco Fox Dark? 
R^rt F-WC Toriuqi 
It 0?er to Fox Corp. 

San Ftandsco, Oct. 9. 
Reported that Fox West Coast 
may turn over the Fox theatre here 
to Fox Theatres Corp. of New York, 
Oct 13, with house to go dark. 

Fanchon-Marco stage shows would 
then return to the Warfleld here, 
which -will also have the pick of 
pictures. 



MURNAU'S BROTHER 
WOULD INDIE PROD. 



'King of ISagi' Plagiarism 
Sail Dropped After 2 Yrs. 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3^ 
The $1,000,000 'King of Kings' 
plagiarism suit brought against C, 
B. DeMille by William B. Traut- 
mann has been dismissed after, 
pending for two years. In addition 
to DeMilie, Jeanle MacPhersoii, 
DeMUle pictures Corp. and Piathe 
Studios, Inc., were named in the 
same sut. Defendants paid their 
own costs. 

Trautmann alleged that the Bib- 
lical picture 'was taken from his 
'Cradle, Cross and Crown,' which he 
claimed to have submitted to. De- 
Mille In 1926. 



Brother of the late F. W. Mumau 
is In New York trying to Interest 
film companies in a sequel to 'Tabu.'. 
MUrnau wants backing to produce 
on. his own, and has been talking to 
both Paramount and Metro, among 
others. Par distributed 'Tabu.' 

Muriiau's idea is to use Rerl,, the 
Polynesian girl discovered In 'Tabu,' 
for the new picture for a story along 
the lines of what iiapi>ened to her 
when she hit the American conti- 
nent. 

In actuality Reri went Fanchon 
& Marco after a Zlegfeld produc- 
tion. 



Weather Shaves Extras 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Extra Jobs upped. 100 to 4,224 dur- 
ing the past week, with weather 
still responsible for lack of big out 
door sets. . Most volume was-' re- 
corded Sept. 28, when 1,102 people 
were spotted. 

Small sets predominated, the 
largest being the 126, beer-garden 
decorators on 'Flesh' at Metro, Sept 
127. ■ ' -^ • ■ • • . -'. • 



Blanket Chain 
Booldi^ls New 
Excbisive Idea 



Bxcluslveness on picture product; 
along lines different th&n proiwsed 
so fari may come albout througb 
sale of programs under ' blanket 
deals for entire circuits olr'jgroups 
of houses. The first deal ' of thi0 
kind has been' closed by. Radio -witti 
E. J. 'Sparks, of Florida, to ' covef 
the Publlx-SiMirks chain oi^ ialmost 
100 theatres. 

The buy gives Sparks control 
over Radio fllina in his territory and 
aside froQi the fbct that. It 'specifies 
certain theatres, it virtually 'amountil 
to exclusive exhibition of the pio<«. 
tures for this ojterator. Sparks was 
in New York-.the past week to closd 
the contract with Jules Levy, gen« 
eral sales manager for Radio. 

Sparks' deal is reminiscent in dls« 
tributor circles of the manner ot 
buying pictures which E. V. Rich^ 
ards practiced In the silent dayd 
when he headed Saenger. Richardd 
would buy out a program for hid 
territory for a stipulated sum and« 
in turn, market the pictures <amon^ 
the . other theatres after they, had 
been allocated to his own (Saenger) 
houses. This Is not called for under 
the Sparks buy. 

Levy left yesterday (Monday) 
and on his swing south will go Intd 
a huddle with Kincey-Wilby, Pub- 
llx operators-partners who are tryf 
ing to tie up product on ah exclu* 
sive basts. . . ! 



WIRiNG^IN INDIES 



Universal Housing Rental Com- 
panies in Mesh Enclosure 



Universal City, Oct. 3. 
Universal is moving the ofllces of 
all rental companies to a wired en- 
closure in the front section of the 
studio. Indie producers will all be 
housed in the same building, in,- 
stead of being scattered, as now. 

Change Is to keep visitors to the 
indie offices from wandering on sets. 
U .Is spending $6,000 to revamp the 
building, which will have 22 offices. 



lORETTA YOTJNG IS 'SLAM' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Lore'tta Young gets the lead In 
'Grand Slam,' yiTarners feature to 
dhow the shady side o( professional 
bridiie and whiit toUrnainents. 

Glenda: Farriell ie also cast, with 
PAul Lukas taHin'g- a Ifead. 



Futter Attempting a. ^ . 
'Curiosities' Syiidkato 

Hollywood, Oct 3. 
Walter Futter is trying to sell 
newspaper syndicate rights to 'CurU 
ositles,': to be used along lines oi 
Ripley's 'Believe It or Not* 

Futter has around 6,000 subjectsit 
used in his series of one-reel ncv^ 
eltlesi and George Grant, local ar* 
tist 1^ now arranging the Incidents 
for newspaper use. Feature would 
be called 'Curiosities, or the Dalljf 
Sideshow' 



Polana's Marital Woes 

Los AngclcK, Oct. 8. 

Suit for divorce has been filed 
here by Joseph Franlclln Poland^ 
screen wr iter, again st Lou I se M; 
Poland. Mental cruelly is clmrgedi 
and (he writer seeks the ctistody of 
their four-year-old sdn. 

His wife left him Sc-rit. 19. and ft 
i)rdpefty'settleinent has been mad^- 
according to Poland. 



i^r -Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



5 



$800,000 Lasky Claims Involved in 
Break with Par, Salary and Cnts 



Around $800,000, on Information, 
Jfl Involved under the Jesse Li, 

* Xiasky- Paramount break and If suit 

, ii* . eventually brought. In lieu of an 
lunlcable settlement. It Is likely that 
lit . least that flgure will be named. 
Oa resieninsr from ^ Paramount in 
j^oUywood three weeks ago, Lasky's 
contract as v.-p. in charge of pro- 
Auction had two years iand one 

. pnonth to gQ. 

The $800,000 named takes in sal-- 

;,»ry. under that contract to Its ex- 
piration, plus percentage splits from 

'•paramount clalmied.by Laaky. The 
percentages are cited as accumu- 
lated and -will go back some time 
,.wben LAsky, in view of conditions, 
refrained from pressing Paramount 
on payment. 

f Inside info, aigo. is , that other 
.:amounts are due Lasky through dealis 
the company made cutting him in. 
While some time ago other Para- 
inount-Publix executives took new 
contracts without . . a percentage 
.split, including Sidney R. Kent be- 
fore^ he resigned, Lasky was the sole 
holdout. ■ : . 

Lasky in N. Y. 
Lasky arrived In New York Sat- 
urday (1) from the Coast after a 
lengthy stay . during which Sam 
Katz was attempting to get Lasky 
to accept a production post at the 
studio, principally along lines sim- 
ilar to Schulbergi 

His resignation, claiming breach 
of contract, is believed to have en- 
tirely ended , any possibility of a 
patch-up. Lloyd Wright, who has 
a working arrangement with. Nath- 
an Burkan, Lasky's New York law- 
year, acted in the producer e^^ecu- 
tlve's behalf on the Coast up to and 
through the resignation. 
: Lasky in line vith a probable deal 
' to produce independently for United 
Artists Is expected to confer with 
Al. Lichtman, v.-p. in charge of dis- 
tribution for UA on release con- 
tracts, so that he may go ahead to 
arrange financing. He is said to 
hayd been made several offers for 
financial backing on picture produc- 
tion. 

If going through on UA's produ- 
clng-releasing, Lasky would prob- 
ably make two for the current 
(1932-'33) season. 



Waxman Leaving Roi^; 
Fox May Spot Atwell 

A. P. Waxman, advertising, and 
publicity, counsellor of the jEloxy, 
leaves that spot at the end of this 
week to take up his work again 
with Floyd Gibbons, Waxman came 
to the Roxy at the invitation of 
Spyros Skouras and agreed to stay 
with thie. house for two months folr 
lowing its reopening, until the spot 
got.uhder way in its new operation. 
That period, comes to an end ; this 
week. 

It is likely that with Waxman's 
departure from the spot, that 
house's advertising may come un- 
der sui>ervisloh of the regular Fox 
Film a< and p. department. Under 
that setup Ben Atwell may be. taken 
on to handle publicity while an ad- 
vertising agency will handle the ad. 
campaigns direct. 



3 Publix Divs. 
To Be Operated 
From the Field 



Under the proposed change in 
operating setup within Publix, three 
territories in future are to be super- 
Yised from the field rather than 
from the home office. In two or 
three weeks, possibly before Sam 
'..Katz returns to New York, John 
.'Balaban will return to Chicago; 
, Martin J. Mullln will go back to 
Boston and R. J. Q'Donnell, pres- 
ently over the south, will settle 
down in the west, probably Minne- 
apolis. 

, O'Donnell will take over divisional 
supervision of the northwest and 

• middle west, now presided over from 
the h. o. by Mullin, in addition to 
retaining what's left in the south. 

Milton J. Feld will remain in New 
York in charge of the deluxers, 
stretching by long jumps from L. A. 
to N. Y. Feld may also assume 
complete charge of all eastern stage 
production with Boris Morros on 
his return from Europe shifting to 
Chicago over unit producing activi- 
ties there. Louis Llp&tone is now in 
charge of that function for B, & K. 
While nothing has been set, from 

•" Information, David J. Chatkln and 
Harry Katz may share the respoh- 

, slbUity of heading circuit operation 

, at the h. .6, Sam Dembow retaining 
film buying and allied activities. 

:. It is presumed that should Chat 
kin and Katz become a team on. 
heading operation under Katz, Chat- 
kin wou'd also retain divisional di- 
rection or Pennsylvania and New 
^ei'.sey. 



GENl CONFABS 
ON INDUSTRY 
ECONOMIES 



Plans for a unanimous .and uni- 
fied reduction of major company 
production costs are being seriously 
discussed by company heads In a 
series of confabs. These' have con- 
tinued over the past six- weeks and 
are officially nearlng conclusion. 

The subject of Hollywood bud- 
getry has not so far been discussed 
In any general meeting. Means to 
effect general economies are being 
considered, without laying each 
other open to harmful competition, 
should one conipany cut and the 
others continue the present scale. . 



B. P. OFFICIALLY BACK 
READYING 3 FOR PAR 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
B. P. Schulberg ofUcially resumed 
his Paramount association today, 
with the expectancy that three pic- 
tures will go before the camera 
Oct. 17. 

'Madame Butterfly,' with Sylvia 
Sidney and Carey Grant and 'The 
Glass key' and 'Luxury Liner' are 
the first three scheduled. Marlon 
Gering will direct 'Butterfly,' the 
only megglng assignment thus far 
made. . > 

Adapting 'Glass Key* are Florence 
Ryersbn and Andre Bohme, while 
Gene Markey and Katherlne Scola 
are scripting 'Liner'. 



Axe for Red Tape 

, Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Next meeting of the RKO treas- 
urers' representatives will be held 
In St. Louis in December. Meetings 
are being held every three months, 
with the latest concluding In Kan- 
sas City recently. 

RKO's nine traveling auditors, 
and representatives from the ex- 
changes, will attempt to cut more 
red tape from the bookkeeping de- 
partments, and tighten up on sub- 
stitution and other clauses in ex- 
hibitor contracts. 



English for Writers 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Construction was started this 
week by Fox on a new two 
story building to house writers. 

Building, having' 30 offlces, 
will be of Khglish architecture. 



HIRAM BROWS 
UNIQUE PIC 
PROD. CO. 



Hiram S. Brown will be associated 
in an unnamed capacity with a spe- 
cial organization which, from infor- 
mation,- will be linked up with inter- 
ests in Beacon Film, the company 
which Brown has been reported 
joining for some time. He will not 
be directly in Beacon, however, it 
is said. 

The former president of RKO is 
said to have strong financial back- 
ing, with Whitney money mentioned. 
E. A. Potter, a close personal friend 
of Brown's, and president of the 
Guaranty Trust Co., is said to have 
interested Brown in the new venr 
lUre. 

New organization which BroWn 
will supposedly head, will produce 
a.nd distribute pictures, supposedly 
made by rich men or explorers as 
an adventuresome avocation rather 
than a business. 

Beacon itself is such a company, 
the president of which, Roy P. 
Gates, was associated with Varick 
Frlssel.who perished while making 
a picture in the Labrador region. 
Among others of wealth in the Bea- 
con setup are Cornelius Vanderbilt 
Wiiltney and.Douglas Burden, lat- 
ter a director of the Museum of 
Natural History, 



KATZ DUE EAST, 
AND FOR KEEPS 



On Sam Katz's return to New 
York Oct. 15 he will reassume ac- 
tive supervision of theatre operation 
and all Paramount Publix matters. 
He will in future make only periodic 
trips to Hollywood. 

In Katz's absence, Leo Spitz vir- 
tually supervised administration and 
operation of P-P as well as all legal 
and real estate matters on the New 
York end. 

Spitz win continue his activity to 
a great extent. He retains his law 
practice In Chicago. 

Accompanying Katz east will be 
Arthur Mayer who went to Holly- 
wood on advertising and publicity 
conferences. This apparently quashes 
recurrent reports that pub-ad ac- 
tivities would be centered at the 
studio with Mayer out there. 

Emanuel Cohen, spending the 
Jewish holidays In New York, will 
be back on the coast by the time 
Katz embarks for the east. 



Hays Takes a60% Cat $Ma Week; 
Budget Down from iiOOG to $240,000 



WobberWest 



Herman Wobber, yearning for 
the Coast where he says he's go- 
ing to hang up his hat for keeps, 
leaves Oct. 15 by boat, going via 
the Canal on the S. S. Virginia. 
He's returning to San Frairtclsco, 
where he makes headquarters, as 
Paramount's westiern district man- 
ager on distribution. 

At the request of Adblph Zukor, 
Wobber came east early- last sum- 
mer to marshal forces behind the 
Par sales drive for a quota of 
$3,006,600 over and above last year. 

While that drive isn't over until 
the second week in November, the 
groundwork in bookings, rentals, 
dates, has been laid enabling Wobr 
ber to get away a month, ahead. 



Steuer Will Defend Biz 
In Ivan Abramson Suit 

Hays organization has retained 
Max D. Steuer to defend the indus- 
try_in the action brought against it 
by Ivan Abramson, indie pro- 
ducer and dlreptbr of silent days. 
Abramson suit alleges everything 
under the Clayton and Sherman 
acts. 

No date has yet been set for trial. 



Writer Cormack Suping 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Bartlett Cormack, who has been 
writing on the Radio lot, has been 
elevated to associate producer. 

His first supervisory job will be 
on 'Collusion.' He will also handle 
one of the Bill Boyd action pictures. 



$1,000,000 Corporation 
Formed by Boyce-Smith 
To Finance Indie Prod. 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Capitalized a:t Sl^OOCOOO, Motion 
Picture Investment Corp., Ltdi, Is 
being reorganized by J. Bpyce- 
Smith, to finance independent pro- 
duction. Company was first organ- 
ized in 1929, but remained inactive 
because of the then gloomy out- 
look for Indies. 

Move is also an attempt to revive 
Tec-Art studio, of which Boyce- 
Smlth Is now secretary-treasurer. 
Although not mandatory, It will be 
expected that producers financed by 
the organization will make their 
pictures at Tec-Art. The rental 
lot will be renamed and some new 
construction work started, 

Boyce-Smith, former v.-p. of In- 
spiration, and a film counsel for 10 
years, will be president of MPIC. 



Betz' $10,469 Liabilities 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Mathew Betz, film actor, has en- 
tered his petition In bankruptcy 
before U. S. District .court here, 
listing liabilities of $10,469. As^ 
sets amount to $940. 



SENNETT DEAL 
FOR MONEY 
IN EAST 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Deal will probably be closed to- 
morrow for New York capital to 
finance the program of Mack Sen- 
nett shorts for Paramount release. 
Sennett and John.Waldroh for the 
studio, were in telephone cominun- 
Ication with eastern representatives 
last week, and arrangements are 
believed settled. 

Paramount agreed to finance the 
first two Sennett shorts, when the 
producer was unable to arrange for 
local money. 

The first, 'Courting Trouble,' has 
been completed and 'False Impres- 
sions' is starting this week. Mar- 
jorie Beebe, and pirobably Lloyd 
Hamilton, go Into latter short. 



PAY TILT, TRIP ABROAD 
KEEP FARNOL, GOLDWYN 



Hollywood, Oct. Z: 
Lynn Farnol left for New York 
Friday (30) to press agent the New 
York showing of 'Kid From Spain.' 
Legal minds had to be called in to 
determine whether Farnol should 
go with Parainount, or stay with 
Sam Goldwyn,. the latter getting the 
decision. 

Goldwyn niet Par's -salary offer, 
and gave Farnol a one-year con- 
tract, with a trip to Europe Includ- 
ed. Hank Arnold, Goldwyn's for- 
mer p. a, here, returns as studio 
publicity contact. 

Hubert Voight, originally fsched- 
uled to take Parnol's place, is nego- 
tiating elsewhere. 



Will Hays' status, a subject of 
conjecture within the industry dur- 
its climax of the past six months, 
finally has been settled. Hays has 
agreed to reduce his own income of 
approximately $5,000 a week to 
$2,006 and to effect a cut in the 
management of his organization in 
its offces throughout: the world 
amounting to about 60%. 

The major companies are now rie- 
ported i00% behind. Hays, .several 
openly endorsing his skill in guid- 
ing the industry through rough wa- 
ters;.- 

Regardless of the outcome of the 
presidential race It Is declared that 
Hays will remain in the picture 
saddle. Hays' actlYltles In Wash- 
ington since his entrance into the! 
industry have been negligible in a 
political sense, film executives de- 
clare. His chief functions at the 
Capital have been that of an in- 
termediary between the industry 
and the Government. 

Politics No Bearing 

So far as Hays taking an active 
part With the Republican party in 
Indiana during the remainder of the 
campaign, directors are taking an 
open-minded viewpoint. They feel 
confident that Hays will not impli- 
cate the industry tn any direct po- 
litical moves. They point out that 
like Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, 
Charlie . Pettijohn and: , Charley 
O'l^elUy, Hays, also has the right 
to assert himself as an individual. 

Operation of the Hays organlza.- 
tlon Is declared to have never ex- 
ceeded $600,000 a year. Including 
Hays' own salary. With the prun- 
ing, this means that approximately 
$360,000 will be saved member com- 
panies; For whatever unforeseen 
expenses that may arise an accumu- 
lated surplus, estimated at sllgrhtly 
under $600,000, is available. 

Hays, at the peak of increases 
voted him, was reported being paid 
a weekly salary of $3,000 and an- 
other $2,000 for expenses. Under the 
cut Hays will net under $100,000 
yearly, since most of the expenses 
are to come out of his own reduced 
salary. 

Reductions in the Hays manage- ; 
ment are geared for the . next four 
months. Conditions later warrant- 
ing, the original budget inay again 
be In effect. 



J. H. Harris Resigns 

Pittsburgh, Oct. 3. 

John H. Harris, the last two years 
WB district manager here, has re- 
signed office, effective as soon as a 
successor can be appointed. 

Plans a,re indefinite but Under- 
stood he will go back into the the- 
atre business on his own eventually. 

George Tyson, ad manager, re- 
signed at the same time. 



M urdock East, Returns 
With Pat Casey in Nov. 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

John J. Murdock, who spent the 
surnmer here, is returning to New 
York the end this week. He will 
remain there until the latter part 
of November, when he returns here 
with Pat Casey. 

Duo are expected to remain on 
the Coast through the winter. 



John Balaban 
Objective Is 
Chicago Gravy 



Chicago, Oct. 3, 
Return of John Balaban and 
other rumored additions of strengh 
from the New York end gives cred- 
ence to the belief that part of the 
Paramount-Publlx upbuilding, of 
which one item is Sam Katz's stren- 
uous endeavors to improve studio 
production. Is a pep treatment for 
Chicago. 

At one time the 36 Balaban & 
Katz theatres turned in one-third 
the annual profit of the P-P organ- 
ization. Of late the B&K group has 
been dipping into the red around 
$40,000 a week. 

With Balaban in Chicago, • de- 
cisions of . a major nature can be 
made on the spot without consult- 
ing the home office. Red tape Of 
this character has been often com- 
plained about by B&K attaches. 



Graves 3rd Thalberg Aid 

Hollywood, Oct. 3.. 

Ralph Craves, actor-dlrecto.r, Is 
the third to be assigned supervis- 
ory powers at Metro by . Irving 
Thalberg, to relieve the latter of 
some of the burden of production. 

Previously advanced were Sidney 
Franklin and Howard Hawlt.s, cli- 
rector. Trio will continue their 
present duties as well. 



Optimism 



Ottawa, Oct, 3. 
Joseph M. Franklin, general man- 
ager of RKO of Canada, has left for 
the Coast to Inspect the RKO thor 
atres In all western provinces and 
discuss plans for expansion In view 
of Improved business conditions. 



LAEMMIE EAST 

.Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Curl r.dfmmle goes to New York 
Oct. 9. , . 
llin sec, Jack Ross, accumpaniea. 



VARIETY 



P I C T 



E S 



Tuesday, October 4* 1932 



Indie Suits Plague Fox-W. C; 
Trio of Actions for 
Major Dislribs Involved 




Also 



tos Angeles, Oct. 3. . /It can possibly use, and indies are 
With three civil actions charging deprived of the opportunity to buy 
restraint p£ trade and monopolistic I product for their houses; <3) 



booking already filed in U. S. Dis 
trlct court here, and asking dam- 
ages totaling $2,126,000, plus at- 
torney fees, and with a federal in- 
vestigation well under way Into 
contempt of court charges, growing 
out of the 1929 consent decree. Pox 
West Coast execs and heads of all 
major distributing comipanies are 
facing half a dozen other civil cases 
announced to be filed this week. 

In each instance independent 
chains or individual exhibitors are 
back of the trade restraint accusa- 
tions. The frrobe being conducted 
by the U. S.. Bureau of Investiga- 
tion was prompted by charges and 
affidavits filed with the U. S. At- 
torney-General In Washington by 
Frank L. Huttori, attorney for the 
Independent Motion Picture Theatre 
Owners .of Southern California. 
ThreiB Suits Filed 

Civil actions started last week 
Include: 

lidng Beach Theatre Co. (William 
Fay), operating the State, Long 
Beach, asking $850,000 damages, and 
naming a;s defendants Fox West 
Coast and all major distributors ex- 
cepting Columbia. 

Pacific National. Theatres, Inc., 
operating the Plaza, Mission and 
Superba In San Diego, and the Nile 
in. Bakersfleld, seeking damages 
totaling 780,000. 

Glendale Capitol Theatres, Ltd., 
of Glendale, suing for $496,000. 

Suits announced tp be filed this 
■week Include similar actions by Roy 
Hunt, operating ^ the Golden State 
and Rubidouz in Riverside, in op- 
position to the F-WC Fox; Mc- 
Manus & Johnson, former operators 
of the Wilshire, Santa Monica, and 
the New Art and Tlvoli, Sawtelle, 
and several indie oijerators of 10- 
cent houses in the 'suburban dis- 
tricts. 

■ Columbia Not Named 

Columbia Pictures ia not named 
In the Long Beach company's suit, 
the reason probably being that Fay 
is a defendant in. a $14,000 breach 
6f contract action filed by that dis- 
tributor several weeks ago and 
seeking to collect for unplayed 
product. Columbia charges that 
Fay repudiated his' Columbia " buy 
for 19Si-32 after playing only a few 
of the pictures bought Columbia 
and Universal are not included In 
the Glendale action, as' both dis- 
tribs are serving the Carl W. Toung 
houses with product, ttie former en 
f^' two-year franchise now in Its 
second season. 

Federal government, if bringing 
the defendants into court on the 
contempt charges will have to 
prove conspiracy, which it defines 
as 'an agreement ' between two or 
more parties to violate a federal 
law, and some overt act towards 
such violation.' Combatting this 
charge, defendants will seek to 
prove that no conspiracy,, or at- 
tempt at any illegal booking com- 
bine, has existed or does exist. 
Their contention is that film buys 
entered into with the major distribs 
Include only such product as will 
be required by F-WC and that they 
are not parties to any combine to 
deprive indie exhibitors of pic 
tures. 

Government officials here are of 
the opinion that the 1929 consent 
decree is Just as binding upon pres 
ent officers of Fox West Coast as 
It was upon the former regime, in 
charge when the agreement to de- 
sist from Illegal booking was en- 
tered Into. 

U. S. Probe Concluding 

Agents H. J. Kneen and Leon 
Bone, of the Bureau of Investiga- 
tion, are expected to complete their 
inquiry within a week or 10 days, 
after which their findings will be 
dispatched to Washington with any 
future action being taken by the 
Attorney General; 

Federal probe is being conducted 
to enquire Into these principal 
charges by the Indle exhibs will 
determine: (1) Whether the dis- 
tributors and Fox West Coast are 
discrlmln£Ltlng against independent 
houses in the matter of zoning, i.e., 
F-WC establishing admission prices 
regardless of the break in prices, 
• and if similar price-adjusting is 
attempted by the Indies their break 
is increased. (2) Whether F-WC 
Is buying many more pictures than 



Whether distributors are penaliz- 
ing the independent houses, where 
they double bill, by setting these 
houses back on breaks. 

Outcome of the investigatioii. is 
eicpected to hin!ge solely on the 
question of whether Fox West 
Coast has over-bought on product, 
or if sufficient of its houses are 
available to play the picture under 
contract. 



Pool Split with 
Indie on Pl^oduct 
Gears LA. Bi^s 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Through a deail with Principal 
Theatres for picture product, . Gus 
Metzger takes oyer 82 features orig- 
inally bought by the new downtown 
operating pool, and will give them 
second run, in most instances, at 
his Roxie, on Broadway. 

Principal, which is now operating 
the three Gumbiner downtown 
grinds, the Tower, the Cameo and 
the Broadway, as well as its own 
President and Palace, split Its First 
National buy with Metzger, and 
also turned over a portion of other 
product. Metzger, through inde- 
pendent buys, has approxiihately 
104 features lined-up for the Roxie 
and Cameo, and with other, product 
available, it is figured he is getting 
practically as good a break ias he 
had last year. 

Under the new setup, the Cameo 
will not be obliged to follow the 
Roxie, as it haif done in the past. 
Only One Unsettled Spot 
Only downtown situation now dl- 
rectely affected by the picture pool 
is the Cohen setup, comprising the 
Rialto and . the Olympic, and close 
observers are of the opinion that 
this situation will be ironed out 
shortly, and that the downtown sub- 
sequent run houses will all have 
sufficient product available. , 

Independents are buying heavily 
at several of the local exchanges, 
with contracts being written subject 
to whatever clearances and protec- 
tion are finally worked out. Several 
exchange managers report the sell- 
ing season, despite its. late start. Is 
farther advanced than it was at this 
time last year. 

Metro and Paramount, holding 
out for stittei' rental and percentage 
terms, are alone among the majors 
in making slow headway at this 
date in selling the subsequent runs. 



ist Runs on Broadway 

(Subject to Change) 
Week Oct. 7 
Paramount — 'Phantom Presi- 
dent' (Par) (2d week). 

Capitol — 'D o w n B t a 1 r>B' 
(Metro). 

. Strand— 'Cabin in the Cot- 
ton' (FN) (2d week). 

Mayfair— 'Bill of Divorce- 
ment' (Radio) (2d week). 

Rivoli — 'Robinson Crusoe' 
(UA) (8d week). 

Winter Garden— 'Tiger Shark' 
(WB) (3d week). 

Rialto— 'Movie Crazy* (Par) 
(4th week). 

Roxy— 'Hat . Check Girl' 
(Fox). 



.14 

Broadcast' 



Week Oct. 

Parantount — 'Big 
(Par). 

Capitol— 'Smiling 
(Metro). 

Strand — 'One Way Pa;ssage' 
(WB). 

Mayfair— 'Phantom of Crest- 
wood' (Radio). 

Rivoli— 'Raiii' (UA) (12). 

Winter Garden— 'They Call It 
Sin' (FN). 

Rialto — 'Madison 
Garden' (Par) (13). 



Through' 



Square 



$2 Pictures 

'Strange Interlude' (Metro) . 
(Astor) (7th week). ' 

'Maedchen in Uniform' (Os- 
wald) (German) (Criterion) 
(8rd week). 



. Foraigh Films 

'Le Bal' (Vadal and Delac) 
(French) (Little Ctu-negle) 
(2nd week). 

'Gitta . Entdeckt Ihr Hen' 
(German) <Froehlich) (Hin- 
denberg) (2nd week). 

'Louise, Queeni of Pruaeia' 
(Porten) (German) (Europa) 
(4). 



KBS' Oakie Loan 



Briefly rewritten extract* from 'Variety**' Hollywood Bulletin, printed, 
each Friday in Hollywood, and. placed as 41 wrapper upon tlia regulai; 
weekly 'Variety.' 
The Bulletin does not circulate other than on the Pacific Slope. 
News from the Dailies in Los Angeles will be found in that customarA 
department. " 

" ■ • ■ ■ ■ ' . . 

'Northweet' for McCoy 

Stuart Anthony's mounted jmllce, 
yarn, 'King of the Northwest,' haa 
been purchased by Columbia for 
the sixth Tim McCoy feature In th;^ 
present seres. 

They Walk for Pay . 

Opening of 'Insult' by thei Beverl jv 
Hills Community Players, .was post> 
poned to Oct. 9, when James Mur>i. 
ray, Alberta Vaughn and Several 
Chinese actors, beckoned by pay 
Jobs, walked. 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Jack Oakie will probably be loaned 
by Paramount to KBS for 'Uptown 
New York,' which Victor Scheirtzin- 
ger will direct. Productioil to begin 
Oct. 6. ,■ 



Metro Has 'Em Jnmpiiig 
Between Lots for Tn' 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Stagger plan at Metro has four 
players m 'Mask of Fu Manchu,' 
doubling over from other plctui«s 
in production. 

Boris KarlofC Is running between 
Universal and Metro, playing In 
Imhotep' at the former studio. 
Myrna Lpy, loaned* to Radio for 
Animal Kingdom,' also doubles 
back for short scenes at night. 
Karen Morley and Jean Hersholt 
work between 'Fii Manchu' arid 
Flesh.' 



FEAR RADIO'S 
ELECTION EDGE 



'Man Eater* Cast Delays 
Malay Trip Two Weeks 

Fox oiitflt going to Malay for 
Man Eater,' will delay starting two 
weeks, due tp Marion Burns, who 
will have the lead, being tied up in 
Second Hand Wife.' , \, 

Technical crew will leave here 
Oct. 10, on the Preisldent Hodver, 
but Clyde B. EUliott, director, and 
members of the cast will go from 
here to New York, then sailing on 
the Aquatanla Oct. 14. James O. 
Spearing, : writing the story, Joins 
the unit in New York. 



Expected this year's election, due 
to the great public interest, yrlll 
react badly on all theatres. Publlx 
is advising all manager to do all 
possible to lure people to shows 
that night. , 

Principal suggestion Is that all 
houses arrange to announce returns 
on the election so that patrons 
leave their radios in favor of a 
thea,tre. 

Believed that this year's election 
will igive the radio the biggest edge 
over theatres It has ever had. 



2 File Bankruptcy Pleas 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Bankruptcy petition, listing liabil- 
ities of $14,700, was filed by Charles 
Morton, actor, under his lega,! name, 
Carl Mudge. Total assets are $300 
worth of clothes. Among debts are 
$3,000 on a property settlement to 
his wife, Lola Matilda Muidge; $iOO 
to Otto Lederer, and 'aix unstated 
sum as commissions to the Harry 
Gould agency. 

Norman Sprowl, theatre super- 
visor, and. his wife, Arelisle Ruth 
Sprowl, also filed bankruptcy pro- 
ceedings, listing $10,210 owed, and 
$660 worth of household furnishings 
as assets. 



Par Teamingr Kams with 
Raft in 'Undercover Man* 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

His work m 'Night After Night,' 
is responsible for Roscoe Kams 
getting a termer at Paramount, 
where he will be teamed with 
George Raft. Their next picture will 
be 'Undercover Man.' 

On Par's request, Warners re 
leased Karns, who had been en- 
gaged for 'Common Ground,' so he 
could jump into 'Undercover Man.' 
Franklin Parker, sidekick of Karnis, 
gets his part In the Warner film. 



COHN DENIES BEBN TABN 

Hollywood, Oct. 3, 
Harry Cohn states that an orig- 
inal by Gieorge Aurback, reported 
as based on the Paul Bern case, has 
no bearing on the life of the late 
flim producer. 

Aurback, sometime prior to Join- 
ing Columbia, was an assistant to 
Bern at Metro, 



NTmB£BIN& BAEBARA 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Warners have changed the name 
of Barbara Stanwyck's story, 
'Women in Prison' to 'Lady Num- 
ber 6142.* Isabel Withers afld 
Helene Phillips added to cast. 



Lachman's Initialer 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
HaiTy Lachman, recently brought 
from England by Fox, gets 'Face 
in the Clouds,' as his first assign 
ment. 

Story is an original by Myles 
Connelly, who will also supervise. 



FS 4TH ESTATE TABET 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Universal has bought 'Black and 
White Clown,' newspaper story, 
from William Leyster. Leyster, who 
is a free lance press agent, gets the 
Job of making the scenario of his 
own play. 



'International' Adaptors 

Hollywood, Oct. 3 
Harlan Thompson and George 
Marion, Jr., will dialog and adapt 
International House' at Paramount 
Story will go into production 
shortly. 



DIX'S 'JASPER' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3 
•The Great Jasper' will be next 
Richard Dix for Radio, Wesley 
iRuggles directing. 



Hollywood 



M-G's New 4' Scribes 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
New writer contracts approved by 
Metro are Ernest Vadja, Lew Lip- 
ton, Elliott Nugent and Upton Sin- 
clair. 

First two are under regular writ- 
ing contracts for short termis, with- 
out assignments. Nugent is signed 
only for the treatment on 'Whistling 
in the Dark,' bought from UA, while 
Sinclair Is to do an original based 
on the 'Star- Spangled Banner.* 



U Soloing Devine 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Universal will solo Andy Devine, 
featuring him in 'Son of a Sea Cook,' 
original story by H. M. Walker and 
Clarence Marks. Kurt Neuman w4l 
direct beginning Nov. 21. 



BETAKES FOB 'FAITHLESS' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
'Faithless' (new title for 'Tin 
Foil'), is due for several days' re- 
takes at Metro. 

Harry Beaumont, director, is fig- 
uring bow to get around scenes with 
Anna Apfel, who Is now in New 
York, and not available. 



Jackaon Off Payroll 

After five years in Radio's and 
Pathe's writing departments, Ho«J 
race Jackson goes off the former'0 
payroll. 



Skipworth Vs. Livingeton 

Al Lewis' first production for Par. 
will be 'Good Company,' featuring; 
Alison Skip worth. Story of a cbar>^ 
acter similar to Belle Livngston IS : 
being written by Nina Wilcox Put^' 
nam. 

Hazzard In on Script 

Lawrence Hazzard will sit in wUh 
Walter DeLeon and Walton ijHall 
iSmith in preparing the script on his 
play, 'The Good Thing,' which Parai 
mount will make. 



Beats fiudget Time 

Irving Ciimmings provided studio/ 
news when he finished the Column, 
bia pic, 'Plain Clothesman,' and 
completed the retakes in a day and 
a . half under budget time. 



Milton Ralson, N. Y. newspapers 
man and p.a:., is at Columbia to, 
write originals. 



National Panther Winner , 

Kathleen Burke of Chicago waat 
named national winner of Para-^ 
mount's panther woman contest and 
gets the part offered as priye In 
'Island of Lost iSouls.' Maxine 
Land, Verna Hillie and Lena Andrew 
other contestants brought berets 
were tested for stock possibiUtles. 

Profitable Vacation 
Earl Baldwin returned from a 10^ 
week, vacation In Maine, brlnglner 
'Blondie Johnson,' ah original fo^ 
Warners. Joan Blondell gets thei 
top spot. 



Jerry Horwin through at Radio* 
Last writing assignment was 'Freek 
White and 21.' ' 



Dorothy 7ost and Bruce MItohell 
added to Par writing staff. Latteif 
has b$en ;a director and actor. 



Cromwell Megging 

When Radio makes 'Broken Bfos^ 
soms' John Cromwell will directs 
Lester Cohen scripting the story. 

'Hero' LeMaire'a Next 

Rufus LeMalre will supervise 
(Continued on page 36) 



THATEB'S DIALOG 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Tiffany Thayer will handle the 
dialog on Paramount's 'Passage to 
Paradise.' 

His first assignment at the. studio 
was to contribute one of the sev- 
eral sequences to If I Had a Mil- 
lion Dollars.' 



WALLAC3E ON 'THBEE CAME' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Radio has engaged Richard Wal- 
lace to direct 'Three Came Un- 
armed,' In which Katherine Hep- 
bum and Joel McCJrefa will appear. 

Following the Radio picture, Wal- 
lace goes to Universal to meg one. 



Cabanne Sued for Storage 

Los Angieles, Oct. 3. 
Lloyd's Film Storage Corp. of 
New York has filed a Munilcipal 
court suit against Christy Cabanne 
for $1,160 on a promissory note for 
$1,000 in payment for a storage bill. 



Mitchell Now a Writer 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Bruce Mitchell, director and actor, 
will turn writer for Paramount. 

Studio has also Signed Dorothy 
Yost 



Van Dusen's Indies 

Cortland Van Dusen, creator and 
director of the old Mr. and Mrsi, 
Sidney Drew pictures in the Vita- 
graph days, left for the; Coast last 
week to enter independent produce 
tion. No exact plans yet. 

Lately Van Dusen has been doing; 
dialog on indie pictures in Ne'^ 
York. 



BBANBSTATTEB FLEA 

Los Angeles, Oct. 8, 
Argument on Eddie Brand statt^r'a 
motion for a new trial, following 
the restaurant man's conviction on 
grand theft charges, has been post^ 
pohed until Oct. 6. 

If motion is denied, Brandstatter 
will appeal, and if that is denied, he 
is expected to ask for probation. 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Robert Behchley. 
Carl Berger. 
Marian Burns, 
Clyde Elliott. 
Irving C. Franklin. 
Harry Goetz. 
Lorenz Hart. 
David Howard. 
Jesse L. Lasky. 
Katherine McNeils. 
Bud Murray. 
Myron Selznick. 
Donald M. Stoner. 
Frankly n Warner. 
Ifarry Woods. 
Harry Cohn. 
Barney Gerard. 
Mabel Jaflle. 
Arthur Klein. 
J. J. Murdock. 
Molly O'Day. 
Carl Laemmle. 
Jack Ross.. 



Tuesday, October 4^ 1932 



P ICT n II E s 



VARiETY 



N. Y. Uie Exiiilis 



See Ont to 
Operators (ki 14 



.cm 



PossibiHty that the N. T. Indle 
(Bxhibltons oaa drop Eimipire op- 
. erators Oct. . 14 through a reported 
'. ; loophole in the contract €lvli% theln 
an «ut on that date. According to 
thla interpretation/ the exhiba why 
swung fironi Mi to Smpire -on 'Sept 
1 coald then give ' up the experl- 
ment with operators of the latter 
and return to 306 If so Inclined. 

Last week representatives of the 
largef Independents using ICmplre 
DMn held A meeting to demand of 
Empire, an increase In its cam- i 
palgn against 306 which, from iii-' 
formation has reduced grosses as; 
',','^uch as 35% for .Empire houses.; 
7'-^,The State-chartered union is .sa3d| 
to Aiave^ountered that it would take 
even snore drastic xneasures in -an! 
[■■ ellC'Ort.'bo curb £^ interference if the) 
indies would shoulder the cost. ] 
As a result the situation between | 
.''theatres and Empire is understood j 
. ,to be status quo, except that some | 
indies using Empire we now report- 1 
ed not entirely content that they 
brought on a, picketing situation, 
: ' - j>ltis other campaign steps that is in- ; 
■Jxiring business seriou^. ; 

Vaude or Stage Shjow A«)g1e j 

With Stage hands and musicians 
refusing to work with Empire oper- 
ators, «lnce the latter anion is not 
recognized by the A. F. Li., any iitdie 
wanting to use Tandeville or oth^ 
fitag« shows is ttp against the prob- 
lem of bringing in non-union help 
bac1<;stage &nd in the pit. . 

The Sam Eiaplain union (306) in- 
tends opening additional houses un- 
der its management at low scales In 
.fitting its opposition, but will 
I>robably wait until the courts have 
dieiclded on a,n injunction asked "by 
306 to prevent distributors from 
withholding service. 
' Motion for the injunction, against 
the Ha3^' office, all distributing 
members, T. O. .C. C, Charles 
O'Reilly and the Sprlnger-Cocalls 
. chain, alleging conspiracy to shut 
. oH Bow of illm, will come up for 
heading Monday (10). On being 
heard last week by Justice Franken- 
thaler, it was set oyer, the judge 
saying snap judgment should not be 
• exercised in a case of this. kind. ' 
Meanwhile this week the indict- 
ment handed' down last fall by the 
. .Grand Jury against Kaplan and 22 
. ..Other officers of 306, alleiging con- 
spiracy and coercion, Is scheduled to 
come up In General. Sessions. It was 
brought last spring by malcontents 
In the 306 regime. 

Since picketing of chain houses 
by Empire men, most of the larger 
theatres have the protection of city 
• police who are on <daty at all times. 



CAfiEWE'S $175,000 

1 , 1 Director's Venture with Garbage 
.'I Plant Gtoes Awry 



Dallas, Oct. S. 
• ■ Edwin Carewe, director, getting 
set to sue this town for plenty dam- 
ages. 

■' Through his Biltmore Conserva- 
tion Corp., Carewe contracted with 
local city dads for a garbage dis- 
posal plant in exchange for monop 
on city's waste.' He built a $175,000 
structure a couple of years back, 
but came a political shakeup and 
^consequent cancellation of the dl- 
. rector's contract. Lengthy legal 
battles didn't budge the dads. 
., .What Carewe wants now is his 
; 17fi G's through Roiser Coke, local 
attorney. 



Cirand Cesture 



Val Lewton, author of "Ho 
Bed of Her Own,' bought by 
Paraniount for Hopkins-Gable, 
is otfering T»ar a doctoring Job 
oh the Btory gratis in -an effort 
to bring It vp to I»ar'a satisfac- 
tion. Picture was ahelved on 
the doast due to too rough 
treatments prepared so tar. 

LeWtoh got . 12,600 for the 
story rights to his best seller. 
Lewton is with Metro in New 
York. 



ALL WHITE CAST 



Only Orientals in 'Son Daughter' a 
Few Extras 



. Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Although it is strictly a Chinese 
story, Metro w.ill use no Orientals 
in 'Son Daughter,' with the pos- 
sible exception of some Chinese as 
extras in long shots. 

Dropping its ihtention to use 
Anna May Wong, studio decided on 
Helen Hayes, and in order to avoid 
comparisons between the principals 
in malce-up and Oriental, even the 
bit parts win toe filled with occi- 
dentals. Kamoh Novarro also set. 




Fool Gives Him 
M oT Florida 



Roadshow 'Maedchen'? 

Negotiations have been opened by 
John Krimsky with the UBO, the 
combined Shubert-Erlanger legit 
outfit, to roadshow 'Maedchen in 
in Uniform,' German talker, at $1.50 
top. It's current at the Criterion, 
New York. 

Also some talk of Metro taking 
over the film for national distribu- 
tion, with nothing set. 



Morgan rHymer For Rogers Pic 
Hollywood, Oct. 3> 

Frank Morgan and Warren B. 
Hymer added to the cast of 'Truth 
Racket,' Charles R. Rogers produc- 
tion. 

" Rogers Is seeking to borrow Min- 
na Gombeel from Fox for the femme 
lead. Also dickering with Colum- 
bia for Constance Curnmi.ngs for a 
featured role. 



E. J. Spatlcs is now in operating 
control of all Publix theatres in 
Florida. Under .a new deal, Publix 
has thrown, into the Publix -Sparics 
partnersihip formed about two years 
the 13 houses which were not in- 
cluded at that time, including those 
in Miami, Miami Beach. Liittle River, 
West Palm Beach, Palin Beach and 
Lake Worth. 

In New York last week Sparks 
settled this and other details on 
operation In Florida. He was also 
up on film buys. 

. Sparks, now has close . to 100 
houses in Florida, including, those 
In the Publlx-Sparks setup along 
with those he himself controls^ 

The 13 theatres involved in the 
new operating deal are Paramount, 
plympla and Rex, Miami; Commu- 
nity, West Palm Beach; /Rosetta, 
Little River; Arcade, Kettler, Rial- 
to and Stanley, West Palm Beach; 
the Paramount and Beaux Arts, 
Palm Beach, and Oakley, Lake 
Worth. • 



Feature Producing: Spot 
For Doane; Shorts Also 

Holly.wood, Oct. U. 

Warren Doane, who has been 
making Universal shorts, has been 
advanced to associate producer by 
that studio: He will continue mak- 
ing the shorts, in addition to his 
multiple-reel pictures. ' 

His first feature will be a (Steorge 
Sidney- Charles Murray comedy, on 
which preparation will start Mon- 
day (3). 



U, WITH PLAY OPENING 



Hollywood, Oct. 8. 
Picture production may be in 
si^t for ^Haricm,' all -negro play, 
which Universal bought last spring 
and put away for future oosidiera- 
tion. 

Studio is warming up to the story, 
with a local legit production of the 
play opening Saturday (8)< at the 
Music Eox. Carl Laemmle, Jr., will 
give the >liow the once-over for 
picture p6ssiWtti*8. 



WE YS. DeForest in Can. 
With Evidence in Theatre 

Ottawa, Oct. 3. ■ 
A session of the dignified Ex- 
chequer Court of Canada was hdd 
in the Regent theatre, Ottawa, 
when proceedings of a. patent case 
were transferred from the court- 
house for a demonstration of two 
types of talking equipment. Suit 
is by the Northern Electric Co.,. 
representing Western Electric in 
the Dominion, against the Baldwin 
Radio COu which takes care of De- 
Forest installations, for alleged in- 
fringement of patent on a screen 
speaker unit. 

Justice McLean, a battery of law - 
yers and numerous witnesses all 
repaired to the theatre to study 
sound projection by the various 
means. Judgment wa^ reserved 
after the literal hearing. 



Stock Trading Drops to 1,000,000; 
Most Prices Slip; Con. Fdm at 9; 
Loew Roles Below 32; Odiers Quiet 



'Hot Mama' 



HoJlj-wood, Oct, 3. 
Claiming tliey want a' Uiot 
mania' opj)osite , Loiew-McLfig- 
len in 'Hell to Pay,' Fox bias, 
given up idea ot Dolores . Del 
Kio for the part, and are nego- 
tiating for Lupe A>le2. - 



Lyricising the Dialog New 
Wrinkle for Radio Shorts 

Hollywood, Oct. 
Production on 'So This Is Har- 
ris,' first of Radio's shorts to use 
.lyrics as dialog, has been postponed 
today. 

Ben Holmes is writing additional 
sequences with Mark Sandiich, who 
will direct. Val Burton wrote the 
lyrics. Results of first film will de- 
termine whether the niil Harris se- 
ries will use lyric-dialog. 



Furthmiin Back to Par 

Hollywood, Oct. t. 
Charles Furthman returns to Par- 
amount. Will do an original sea 
story Cor that company. 



Budget Trimmii^ Folds Major Lots 
Writing Yams Around Stock Staff 



Hollywood, Oct S. 
The present era of economy at 
the studios .has created a kindlier 
feeling toward the use of stock stuff, 
which once was scorned on the ma- 
jor lots. The move for more action 
and less talk in films permits the 
iitillzation of the library material, 
which couldn't be used in earlier 
talkers depending so much on 
dialog. 

It's not uncommon now for the 
majors to write their stories to fit 
footage on the shelf, a rear- end type 
of treatment that once was a trick 
only resorted to by the indepen- 
dents. 

Reverse Process 

A case in point is a current major 
company pititure, which has a nega- 
tive cost lower than any .film made 
on the lot for months. Yet, by the 
utilization of scenes from three 
earlier silents it carries unusually 
lieayy production value. 

Writertf who worked on it, first 
assembled stock material that could 
be: used, arid then wrote a story to 
fit. One peculiar phase here was 
that instead of a double being 
clothed to lit the costume of a play- 
er as .u^ual, the reverse was true 
in order tc get the benefit of some 
thrilling .scones that were foiind in 
the stock material. 



AOVEIUTURE PiX 



Don Taylor's South American Jour- 
ney for LesMT Prods 



Hollywood, Oct. S. 

Dan Taylor, with sound equip- 
ment and a technical staff, is on his 
way to Soutlx America to produce 
three adventure pictures for Sol 
Lesser, of Principal Pictures. 

'Along the Old OoW Trail,' 'Tigers 
of the Deep' arid 'Jungle Trails' 
comprise the trio, the first of which 
will be delivered to Lesser in De- 
cenaber. 



'Garden' Into Rialto 

After getting a look at 'Madison 
Sq. Garden,' second Charles R. 
Rogers' picture for Paramount re- 
lease, it has been booked by Publix 
as the next for the Rialto. This 
shoves back 'Farewell to Arms.' 

Tentative opening date for 'Square' 
is Oct 13.. 



U Spots Fifi Dorsay 

Hollywood, Oct. S. 
Fifi Dorsay ie back in pictures, 
with a part in Unlversal's 'Sill< 
Storkings.' 
Edward Luddy directing. 



Tkeatres Talk 
MOwnB'way 




Contending, that the interests o£ 
show business ar^ not properlj' pro- 
tected by the Broadway Association, 
which takes in everything on the 
street from ti»e Battery uptown, a 
move is under way for the forma- 
tion of an orgahiKallon for the the- 
atres alone; It would function sim- 
ilarly to the Broadway Ass'n. 'with 
support by the major chains and in- 
dependent Uieatres. 

fiugigestlon, as made by one of 
the large chains and discussed with 
representatives of others, follows 
the recent order of the city to re- 
move elaborate fronts, m^irquee 
hanging pieces, etc. Order came as 
result of a protest by the Broadway 
Ass'n,, with many siiowmen resent- 
ing the move on the ground that 
while Broadway may heed cleaning 
up, much that is Coney Tslandish 
about the street could have been 
attacked . ahead of the theatres.. 
Hits At e. o. 

Showmen feel that elaborate 
fronts and ballyhoo are essential to 
business, and the recent complaint 
struck too bard at their box offices. 

While milling over the thought of 
an organization for themselves, a 
committee of theatre men, including 
Leopold Friedman . of Loew's and 
Sen. J. Henry Walters, of RKO, has 
been appointed by Borough Presi- 
dent Samuel J. Levy with a vl6w 
to deciding what's to foe done on 
the front problem. The. B'way Ass'n. 
is represented on this committee. 

Prior to its formation, chain ad- 
vertising men conferred with the 
boro prexy, including Terry Turner 
(RKO), Oscar poob (Loew's), Lou 
Qoldberg and Jim Fur man (WB) 
and Jack Mdnemey (Publix). 



By AL GREASON 

Yesterday was one of the dullest 
stdck jnarket full sessions In 
months, total reaching barely 1,000,- 
000 shares. Opening prices \v*re 
generally the best of the daj', all 
around.-' 

Quotations i)ega.n to di'ift lower 
after the first half hour and the 
bul.: of the day's business was done 
at minor concessions. There was a ; 

feeble uptui-n in the last few min- 
utes, but it did not reach appre- 
cia-ole' proportions. ■ 

Several riiinor features among the 
amusements. Loew's. was soft. 
Opening unchanged at 32, it eased 
to 81 % , and most of the day's trans- 
actions were done fractionally un- 
der 32, to which price it moved up" 
Just before the close. Volume was 
inconsiderable'. 

Bull movement in Consolidated 
Film Industries.' preferred was re- 
sumed in a quirt way with that , 
issue touching a new high on the 
movement at 9 where . 300 chares 
ciianged hands in the last minute of 
tradings Columbia Pictures .got into 
tlie limellgtit with a tnlnor burst of 
aictivity during the morning. Early 



MAYBE THIS TIME 



There^s a Chance 'Bugle Sounds' 
Will Get by Talking Stage 



First picture that Howard Hawks 
will supervise, as well as direct, at 
Metro, will be 'Bugle Sounds/ which 
was originally started five years ago, 
and on which more than 20 writers 
have worked to date. 

Original version was started be- 
fore sound, when George Hill took 
a unit to North Africa for scenes 
of Riff tribesmen at war with Spain. 
Lon Chaney was to . have been 
starred in it, but when he refused 
to appear in a sound picture, Wal- 
lace Beery was penciled in. Later^ 
it reverted back to Chaney, and then 
to Beery again, for whotn It is now 
Intended. 



Wants Mankiewicz Again 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Paramount wants Herman J. 
M.ahkiewicjs to supervise the next 
Mat-x Brothers picture, and is dick- 
ering for his return. Mankiewicz 
left the studio after suplng 'Horse- 
feathers.' 

Arthur Shoekman, and Kalmer 
and Ruby start story work today 
with the brothers also having a say. 



HOLMES GOES 'SAVAGE' 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Phillips Holme» replaces David 
Manners in 'Call Her Savage,' Clara 
l^>w production at Fp.t. Hale Ham- 
ilton completes the cfist. 



Yesterday^s Prices 



Sales.' HiBh 
1,000 <N>1. l-Jo.., 1214 
. 100 Con. F.„« 3H 

700 Do pf . . . . 
1.C00 £l. KodalL. «6U 

800 Pox , 

-3,200 Tiocw'8 ,.,32 
1.800 Par-P 
200 Path« % 

17.000 RCA V>M 

200 RKO ..... BH 

B.WK) W. B SH 

.BONDS 
taOOO Gen. Thr.. 4Vi 
0,000 Kellh .... 41% 
•fl.OOOr Par-lr-t. .. Mti 
r..DOO Par-P 27H 
2,000 Shub ..... '3% 

2,000 W. B. «Oti 

CtJRB 

BOO Tec* 8% 

lOOTr&nS-l. .. 7% 



Net 

.IjlOW.lAllt.CllSV. 

vm 12% + ^ 

9 +1 
C5J4 4-1 
8% - H 
W . 

« -H 

% 



■ m 

3% ; 
MM 
6 

% 

0T4 
5% 
3 



4 414+114 
40% . *0% - % 
38 ?8 -I 
27 . 5711 - 1i 

«14 i% -r % 
80% 80%— % 



.«%+ % 
2% + % 



prices ■were best with a ti>p at 12%. 
Thereafter It retraced most of the 
advance, closing at IJiii three- 
eighths up. 

Amusement bonds were quiet and 
about unchanged to isllghtly lower; 
this department being devoid of any 
features. ■ 

Disposition of prices to recede 
was attributed to an appllcattoh of 
Nickel Plate railroad note holders 
for a receivership. Stock of that 
carrier slumped from 6 to 3 and its 
bonds were sharply ofC The pivotal 
stocks were all lower. Including 
Steel, Telephone, Can and Qas. A 
few minor trading Issues mMtaged 
to show fractional gains. Wheat 
was slightly lower and cotton about 
Unchanged. . 

Sidewise Movement 

Last week's price movements wer© 
practically sidewise and on extremely 
small volume compared to the late 
summer up-rush. Tendency was 
microscopically downward, meas- 
ured in tlte Dow Jones index at loss 
of 2% points in 30 representative 
issues. 

The amusement common sti6cks 
were vaguely better, 11 of the most 
active issues slipping an aggregate 
of 12 points, or an average of about 
1. However, Loew, the leader, lost 
(Continued oh page 22) : 



Franklin-Stoner East 
For 'Continent* Release 

Hollywood, Oct; 3. 
Irving C. Franklin and Donald M. 
Stoner, Frahklln-Stoner Produc- 
tions, are in New York to nego- 
tiate a' releasing deal on 'The Lost 
Continent' aijd other prospective 
pictures. 

They will be away three weeks. 
On their return trip they will hit 
Chicago, Boston and Florida to look 
for swamp locations for 'Continent.* 
Miniature work has started on the 
prehistoric animal film, and will re- 
quire about 60 days. 



RKO Fri. Openings 

Within the next two or three 
weeks RKO theatres all over the 
countiy will shove over to a Friday 
opening date. 

Policy follows ^ canvass of the 
RKO managers at home and in the 
fleld. 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Hlfhoopee' Tab Msters 'Hat 
'Check' WOO; Thantom' Good 




hos Aneeles, Oct. 3. 

Snasmodlc showers and Inclement 
driving weather helped to bolster 
trade at the first-run box offices 
over the week-end. 

State/ with 'Hat Check Girl' on 
screen and 'Whoopee' on stage, Is 
leader of the caravan, with possible 
>18,000 in sight. Paramount, with 
'Phantom President' on screen and 
Ken Murray head of stage, talent, 
smartly paced for $19,500. RKO re- 
opened with 'Back Street' Friday, 
and, getting this one from the $1.B0 
top Circle, will fun to the flve-flgure 
point. 

'Tiger Shark/ held over at the 
Hollywood, will probably hit the 13 
G. point. 'Last Mile,' at the West- 
ern, IB fair, and had this one come 
ihfough before, the cavalcade of 
prison .yarns its b. o. fate , would 
have been better. 

Estimates for This Week 

Chinese (Fox) (2,028; B6-$1.65)— 
•Rain? (TJA): and stage show (4th- 
flhal week). That third week was 
nothing to excite. As a matter of 
fact, it was costly with take of $11,- 
000. Picture goes out Oct.* 9 after 
only 4% weeks, with house going 
'dark.' 

Downtown (WB) (1,800; 26-70)— 
•Blessed Event' . (WB) and vaude- 
ville. Though Hollywood and West- 
em drained this one pretty w611, it 
looks like a big $12,000. Last week 
•Those We Love* (W-W) very good 
at little below $11,000. 

Hollywood (WB) (2,7B6; 25-75)— 
•Tiger Shark' (FN) (2d week). Hold- 
over stanza should show good $13,- 
000. Last week vwy big- for the 
Inltialer on this one at $19,600. 

Paramount (Publix)' (3,696; 36- 
$1.10)— 'The Phantom President' 
(Par) and stage show. Will prob- 
ably come close to $19^600. La3t 
week 'The Night of June 13' (Par), 
with Bing Crosby as. gate bait very 
big at $23,600. 

RKO (2,950; 2B-66)— 'Back Street' 
(U). Coming down as first showing 
at one-third .top price of the Circle, 
indications are that, despite eco- 
nomic reopening campaign for 
house, $12,600 will be excellent take. 

State (Loew-Fpx) (2,024; 35-75)— 
•Hat Check Girl' (Fox) and stage 
show. It's "Whoopee' tha;t is count- 
ed for the draw here; $18,000 will loe 
the answer. Last week 'Pack Up 
Your Troubles' (Metro) was grief at 
$13,900. 

Westerii (WB) (2,600; 35-70)— 
•The Last Mile' (World Wide). With 
house revertilhg again to first funs 
Uke likely to be fair $8,000. 

IIFETIHIE' AND VAUDE 
GOOD $14,500, HONT'L 



NEW ROXY, TACOMA, 20 c 
TOP, PHllS NIFH $3,000 

. Tacoma, , 6ct. 8. , 
Boxy is the new house: to open 
this week, using 'Sporting Age* with 
oke mixture of shorts, similar to 
the Liberty policy in Seattle, and 
at pop prices ditto. 

Jenseh-Von Herberg owners. Le 
Roy Johnson here for opening, with 
Bob Armistrong on publicity. 

Twice weekly change policy may 
prevail. Present bill set in for full 
week. House taken over recently 
and renovated. Formerly the Pan- 
tages and later the Orpheum. This 
marks first expansion of J. -v. H- 
into the hinterland since sale of the 
old chain to Arthur, a few years 
back. F-WC la readying to op'en 
the Broadway next week. 

Estimates for This Week 
Plue Mouse (FWC) (650; 25)— 
Speckled Band' (First Dlv). Fair 
$1,800. Last week, 'Blessed Event' 
(WB) liked but town seemed to 
drop off, reaching just a fair $2,000. 

Riaito (FWC) (1,200; 26-35)— 
Pack Up Tour Troubles' (M-G), 
two days; 'Blonde Venus! (Par), for 
five days. Good takings, $3,000. Last 
week, '70,000 Witnesses' (Par), and 
'Bird of Paradise? (Bad) weakened 
toward end, and just so-so at $2,800. 

Roxy (Jensen- Von Herberg) (l.r 
200; 15-20)— 'Sporting Life' (Col). 
Grand Opening, getting lines, which 
is quite a novelty in Tacoma. The 
!>3,000 gross is excellent considering 
the 20c. top. . 

Just Another Wk. 
In Phiny; 'SliarkVUp 
But Divorce' Weak 



Montreal, Oct. 3. 
Cold bright weather has done its 
bit towards jacking tip grosses. 
Palkce, His- Majesty's and' Princess 
are repeating their last week's 
shows, leaving Capitol and Loew's 
to reap the benefit of new programs. 
This should i)ut Loew's on top with 
around $13,600 for 'Once in a Life- 
time.' 

Nabes have been ma,intaining fair 
grosses the last few weeks. 
Estimates for This Week 

His Majesty's (CT) (1,600;, 60 
76), "Pas Sur La Bouche' (French) 
and 'Amour' eh Vltesiae' (French) 
Repeats from last week when they 
grossed $6,000. May get $4,500 this 

Palace (FP) (2,700; 75), 'Grand 
Hotel' (M-G). About $12,000 cur 
rently. Big biz at $14,000 last week 
for same film. 

Capitol (FP) (2,700; 60), 'The 
Crash' (WB) arid 'Brown of Culver' 
(U). Maybe $12,000. Last ' week 
•Doctor X' (FN) and 'Weekends 
Only' (Fox), $11,600. 

Loew's (FP) (3,200; 35-60), 'Once 
in a Lifetime' (U) and vaude. Top 
notch week at the only vaude house 
here with gross at $14,500. Last 
week 'Blondle' (M-G) and above 
ordinary vaude, $14,000. 

Princess <CT) (1,600; 35-60), 
•Paradise': (Radio) and 'Room 13' 
(Fox). Should again do well at 
$7,000. Last week same film, $8,000. 

Imperial (Franco-Film) (1,900; 
26-40), 'L'Alglon* (French). May 
lift to $2,500. Last week "Fan tomas' 
(French), around $2,000. 

Cinema de Paris (Franco-Film) 
(600; 25-50), 'Monsieur le Marechal' 
(French). About $1,200. Last week 
'Tragedle -de la Mine' (French), 
$1,000. ' 



Philadelphia, Oct. 3. 
After a week of general disap- 
pointment, with only one outstander, 
indications point to an equally 
mediocre week with the current 
crop. 

Grand Hotel' drooped badly at 
the Boyd and could only make the, 
grade for eight days, with only six 
really justified. 'Bird of Paradise,' 
'Dangerous Game' and 'Hold 'em 
Jail' at the Stanley, Stanton and 
Earle respectively, also limped in 
attendance. 

'Tiger Shark' Is a possibility for 
some success at the Stanley this 
week. 'Back Street' is at the Boyd 
and seems headed for only a mod- 
erate return. Maybe $14,000. Fox 
looks weaker than in some < time. 
Picture is '13th Guest,' and stage 
show includes Gus Edwards' 'School 
Days' and 'Roxy Gang' unit. Pic- 
ture got kind notices but comblna 
tlon doesn't hln tat more than $17, 
000. 

Return of the Mastbaum Oct. 14 
and the rumored relighting of the 
Aladlne will, in all probability, tell 
an important story. 

Estimates for This Week 
Boyd (2,400; ' 36r66-75) 'Back 
iStreet' (U). Mild response and un 
likely for rhore than a week's stay 
at around $14,000. Last week 
'Grand Hotel' (M-G) big disap- 
pointnrtent. Less than, $17,000 in 
eight days. 

Str.nley (3,700; 3B-65r75) 'Tiger 
Shark' (FN). May be one of week's 
few bright spots. If it hits $15,000 
there won't be a kick. Last week 
'Paraidlse' (Radio) disappointed 
with only $14,500. 

Stanton (1,700; 36-40-76) 'Robin- 
son Crusoe' (UA). Ofdlnary trade 
and deemed wrong house for pic- 
ture. Maybe $9,000. Last week 
'Dangerous Game' (Itadlo), despite 
fine notices, didn't hit $8,000. 

Earle (2,000; 35-^0-66) 'Divorce 
in Family' (M^G) and vaude. Weak 
picture aiid stage without b. o. 
hiames. Lucky to $ee fair $16,000. 
Last week 'Hold 'Em Jail' (Raaio) 
$17,000. 

Fox (3,000; 36-40-76) '13th Guest' 
(Mori) and stage show. Stage riot 
calculated to help much. Fortunate 
if reaching $17,000. Last week 'Hat 
Check Glrr (Fox) plealsant surprise 
on claimed $22,000. 

Karlton (1,000; 30-40-55) 'Grand 
Hotel' (M-G). Moved down from 
Boyd on Saturday with mild indica- 
tions or $4,000 top. Last week 
•Blessed Event' (WB) $4,500 in 
seven days. 

Arcadia (GOO; 30-40-55) 'Speak 
Easily' (M-G). Fairly good start 
with $2,400 indicated. Last week 
'Make Mc a Star' (Par) flopped 
with $1,500. 



TRESIDENT' BIG IN 
BROOKLYN. $55,000 

Brooklyn, Oct. 3. 

Town is full of ace pictures and 
personable stage talent. Paramount 
is leading with 'Phantom President' 
and Fannie Brlce on the stage. Bill 
well exploited and should do In 
vicinity of $66,000, immense. 

Metropolitan is featuring a Laurel 
and Hardy flicker . and gala stage 
show presided over by Jack Benny, 
Abe Lyman's orchestra, Lllyan 
Tashman, etc Figures for $35,000. 
Estimates for This Week 

Paramount (4,200; 25-36-60-76), 
'Phantom President' (Par) and 
stage show. Fannie Brlce and 
Ray Bolger and should see around 
tremendous . $66,000. Last week 
'Blonde Venus' (Par) got a sock 
from the press and no patronage. 
Just $84,700. 

Met (3,800; 26-36-50-76),' Troubles' 
(M-G) and vaude. Swell stage bill 
with Benny, Lyman, Tashman tind 
others. In vicinity of $36,000, good. 
Last week 'Grand Hotel' (M-G), 
second week, with Buss Colunibo on 
stage, $26,800, okay. 

Albee (3,500; 26-35-60-76), 'Di- 
vorcement' (Radio) and vaude. 
Everett Marshall and : Tom Patrl- 
cola on. stage. Maybe $26,000, oke. 
Last week, 'Hell's Highway' (Ra- 
dio), did $20,200. 

Fox "(4,Q00; 26-36-40-50), 'Crooked 
Circle' and stage show. Very poor 
$9,600; LfLSt week 'Painted Women' 
(Fox), $12,000. 

Strand (2,000; 26-36-60), 'Life Be- 
gins' (WB). In second week shoyld 
do $16,000, and may h. o. Last week 
brought in fine $22,700. 

TronUes' Is Poor 
On $9,000 at Penn; 
'Venus' 13 G, Pitt 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 3. 
Dragcry session in prospect this 
wbeki with anticipated break from 
cooler weather being offset by Jew- 
ish holidays falling }mportantly on 
a weekend. 

'Blonde Venus' looks like a leader 
at. the Stanley bqt $13,000 isn't so 
hot in the face of no competition 
and aiBO, considering importance of 
cast names. "Pack Up Tour 
Troubles' fated good on the comedy 
at the Pen'n Ibut Laurel ,and Hardy 
don't look strong enough yet to hold 
up without stage backing here and 
will be lucky to slide through to a 
sorry $9,000. 

Warner stands a chance of get- 
ting a break with 'American Mad- 
ness.' No outstanding names but 
great . campaign and timeliness of 
topic may result in neat $10,000, 
with word of mouth figured as as-, 
sistance. 

Enfight, in East Liberty, appar- 
ently leaning toward, the full week 
policy of late. 'Horse Feathers' in 
currently for the regulation six 
days, following similar run for 
'Succesful .Calamity.' Following 
week, however, will be split up, 
house's policy depending entirely 
upon strength of picture. 

Estimates for This Week 
Davis '(WB) (1,700; 26-30-40), 
'Paradise' (Radio). Brought here 
on heels . of nice week at Stanley 
and momentum on previous down- 
town engagement should carry It 
along to neat $4,250. , Last week 



Indif Film Fare FinaDy Has Mpls. 
Chary; Lloyd's Disappointing 12 G's 



SPARKIESS ST. LOUIS; 
STATE BEST, $17,000 



St. Louis, Oct. 3. . 
Business has taken a sudden drop 
thla week. Might ' be because of the 
quality of the films, but even In 
those pilaces where the quality is up 
the story is the same. Maybe the. 
series kept them home listening. 

Even 'Bring 'Em Back Alive' is 
not attracting as expected consider- 
ing its record in other cities. 
Estimates iFor This Week 
Ambassador (WB) (8,000; 36-66- 
66)— 'The Crash' (WB) and unit. 
Just a fair $10,000. Last week 'Tiger 
Shark' (WB) $12,00(). 

Fox (Fox) (6,000: 25-35-65)— 

'Those We Love' (W-W) and unit. 
Getting little attention and poor on 
$8,000. Last week 'Hat Check Girl' 
(Fox) $10,000. 

State (Loew) (3,000; 26-36-66)— 
'Troubles' (M-Q). Laurel and Hardy 
okay at $17,000. Last week 'Grand 
Hotel' (M-G), second week, $12,000. 

Missouri (RKO) (3,600; 26-36-56) 
—'Bring 'Em Back Alive' (Radio). 
A fair $6,000, but under anticipation. 
Last week 'Movie Crazy' (Par) nice 
$10,700. 

' St, Louis (RKO) (6,000; 26-35-66) 
—'American Madness' (Col) and 
vaude. Warlng's Pennsylvanlans 
but house isn't getting, attention ex- 
pected. Gross up this week to $14,- 
000. Last week '70,000 Witnesses' 
(Par) and Talmadge- Jessel oh stage 
for $13,900. 



K. C. Romps With 
Main St $22,000 on 
i3 Women' and Tab 



'CongorllW (Fox) off a bit at 
around $3,700. 

Fulton (Shea-Hyde) (1,750; 26- 
30-40), .'Chandu* (Fox). Hocus- 
pocus, but ether reputation may 
help it 61(de throug;h to fairly de- 
cent $4,400. Last week 'Down to 
Earth' (Fox) very much all right 
at $5,300. ■ 

Penn (Loew-UA) (3,300; 25-35- 
50), 'Troubles' (M-G). Requires 
strong stage backing here and 
minus that element house 'ivill be 
lucky to get a miserable $9,000. Last 
week 'Grand Hotel' (M-G) topped 
everything in a straight picture way 
at $27,000, real dough anytime. 

Stanley (WB) (3.600; 26-35-60), 
'Blonde Venus' (Par). First Dietrich 
picture to play the Stanley and 
nothing, in $13,000 to get excited 
about. Last week 'Paradise' (Ra- 
dio), up to neat $17,600. 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 25-35-60), 
'American Madness'. (Col). Time- 
liness of topic and nice campaign 
should offset lack of cast names and 
corral Impressive $10,000. Last week 
'Hold 'Em Jail' (Radio), around 
$8,200. 



Kansas City, Oct. 3. 
The Malnstreet, with 'Thirteen 
Women' ... on the screen and 'Rio 
Rita' (tab) on stage is In for an- 
other big week. Much publicity 
with greater part going to the stage 
attraction.. 

Liberty has 'Big City Blues* and 
is offering, according to the billing, 
Wild Parties with Wild Women.' 
Estimates for This Week 
Liberty (Dublnsky Brothers) (860; 
16-26), 'Big City Blues' (WB). No 
newspaper ads until ojpening day, 
but house depends on drop-in. 
Close to fair $3,600. Last week 
'June 13' (Par), about same. 

Midland (Loew) (4,000; 26-36-60), 
'Troubles' (M-G). Gobs of pub- 
licity In papers and on air. Billed 
as exclusive may build to good $16,- 
000. Last week, second of 'Grand 
Hotel' (M-G), $12,400. 

Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; 25-36- 
50-60), '13 Women' (Radio) arid 
'Rio Rita' (tab). Strong and ex- 
pected to get close to big $22,000. 
Last week 'Hold 'Em JaII' (Radio) 
and unit, with Lakes . and Barney 
Rapp's band and revue added $21,- 
000, 

Newman (Publlx) (1,800; 26-35- 
60), 'Movie Crazy' (Par). While up 
against strong competition opened 
nicely and looks like fine $12,000. 
Last week 'Blonde Venus' (Par) 
held steady for $12,000 too. 



WHEEIJtlGHT WBITI^G 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Ralph 'Wheelrlght has been trans- 
ferred froiii Metro's advertising- 
publicity depa;rtment to the scen- 
ario staff, to work on an original 
idea. 

A former L. A. 'Examiner' re- 
porter, 'Wheelwright was brouRht to 
M-G five years ago by Pete Smith. 



Minneapolis, Oct, 3. 
Leading loop houf^es continue 
pretty good box-offlce- showings, 
helped by strong attractions and the 
decreased seating. But the pros- 
perity pace seems to be slowing up 
considerably and a few clouds are 
beginning to spot the sky. As a re- 
sult, there is some worry in show 
circles. 

While profitable, business done by 
•Blonde Venus'. . at the State last 
week was below expectations. Much 
was also expected of 'Movie Crazy* 
at the same theatre currently but- 
indications thus far are disappoint--- 
ing, although the house will finish 
up very much on the right side of 
the ledger with this better than 
average card. 

Pantages aiid the Seventh St. 
Ideally located de luxers on a 16c 
grind with third run^, are proving 
the stlffest s^ort of opposition for 
the lesser loop PUbllx houses and 
cutting Into their trade in most 
alarming fashion. Such houses as 
the Palace, Aster and Grand are 
having plenty tough going, 

Estimates for This Week 

State (Publlx) (2,200; 65), 'Movie 
Crazy' (Par). Lloyd comedy not 
quite up to expectations. However,, 
will give theatre a profitable seven 
days, $12,000, fair. Last week, 
'Blonde Venus' (Par), $12,100. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,890; 65), 
"Most Dangerous Game' (RKO) and 
Sue Carol and Nick Stuart and 
Daphne Pollard in person. No 
nanies In picture and drawing- 
powier of the In-persoh trio likewise 
doubtful. However, Manager Emil 
Ffanke did fine exploitation and 
publicity, job and picture is caus- 
ing much comment; about $12,600. 
fair. Last week, 'Okay Airierica 
(U) and Texas Guinan and her 
Gang in person on stage to great 
$16,000, with 'queen of the night 
club' entirely responsible for the 
splendid showing. 

Lyric (Publlx) (1,300; 36), 'Obn- 
gorilla' (Fox). Jungle films always 
click here and this one attractlne 
plenty attention; may hit a big 
$7,000. Last week, 'Doxtor X' (FN), 
$6,000, good. 

Grand (Publlx) (1,100; 35), 'Horse 
Feathers' (Par). Second loop fun 
and remaining entire week, should 
top good $2,800. Last week, 'Is My 
Face Red?' (RKO) and 'Downstairs*" 
(M-G), $2,200, fair. 

Aster (Publlx) (900; 26), 'Fast 
Companions,' first run, and 'Miss 
Plnkerton' (FN) and 'Guilty as 
Hell' (Par), split, latter two second 
loop runs. Maybe $900, light. Last- 
week, 'Almost Married,' first run;! 
'Washington Masquerade' (M^Gf, 
and Red Headed Woman' (M-G)< 
second and third loop runs, splitv- 
$1,200, fair. 



WENUS' HEADS UNCOLN, 
BUT MILD ON $3,500 



Lincoln, Oct. 3. 

Trend is still on the climb. More 
money came to town with college 
opening than expected. Product, 
tod. Is helping. 

'Blonde "Venus,' at the Stuart, will 
be the current major spot, and mod- 
erate, with the Orpheiim's 'White 
Zombie' and the State's 'Once in a 
Lifetime' running a good race for 
second. 

Estimates for This Week 
Lincoln (Publlx) (1,600; 10-30-40) 
—'American Madness' (Col). A bit 
-weak at $2,400. Last week 'Para- 
dise' (Radio) topped town with $3,- 
200. 

Orpheum (Publlx) (1,200; 10-20- 
30)— 'White Zombie' (UA). May 
suffer from age but looks easy $1,- 
200, okay. Last week 'Big City 
Blues' (WB) bounced up to $1,160. 

State (Indie) (500; 10-25-35)— 
'Lirctime* (U). Should reach nice 
$1,700. Last week 'Back Street' (U), 
in second week excellent at $1,800. 

Stuart (Publlx) (1,900; 10-25-35- 
50-60)— 'Blonde VenUs' (Par). Will 
do ■ about $3,500, moderate. Last 
week 'Grand Hotel' (M-G) suffered 
from previous showing. Down to 
$3,100. 



TVENT' IS BIG IN 
COLUMBUS ON $7,500 



Columbus, Oct. 3. 
Another good week In sight with 
Palace again docketed to receive a 
good share of the biz dUe to its 
vaudfllm. First week went plenty 
heavy despite two rainy days and 
nights. 

Estimates for This Week 
Palace (RKO) (3,074; 35-55)— * 
'Blonde Venus' (Par) and vaude. 
Should get $10,000, okay. Last week 
Dangerous Game' (Radio) and 
Thurston a mighty fine $15,000. 

Ohio (Loew-UA) "(3,000; 25-40)-* 
'Troubles' (M-G). Hardly enough 
Laurel and Hardy fans in this town 
to really justify exclusive showing 
at this house. Should get good 
enough. $10,000, however. Last wieek 
'Grand Hotel' (M-G), second week, 
fell way off and failed to better $5,- 
000. 

Broad (Loew-UA) (2,500; 25-40) 
— 'Chandu' (Fox). Expected to carry; 
through due to recent local radio' 
production. Has- $8,000 in sight. 
Last week 'Down to Earth' (Fox) 
surprised by neat $10,500. 

Grand (Neth) ,(1,100; 25-40)^ 
'Blessed Event' (WB). Taking town 
by storm and should hit elegant $7,- 
500. Last week 'Miss Plnkerton* 
(FN) fair enough at $4,600. 

Majestic (RKO) (1,100; 25-35) — 
'Age of Consent' (Radio). On road 
to fair enough $2,400. Last week 
'Horse Feathers' (Par) moved in 
after run at Paljtce arid held up well 
to $2,500. 



*Congaf on Fire Again * 
At M-G After Hays ^an 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Meti-o is again considering 'Con^ 
gai,' which had previously been dis- 
approved by the Hays office. Pres- 
ent procedure is to whitewash the 
plot arid eliminate the miscegena- 
tion angle, with Leon Gordon clean- 
ing up the story. 

Gordon will adapt the play after 
finishing his present job on 'Son- 
Daughter.' 



Tuesda^r October 4, 1932 



PI C ¥ 



E GROSSES 



VARIETY 



'One Way Passage' $^,000, Chicago; 
Politics, Holiday, Basebafl Hurt 



Chicago, Oct. 8. 

Nione oC the big downtown houses 
YrlU fiee blgr grosses this week. Best 
proportionate showing Is anticipated 
McVlckers with 'Grand Hotel.' 

World .Series, Jewish holiday, "and 
the Democratic fireworks for Roose- 
velt wora counter-attractions over 
the week-end. Legits rather than 
the film parlors seemed to benefit 
by any loose change around. . 
Estimates for This Week : 

Chicago (B&K) (4,000; 40-65-85) 
•One Way Passage' ( WB) and stagei 
«how.' William Powell-Kay Francis . 
combo flopped around the corner at 
Oriental four weeks iago and not 
belplng here. Harry Rlchman doubt- 
tul -lure in Chicago so all in all it 
looks like |:32,000 for a ao-so week. 
Ijast week 'Blonde. Venus' (Par) 
lind Perry Askam In 'Desert Song* 
took $40,000 and was moved Intact 
to the Oriental. 

iVIcVlckers (B&K) (2,000; 35-55- 
76) 'Grand Hotel' (M-G) (1st week). 
Ban 12 weeks In spring at . Woods 
for $1.50. Look for big $30,000. 
•Love Me Tonight' (Par) nosedived 
In second -week to $12,800. . .. 

Oriental (B&K> (3,200; 40-65-85) 
•Bloiide Venus' (Par) and stage 
fihow. Hardly warranted the hold- 
over but product still scarce. 
Oriental will do $19,000. Last week 
*Hat Check . Girl' (Fox) strongly 
abetted by Ted We'ems orchestra 
hit ^23,000, 

Palace (RKO)" (2,500; 40-65-85) 
•Last Man' (Col) and vaude. Olsen 
and Johnson always meaii biz so 
Palace should see nice $2S,0QO. Last 
week 'Most Dangerous Game' 
(Radio) cleaved $21,000. 

State-Lake (RKO) (2,700; 25-35- 
40-55) 'Crooked Circle' (World Wide) 
and vaude'. House In doldrums; from 
bad vaudeville bills and average pro- 
gram pictures,, around $10,000. Last 
:week pretty fair, around $16,000, 
with Siamese Twins credited rather 
than 'Painted Woman' (Fox). 

United Artiste (B&K) (l.tOO; 40- 
65-75) 'Movie Crazy' (Par) (3rd 
week). Not doing what It should. 
WlU -^ticic until Wednesday when 
•Phantom President' (Par) comes in. 
Only $10*700 last week, and final 
five days $7,000. 

SEATTLE STACELESS 
STILL; 'CHANDU; 9G 

Seattle, Oct. 3. 

FWC houses coasting along with- 
but . music . or stage fare. Whole 
towa slowed up some. Probably due 
to reabtion from Puyallup fair last 
week' and community fund drive, 
which each year deadens the show 
going. Folks dig for a doUar deeper 
for this charity, and then pay for it 
by skipping a night's entertainment. 
One holder 'Blessed Event' (WB), 
Which is building. Likelihood the 
becbnd stanza will exceed the first 
through the word o£ mouth. The 
bther attractions Just so-so. There 
Is no real pull in any of the new 
Ones this week. 

The Paramount is opening soon 
With Fanchon & Marco stage shows. 
Definite date not announced but 
musicians' adjustment seems pro 
gressing with plan for 18-plece 
band at the Par and 15 men at the 
6th- Ave. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fifth Ave. (FWC) (2,30K>; 25-55) 
^'Ghandu' (Fox). Fair pace, and 
that's all, but plugging big for 
'Grand Hotel' next week. Indicated 
this week around $9,000* fair. Last 
week 'Blonde Venus' (Par) nose 
dived toward end, as did about 
everything In the town, for $8,700. 

Oi^pheum (RKO) (2,600; 25-65)^ 
•Most Dangerous Game' (RKO). 
Joel McCrea given publicity break, 
and. excitement angle heavily bally- 
hoobd. On way to $5,000, better than 
lost' week, 'Okay Amerlta' (U), 
more of a gangster plx than a col- 
umnist, which slumped to $3,200. , 

Fox (FWC) (2,100; 25-55)— 'Pack 
Up Your Troubles' (MG). Laurel 
and Hardy comedy okay at $5,000. 
Last week 'Tiger Shark' (WB) 
filow, after oke start, at $4,000. 
, Liberty ( Jensen- von Herberg) (2, 
000; 10-15-26)— 'Drifting Souls' 
(Mascot), with billing divided with 
'Hatta Marri' (Ed). Not so forte, 
$4,000. Last week, '13th Guest' 
(Mono) steady at $4,400. 
, Music Box (Hamrick) (900; 25- 
55)— 'Blessed Event' , (WB) (2d 
week). The one bright spot last 
week and also this. At $5,600 pace 
it exceeds opening week's $6,000. 

Coliseum (FWC) (1,800; 25-35), 
•Bring 'Em Back Alive' (Radio). 
Second time in town for picture. 
Revamped house looks okay but biz 
60 poor, the Buck pic will likely be 
jerked and 'First Year' (Fox) stub- 
stltuted after four days. Last week 
house dark due to sizeable sum 
spent in remodeling front, re- seat 
ing and some re-rugging. This spot 
is best located of any house in 
town. Al Baker Is manager and 
made great record during recent 10 
■ weeks manager's contest for per 
centage of gain. 



NEW HAVEN OKAY 



'Venus' Leading Town for Big.^12t- 
' 500— 'Hat Cheek Girr $7,000 



New Haven, Oct. 3. 
Shubert three day sell-out of 'Cat 
and Fiddle' nicked film house 
grosses plenty last week. 

College Is abandoning sjplit, week 
vaudfllm policy after three week 
tryout and shifts to full week pro-, 
gram, opening film Sundays -and 
vaude Mondays. 

Roger Sherman swings back to 
double feature currently. 

Estimates for This Week 
Paramount (Publlx) (2,348; 40.-60)^ 
Blonde Venus' (Par) and unit. 
Heading for big $12,500. Last week 
Movi« Crazy' (Par) $12,600. 

Poll (Arthur) (3,040; 36-60) 'Life- 
time' (U) and 'Hat Check Girl* 
(Fox). Indicates okay $7,000. Laiat 
week 'Graiid Hotel' at $8,600,' only 
fair for an exclusive run. 

Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200;" 35- 
5.0) 'Two Against World' (WB) and 
Age of Consent' (Radio). Looks set 
for fair $5,000 which 'Blessed Event' 
also got. last week on. single feature 
bill. 

College (Arthur) (1,665; 30-40) 
'Troubles' .(M-G) and vaude. Booked 
as ah exclusive and maybe $4,300. . 



STACELESS DENVER 
RUINS PAR AND ORPH 



Denver, Oct. 3. 
Looks; like a good week for most 
first runners, although the Denver 

and Orpheum are considerably un- 
der their usual grosses due to the 
dropping of stage shows. Many 
otherwise regulars at these houses 
are staying home, not Interested in 
just pictures. An I. Al representa- 
tive en route here to fix up the 
stagehand dispute at both houses, 
which are holding out for a one man 
cut and a 10% drop in scale. 

Mystery films at both the Para- 
mount and Orpheum and the Lloyd 
comedy at the Denver, have Unes 
at the openings when prices are low, 
but drop off nights when the scale 

tilts. 

Estimates for this Week 
Penver (Publlx) (2,500; 26-35-40- 
50)^'Movle Cra^y* (Par). Okay $9,- 
500. Last week 'Grand Hotel' (MG) 
$14,600, bn the first week the house 
was without a stage show. 

Orpheum (KKO-Huffman) (2,600; 
25-35-40-50) — 'Chahdu' (Fox). No 
stage show . and $9,500 shows It. 
Lai9t week 'Successful Calamity' 
(WB) close to $8,600. I?irst week 
without vaude and 10 grand below 
previous stanza. 

Paramount (Publlx) (2,000; 25-40) 
—'Night of June 13* (Par). Nice 
$7,000. Last week 'Tiger Shark' 
(FN). Only 46,200. 

Rialto (RKO-HufEman) (900; 20- 
25-40)— 'My Pal the King' (U), four 
days; 'Fast Companions' (U), four 
days. Average $2,600. Last week 
'War Correspondent' (Col) a nice 
$2,800. 

DiTorcement' $3,800 and 
Xrazy' $11,000/Both Oke 

Indianapolis, Oct. 3. 

After a steady diet of straight 
films sln'ce spring, customers are 
going for the resumption of vaude 
at the Lyric. House may build to 
$10,000 . this week. Other houses, 
however, will not suffer much' be- 
cause this Is a vaude town. 

Loews' Palace has 'Pack Up Tour 
Troubles' and Is carrying a line In 
all the ads that this Is an exclusive 
showing. Lyric and Apollo announce 
that all Radio product will be shown 
at the two theatres. 

Esttmates for This Week 

Apollo (Fourth Ave.) Xl.lOO; 26,- 
36-55) — 'divorcement (Radio). 
Should build to $3,800, good. Laat 
week 'Hat Check Girl' (Fox) ended 
around $3,600. 

Circle (Skouras-Publlx) (2,600; 
25-35-55)— 'Movie Crazy' (Par). 
Around $11,000 for good week. Man- 
ai^Tient had chap On street balcony 
with large sign 'Waiting to buy- first 
ticket.' He was there for several 
days during rain. Last week 'Blonde 
Venus' (Par) not so hot, $6,600, 

Indiana (Skouras-Publlx) (3,300; 
25-35-55)— 'Tiger Shark' (WB). 
Maybe $10,000, but will have to hus- 
tle. Last week 'June 13' (Par) just 
fair, $8,200. 

Loew'is Palace (Loew) (2,800; 25- 
35-55)— 'Troubles' (M-G). May hit 
$7,500; good for a comedy in this 
town. Last week 'Grand Hotel' 
(M-G), second week, around $5,500. 

Lyric (Fourth Ave.) (2,600; 25-35- 
60)— 'Pas.'9port to Hell' (Fox) and 
vaude. . Reopening and possibly 
$10,000. 



^10,000 FOR 'MOVIE CRAZr 

bood at Alabama with Reduced 
Scale^'Game' $6^500 



Birmingham, Oct. 3. 
Alabama reduces prices this week 
with 'Movie Crazy,' House continues 
to ballyhoo that excluslves are being 
played; Business is picking up at. 
this ace house although reduced 
scale has something^ to do with It, 
too. 

'Dangerous Game,' thrown into the 
Rltz in place of another program, 
which had been ' advertised, and 
doing all right In view of no advance 
advertising. 

Estimates for This Week 
Alabama (Wilby-KIncey) (2,800; 
25-36-40)— 'Movie Crazy' (Par), New 
scale and pick ot all pictures with 
exception of Columbia, Radio and 
Uhlversdl. This week $10,000, nice. 
Last week ' Blonde Venus' (Par) 
fair at $9,000; 

Rltx (RKO) (1,600; 25-40)— 'Dan- 
gerous^ Game' (Radio). Apt to get 
$5,500, corking. LAst week 'Hell's 
Highway' (Radio) and 'Those We 
Love' (W-W) on double bill for 
week, $4,700. 

Strand (BTAC) (800; 20-30)— 'Un- 
ashamed' (M-G). For fair $1,400. 
Last week 'Stranger In Town' (WB) 
slow getting started, $1^300. 

Empire (BTAC) (1,100; 25-40)— 
Love Is a Racket'- (FN). Not much, 
$3,400. Last week 'June 13' (Par) 
$3,800. 

Galax (BTAC) (500; 16-25)— 
Heritage of Desert' (Par). Certain 
for dandy week at $1,100. Last week 
13th Guest' (Mon) little, $850. 

'CALAMITY'S' $17,000 
BEST IN DIM DEf. 



Cohan Film $72,i0, Huge for Par; 
Divorcement' Looks Like $23,000; 
Barthelmess' $30,000 Is Holdover 



Detroit, Oct. 3. 
Henry Ford took his place among 
th6 boxoffice alibis with his reduc 
tlgm . of wages ' this week. Good 
weather and a supposed good line 
up of pictures but the public Is 
staying away. 

Suffering are 'Blonde Venus/ at 
the Michigan, and 'Night Mayor' at 
the Fox. Fox has a hangover .on the 
union settlement delayed another 
week but next Friday should see the 
stage shows back there. At the' 
Downtown the Schmellng-Walker 
fight pictures are bolstering a bit. 
Estimates for This Week. 
Michigan (4,046; 16-36-72-75) 
'Blonde Venus' (Par) and stage, 
show. May build to $26,600. Last 
week 'June 13th' (Par) and Bferi 
Ber'nie In person, $27,900. 

Fisher (2,666; 15.-35-72-76^ 'Suc- 
cessful Calamity' (WB) and. stage 
show.. A good $17,000. . Last week 
Troubles' (M-Q) fair at $14,500. , 

United Artists (2,018; 16-36-56-72- 
76) 'Grand Hotel' (M-G) (2d week), 
okay on $15,000.. Last w.eek opened 
to big $28,000, 

Downtown (2,750; 16-26-55) 'Dan- 
gerous Game' and fight pictures. A 
fair $9,000. Last week 'Okay, 
Imerlca' (U) plenty thin at $6,400. 

FoK (C,100; 15-25-66) 'Night 
^Mayoi' (Col). Just a fair $11,000. 
Last week 'Chandu' (Fox) $10,000. 

Paramount (3,448; 16 - 26 - 66) 
'Blond Captive'. (Col); Opening 
week of first runs will get good 
$7,600. 

Making Two at Cutalina 

Hollywood, Oct. 9. 
Two film cdmpanles are making 
location scenes at Catallna cur 
rently. 

Metro's 'Let's, Go,' motorboat 
racing story, moyed to the island 
from San Pedro, and Par^mount's 
'Panther Girl' will grind wilderness 
stuff there. 



With a\few exceptions, the Broad- 
way show houses have nothing to 
complain about this week. While 
socked Friday night and Satur- 
day afternoon by the first of the 
Jewish holidays, a strong comeback 
was staged in most cases. . End of 
daylight saving is believed reacting 
favorably to the box office, though 
Sunday's balmy weather beckoning 
auto owners to the road again. 

Standout of the >yeek Is the F'ara- 
mount where 'Phantom President* 
should go to at least $72,000, with a 
chance for $76,000. 

Warners also doing well, with 
both the Strand and Winter Garden 
displaying strength. . Former with 
'Cabin in Cotton,' Barthelmess' new- 
est, well advertised, looks to do 
around $30,000. It will hold a sec- 
ond week. The Winter Garden, 
which has caused a lot of worry 
over the summer, is trotting strongly 
for the same figure and a third week 
with 'Tiger Shark.' ,• 

RKO has nothing to complain 
abouti either. 'Bill of Divorcement,' 
given a flash start on a premier tie- 
up with Mrs. Hiaarst's milk fund, 
should do $23,000, while the Palace, 
'Bird of Paradise' on second run, 
hopes for $17,600. 

'Mr. Robinson Crusoe* win stay 
only .another week after this, paced 
at about ^27,000 currently (2d week). 
'Rain' Is scheduled to open Wednes- 
day (12). . 

Harold Lloyd goes down in the 
record as the biggest surtJtlse the 
street has known In a long time. 
Though 'Movie Crazy' Is judged as 
ond of his best pictures and was 
given good notices all around, pic- 
ture is being badly snubbed. On Its 
third week It will be fortunate to 
get $13,000 and. 'Madison Square 
Garden,' scheduled for Oct. 13 at 
the Rialto may come In earlier. 

Roxy win do $45,000, perhaps a 
little better with 'Chandu,' which 
Is pretty fair right now. Cap is 
down to $40,000 with Laurel and 
Hardy's . 'Pack Up Tour .. Troubles,' . 
House has James Barton, Duke El- 
lington, Benny Rubbi and Prances' 
Williams on its stage while this 
Paramount has only Belle Baker 
and Borrah Minevltch. 

EstirhateB for This .Week 
Astor (1,012; 83-$1.10-$1.65-$2.20), 
'Strange Interlude' (M-G) (6th 
week). Length of run Indetermin- 
ate, as Is selection of picture's buc-' 
cesser - here when house may be 
ready to receive it. 

Capitol (5,400; 35-72-83-$1.10- 
$1.65). 'Troubles' (M-G) and stage 
show. Getting It between the, eyes 
at $40,000, despite strong rostrum 
display of names. Last week, sec- 
ond of 'Grand Hotel' (M-G), $66,- 
000, all right. 

Criterion (878; 26-40-83-$1.10- 
$1.66), 'Maedchen hi Uniform' 
(Krimsky). Aided by good reviews 
which house is plugging outside, 
German talker la doing well. Has 
house indefinitely. Par not needing 
It now. 

Mayfair (2.200; 35-72-83), 'Di- 
vorcement' (Radio). Exhibiting nice 



pun iat iXie rate of $23,000 on Its first 
week; to hold a second. Last week 
^Hell's Highway' (Radio) so-so, 
$17,600. 

Palace (1.700; 30-40-65-83)— 'Para- 
dise' (Radio) (2d run) and vaude. 
Picture Is drawing following its two 
weeks at the next door May^ir; will 
get $17,600, possibly a shade more 
here. 'Horse Feathers' (Par) didn't 
do auite as wen, $16,600. 

Paramount (3,664; 40-72-94-$l.ie) 
—'Phantom President' (Par) and 
stage show. George Cohan's first 
talker, with .Jimmy Durante sup- 
porting, taking town for ride; cer- 
tain of mammoth $72,000, and pos- 
sibility for $75,000. On stage are 
Belle Baker and Borrah Minevltch. 
'Blonde Venus' (Par) ran up good 
$59,800 last week. 

Rialto (2,000; 40-55-72-92-$i.l6)— ' 
'Movie Ci-azy! (Par) (3d week). This 
Is probably the last week, third, for 
Lloyd iat a $13,000 pace. 'Madison 
Square Garden,' set to open Thurs- 
day (13) may get In earlier, cutting 
'Crazy' to under a full four weeka. 
Second seven , days for Lloyd was 
only $16,000. 

Rivoli (2,200; 40-65-72-9'^-$i.l0)— ■ 
'Robinson Crusoe' (UA) (2d week). 
Not a big grosser but not a dlsap- 
pointer either. Hjas $27,000 this week 
in tow. On first seven ^days $34,- 
600, nice. 

Roxy (6,200; 35-65i83-$1.66)— 
'Chandu' (Fox) and stage show, 
with radio following of Chandu; 
house should reach $45,000 and peir- . 
haps top that a little— a profit. Last 
week $45,8000 on 'Successful Ca- 
lamity' (WB). 

Strand (2,900; 36-55-83-93-1.10)— 
'Cabin Cotton' (FN). Holds over.a 
second week on $30,0100, isVireet biz 
for this straight film^r. Last week ' 
second of 'Life iBegihs,^ $21,700. 

Winter Garden (1,419; 35-66-83- 
94)— 'Tiger Shark' (WB) (2d week). 
Fortified by the Eddie Robinson ' 
draw, fo. o. countup should be around 
$30,000. First week a soothing, 
$38,200. 




Good Grosses 



Fox Up to $25,000 — ^Divorcement' Fine 
$15,500— 'Interlude' Slow at $1.50 



Washington, Oct. 3. 

Everything, was Olsen and .John - 

Son here last wecik. Team could 

have, remained another week at the 
Earle and still have done business 
for they were locked out at this 
house on the closing night. Cur- 
rently Morton Downey, in the flesh. 
Is getting them at the Fox aided 
by Laurel arid Hardy's 'Pack Tour 
Troubles,' while Will Mahoney is 
getting response for the Earle. 

Arllss in 'Successful Calamity' at 
the Met is picking up and will fin- 
ish well but under previous Arliss 
pictures. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Columbia (Loew) (1,232; 15-25-35- 
40)— 'Gold.' Not so forte and with 
the kids back in school westerns 
are off, $1,450; Last week 'Drifting 
Souls' (First Div.) did just about 
the same. 

Earle (Warner) (2,424; 25-35-50,- 
70)— 'Crooner' (FN) and vaude. Will 
Mahoney heading bill. Chance for 
moderate $15,000. Last week Olsen 
and Johnson on stage and 'Night 
Mayor' (Col) lead the town with big 
$23,000. 

Fox (Loew). (3,434; 15-25-36-60)— 
'Troubles' (M-G) and stage show. 



Morton Dowiicy. on stage and headed 
for real week. ' Count may hit $25,- 
000 or more, Last week three stage 
names with 'Hat Check Girl' (Fox) 
a thin 17,500. , 

Keith's (RKO") (l.SSft; 15-26-35- 
50) — 'Divorcement' (Radio). Opened 
Wednesday of last week to rave re- 
views and excellent business; will 
easily finish nine-day stretch to 
$15,600, excellent. Last week 'Hell's 
Highway' (Radio) was given six 
days; on short week petered out to 
around $6,000, 

Met (Warner) (1,583; 25-35-50-70) 
'Successful Calamity' (WB). Should 
get $11,000. Last week second stanza 
for 'Blessed Event' (WB), $6,000. 

National (Erlanger-Bapley) (1,- 
20O; 25-^50-$l-$1.50)— 'Strange Inter- 
lude' (M-G). First road showing 
outside of Manhattan and count 'riot 
what was expected. Did $15,000 on 
nine days and out Sunday night (2). 

Palace (Loew) (2,363; 35-50-70)— 
'Kongo.' Not starting so good and 
will finish around . $10,000. Last 
week, second for 'Grand Hotel' 
(M-G) also about $10,000. 

Rialto (Universal) (1,853; 25-35- 
50)— 'Back Street' (U). Second week 
will bring about $7,500 after $12,500 
on the first, very good. 



FRISCO CRIHSON ROUND 
THE EDGES; TRES' 17|G 



San Francisco, Oct. S.< 
A slight tinge oX red Ink. No wal- 
lops this stanza, follQwing the trend 
of last week when grosses ssigged to 
disappointing levels. 

Nearest to a good sock is 'Phan- 
tom President' at Warfleld. F-WC 
ad chiefs giving 'Schnozzle' Durante 
tbe big ad and publicity plugs With 
Cohan second. Durante Is a favor- 
ite here, on screen, stage and box' 
office. So house, after two poor 
weeks, looks headed upward this 
time, aided, by the consist 3ntly good 
stagia shows. 

RKO's Golden Gate has been hit- 
ting the bell regularly, grosses aver- 
aging three and four grand over . 
takes of two months ago. 'Once in 
a Lifetime' Is a tough 'un to sell, 
but will do $14,800. 

Fox billing Its stage show 'Sally' 
equally with 'Hat Check Girl' on 
screen. 

Warners spending Iota dough to 
put over Arliss in 'Successful Calam- 
ity' and attendance good. 

'President' clicking smartly with 
'-"die films and stage shows at 40c., 

1th current '13th Guest' holding up 

cely. 

United Artists comes to life Oct. 
10 when Herman Cohen unlocks the' 
doors for 'Rain/ Brings list of local 
first runs to seven, not counting f or 
elgn film house,' Fllmarte.' 

Estimates for This Week 

Fox (5,000; 60-TO)— 'Hat Check 
Girl' (Fox) and tab version of 'Sally' 
on stage. Building to $27,000, mild. 
Laurel and Hardy In 'Paek.Up Your 
Troubles' same last week. • . 

Golden Gate (RKO) (2,844; 30-40- 
65)— 'Once in Lifetimer (U) and 
vaude with Horace Heldt's band. 
House clicking neatly of late and. 
$14,800 no exception. 'Dangerous 
Game' (Radio) got $15,000 last week. 

Paramount (Fox) (2,700; 65-65)— 
'Grand Hotel' (M-G) (2d week). 
Dropping off to fair $10,000. 

President (Harris) (1,410; 25-40) 
— '13th Guest' (Monogram) and stage 
show. Town's only independent, for 
operation and pix. Holding up to 
okay $5,300. Last week, second for 
Sam Harris here, hit $0,300 on 
'Phantom Expre.s.s,' 

Warfield (Fox) (2.672;. 55-65)— 
'Phantom President' (Par) and stage 
show. Hou.se got out of running 
with poor plx last two weeks and 
customers arc bit slow in returning. 
But Durante is puHing them in and 
$17,500 is good. Last week under 
$16,000 with 'Heritage of Desert' 
(Fox) horse opera. 

Warners (1,365; 55-05)— 'Success- 
ful Calamity' (WB); Arliss draw- 
ing cla.vs trade to . extent of okay 
$9,500. Will h. o. Second week of 
, 'Tiger Shark' (FN) got $7,000. 



10 



VARIETY 



PICTURE GROSSES 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



BALTO BOOMS; 
HIPFS NEW 
19GHI 



Baltimore, Oct. 3. 
Hol-oha, hallelujah and Wfelcome 
prosperity! The registers are go- 
ing dizzy clicking off the high num- 
bers, the turnstiles are in a con- 
tinuous whirl and It's happy days 
In Dixie Vnce more. At least one 
new record will go Into history In 
town, while the other houses will 
have fat profits. After a summer 
of headaches and black crepe, this 
Is Harv.jst Week. It took cops to 
handle the crowds on the opening 
day. 

The new high goes to the vaudfllm 
Hipp where Kate Smith necessi- 
tated calling but the police to con- 
trol the crowds. The CBS warbler 
is- making an eight-day stay, of It 
and will leave the cash-box bulging 
to the new gross record of $19,000. 
That compares to the forntier high 
of $15,000. 

At the. other* ace vaude house, 
lioew'a Century Is using. coppers too 
-^backstage, to control the flaps and 
protect Buddy Rogers. Put of the 
pnrses of these flappers they'll drag 
another $19,000. 

.In the run theatres the two stand- 
out are SSmiling Through' at the 
Stanley and 'Washington Merry- 
Gd-Rbund' at the Indle Niew. . Both 
pictures come In backed by an orgy 
of spending In advertising, both 
pictures having busted their budg- 
ets on their copy, and both pictures 
having had the additional ad back- 
ing of their Individual exchanges. 
The *Merry-Go- Round' campaign 
was especially good. ■ 

Estimates for This. Week 
Century (Loew-UA) (3.000; 26- 
3B-55-66-75) : 'Kongo' (M-G) and 
vaude. Buddy. Rogers and orches- 
tra, In peradn, the big noise and 
coin enticer currently. It's flap week 
abd no mistake. House' should 
count iat least $19,000 at the flnlsh 
of the session. . Last .week was an- 
other happy date when 'Troubles' 
(M-O) and ' Duke Ellington ' band 
knocked out $18,900, wow. 

Hippodrome (Rappaport)' (2,600; 
26-35^65-66-75) 'Those We Love' 
(W-W) and vaude. Kate Smith and 
her Swanee Revue the money- 
maker,: setting a new high by at 
least $4,000 In an elghtrday stay to 
a tremendous $19,000. Last week 
'13tH Guest' (Mono) and Rudy Val- 
liee band only fair at $12,600. 

Keiih's (Schanberger) ,(2,^60; 26- 
SO-40) 'Two Against the World' 
(WB). The weak ;3lster of the loOp 
currently, Bennett piece suffering 
badly from the competish. Will be 
satlsl.ad if It gets $5,500 for Its 
more than week's stay. 
. ^ New (Mechanic) (1,800; 25-40-60) 
'Merry-Go-Round' (Col). After hav- 
ing labored in the weak -gross 
morasa for some time, the house 
takes a whiff of life this stanza and 
perks Its head above the profit zone 
by a healthy margin at $8,000. 
Backed by corking ad campaign, 
that was a real help. -fHat Check 
Girl' (Fox) previous stanza regis- 
tered blah, $4,100. 

Stanley (Loew-UA) (3,600; 25- 
40-55-65-75) 'Smiling Through' 
(M-G). The Hipp gets the kids 
and elderly ladles, the Century the 
flaps, the New the polltlcal-minded, 
and this house gets the wide slice 
of general public for a tear- jerking 
session Into plenty profits at the 
fast pace to a least $17,000, very 
big. Last week somewhat disap- 
pointing lor 'Blonde Venus' (Par), 
$14,200. 



BUFFALO BUILDING 



'SMILING THRU ' $13,000 

Unusually Big in Louisville— 'Para' 
dise' Oke With $3,200 



Louisville. Oct, 3. 
No sooner had old man iautumn 
joined hands to help the theatres 
than a new rival sprang up-:-night 
clubs. Four such spots opened this 
week — Brown, Kentucky, arid Fort 
Nelson hotels and Madrid ballroom. 
In a way this helps, though, as many 
couples go to shows early In evening 
and then to clubs for their dancing. 

Loew's doing lot of extra adver- 
tising for 'Smiling Through,' and 
Rialto continues 'Greater Entertain- 
ment Drive' by booking Peaches 
Browning, Kenneth . Harlan and Al 
St. John on one bill. 

Estimates for This Week 
Loew's (3,400; 26-35-50)— 'Smil- 
ing Through' (M-G). A remarkable 
$1G,0(H). Last. week 'Troubles' (M-G) 
$9,000.' 

Rialto (2,800; 25-35-66)) (Fourth 
Ave.) 'June 13th' (Par) and 
Browning; Harlan and St. John on 
stage; Weak In spite of stage ar- 
ray, $6,800. Last week 'Two Against 
World' (WB) $7,800. 

Strand (1,786; 25-36-60) (Fourth 
Ave.). 'Successful Calamity' (WB). 
Mediocre $3,400. Last week 'Blonde 
Venus' (Par) $4,600. 

Brown (2,000; 25-35-40)— 'Para- 
dise' (Radio). A good $3,200. Last 
week 'Hold 'Em Jail' (Radio) $2,300. 

Alaino (900; 15-25-40) (Fourth 
Ave.). 'Heritage of Desert' (Par). 
A normal $1,700. Last . week 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox) $1,500. 



"Smiling' Proy/s Best, 
$17,000, with Tenus' 
And lifetime' Fair 



BOSTON SLUMPS AGAIN, 
XABDi^ $32,000, MET 



'Bird/ Ted Lewis, $23.500— 'Zombie' 
Big $10,500— 'Alive, $12,500 



Buffalo; Oct. 3. 
Everything Is looking up this 
week after a long stretch of vary- 
ing business. The Buffalo leads town 
with Ted Lewis on stage and 'Bird 
©f Paradise' combining for a $23,600 
week. 

Estimates for This Week 

Buffalo (Publix) (3.600; 30^40-65) 
— 'Bird of Paradise' (Radio). Ted 
Lewie in iperson and stage show 
aiding for very good $23,500. Last 
week 'Night of June 13th' (Par) and 
Harry Richman, off to $18,900. 

Great Lakes (Publix) (3,400; 30- 
40-65)— 'Bring 'Em Back Alive' 
(RIfO). Maybe $12,500, plea.sant biz. 
Last week "Urand Hotel' (M-G^M) 
$9,000, oke. 

Century (Publix) (3,400; 25-35- 
66), 'Divorce in the Family' (M-G- 
M) and stage show. Probably 
$8,500, fair. Last week 'Big City 
Blues' (WB) arid stage show, $8,700. 

Hipp (Publix). (2,400; 25-35), 
•White Zombie' (UA). Heading for 
big $10,500. Last week '70,000 Wit- 
nesses' (Par), all right at $9,000. 

Lafayette (Ind) (3,400; 25), 'Night 
Mayor' (Col). Likely to top $9,600, 
good. Last week 'Last Mile' (WW). 
Be.it week so far this season, nearly 
$11,000, big. 



Boston, Oct, 3. 
Local houses did less than they 
anticipated last week, and no great 
improvement expected this week. 

The outstanding disappointment 
last week was the ' slim gross, of 
$8,600 ifor 'Movie Crazy' at the Par- 
amount. 'Life Begins,' current at- 
traction there. Is doing very g:ood. 

'Blonde Venus' did not hold up at 
the Met on $33,000, but that's better 
than 'Cabin In the Cotton' plus Mills 
Brothers on the stage, and drawing 
this week. 

Estinnates for This Week 
Met (Publix) (4,300; 36-56-76)— 
'Cabin In Cotton'> (FN), with Mills 
Bros, on stage. At $32,000 fair. Last 
week 'Blonde Venus' (Par), helped 
by Will Mahoney and Raquel 'Torres 
on stage, $33,000. 

Paramount (Publix) (1,800; 80- 
56-6i;)— 'Life Begins' (WB). Good 
at $12,000. Last week 'Movie Crazy' 
(Par) only $8,600. 

Keith's (RKO) (4.000; 35-60-83)— 
'This Sporting Age' and vaude. 
Crumit and Sanderson heading bill 
and moving along for slow $14,000. 
Last week .'Once In Lifetime* (U), 
also $16,700; . 

RKO (4,000; 25-35-55)— '13 Wom- 
en' (Radio) and vaiide. Should 
build up to $11,000. Last week 'The 
Last Man' (Col) only $10,300. 

MORE SEATS, LESS NZ 
IN PORT.; 'VENUS,M2iG 

Portland, Ore., Oct S. 
Fox-Paramount hitting the high 
spots this week with 'Blonde Venus' 
and cashing In on the advance ex-~ 
ploltatlon In a big way. This house 
Just concluded a. premium week 
with F. & M.'s 'Irene' stag-* unit In 
the top spot. Picture was 'Tiger 
Shark' and registered good. 

'Successful Calamity' got results 
for Hanirlck's Oriental with little 
additional exploitation. Grossed 
about 60% above average. Oriental 
has 'Tom Brown of Culver' this 
week, just fairly, 

B. o, biz generally has been hold- 
ing its own but seating has In- 
creasied this month. Warm weather 
Is holding back the additional biz. 
The inajor- spots connect with prod- 
uct that can be sold In a big way, 
otherwise response to exploitation 
Is dull. 

Estimates for This Week 
Paramount (Fox-Parker) (3,000; 
26-65), 'Blonde Venus'. (Par). Well 
exploited and should hit big money, 
around $12,600, okay. Last week 
'Tiger Shark' (FN) with F. & M.'s 
'Irene' stage unit in top spot did 
well at $12,000. 

Broadway (Fox-Parker) (2,000; 
25-55), 'Skyscraper Souls' (M-G). 
Poorly at $3,500. Last week 'The 
Crash' (FN) just fair at $5,000. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,000; 25 to 40), 
'Most Dangerous Game' (Radio). 
,Very mild, $4,000. Last week 'Okay 
America' (U) off to $2 800. 

United Artists (Fox-Parker) (1;- 
000; 25-35), 'Heritage of the' Desert* 
(Par). Okay $5,500. Last week 
'Hat Check Girl' (Fox) below aver 
age with $3,000j bad. 

Oriental (Hfimrick) (2,500; 25 
35), 'Tom Brown of Culver' (U). 
Only fair $3,000. Last week 'Suc- 
cessful Calamity' (WB) connected 
for nice results at this house, get 
ting a good $5,300. 

Rialto (Gamble) (1,500; 25), 'While 
Paris Sleeps' (Fox). Fairly for $2 
800. Last week 'Almost Married' 
(Fox) poor at $2,000. 



_;. Providence, Oct. 3. 

Boz~^ince activity at the principal 
cinemas Is not especially lively this 
week, despite expected draw films. 
Stage opposish Is particularly strong 
with Ed Wynn's 'Laiigh Parade' 
here for the first half. Wheel bur- 
lesque has also started at the. Mod- 
ern. 

'Smiling Through,' at the State, 
looks like the leader In the picture 
class with a return of a good $17;- 
OOO. 'Once Jn a Lifetime* and 'Blonde 
Venus* are just doing fairly. 
. Estimates for This Week 
RKO Albee (2,200; 16-66-66— 'Once 
In a Lifetime* (U) and vaude. Pic- 
ture okay but vaude helping. Seennis 
sure of around $9,000, okay. Last 
week 'Dangerous Game' (Radio), 
$9,400. 

Fay's (2,000; 16-66)— 'Hat Check 
Girl' (Fox) and vaude. With Harry 
Burblg, radio name, topping bill 
show getting comment and coin. 
Looks like $7,500. Last week 'Those 
We Love' (KBS) and Vaughn De 
Leath, of radio, In person, failed to 
garner $6,000,. off. 

Loew's State <3,700; 16-65)— 
'SmlUn' Through' (M-G). Name 
lineup In this one and $17,000 swell. 
Last week 'Troubles' (M-G) came 
through for $13,000, oke. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-66)— 
'The Crash' (FN), and 'Tiger Shark' 
(FN). Robinson feature iokay but 
no help from. Chatterton^Brent in 
companion picture. Around $6,600 
so-so. Last weiek 'Successful Calam- 
ity' (WB) and 'Thrill of Youth' (In- 
vincible) strong all week at $9,600. 
, Paramount (2,200; 15-65)— 'Blonde 
Venus' (Par). Lure of Dietrich's 
name expected to help house a 
little^ Prospect seems to be $7,600, 
fair. Last week 'Movie Crazy' (Piar) 
a disappointment, only $7,200. 

RKO Victory (1,600; 10-25-30)— 
'Phantom Express' (Majestic), 'Hold 
'Em Jail' (Radio), and Schmellng- 
Walker fight pictures. Wheeler- 
Woolsey opus second run and not 
more than $1,800 In view, so-so. 
Last week 'Night Club Lady' (Col) 
arid 'American Madness' (Col) good 
at $2,200. 

Metropolitan (Conn) (3,700; 10- 
26-30)— 'Alias Mary Smith' and 
vaude. House h£W had only one 
good week since it opened six weeks 
ago. Lucky if able to pluck $900 
for first half. Last halt of last week 
'Gold' (Majestic) bad at $800. 



'SHARK' $12,000 AND 
DK $9,000. NEWARK 



Newark, Oct. 3. 
'Grand Hotel.' at Loew's, will 
head everything this week and may 
reach $18,000. 'Tiger Shark,' at the 
Branford, will come In second with 
around $12,000. 

M. S. SchesUnger has surprised 
by giving up legit at the Shubert 
and running vaudfllm. Eight inde- 
pendently booked acts and Indle pl<i- 
tures at a top of 40c. It's the only 
vaude in town. 

Warners opens the Mosque next 
week with double features of second 
runs. Have given up single fea- 
tures in neighborhoods and at the 
Capitol. 

Estimates for This Week 
Branford (WB) (2,966; 16-20-25- 
80-40-56-66), 'Tiger Shark' (WB). 
Should be near a sweet $12,000. Last 
week lilfe Begins' (FN) grand with 
$16,600. 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 16-26-35- 
60), 'Big City Blues' (WB) and 'Last 
Mile' (World Wide). Back to double 
features and will swing a' nice $6,- 
000. Last week 'Horse Feathers' 
(Par), bad. at $3,400. 

Little (Cinema) (299; 60), Tsle of 
Paradise' (Pollack) and 'Latin 
Love' (Syndicate). Expect nearly 
$2,000 on the Ball bally. Last week 
five days (changed to - Thursday 
opening) of 'Brand In der Oper' 
(Emelke), weak at $400. 

Loew's State (2,780; 15-40-55^65), 
'Grand Hotel) (M-G). If holding up 
should get great $15,000. Last week 
'Okay, America,' (U), weak at $7,500. 

Newark! (Adams-Par) (2,248; 16- 
40-66-65), 'Blonde Venus' (Par). 
Will do about $8,000,.okay consider- 
ing picture replaced 'Heritage of the 
Desert' (Par) on Tuesday- The two 
(Continued on page 12) 



U Shelves 'Msirathon'; 
Wyler on 'Destination* 

H6llywood, Oct. 3. 

•Dance Marathon,* being writteri 
at Universal as an expose of non- 
stop hoofing, has been shelved tem- 
porarily. Studio couldn't get enough 
plot Into the story. 

.William Wyler, who was to di- 
rect,, goes on 'Destination Unknown.' 
sea story for Boris Karloff. Fol- 
lowing this Karloff will do Invis- 
ible Man,' which James Whale will 
direct, prior to doing 'The Road 
Back.' Before starting on 'Destina- 
tlori,' Karloff will be loaned to Met- 
ro for one picture. 



(^HDparative Crosses for Sep^^ 

Total of arosses during September for towns and houses listed as prev^*. 
ously reported weekly. Dates fliven are the cloeins day of the week. 

NEW YORK 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


CAPITOL 
HiQh.$110/H)0 
Low.. 16.000 


Last Mile 
$46,000 
Stage Show 


Blondie of the 
Fellies 

$77,000 
Lllyan Tash- 
man 
Sophie 
Tucker 


Blondie of the 
Fellies 

$68,000 
(2d week) 


Grand Hotel 

$68,000 


PAR* 
AMOUNT 
High; |05,000 


Night Club 
Lady 

$47,200 
iSi^ev »now. 

Jeasel- 
Talmadge 


70.000 
Witniisses 

$62,900 


Okay America 

$32,000 
(New Lew) 


Night of * 
.June 13 . 

$64300 
'Di.li HoIfaw 

Fannie Brlce 


ROXY 
High %\7ZJUin 
Low. ..28,000 


First Year 

$40,000 
(fi-rday H, O.) 
Stage Show 


Down to 
Earth 

140,000 


The Crash 

$68,000 


. Painted 
Woman *• 

$28,000 1 
(New Low)^ 


MAYFAIR 
High. $53300 
Lew.. 7;209 

1 


BAck Street 

$24,000 


Back Strest 

$19,700 
(2d week) 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$27,000 


Bird of "' i, 
Parodise . 

$16,200 
. (2d weiek) 


STRAND 
High. V^JBOa 
Low.^ 8,000 


Two Against 

World 
$16,000 
(2d week) 


Blessed Event 

$30,000 
(8 days) 

v 


Blessed Event 
$18,000 

(2d week) . 


Life Begin* 

$36,000 ' 

1- 


PALACE 
High. $41,000 
Low.. 8.000 


White 
Zombie ' 
$11,600 
Arthur Tracy 


Age of 
Consent ° 

$11,400 


Back Street 

$21,300 
Pola Negri 


Down to • 
Earth 

$12,600 


CHICAGO 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


CHICAGO 
High. $71,300 
Low.. 27.200 


Blondie of 
Follies 

$40,000 

Stage Show . 


Down to 
Earth 

$38,000 


Successful 
.Calamity 

■■■^ $28,000 


The Crash ^ 

$37,000 
Mme. Schu« 
mann-Heinb 


ORIENTAL 
High. $52,500 
Low. . 16.000 


70.000 
Witnesses 

$20,000 
Stage Show 


Speak Easily 

$20,000 


. Doctor X ' 
$18,000 


Night of 
June 13 

$21,000 


STATE- 
LAKE 
High. $45,300 
Low.. 5.000 


Hollywood 
Speaks 

$16,000 
Vaude. 


Passport to 

. Hell 
$19,000 


Night Club 
. Lady 

$16,000 


These We" 
Love 

$14,000 


LOS ANGELES 




Sept. 3 


Sept. .10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


LOEW'S . 

STATE 
High. $48,000 
Low.. 10.000 


Down to 
. Earth 
$23,000 
Stage Show ■ 


Blondie of 
" Follies 
$23,700 


Speak Easily 
$17,600 


Chandu 

$14,000 


PAR- 
AMOUNT 
High. $67300 
Low.. 8.000. 


Devil and 
Deep 

$16,000 
Stage Show 


Love Me ; 
Tonight 

$26,600 


Love Me 
Tonight 
$16,000 
(2d week) 


- 70.000 • 
Witnesses 

$19,000 


WARNER'S 
HOLLYW'D 
High. $37300 
Low. . 6.500 


Two Against 
World 

$10,500 
(8 days) 


Blessed Event 

. $16,800 


Blessed Event 
$11,000 
(2d week) 


Blessed Event 

$11,260 
(3d week) 


WARNER'S 
DOWNVN 
High. $38,000 
Lew.. 7.000 


Doctor X 

$»,700 
Vaude. 


Big City 
; Blues 
$7,000 


Two. Against 
World 

$8,000 


' Man Called 
Back . . 
$8,400 ^ 


BROOiCLYN 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


PAR- 
AMOUNT 
High. $80,000 
Low.. 21.900 


Night Club 
Lady 

$38,000 
Stage Show 
Harry 
Richman 


70.000 
Witnesses 

$40,000 


Horse 
Feathers - 

$36,000 

/ 


Night of 
June 13 

$43,100 
Belle Bakez* 


FOX 
High. 
Low. . 


Passport to 
Hell 

$7,000 

Stage Show 


First Year 

$27,000 


Down to 
Earth 

$16,000 


Last Man 

$10,000 
Reri 


. METRO- 
. POLITAN 
High. 
Low. . 


Speak Easily 
$18,000 
Vaude. 


Last Mile 

$16,000 


Blondie of 
Follies 

$29,600 


Grand Hotel 

$40,000 
Russ 
Columbo 


ALBEE 
High. $40300 
Low. . 11/100 


Back Street 

$28,000 
- Vaude. 
(Olsen & 
Johnson) 


Age of 
Consent 

$13,400 
Kate Smith 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$22,200 


Okay America 
$13300 


STRAND 
High. 
Low. . 


Crooner 

$8,000 


Blessed 

Event 

$14,700 


Big City 
Blues 

$10,700 


The Crash 

$12,600 


NEW HAVEN 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Septr 24 ' ' 


PAR- 
AMOUNT 
High. $21,000 
Low.. 6,300 


70300 
Witnesses 

$»,600 
Stage Show 


Love Me 
Tonight 
$14,000 


War Corre- 
spondent 

$13,100 
Mills Bros. 


Night of ^ 
June 13 ■' 
$10,100 • 

■ -t;.! 


FOX-POLI 
High. $26,000 
Low.. 4.000 


Back Street 

and 
Painted 
Woman 

$9,000 


Bird of 
Paradise 

and 
Divorce in 
Family 

$7,000 


Down to 
Earth 

and 
Night Cliib 
Lady 

$6,500 


American 
Madness. 

and 
Blondie. of ii 
Follies 

$7,800 


SHERMAN 
High. $16,000 
Low^. 1300 


What Price 
Hollywood 

and 
Racetrack 

$4,600 


Doctor X 

and 
Big City 
Blues 

$4,500 


Bring 'Em 
Back 

$6,500 


Suceessful 
Calamity 

$6;700 


DENVER 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 . 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


DENVER 
High. $27,700 
Low.. 7.000 


Devil and 
Deep 

$12,700 
Stage Show 


Love Me 
Tonight 

$15,800 


Skyscraper . 
Souls 

$12,900 
Schumann - 
Heink 


Blondie of 
Follies 

$12,000 " 


PAR- 
AMOUNT 
High. $22,000 
Low.. 2,200 


Speak Easily 

$5,700 


70300 
Witnesses 

$6,600 


Divorce in 
Family 

$5,200, 


Life Begirvs^ 

$4,900 ,^ 


ORPHEUM 
High. $20,000 
Low.. 10,000 


Hold 'Em 
Jail 

$16,00O 
Vaude. 
(Floyd 
Gibbons) 


Down to 
Earth 

$17,000 


Congorilla 

$16,000 
Martin 
Johnsons 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$18,000. 
Blachstoiiei 


RIALTO 
High. $4,500 
Low.. 1.900 


Brown of 
Culver 

$2,250 


Purchase 
Price 

$3,200 


Roar of 
Dragon 

$3,250. 


Passport to 
Hell 

$3,000 


1 (Continued on page 22) i 



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Ottawa Stage Set for Action on 
British Film Preference vs. Tax; 
Look for Sales-on-Merit Market 



4- 



Ottawa, Oct. 3, 
The stage Is set for the opening of 
the first session at the 1933 Parlia- 
ment Oct. 6, when actual develop- 
nients wiU take place with respect 
to the proposals and agreements of 
the , Imperial Bconotnlc Conference 
which held the Empire floor last 
July and August. The cerenronlals 
ahd preliminaries of the sesislon will 
consume a week after ■ which, on 
Oct. 13^ Hon. E. N. Rhodes, Cana- 
dtiin Minister of Finance, will bring 
down his budget which will be ac- 
companied by Government resolu- 
tions qn'taxatlon and tarlfts, to Im- 
plement the general agreements 
with ptper British countries. These, 
changes will become automatically 
effective with their reading Qf the 
resolutions in the Canadian Com- 
mons. 

There are definite Indications that 
the moving picture Industry and ez- 
hli>ltors will come within the scope 
of fiscal adjustments, but what 
these are will not be known until 
Oct* . 13. One recommendation of 
the Imperial Parley was that a spe- 
cial levy should be Imiwsed on for- 
eign films imported into British i>o- 
mlnions^ based on the rental value 
of each Dim, this ' to ' be a,l9plied 
figalnst United States, French, Ger- 
man and Russian product and to be 
pafd by exhibitors. 

At . the same time, Canada's dele-, 
gates at the Conference showed & 
distinct inclination toward an in- 
crease in preference for British film 
imports. A quota system in favor 
of British pictures was not favored 
(Continued on page 12) 



PAR TALKS U. S. SALES 
FOR JOOmLLE OUTPUT 



Paramount and Max Goldberg are 
talking numbers in negotiations for 
the latter to handle Par*s Joinville 
produced product for the United 
Stated. Mostly the prctures Gold- 
berg wants to distribute here are 
French and German. 

Goldberg, as exhibitor, operates 
the Europa theatres In New York, 
Philadelphia and Baltimore. He 
also ; distributes a number of pic- 
tures,: mostly German, as- Associated 
Cinemas. With .the taking over of 
the Par product, should the deal be 
concluded, he would spread his dis- 
tribution wings considerably. 



BIP Pays 5^ Dividend, 
Net for Year 1388,000 



London, Oct. 3. 
British International and Asso- 
ciated British Cinemas, the BIP 
theatre chain, have de;clared divi- 
dends of 6% for' the year. Previ- 
ous year the payment was S% but 
generaHy felt in British trade circles 
that the current statement is an ex- 
tremely satisfactory one under cur- 
rent conditions. 

British Interhationars statement 
for the year just ended shows a 
net profit of about |388,0p for the 
year, ag opposed to a net for the 
previous year of about 1645,000. 
ABC's current statement shows a 
profit for the year of about $394,000. 

In the BIP, John Maxwell an- 
nounced that about ' $345,000 had 
been taken from the general reserve 
fund to offset possible delay In re- 
covering moneys due from, foreign 
language versions, despite the fact 
that BIP has now stopped making 
these. 

At the same time about $117,500 
from current profits has been added 
to the reserve fund, in order to keep 
it above the $862,600 tnark. 



Won't Gamble 



London, Oct. 3. 

For the opening tonight 
(Monday), of the Bayswater 
theatre, just outside London, 
management wanted Clive 
Brook to broadcast a salutation 
to the audience from Holly- 
wood via telephone and ampli- 
fication.. It fell through be- 
cfiuse the telephone company 
wouldn't agree. 

Phone, chiefs said they were 
afraid the ainplincation in the 
theatre might not work well, 
and those In the audience 
might therefore be discouraged 
from ever using trans- Atlan- 
tic phone lines. 



CANADA BUYS LESS U. S.. 
MORE BRITISH FOOTAGE 



B. L Attached 



British International Pictures, 
Ltd., had an attachment of $4,416 
m'ed , against it by Hai^rr Lewis, 
lawyer, of 220 West 42nd street. 

Lewis claims the money due him 
for legal services rendered. 



, Canned Music Canned 

Stockholm, Sept 22. 

Hollywood trained soundmen are 
surprised at the Swedish fllm etu- 
dlos to find that much of Jthe mu- 
sical synchronization comes from 
American records which are woven 
Into the action. 

Musib ia taken oft discs and put 
on special sound track, then In- 
corporated into action of native 
films. . It saves money and gives 
the fans good music, with no one 
'the wiser; 



lUDWIO'S mST FILH 

Berlin, Oct. 3. 

Emil Ludwig Is writing an orlgl- 
hal for the screen, his first, to be 
titled 'Beethoven and the Ninth 
Symphony.' Picture will be more or 
l6ss biographical and will have 
I'rlta Kortner, ace German ax:tor, as 
the Genhan composer. 

Oscar Gluck company Is pro- 
iSucing and arrangements are being 
made to do the film In both German 
tad French. 



Brussels JTax Plea 

Brusselfli, Sept M. ' 
Prlrqe Minister Renkin has prom- 
laed: to consider a request made by 
the Belgian Cinematograph AssocU 
atlon for a reduction of state taxa- 
tion. 

Unless the demand .»s met, tt la 
■said, a number of halla will «o 

dark. 



Ottawa, Oct 3. 

In view of prospective develop- 
ments affecting the exchanges and 
exhibitors through legislation of the 
Parliamentary session opening Oct 
6 In Ottawa, figures of Canada's fllm 
trade with the United States and the 
United s:lngdom for the past two 
years are appropriate. 

Government statistics show a de 
cllne In Alms imported from the 
United - States bat an Increase In 
imports from Great Britain. 

For the flscal year ending March 
31 last. Alms from the U. S. A, 
totaled 8,316,774 feet, valued at 
$70$,918, as compared with 15,046,- 
679 feet during the previous 12 
months which had a VtUuatlon of 
$1,232,028. . 

Film Imports from the United 
Kingdom for the two years were as 
follows: 1932, 1,316,449 feet, valued 
at $104,306; 1931, 1,068,643 feet val- 
ued at $87,778. Film imports from 
Great Britain for the 1930 flscal year 
totaled approximately 600,000 feet, 
or less than half of the total foot- 
age for the following year. 



U. A. MAY BUILD 
THEATRE IN 
LONDON 



U.A. Going After Sales Hook-Ups 
Of Native-Mades on World Scale; 
England Set, France Likely Next 



Metro htends Enropean 
ProdactioB in Six Weeks 



United Artists may build a de 
luxe theatre in London's yt'est End. 
Inside report from London Is to the 
effect that Murray Silverstone, U.A. 
head In London, and B. S. Moss, 
New York theatre man, have had 
several secret meetings for the dis- 
cussion Of details, with a likelihood 
that when and if the t.uildlng~Start3 
Moss will be Interested. 

In the N3W York office of the 
United Artist any knowledge of the 
proposition is denied, but it is ad- 
mitted that U.A. may be forced to 
build in London , anl has discussed 
the popsiblllly. The Mosg angle, 
claims New York, is completely 
new. 

United Artisis has been oflTered 
lease and purchase of several Lon- 
don theatres, best of the properties 
being the Dominion. Company 
does not feel, however, that any of 
these theatres Is sufficiently well 
situated for West End trade and 
frankly admits that It would rather 
build than go Into a house that does 
not qualify for show.oaso purposes. 
. Company now has an important 
list of product for British release, 
including the British and Dominion 
and Columbia pictures, and feels it 
is worth Investment . to make the 
proper display. 

Currently United Artists has the 
Dominion on a three months' per- 
centage arrangement with that time 
up In about five weeks.. By then, 
home ofilce execs of the company 
say, the company will have either 
found a suitable London spot to 
purchase or will begin seriously the 
operation of building. 



Lil Brown Mickey 



Toklo, Sept 3. 

Mickey Mouse Is about to get a 
Japanese cousin. American car- 
toons have proven so popular here 
that Sohochlku is preparing to pro- 
duce a series of local made sound 
cartoons along the same lines In 
the Komata studios. 

Character will be an animal along 
the American lines, but with recog- 
nizable Japanese features. ^ 



Russia's New Market 

Stockholm, Sept 22. 

Aiiy Russian films become boxr 
o£ace power in the Bailtlc States 
when . exhibitors met and stated 
that fllmgoers of Letland, Estland 
and Lithuania were tired of Gerr 
man and American films and 
wanted something they could un 
derstand. 

Result was that new film from 
Moscow of young Richard Tauberg, 
Soviet art genius, cleaned up in all 
these three countries formerly be- 
longing to Russia. 

Move now la t6 Introduce more 
Russian films, especially those with 
not too much, propaganda. 



. Feature Cut to 16 Mint. 

Stockholm, Sept. 20. 

Thor Brooks,' formerly with Para- 
mount In Hollywood, has: been en- 
gaged to cut 'Kfonan's Rollare' with 
a view to American showing. This 
Is art flIm,^about Swedish railways 
made by Bogge, ace cameraman. 

Runs about 90 minutes now, but 
Brooka contends 19 minutes hi all 
Americans will stand. 



Soviet Crashes Paree 

Paris, Sept. 24; 

Soviets have made a decisive 
move for releasing their films In 
France, and to that end have ac- 
quired an 'in' at the Pigalle. 

First film to be shown there will 
be 'Road to Life,' directed by Nico- 
las Ekk. 



Hollywood, Oct 3. 

Departure of Fred Pelton, Satur- 
day ( l>, for Europe is the first step 
in Metro's continental production 
of foreign versions, to be started 
within six weeks. Pelton, who sails 
on the Paris. Oct: 8, takes with him 
Glovinni Del Longo, director, Olindo 
Ceccarlni, sound engineer and Mar- 
tin Soibelmatn, cutter. ,. 

He will .engage studio space In 
Paris and Rome, but Initial pro- 
duction hasn't been set as yet Pel- 
ton returns after getting unit or- 
ganized. : George Kahn, head of 
Metro's foreign deiiartment here, 
also . leaves in a month, on com- 
pletion of current multl-linguals in 
production, to head European ac- 
tivities. 



OSTRER, CELL GO HOME; 
AMERICAN VISIT VAIN 



Mark Ostrer and William Gell, 
c|irectors of British Gaumont, sailed 
Friday on their return trip to- Lon- 
don aft<ir a sl< weeks' New York 
visit 

Couple came over primarily to 
tallc to Universal about distributing 
U product in England and to talk to 
Sidney Kent about Ironing' out ttie 
Fox-G-B differences. U deal fell 
through, and the Fox thing will 
wait until Kent goes back to Lon 
don In a couple of weeks. 

While here the G-B New' York 
office, under management of Arthur 
Lee, previously . their local agent 
was opened. 



Metro Exports 3 



Hollywood, Oct 3. 

Metro sent back to Europe this 
week two French actreisses and one 
German writer whom they had 
under contract. They are Isabelle 
Klpucovsky who did French dub- 
bing on Joan Crawford and Paula 
Marsa who did Maxle Dressier 
dubbing. Writer is Fritz Faulken 
stein. 



Par Shorts in German 

Berlin, Oct. t. 
Paramount Is arranging to have 
six short subjects dubbed Into Ger 
man here by one of the local com 
panics. 

First attempt of the kind, and 
may lead, If it works, to a new 
taifgent. 



United Artists has decided to go 
into the world distributing thing on 
a greatly expanded scale, with in- 
dications In New York that the re- 
cent U.A. deal with British & Do- 
minions Is but the forerunner of 
similar deals in other world spots. 
France is Ukely to be the next move, 
though a French producing com- 
pany has not yet been decided on. 

Idea is for the company to be- 
come in actuality the United Art- 
ists Corp. of the World, originally 
Intended but more or less dropped 
for the past few years. Company 
feels it is essentially a distributing 
organization and with current quota 
regulations throughout the world 
hurting Internatloncd distribution 
of American-made product, it ought 
to concentrate on local product In 
countries outside of the United 
States. 

United Artists has the B. & D. 
product for distribution throughout 
the world, but doesn't figure on It 
much outside of British territories. 
Same would be true of French 
product it would get If deal goes 
through for the acquisition of some . 
French producing company's output. ■ 
Germany is not figured on for the 
time being, cut may line up later, as 
also. may Spanish territories'. 
Spread Out Overhead 
According to execs of U.A. it Is 
better to apply the already exist- 
ing U.A. diistribution machinery 
throughout the world to local prod- 
uct than to attempt to stretch it for 
American i>roduct under current 
conditions. U.A. figures there must 
be a company or two producing ac- 
ceptable local mai'ket product in 
almost every important world cen- 
ter that would : welcome U.A. al- 
liance. By tying up with these 
companies U.A, would gain local 
prestige and be able bettor to push 
its own group of pictures from 
Hollywood In foreign markets. 
Also the company would be able to 
5prea.i its overhead on a bigger 
program of product and .would not 
be forced to cut down all aroutid as 
other U.S. comranies must 

From the standpoint of Europeans 
it is a g.bod arrangenient because, 
while U.A. has world market pres-. 
tige. It has . a comparatively small 
list of productions of its own to 
push, thus practically insuring the 
foreigners a square' deal. 



LONDON LIBRARIES BUY 
FOR FILM 'GRAND HOTEL' 



U. S.-Made Italian Language Fibns 
Outnumber Product in Home Land 



Just as many, or more, Italian 
talkers, are now being made outside 
of Italy as in that cpuntry> .with 
America' leading the: field. Half a 
dozen Italian talkers are now in 
production In New York by that 
many Indie companies and a few 
Italian language films are being 
made in France and Germany. 

Most: recent American-: Italian film 
company has been formed by Chev. 
Clto Formlsano and P. De Croce. 
Two pictures are to be made before 
December, first going into work at 
the Standard Studio, N. Y. It's un- 
titled as yet but has a Neapolitan 
background and songs, with the cast 
headed by Cirb Formlsano and Nina 
De Charny. 

Angelo de Vito has Just completed 
shooting of an Italian talker in New 
York entitled 'Senz'a Mamma 'e 
Namurata' . ('Without Mother or 
Sweethejirt'). It's being cut now, 
with release expected in about a 
week. 

Chev. Rosarlo Romeo has an old 
Italian silent 'Amore e Morte' ('lalfe 
or Death'), which he fixed up with 
(Continued on page 12) 



Super Tides Printed 

Direct on Positiyes 



Budapest, Sept 16. 

One of the problems of foreign 
veirsions la that of superimposing 
titles for small countries for which 
no. special language versions are 
made. Process used up till now 
consists of making a new negative 
fllm from the positive copy, insert- 
ing titles In this new negative and 
rccopying again, the new positive 
copy being used for projection. 

The picture, and still more the 
sound, suffers in the process. Sev- 
eral distributors are now experi- 
menting with a new Swedish in- 
vention, the principal asset of which 
is inserting titles simply by a print- 
ing proces.s into the original posi- 
tive. . 

Although experiments are not 
wholly satlijfactory yet, there soems 
every chance of making the new 
process practicable. 



London, Sept. 24. 

The premiere of the fllm, '(Srand 
Hotel,' at the Palace this week was 
one of the rare occasions when the 
libraries made a buy for a picture. 

The opening night the seats were 
scaled up to 1 6 apiece, and so great 
was the demand that in addition to 
the regular opening evening per< 
formance there was a midnight 
press show , at the Palace and an- 
other there the following morning, 
all three packed. 

The( last occasion when the li- 
braries made a deal for a picture 
was Chaplin's 'City Lights.' They 
have made an butrlght bi^ for a 
few; weeks with an option for ex- 
tension. 



Oberanunergan Film 



Berlin, Oct 8. 

Oberammergau Passion Play will 
be screened next summer while 
actually in presentation and made 
Into a feature length picture. Some 
talk of doing this before, but it's 
never come to more than chat 

Understood now that the Emelka 
company has the project tied up 
and is making arrangements for 
world distribution. 



No. Africa Booms 

• Paris, Sept 24. 

Quick development of North Afri- 
can fllm business, which seems im- 
mune from slumps^ is . causing the 
French to take a special Interest in 
that territory. 

Following Osso's tloup with the 
Tenoudjl North African Interests, 
Philippe do Becker of the Brockliss 
company has acquired theatre in- 
terests in Algiers and Tunis. 



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VARIETY 



PICTURES 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Rain and Hail Too Unusual for 
Calif, and Jazzes Studio Plans 



Hollywood, Oct. 8." 
Double crossing the Chamber of 
Commerce and the All Tear Club of 
California, ralh cdme last Wednes- 
day,: mixed up With a little hall, 

[and remained here until Saturday, 
tnakin? the locals look a bit chumpy. 

Pictures took a rap through the 
rain holdihg up production and 
messing up a few pictures In work. 
A Buck Jones western at; Columbia 
. h^d Its location puhcttired when 
.hall Vent through the seta; • At thef, 
.«tudio, • production . w.as stoppe'd^ 
when . the. - patter of, rain and hall 
.interfered with sound recording. 

Metro .al9.p: took, a pcodiictton' Jolt 
.with reverse Hiigriish. Studio was 
- Amklhg: a- shower, .sequence for 
'Kongo,^ .with :-m6chanl6ally con- 
. trolled railn doing Its stuff. When 
i the real ralh appeared, light bulbs 
■ began to blow out, due to the damp- 
ness on their exterioris. Cameras, 
.'too; were gummed up by the : show- 
ers) Altogether, ' the real rain iaind 
: Metro's manufactured showers did 
J hot get along. ' 

Productlob at other studios, on. 
' both Ihterldrs and exteriors, were 
! intermittently baited during the 
-four days, .the unusual weather gei- 
I ting the blame. 

Native, sons, claim it is the flrpt 
time r&in has hit L.A. before De- 
cember in. six years. They can't 
' ingure' how come the change In the 
• damp dates unless It Js Democratic 
v;propaganda. : ' ' , . 



NEWARK 

- (Continued from page 10) 

did 17,700 (mostly 'Venus') last 
'week. 

Proctor's (RKO) (2,300; 16-40- 
.66-66), 'HeU's Highway' (Radio). 
Film won't draw many femmes but 
win do- a ° fair $9,000. ' Xast' .week, 
second of. 'Paradite' (Badio), okay 
with 18,000. , . : 

Terminal (Skburas) (1,900; 16- 
40-66). 'Down to Barih' (Fox) and 
■Schmeling-WalkiBr- light. , Opened 
all dolled lip. Fight fllm sure td 
draw here and bill due for a lilce 
,18,000. 



TREZ' $11,500 IN CWCY 
AND XABW $7,200, OK 



Cincinnati, Oct. 3. . 
I Another black Ink week currently 
for the leading . screen emporiums. 
Night football games at Btadiums 
<' of two local universities no serious 
b. o. hurt. Matinee biz over week- 
end, however, slackened by world's 
series radioing. ' 
Talmadge and ' Jessel, oh Albee 
: stage, are m^gneting - $20,000. The 
^ Ufa, intimate . cinema, . under way 
\ with 'Congress Dances,' for hefty 
takei. 

. . Estimates for This Week . 
Albee (RKO) (3,300; 36-86)-^ 
; 'Okay America' (U) and Talmadge- 
Jessel revue. Prospects for okay 

- $20,000. Last week '70,000 Wlt'- 

■ riesses'- (Par) and F-M unit, with 

- Mme. Schumann-HelnSr, a disap- 
. pointing $15,700. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 30-66)— 
. •Phantom President'' (Par), Attract- 
. .Ing laugh customers for a good 
$11,60Q. Last week 'Dangerous 
Game' (Radio) $8,800, away off. 
' Lyric; (RKO) (1,286; 80-56)— 

- 'Grand. ■ Hotel' . (M»G). Registering 
$7,000 In second week after sobk 
$15,000 first seven days. 

Capitol (RKO) (2,200; 30-66)— 
•Divorcement'- (Radio) Weak at 
$6,600.. Last week 'June 13' (Par) 
$7,400, mild. 

Keith's (Llbson) (1,600; 26-40)— 
•Cabin In Cotton' (FN),/ Bette Davis 

' seems responsible for $7,200, dandy. 
Last week 'Life Begins' (FN) built 

. to excellent $6,700. 

Grand (RKO) (1,660; 16-30)— 
•Paradise' (Radio) and 'Million Dol- 
lar Legs' (Par). Split week.. 'Par- 
adise, a second run, opened strong 

'and likely will continue In second 
half. Might hit $3,500, fair. Last 

•. week 'Back Street' (U) Justified 

■ seven Aey showing with good $4,000. 

Family (RKO) (l.OOa; 15-26) — 
'County Fair' (Mon,) and 'Reckon- 
ing* (Peerless). Split w«ek. A 
4alr $2,200 indicated. Last week 

■ 'Texas Gun Fighter* (Tiff) and *Sea 

- Ghost* (Hollywood) $2,300; 

• Ufa (400;. 30-40)— 'Congress 
; Dances' : (UA). This house, styling 

itself 'an art center' and playing 
,, mostly. (Serman. product, opened sec- 
ond week Saturday (1). All sheets 

• generous In praise of Initial week's 
' Attraction, which should get $2,300; 

great. Auditorium Is located in 
Masonic Temple. 



Oftowa Parley 

(Continued from page 11) 
by Canada. In view of this atti- 
tude. It Is not expected that Can- 
ada will adopt a special tax 
against foreign ' films at the sess- 
ion about to . open, but will grant a 
reduced diity.. on .films imported 
from the .United Kingdom.; ; Thete 
are those' who go so far as to pre- 
dict free entry for' British films. 
This Is looked upon as the altema- 
'tlye to British fllm qilotais as tf tax 
on films^rom the United States aiid 
other" .countries. , Increased prefer- 
ence ^or British pictures would isat-. 
Isfy most everybody In Canada and,; 
at. the same time," would constitiite: 
patriotic encouragement for British' 
product for jwhlch' there has been' 
some ' agltatlo'h overfa considerable' 
period. 

Still, .Quality B.iasi8 
At present , the duty against 
United States film's , .works' piit . at 
3c per foot, ais against l^c per foot 
against films from the United King- 
dom. If free entry Is git'anted the 
latter, there would be a 100% In- 
crease in the preference, British 
Vroducerrs would gain 'a.n advantage. 
In th9 (?aiiadlan miaxket tmt.all pic- 
tures. Would continue to. be booked 
on a merit basis. There would be 
no artiflblai conditions In the thear 
tre field in Canada, In other words. 
The Canadian Government' would 
b6 In the position of having done 
something for British producers, 
but the xeal effort would , still be 
up to the British companies In the 
way- of marketing In an open field. 

One Important factor that the;. 
Canadian Government has had to 
keep In mind is the . attitude of 
French Canada. The French-Cana- 
dians are a very solid bloc politi- 
cally and they exert a greater In- 
fluence In the Dominion than their 
actual numbers would indicate. I'hls 
was ohe good reason why Canada, 
as a who.ie, could not entertain the 
Idea of a British quota requirement. 
An Indication , of the ' situation Is 
found In the editorial from Le So- 
lell, a dally, hewspaper. that is. a 
mouthpiece.^of . the French-language 
adherents of Quebec, as follows: 

•We would flght to the death any 
suggestion that the quota should af- 
fect our French: talkie's. "Thousands 
of French-Canadians' g'o every eve- 
ning to the talking theatre which 
reproduces views of France,' to learn 
their own tohgu'e bnc'e again and. to 
enjoy an entertainment more akin 
to their own souls thah "any spec- 
tacle produce^ • .In Hollywood or 
England.' 

Througli" efforts' of . Louis Cote, 
member of- Parliament, -the Ontario 
governhaeht has decided to permit' 
showing of -French fllms In Ontario 
theatres without , censorship or cen.:^. 
sor fee, providing fllms prievlously 
have been approved by . the province 
o£ Quebec censor board 'f6r showing 
In, Quebec, province. 

Politically this means a big. con- 
cession to the Frehch Cariadian's in 
Ontario. It ls first time one prov- 
ince has accepted 'the censorship 
rulings of another province. 

There are '36 the^fries In 'Eas'tem 
Canada - which 1 ate exclusively 
French In their film and stage en- 
tertainment; Ther^' are^three fiirist-' 
run French' th'eatres In Montreal. 
French films are Imported In. quant- 
ity from France for their operation. 
During the past year 60 - featnreis 
and various short sub-J^ts were Im- 
ported from Franpe, • ' 

At the same time; organized indc; 
pendent exhibitors- across Canada 
have protested strongly against any 
Government move^that would dis- 
turb their privilege of' buying pic- 
tures on their, merit . In. the open 
market; 



RKO'« Day OfF 



RKO has reinstated the day 
off for th'eatres employeie's but 
it's on a depriesh basis. The 
'day ofr last from 12 o'clock, 
noon, till 7 p.m'. 

Once every two weeks; 



U. S.'Jialians 



Ricketsdii's AddQd Duties 

Lps Angeles, Oct. 3. 

In addition to' his duties as head 
of tbe Rooky Moimtain 4ivis)<>n fnr 
Fox West Coast, Rick . RIcket'son 
win take over the .Montana terri- 
tory, relieving Bill Stegge, who goes 
to Great Falls as city manager for 
the circuit. 

Division headquarters Is being 
moved from Salt Lake to Denver 
by Ricketson. 



(Continued froni page 11). 

sound : and toik^ In New . "Tork. This 
fllin got Its release at the' Selwyn, 
N. ,T., Satdtday night (1). 

Italb-American New Jersey Co., of 
Newark, N. J., Is preparing distribu- 
tion on a local miDtde Italian film 
entitled 'Genevieve.' 

16 Subjects Ready 
Comm. Clemente GIgllo Is haying 
isome sound scenes shot In New 
York for Insertion In ah old Italian 
film titled ?U' Festiho' e' a Legge.'' 
('The Fiesta and the Law'). 

These pictures,, added to several^ 
Cesare films just, over from Rome 
for Frank Fortale and' about six 
Clnes-PIttaliiga fllnos to i>e distrib- 
uted by ■ .Transcohtinehtal Filmisi' 
meahia about 16 Italian sound films 
or talkers to b« distributed in the 
United StateS; within the next couple 
months. 

Sudden booni In Italian produc- 
tloh Ih New 'York Is due to the fact 
that there are only two .studio^ in 
all I.ta:iy. where fllm production Is- 
currintiy possible, the Cinei^-Pltta-. 
lugai and the Ce»are studios. Re- 
cently cctabllshed studios of Mario 
LuporinI are for diibblng purposes 
only, and both the established regu-^ 
lar studios are pretty fiill with pro- 
ductions of their own. Also, it Is fig- 
ured by ~the. Indie producers that 
they , have Iei good chance of making 
nioney by quickie production.' on a 
short bankroll In New York, the 
films' to be shown In the Italian 
nabes. 

Italians In this country have not 
shown a too keen Interest In their 
own laneniage fllnis because these 
generally have been of too high a 
quality, with the new horde of pro- 
ducers figuring that cheap pictures, 
but with Neapolitan • sihg^g and 
backgt-ouhd are sufficient to the 
purpose. Angle Is not to bX>.th,er 
with flrst riin or clasa houses fpi^ 
tbe pictures, but get hegatlveVcosts 
back from dime houises in Italian 
nabes. . ■ ' 

Later hope Is to sehd^the fllms tci 
Italy, there again selllhg only to 
subsequent run houses. 



Hollywood Production 

Week of Oct. 3 



Exhib's Suit Settled by 
Omaha Film Bd., MPPDA 

Lincoln, Neb., .Oct.. 3. 
^Ick Paper, former theatre owner 
here, was accorded satisfaction in 
his suit . charging restraint of trade 
naming the Omaha Film Board of 
Trade and the MPPDA. The case 
had been banging fire with dam- 
ages listed at over $1,000,000 for 
more than a year. It was settled 
out of court for an unnamed sum. . 



Another C. & K. 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Next .'Cohens and Kelly s,' with 
George Sidney and Charles Murray, 
goes into production at Universal 
Oct. 31. 



Stodid Placements 

Leila Hyams, 'Island of Lost 
Souls,' Par. ■■■■■■■■ 

Nancy Carroll,,. Frances D^e, .'The 
Good 'Thing,' Par. Norman Taurog 
to directs 
. Jam^s Marcus, 'Pier 13,' .Par. 

Jack Hoxle,' Marcellne Day, 'Out- 
lav Justice,' Henry Goldstone-Ma- 
JestiCi ... 

Richard Cromwell borrowed from 
Columbia for 'Son" Daughter' at 
Metro. 

Karol Kay;- 'Second-Hand Wife,' 
Fox. 

Tempo Pigott,' Douglas ' Scott, 
Bonlta Granville; 'Cavalcade,' Fox. 

Irene Dunne- 'The Acet' Radio. . 
-Hilda 'Vaughan, Joseph Bernard, 
'Man and Wife/" Radio. • 

Thomas Jackson, 'Phantom Fame,' 
Radio.. ■ . ■ ■ . ' - . 

Piirnell" Pratt, Skeets Gallagher, 
'The Betrayal,' Majestic. 

John Mlljan, ' 'Son . . Daughter,' 
Metro. ■ 

Katharine Hepburn, 'Three Game 
Unarmed,' Radio, , 

Arllne Jiidge. 'Ponenln Pool Mur- 
der,' Ba'' to. 

Uyrha Loy" ^replacmg Karen Mor- 
ley), 'Animal Kingdom,' Radio. 

Lltffl Chevret, "Goiaw,^ J. G. Bach- 
man production for Radio. 
■ George Vandel, 'Penguin ■ Pool 
Murder,' Radio. 

Al Ray signs termer to direct for 
Allied. . . . V 

Nancy Carroll, Frances Dee, 'The 
Good Thing,' Par.' • 

Esther Howard, Helen 'Vinson, 
Ora Haswell.' 'Se<;ohd Hand Wife.' 
Fox. 

James Murray, Frank McGlynn, 
Do.nald Cook, Roscoe Karns,' 'Com- 
mon. Ground.' WB. 

Ben Hendricks, Jr., 'Let's (3o, 
MGM, . 

' Brooke Benedict, Joseph E. Ber- 



(Pictures now filming, 
by studios. SyhnbOls 
S— Star.) 

. CJOLCMBIA 
'Ob«y tbe l4»w^ 
. <4th week) 
]> — 13. Ross Ij«derman 

: David Selman 
A— Charles Condon 
C — -Ben Kline 
Cast — 

Bob BUIs 
George- Brnest 
Wm, CoUleri Jr. 
' Wheeler Oakulan 
. Robert Ellis 
' ^Recklesa Bomance' 
Wnd week) 
O — George Seltz 
Ca.st: — 

Buck Jones 
Shirley Grey 
Robt. Ellis : 
•No More Orchids' 
(3rd week) 
D^Walter Lang 
A— Grace Perkins' 

■ Gertrude Purcell 
Cast — 

Carole tiombard 
Walter Connolly 
L.yle . Talbot ' . . 
Lou Ise , Closaer . Hale 
Jamison Thoiriaa: ' 
Allen Vincent ' 
'.^uthelna Stevens . 
. ■ . .JfOX , 
'waUdng Dowfi ' Broadway' 

<Ttb week) 
D— tEHc von .Stroheim 
A— Dawn Powell ■ r 
Cast- 
James Dunn . 
Minna Gombell 
Zasu Pitts 
. Boots Mallory. 

Torrence Ray -■ 
. 'Call. Her tevage' 
(4th week) 
Xy^oim F. Dillon 
A — Tiffany .Thayer 
Cast — 

Clara Bow 
Thelma Todd . ' 
Gilbert Roland 
Mbnrbe Owsley 
Wlllard Robertson 
Estelle Taylor 
Tens of the 8torm Conn- 
try' 

(8th week) • 
D — Alfred - Santell . 
A — C^race Miller White 
Cast- 
Janet Gaynor 
Charles Farrell 
:- Dudley Dlgges 
Bvalyn Knapp 
Edward Pawley . 
George Meeker 
Claude UllUhgwater 
Matty Kemp 
- 'Pier 18' 
(2nd week) 
-JRaoul "Walsh 
A— Barry Connors 
. Philip Klein 
' Arthur K6ber 
Cast— 

r J'oan Bennett 
'Spencer. Tracy 
* . Marlon Burns 
. iHenry B. Walthall 
George Walsh 
•Cross PuU' 
. <3ird week) 
D — ^Walter Jhlayo. 
A^Hal G. Smarts 
Cast-^ ': • . 
; - Janc|t Chandler . 
• I Onslow $te'vehs 
' ' SI Br'endel' 
;.Mlt«bell. Harris 
^Second Hand Wife' 
', . . <2i)id wisek) 
D-^Hamflto'n McFadden 
A^Kathleen Norrls. 

Hamilton McFadden 
Cast — 

Sally Ellers 
Ralph Bellamy 
. 'l4Mt Man on Earth* 
Spanish 
<l8t week) 
D— James Tlnling. 
S — Racul Roullen ' 

INTEBNATIONAI. 

'CSan Law' 
(Henry Goldstone) 
D — Lew Collins 

'Uambllng Sex' 
(Burton King) 
(2nii week) 
D — ^Fred Newmeyer 
A — F. McGrew Willis 
C— Ed. Kull 
Cost — 

Ruth Hall 
Grant Withers 
John St. Polls 
METRO 
'Rasputin*. 
(12th week) 
D-H3harle8 Brabin 
"A — No credits 
Cast — 

' John Barrymore 
Ethel Barrymore 
Llonell Barrymore 
Ralph Morgan 
Diana Wynward 
. Tad Alexander 
- Reginald Barlow 
Louise Closser Hale 
Drandon Hurst . 
• C. ■ Henry Gordon- . 
'Mask of Fa Manchn* 
(0th week) 
1>— Charles VIdor 
A — Sax'Rohmer 
Cast— 
. Boris Kartoft 
. Ch'as, Sta;rrett 
Karen Morley 
Myrna Loy . 
tAwreiice Grant 
Jean Hersholt 
David Torrance 
Lewis Stone' . 



or about to start, are listed below alphabetically 
■re: D — Director, A — ^Author, C— Cameraman, 



are 

•Red Dust* 
<8tli week) 

D — Victor Fleming 
A — Wilson ToUlsbn 
Cast — 

Clark Gable :; 
Jean. Harlow 
Mary . Astor 
Gene Raymond 
Tally Marshall 
Forrester Harvey 
•Flesh* 
(1st week) 
l>^Johh Ford. 

' Earl Taggart . 
C! — 'Arthur Edeson 
Cast— ■ 

■ Wallace Beery 
Jean Hersholt 
. RIcardo Cortex 
. Greta Meyer 

•Ixst'B Go* 
' -(Ist week) 
D — Harry Pollard 
A — B,, J. Hath 
Byron Morgan 

William Haines 
Cliff Edwards '. 
. Madge Evans 

MONOGRAM 
•West, of the Rockies' 

• (Ist week) 
D — Phil Rosen 
8 — Bob Steele 

•doUty of Not Gallty* 
(Allied) 
(8rd week) 
D— Al Ray 
A — Arthur Hoerl 

' Francis Hylaitd 
Oast- 
Betty Compson 
Clauala Dell 
• . Tom Douglas . 
■ George Irving 

'Walter Perclval ^ 
Bill Davidson 
Wheeler Oakman 
. . Louis Albernl 

Erin' LaBlsnonlere 
.- George Melford 
Clinton. Lyie 
Bob Kline 
Vola Gale • ■ , 
: ^^ARAMOVNT 
•He IiiNini'ed Abont.'WoBtea' 

(8rd week) 
D — ^Lloyd Corrlgan 
A — Lloyd Corrlgan 
Harlan Thompson 
Ray Harris 
Cast — ' . 
. Stuart Brwln 
Allison Sklpwortb 
Adrlenne Ames 
Gordon Westcott 
Jameson Thondas 

•If I Had a MUUon* 
(8rd week) 
D — Staff Directors- 
A — Staff Writers 
Cast— ■ 

All-Star 

•Undercover Man* 
(1st week) 

D — James Flood 
Cast— 

Geo;>ge Raft 

Nancy Carroll 

Island of I/ost Soals* 
(1st week) 

D-rEarl. Kenton 

•WlId'Horse ^esa' 
(Ist week) 
D— Henry Hathaway 
RADIO 
•Men of America* 
(4th week) 
D— rRalph Ince 
A— ^Humphrey Pearson 
Henry McCart);y ' 
Samuel Ornltz 
Cast- 
Bin Boyd 
Dorothy Wilson 
Chlo Sale 
Henry Armetta 
Alphonse Bthler 
Eugene Strong , 

•Phantom Fame* - 
(4th week) 

D — Gregory LaCava 

A — Harry- Relchenbach 
Bartlett Cormack 
Corey Fjord • 

C — -Bert Glennoh 

Cast- 
Lee Tracy 
'. Lupe Velez 
Eugene Pallette 
Frank Morgan - 
Jaihes Donlln 
Robert McKenzle 
Shirley -Chambers 

•Pengaln Pool iwarder* 
(4th week)' 

D— George Archlnbaud 

A — Stuart Palmer ♦ 
Willis Goldbeck 
Robt. Benchlcy 

C — Henry Gerrard : 

Cast — • 

Edna May Oliver 
Robert Armstrong 

. . Donald Cook 
James Gleaeon 
Mae Clarke '. , 
Clarence H./ Wilson 

•Man,: Woman and Wife' 
4th week) 
D — J. Walter Ruben 
A-T-No Credits 

C— Eddie Cronjager 
Cast— 

Irene Dunne 

Charles BIckford 

Gwlll Andre 

Eric Linden 

Christian Hub 



Leila Bennett - '' 
•Animol Kingdom' 
(iNt week) 
r>— Bdw. H. Grimth 
A— Philip Barry 

Horace Jackson 
Cast — 

•Ann Harding 
. Leslie Howard 
. William Gargun 
■ Myrna Loy 
Nell Hamilton 
Ilka Chase 
; Henry Stejphenson 
BENNETT 
•Ihe Betrayal' 

(Majestic) 
. (8nd week) . 
I> — Christie Cabani^e 
Cast— 

'Greta' Nlesen 
Ij€W Cody 
Mary', Brian 
' Skeets .Gallagher 

TIFFANY 
Tpto'wn Now York' 
• (World Wide) 
' '(Ist week) 
D — ^Victor Schlrtzlnger- 
A — Vtnft Delmar 
. , Warren B. Duff 
UNITED ARTISTS 
-.- icid From Spain* 
(Sth week) 
D — ^Leo McCarey 
A->-Wllliam A. Mc(3ulre 
Cast — . 

Eddie Cantor 
Lyda Robertl 
: Ruth Hall 
John Mlljan 
Robert. Young . 
Stanley Fields 
UNIVERSAI. 
•8. O. B. Iceberg* 
(18th week) 
D — ^Dr. Arnold Fanck 
A— Lt. Comm. Frank Wead 

Dr. Arnold Fanck 
C^Hans Schneeberger. 
Cast— 

Gibson Gowland 
' LenI Relnfenstahl 
Sepp Hist 
Ernst Udet 

•Ndgana? 
. . (3rd week) 
D — Ernst L. Frank 
A: — Dale Van' Every 

Don Ryan 
Cast — - 

Tala Sirell 
Melvyn Douglas 
' Onslow Stevens 
'Imhotep* ' 
■■ (3rd week) 
D — Carl Freund 
A— Richard Schayer 

Nina Wilcox Putnam 
' John Balderston. 
Coat — 

Boris Karloffi 
Zlta Johann 
David Manners - 
' Arthur Byron 
WARNER 
•42nd Street' 
(2nd week) 
D — ^Lloyd Bacon 
At — Bradford Ropes 
James Seymour . 
Whitney Bolton 
Cast— 

Bebe Daniels. 
George Brent 
.Dick Powell :', 
Guy Klbbee 
Ginger Rogerf. 
Ruby Keeler 
Frank McHugh 
•The Wax Mn'semn' 
(Ist week) 
D— Michael CurtlE 
A — Charles 8. Belden 
Voii Mullaly 
Carl Erickson 
Cost — 

Lionel Atwill 
Glenda Farrell 
Fay Wray 
Helen Vinson 
Frank McHugh 
•liawyor Man*' 
(3rd week) 
D — ^William DIeterle 

Al Alborn 
A — Mark 8. Popkin 

Max Trell 
C— Hobt. Kurrle 
Cast — 

William Powell 
. ; Joan BIcindell 
EThella Terry 
Helen Vinson 
Harold Huber 
Alan DInehart 
Claire Dodd 
Allen Jenkins . 
•Employees' Entrance' 
. (Srd week) 
D — Hoy '.Eiel Ruth 
A — David Boehm 
Robt. Presnell 
Cast — 

■Warren William 
Loretta Young 
Wallace Ford ■ 
Alice White 
Albert Gran 
Allen Jenkins ' 
Marjorlc Gnteson 
'Faraolinte* 
. (3rd week) 
D— :-Al Green 
A — RIan James 

' John Francis Larktn . 
Cast — 

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 
Betty Davis 
Frank McHugh 
Lyle Talbot 
Lee CarrlUo 
Shlela Terry 
-Harold Huber 
Claire Dodd 
Geo. Pat Collins 



nard, Hilda 'Vaughn, 'Man and Wife.' 
Radio. 

Robert Rose, stunt mah,\ technical 
advisor - for 'Lucky Devils," Radio. 

Lehi . Stengel, Donald Dilloway^ 
'Animal.Klngdom,' Radio. 

-/•legal Defense' Stftrta Oct. 25 

- • Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Second Remington picture, 'Legal 
peferise/ starts Oct. 25, at Uni^ 

vei-sal. So f%r no cast or director 
seilected.. 

• Harry Sauber wrote the; original 
and adapted. 



'Masquerader' Set 

Hollywood; Oct. 3. 
'Masquerader,' with Ronald .Col- 
man, goes into production Oct. 16/ 
when It is expected Howard Esta- 
brook will have the adaptation fin- 
ished. 

. James Bernard Fagan is doing 
the English dialog and acting as 
advisor on-the parlimentfiry scenes. 



U's Twin stars' Story 

- Hollywood, dot. 3. 

jrhlversal has bought 'Twin Stars,* 
«tory by Endre Bohen. 



Tue^ay, October 4, 1932 



VARIETY 




TiieaAajy October 4, 19^2 



Tuesciiiyt Pctober 4, 1932 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 15 



Talking Shorts 



«THE OLD BULL* 
Coin«dy . . . . ■ ' ■ 
Za-8u Pitts-Thelma Tocl4 
16 Mins. : 
Orphsunif Y. 

Metro 

Very funny twor-reel comedy In 
the Za-^Su Pltto-Thelma Todd serleig 
from the Hal Roach i)lant, with 
these two actresses as a team car- 
ryingr entire short across to Its 
^oal. All that The Old Bull' lacks 
of being a perfect two-reeJer is Us 
odd finish. On laughs It klckd up 
subject Is worth buying for any 
program.'" ..■ 

The Ahlsh looks like a bad . piece 
'of cutting. 'It occurs as a; total 
surprise and carries no twlat of any 
kind, picture cutting to aarkness in 
the flattest manner. Up to this 
point t It's near-hllarioiis comedy, 
•with both Miss Pitts and Miss Todd 
delivering In a big way. 

They're two . penniless, Irtvespon- 
slble lalBseB'who're out for a ride in 
a borrowed car. They run into all 
Borts of trouble, girls, getting their 
feet mixed up around the controls 
when a bull looms In their path. 
They run riot through a farm, 
finally landing In the barn where 
the bull is kept. After farmer im- 
pounds their car they start to "walk 
back. Night falls, and after: walk- 
ing In circles they land back at the 
farmer's house, where froni outside 
thdy overhear rfldio bulletin a Hon 

How they, try to keep the farmer 
In his house so they may retrieve 
their car makes ■ for many novel 
laugh situations. CTiar. 

MERRIE MELODIES 
'Too Careless with KisBes' 
Cartooh; 6 Mins. 
Winter (aarden, N..Y. 

Vitaphohe No. 6426 

The bug in Melodies goes on a 
stew. That is sufficient for plenty 
of laughs. 

This ridiculous piece of animated 
drawing is above* average in origi- 
nality. A war on the big beetle, 
for Instance, makes .a machine gun 
out of a pea shooter and a subma- 
rine out of an ordinary shoe. 

Bees ride horses and the drunken 
bug winds up. as the hero. . It's all 
the same kind of crazy hokum that 
most fans enjoy. Waly. 



•HOLLYWOOD, CITY OF CEL 

LULOID' 
Travelog; 20 Mins. 
Loew'5, N. Y. 

Principal Pictures 

Habitues of Hollywood, familiar 

with its geography and atmosphere, 

will undoubtedly pass upon 'Cellu 

lold' as nearest to the truth of all 
the one and two reelers that have 
been in circulation. 

'Celluloid' gets to the meat of 
things in the film, metropolis. It 
shows comprehensively for the first 
time how sound is used on location. 
That 'rain location' of Harold Xloyd 
will answer the problems of many 
fans. 

This short gets into the spirit of 
Hollywood, as iaeasoned Hollywood 
lans. know the place. .It Is more 
than aii eyeful to the average fan 
who has depended upon fan mags 
for knowledge. It shows what Is 
behind, as well as what is to the 
front of sets. 

In addition to the dowdown angles 
the short takes of Grauman first 
nights, Hollywood Boulevard, Holly- 
woodlands, etc, .Generally it is an 
excellent 20 minutes, of true pho.- 
tOgraphy of the Hollywood that 
actually exists. Walj;. 



'VOICE OF THE GLOBE' 
FitzPatrick Traveltalka 
9 Mine. , 
Orpheum> N. Y. - 
Metro.. 

James A. FitzPatrick, always the 
showman, conceived the idea of 
stringing together what looks like 
odd shots he ha.d lying around and 
applying them to a well- written 
speech on religions to fit the ac- 
tion. Short is mostly a talk, and 
interesting enough in that to sat^ 
isfy almost any ajudience. 

FitzPatrick, probably more than 
anyone else doing travelog shorts, 
has the knack of making his voice 
and his Ideas carry weight. He 
chooses his words carefully and 
builds up a viyid picture with them 

•Voice of the World' deals with 
religion and religious , beliefs of 
various creeds. Including' Buddhism 
Christianity, Judaism, etc., pictures 
being of appropriate countries and 
peoples; • Char. 



PHANTOM PRESIDENT 

(WITH 80NG8) 

I^aramount production and release. S.tars 
Oeorge M. Cohan. Features Claudette Gol- 
lert and Jimmy. Durante. Based on novel 
by) O. F. Worts; adapted by Walter Ue- 
liOon 'and Harlan Thompson; music and 
lyplcs by Richard Rogers and liorenz Hart. 
Photograph^, David Abel. At the Par- 
amount, 'N. T., Sept. 30. Running time, 77 
mins. , 
T, K. Blair ? 

Peter Varhey { George Cohan 

Felecla Haiilmond.a...'><. Claudette Colbert 

Curly Cooney. Jimmy Durante 

Jim Ronkton -.......-.^.'.aeorge Barbier 

Tr^t. Aldehhead Sidney Toler 

Senator' Scranton IiOulse MacKlntosh 

Jenrldo ,..«.,..•...' Jameson Thomas 



Political satlTd holding - a full 
iBhare of laughs which should do 
well for this theatres without 
threatening to rate Itself a smash. 
It's about the first of its type for 
the screen, certainly as to the 
musical comedy vein, and those 
who ^ave seen the Lhow . will un- 
doubtedly draw a parallel between 
It and 'Of Thee I Sing.' 

A lot of smart stuff packed into 
this footage including a gem of an 
opening sequence which will be lost 
on most of the picture fans who 
see it. This getaway Is the counter- 
part to an opening of any musical 
libretto. It's done in meter and kids 
the country's general condition. 
Extremely well conceived, executed 
and cameraed bec"use many of the 
boys behind the tripod on this one 
not only know their stage but the 
musical phase of it as well. That 
goes for Harlam Thompson on the 
adapting end,. Rodgers apd Hart, 
who should need no Introduction, 
while Norman Turoy has fitted this 
shlU nicely by his direction. 
Not forgetting George Cohan him- 
self. For Cohan It suffices to say 
that this Is his first picture and 
maybe his last. For pictures such 
as these, light and frothy, he brings 
nothing to the screen which it has 
not already at hs»''d and other than 
the. pomp and circumstance .which 
the pv.:>liclty department can whip 
Up around a traditional stage name 
his value here will mostly be pro 
vocatlvely sentimental as regards 
the old timers. 

Allowing that It may be heresy In 
the ears of those who remember, it 
nevertheless appears that this pic 
ture will do much to definitely es 
tabllsh that Cohan belongs to an 
Other generation. Love Interest la 
not for him, and the embarrassment 
caused thereby may have done much 
to Impede an otherwise carefree 
and, for the audience, an enjoyable 
performance. 

With Claudette Colbert wasted In 
another inconsequential role, it 
leaves everything up to Jimmy Du 
rante and the impetus for whatever 
success the feature attains will come 
from the sawdust which finally 
played opposite Cohan via Para 
mount on a relay from M-G-M. This 
Is Durante's best after being shuffled 
around since 'Jimmy Valentine.' 



Miniature ReYiews 



They evidently just let Durante 
alone and allowed him to play his 
scenes about as he pleased. The 
privileges so extended by .Cohan to 
the comic are obvious and few play 
ecs would have permitted these lib 
ertles. But they figure to be . strong 
enough to hold up a picture which 
otherwisd' might have been in as 
much trouble as the Cubs on the 
day this ' feature opened in New 
York. ' ■ 

The story has Cohan playing a 
dual role. As Bliair he's the color- 
less banker whom his party would 
make president but fears it caHi't 
because of his lack of personality. 
In playlhg^ Vamey, the - medicine 
show man, Cohan Is unquestionably 
happier with' circumstaces bring- 
ing about his substituting. for Blair 
during the pre-election campaign. 
Mixed into this is the girl (Miss 
Colbert), who senses something dif- 
ferent when in the presence of Var- 
ney, but •who can't fl^re it out. 
With Blair pl&nnlng to rid himself 
of Vamey, Miss Colbert Intervenes 
and it's the banker who's whisked 
from the scene on election day. and 
Vamey coasts to the White House. 
Miss Colbert has done something to 
her hair, which makes her much less 
attractive than heretofore. 

Meanwhile there's Durante as 
Varney's helper who finally gains 
entrance to the convention hall and 
by the simple expedient of adapting 
his medicine show technique to the 
occasion stampedes his pal into the 
nomination. It's the high action 
mark of the film, done in rhythm 
and lyrics with the assembled dele- 
gates, acting as the chorus. How- 
iBver, it's not Durante's best se- 
quence. This comes later when he 
Is forced to substitute for Varney 
at a radio broadcast and reads the 
speech prepared by the presidential 
candidate. It's a great one or two 
minutes piece of business which not 
only drew consistent laughs but 
also applause at its termination, 

Show people will appreciate the 
opening footage mentioned, having 
for its theme that 'the country needs 
a man.' This Is taken up by the 
paintings of past Presidents on the 
walls of the Capitol with Washing 
ton, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roose- 
velt dignlf.edly declining the post 
at this time and winding up with 
the replica of those present at the 
Declaration's signing becoming ani- 
mated to briefly coincide with the 
former Presidents and then ease 
back into p'osture as the sequence 
fades. 

Numbers involved are about four 
and none is important musically. 
These insertions seem mostly In- 
tended for a change of pace, to 
heighten the modern fantasy and to 
impress upon the film public that 
the story is not to be taken seri- 
ously. The interweaving is work- 
manlike and also permits a chance 
for Cohan to deliver a song and 
dance which will be pleasantly rem- 
iniscent to those who go back to the 



'Phantom President' (Par). 
Well made laugh musical main- 
ly propelled by Jimmy Durante. 
George Cohan's name publicity 
fodder for this political satire 
which should catch Its box- 
office share. 

. Bill of Divorcement' (Ra- 
dio). A money picture for all 
classes of houses. Introduces 
Katharine Hepburn, young legit 
actress, who promises tq be the 
find of the year. John Barry- 
inore and Blllle Burke for mar- 
quee strength. Strong for the 
women fans. . 

•The All- American' (U). Un- 
usual and timely football story 
and good entertainment, with 
other angles, such as presence 
of recent grid stars in cast. 

'Gitta Entdeekt Ihr Herz' 
(Froehlich). One of the two 
best German musioals made 
since talkers. Word of mouth 
ought to put this one over. 

'Cabin in the Cotton' (FN). 
Barthelmess In a flat role, that 
of a well-fed 'Tol'able David' 
who doesn't inyite sympathy. 
Audience reisictton likely to be 
jeering at clumsy love making 
sequences which may have 
been butchered by cfensors. . 

•Chandu the Magician' (Fox). 
On merit' low, but on box of- 
fice good. With radio momen- 
tuih, counlup will top house 
averages to sweet money. 

'Pack Up Your Troubles' 
(Metro). Weak sister Laurel 
and Hardy full-length comedy, 
their second, and Weak for the 
week-changers. - 

'Honor of the Mounted' (Treiii 
Carr).. 1*01100 constable crosses' 
the line to get his man and 
wins a girl. Tom Tyler troupes 
nicely in spite of some silly 
situations. Photography above 
average. 

'This Sporting Age' (Col). 
Polo theme starring Jack Holt. 
Intermediate rating holds It 
down to program class. 

'Beauty Parlor '(Chesterfield). 
Typical old style tndle in every 
way, fated for double featur- 
ing In the neighbs and single- 
o'lng in emergencies, only. 

•Illegal' (Vitagraph). British 
quota picture without b.' o. 
names for this slde^ Not badly 
done, but lacking a sOck. .(3ood 
for the upper layer of a double. 
Solo chances slight. 

•Le Bal' (Vandal and Delao). 
French programmer along un- 
original lines but with nice 
character portrayals., French 
folks ought to like it. . 



Cohafi musicals. He does tlils rou- 
tine in blackface. 

For Paramount the picture seems 
a trite addition .to Its program. It's 
different, anyway, and helps give the 
lineup a diversified angle. It Is also 
evidence thr.t the studio Is trying. 
When Metro sees it, it will, or prob- 
ably has already, blown . a kiss to 
Par for the way Durante has been 
handled. M-G will even riake. that 
two after viewing the New York ads 
which flash a head of the comic four 
or five times the size Of those of 
Cohan and Miss Colbert. And if 
Iz2y Herk sees this one he'll shed a 
tear thinking what he might do \*ith 
Durante. Herk could revive bur- 
lesque with a guy like Jam a. But 
there aren't so many guys . like 
Jimmy. • Bid. . 



evltable. If she can repeat; if she 
can project another, characteriza- 
tion, 4 romantic one, say, with the 
electric effect of her Sidney in the 
Clemence Dane play, she's headed 
for the cinema heights. She has a 
vital something that sets her apart 
from the picture galaxy. 

In this instance she commands 
the picture, even in company of 
Barrymore and Miss Burke, two 
screen personalities that dwell In 
the aura of fame. The story situa- 
tion doubtless accounts in large 
part for that, result, for hers is the 
role that invites deep audience com- 
passion. Character is the most 
potent tear jerker in many si. moOn, 
while the other characters con- 
tribute to its symipathetlc tug more 
than they draw Interest to them- 
selves. . 

It's a woman's play and the odds 
are that for many reasons women 
win like Miss Hepburn, because she 
is Innocent of formal beauty in the 
sense of prettiness, for one thing 
and because she radiates a kind of 
vigorous, artless charm. 

The play -itself has lost none of 
its tremendous grip in translation, 
to celluloid. Ten years after Its 
stage; success, this peculiarly Brit- 
ish version of the Ibsen 'Ghosts' 
tlieme, still has undiminished its 
power to grip and hold. Even be- 
fore a Broadway premiere gather- 
ing at the Mayfalr, a listless audi- 
ence as usual, its sequences un- 
folded to thA/t hushed attention that 
cannot be mistaken. Reception be- 
fore this mob brought in by bally- 
hoo (Mrs. W. R. Hearst's Milk Fund 
hias an : interest in the initial per- 
formance scaled up to $10) was a 
tribute to the picture's intrinsic 
power. 

Barry mere distinguished himself 
anew in the role of the unhappy 
Hilary, a part f ar if rom his accus- 
tomed range, If almost anything is 
beyond the range of this versatile 
player. Part of the long demented 
but now restored husband and 
fattier Is more in. Lionel's line, but 
John trouped it for all it was worth, 
eschewing for once most of the 
stage tricks lie can so : completely 
command, for o- simple and sensi- 
tive performartce. 

For MISS Burke, the role of the 
distracted wife, " held out small 
promise of flourish and histrionic 
parade, but she looked miraculously 
fresh . and young, giving much 
charm to the character of the sec- 
ondary, f emme character. . David 
Manners as ; the heroine's young 
sweetheart Svas another happy 
choice, this young juvenile having a 
special angle of appeal for such 
sympathetic assignments. 

Story has an unusual angle In 
that the dramatic Conflict estab- 
lishes tension, although all the 
people concerned in its action are 
sympathetic characters. There Is 
no heavy and no- menace, except it 
be the malign fates. 

Screen adaptation is. a first rate 
job, such ■ changes as have been 
made working solely for simplicity 
and clai'ity. SucI^ a minor revision, 
for Instance, , is having the heroine 
explaining frankly and simply to 
her betrothed that she will not 
marry him because of the possible 
taint of 4nsanlty~ in her blood. In 
the play she sent him away by a 
pretext. 

Technical production is in fine 
keeping with the dlgnltjr of the 
Whole play, an unostentatious hack- 
ground for the'action; just that and 
no more. Rush. 



THE ALL-AMERICAN 

X'nlversaV production and release. DI«. 
rected.br Russell Mack. Adaptation and 
continuity by Frank TR'ead and Ferdinand 
Reyney from original by Richard Schayer 
and Dale Van Every. George Robinson, 
i>hotog. Reviewed Sept. 28 at a private 
preview showing at the Hotel Commodore, 
New Tork. Running, time, 73 mine. . 

Cast includes the following college foot- 
ball players ond coaches: Harchmont 
Schwartz, Gaius Shaver, John Cain, Gerald 
Dalrymple, Jack Riley, Johnny Baker,. Tom. 
Yarr, Clarence Munn, Jesse Quatse, John 
OrsI, . Ernie Plnckert, Christian Cagle, 
Ernie Nevers, Frank Carldeo, Alble Booth, 
Roy Baker, John Kelly, Fred Llnehan, Xee 
Hanley, Red Russell, Irvine Phillips. Rus- 
sell Saunders. Marger Asplt, Frank Wick- 
horst, Jesse Hibbs, Xutrry Mulllns, James 
Purvis, Al Howard, Paul Schwegler, Nate 
Barrager. W. A, Alosnndor. Jesse C. Har- 
per, Christy 'Walsh;- Eddie Casey, Glenn S. 
(Pop) 'Warner. 



Garry King.....^ 

Andy Moran. . . .. , 

Ellen Steffens.... 

Chick Knlpe...... 

Bob King....'...., 

Steve Kelly...... 

Gloria Neuchard. 
Willie Walsh..... 

Harcourt . .'. ...... 

Ted Bowen. ...... 

Mrs. Bowen...... 



Bill of Divorcement 

Radio, production and release, starring 
John Barrymore and featuring . Katharine 
Hepburn and Blllle Burke; Directed by 
George Cukor. 6tory from the play of 
the saine name by Clemence' Dane; screen 
version by Howard , Estabrook and . "Wag- 
staff Grlbblo. Camera Sid Hlckoz. Sonnd 
George Ellis. Ass' t Director, Dewey 
Starkey. . Technical dir., Marlon Balder- 
stone. Art Dir., Carroll Clark.- At the 
Mayfalr, New Tork, Sept. 30. Running 
time 70 mine. 

Hilary ..i John Barrymore 

Margaret Blllle Burke 

Sydney Katharine Hepburn 

Kit ; David Manners 

Gareth Bramwell Fletcher 

Dr. Alllott Henry Stephenson 

Gray ....>..; Paul Cavanagh 

Aunt Hester.. Ellaabelh Patterson 

Standout here is the smash Im- 
pression' made , by Katharine Hep- 
burn in her first picture assign- 
ment. Barrymore and Blllle Burke 
give fine performances and their 
names will be a sure . asset on the 
marquee, but It is the girl from 
legit who will get talked about and 
it win be her performance of a 
rich role that will get the word of 
mouth that will make 'A Bill of 
Divorcement' a money picture. 

It will lake another role to test 
the future of the girl. This first 
click may be partly the happy break 
of a part that she so thoroughly 
fits and that so thoroughly fits her 
that the successful outcome was In-. 



Fox's Two Story Buys 

• Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Fox has bought two novels, 'Dan 
gerously Yours' and 'Promenade 
Deck,' both by Eric Noel, for spring 
production. ' 

Former will have Warner Baxter 
in the top spot». with Al Rockett 
producing. No writing assignments 
set. Grace Perkins to adapt and 
dialog the latter. 



.....Richard Arlen. 
...... Andy Devlne 

Gloria - Stuart 

. , . .James Gleason 
..... .John Dnrrow 

. . . .Preston Foster 

, ..Mema Kennedy 
.Harold Waldridge 
. . .Huntley Gordon - 
....Earl McCarthy 

.....Ethel Clayton 



Coming in at the start of the foot- 
ball season and probably set for 
national coverage during the grid 
year's peak, 'The All-American' 
should dra,w favorable returns for 
timeliness alone. Besides that angle 
It will be a pleaser for all audiences, 
haying miore than just the football 
stuff to recommend it. ■ 

This one goes beyond the winning 
of the girl and the big game for dear 
old alma mater. It starts with a 
grid star's final starring football 
performance, which is wliere the 
average grid yarn finishes. The 
hero's ail-American playing and 
rating becomes yesterday's news to 
a formerly worshipful public and 
he starts in the downgrade after 
taking the cheering sections too 
seriously. 

The boy quits school to sell bonds 
after his final performance en the 
field, rather than finish an engineer- 
ing course. Money calls and he goes 
for it. He goes for everything else, 
too, and then hits :the bottom via 
the gambling ahd dame route. 
Meanwhile, his fiancee pines away 
at home, while his kid brother Is 
beconiing the family'is second all- 
American. Kid bro. is also well on 
the way to taking ' the crowd's • 
plaudits to heart, until the older 
boy comes back and stops the kid 
from going on the bum as he did. 
Instead of moralizing with the 
youth, the older brother shows him 
the. light on the football field. It's 
during a charity game between the 
current all -American team and a . 
combination of all-stairs of the past. 
The older boy gets into the play 
in the third quarter, after the 
younger has made the game a run- 
away, and proceeds to make the kid 
look like a novice. The intention Is 
to show the boy up and reduce hlis 
headslze artd the happy ending 
finale denotes that that has been 
accomplished. 

In the way 'All-American' departs 
from formula by taking, the game of 
football apart instead of making it 
100% heroism, ' It's somewhat re- 
mindful of Paramount's last year's 
'Touchdown.' Richard Arleh had tho 
lead in that one also, and he iagaln 
walks away with the honors.' 

Use of numerous collegiate grid 
stars of the past couple of years, 
including one of last season's sev- 
eral all- American line-ups Intact, 
will interost the football fans, as 
w^Ill the inside , stuff and all around 
excellent presentation of the tech- 
nical and action phases of the game. 
Those who are not fans will regard 
It as, good entertainment. 

In addition to the players the cast 
contains the five coaches who com- 
prise the so-called 'All-American 
.Board of Football' and whosfe yearly 
selections for a newspaper syndicate 
are considered the nearest to the 
late Walter Camp's In authority. 
They are W. A. Alexander of Georgia 
Tech, Jesse Harper of Notre Dame, 
Eddie Casey of Harvard, Pop "War- 
(Continued on page 19) 



The Woman ^8 Angle 



'The Phantom President' (Par), By depriving Cieo. ' M. Cohan Of its 
important sequences, a pplltlcal satire robs its star of opportunity to 
project ills lovable Indivlduali'tyHis; he builds scene after scene up to the 
insplredi tumult created by Jimmy t>uranto. Lacks tiie romantic sub- 
stance that would solidify howling comic, qualities and castial Interest 
in Claudette Colbert's new coiffure and modish costumes. 



'Chandu' (Fox). Preposterous melodrama, its hero dwarfed by the 
camera's transparently adept execution of his feats of Hindu magic. 
Fanettes think that a genuine Vogl can free himself from any predica- 
nient, and refuse to be concerned over his welfare. Limited to the family 
trade that will follow a radio serial into picture houses. 



'Cabin in the Cotton' (WB). An Impartial discussion of the planta- 
tion feudal system, unsuccessfully Imbued with the pathos of 'Tol'able 
David.' The adolescent hero personified by mature Richard Barthelmess 
Is too Indecisive a fellow to direct sympathy toward a weary document 
that sides with neither wealthy planter nor exploited cotton-picker. 



'Pack Up Your Troubles' (MGM). Ninety minutes of Laurel and 
Hardy in and out of the Great War. A disheartening prospect mitjgated 
considerably by situations evolving from the team's adoption of one of 
the cutest — though not the most natural— babies on" the screen. 



'A Bill of Divorcement' (RK!0-.Radlb). Clemence Dane's play brought 
to the screen with deeply niovlhg compassion. An engrossing problem 
drama, vitalized by an eloquent cast that includes, in. Katharine Hepburn, 
a glalmorous actress whoHe fine talent and indlvidu.il .style will be greatly 
discussed by the larties. 



16 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, Oclolier 4, 1932' 




Bear this in mind 



^TheyVe buying FOX 193?-33 faster than in any previous 
season— and the reason is the^^ e^ defimte 1^ 

edge that FOX has the pictures, the leadership and the 
organization and facilities to follow through.^' 



citcutt 






are 



IMPORTANT INDEPENDENT 
LOCAL CIRCUITS 

PUBlixWILBY 

PUBLIX KINCEY 

Notdi and South Carolina and Vir^nia 

E J. SPARKS 
Florida 

ARTHUR LUiGAS 




AFFIUATED ORCUrr 
Louisiana and Mississippi 

RUPERt & RkcHARDS 

South i 

SIDNEY MEYER 
Florida 

AUMUS & PARROTT AMUSEMENT CO. 
Tennessee 

MAINE ft NEW HAMPSHIRE THEA. CO^ 
New England 

G. R. GOULD 
Maine and Mass. 

COMERFORD (CIRCUIT 
Pehna. and New Yofk 

L. COHEN 
%ring(ield, Mass. 

M. A. SHEA ! 
N.H., N. y., Penna.J 

EDWARD M. FAY 
Providence^ R. L 

P. SEMELRC^H 
■ ■ Ohio . ^ ; ■■ 

N. B. HOROVt^ITZ 
Ohio i 

PASCHALL ciRCUIT 
Texas 



EAST TEXAS AMUSEMENT CO. 

Texas . ■ ■ ' 

CENTRAL STATES 

• ■ -'Iowa 

PUBLIX-BUTtERFIELD 
Michigan ' 

DUBINSKY BROTHERS 
■ Missouri and Kansas 

DICKINSON THEATRE to. 
Kansas and Missouri 

TRI-STATE THEATRES CO 
Minn., S. Dakota, Wis., N. Dakota 

LEON ROSENBLATT 
New Jersey 

JACK HATTEM 
Brooklyn, N Y. 

CHAMBERLAIN AMUSEMENT CO. 

Penna. 

LOU BERMAN 
Penna. 

LLEVY 

Trenton, N. J. 

DURKEE CIRCUIT 
Maryland 

UNITED AMUSEMENT CO. 
Montreal 

NATIONAL CIRCUITS 

FOX SKOURAS WEST COAST 

SKOURAS THEATRES 

PUBLIX 

LOEWS 

RKO 

WARNER BROTHERS 
CANADL\N FAMOUS PLAYERS 
THEATRES (Entire Dominion) 



The above ate but a FEW— VERY FEW — of the thousands of contracts 
akeady closed with affiliated and unaffiliated circuits and exhibitors for 
this season's (1932-33) product. 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



P I C T U R E S 



VARIETY 17 




<Tiger Shark' Flash 

Hollywood. 
Elaborating on the enlarged cut- 
out letter idea for lobby displays, 
Warners' Hollywood has gone a 
step farther, and for 'Tiger Shark,' 
current WB picture, has an outside 
flash that rates as one of the most 
pretentious seen hereabouts. Huge 
block cutout letters, many of them 
12 Inches or more in thickness, and 
greatly enlarged cutouts of Edward 
G. Robinson and other principals 
■form thie background and sldewall 
bally. Across the entlrii street 
opening Is a cutout shark, superim- 
posed by the title in four feet elec- 
trics. SidewaU cutouts are movable, 
and at . night and before house 
opens they are used as a barricade 
across the main entrance. JJeon 
tievy, WB theatre chief here, and 
Hub Robinson, adv. and publicity, 
get credit for the ismash front. 



• Helps the Slides 

Manager who is in a town where 
they stand for the old ad slides has 
a wrinkle. Each slide is left with 
a blank space and in. this is in 
eerted each day the name of some 
resident of the vicinity. These are 
typewritten on tissue paper with a 
. carbon sheet to get a strong Impres- 
sion no ihtitter what the condition 
of the ribbon. 

If Mrs.- John C. Smith sees her 
name in the slide advertising John 
son's coal, she can get a free ticket 
at the coal yard by applying the 
following day. Each , slide us^r is 
supplied with a tickiet for each day 
.aiid pays half price for those given 
but turning in the unclaimed, if any, 
tor credit. 

It has been getting intierest, but 
the slide users are beginning to feel 
that more attention is paid the 
names th&n the ads. Good for a 
short time, at any rate. 



Advertising a Loss 

Doing a little missionairy work 
against the tax on tickets, a house 
which absorbed the tax by cutting 
Its 60c admissoln to 46c gQt the bank 
to display in its window a . heap of 
nickels with a sign which read: 

"When the Majestic theatre cut 
Its admission to 45 cents to relieve 
the patrons of the additional charge 
for the ticket tax, it obligated itself 
to pay to the government -flv* cents 
on each admission. 

'This pile of nickels represents 
What the Majestic paid to the gov 
ernment last week on 8,927 admls 
Bions. The Majestic lifted a burden 
of $446.36 from the shoulders of the 
taxpayers.' 

Seemed to make much more of an 
impression upon those who saw the 
display than any amount of pr4nted 
advertising. 



In the Post Office 

Varying thfe key stunt, in which 
'distributed keys are used to test 
locks and the proper keys unlock 
the iprizes, was worked in a town 
at the postofllce instead of the thea- 
tre. Probably would have been 
frowned upon by the higher-ups, 
had they known, but the local post- 
niast^r was obliging. 

Regular postofflce lock was re- 
moved from a mall box, since these 
have ' the slots running the reverse 
of the usual way. Temporary lock 
was put in and all were invited to 
use their own keys or those obtained 
from the theatre. A dozen keys that 
worked were passed out one a day. 
To obtain the tickets the fortunate 
ones had to take a card found . in 
the box to the theatre and turn 
that in along with the key. Made 
touch more excitement than had the 
box been placed in the lobby. 



Make It a Contest 

In Its exploitation sheet for 
•Once in a Lifetime' Universal sug- 
gests that local boys and girls be 
hired to Impersonate famous stars 
for the 'Hollywood opening' idea. 
This may be a good gag if the 
house can stage the effect without 
getting the police in its lialr. / 
better way is to switch the old im 
. personation contest to the street and 
advertise that the most perfect im- 
personations of stars will be re- 
:warded with tickets or small prizes. 

This will get a crowd about the 
Entrance without further effort If 
given , sufflcient publicity, and by 
Judging the contestants on the stage 
at the close of the first show it 
"will draw the crowd into the house 

Named Murderers 

Scranton, Pa. 
, Ritz here tied the 'Repubhcan' . 
ft contest on .'70,000 Witnesses.' Pa 
pe»' printed pictures of famous vie 
tims of assassination and the con 
testants were supposed to njini6 
their slayers. 

. _Made a neat tie In to the big point 
of the play where a football hero 
Is murdered, and- gave plenty of 
chances of stressing the mystreious 
nature of the crime. Idea can be 
reduced to a questionnaire, saving 
the cost of making the cuts, If de 
Bired. 



to 



Early Toy Shows 

Last year a number of exhibitors 
who gave toy matinees held theip 
so late there was no time to get 
the toys patched up in time for the 
holiday and the gifts were delayed, 
though the big idea is to have them 
all furnished up In time to turii over 
to the police or some charitable or- 
ganization in time to make the 
Xmas stockings. 

It win be a good plan to hold the 
matinee this year before Thanks- 
giving, with a toy, whole or broken, 
as the admission price to a special 
morning show. Then have the 
stuff worked over aiid enlist some 
of the larger boys and girls to work 
under supervision getting these in 
shape with needles and paints. 

It is often possible to enlist the 
manual training teacher of the local 
school, or in default a local handy 
maii can be persuaded to shibw thb 
boys how to uSe the glue pot and 
the paint brushes. Then it will be 
possible to get the newspaper 
stories of the gifts. 



Press Department 

Owner of a neighborhood house 
so far from the center of the city as 
to be almost a town in itself has 
made a hit with the three daily pa- 
pers by setting apart a room for the 
reporters who coyer that section 
Chitx expense is for the use of the 
telephone, and that is taken care 
of by the switchboard girl, who has 
her board in the same room and 
can check up the calls and the dur 
atlon of time. Most of the men 
phone their late stories in and for 
this purpose there Is a sound proof 
booth. 

Men not only make - tl?e j theatre 
their headquarters, but the girl at 
the board takes incoming calls in 
their absence and city editors can 
reach their men without delay. 

Advantage to the theatre is that 
It gets frequent mention in the spe 
clal section devoted to local news, 
and figured that is -well worth -while. 



Amplified Twisters 

New contest -vvhlch can be worked 
for plenty of laughs is one for 
tongue twisters, speed and accuracy 
to count, Mike from one of the 
disused dressing' rooms is hooked . to 
the loudspeaker and 10 contestants 
take turns reading some such ef 
fort as 'Some sell sea° shells' and 
'Round the rough rock the ragged 
rascal ran.' 

Two judges are appointed, one 
for diction afid the. other for speed, 
and even with a simple phrase It 
frequently ^happens that there has 
to be a run off between the top five 
because no one fully qualifies. Speed 
factor Is what trips them. Con 
testants are brought into the room 
one at a time, and have no means 
of timing the others or memoriz- 
ing the sentence to be spoken. 

Local elocution teacher can prob- 
ably supply enough twisters to last 
some tim^. Prize kinker of the lot 
is reputed to be 'The sea ceaseth and 
sufilceth us.' 



A. K. Deadheads 



. Dallas, Oct, 3. 
C. R. McHenry, mgr. for 
R & .R's class nabe, Texas, gets 
unusual b. o. results from old 
folks' mats. liSts In free all 
the boys and girls over ^0, 
drawing average of 1,000 per 
mat. Which is ace batting 
mark for any p. a. in this 
town when it comes to getting 
the 'genarians. 

. Prizes go to oldest man and 
woman and to the fellow who 
comes nearest eruessliig Mc- 
Henry's age. . 

No sugar in mats them- 
selves, but barrels of good win 
toward recruiting steady cli- 
entele from a blass that's cus- 
tomarily taboo on plx. 



Confectionery 2>for-l's 

Akron, O. 
Charles Mentges, manager Lib- 
erty, has novel plan for stimulating 
midweek business. Confectionery 
next door gives free with each 16c 
purchase or niore a ticket which 
will admit a lady it accompanied by 
an adult to the theatre any week 
day night. Stunt mutually bene 
ficlalto both confectionery and the 
atre. 



Ooh! Those Legs 

Dubuque, la. 

Guessing bug has hit houses In 
this territory. The old contest idea 
of identification by means of faces 
has been worked ragged along vari- 
ous lines and does not give con- 
testants a fair br.eak and they know 
it. But 'whose legs are these?' has 
gone over with a biang, lower por- 
tion of torso being used in cut from 
mat dummy, involving no expense 
and running alongside of a story 
featured by a two-column,- three- 
line head. Usual giveaway is 20 
tickets with names of contestants 
running on a Sunday in connection 
with show of the week. 

Text accompanying the pictures 
has hints as to the. identity of the 
actress and her legs. 

Makes Bain Help 

Exhlb who who got scalded one 
time when he turned his patrons out 
in a heavy rain, now makes a show- 
er work for him. If it is raining 
when the show is oyer, he keeps the 
house open, turns on the ^non-sync 
and entertains the crowd until the 
rain has at least let up. 

Audience can enjoy the concert 
or. if anyone feels like volunteering, 
they can get up on the stage and 
sing or dance, but they can't recite 
'Gunga Din.' 

Just an impromptu, but manager 
claims it makes a lot of difference 
on. a night which threatens rain 
later on. People come feeling they 
may get an extra show. 



Matquee Structures 

Might be a tlpoft to other city 
managers in the drive against 
Broadway's recent outbreak of can- 
opy showmanship. Primarily the 
drive is against the ballyhoo, which 
store owners- claim - is turning 
Broadway into sideshow. 

This probably will not affect 
towns where the theatres are' not 
close together and where nudes are 
not stressed. 

■ Many of these displays are 
lighted with spots, some of which 
are Inside the structures and all of 
which carry looso wiring. "There is 
a feeling that too steady an appll« 
cation of the spotlight or a spark 
from poor wire might bring about a 
fire. Might be a good idea to con- 
sult with the fire department before 
building Instead of having them 
come into the conference uninvited 
after the money has been spent. 



Auto Chest Protectors 

Before the winter winds grow too 
cold, get ready, the chest protectors 
for automobiles. If you have provi- 
dently saved your window and in- 
sert cards you should have a sup- 
ply of cardboard on which can be 
painted or stenciled a general ad- 
vertisement for your theatre. 

These can be handed out the first 
cold day when the influx of the cold 
air chills the motor. Get one or 
two on the streets the first cold day 
-^possibly through the taxis — and 
you'll be able to get rid of any rea- 
sonable quantity and probably be 
asked for more. 

It was the picture theatre man- 
agers who developed the- idea of this 
advertising scheme, but for the past 
couple of years the gas companies 
have been adopting the gag. Beat 
them to it. 



Booming Yaude 

Dallas. . 

• RKO's local boys took no chances 
on natives' natural yen for vaude 
cofneback and applied plenty steam. 
Special Sunday section of the 'News' 
preceding opening week (Weaver 
6ro$.), spiked by several thousand 
reprints used as house-to-house 
circulars. Cost relieved by mer- 
chants^ ads. 

Besides that, Curt Beck, Majestic 
skipper, hatched essay-writing con- 
test with Terrill school, boys' prep, 
with free scholarship as prize for 
best yarn on value of RKO vaude to 
Dallas. Contest plugged via trailer 
and 'Times-Herald,' eve rag. 



Walked a Zombie 

Spokane. 

Edgar Hart, at the Orpheum, used 
a blonde girl for 'White Zombie,' 
with no explanatory card on her 
costume. Armed with a police per- 
mit, she merely aimlessly wandered 
about the streets and attracted po 
much attention that it made it easy 
for him to plant the explanation in 
the daily papers. 

People called up the papers to 
find out what it was all- about. 




Sah Francisco. 

Number of changes made by Arch 
Bowles, division chief, in the F-WC 
lineup. Robert Harvey is out as 
advertising head of the northern 
California division with Phil Phil- 
Hps stepping out as manager of the 
Fox Oakland to take the ad chair. 
Harvey has gone into the commer- 
cial film field with Al Graf. 

Frank Burhans transferred as 
manager of Lo^w's Warfleld here to 
Phillips' former spot at the Fox 
Oakland. Sam Pechner. house man- 
ager of the Fox, succeeds Burhans 
at the Warfleld. 

F-WC has altered policy of the 
Orpheum in Oakland, taken back 
from RKO two weeks ago. House 
now getting the product formerly 
played by State, along with a swap 
in managers, Bryant Wlest moving 
to the State and Art Miller coming, 
into the Orph. 



' San Francisco. 
United : Artist^ reopens Oct. 10 
iirider management of Herman 
Cohen with 'Rain.' House dark since 
July. ' Charles Leonard, again 
p.a.'ing, later In month will double 
between, here an4 A. when ,U. A. 
there lights up. 



Seattle. 

Mike Foster now p.a, for F-WC 
staff headed by Vic Oauntlett. 



. Dallas. 

Several changes In personnel on 
main stem here: 

Joe Miller steps up from helm of 
RKO Capitol here to circuit's San 
Antonio acer. Majestic. AI Rey- 
nolds, former usher, promoted to 
Cap Job, with Charlie Webb asst 
mgr. 

With reopening of Publix-Melba, 
Paul Short moves back from Old 
Mill (dark). Charlie Brewer, house 
mgr., and A. D. Deason, treas.; 
added to staff faces. Brewer shifted 
froni Columbus, Ga. Jimmy Land-, 
ers, former Old Mill mgr., takes 
over Jefferson, Beaumont, Tex. 



New Market, la. 
Community theatre reopened Oct 
1; E. Bridgeman, Knoxville, man- 
ager. 

Iowa theatre. Cedar Rapids, la., 
reopened. Harry Holdsberg, man- 
ager. ■ 



AUentown, Pa. 
Jack Van, formerly manager for 
Sam Marcus' revue, . will manage 
State, leased by "Wilmer & Vincent. 



Hollywood. 
Harry Sugarman, manager of 
F-WC Egyptian, which reopens Oct. 
13, after dark past isix months. At 
one time Sugarman headed P-WC 
junior circuit in southern Califor- 
nia. 



Clinton, la. 

The Clinton, for 30 years a legit 
playhouse, closed for several years, 
reopens for road shows; vaudeville 
and stock companies; Peter Mess to 
manage. 

House being redecorated* 



Hartford. 

Walter Lloyd, manager of Publlx 
Allyn, transferred to Publix Par- 
amount, New Haven, replacing 
Harvey Cox. 

Alfred P. Weiss, from Tampa, re- 
placed Jack Callahan at this Warner 



Regal, the latter going to the War- 
ner Capitol in Danbury. James F. 
McCarthy, New London, replaces 
Tom Brown, who goeis to the Garde, 
New London, from the Hartford 
Strand. David Cohen,- from the 
Allyn, Hartford, to Capitol, New 
London, and I^uls Schaeffer comes 
to the Allyn from Gardner, Mass. 

For first time in history three 
pictures — 'Back Street,' Grand Hotel' 
and 'American Madness'— held over 
two weeks or more simultaneously. 
Vaude is back at the Cap with F&M 
units, and the Warner State goes 
vaude with five acts and double 
features. 

Dark for past year, Shubert's Par 
son's resumes legit with Jane Cowl, 
Stevenson, manager. 



Memphis. 

Herb Jennlnga,. manager Loew's 
State, Palace and Strand for three 
years, transferred to Loew's New 
Grand, Atlanta. Cecil Vogel, former 
manager of Loew's State, becomes 
general manager here. 

Ritz leased for five years by 
Harry L. and Albert Cohen of Chi- 
cago. House formerly operated by 
Chas. F. Boyd of the Tour Theatre 
Group, 



Los Angeles. 
Carl Porter out as manager of 
F-WC Redlands, Redlands, Calif., 
replaced by W. J. Murphy. 

Elyrla, O. 

Louis' Lamm named manager of 
WB Capitol.' ^ 

Charlie Keyser new manager of 
the Majestic, M'ansflsld, O., WB sec- 
ond run. 



Bain Gauge 

Theatre in a suburban town 
where- local gardens hiave suffered 
from a prolonged dry spell, an- 
nounced some time ago that it would 
celebrate by jglving free admission 
the first time one inch of rain fell 
before 7 p. m. Gate was to be free 
from 7 until 8. 

Collecto.: on the roof is four times 
the area of a jar in the lobby, and 
connected by a hose,* so that the 
water must rise four inches In the 
jar to represent one inch of rain* 
f;ail. A little dry dye in the bottom 
of the jar makes reading easy. 

So far the jubilee has not been 
proclaimed, but it . has brought a 
lot of people down to the theatre 
around show time who might have 
stayed in because of an average 
shower. 



Offered Fight Tickets 

Academy of Music, N. T., offered 
tickets to the Schmellng- Walker 
fight as door prizes, with delivery 
three or four days in advance of . the 
bout. Tickets were received in ex- 
change for screen advertising, par- 
ticipation of a charity in the flght 
gate giving a reason for the screen-. 
Ing. 

The assignment of tickets was 
made on a designated evening with 
the recipients required to be in the 
house to obtain them. Set for the 
9 olclock show. At 7.30 the atten- 
dance was so light as to suggest 
that the gain on the final showing 
Just about balanced the less oh the 
earlier show. In other words, it is 
to be questioned whether the fatunt 
helped the house to any material 
degree. 



Milwaukee. 
Harry E. . !Billlngs made house 
manager and pub. dir. for the Min- 
turn Players at the Majestic. Paul 
Horwitz returns to box office as 
treasurer for stock co;, Carroll 
Douck assisting;. 



Dallas. 

J. E. Luckett, partner In Duel 
Amus. Co., newest Texas indie 
chain, dropping < out, J. S. Cangney 
replacing. 

Publix reopening three in Texas, 
State (San Antonio), Palace (Fort 
Worth) and Qu^en (Austin), 

Dubuque, la. 
New Iowa, nabe, second run, just 
finished at outlay of $20,000, 308- 
seater, with Ray E. Duttle, owner-' 
manager. 



iSan Francisco. 
P-WC has swapped jobs of. Art 
Miller and Bryant Wlest in Oakland. 
Wiest moves from . Orph to the 
State, Miller coming into Orph as 
ma.nager. 



Minneapolis. 

In announcing sale of Publix 
houiaes at Bralnerd, Wllmar, Falr- 
bault and Waseca, .Minn., to Eddie 
Kuben, M. J. Mulllns, midwest man- 
ager, states circuit had been trying 
to dlspo.se of these theatres for some 
time. Six theatres Involved, two 
each in Bralnerd and Wilmar arid 
one in each of the other towns. 

Cliff Rust transferred from RKO, 
Omaha, to St. Paul-Orphciirii as 
manager. Ray O'Gonnell, former 
manager at St. Paul, to New York 
RKO offices for new as.signment. 



Helps /Express' 

Phladelphla. 

For 'Phantom Express,' S. B. Mosa 
madei several effective tleups. Un- 
suspectedly fertile ground was found 
in the Philadelphia stock exchange, 
where he made arrangements with 
A. M. Pennington, advertising di- 
rector of the exchange, for special 
plugging on the fllm. Picture will 
be shown to members of the! ex- 
change in a special screening for 
the Phllly premiere, and window 
cards will be exhibited as a result 
in all brokers' offices. 

Another tleup was made by Ma-' 
jestlc Films for the picture with the 
Pennsylvania Railroad. Road has 
agreed to loan exhibs actual railroad 
equipment for lobby displays. 

Cadet Corps . 

Figuring on sponsoring a boy. 
scout troop, an exhibitor was told 
on applying fOr a charter that it 
was merely an ad gag and no could 
get. So he formed his own cadet 
corps. 

Boys drill every Saturday follow- 
ing the club: matinee. Not required 
that the boys attend the perform- 
ance, though most do. Ony require- 
ment is that the boys attend four out 
of five drills unless able to offer a 
valid excuse. 

Kids are put through a setting-up 
drill and then given a 20rmlnute 
march drill. Manual 6f arms is 
oniitted In deference to ' pacifists 
and called a mar-ching club instead 
of cadets. Later it is planned to 
take them on the street for exhibi- 
tions with a minimum of adver- 
tising. 



A $10 'Blessed Event' 

Steubenvilie.O. 
George Dells, manager Warners 
Capitol, created much interest in the 
screening of 'Blessed Event,' offer- 
ing $10 to the first-born child after 
the opening of this .film for a four- 
day showing at his theatre. In addlr 
tion to the check, parents were, 
given a month's pass to the theatre. 

Kid Cowboys 

Dallas. 

Free mat for kids dressed in cow- 
boy togs rated considerable atten- 
tion for 'My Pal, the King' at RKO 
Capitol. Urchins, diked up a la 
western and some of 'em riding, 
broom handle.^, made, atmospheric 
lobby for passers-by and drew- some 
extra press comment. 



18 



VARIETY 



Taeadvjt October 4, 1981. 





SMILE ! 
SMILE ! 

SMILE! 



LAST MINUTE 
BULUETIN! 

BALTIMORE— Best biz in 
5 mon^. Tremolos. 

iXiUiSVILLE— SweW/ 
DAYTON— Ai>i>roachins 
*'GTand hotel" ta(ah1 
HOUSTON— Temiic! Best 
in months. 

SYRACUSE— ExceUent.' 
WILMINGTON— Biiaejc 
cnnvds in mtfndxs, 
INDIANAPOLIS, KAN- 
SASCITY and other open- 
ihgs VERY BIG! 





History repeats 1 Last year k was LAUREL 6l 
HARDY in "Pardon Us" that «ts»ced M^-M^^ 
amadng iiin of hits i 

IlieirnewHal Roach FEATURE comedy "PACK 
lUP YOUR TROUBLES" is today's box^ffice 
sensation, starting the 1932-33 parade 1 

With "GRAND HOTEL" giving theatres a new 
notion of Gross possibilities; with NORMA 
SHEARER (Frediic March and Leslie Howard) in 
"SMILIN' THROUGH'^; with DRESSLER— 
MORAN in "PROSPERITY"; with CLARK 
GABLE— JEAN HARLOW in "RED DUST"and 
a flock more mighty M^-M*s on tap— ^oull "pack 
up your troubles" tool And Smikl Smile! Smile! 



metro^goldwyn-mayI 



They never failed you yet ! 




Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



FILM R E V I E W S 



VARfETY 



19 



[THE ALL-AMERICAN 

(Continued from page 15) 

ner of Stanford and Christy Walsh. 
One Interesting sequence shows 
them making their picks. 

The players, many of whom were 
Imported to the Coast for this pic- 
ture, are given prominent individual 
and collective moments before the 
camera, on the field, where they 
look at home, and in tuxedos at a 
banquet, where they look like 
bouncers in .a dance hall. What a 
bunch of muggs! 

A few, such as Frank Carldeo, 
Chris Cagle and Grnle Nevers, have 
a line or two and handle them okay. 
Carldeo had experience in U's 
"Notre Dame.' vThe boys, are deftly 
spotted in the story and manipu- 
lated so as not to interfere with the 
picture's progress. 

Distance shots of the actual play, 
obviously those of real games, are 
spliced In proficiently and never 
look fakey^ while -.the close-ups of 
Arlen and the bthier leads carrying 
the ball or working in the scrlm^ 
mages suggest that the boys re- 
ceived expert instructions before- 
hand. 

Gloria Stuart is the girl and does 
very nicely arid John Darrow the 
kid bro, is equally good.- Andy 
Devlne, in lor comedy purposes only, 
grabs a f;\ir quota of laughs, but 
there are times whein the comedy 
end is overdone. This is the pic- 
ture's only important flaw. Jimmy 
Gleason is. fine while also grabbing 
some laughs . as the . pessimistic 
coach, remindful of 'Gloomy Gil' 
Doble, if the fables about the Cor- 
nell mentor are correct. 

Cast is extra heavy in numbers 
and long on short spea kin? parts. 

Bige. 



Cabin in the Cotton 

First .National production aiid release, 
etarrlnff Richard Barthelmess. Directed by 
Michael Curtlz. Based' on the novel of 
Harry" Harrison KroII; screen play by Paul 
Green; nssoclato director, William' Kelsh- 
ley; asa't director. AI Alborn, Camera; 
Barney McGlll. Film editor, Georne Amy. 
At the New York Strand, Sept. 20. Run- 
nlng time, 70 mlna. 

Marvin . Richard Barthelmess 

Betty. ; Dorothy Jordan 

Madge. Bette Davis 

Old Eph... Henry B. Walthall 

Lane Norwood ..Berton Churchill 

Cleve Clinton ......... ^ ... . Walter Percl val 

Jake Fisher .William LeMaIre 

Roland Neal Hardle Albright 

Old Slick Hnmees. Tully Marshall 

Old Blind Negro ...Clarence Muse 

Holmes Scott i....... ; Edmund Breese 

Lilly Blake Dorothy Petereon 



storm by the heroine is a novel 
slant. 

There is one passage in which the 
little hussy does a coy strip .in front 
of him by way of coquetry. Best 
this hero can do in the embarrass- 
ing situation is to gasp, 'Madge!' 
This was much too much for the 
Strand audience that witnessed the 
opening. They broke down in mer- 
riment. Bad cutting may have had 
something to do with the untoward 
reaction. . Or maybe the censor 
wrecked it. 

Picture . has all the flaws of an 
adapted book. Incident is blurred 
and character is foggy. Best feature 
Is the playing of some poor white 
farmer types of which there is a 
vast variety. Best are done by 
Henry B. Walthall and Tully Mar- 
shall. 

Bette Davis is the naughty- 
naughty planter's daughter and her 
rising popularity Is really the firm's 
best chance for business. Dorothy 
Jordan, as the humble farm girl, 
is Just a shadow. Indeed, most of 
the people are puppet-like. Includ- 
ing the Barthelmess character. 

Rush. 



Chandu the Magician 

Fox production and- release. Features Ed- 
mund Lowe, Bela Liigosl and Irene Ware. 
Directed by Marcel Vamel and William C. 
Menzles. Based on radio broadcast series 
by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M, Oldham 
nnd R, R. Morgan, Adaptation and dialog 
by Philip Klein and Barry Conners; Film 
editor, Harold Schuster, Assistant director, 
Walter Maryo, Art director. Max -Parker, 
Photography, James Wong Howe, Sound, 
Joseph E. Aiken, At Roxy;.N, T., for week 
starting Sept, '30. Running time, 72 min- 
utes. 

Chandu .................... .Edmiiiid Lowe 

Princess Nadjl. . ..i. ........... .Irene Ware 

Roxor Bela Lugosl- 

Albert MIggles Herbert Mundln 

Robert Regent .. ...Henry. B, Walthall 

Abdullah Weldon Heyburn 

Dorothy Virginia Hammond 

Betty Lou , ; . . . . June Vlasek 

Bobby , Nestor Aber 



ricture proves again that a 
book that attracts, a good deal of at- 
tention isn't necessarily screen ma- 
terial. Subject matter here doubt- 
less has dramatic power in its es- 
sence, but It doesn't come through 
to the audiencfe from the screen. 
Less than a moderate grosser all 
around, probably with its weakest 
reaction in the big cities. 

Title doesn't attract attention "to 
start with, and the subject matter 
isn't of wide appeal, having to do 
with what the advance notices de- 
scribe at, 'a great contemporary so- 
cial confiict,' which everybody con- 
ceded is vividly Amerloan and up- 
to-date, but which doesn't particu- 
larly concera the average fan. 

Conflict in point is the feud be- 
tween southern cotton planter (land 
owner) and tenant farmer (here de- 
scribed as 'peckerwoods'). It's the 
industrial capital vs. labor wrangle 
all over again in another setting, 
and not a particularly fascinating 
one at that. 

Picture is not well done and it 
presents Barthelmess in another 
luke-warm role, a role which he 
plays without vigor. Nub of the 
drama is that Marvin Blake 
belongs to the under-dog tenant 
farmer class, but is befriended by 
the planter and finds himself be- 
tween two fires— torn by loyalty to 
his class and an obligation to their 
enemy who also is his benefactor. 
Also Marvin falls in love with the 
planter's daughter. 

That ought to supply a wealth gf 
dramatic confiict and histrionic fire- 
Works, but it doesn't.' The best you 
get out of it is that the boy is ex- 
tremely uncomfortable. ■ He knows 
that the farmers are stealing the 
planter's cotton, but he thinks there 
is some justice on their side- But 
he doesn't do anything about It, but 
Just trails along with both sides In 
a passive sort of way. One passage 
deals with a man-hunt and a. lynch- 
ing, when a poor white farmer kills 
a distant planter. Marvin goes 
along on the hunt, unwillingly, but 
he goes. 'He niakes a feeble effort 
to help the fugitive When he rui^p 
into him. in the swamp, but nothing 
Comes of it, and he stands in sorry 
wretchedness when the poor devil IS 
Btruiig up. A sorry kind of hero all 
around. 

In the end there's a showdown. 
The boy has to tdke sides, and the 
way he meets the issue isn't any 
cinema epic. He calls a mass meet- 
ing of farmers and planters and 
forceg the land owners to agree to a 
co-operative fiarming scheme. In the 
novel It may have been absorbing. 
. On the romantic side Marvin is 
even loss admirable. He paysvalgue 
allegiance to his humble sweetheart 
Qf the cotton fields, but he breaks 
down when the headstrong and nor 
bettei--than-she-should-be daughter 
of the iilahtor pays him violent and 
rather sh.nnielo s court. Idea of a 
tUm. -hero who has to be taken by 



Gitta Entdeckt Ihr Herz 

('Gitta biscovera . Her Heart') 
(GERMAN MADE) 
(With Sonfls) 

Froehllchflim production. Capital Flint 
release In the XT. S. Star's Gltta Alpar 
and Qustav Froehllch. - Direction Carl 
Froehllch: adaptation, Dr. J. Brandt and 
Erich Faber from an Idea by Tilde Foer- 
ster: lyrics, Dr. Johannes Brandt; music, 
Nlcolaus Brodsky. At' the HIndenburg, 
N. Y,. on grind run, beginning Sept. 20, 
Running time 02 mins, 

Gltta Gltta Alpar 

Fred , ..;> Paul Kemp 

Impresario .: Leonard Bt6ckel 

Peter ., .Gustav Froehllch 

Ja'nos ,Tlbor Von Halmay 

Peters' Father ;..' .Oscar: Sabo' 

Ilona . .. .Blandlne . Eblnger 



• With the sole exception of 'Con- 
gress Dances' (Ufa) this is the best 
German musical turned out in the 
past couple years. Under .ordinary' 
conditions it ought to ride with ease 
to box office superiority— as. Indeed, 
it did in Germany. In America the 
picture is up against the handicap 
of a public satiated with bad Ger- 
man musicals to the extent they re- 
fuse to gQ to see whether they're 
good or bad any more. Picture de- 
serves making money, and perhaps 
will, but It will depend entirely on 
what the distributors and exhibitors 
do for it. 

Film marks the meteoric appear- 
ance. In filmdom of Gltta Alpar, a 
blonde and slim Hungarian lass 
with an exceptional voice. Since 
starting to make the film she has 
married Gustav Froehllch, Gerr 
many's best leading man, who co- 
stars in this picture with her. Gltta 
has everything it takes to get some- 
where in film work and will be 
heard from. 

Story around which the film Is 
built is anything but original. It's 
again the business of the composer 
and the leading 'woman who sings 
his song and brings him fame plus 
love. It's so simply and charmingly 
told here, however, that It takes on 
new luster. Miss Alpar's sense of 
humor arid natural charm, Froehl- 
ich's usual naturalness, and a cer- 
tain simplicity that pervades the en- 
tire production are what put it over. 
That and a lack of what the French 
call chl-chi. There's nothing fancy, 
no flourishes, no lines of prancing 
girls. And- the songs, (there are 
four of them) all seem to fit ex- 
actly into the action and business, 
so that they, too, become simple 
.and natural. 

• Carl Froehllch, who directed, is 
rapidly assuming major proportions 
in European filmdom. He's the man 
who did 'Maedchen in Uniform' as 
well as 'Queen Louise,' both at 
practically opposite ends of the 
range from 'Gltta' and both success- 
ful in their own. separate spheres. 
A director who can turn from heavy 
drama to light musicals and back 
over night is a rare thing, one that 
can make the transition successful 
is even rarer. But Froehlich seems 
to fit. 

Only one of the songs, a waltz, is 
outstanding, and It may catch oh 
via air and discs on this side. . If so, 
and if the distributor can capitalize 
that to the extent that was done 
with 'Zwel Herzen' by a song, the 
film looks to be in. Kauf. 



Hotel Des Etudiants 

('Students' Hotel') 
(FRENCH MADE) 

. Paris, Sept, 20. 
Noe Bloch production. Osso release. Di- 
rected oy Tour.1anfl'<y. Scennric by Henri 
Decoln, Made In Braunbcrger RIchebe 
studios. Recorded Western Electric. Mou- 
lin Rouge, Paris, Sept. 10, Cast includes 
LIsette Lanvl'n, Raymond Gall';, Clii'Istlan 
Casadesus, Robert Lepers and j'Sylvrttc 
Flllacler. 



Weak in all respects, only point 
of interest being LIsette Lanvin, 
who seems to have big screen possi- 
bilities. Apart from being a test for 
the girl, film has. not much value. 

Story shows a students' rooming 
hoUse in Paris, With a nice girl hav- 
ing an affair with a boy, from Which 
she domes oUt not so nice, but when 
he finds out her predicament he 
dbies the nice thing, and everything 
ends nicely. Treatment of the story 
Is rather raw. Dialog poor, and act- 
ing, especially by the men, indlf^er-, 
ent. Apart from the first few .100. 
feet direction ' is poor. Studio Sets, 
faking open air, are very bad. A 
filler for cheaper houses, Maxt. 



Lots to sell froih the box office, if 
properly sold, but little to deliver 
from the screen. It's the bait that 
.will bring 'Chalridu' past house aver- 
ages info what, may he pretty nice 
returns rather than what people 
will say about it. The knocks may 
be legion, par tlcult^rly from the men. 
With women and kids no one can 
tell. 

'Chandu' carries the fantastic, the 
inconsistent and .the ludicrous to 
the greatest lengths yet achieved 
by the screen; Were it to be taken 
seriously, there'd be no enjoyment 
for anyone. If It's accepted stHctly 
as hoke growing out of the develop- 
ment of the horror cycle, it's not so 
bad, but it's still hoke. 

While a variation of the horror 
cycle through the majglcal angle, pic- 
ture often readies the point in its 
continuity where it reminds of 
serials. In that respect It will prob- 
ably prove oke to those radio fol- 
lowers of Chandu's adventures. 

Fox. from accounts,, may^ do the 
next thing to a serial in the usual 
manner' by making another or sev- 
eral features around Chandu and 
Roxor, the menace, both of whom 
are not exterminated in the chapter. 
Audience on finish of picture does 
not know whether Roxor perishes or 
not, this probably being a Fox angle 
in order to still have the character 
for a possible, sequel. 

Chandu is done by. Edmund Lowe 
and Roxor, the madman who hopes 
to Conquer the world with a death 
ray secret of which he is after, is 
In the hands of Bela Lugosi. Lat- 
ter looks more himself than in any 
other picture, hot going In for too 
much menace on makeup. 

It's an odd assignment for Lowe, 
but his eyes are photographically 
great in close-ups for the hypnotic 
routines. . The voice is Lowe's own 
with no attempt to shroud it with 
the mystic accent of the East. At 
first it's a shock but that effect later 
wears oft. 

The story of 'Chandu' is elemen- 
tary. Probably it sounded better 
over the air than it looks on a 
screen. Celluloid is a better medium, 
however. In the effectiveness of sets 
and clever trick photography. In a 
technical way, there is also much 
that isn't up to standard, notably 
desert scenes and the houseboat on 
the Nile. 

Menace stands out in a pronounced 
way in the sequences taken In and 
around the headquarters of the 
madman of the Nile' where Roxor 
(Lugosi) holds an Inventor captive 
in an effort to discover the secret of 
a death ray machine designed to 
wipe out cities and civilization. 

Kidnappings, rescues, threat of 
death, miraculous maneuvers out of 
danger and other wildly Impossible- 
elements of action figure in the 
story which leads up to its finish 
with the explosion of the death ray 
machine menace. 

Welcome comedy relief is supplied 
by Herbert Mundin as a cockney 
servant who loves his grog. As the 
Princess Nadji, who with Lowe 
weaves a filmsy love interest into 
the proceedings, Irene Ware is ac- 
ceptable. Char. 

LE BAL 

('The Ball') 
(FRENCH. MADE) 
(With Songs) 

Vandal & Deiac production. Leo Brecher 
release for U. S. . Direction, William 
Thiele; adaptation by S. Fodor arid K, 
Slodmak from a. novel by Irene Nemlrov- 
sky; music, W. R." Heymann. At the 
Little Carnegie. N. Y.. on grind run, be- 
ginning Sept.-Z7. Running time. 81 mine. 

Alfred .Andre Lefaur 

Jeanne, his wife..... Germalne Dermox 

' Antoinette, their daughter . 

..Dannlelle Darrleux 

Cousin Isabella Marguerltee Flerry 

Betty,... ;. .Wanda GrevlUe 

Marcel de Brecourt. .Plerrei De'Gulngand 



pen, and the things that happen aro 
pretty banal and unoriginal. It's 
the business of a poor but happy 
family that gets wealthy overnight, 
with mama and papa going hay- 
wire. Been done a thousand times 
In as many variations, and still Isn't 
adult entertainment, but it's pretty 
nicely handled here and the char- 
acter portrayals are deliciously life^ 
like. 

The child, in the end, of course, 
patches everything all up with 
everybody happy all around. In 
France they liked Danielle Dar- 
rieux's perfornjance as the child 
very much. It's a pretty bad per- 
formance If .American acting stan- 
dards are applied, being unsubtle 
and overboard on 'emoting.' Andro 
Lefaur, as the father, is . exception- 
ally fine and Marguerltee Plerry, as 
Aunt isabelle, garners more than 
her share of laughs and applause. 
Germalne Dermoz; as the mother, 
is miscast, but turns in a nice per- 
formance. . 

William Thiele's direction is Teu- 
tonic and slow. The photography is 
excellent. Kaiif. 



Pack Lfp Your Troubles 

Metro release oC Hal Roach production 
starring Laurel and Hardy In their second 
full-length comedy. Directed by George 
Marshall and Raymond McCarey. Dialog 
(no script authorship otherwise credited >, 
by H. M. Walker; camera. Art Lloyd; 
edited- by Richard Currier. Running time. 
70 niln«>.. at Capitol,' N. Y., • week . of 
Sept. 30. 

PKiyers; Stan Laurel, Oliver. Hardy. Don- 
pid Dlllaway.' Jacqui'e Lyn, Mary Carr, 
James Flnlayson, Richard Cramer, Adele 
Watson, Tom Kennedy, Chas. MIddeltoh, 
Muriel Evans, Grady . Sutton, Montague 
Shaw. Billy Gilbert: 



THIS SPORTING AGE 

Columbia production nnd rolea.Si- Jnok 
Holl starreil. Dlrecle<l by Andrew W. llcii- 
nison nnd A. K, Kriokson. Adnptntion nnd 
dialog by Dudley Nichols from J. K. Mc- 
tlulnness" . Story. IVddy Tetzlaft. photog. 
At Loow'.s State. New York, week of .SH>t. 
30. Running time, 71 minute.s, 

Capt. John Steele Juck Holt 

.Mlcliey Stei-Ie Evnlyn Knnin> 

.lohnny Rneburn . , Hanlie AUiright 

Charles Morrell. Walter IJyron 

Jerry O'Dny. ...J. li-arrcll MnrPonaM 

.Mrs, Rita Duncan Ruth WeHton 

Mrs, WiUnleigh.; Nor.i Lane 

Ann Brsklne ....Shirioy Palmer 

Surgeon; ; ,. , . ...Hal Price 



Se-venty minutes of slapstick is a 
tall order for Laurel and Hardy and 
they hardly fill It. It's one of those 
hokum war farces with the nUmb- 
skull L. & H. Jazzing up the army 
as hapless rookies. 
: A sample of the libretto is dump- 
ing the "l^rrbage in the general's 
quarters. Just because a sarcastic 
chef told the K. . P.'s to do It, In 
reverse English. That gives an Idea. 

There's also a wartime buddy's 
girl baby whom the well-meahlng 
Laurel and Hardy endeavor to re- 
turn to her grandparents, a Mr. and 
Mrs. Smith. Trying to Identify the 
Smiths through the city directory 
constitutes . the major portion of 
that sort of" pseudo-comedy. 

After a while it becomes as tire- 
some as^ it Is inanely obvious and 
one wonders why it wasn't kept to 
the confines of the usual twih-reeler 
as in the past. 

For the Capitol first-run on 
Broadway, a. costly stage show will 
not suffice to bolster this one. It 
requires more support than that, 
and as a celluloid entry, on Its 
merits, it's for the minor keys. 

Abel. 



Frankly an experiment on thfe 
part of the American distributor, 
who is attempting to gauge the 
likes and dislikes of the French 
colony in these United States. Sev- 
eral fine French pictures have been 
brought over to flop pretty badly 
because the French residents 
snubbed them. Here, then Is 
an ordinary French programmer. 
Maybe the compatriots will go to 
that. Results, of course, remain to 
be seen. 

'Le Bar is not a good picture, but 
It is the sort of film that the ordU 
nary French home-body ought to 
love. As a matter of record it was 
madie .in Paris in French and Ger- 
man, with, the staff pretty largely 
German. ' In both countries it was 
pretty well riecelved and got good 
igrosses In the subsequent run 
houses! 

Film was made from a novel tell- 
ing about a child's reaction to the 
life around her and seen pretty 
much through the kid's eyes. In the 
picture, that's switched to an ordi- 
nary tellihg of the things that hap-. 



BEAUTY PARLOR 

George R, Batcheller production and Ches- 
terlleld • release, Directed by Richard 
Thorpe. Barbara Kent, Joyce Compton, 
John Harron, Dorothy Revier featured. 
Dialog and adaptation by Harry Sauber 
from story- by Marlon Orth. M. A. Ander- 
son, photog. At Loew's New York one day 
(Oct. 1). Running time, 00 minutes,. 

Sally ..Barbara Kent 

Joan Joyce Compton' 

Jellry Colt John Harron 

Stella ... .' Dorothy Revier 

Burke , , , < Albert Gran 

Fremont ......Wheeler Oakman 

Herman Bauer Mischa Aucr 

Lou. '. Betty Mack 



That, which 'Sporting Age" lacks 
In the way of a. story is p.irtly cov- 
ered up by three pleasant cast lead.s, 
but not enough. The lack demotes 
the picture to the programmer class 
since, while slightly better tlian the 
average of that calibre. It can't rate 
higher booking consldet-ation. 

The build-up process for Jack Holt, 
through which he's made into a 
superman, is a little too much for 
this always likeable actor to square. 
He remains likeable, but this time 
he's unbelievable. Evalyn - Knapp 
andv Hardle Albright areii't up 
against such .-i handicap, so they 
have an easier time of It, 

Holt, for a change, Isn't on the 
short end of a love triangle. Al- 
though he mixes up in a side ro- 
mance or two with admiring ladies, 
his object of affection this time is 
his daughter, played by MiSjs Knapp, 
In turn Miss Knapp is loved by Al- 
bright and compromised in a rather 
foolish scene by Walter Bvron. 
Byron, like the girl's father and 
sweetheart, is a polo player, too. 
Holt avenges his daughter's be- 
trayal in a polo game that's a l6t 
more exciting than .polo usually is 
on the screen. Although the racing 
ponies are nice to watch, they don't 
carry many, thrills In themselves. 
The kick here is the private battle 
between Holt and Byron, which re- 
sults in the latter's death. 

The death Is deliberate man- 
slaughter rather than accidental, 
and although it's, only partly con- 
doned by the motive the majority of 
customers probably will favor it. 
However, it can't help but .weaken 
Holt's character after an hour has 
been spent In building him up as a 
different sort of person. 

They set Holt up as a. greater- 
than-great guy right off the bat. 
The buildup continues until the 
man is too good to be true. His 
■vices, such as a snorter now and 
then and a slight penchant for ador- 
ing ladles, are nothing to condemn 
him for. As Capt. Steele, the U. S. 
army's champ polo player, he spends 
the first five minutes in giving a 
soldier a lesson in fisticuffs behind 
the barn for .mistreating a horse. 
Then, instead of breaking it up 
when-catching the boys in the midst 
of a crap game, as captains usually 
do, he makes them change to an 
honest pair of dice. Later on he's 
shown tossing a couple of ndturals 
himself at the officers' club. 

Miss Knapp and Albright are a 
pleaiaant pair of Juves. In past per- 
formances the former has been an 
actress first and a looker second. 
This time she looks as well as she 
acts, -which means Miss Knapp has 
located the only thing missing from 
her screen attributes. She ought to 
get some place on strength of this 
one. • Bige. 



Bright chances for independent 
film producers to step Into the im- 
portant release feld, never brighter 
than right now, are dimmed rather 
than helped by this one. 'Beauty 
Parlor* is typical of the old school 
indie production, a quickie In every 
aspect.' Its proper element Is double 
bill splitting or, at best, single fea- 
turing in the hideaways. 

Story was an impossible , founda- 
tion In the first place, but the chief 
factor In making everything look 
bad, Including the cast, is the dialog. 
Every line Is a struggle for the play- 
ers. They're not only up against 
heavy odds in the way of a plot, but 
the chatter they're forced to hand 
out refiects upon their ability.. 

That Richard Thorpe's direction 
did much to help a poor, scenario is 
questionable. With the words they 
have to mouth, his actors couldn't 
be Impressive under any sort of 
direction, although a more proficient 
motivation Job might ha-ve been 
possible. The story would have a 
tough time, anyway, but the -way it 
hops around and loses the scent pre- 
cludes all chances. 

Barbara Kent, petite brunet, play- 
ing the lead, looking nice all the 
time, makes an Indlfterent Impres- 
sion; with her playing. The script 
spend.4 half Its time building her up 
as strictly a 'no' girl, but Miss Kent 
was badly advised. She's an Irri- 
tating heroine. Joyce Compton, 
John Harron and Herman Bauer 
are otlier victim.s of literary exag- 
geration and directorial mishan-. 
dling. 

■ A.s tlie lives of two manicurists 
and several customers of a hotel 
Ijarber shop and nail clipping parlor 
are interwoven, the yarn is remind- 
ful of the 'Grand Hotel' type of 
theme. One love strain, that between 
Miss Kent and Harron, prcdotni- 
nates, but minor surrounding heart 
matches dovetail In the development 
of a many-sided plot. 

Picture doesn't look as bad as it 
pliys. Miss Kent . wears .som> nice 
clothes for a girl who lose.'* lier jolj 
midway and almo.st lias to r-:iiM-.\- 
an akay for money, not Xnvc Ui'je. . 



ILLEGAL 



(BRITISH MADE) 
(With Songs) 

Warner quota (production and Vltagraph 
release. Starring Isobel £:iiom and featur- 
ing Margot Grahame and Molra I.ynd. 
Story by Irving Asher. ' S^jreen piay by 
Rolant Pertwee. William McCiitnh, director, 
Martin Sandy, asst.. dir. Wlllard Van Ea- 
ger and C. J. Khowles, camera, Geo, 
Groves and Leslie Murray, sound. J. T. 
Garside, art. At Loew's New .1'ork theatre 
one dhy, Sept. 27, as one-hnlf of a d'^uble 
bill. Running time, Oi minutes. 



One of the Warner quota pictures 
made at the Twickenham studios 
and chanced over here under, the 
Vltagraph release label. Produced 
with conslderablei care, but handi- 
capped by an Infantile story with an . 
impossible climax. Probably figured 
that the advertising lines, such as 
'She paid for her mother's shame,' 
would carry It over. It can be sin- 
gled in the 'B' section, but it will 
not make good, and the back kick 
may hurt. Better as part of a 
double bill, -with names, if possible, 
on the other offering. . 

Story Is that of an English wom- 
an of breeding whose second hus- 
band wastes the fortune the first 
left her and their two • little daugh- 
ters, She pays the man's gambling 
debts and packs him off to Africa, 

With a head waiter she starts a 
night club, and between the unlaw- 
ful sale of. liquor after hours and 
gambling, on the side she. rolls up 
a pile. Her two children are sent 
to a select finishing school. She 
eventu.ally I.s arrested and sent to 
jail. The publicity ousts her 
daughters from the schpoK They 
come back and reopen the cliib, 
playing on the level, and with noth- 
ing more for a pull than their ap- 
peals to their old school friends a^nd 
the singing of one of the girls. Not 
a bad voice, but it takes more than 
tliat to keep .a svyanlc London club 
buzzing. 

The i.notliPL- i.s released, and' that 
prt'fiplt.'ilp.s a showdown with the 
liii.^iiind, vvlio lias ' returned trony 
. (Cotuinned on page 27) 



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Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



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SENSATION!. . . TOMORROW, 
WILL BE SHOUTING ITS PRAI$ 
MOTION PICTURE ART! . . . 

**An outstanding production of the new cinema season . .> John Barrymore giving one of the 
most brilliant performances of his career . . « BiUie Burke bringing back to the screen the charm 
that endeared her to film audiences . . . and Katharine Hepburn making a striking and auspicious 
debut in her first dnema role. A powerful drama of emotions skillfully direaed by George 
Cukor . • . Barrymore gives to the role the sensitive understanding of the great artist.** — Rose 
Pehwick, N. Y, Evening Journal, 



**An affecting talkie ... an excellent cast . . . has been done with a considerable amount of talent 
as well as a considerable amount of of taste . Mr. Barrymore is quite excellent . . . Miss Hepburn 
is charming . . .-Billie Burke» youthful, refreshing.** — John S. Cohen, Jr. ^ N, Y. Sun. 



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Eiminently satisfactofy and welcome feature . . . Mr. Barrymore*s performance is incisive and 
telling . . Miss Hepburn's characterization is one of the finest seen on the screen.** — Mordaunt 
HdhN.Y.Times. 



**Buildsto its smasbing conclusion . . . magnificently acted ... an impressive^ forceful movie, sure 
to have potent appeal for the women. The drama is substantial and no finer aaing has been seen, 
on the screen this season.**— Johaneson, N. V. Daily Mirror, 






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"Barrymore offers fine acting in ''Bill of Divofcement" . . . powerful drama. . . . presented before 
theseason*s most distinguished audience . . . one of the most effective dramas to reach film form 
. . . the portrayal of Barrymore ranks with his finest characterizations. Billte Burke makes her 
talkie debut in a blaze of glory while Katharine Hepburn presents a vigorous, vibrant personality 
Certainly marked for film distinction."— jRe^/«« Crewe, N, Y. American. 



."A sensitive and effective motion picture . . . produced with taste and intelligence and admirably 
acted by John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn and Billie Burke. ..It provided a poignant, photo* 
graph of a well-written, intelligent and sanely tragic stage play . . . " — Richard Wafts, Jr., N, Y, 
Herald'Tribune. 



^Mayfair film hit with Barrymore . . . Barrymore, Burke and Hepburn combine to give film 
audiences a tender and gripping picttire ... it is impressively done indeed. Barrymore*s perform- 
ance is as fine as he's done in some seasons." — Irene T hirer, Daily News, 



-'We wish to go on record here and now that we have personally seen nothing finer on the screen 
in the past few months .. . ** — Jack Alicoate, The Film Daily, 



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ricTiiiiES 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Stock Market 



(Continued from page 7) 

2% net, the largest decline In the 
group with the exception of East- 
man Kodak's mark-down, of 4%. 
Four theatre stocks registered gains, 
but in all cases they were preferred 
shares and Inactive trading, me- 
diums. 

The bond list presented a less en- 
couraging picture, with an aggre- 
gate decline of about 14% for six 
active Hens, and an aggregate gain 
of iO for 3, the latter being the least 
active of the list and RKO: deben- 
tures accounting for 8 of the total 
gain. The wild gyrations of these 
RKO bonds have become almost a 
jest. A month or ao ago they jumped 
something like 25 points on trivial 
turnover and the following week 
lost the same total on volume even 
less impressive. It is obvious that 
such swift and violent changes in 
valuation can scarcely be the result 
of studlied Investment transactions. 
Astonishing, thing about It Is that 
the Wall street Interests who have 
the security in charge should per- 
mit such grotesciue witch dancing. 

As the new week . was about to 
start the whole ticker community 
was in a high state of anticipation 
over the long touted critical Oct. 1 
date and Its possibilities for another 
bull dfemonstratlon starting with the 
President's Des Moines address 
late today (4). Downtown sources 
were supposed to have hints from 
Wiashlngton that Hoover would 
spring a surprise in his address to 
the corn belt farmers, presumably 
having to do with, the grain situa- 
tion, that would provide the Impetus. 
Recovery Hangs on Wheat 
The business world appears to be 
satisfied that the security market 
will get Its next upward move, If 
any, from Improvement In wheat 
prices, but so far there has been no 
fundamental improvement in the 
wheat position with Its millstone of 
a terrific carryover. What the 

: President would pull out of the hat 
was not hinted at. 

This Is to be the supreme effort 
to make a political market, accord- 

. Ing to the downtown' word. That 
the effort win be made Is likely. 
Whether It will succeed Is something 
elsd again. At any event, this would 
be the logical time for It to happen. 
The amount of brass banding It got 
last week, however, had.a flshy look 
about It. 

There could have been but little 
-accumulation In preparation for a 
bull campaign In such listless mar- 
kets as we had over the past fort- 
night. Sagging prices and dull trad- 
ing had none of the chairacter of 
loading up for a coup. There was 
not 6ven a definite, upward tendency 
in bond prices to glye ia, preliminary 
background to a planned run-up. 
But there may have been some 
weak short selling. 

If, there Is. to .be a material ad- 
vance along the line it ought to be 
preceded about this time by some 
definite good news about business. 
Season now has advanced to the 
point whe?e vagrue talk of 'Improved 
sentiment', and 'better feeling in 
Steel' won't do. Seasonal better- 
ments In ii),pst' lines would about 
reach a peak:.sh6rtly. Thereafter, In 
the absence of actual improvement, 
prophets will .; have to turn . their 
eyes to the beginning of the new 
year. 

Last year at this time, for in 
stance, the normal market based on 
autumn prospects had found that 
fall business was over-discounted 
and a downdrift had set in, culmin 
ating in new bottoms all along the 
line on Oct. 5. After that prices 
rebounded on hopes for a. spring Im- 
provement. Except for the polit 
leal situation there Is no great dif- 



ference between October 1932 and 
October 1931. If anything national 
debt and budgetry tangles are a 
little worse. 

Hope for any sustained bull move-i 
ment in the' general market then 
are based pretty exclusively upoh 
political legerdemain. It's a good 
trick If they do it. 

Third Quarter Reports Diie 

Something in the way the picture 
stocks acted suggested that perhaps 
their sponsors were making prepa- 
rations for the coming out of third 
quarter iiicoine reports, which are 
pretty sure to make bod reading. 
They will reflect rieturns for an ex- 
tremely bad sumhier season ag- 
gravated by . weak screen product. 

Situation at the moment would 
discourage any clique operation on 
the upside. Ordinary strategy 
would suggest that sponsors lay 
low for a time until the summer re- 
ports were out of the way and last 
summer's red generally could be 
dismissed as water that has gone 
under the bridge. That would clear 
the way for a bull campaign prob- 
ably In late January when current 
improved theatre attendance . and 
better pictures would be reflected in 
the fourth quarter Income state- 
ments. That alw^s has been so 
and that is why issues are recog- 
nized as 'winter stocks.' 
' That the scene may even now be 
In process of being set for such a 
campaign Is hinted In recent com- 
ment In the financial journals 
stressing the good receipts being 
taken In the Broadway de luxe pic- 
ture houses. Summary of $60,000 
week at the Paramount and high 
water marks at the Capitol- getting 
Into the piibllc record now, might 
easily be made Into bullish ammu- 
nition next winter. 

Whatevei the future may hold, 
the. film Issues played an Inglorious 
role in last week's trading, particu- 
larly with respect to the bond sec- 
tion. Loew's, to which partisans of 
the film group look ^or guidance, 
was almost static for the most part, 
slipping gradually to a week's low 
of 31%, where Its critical level pt 
30 looks In jeopardy. . Loew bonds 
were among the feiw in the group 
to gain a plus rating, reversing the 
pirevlous week when stock advanced 
and bonds declined. 

This was one of a number of par- 
adoxes. Another was the perform- 
ance of the RKO Issues. RKO com- 
mon retreated steadily, ruling be- 
low 6 for a time. Orpheum pre- 
ferred lost ground again on sales of 
relatively substantial lots. The old 
Keith preferred picked this unei^ 
pected moment to jump 2 i>oints 
on the sale of 300 shares, a consid- 
erable block for this Inactive, which 
continued to command bids at 29 
through the week. Discrepancy be- 
tween senior Keith and Orpheum 
make It clear that there Is some ad- 
vantage in the former apart from 
the conversion privilege into RKO 
common at 1 for 3. 
. There was another touch of In- 
consistency In contrary movements 
of Geri. Electric and Westlrighouse; 
former selling off 1% and latter ad- 
vancing %. 

Among the minor Issues, there 
was a fairly brisk demand for Con- 
solidated Film Industries pireferred, 
suggesting a speculative play on In- 
creased wtest Coast seasonal activ- 
ity. Small flurry of two weeks ago 
In Columbia Pictures, died out com- 
pletely although one "of the lay 
newspapers made a financial page 
feature of the company's advan- 
tageous position as a non-theatre 
operating unit in a quoted Inter- 
view with Jack Cohn. 



CLYDE ELLIOTT OUSTED 

Took House . Screen. When Oourt 
Made Him Move 

Chicago, Oct. 3. 

Judge William J. LIndsey In Su- 
perior Court last week ordered 
Clyde Elliott to. surrender possession 
of the Melrose Park theatre to Le- 
Roy Alexander who was declared 
the lawful tenant. Elliott, the for- 
mer lessee, had been cancelled when 
delinquent In rent and the. house 
had been turned over to Alexander. 
Elliott, however, regained posses- 
sion of the theatre by physical 
force. . X 

Contempt at court proceedings 
are pending against Elliott who,; In 
vacating the ■ property, took the 
screen and the electric cells for thie 
talking equipment with him despite 
Judge LIndsey's order that no 
equlment should he moved. As a 
result of Elliott removing theise vital 
accoutrements the theatre had to 
go iaark for five days after Alex- 
ander took possession. 

Meanwhile, Alexander has also 
taken over the Webster, formerly 
operated by Henry Kalchelm, uncle 
of the vaudeville bookers. Alex- 
ander will probably use vaudeville 
weeH ends, booked by Nan Elliott 
of the William Morris office. 



New Haven House Held 
Up as Mgrs. Goiiht Up 

New Haven, Oct. 3. 
Three bandits held up the Roger 
Sherman theatre last night while 
show was on. Broke into the ma,n- 
ager's office where Jack Sanson, 
Donald Jacocks, Allen Grosgirin and 
Dann'Flnn, all Warner divisional 
managers, were counting the day's 
receipts, $1,400. 

The men were forced to He on 
the floor while the money was 
scooped up. . 170 clues. 



Collier/ Sr., Back to Fox 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
William Collier, ?r., returns to 
Fbx after a year*^ absence to di- 
rect dialog on one picture. He Is 
now In the east, returning here, by 
Os't. 8. 

Al Kingston here, and Leo Mor- 
rison in New Tork, arranged the 
deal. 



Comparative Grosses for S^tember 



(Continued from page 10) 

SEATTLE 





oept. o ' 


Aam4 in 
9ept. iv . 


9epv., If 




FIFTH AVE. 
High. $26,000 
Low.. 4,1600 


Blondie of 
Follies 

$13,200 
Stage Show 


Love Mfr. 
Tonight 

$13,200 


Down to 
Earth 

$12,600 


70,090 " 

. Witnesses 

$12,300 
(Follow 
Thru) 


ORPHEUM 
High. $32,000 
Low. . 3.400 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$0,200 


Back Street 

$7,200 


Blonde 
Captive 

$4,300. 


Hold 'Em 
Jail 

$6,000 , 


MUSIC BOX 
High. $17,000 
Low.. 2,000 


Igloo 
$2,800 


Crooner 

. $2,000 
(New Low) 


Successful 
Calamity 

$6,000 


Successful 
Calamity 

$3,000 
(2d week) 


LIBERTY 
High. $12,000 
Low.. 3300 


Race Track 
$4,700 


Sign of the 

Fouip 

$3,«00 
(New Low) 


Ranger Law 

and . 
Discarded 
Lover 

$6,000 


Unholy Love 

. and 
.Mounted 
Fury 
$4,600 


DETROIT 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 1 


Sept; 24 


MICHIGAN 
High. $53,100 
Low.. 16.700 


Two Against 
the World 

$24,000 
Stage Show 


Devil and 
Deep 

$33,900 
(Rhapsody In 
Black) 


Love Me 
, Tonight 

$27,000 


70.000 
Witnesses 

$33,000 
. Ted Lewis 


FOX 
High. $50,000 
Low.. 9,000 


Wiar Corre- 
spondent 

. $10,000 


,. Down to 
Earth 

$11,000 
Stage Show: 


Painted 
Woman 

$14,000 . 


Passport to 

Hell 

$11,000 


FISHER 
High. $29,000 
Low 9.400 


Downstairs 

$13,000 


Speak Easily 

$18,400 
_iStage Show 


Divorce - in 
Family 

$13,600 


Love M'e 
Tonight ' 

$12,000 


BUFFALO 




Sept. 3 


, Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


BUFFALO 
High. $42,000 
Low. . 13.800 




Blondie of 
Follies 

$19,600 


Down t«5 
Earth 

$23,000 • 
Talmadge- 

■ Jessel- • 


A Successful 
Calamity 

$29,600 


HIPPO- 
DROME 
High. $22,000 
Low. . 3,900 




Jewel 
Robbery 

$9,600 

} 


Bachelor's 
Affairs 

$6,400 


Doctor X 

$7,700 


CENTURY 
High. $21,000 
Low.. 4,700 




Speak Easily 

$9,200 


Washington 
Masquerade 

$11,900 


Passport to 

Hell 

$8,700 


LAFAYETTE 
High. $16,000 
Low. . 5,000 




War Correr 
spondent 

$8,000 


Radio Patrol 

$9,000 


Hollywood^ 
Speaks 

$6,000 



WASHINGTON 



Summary for week ending Saturday, Oct. 1: 
. STQCK EXCHANGE 



, 1932 , 


High. 


liOW. 


8% 




14% 


4% 


c% 


1 


11% 


2% 


87% 


3C>4 


^^""^ 


1 


20% 


8% 


30 


7 


37% 


18% 


80 


30 


4U 


2% 


22% 


14 


IS 


.1% 


n% 


1% 


1% 


% 


r.% 


1% 


13% 


2% 


7% 


1% 


1% 


% 


CO 


23 


4% 


% 


20 


4 


48% 


15% 



Sales, 



Issue and rate. 
. .... American Seat.. 
1,000 ^Columbia P. vtc 

1,200 ConBol. Film 

8,400 Coneol. Film, pfd.. 
0,100 Eastman Kodak (5) 



HIgb. Low. 



••••••••••»*• 

•••••••••••a 



18% 
8%- 
8 
89% 



••••••••• 



3,000, Post, clasB A. .\ ■ . 5% 

80,800 aen. Blec. (40c.). 

800 Keith, pfd 

20,200 i.oew (3) 

30O Do pref, (0%) 

100 Madison fiq. Garden 

Met-G-M pref. (1.80)...... 

220 Orpheum pfd 

40,000 Paramount 

600 Pathe ETxchange. .......... 

1,300 Pathe, Class A.... 

106,200 Radio Corp loS 

0,400 BKO 6 

OOO Shubert 

10 Universal let pref. (8) 

13,000 "Warner Bros. 

Do pfd 

81,200 Westtnghouse 



20% 
80 ' 
84% 
60 
»% 

11% 
6% 
% 
3% 



- 94 
37% 

3% 



11% 
8 

6% 

17% 
20 
81% 
70 
3% 

■p% 
4% 

%. 
3 

0% 
4% 
% 
37% 
3 . 



Net cbg. 
L.aat. for wb, 
1% bid 



■ • « • • »• • • 



37^ 33% 



CURB 



18 

1% 
2% 
4% 
8% 



7% 

03 
00 
«0% 
00% 
.'55 
104% 
(I 

40 



Bid. 
1 



4% 

% 
% 
% 
% 



1 
24 
04 
41) 
13 
10% 
50 

i'A 
014 



too Columbia Plcts..... 

l.lKM) De Forest Radio... 

1,000 Gen. Thea. E. pfd. 

1,000 Technicolor 

1,000 Trans Luk 



11 

% 
% 
<4 

2% 



11 

% 
A 

23* 

2% 



11% 

8 
8 
64% 

• 3% ■ 
18% 
30 
82 
70% 
8% 

20 bid 
.«%• , 

8% 
% 

3% 

0% 

0% 
% 
87% 

3% 

Obid 
30% 



11 

% 

3% 
2% 



+1% 

-414 

- % 

-1% 

+2 

-2% 

+1% 



-m 

- % 

- % 

- % 

- % 

- % 

+3% 

- H 

+ % 



- % 

- % 

- % 

- % 



IncorporatioBs 



New Vork . 

Albany, Oct. 3. 

Bilgfatwat«r nieatre' Corp., Manhat- 
tan: theatricals; 110,000. 

Bf^rgo Aiiiiu«nieiit' Corp., Kings; the- 
atrical; I3,00(t. 

Immonnan and Son, artists! represen- 
tatives. Inc., Manhattan; theatrlca.1 busi- 
ness; 100 shares no. par. 

F. P. Prodnctlons, Inc., Manhattan; 
plcturen; f 10,000. 

The Dark Honni, .Inc., Manhattan; 
theatrical; 300. shares no par. 

Oreenpotnt Theatres, Inc.,. Kings;' the- 
atrical; f 2.600. 

Wlgay Productions, Inc., Manhattan; 
theatrical; 100 shares no par. 

Bodar Prodnctlons, Inc., Manhattan; 
theatrical; $15,000. 

The' Buffalo Palais Corp., DulTalo; 
theatrical; 100 shares no par. 

Hajestk) Artist Bureau, Inc., Man- 
hattan; programs tor broadcasting pur- 
poses; 160 shares no par. 
' Velazco Productions, Inc., New Tork; 
theatrical; 100 shares no par. 

The Notional Yiddish Stars, Inc., New 
York; theatrical; $3,000. 

New Tork School of Badio Technique, 
Inc., New Tork; Instruction In broad- 
casting and technique; 300 shares, no 
par. 

Trojas Pictures, Inc., Manhattan; pic 
ture apparatus; 200 shares no par. 
Change of Name 

PHtm Consolidated Orchestras Book- 
ing E^chainge, Inc., M'anhattan, to 
Radio Theatre, Inc. 



BONDS 



$201,000 Gen. Thea, Eq. '40, 
18,000 Keith O's, '40....... 

44,000 Loew O's, '41 

11,000 Pathe 7'b, '37 

23,000 Par-Fnm-Lasky O'r, 

Par-Pub 5%'s, ?D0. .... 

RKO deb.4 O's.. 

Shubert O's 

Warner Bros. O's, '30.. 



. . . • . . . 



70,000 
21.000 
2,000 
18,000 



•47. 



7 


4 


4 


- % 


41 


40% 


41% 


—1 


WVi/l 


85 


80% 


4iyi 

-5 


72 


70 


70 


84 


28 


20 


—4 


31 


27% 

. 75 


£8 


—8 


00 


00 




8% 


3% 


3% 


\\ 


32 


31 


31 


— \'z 



Oyer the Counter, N. Y. 



Asked. 



Roxy, Class A, 



Gr-i. Tl'^ntr" rfn. of rlrpisolt lolrt JM.OOO. fl hiith. 4 low, 5'/6 lnnt, net up l',i. 



California 

Sacram'ento, Oct. 8, 
Bemlngton Pictures ' Corporation of 
California. Capital stock. 1,000 shares, 
$40 subscribed. Ralph H. Blum, Harry 
E'. Sokolov, Joyfee. Payne, Martlu Oendel.. 

The Hlspanotone Company. Capital 
stock. $23,000, $300 subscribed. D. B. 
Morgan, J. N. Llndenfeld, Lucia VlUe- 
gas. 

Jesse E. lASky Prodnctlons, Inc. Cap- 
ital stock, 1,000 shares, none subscribed. 
Jesse E. Iiasky, -Lloyd 'Wright, Charles 
MUllkan. 

International Transcriptions, Ltd. Cap- 
ital stock, . 1,000 shares, all subscribed. 
Irving B. Fogel, Georges Musaphla. G. 
C. Devlne, F. "W. Faulkln, H. L. Fair- 
man. 

Bace Night Corporation. Capital stock, 
7,600 shares, none subscrlbod. Lauronco 
Le Baron, Andrew Stone, Howard B. 
Henshey. 

Inglewood Boys' Band. No - capital 
stock. Roland ,E. Robblns, Wilson ' E. 
Carter, L,ester (J. Luce, J. L. Rosenberg, 
I. H. Jonathan. 

French Athletic Cliib of I.08 Angeles. 
No capital stock. Marquis de la Falaise 
de la. Coudraye, Albert Forgot, Yvonne 
Cloa, Joseph Fazenda. Teddy C. Rochcrs, 
Certificate changing name of Harry E. 
Edlngt6n, Inc., to Maur'fs Rcvcncs,' Ltd. 
Permits to sell stork Issued to: 
.Mnjestlo Film Distributors. To Issue 
thrro of 1,000 no par shares. 

JolTerson Pictures Corporation. To is 
sue all of 1,000 no par shares. . 



3. 



Oklahoma 

Oklahoma City, Oct. 
Sooner-State Amusement ('0., 
more, Okla. . Capital stock $25, UOO. 
corporators, E. ' Lowenntcin, L( 
Lowonstcin and Bobble Bullock, all 01' 
Ardmore. 





Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


EARLE 
High. $25,000 
Low.. 6.000 


Doctor, X 
$16,000 
Vaude. 


Two Against 

World 

$18,000 


Devil and 
Deep 

$14,000 


Purchase 
Price 

$16,900 


PALACE 
High. $29,300 
Low. . 6.500 


Last. Mile 

$7,000 


Down to 
Earth 

$14,000 


Love Me 

Tonight 
$14,000 


Qrand Hotel 

$21,600 


COLUMBIA 
High. $19,000 
Low.. 1.500 


sBachelor'e 

Folly • • 

$2;600 


Sign of the 4" 

$1,800 


A Man's Land 

$1,600 


. Congorilla 

$4,200 


FOX 
High. $41,500 
Low.. 11.000 


PaintiBd 
Woman 

$22,600 
Pola Negri 

George 
Carpentier 


Divorce in 

Family 
$26,600 
CRlo Rita') 


70.000 
Witnesses 

; $22,000 


Chandu 

$19,200 
Kdmund 
Lowe 


KEITH'S 
High. $20,000 
Low.. 4,600 


Night Club 
Lady 

$8,000 


Hold 'Em 
Jail ' 

$11,500 


Bird of 
JParadise 

$16,000 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$6,000 
(2d week) 


MONTREAL 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


LOEWS 
High. $18,000 
Low . . 7.500 


Hold 'Em 
Jail 

$12,000 
Vaude. 


70,000 
Witnesses 

$13,000 


Downstairs 

$13,000 


Bachelor's 
Affairs 

$12,000 


PALACE 
High. $32,000 
Low.. 7.000 


Devil and 
Deep 

$11,500 


Love Me 
Tonight 

. $16,000 


Horse 
Feathers 

$18,000 


Successful 
Calamity , 

$12,600 


CAPITOL 
High. $30,000 
Low.. 5,500 


Skyscraper 
Souls and 
Women Who 
Play 

$10,000 


Speak Easily 
and 
Westward 
Passage 

$12,600 


Two Against 
World and 
Crooner 

$12,000 


Down to 
Earth and 
Congorilla 

$12,000 


PRINCESS 
High. $25;000 
Low.. 4,500 


Explorers of 
World and 
Love Affair 

$7,000 


American 
Madness 

and 
Secret 
Witness 

$0,000 


Magic Night 
and 
Self- Made. 
Lady 

$7,000 


War Corre- 
spondent 
and 
Stranger in 
Town 
$7,000 


IMPERIAL 
High. $6,000 
Low.. 1,750 


Service de 
Nuit 

$1,800 
(French) 


Moni de la 
Loi 

$2,200 


Petite de 
Montparnesse 

$1,800 
(French) 


Fils 
D'Ameriqu6 

$1,760 
(New Low) 


PHILADELPHIA 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 ^ 


EARLE 
High. $27,000 
Low.. 11.500 


Speak Easily 

$17,000 
Vaude. 


Crooner 

$15,600 
Fatty 
Arbuckle 


Devil and 
Deep 

$17,600 


Downstairs 

$13,000 


FOX 
High. $41,000 
Low.. '40,500 


Congorilla 

$16,600 
Sta^e Show 


Down to 
Earth 

$18,000 


Last Mile 

$17,000 


Chandu 

$18,600 


STANLEY 
High. $37,000 
Low. . 8,000 


Doctor X . 

$14,500 . 


Horse 
Feathers 

$17,500 


Horse 
Feathers 

$11,000 
(2d weelt) 


Blessed Event 

$14,600 


PORTLAND, ORE. 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 ^ 


PAR- 
AMOUNT 
High. $22,500 
Low. . 5.000 


Love Me 
Tonight • 

$11,500 
Stapre Show 


Down to 
Earth 

$13,000 


70.000 
Witnesses 

, $12.0p0 


Chandu 

$11,000 


R.K.O. 
ORPHEUM 
High. $24,000 
Low. , 2.000 


Blonde 

Captive- 
$4,700 


Back Street 

■ $5,800 • 


Hold 'Em 
Jail 

$5,500 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$6,000, 


UNITED 
ARTISTS 
High. $13,000 
Low . . 2.500 


Passport to 
Hell 

$4,600 


Downstairs 
$4,000 


Blondie of 
. Follies 
$7,000 


Night of 
June 13 

$3,500 



(Continued on page ,25) \ 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 23 



Ousted Stagehands Sit 
On Boxes in Alley 
During Warner Dispute 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Two members of Stagehands' local- 
33 are spending their time sitting 
on soap boxes In the alley aAong- 
Blde Warners' Western-. They've 
been theire for two weeks. On or- 
ders from the International, the men 
insist that they are working for the 
house, but Ij. B. Halper and Leon 
Levy, Warlier theatre heads, here, 
assert they let out the union crew 
when the house installed rernote 
control operation of stage and house 
lights and curtains, Aug. .20. 

Union Insists that installation of 
the equipment, which is worked 
from thie projectioti bqoth, does not 
abrogate its contract with the 
house, and, after getting nowhere 
with Halper and Levy, has turned 
the matter over to the hands of the 
lA, which is taking it up with 
Warners' New York labor contact. 



Leni and Don Added 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Radio has added Lenl Stengel and 
Don Dllloway to the cast of "The 
Animal Kingdom.' 



A CoSymn of 
S u cces sf if I 
Showmen! 



A. E. LICHTMAN 

Lichtmon Theotres 
Woshlnctfon, D. C 

"Wc want 
to take this 
opportunity 
of tclliiip 
you arid.llic 
rest of the 
country of 
our Cbm- 
piete Satis' 
faction 
with your , 
p r od' ii c t 
during this past year. The 
booking of Cohimbiii product 
in our l4 theatres jiii^i; proves 
one thing— give us the pictures 
and we can do the business, 
and this is evidenced by the 
fact ' that the .1933 .contracts 
have already been signed, seal- 
ed and delivered (or our entirie 
circuit." 



JACK YEO 
Plaza Theatre 
Burlington, Wis. 

•'I am very 
happy that 
I was one of 
the lucky 
exhibitors 
privileged 
to show 
Columbia 
product 
this y^ar. 
From pres- 
ent indica- 
tions all Columbia pictures 
thus far shown, have deliglited 
my box office." 



M. J. DAI.Y 

Liberty Theatre 
Hartford/ Conn. 

You can^t 
fool a "Nut- 
megger." 
They gel 
their mon- 
ey's worth. 
That's why 
Mr. Doly 
has gone 
Columbia 
100 percent. 





"Undoubtedly will draw big 
crowds." —DaUimore Post. 

WASHINGTON 
MERRY-GO-ROUND 



Inquisitive Public 



Los Artgeles, Oct. 3. 

Information bureau recently 
Installed at the Fox West 
Coast home office, handles an 
average of 17,337 inquiries 
every seven days concerning 
the attractions at the com- 
pany's 72 houses in the Los 
Angeles territory. During thC: 
same period, .21,675 traffic, or 
business, calls went through 
' the PBX board, the latter 
check having been made, dur- 
ing a week when most of the 
execs were out of town. 

Peak business at the board 
is 19,000 information calls a 
week, and 25,000 traffic. Heavi- 
est hours for information In- 
quiries is between 3:30 and 
and 8:30 p. m., with four op- 
perators on the Job. Crew 
cpnslsls of elghti under Chief 
Operator. Nola Deliaas. 




Theatre vs. Exchange 
$50,000 Arbitration Up 

Buffalo, Oct. 3. 

Arbitration proceedings I>etween 
the Lafolyette and Pathe Exchange, 
Inc., were bfegun here this week on 
the theatr«'s clalm for |50,000 dam- 
ages, by reason 'of Pathe's failure 
to deliver its .1930-1931 product pro- 
gram following its sell-out to RKO. 
The action has been pending In 
the courts' here for over a year. 

Tlie Lafayette in the summer of 
1931 sought to enjoin RKO from de- 
Uvei-lng plcturcis to Shea . (Publix) 
Which it ' claimed bad been pre- 
ylously sold to it by Pathe. ; The in- 
junction was denied. Thereafter a 
proceeding to enforce arbitration 
under the contract was commenced 
in Supreme Court here with Su- 
tirenie Cofurt Justice Norton hand- 
ing down an extended opinibn hold- 
ing tha;t the contract was enforce- 
able: and that Pathe was* obliged to 
arbitrate the claim with the La- 
fayette. This order is now on ap- 
peal to the 'Appellate Division. . 



Wbitewashihg Ingagi' for 
Bookings in Calif >Ariz. 

! Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

. Stopped by a flock oC injunctions 
when last, shown here, ihgagi,' wild 
animal feature, has been given a 
haircut aiid will ae^ln be exhibited 
in the California and Arizona .ter- 
ritory. Pathfinder Productions, a 
new company, has taken; over book- 
ing of the fllih. Mike Newman and 
Fred Slegel originally owned state 
rights on the pic for the territory. 

■ Pathfinder is headed by Charles 
R. Hawthorne, with W. F. Wallsuie, 
William Campbell and A. F. Llnkoff 
in the company. Wallace and 
Campbell were the Congo Produc- 
tions, which made the film, the lat- 
ter having directed. The company 
Is at Tec-Art. 



MUlard Hides Activity, 
But Wage Claims Pile Up 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Latest manipulation of S. S. Mil- 
lard to get him Into hot water is 
his undercover operation of the 
California (downtown) as a sex film 
house, playing 'Madame Louise's 
Elstablishment.' Three employees 
have fllfed wage claims against MU- 
lard, alleging that lie has failed to 
pay them. 

They are Frank M. Sanford, door- 
man^ seeking $30; Bernlce Gannon, 
usherette, $8,' and Florence Wells, 
costume maker, $5.40. 



Invents Gimmick to Beat 
Law Covering Lotteries 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Hoping to circumvent the accu- 
sation of conducting a lottery, when 
giving prizes at theatres, Andrew 
Stone, comedy director, uses a short 
film trailer that shows numerals 
corresponding to those on tickets 
given away at the door. 

Idea will be developed by a cor- 
poration, consisting of Stone, Lau- 
rence LeBaron, nephew of William 
LeBaron, and Harold B. Henshey, 
Hollywood, attorney. 



Another Arthur Bomb 

Worcester, Mass., Oct. 3. 
With tlte union strike settled only 
a week and the house reopened for 
the same period, a sulphur bomb 
was exploded in Harry Arthur's 
Palace here, but none was injured 
as the borpb burst in an unoccupied 
rear section o£ the orchestra. 



'note to 



success, 





/ 



PHYSICIAW^f 




CLOTHlEItt ^ f 




There Is a reason for your 
weekly habit of digesting 
the contents of ^Variety> 
it is because Variety's 
hews of what is happen- 
ing in the entertainment 
world covers the field so 
well that people i n a 1 1 
walks of life subscribe for^ 
buy it> and read it as you 
do yourself. Publicity in 
^Variety'' not alone blan- 
kets show business, but 
also seeps through to 
ydur audience* 



If you are sufficiently interested m your own 
success, you will take the trouble to check a 
KNOWN fact among performers -that many 
stars readily acknowledgfJ the value of 
^Variety'- advertising. 



NEW YORK 
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24 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 




WARNER 
BROS. 



MSTiMUTORS 



jMttlHn« ovt Ion d in 'Frisco over "HOWSt SHAKKV' 4.yMr 
reCordl*..€h#«riftg in Now Yoric bocauto BARTHELMES5' 
'ICABIN IN Xm COTTON" opening beat even ''Blessed 
Ey^n t*^ i And from coast to coast you'll find them grin- 
ning of the glad box-office news thcrt comes rolling In 
agDvt "LlfE BEGINS", "BLESSED EVENT' and ARLISS'"SUC- 
^^yLlCALAMITY''i Now they Imow they picked the win- 
ner when they picked Warner Bros, for 1932 •^'33.. .Now 
they know the kind of dough they ccm count on from— 
CHAnERTON AND BRENT IN "THE CRASH" (OCT. t) 
POWELL AND FRANCIS IN "ONE WAY PASSAGE" (Oa. 22) 
F(OUIi GREAT STARS IN "THREE ON A MATCH" (Oa. 29) 
tl^X CALL IT SIN" WITH YOUNG AND BRENT (NOV. 5) 
f AyiBANKS AND CARROLL IN"SCARLET DAWN" (NOV. 12) 
PAUL ("SCARFACE") MUNI IN "I AM A FUGITIVE" (NOV. 19) 



TueBdby, Qctobec 4, 1932 



PICTIIRES 



VARIETY 



25 



Comparative Grosses for September 



(Continued from page 22) 

BOSTON 





Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


^ METRO- 
POLITAN ^ 
!<iah. $66,000 
\.0Wi. 16.200 


Two Against 
World 

. $20,000 
Stage Show 


70,000 
Witnesses 

$33,000 
Jessel- : ■ 
Talmadge 


A Successful 

Calamity 

$28,400 
Mitchell and 
Duraht 
.Trlxle 
Fi-lganza 


Night of 
Jupe 13 

$28,200 
Harry . 
Richman 


" R.K.O. 
fNEMORIAL 

L«w.. 6,140 


Baok Street 

$26,000 
Vaude. 


Bird of 
Paradise . 

$22,700 


Back Street 
$14^600 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$9,500 


* KEITH'S 
BOSTON 
Hiflh. $23,000 
Uw.. 4,000 


Nightclub 
Lady 

$7,000 
Vaude. 


Thirteenth 
Guest 

$9.6O0| 


Bird of 
. Paradise 

$18,000 
Olsen and 
Johnson 


Most 
Dangerous 
Game 

$16,800 
Roger Wolfe 
Kahik 


KANSAS CITY 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


. Sept. 24 


~ MAIN 

STREET 
HiBh. $32,000 
Lew.. 8,000 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$21,000 
Vaude. 


Back Street 

$21,000 


Okay America 

$23,000 
Texas Gulnah 


Congorilla 

$19,000 


LOEWS 
MIDLAND 
Wtth. $35,000 
Low.. 7,000 


Last Mile 

$8,200 


Divorce in 
Family 
$10,800 


Robinson 
Crusoe 

$11,900 . 


Grand Hotel 

.$27,000 


NEWMAN 
High. $33W 
Low.. 4,400 


Love Me 
Tonight 

$11,000 


Two -Against 
World 

$8,000 


Doctor X 

$6,000 


Successful. 
Calamity 

$8,000; 


LIBERTY.. 
High. $13,400 
Lew.. 2,800 


Miss 

. Pinkerton 

. $4i000 


70,000 
Witnesses 

$4,900 


Passport to 
Hell 
$4,400 


WMk-End 

Marriage 

$4,600 


BIRMINGHAM 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


'ALABAMA 
High. 
Lew. . 


Devil and 
Deep 

$8,600 


Love Me 
Tonight 

$10,000 


Down to 
Earth 

$11,000 


70.000 
Witneisses 
$9,000 


RITZ 
High. 
Low. . 


Bird of 
Paradise 

^.SOOi 


Back Street 

$6,600 


Age of 
Consent and 
Ho>l>weod 
Speaks 

$4,600 


Hold 'Em 
Jail 
$6,100 


EMPIRE 
Htoh. 
^ew. . 


Tenderfoot 

$4,000 


Miss 
Pinkerton 

$4,100 . 


Winner Take 
All 

$3,900 


Speak Easily 
$4.10# 


STRANI^' 
High. 
Lew.. 


Street of 
WoHMn 

$1,600 


Congorilla 
$3,000 


Louvain 
$1,600 


Week- End 
Marriage ' 

$1,500 : 


LOUISVILLE 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


LOEW'S 
High. $28,000 
Lew.. 4,000 


Last Mile 

$6,800 


Blondie of 
the FolKes 

$8,300 


Divorce in 
Family 
$6,100 


Grand Hotel 
' $12,000 


STRAND 
High. $12;600 
l-ew. . 2000 


Horse 
Feathers 

$9,700 


Down to 
Earth 

96,a0ft 


Love Me 
Tonight 

$6,600 


Back Sfreet 
$6,M0 


RIALTO 
High. $16^000 
Lew. . t,900 


War Corre- 
spondent 

$10,700. 
'Vftude 


Devil and 
the Deep 

$7,800 


70,000 
Witnesses 

$6,600 


Chandu 
96,000. 


BROWN 
High. $14,000 
Low.. t,700 


No Greater; 
• Love ■ 
$2,100 


Doctor' X 

$2,200 


Bring 'Em 
Back Alive 

$3,600 


American 
Madness 

$2,S00 


ALAMO f 
High. $11,600 
Low.. 130 


Guilty as Hell 
$3,300 


Okay 
America 
$1,500 
(New Low) 


Big City 
Blues 

$1,700 


Night ftfayor 

$uoo 


SAN FRANCISCO 




. Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


FOX . 
High. $70;QOO 
Low.. 18;000 


Down to 
Earth 

$30,000 
Stage Show 




Divorce in 

Family 

$40,000 
Bine Crosby 


Chandu 

$21,000 
Vera Gordon 


WARFIELD 
High. $48,000 
Lew^ . 8,200 


Speak Easily 

$20,000 
StaereShow , 




Blondie of 
the. Follies 
$19,000 


Night of 
June 13 

$16,600 


PARA- 
. MOUNT 
High. $30,000 
Low.. KOOO 


Love Me 
Tonight 
$16,000 




Love Me 
Tonight 

$6,000 
(3d week) 


Blonde Venus 

$17,600 
. (10 days) 


GOLDEN 
, GATE 
High. $19,000 
Low.. 7.000 


Bird of 
Paradise 
$16,700 
Vaude 




Hold 'Em Jail 

$15,600 


Okay 
America 

$15..000 


PROVIDENCE 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


STATE 
High. $28,000 
Lew.. 6.000 


Last Mile 
$6,20» 


Divorce in 
Famity 

$9.60« 


Robinson 
Crusoe 

$9,600 


Grand Hotel 
$22,700 


RKO 
. ALBEE 
High. $20,000 
Low.. 3,000 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$16,800 
Vaude 
Fred Waring 


Back Street 
$13,400 


Age of. 
Consent 

$14,700 
Rudy Vallee 


Okay 
America . 

$8,200 


PARA- 
, MOUNT 
High. $18,000 
Low 4.000 


Horse 
Feathers 

$6,600 
(2d week) 


Love Me 

Tonight 

$9,900 


70.000 
Witnesses 

$7,000 


Night of 
June 13 

$6,900 


.MAJESTIC 
High. $18,000 
Low.. 6,000 


Unholy Love 

and 
Congorilla 

$8,200 


Two Against 
the World 
and 
Beauty 
Parlor 
$8,500 


Down to 

Earth 
and 
Passport 
to Hell 

$8,000 


Blessed Event 

and 
13th Guest 
$10,000 



Alibis Out 



Lob Angeles, Oct. 8. 

They're niaklng It easy for 
the patrons to find but who's 
who around the RKO (HUI- 
street) whtch reopened Friday 
(30). Neat card In the ticket 
booth window carries the name 
,of the manager, assistant, 
cashier and doorman, 

'Now they won't have to 
write letters to iind out who's 
to blame for the show,' re- 
marked Cliff Work, 



Coast s Crazy Operation Grows; 
Duals, Giveaways Entrenched 



Mayo 's Credo 

(Continued from page 2) 
has uncbvered one of its weak- 
nesses. 

He finds the situation inevitable 
in an art that la ^commercially 
' geared. Studios that are obligated 
for 60 or more annual releases can- 
^ not pause over the line points of 
sensitive production. They must 
subdue inspiration to a tfme 
schedule. 

It would be Ideal if each .j^uper- 
visor never had to turii out more 
than eight pictures a year— aiid If 
those eight releases cauld be divided 
among no less than four directors. 
With tw<^at the most three — pro- 
ductions a year^ every director 
would be given the prerogative to 
approve and shape his material, to 
work sublectlv^ on ttH>ughtful, 
first-rate film fare, 

'But how,' asks Mr. Metyo, not 
really expecting an answer, 'is that 
to foe done? Towns are atiU over- 
populated with theatres that will 
close If Hollywood does not feed 
them with product. The circle is 
vicious,, and I'm too engrossed in 
picture-making to worry about it. I 
take assignments and try to like 
them.' 

That seems a comforting credo 
for a director who has handled 
slapstick, sob-stuif, romance, com- 
edy and drama. Mr. Mayo enjoys 
being switched from one medium to 
the next when materlala are to his 
liking. He says It's good for a di- 
rectol' — ^keeps him from growing 
stale. The agony of pessimism that 
settles about an aisslgnment he 
doesn't like nmy drive him to turn- 
ing out the best Job of his career. 
He tells hlmsdf. that to keep his 
courage up. While there's life 
there's Iiope— even in Hollywood 
where production, says the always 
loyal Mr« .Mayo, is on the upturn.^ 



Los' Angeles^ Oct. 3. 

With r'cx West Coast and its af- 
filiations firm in their policies of 
double - feature programs, give- 
aways, and reduced b.o. .scales, in- 
dependeat theatres owners in 
southern California, who have stood 
pat agiainst dual features, or who 
have played them through necessity, 
are now satisfied there is no relief 
in sight, at least diving the cur- 
rent new . season. If anything it's 
increasing. 

Give-away stunt reached its cli- 
max in liie past three weeks, when 
Fox West Coast disposed of 100 
automobllrs to patrons holding Itkky 
numbers. Cars cbst the circuit 
around $3;%000, and followed the 
wholesale refrigerator giveaways of 
a few week» earlier. Indie theatre 
bwnfers say they cannot compete 
against isuch competition, though 
many of them continue to conduct 
country store and other freak 



0. ft. EBEKS XIILED 

Dallas, Oct S. 
O. 6. Frels, Indie exhib at Goliad, 
Tex., . killed when his car smashed 
Into truck on a highway near that 
town. 

Deceased is brother of Rubin 
Frels, operator of indie chain In 
south Texas. 



Newark Odors 

Newark, Oct. 3. 
Stench bombs were set off at the 
Court,, indie, yesterday (Sunday). 
Management blames union troubles 
as an auto goes- about calling house 
unfair. 

Theatre uses two operators where 
four are required by union rules. 



Chamberlain Theatres- 
Enforced Sale Up Again 

Pottsvllle, Pa., Oct. 3. 

Six stockholders of the defunct 
Chamberlain Amus. Co., Inc., of 
Shamokin, have filed a petition in 
Northumberland County. Court at 
Sunbury, asking that certification 
of the sheriff's sale of the company's 
theatres be refused. The .sale took 
place In June at the Instance of the 
Pennsylvania Trust Co., Reading, 
representing the mortgage bond- 
holders. The claim is. madei that tC 
the Ave theatres had been sold . to- 
gether, money might have been 
saved for the stockholders. 

Reports are <iurrent that Lans- 
ford business men are trying to buy 
the two Chamberlain theatres in 
that town and put at least one of 
them into permanent operation. The 
mines In that locality are. now oper- 
ating on a better schedule and 
there's money In pictures, they be- 
lieve. The Pennsylvania Trust Co., 
Reading, has been approached for a 
price. 

Even the Prisonefs Can't 
Take Parrish's Bombs 

Champaign, HI., Oct. 8. 
' John Craig Parrlsb, unsa>te to 
furnish $6,000 bail after he was held 
for the grand Jury on charges of 
■depositing a, stench bomb with In- 
tention to ruin business' in the Park 
theatre, also threatened tp ruin 
business in the county Jail , where 
he was taken after his arrest. 
Other . prisoners found the odor so 
noxious, they planned a riot unless 
he was renaoved from the cellblock. 
Several baths failed to remove the 
odor. 

. The bomb exploded or broke In 
his pocket, police said, while he was 
seated In the theatre. It was the 
third stench bomb in the theatre 
but police had been unable to ap- 
prehend the bomber, although re- 
wards had been offered for informa- 
tion. Parrish denied his guilt. 



nights, . with prizes occasionally 
reaching $100. 

Indie Desperate 

Indies r-.ssert they are being foi-ced 
to resort to drastic steps in an ef- 
fort to hold trade. Downtown, the 
Cohen brothers, who operate the 
Rlalto and Olympic, are openly ad- 
vertising triple, and even quadruplev 
programs. RiaIto-*s. outside billing 
announced '4. feature attractions.* 
listing Constance Bennett' in 'Two 
Against the World,' Laurel: and 
Hardy In 'The Chimp,' a Mickey 
Mouse and a, Masquers comedy, all 
aa features OlympKi Just across the 
street, advertise 'three features/ 
the program Including Jean Harlow 
in 'Red-He.'ided,' a Tom Brown fea- 
ture and the Boswell Sisters, a niu« 
sical shor*;. 

Admission price slashing contln^ 
ues. in various sections of the terri- 
tory, with leading indie freely pre- 
dicting that within six months fully 
1 76% of the liQS Angeles neighbor- 
hood houses, and many of the down- 
town subsequent ruiis, wl£l be op- 
erated for a dime. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CINCINNATI 



■ ALBEE 
Hiah. $33,500 
Low.. 12.000 



...PALACE 
High. $28^100 
Low.. 7.200 



. CAPITOL 
High. $22,000 
Low.. 4.500 

. LYRIC 
High. $23,e00 
Low.. 5,000 



Sept. 3 



Downstairs 

$12,000 
Stage Show 
(New Low) 



Back Street 
$24,000 



Blondie of 
the Follies 

$10,000 



Bird of 
Paradise 

$15,500 



Sept. 10 



Passport 
to Hell 
$20,000 
Ted Healey 



Down to 
Earth 

$13.000 



Love Me 
Tonight 

$15.000 



Bird of 
Paradise 

$11,000 
(2d week)' 



Sept. 17 



13th Guest 

$24,000 
Rio Rita 



.Robinson 
Crusoe 

$13,500 



Doctor X 

$9,500 



Age of 
Consent 

$9,000 



Sept. 24 



Hollywood 
Speaks ! 
$26,800 

Rhapsody 
in Black 



Hold 'Em Jail 
$11,200 



Night Club 
Lady 

$5,500 



American 
Madness 

$6,400 





Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


R.K.O. 
ORPHEUM 
High. $25,000 
Low..' 6,000 


War Corre- 
spondent 

$17,000 
(Marcus 
Stage Show) 


Hold 'Em 
Jail 

$14,000 


Back Street 

$12,600 


Bird of 
Paradise 

$12,000 


STATE 
High. $2B,000 
Low.. 3,000 

* 


Down to 
Earth 

$15,200 


Love Me 
Tonight 
$13,500 


70,000 
Witnesses 

$18,300 
Desert Song 


Grand Hotel 
$18,600 


LYRIC 
High. $17,000 
Low.. 1.200 


White 
Zombie 

$7,200 


Blofidie of 
FetKes 

$6,200 


Purchase 
Price 

$6,000 


Speak Easily 

$7,100 


PITTSBURGH 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


STANLEY 
High. $48,000 
Low.. 8,000 




Blessed 
Event 

$20,000 


Two Against 
World 

$12,000 


A Successful 
Calamity 

$13,000 


FULTON 
High. $12,000 
Low.. 1.900 




Hearts of 
Humanity 

$2,400 


Thirteenth 

Guest 

$2,600 


Downstairs 

$3,600 


PENN 
High. $41,000 
Low. . 9.000 




Blondie of 

Follies 
$21,000 


70.000- 
' Witnesses 
I .$10,000 


Love Ma.... 
Tonight 
$16J)00 


TACOMA 




Sept. 3 


Sept. 10 


Sept. 17 


Sept. 24 


RIALTO 
High $00,000 
Low. . 00,000 


Brown of 
Culver 
Almost 
Married 
and 
Guilty as Hell 
$3,000 


Speak Easily 
and 
Love Me 

Tonight , 

$3,600 


Devil and 
this Deep 

and 
Down to 
Earth 
$3,150 


War Corre- 
spondent 

and 
Blondie of 
the Follies 
$3,100 


BLUE 
MOUSE 
High.. $8,300 
Low... 1,400 


Igloo 
$2,200 


Doctor X 
$3,000 


Big City 
Blues 

$1,800 


Successful 
Calamity 

$2,200 



A Column of 
Successful 
Showmen ! 




W»J» COULTER 
Byrd Theqtro 
Richmond/ Vcfc 

"lam happy 
to be listed 
amongyour 
hoetpfexhi- 
bitor friends 
'whocam fuk 
ly endorse 
your prod- 
u c t . C o • 
lambia pic- 
tures- have 
beep very 
impor'tAnt 
in my Cou* 
theatres and I have Iciirned 
to depend upon CoIiiubia.V 



CHARLES A. BULL 
The Novelty Theofre 
Wlchlffo^ Kdnt. 

*<In looking F;M'SHe'^« 
over 1932- 
1933 prpd- 
, uct, I can 
say without 
hesitation 
that Colum- 
bia excelsall 
others and 
was my first 
buy." 



CHRIS EFTHIM 
Star Theatre/ St. Louis 

**You gave 
us good pic- 
tures last 
year. Your 
line up 
looks even 
better this 
year. Thea- 
tres certain- 
tynccdgood 
pictures 
and Colum- 
bia is doing 
her part." 





GEORGE PLIAKOS 
Criterion Theatre/ St. Louis 

* * F o u r 
words will 
explain 
what I 
thinkabout 
Columbia 
picturies 
they are the. 
best — and 
I play them 
all." 




'Good Spellbinding Stuff." 

— Baltimore Sun. 

WASHINGTON 
MERRY-GO-ROUND 



VARIETT 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



SeaopeAl 

U N I V E R S A L 

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STAR PRODUCTIONS 



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WALTER 
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D e p 1 c t i n g actu al 
incidents that have/ 
never been published 



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t4' 



IN 

EvoMlways of tfM Wortd 

New Idea in Travelogues to 
be produced during Hellinger's 
one-year tour around the world 

One-Reelers 



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Columnist 



LOUIS 
SO B O L 



IN 

Remmiscences of Famoos 
Theatrical Personalkke 



MORTON DOWNEY 

and America* s Greatest Composers 

Series of Two-Reelers 
Already Compteted 

SUBJECT No. 1 — With Lew Brown, Ray Hendorson, Jac4|UM Renard and Ovoh.j 

Norman Brokenshire, Four Eton Boyo, Stepin Pe^chit. 

SUBJECT. No. 2 — ^With Vincent Lopez and Orchestra and Dave Dreyer. 



NICK KENNY 

presenting 

THRILLING EPISODES 
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America's Outstanding Radio Columnist 
Series of Two-Reelers 



ALREADY COMPLETED 

SUBJECT No. 1— ALL-STAR CAST 
With Art Jarrett, Buddy Rogers, Mildred Bailey, DomM 
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SUBJECT No. 2— "THE STREET SINGER* 
SUBJECT No. 3— THE BOSWELL SISTERS 



Ohay! Carl Laemmlef Jr. 



T 



Tvesdayr Oclolwir 4, 1932 



FILM REVIEWS 



r 



VARIETY 



27 



ILLEGAL 

(Continued from page 19) 



Cape Town. One of the girls sides 
^Itb the stepfather, but kills him 
^hen he goes on the make for her. 
TThe mother tosses gasoline over the 
^clul> and ignites it, going calmly 
i<down the street after 'thus symbol- 
It |cally burning all the past sorrows.' 
JjLlttle thing like ardon is rather 
ItV'orse than running a night club, but 
IJpot to her. 

Isobel Elsom, starred on the main 
title, Is a capable player with re- 
strained dramatic force wasted on 
fin ' overdrawn , character. Margot 
Oraham, the singing Ulster, is even 
more handicapped by . her part with 
Moira Lynd, as the other .daughter, 
equally overdrawn, but' at least 
winning sympathy. ' Of the trio she 
is, .the more promising for picture 
y/ork, with a pleasant face aiid sen- 
' eltive pantomime. Ivor Barnard 
does good work as the head waiter 
^nd D.' A. Clark- Smjth not bad as 
lljthe stepfather. 'The rest do not 
iflgure.. • ■• 

Settings good and the lighting 
and photography both excellent. 
ISo'und generally very good, but with 
ibccasional lapses, as in the case of 
i|ia burst of applause that sounds, like 
ia battlei. : Picture's chief hope is the 
rproduct shortage and Its probable 
lower rentals. Chic. 



n 



; AMORE E MORTE 

' ('Love and beath^) 

ITALIAN MAbE) / 

Aurora. Film production «hd release.. DI- 
tector and star, Rosarlo Romeo, with a 
'targe csMt,. Including Carmellna Romeo, M. 
"BugEerl, B. . Bonglnl, IT. Colombo and A. 
K' Gloria. MuBlcal compositions, E. Avereano. 

Beeorded at Standard Studios, N,..T. On 
'''srlnd" run, beginning Oct. 1, at Selwyn, 
!' il. Y. Bunntng t'lme, 04 minutes. ' 



It's probably pretty much, a mat- 
ji.ter of some likes beans and some 
. i| likes peas." From a film trade stand- 
, point It can just be quietly and 
Quickly forgotten that anyone even 
li mentiotted this picture. In fact, the 
quicker forgotten the better. But 
-. Italian' patrons in the U. S. are no- 
' toriouslyifond of bad pictures; the 
.V worse the fllm, from technical, act- 
.., Ing and story standpoint, the better 
the Italian customers like 'em. 
I. Here's a new low ebb for them. 
One story has it that parts of this 



JACK MILLER 

Kihg of the Steel &uitar 

4tli Wfljak Sid Grauman's Pro- 
loguef: i'fRain,'' Graun^an'a ' Chi-. 
ne«^ Theatre, Hollywood 
: Permanent Address 
5311 MELROSE, HOLi;YWpOD 





Pl^y'u\^ "Tinfi, the Chauffeur" 
Ala* Ithe X«ad«r of the Sheriff's 
H07«, r^ni CARSON," with KDDIE 
CAMTOB'S "WHOOPEX" 



j jO. L. OZ 
JEMIE JACOBS 

^074 Broadwar. New York 
Phone CoIambDS 6-1030 

Exclusively Booking RKO 



FANCHON & MARCO Present 

SYLVIA CLARK 

In :]HER BIRTHDAY PARTY" 

B084lE KUHN ai "UNCLE BOBBIE" 



film were made In Italy and parts 
in New York, with the whole 
patched together in a sound version 
hfro. A company announcement 
claims it was all done here. Which- 
ever way It ^ was done, there's no 
credit coming to a;nyone. 

Film opens "with an IShglish cap- 
tion which reads: 'This is-c^ story 
of innocence, of love, of battle, and 
of vengeance in Sicily.' From that 
point oh a lot of characters "tiilk; 
sometimes their lips move in ac- 
cordance with the speech and some- 
time* riot, but all the time they 
talk. 

What they are talking about and 
what the film Is about will, take a 
more astiite . and psychic reporter 
than this one to explain; The ads. 
and signs say there are English 
titles to help customers understand 
this story. The titles are there. 
They read, as quoted above,, and 
'God's revenge on sinners' and one 
or two other like sweet sentiments, 
without telling a thing. It; all ends 
by one lad being struck by light- 
ning and killed arid a woman dying 
in her bed: Kauf. 

CROOKED CIRCLE 

William SIstrom production, and "World- 
Wide release featuring Ben. Lyon, Zasu 
Pitts, James Qleaaon and Irene Piircell. 
Screen play by Ralph Spence with addi- 
tional dialog by Tim Whelan. Directed 
by H. Bruce Humberstone. Bobt: Kurrle, 
camera. .William Fox,' sound.: At the 
Pox, Brooklyn, commencing Sept, 30. 
Runnl/ig time C8 mlns.., 

Brand Osborne '...' v, . . .Bj»n l^yon 

Nora i:.:.- .iZ&aa Pitts 

Grimmer ..•...',.;.',..,'...., James Oleason 

Thelma .;^Irene'.PurceIl 

Yoganda 'C. Henry Gordon 

Harmon .Raymond Hatton 

Harry ','... .Roscoe Karn3 

Col. Wolters Berton Churchill 

KInny Spencer Charters 

The Stranger .Robert Frazer 



Intended as a mystery story with 
a comedy relief, tlie injection of 
James Gleasori reverses it Into a 
comedy with a mystery background, 
and it should be sold that way. 
Play Is on the familiar lines and 
should: give customer satlsfs^ction 
outside, the de luxe theatres,, but 
needs a good supportinjcf program of 
shorts. Top notcher -on a double 
header, but not essentially a double- 
upper. Can solo below the top divi- 
sion in spite of production crudities. 

Pattern is that introduced by the 
'Bat,' ' impending evil lightened by 
the blunders of a thick headed cop. 
iSere instead of Fred • Kelsiey, who 
generally gets the asi^lgnriijent, it's 
Gleason as a tiriiorous motorcycle 
policeman. - Gleason is abliyj foiled 
by Zasu Pitts, who contributes a 
sound coniedy perform'ancp,; but too 
stereotyped to get the;.samfe^ atten- 
tion as the newer idea f of the 
Gleason character. Still she'p; essen 
tial to many of the' scenes and 
these' two hold up a lumbei|lhg and 
badly-timed haunted ihiouse jstory to 
the point where the customers fig 
ure they have been giyen their 
money's worth. ; j 

Hint of 'Charidu' in : the story fn 
the shape of a supposed S'w^ini who 
turns out to be a ;Sjecretj .service 
man. For the rest it is fhie same 
old pattern of trying ■ to ; Implicate 
everyone by indirect jsusplcWn with 
the Swami and the lle'roin© getting 
the bulk, of the sugge'stlo(hl . Story 
will satisfy those who gp j for the 
comedy, but as a mysterir story it 
does not loom large and should 
soft pedaled, from 'thi^ angle. 

Ben Lyons is the technical hero 
and plays the part fop. all it is 
worth, but; any competent player 
could have done the !worki Ray- 
mond Hatton, Roscoe Karns, Rob- 
ert Frazer,;jTene Purcell arid Ethe| 
Clayton are all In to^ their name 
value and not because theljr' acting 
abiMty is required. It's all- Gleason 
and Pltts,' whlch is juSt as .well for 
the box office. i 

Dialog poor, settings g^od, but* 
not always well photoigrapaed, and 
sound excellent. i,: I Chic. 



Honor of the Mounted 

Trem Carr: production and Monogram re- 
lease. Starring Tom Tyler. Story and di- 
rection by Harry Frazer. Archie Stout, 
camera. Cast: Stanley Bry«tono, Fr.inrtfl 
.McDonald, Q. D. Wood, Arthur Millet, Wil- 
liam Swire, Cella Ryland. Thcodcre Ijoreli, 
Charles King,. At Loew's Now Tor'K- thea- 
tre one day. Sept, 27,- aa ono-half ot a 
double bllU -Running timet tj^jfiiinatta, 

'~~ 

Second story of |:^ent release to 
follow closely the same pattern of a 
murder originating across the line, 
with the culprit tracked down in the 
States. This time, however, it is the 
constable himself who lis suspected 
of murder and permitted to prove 
otherwise. Story carries some sus- 
pense arid, ■with good photography' 
and plenty of action, gets slightly 
above the average. .GOod where 
they like westerns. Otherwise just 
a double decker. 

Tyler gets his man, but lets him 
get away again to create tlie reason 
for the chase. The villain escapes 
in a canoe after the hero Is knocked 
out by a fall; In spite of a long siart 
the hero jumps in the lalce without 
even removing his tunic and .swims 
after the fugitive. Paddle snaps to 
permit hirti to catch up. Then they 
come to land and the marshal and 
his deputies swarm in. 

Usual quota of hard riding, with 
some nice horse flesh, the scenic 
background Is good and the photog- 
raphy is excellent, both in and out 
of the studio. Production effort de- 
serves a better story, but the director 
wrote the story himself, so he can't 
kick. • • - • - 

Tyler is agile and pleasant, with 
Stanley Blystone riiakirig a good 
heavy and Celia Ryland lending 
what little rorioiantlc appeal the story 
possesses. That isn't much.'Francis 
McDonald, In a bit {part,, and Wil 
Ham liwire as the I4arshkl get over 
well, -with ■ tlie usual rough-ridllng 
support; Picture should "briish up 
nicely. Chic.' 



Gaietiis de L'Eiscadron 

('Fun in Barracks') 

(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, Sept. 24. 
Natan production and release. In cctor. 
Directed by Maurice Toumeur.' From the 
book by C. Courtellne. Starring Ralmu. 
Featuring Henry Rouasell. - Jorin Uabin, 
Femandel and others.' Recordel R. C-. A.' 
Running time, 05 minutes, Olympla, Paris, 
Sept. IS. 



Ari iexceptional Utriash In this 
country, but possibilities abroad 
hard to predicate. The book by 
Georges Courtellne. written about 
the begirining of this century, just 
describes in a funny way small 
happenings in cavalry barracks, at 
the same time bearing in mind the 
sentimental .feeling the 'French have 
for their arriiy. Th6re is no definite 
story in the book nor 'Is there in 
the film, but treatment has been 
clever enough to produce continuity 
wjiich . is of snappy tempo, , 

The whole thing' hiangs on sub 
tlOty, showing how, despite small, 
petty annoyances and trlvialties, 
there is something really great hid- 
ing in the military vocation. The 
subject makes It, of course, practi- 
cally a man's picture so far as the 
cast is conceriied, only woman be- 
ing Mady Berry as the barracks res- 
taurant keeper, and a very small 
part, at that. .1.. 

The rest is a sta:g party, headed 
by Ralmu, stage comeidlaii, now one 
of the best screen actors. He Was 
under cohttaci to'iBrauribefger at 
|8,C06 per picture,, and latter lerit 
l»Im to ■ Natan for 'this one for' $12,- 
,0.00, which, is good va,lv^ co^lderlng 
that Rainiu' is' Aow drie of th6 big- 
gest possible draws, not only in 
Paris but also in the provinces, 
where hid hauie is 'tremendous. 

Raimu's part of tho old ranker 
captain, feeling like a father to his 
men. Is in sharp contrast with the 
annoying N. C. O., played by Camus. 



The fopptah suBaltorri" is done by 
Munie and- the very ritzy general 
by Henry Roussell, better kriown 
himself as a director than as an 
actor. Fernandel, who d»d 'Rosier 
du Mme. Husson,' acts the foolish 
enlisted- man, while Jean Gabin and 
DonnIo do a couple of permanent 
defaulters, whose gags keep the au- 
dience roaring from the beginning 
until the last sequence of pathos on 
which the fllm ends. One of the 
striking points in the film, and the 
cause of its success with local audi- 
ences, is that practically until the 
end this stag picture keeps them 
roaring^women as well as meri; 
and right at the end, thanks to 
Raimu's magniflent acting, gets sen- 
timental tears even from the meri. 

Technically the fllni is a queer 
mixture of fine continuity, good di- 
rection by Toumeur, good sound, 
and photo, original quality of which 
is difflcult to define because the 
whole fllm has been treated In color 
by an old hand process. For any 
other picture treatment would have' 
been fatal, but for tills one only 
point was to evoke for the audience 
pre-war soldiery wits its distinctive 
red pants. As is, .film can hardly 
be called a coloir, fllm, . except that 
the red and blue of the uniforms Is 
colored. For this particular fllm it 
has turned put to be a winner and 
enhances Its b. 6. value consider- 
abl.v. Total cost of production is 
slightly over . $iOO,000, fUlly twice; 
more than is conceded the top for 
French productions. ' 

Nevertheless, this one Is si^re to 
show a blg'iirofit in France alone, 
and has broken right fronV,the start 
all plyniplis records, grossing over 
$5,000 on the first Sunday alone: 

Maxi. 

La Marche au Soleil 

('Road to the Sun') ' 

(GERMAN-MADE SILENT) 

Pa;ris;;Sept.'20. 
A Robur production.'. D. 1.' d. local 're- 
lease. ■ Made with educational' help and a 
nudist camp .near' Hamburg. Running 
time, .art. mlns. Foltes Dramatiqiies, Paris, 
Sept. 19. • , • . . • 



(In Bylined 



Film would be sensational as part 
of a nudistic program, but will only 
be so if word-of-mouth publicity 
makes up for lack of publicity. Lat- 
ter would have probably catised a 
padlock, though the film has noth- 
ing offensive. 

It starts by showing in a typical 
German way the bad effects of city 
life, "and ' increasingly extols the 
benefit of open air, ending with se- 
quences taken In a nudist camp, 
where men and girls do physical ex- 
ercises and dances, etc. Mostly 
lorigshots, with photp often sO poor 
that it is difficult t,o ;say - whether 
meq or women are seen.- In clo&e- 
ups fhe lenses have caught less than 
can be seen with the naked eye on 
the;RivIera, and. attitudes have been 
gauged to eliminate su|;gesfiveness. 

Iriserted' titles replace dialog. 
Only chance of clicking would be 
sugg^stiV^ advertising, which likely 
would preclude showings. Maxi. 



(Continued from page 2) 
have wheedled him out of a care- 
fully planned press campaign. 
Rewrites His Ghosts 

The confidential buddy type ot 
star is the bane of .toe's depart- 
ment. Eager for publicity, he dis- 
tributes his, own pictures— ones that 
have been promised exclusively, to 
fan magazines. He, says Joe, is re- 
sponsible for 'fine jams.' 

'Tliere's the actor who. insists, upon 
rewriting his ghost written yarns. 
He rehashes them so badly that 
they're refused promised' spots in 
Sunday magazine sections. He's> on 
the list, along with the star who 
forgets appointments, and the chap 
who, proud of his good taste and 
superior rii^ntality, disciusses every- 
thing but hiiriseif with interviewers 
who yearn for perspiiittl copy. 
• Joe has to'-be ^iot'/only a gallant 
liar, but the perfect straight than 
when he manages a publicity tea. 
He suggests topics of conversation 
when chatter lags, thinks for the in- 
terviewer as well as the interviewed. 
When a budding ingenue offers se- 
rious observations that find, life 'half 
happiriess, , half misery,' he is pre- 
pared with a new train of thougltt 
less liable to ridicule, 
... And' now, ji>n ltojf> of /all his woes 
with. his. picture stars, jQe finds that 
fan magaz^neis have 'gpirie PoUyarina 
as a result of a recent Interview that 
leaked shockingly out of Hollywood. 
■They're afraid to print perfectly In- 
nocuo.us da.ta that would' have . been 
accepted without - question prior to 
the tightened regulations. Despera- 
tibh oyer his combined' dilemmas 
may be the , reason why, late one 
night when Joe hafl imt>l6ed speak- 
easy courage; he' went down to one 
of his company's theatres and ecsta- 
tically punched in thei f^inous faces 
that smiled back at 'htm frorii 
frames displayed in the lobby. He 
never brok<3 the story," but he still 
likes to think about it. . .; 



O. L. 

* . I • 

ABsoolat«d wlthj< 

JEMIE JACOBS 

1074 Broadway, NewllTork 
Pliono ColambM 



Exclusively Booking .RKO 



SAM LOHK 

: ,SlBs«r cttid CharacttrilaatloiH 
4th \t«tSk '8ld Onwinuiii'ili' Prolocae 
"Rain," flranman's CUn&e, Holly- 
wood. Dir. Jos. A. F«l^ir, Mojestk; 
- 'Jliestre BoUOlns, Jj» ''Ait|«lM 



THE 3 GOBS 



1. 1 



; . SONiNT. EDDIB and EDDIB 

Featured with F anchon and Marco "GEORGIA MINSTRELS" Idea 

WKEK Sig^.- SS, .IX>BW'S STATE, I,OS ANGEIiBS , 



DltMtlM NAT KALCHEIH. 
WM. MMRIS AQENCV 



BfoMd 40 WMk( 
' SeCtMl Tour ; 



ThMk* to ' 
FANCHON «M: MARCO 



3 GEORGIA BROWNS 

VERSATILITY SUPREME 

,' With Richard's and Prinele'a Famous ''Georgia Minstrels" 

c6mINO BA9T DIB. FAHTCHONi A MABCO 

tVATCq FOB THIS ACT THANKS TO WVOX FBINZ 

• ■ ' ■ . ■ ■■ 





paramount; los angeled iINDEF 



DANCE 
DIRECTOR 



Mmgem«nt, JOE COR^jibLETtl 




ii 




RUBIN 



This Week (September 30th) and Held Over for Second Week at 

NEW YORK 




Management, LOUIS SHURR— AL MELNICK 



VARIETY 



IWfldayv October 4, 1932 



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TRIPLED BUSINESS 
BALTIMORE, MD. 

HELD *EM OUT 
IN HARRISBURG/PA. 

AT WQKLDj PREMIERE 

ENnA/iPMCMTC / 




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LEE TRACY 
aDNHANCE CUMMINOf 

Walter Connolly — Alan Dihehart- 



THE OIITfTBMPING PRftMfll 



VAUISTT 





Story by Maxwell Anderson 
Screen Play by Jo Swerling 

Directed by James Cruze 



IC lENIRTION OF THE AGE / 



30 



VARIETY 



VA U e E VIL L E 



Tuesdaf, OpJipber ,4, 1932 



Warners Call Qff Loew Booking Deal 
With Mastkum Reopening Oct. 14 



Warners' booking deal with Loew,. 
by which Loew would- have, bppkcfl: 
the WB vaudeviile-playiner theatreW 
in conjunction with Its own', was; 
caKed ore late last week by "War- 
ners. It was stated that WB did not 
wish to dissolve its own booking 
office at this time. 

Although the deal never became 
effective it was signed and com-, 
pleted as to details, with . only the 
matter of the Mastbaum theatre, 
Philadelphia, holding it up. . TWs 
house, in the niidst, of ^ labor, diSr 
piite and dark, .was,, regarded . by 
both parties as the key to. the deal;, 
The Masttaupi, ^ta WB;^ ace l;iouse, ; 
would have played the Loew . shows, 
direct frpm the CapitQl.'New York. 

,. Warners' .total . .vaudeville - time, 
amounting to Jour wcfeksr and ' iri- 
.cludlng another Phllly "full ■ week, 
the E^rle, was rated 'urilmportahi 
by Loew without the 'Mastbauirt. It 
was agrreid by both >sides to 'hold'bljt 

. on the deal ; ui»til >th© Mastbaiim'B 




Loew Theatrea Now 



union dlflflculties were" straightened 
out and the house reopened. The 
Mastbaum trouble was .settled last 
week and Oct. 14 named as the date 
for reopening, but Warners changed 
its mind, and bowed, out pC the Loew 
merger. > 

Warners' booking office will now 
remain as is with Harold. Kemp as 
booking head and Steve-.TrUllng on 
the book. Had the Loew deal gone 
through Kemp , would have been 
transferred to the WB" picture end 
and' Trilling was to move to the 
Loew booking office ias 'WB contact; 

■ "J ■ ■ ■ '* i-i-U 1. ■ 

FORMER RKOITES' REVUE 



G luckaman • Sch wartzwald Prepars 
Show With Allan Foster Staging 



•E; .M;. iGlucksman, former RKO 
theatre operator. In association with 
rienry, Dreyfuss,. .Milton: Schjwartz- 
wald anc| ., Allan' K. . Foster, is proV 
duetrig.i^legit reviie. .. 'titjle is 'Color 
Box.' Schwartzwald, another RKO 
alumni, w,as the clrc'^lfs 'musical 
director. 'He's writing -the score for 
the show,.: ■ ■ ■ • , ■ i ' ■■ ' 

.Revue win include a number of 
production novelties pwrchaiaed by 
Glucksman during a trip to Europ^ 
last'sUmiher. : FoBter will stage the 
production. ■ . i ■' i -■. . 





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fust hookei mih 
complete circuit" 



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;^';r'j4ENIE"'jAC0BS "oc^." 
., . V' :/.;'ttisft'to epngwJuZale..; 
: my • jiersdHal t^ha(ia^ef " . ' 



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Exclusive, Huhl 



Lester Hammlt received a 
letter from it' speak, request- ^ 
ing his patronage of an 'ex- 
clusively select rendezvous.' 

The enclosed membership 
bard was 1*6. '17738.' 



Saranac Lake 

By HAPPY BEN WAY 



Dr. Irving ; Tabershaw, house 
medico at the .N.A^.A. sainitarlum, 
has accepted new duties at the 
Kings County- Hospiialf Brooklyn. 

Among the standard turns who 
RKQ-ed this one nlghter were 
Ernie & Ernie, - ftlardo & Bennett, 

Charles Keating',- Blackface Eddie 
Nelson, and Bobby Earl'a Dance 
Manias. • \: ' 

Loran Newell left the lodge for 
seige of general hospltallng to be 
operated on for a mess of adhesions 
and other little troublesome things. 
Everything okay. '' 

Mr. and-Mrs/ Charley Bordley are 
World Serlesl.ng. Are In the pink 
of condition. . . 

Joseph Vaughey, of Denver',' ex- 
Shubert p.a., finally gets the last 
and real okay. After five years he 
is how back at work. It can be 
done. 

Wlllla.m Lee here on lodge busl- 
neas: r. .L6oharI Cowley has joined 
the pneumo-thorax gang success- 
fully. , ; . Gweh' Vernon left .for the. 
Broad street, wllji strut- her stuff 
minus her .appendix,! . , Jack N^coll 
.back, from a yacash.',. .Louis Reln- 
'^old. iai'coTnf b'acktni^ 100% .',. .Fred 
Biick showing up to 'an 8,0% col - 
apse on, tiie, pneu-thorax thing. . . ; 
James Hicks now an all up patjent 
with limited exercise, has ^one it in 
two iKionths... Stella; Barrett showing 
a great comeback, fattier and mother 
gave her a surprise visit. .. .Cathe- 
rine ■ybg'elle ' back to bed with a 
slight setback, liotliing serious...... J 

Danny Murphy .Agisting, oift a coldi 
meanihg plenty "bf that' feed' thing; 
Danny addedl 60 'pounds in one year 
of ozonlnlg here. . , .Chris ^Hagedorii 
atitlblpatingf tliat , rib' operat.loh, ad-, 
vised'. that_ It ^ ■viriu mean .the real 
bomehack. 7. .George Harinon' wrol^ 
alt aot for" Al iiardo 
riett) . . , ^ Aiid'rey sitoloniy slapping bii 
weight ' and enjiojyiiiiir ' aidded exer-i 
else. v. .Olga ■ Gialer,- 'newcomer, re-l 
ceiVing gbod .i-e'i»oHs.. -.Helen 
'O'Reilly has retlirit^d frbm a' yreek- 
end ih' tJainiada'.aijd knticipat'es ^ 
New York: ' V£(ca'sli. ... . Jam^ Wll-i 

'llams ':'l8 entei^ttilnUi^ . the lif ys, be-; 
twfeeri' cure •■i)erl6dSi .,:,Hajnrsr Bar-i 
r'ett, juggler, ' holding his ' own. . . ► 
Chatrlejr Barrett fitin wheel chaiir-i 
Ing and feelfng great... lEthe^ 
Clouds -motoring after four moiithe! 
in bed:\rk^Fred B{ichmah elated oSrfei^ 
the personal visit of RUth Ettln'g 
..William Canton; hals joined the 
p.neunio-thorax aqiiad . ; , i Frlsc<i ■ De 
.■Vere Joins ,,. the . au'r ; up ■ gang ' ^ith 
plenty of exercl8e>. . . .Bert Ford; 

visited by his two children^ onerde-' 
tonsiJed while here. .:Tommy Vlcks 
all : .up with; limited ■■ exercise y t .Flft 
C^ipiaa trying to regain' lost -weight 
feeling oke...i.Jack Bocksmlth left 
,the ■Vets' hospital, Xupper La.ke» N; 
X..; for, a: two weeks' look over 6£ 
Manhattan lights; is -okay and' ad- 
ticlpates the middle aisle routine 

Teddy Lorraine fighting off hlglt 

tempefatitf^ ajad- othtjk ?UtUe thirig^ 
... .Harry Lauder wlU Saranac jEor al 
,^eefc-enoI,'a.t; the 'Bill VMotri's Camp 
. . .. . Sldney^Cohan.a .new arrival and 
"f??*'.'':."*''?^rvatJ^n,;;^ to tKose 

;|^oti know, to, Spr^n^e .Md elsewher^ 



JENIE ^ O. L. 
JACOBS ^ OZ 

1674 Broadway, New York 
Columbus 5-1930 



CUBS' MAYBE 



B A K Negotiatioha Struck Early 
■ Snaga' 



Chicago, Oct. S. 

Overtures have been made to the 

Chicago Cubs manager, Charley 
Grimm and Lon Warneke, star 
pitcher, to. play either the; Chicago 
or Oriental fOr B&K. • 

Grimm refused to discuss the 
matter wjhen flrst .broached prior to 
the series. After V the ..tirst two 
games went, to the Yahka' jt .was 
understood there was less enthiir 
slaam on B.&K's part and more will-: 
Ingness on the ball pla,yers' side for 
a contract. 

Two years, ago B&K played Hack 
Wilson, kiki Cuyler, Grimm and ' a 
couple of other Cubs at the. Qrl^ntal 
after the season. 



Dempsey First White 
Top for Negro House 

Philadelphia, Oct. 3. 

Jack , Dempsey, former heavy- 
weight cfiaihp, heads the new pror 
gram; at .the. Pearl theatre, as the 
first 'white' headliiier for tlie house 
since : it^ was - started ' as - a'^ Negro 
revue house. / ' 

Dempsey brings. In a company of 
14 in a skit- written by .Wlllard Mack, 
Supporting, him Is a Negro show 
with Peg-Leg Bates, Hardy's Ala- 
bamians. Dyer Jones and other 
Harlemltes. 



Release Reipiests 
ffottimate a Busy 
Heetmg of Agents 

Requests for releases by acts pre- 
dominated among cases and disputes 
handled by -the'. RKO agents' aasb- 
clatlon's arbitration board at the 
Friday (30)' 'meeting. 

A' flock o'^ '®'^*ses were auto- 
matical'ly granted to applicants 
formerly' represented by Morris & 
Oz and.Joe Sullivan, both of which 
agencies are no longer oh the floor. 
Actis .were Sidney Pflige, CoUette 
Lyoas, Johnny Perklh Neal Sis- 
ters.and Johriiiy Tyrell from Morris 
& 6z' Ash and Townes) June and 
Iren^ Meiva, Dayton and Rayney, 
Chase and Labour, Loiilse Moscojil, 
Galtes Brois. and' Beii Marks and Co. 
from Sullivaii^ , ' . ... 

Sully and' I "Thotnas'' request for 
releases from Harry Fitzgerald "was 
voluntarily granted :by the agency. 
A.ppllcatIon by Rlciiy Craig, Jr., for 

, (Cont^njif d on page . 66) 



' ,.(%i«o>el»t«d with 

JEHI| JACOBS 

leU 'ii^roailwar. New York 
' Phoae 'Cblambiis 6-1930 

ExclUatvely BoOkiniB RKO 




General &KecuUve OFftces 



'.i' V.I 



lA 1-'. -' OilNKBAI.' M&MAOBI*' 



MARVIN H. S(»ENCK; 



BOOKIMO MANAOi 




BtJFFAI.O "IDIBS" j 

: '"K.eildall-. Ga't>ps; about aa yiraatlle 
a yoiith aa we've met across-the Bu(-i 
falo . footlights, handles the banjd 
.i\vlth-'Jex)peFtness, -playB-. .the'isak .aha 
stops tht^ «how 'With .^)irloua hooflngj 
then starts a llmDer and rather es-{ 
plorajtive acrobatic dance which 
t.caln, stops the. show.",.,.. . ,• ' 



' ■ .■■CBlO Ado. "POST" ■-' ■•■'■■<C. 

I-APOIIXO-' THEATRE ' ■' ■^■■ ■■'■^ 

' "KendaU/'Ctit'P'i lH' tnoMy respo'nsi- "; 
Tiiie fo'r t'Ae' liveliest, most pdlse quick 
<;h'(ngr*'e'pHtirdlel»' i>t ahoVr. 'Capps Is"' 
•a'lph^>i«<n**h6W;'<'"i'- i^i ■ •- '-l-'j 
■-'i -1 "■\ i'-'^'. •.-'i-r : -. . ')■', 



SWOR IH M 

■ -'P^R^ .Swpr :1a playing a :new vaud^ 
act in the lesser keys through the 
south and southwest. . 

'Turn i^ along minstrel lines with 
ca:st'of 15, Including t>and« and;^play- 
Ing mostly split weeks. 




ilitt.OTBEET THEA'rB'f:' ^ ''VABIBTY"— SHCUIOAN TIIKATBE . 

rr ■•■t.rt«'AiwBKi.*!S ■> •■' ^'i^ : . ■. ,., } ; jaflwwpiT , : . 

'■Startl'nB from scratcK and with a 
csit,d aud(Qiice, tft- was .np> to Kendall' '-i 
Caitps- t6'A'b< t&em''sta:rtea, biit afitd'r'; 



'i.OS'A'NGEI.ES 
• "K'dtldall- da'pps Is ihb SlaSr bt'ihf 
hilt His dancliiB ranks with tAe beat 
this ' town - tias- Witnessed f of "seVerai 
months." 



they atartec^ they wouldn't stop. 
Cnpps h^ 'deVetdj^ a lot of clus." 



PresentaUoos 
WILLIAM MUlUtIS 



REPRESENTATIVES 

ProdooUons BKO 
M. S. BDNTHAM BLONDELL A MACK 



Congratultitione le 







Upon His Affiliation with the JfENIE JACOBS OFFICE 



1674 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 




COLUMdUS ^-1^30 



Tuesday, October 4, 1962 



VAHIIEVIlLE 



VARIETY 



31 



F&M'FWC Qose New 5-Year Contract; 
Idea Producers May Book Anywhere 



Agreement has been reached be- 
tween Fanchon ,& Marco and Fox 
West Coalst on..a new: flvc-year con- 
tract for F-M units in FWC houses, 
it replaces the current unexpired 
contract which _hai3 a year and. a 
half to go. ' 

New contract Is reported having 
lieen worked out a;s a means of ob- 
viating any exclusive hookup be- 
tween F&M and other circuits. BKO 
and Loew's have both been men- 
tioned as Interested In such deals. 

Agreement does not prevent F-M 
from, signing contracts for its units 
with other' circuits where not con- 
flicting with FWC or other Skouras 
operations. F-M contracts now ex- 
ist with Publlx, RKO and Warners, 
as well iis straggling others. Con- 
tract carries the former guarantee 
of a minimum of 15 weeks in FWC 
houses. • . . 

Marco On Coatit 

Los . Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Possibility of Fanchon iand Marco, 
4>r Mike Marco, making any exclu- 
sive booking deal with RKO vtras set 
aside when Fox West, Coast and 
Fanchon & Marco, Inc., got to- 
gether on a new five year contract. 
Deal changes from a minimum 
guarantee of playing time of 15 
weeks to 10 weeks. Financial ar- 
rangements of isalary and booking 
commissions remain as heretofore; 

F-M, under the new arrangement, 
1b privileged to provide shows for 
other circuits wherever F-WC does 
not have stage entertainment. F-M 
Is also to have complete charge of 
stage bookings in any theatres In 
which P-WC has any interest or 
control. Also, the producing firm 
is to have supervision of any in- 
dependent stage entertainment, so 
far as bookings are concerned, in 
all theatres controlled by the circuit. 
Understood . that this also includes 
Orauman's. Chinese here where Sid 
.Orauman has been obtaining his 
stage talent from outside agencies 
And independently. 
: New agreejoient was signed In 
Kew York last week by W. C. 
'SClchel, vice-president of Fox Film 
^!orp.r-und chairman of the F-WC 
j^aiice committee, with Marco re- 
turning, here immediately after- 
'ivards. 

. L. A. State Showless 
' With the elimination of stage 
iri^aws at Loew's State, Los Angeles, 
irblcK goes straight flim Oct. 6, units 
are to be moved the following week 
1^ the United Artists which will 
iiave second choice, first run prod- 
,'pct, running day and date with the 
Pantages, Hollywood. The plan for 
idld ..€rrauman to stage the units In 
pib latter house will probably be 
(jtopped. 

• ; Figured that F-M is adverse to 
taking Its units out of Hollywood, 
And that Grauman feels his prestige 
#t the Chinese would be affected 
arore he to put on stage attrac- 
tions half a mile away at 66 cents, 
t'Hrhere the .Chinese g,e,ts |1.60. It is 
;#l8o questionable, as a result of the 
pew deal, whether Orauman will 
Mage Independent units to play the 
F-WC houses unless the F and M 
^bel is attached to them. 

Grauman expects to sign a new 
«ontract for five years with Charles 
.Bkouras this week whereby he will 
wave charge of operations in . the 
/Chinese and put on all stage at- 
^ctlons there. 



Ministerial Golf 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Russelli of Russell, Marcopl 
and Jerry, found a short cut to 
the Ministry through golf. In 
the F&M unit in virhich the 
three act is now playing the 
script calls for a. minister. 
■ On each closing day, he and 
Marboni play 18 holes to decide 
who' will appear In the cloth 
the following week. So far, 
Russell hasn't missed a per- 
iformance as the pious gentle- 
man. 



Frances Ryan 'n Hubby, 
Contempt Order Awaits 

Frances Ryan, of one of the Ryan 
Sister teams, is searching for her 
husband, Thompson iBurtls, now a 
scenarist on the Coast. She has a 
contempt order to collect $26 week- 
ly alimony under a .divorce In N. Y. 
Burtis Is now In Hollywood where 
he authored 'Madison Sq. Garden' 
for Charles R. Rogers-Paramount. 

Former vaude performer won her 
decree last winter when EJirilly Ross 
Lanning, who was a principal in a 
Broadway show Burtis wrote, was 
named ; co~- respondent.: J, Lewis 
Lindner is Mrs. Burtis' attorney. 



RKO 'AMATEUR' 
REVUE INCL 
18 PROS 



The National Opportunity Revue 
with' which RKO has been fussing 
around for some months and is now 
being readied under the direction 
of Bobby Connolly may open at the 
RKO Trenton Oct, 8, providing 
everything runs okay Up to that 
time. RKO has been having con 
jslderable trouble in preparing this 
show of amateur stage aspirants, the 
trouble being mostly one that con 
cerned top supervision. 

When the amateur "idea was un 
dertaken, besides Bobby Connolly, 
the circuit had Arthur Swanstrom 
and Martin Beck supervising. The 
three didn't Jibe. 

After the Trenton date, the revue 
goes to the Academy of Music, New 
York, then shifts to Boston, etc. It 
may never hit the Palace although 
there are 18 pros In the revue be 
sides the 21 official amateurs. 



fiaH Slouffhs 'Frisco Date 
JDespHe His Pay Cut Okay 

' . Los Angeles, Oct 3. 
Junes Hall refused to open at the 
Iden Gate, San Francisco, al- 
>ugh both he and bis manager, 
Duncan, had given an okay 
the date and salary to Bern Ber 
d, RKO booker. 
Actor had agreed to play the 
for 9300 a cut of about $200 
his previous salary. No rea 
woa given for the walkout, Les 
'In peplaced blBi. 





Turner BaiJcmpt 

Pressure of debts accrued par- 
Qcidarly from his mangement of the 
yHhbs (Stemese) Twins and impor- 
tation 9f the Ubangi saucer-lipped 
. troupe has Induced Terry Turner, 
»ow: with the RKO press depart- 
Bient to flle a voluntary petition In 
t>aakruptcy. 

Turner taWed hit llaUttUefl ai 
$18,268 and eav« Ms assets tm noaie. 



LOEW BALtO. SETS OCT. 
NAMES; JESSEL-NORMA 



Baltimore, Oct. 3, 
Loew's Century has set Its vaude 
bill for the rest of the month, and 
present llne-up of headllners will 
bring in Ted Healy Friday ( "7), Jack 
Denny orchestra to follow, then 
Dorothy Jordan from pictures, and 
George Jessel and Norma Talmadge 
last. 

Jessel-Talmadge combo comes in 
under a deal on salary which gives 
the pair this town and Washington 
consecutively, besides further time 
on the Loew circuit. 



SH.V€R MASKED PEEVE 



Firat Tanor Objects to . Subsequent 
Use of Billing 



Loew Mares Baltimw^ Hipp 
Opiwsition; First Move in 15 Yrs. 



Cathleen Healy WIbs 
Prolonged Contract 
Suit Against Conley 

Following the reversal of a pre- 
vious decision declaring that seven 
day week clauses nullified contracts 
containing them, a jury in New 
York Supreme Court. Tuesday .(27) 
awarded Cathleen Ann Healy $3,000 
in her breach of contract suit 
against Harrj^ J. Conley. Action 
was oyer a contract slgnied In Au- 
gust, 1927, and had been pending 
in this courts for four years. 

First decision, rendered in 1928 
in City Court, denied Miss Healy 
the right to sui^ for damages on the 
contention that a contract calling 
for work' on Sunday Is not enforce- 
able. As all standard forms of va- 
riety contracts call for seven day 
weeks, ex:ceptlng where Sunday 
performances are Illegal, the City 
Court decision would have had wide 
effect had it been upheld. 

In reversing the City Court opin- 
ion, the! Supreme Court Appellate 
Term stated; 'The contract, reason- 
ably construed, does not disclose 
that the parties intended to violate 
the laws of this State in carrying 
out its terms, for whether or not 
the plaintiff is required to take part 
In theatrical performances on Sun- 
days Is to be governed by the policy 
of the theatre In which said com- 
pany Is booked to play. . Since the 
contract leaves the place of per- 
formance Indefinite, it may at least 
be established on the trial that the 
contract was to be performed at 
lea.st partly without the state, and 
that the parties Intended that the 
plalhlfC would be required to per- 
form on Sundays oiily in those 
places where such performances are 
not prohibited by law.' 

On. , that . opinion, . the Appellate' 
Term ordered , the new trial which 
resulted In last week's decision In 
Miss Healy's favor. 

Miss Healy's contract with Conley 
to appear in his act guaranteed 30 
weeks at $100 per week, she claimed. 
Suit was on a , basis of 30 weeks, 
however, since the limit of damages; 
allowable on that form of salary- 
premise is $3,000. The verdict gives 
Miss Healy the full amount. 

Wiiig & Wing were attorneys for 
Miss Healy. Jules Kendler repre- 
sented Conley; 



Quickie 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Making Its : debut at . ;^be 
Orange Grove last Wednes- 
day night, 'Black Cotton,' col- 
ored . musical, opened at the 
state labor 'commission' the 
following morning, when Ru- 
dolph Schradei-, arranger, filed 
a comjilalnt for wages diie. 

Says Jack Lester, who 
staged the show, hasn't paid 
him $B0 for two ■ song or- 
chestrations. 

—From 'Variety's' Holly- 
wood Bulletin, 

\ 



m MAY STAY 
STAGELESS 
ALLYR. 



Pittsburgh,. Oct. 3. 
Inability of niuslclans and the- 
atres to come to terms may make 
Pittsburgh stagel^ss all year, first 
time condition has ever exlst>?d 
around here during the winter. 

Couple of meetings so far have 
brought no results and four-month 
straight" picture policy threatens to 
continue Indefinitely. 

Musicians are agreeable to cei*- 
tain concessions but' still demand 
25 men, while theatres insist on a 
crew of 18. 



Loew has declared the Indle 
Hippodrome In Baltimore which has 
been playing high priced vaudeville 
as opposition to Loew's Century 
there. All franchised Loew agents 
have been ordered by that booking 
office to discontinue selling niaterlal 
to the Hipp's booker, Eddie Sher- 
man, and to notify their • respective 
acts that a date at the Hipp may 
preclude chances for any bookings \ 
on the ' Loew time. 

Not since the .days of Keeney's 
Bedford In Brooklyn,' almost 16 
years ago, has the Loew office re- 
sorted to this means to combat 
competition. Usually It was the 
other way around, with Loew on 
the receiving end and Keith's hoi- ' 
lerlng about the Opposlsh. This 
tinie the order is said to have come 
from the Loew theatre department. 

The two shows at the Hlpii since 
the order went Into effect have 
comprised actis usually represented ' 
by Loew agents, but booked by 
other reps in this; Instance. .It cost 
the Loew agents commission' that 
otherwise would have'gone to .them 
and without keeping the. acts' out 
of the Hipp. 



Joseph White, Victor radio artist 
and the original Silver-Masked 
Tenor, takes exception to a cur- 
rently touring vaude combo known 
as the Goodrich Silvertown Cord 
Orchestra which also features a 
S-M tenor. Band is now headed by 
Sam Rosen, who was formerly em- 
ployed by the late Joseph Knecht, 
the original maestro for Goodrich's 
radio orchestra. White and Knecht 
were thus associated, White having 
submerged his Identity and built 
up the S-M tenor billing. 
. S'nger has threatened to sue for 
a restraining writ. Rosen's pres- 
ent Silvertown Cord orchestra, 
while having the exploitive backing 
of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., 
Is not otherwise subsidized as was 
the case V7hen Knecht arid White 
were In the Goodrich firm's employ. 

White claims that the S-M Tenor 
billing is not the property of Good- 
rich having been given him in 1922 
by Phillips Carlln, the NBC radio 
announcer. 



Ted Claire's Pufls 

Ted Claire, m.c, who used to be 
a champ amat«ur boxer and who 
later did some professional prelim 
slugging, is going into the boxing 
biz seriously. 

Claire has talten Pal Silvers and 
ti^ brothcs, DaAt« SUvera, under bis 
wing, tn between ma*}ns. 



Four Additional Spots 
For L. A.-Booked Vaude 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3^. 

Coast-booked vaiide goes Into fpur 
additional Southern California F- 
WC houses this week-end. River- 
side and Pomona get Ave acts each 
for a Friday- Saturday run; San 
Bernardino will play the same size 
show on Saturdays, and the Illppd- 
dromci Taft, Calif., taltes fout- acts 
on Saturdays. 

Shows are being booked by Sid- 
ney Schallman, junior vaude booker 
for the circuit. 



ntENE BICE'S LOEW DATES 

Irene Rich, Just in from the 
Coast, goes with Loew for 10 weeks 
in pl<iture and vaude houses open- 
ing either at the iParadlse, Bronx, 
or Valencle, Jamaica,. L. I., Oct. 14. 

Lyons & Lyons arranged the time 
for Miss Rich. 



DIZZIE 'GRACIE' AUEN 
UKES COAST, 'CAU% 

Many actresses might be sur- 
prised by the pranks of Hollywood. 
But not 'Grade' Allen, the lady 
who's dizzy, who's glad to be dizzy 
because audiences like her to be 
dizzy. , 

Miss (Allen's stage character has 
been suri-ounded by delltate Insanity 
for years. She was one against a 
logical, literate world. Suddenly she 
took that character to Hollywood 
for the 'Big Broadcast.' 

She wasn't at all taken back by 
the party J. P. Medbury . threw In 
honor of Burns and Allen. Though 
ihe party took place in. Juhe, the 
lady who likes iamb chops was not 
surprised to find a large Christmas 
tree in the living roonj. Npr was 
she offended by a Santd Claus wlib 
sulked and grew so mad at the 
guests that he- refused to talk to 
anyone, a butler who sat down to 
dinner, or Zeppo Marx arriving with 
his 70-year-old son, or because a 
secret microphone in one of the bed- 
rooms relayed stray wisps iof gossip 
through a loud-speaker downstairs 
in the house. j . 

Out of character, Miss i Allen Is 
enthusiastic about Hollywood and 
picture making. Co-workers on the 
lot were entirely fahilllatvwith her 
iaddle-pated style. That's one of the 
advantages, she thinks, of, breaking 
Into Mm6 with a characterization 
that has been efitabllshedj In other 
fields. 

'Grade,' meanwhile, thinks it was 
perfectly lovely to receive - two 
weeks' salary while she waited for 
her script to be prepared, and to 
work for auch long hours on the lot 
that shCOuldn't get away to attend 
the openfng of 'Strange Interlude.' 
She oould have hugged the director 
when he told her that. 



SELAYira HON£TM0<»r 

Lou Gaiit, of Rome and Gaut, se- 
cretly married for some time to Vir- 
ginia Sowers, sailed with his wife 
for Europe, Saturday (1). More or 
lees of a belated honeymoon. They 
may play vaude while abroad. 

Mrs. Gaut was the "Miss Fre»no' 
rejected by Fanchon & Marco. 



Mrs. Leonidoff Sues 

Chicago, Oct. 3, 
Leon LeonldofC's involved marital 
affairs ca,me to a head with his wife, 
the former Fannie Todd Mitchell, 
playwright, filed action in Reno, 
Leonidoff is now staging units for 
Balaban . & Katz here. 

Recently Leonidoff made a trip to 
Canada, of which country he ia a 
citizen, for the purpoHe of avoiding 
.service under alien loRial teohnlcall 
tics. He had conslder-'iblc <lifflculty 
getting back into the country. . 



Kate Smith Panks 
'Em Out Front; Bnddy 
Backstage m Bak^^^^ 



Baltimore, Oct. 
Kate Smith .and Buddy Ro^R% 
are sending the b. o. records of two 
local theatres kicking sky-high ourii. 
rently. 

Miss Smith,, heading the bill <i<t 
the vaudfllm Hippodrome for eight 
days, is headed for $19,000, as op- 
posed to a previous record gross of 
$16,000. Rogers at Loetv's Cesil'tury 
is heading for the same $19,000 
figure. 

Police were necessary to handle 
the crowds, several being assigned 
to the Century back-stage to pro- 
tect Rogers from the flaps. 



CROSBY'S 1-NITERS AT 
25^ OF PUBUX MONEY 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Blng Crosby went out over the 
week end, cutting his old price when 
booked on Friday (30) by Sid 
Schallman of Fanchon & Marco 
vaude department. He played the 
Fox house in Glendale, also Pasa- 
dena, two shows each Saturday 
night, g:etting $176 for the day. 
Same flgiire for Sunday, playing two 
shows each at the Fox house. River- 
side, and Fox, San Bernardino, oh 
Monday nlsrht. He's booked to do 
two shows at Pomona for some 
figure. 

Crosby got $4,600 for the week at 
Paramount, Los Angeles, where he 
closed Thursday night (t29). 



( 



Olive Olsen in Divorce 
Suit Denies Prof. Angles 

Chicago, Oct. 3. 

Olive Olsen has tiled divorce here 
against .her husband and former 
partner Lew Oliver, through attorney 
Benjamin H. Ehrlich. Legal names 
are .Margaret Whitfield Leoindar. 
and Lew Leonidar. 

Besides charging desertion, Miss 
Olsen makes a point in her bill to 
deny that her husband had ever 
done anything to advance her ca- 
reer. She claims he has been taking 
bows for her advancement In receht 
seasons and the actress speclfic^ilj^ 
denies that he was ever, her mana- 
ger or adviser. 

They were married Aug. 29, 1922, 
and separated Dec. 15, 1930. , 



Dempsey Again 

Putnam, Conn., Oct. 3. 

Jack Dempsey Is visiting Willard 
Mack at th6 latter's home here. 
Ho is accompanied by Clark Mar- 
shall of New York and George 
Morrel of Los Angeles. 

They are rehearsing vaude sketch 
called 'The Roadside . Razz,' written 
by Mack. Dempsey previously 
played in this act^ but Mack has 
revised it. ' , 



S2 



VARIETY 



VAUDEVILLE 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



RKOReope^jig 
Houses, but None 
Slated for Vaude 



With nearly a dozen spots on tap 
for reopening since the first week 
of September, by KKO, so far none 
Is for vaudo, nor Intended to be. Six 
or seven so far reopened In this 
period have all been pollcied for 
straight ftlms. Included fii the group 
are the Paramount, Ft. Wayne and 
the State. Dayton, which reopened 
Sunday (2). 

The Ft, Wayne spot is on a twice- 
weekly change policy. A week later 
(9), the Orpheum, Champaign, re- 
opens, also straight film policy. The' 
Hippodrome, Cleveland, reopens. Oct. 
8, on a 35c grind. 

Houses reopened since Sept. 9, 
Include the Strand, Syracuse; 
Grand, Albany, and : Majestic, 
Springfield. The only spot that 
might have gone vaude is the Or- 
pheum. Frisco, but reopening has 
been delayed owing to tiff with mu- 
sicians. 

Although RKO had intended giv- 
Ine up the lease on the Majestic, 
Columbus, indications are that the 
company will renew. Lease expires 
Dec. ai. 



MASTBAUM, PHILLr. TO 
REOPEN WITH BIG ACTS 



Philadelphia, Oct. 3. 
The MastWum will reopen Oct. 
14, according to William M. Gold- 
man, local head of Stanley- Warner. 
Al Kay, general production manager. 
Is rounding up the first show with 
Harry RIchman and Benny Davis 
already secured. Picture will be, 
In all proljabillty, 'Blondle of the 
Follies' and Milton Charles, singing 
organist, will again be a, featured 
attraction. Not long ago, Charles 
was mentioned for the Boyd. 

The Mastbaum has been closed 
since June 30 and this early clos- 
ing marked the first time in the 
theatre's three year career that it 
had been forced to take summeir 
time-out. 



VAUDE BETUBN FROM AIR 

katherlrie Parsons, WOR staff 
artist for several years, opens Oct. 
18 at the Bay Bldee, Brooklyn, for a 
series of Xoew dates.. 

Miss • Parsons was a single in 
vaudeville before going radiOi 



Brittbn Band Now Unit 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Four acts were added last week 
to the Frank and MlIi Britton band 
In St. Louis by Fanchon & Marco 
so that the combo might be bol- 
stered to unit size. 

They are Loretta I>enl6on, flite, 
Kenny and Casey, Ghic Kennedy 
anil Beatrlc' ^Howell. 



Frenndlioh's BKO Return 

Danny Freundllch, one of the as- 
sistant bookers let out by "RKO re- 
cently, la back in the booking of- 
fice as Bill HToward's assistant. 

Howiard's added '. duties, through 
which he has charge of all western 
booldhgs, with George Godfrey's 
supervision no longer extending be- 
yond the east, made the staff addi- 
tion necessary. 



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ClIFFORD WAmE FAMILY 

AMERICA'S FOREMOST INDIAN NOVELTY 

THIS WEEK (OCT. 1), STATE LAKE, CHICAGO 
Direction: Bn,l,T JtCKSON AGENCY 



Indie House's Deal 
For MuskiaBS May 
Reme Newark Stages 



Newark, tJot. 3. 

Independent vaudeyllle at Shu- 
bert's Newark was opened <on ia 
combo pplcy yesterday (Sunday) by 
Jack Allen and lieo Jqskowitz. 
They are said to have made a deal 
with the musicians' union, respon- 
sible for a stafreless Newark, which 
may give the chains an opening on 
a get-together for stogre stuff. How- 
ever, other local managers are re- 
ported not looking too favorably on 
the effort at this time. , 

According to Allen, they signed 
with the musicians for eight men 
on two shows daily and six to play 
the supper show. ITnlon previously 
had demanded 10 and eight men, re- 
spectively. 

Allen, indie vaude booker, and 
Juskowitz, once associated with 
Walter Reade, are said to have the 
Shubert on a percentage arrange- 
ment with Shuberts and the pres- 
ent lessor, Morris Scbleslnger. They 
will operate the houae^ booking their 
own vaude„ eight-act bills on a split, 
as well as pictures. Initial fllm is 
an independent. 



Reade Takes N. Y. 
Hipp and Win Not 
Use a FOm Policy 



Walter Reade assumed posses- 
sion of the l^lppodrome. New. Tork, 
yesterday (Monday>, under a three 
year lease which, as when RKO 
was in the house, carries for Reade 
a 90 day cancellation clause. Lease 
was arranged with the City Farmers 
lioan & Trust Co., to wUch Fred 
F. French^ owners of the Hipp prop- 
erty, have assigned rents in lieu of 
mortgage obligations. 

While Reade has nat as yet 
worked out details for opening of 
house, he is plalnnlng a policy of 
stage shows which, he believes, will 
represent an Innovation. Refusing 
to tip any further for fear someone 
else may beat him to his idea, 
Reade states, however,, that he will 
not use any film at the theatre. 

A ballroom ; plan, reported unof- 
flcialy, is denied' by Reade as havr 
Ing anything to da with his inten- 
tions for the Hipp, He had a 
Broadway ballroom idea In mind 
for the Loew's New York Roof and 
offered Paramount Publix $50,000 
a year rent but was turned down. 

Belief Is . that rally Markus will 
have a hand in booking, of talent for 
Reade under whatever policy he 
plans. 

Arrangements are now being com- 
pleted with RKO on ' take over of 
equipment In the Hipp. Only about 
100 seats were removed from the 
house. 



Pablix-N. E. Sector 
Coofereflce on Vaade 



Goldstein Bros., Publix partners 
In. N^w England, may go In exten- 
sively for stage shows this season 
for the first time since Joining that 
circuit threei years ago. 

Conferences are scheduled In New 
York on the vaude question. Gold- 
stein group consists of around 20 
house.*), mostly In Massachusetts, 



Labor Settkment Pats 
F & M Back in Detroit 
Seattle StiD Sans Unhs 



Hollywood, Oct. S. 
Fanchon & Marco units went 
back into the Fox, I>etroit, Oct. 1, 
after being out two months through 
labor difficulties, and returned alspi 
to the RKO Palace, Akron, O., Sept. 
30. Latter stand Is spotted, between. 
Cincinnati and Cleveland. 

Units are definitely out of the 
Fifth Ave., Seattle, because of dif- 
ficulties with the piuslcians, and 
there seems little likelihood of an 
agreement being reaehed, at least 
for several weeks. With the stage 
band policy dropped at the Fox, 
Seattle, because of trouble with 
musicians, the northwest metrop- 
olis is sans stage fare at the pres- 
ent. . / 

Denver is still ob a straight 
sound basis, a condition which 
Jumps the F. & M .units from Van- 
couver, B. C., to Kansaia City. They 
go to the Canadian city from, Port- 
land. 

Attempts of the F. & M. booking 
department to spot the shows in 
Cheyenne, Topeka, Wichita, Butte 
or Spokane, to break the jump, 
failed, union troubles, either stage 
hands or musicians, being respon- 
sible. 



Move to Revive 
Family Dept. by 
RKOIsaBiist 



RKO's attempt to revive the Fam«. 
lly Dept. .by selling Its vaudevlll0 
to independent theatres has failedi^ 
The three flcouts, Fred DeBondy, 
Bmle Forrest and Ray Hodgdon» 
out oh the road for a month, weird 
called in yesterday (Monday) after' 
falling to bring in a single theatre^ 
DeBondy and Forrest have been 
let out. Hodgdon remains and re- 
turns to his former capacity of 
business manager of the booking 
office; 

Indie theatre operators canvassed 
by the RKO scouts were not as 
vaude-mlnded as bad been believed. 
Those that are losing money or 
breaking even with straight pic- 
tures fear the added operating 
costs of a vaudflim policy. 

DeBondy and Forrest probably 
will return to the agency business. 
Both are former RKO franchise 
holders. 



. Billy Jackaon'a Neuritis 
Billy Jackson. RKO agent.. Is at 
the Beth Israel hosplta,!. New York, 
undergoing' treatment for neuritis. 
He'll be out In about two weeks. 



O. L. OZ 

Anoelated with 

JBMIE JACOBS 

ml Braadwar* New York 
Phone Cotnmbm S-19S0 

ExcluMvely Booking RKO 



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NOW WITH 



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THIS WEEK— PALACE, CHICAGO 

WEEK OCT. 8, ALBEE-PALACE, CINCINNATI 



Three Little Maide 

THIS WEEK (OCT. 1), STATE LAKE, CHICAGO 

Direction— OUT PERKINS 
BROADCASTING DAILY FROM STATION WLS, CHICAGO 



Tango Band Sues Junior 
Orpheum for $550 Date 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Municipal court suit has been filed 
here by .Carlois MoUno, tango or- 
chestra leader, against the Junior 
Orpheum Co., and the RKO Western 
Vaudeville Exchange, for $550, al- 
leging breach of contract. 

Through Brand, Zagon & Aaron, 
his attorneys, Molino complained 
that, he and his band were con- 
tracted to play at the Orpheum here 
the week of : Septr 22, but were not 
used. 



MASTER EUGENE 

THE MTSIOAI. GEMIUS OF THK AOB 
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THIS WEEK— STATE LAKE, CHICAGO 



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Tueeday, October 4, 1932 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 33 



ROXY, N. Y. 



New York, Sept. 30. 



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There's enough box office 
vjhandu the Magician* (Fox), if ^ 
much entertainment, to give the 
Koxv a profit thlB yree\i. It won't 
draw a big. week for the house but 
will take It paat the comparatively 
low I'i^.ttOO overhead effected on its 
recent reopenings. . 

'Chandu' la probably the moat in- 
consistent picture material to reach 
the screen of late, but it comblneg 
elements that will snare the women 
fthd kids. As a canned series on 
the air, Chandu's adventures 
aroused enough interest, particular- 
ly among the ladies; and youth, to 
reflect benefit at the box office. 

As an idea in oftaetting the slump 
of Kosh a Shono (Jewish New 
Tear), which started at sundown 
Friday, house offers a tastefully 
staged stage number around the 
. Jewish prayer, 'Kol Nidre.* It has 
been customary to observe this and 
other occoslons oh the Roxy and 
other stages in New Yorlc. 
' ■William Robyn is billed in that 
manner instead of as Weis -Willie, at 
•the head of the number; He is as- 
sisted by a singing ensemble in .in- 
tonation of the famous chant, with 
dfopi scr'immed to reveal women in 
supplication as a background. 

House has made. lio effort to In- 
vest the presentation interlude with 
auy great production splurge, keep- 
ing it down to that simplicity with- 
out which it would not carry the 
effect intended. ' 

The main presentation salmagundi 
comes later, with Frank Cambria's 
long Publix training as a producer 
to be - noted in the way. he has 
thrown together his show. There is 
something about' the atmosphere of 
Publix unit staging that ' doesn't 
seem to be breathed into the stage 
shows of other picture houses. 

Cambria's 'Box of Tricks' has 
something of that appearance, but 
It's far from the best ishow the vet- 
eran Cambria has assembled. The 
producer's hand is evident in a part- 
ly successful attempt to weave a 
ehow around his talent that Ayoiild 
be (Stronger than the talent itself. 

Slietchinesa of the 'Bag o! Tricks' 
revue is also probably due to the 
obviousness of efforts by the Roxy 
management to try to obtain the 
same effect of grandeur the stage 
once reflected without the co.st being 
half of what it was. 

Current week's outlay on talent 
could not have run very high, yet 
there are two singles, Al Norman 
and Eleanor Powell, who provide 
the highlights. 

Norman gets the best spotting, 
through working in 'one' without 
anyone around, while Miss Powell 
does her nimble tap dance routine 
in the midst of the final production 
number, where her woi'R Isn't in as 
bold a relief as it would be in 'one' 
or with different background. 

An added, drawback for Miss 
Powell is the slowness that has de- 
scended on the fullstage number by 
the time she comes on to her spe- 
cialty. Ahead of her is a long and 
rather cumbersome routine by the 
Roxyettes, who top the song duet 
introductory by Joseph Griffin and 
Edith Scott. 

Roxyettes make their entrance 
from right stage back down a stair- 
case arrangement which is backed 
by a simple set piece and sky effect 
for a stageful of soft blue, which in 
Itself suggests the dreamy to some 
extent. Duet has Introduced the 
number in that tempo, and the Veloz 
and Yolando waltz on the finish 
completes, but in between is Miss 
Powell's tap dance. 

Plus that, hers is a costume that 
hardly fits in with the siirroudinga. 
Not only is she a little out of metier, 
but so is Serge Flash with his jug- 
gling. Flash must have felt half 
lost the way he continually muffed 
on his tricks. 

The final stanza of the presenta- 
tion could do without both these 
interludes. Ther's no reason why 
they couldn't be spotted ahead some 
place, with lots of room around. 

Norman does two very clever bits 
aside from the soft shoe . breaking. 
First is his impression of ivow some 
people sleep. He uses a bed for this, 
linking up his demonstration for 
laughs but selling it more on the 
strength of novelty. The closer bit 
of a : straphanger on the subway is 
even more novel and just as clever- 
The soft shoe dance isn't so much, 
• but It bears close resemblance to a 
dance routine Joe Frisco has done 
for years and calls his own. 

Veloz and Yolando appear early 
as well as late. On the opening they 
are purposely saving their best in 
ballroom technique for the finale 
yvhen they do a waltz of silken 
smoothness. It has one odd note, 
however, the sudden rapid whirling 
^vhen the music is still sticking to 
.waltz time. "When thiat occurred, a 
bidy in the balcony Friday night 
thought out loud with 'Hot dog!' 

Edith Scott • and Paul Kirkland 
are teamed as the second offering on 
show, former singing an Intro from 
a window to give kirkland as Romeo 
a cliance to get upoii his ladder. 
Neither makes much of a showing, 
the main reason for Kirkland being 
that his routine is half lost In the 
^■aat space of the Roxy. How dif- 
ferent vaude must seem to him, even 
'he Hippodrome, which he has 
I'lnyed to right respon.se. . 

That Rifted line o' foot llfter.s, the 
Roxyette.s, do their first routine on 



top of what's represented as the 
keyboard of a huge piano. It's a set 
similar to one used here on a pre- 
vious occasion. How effective it 
would have been if the raised stage 
portion representing the keyboard 
could have been covered with some- 
thing bearing the paint or markings 
of . the white and black keys of a 
piano, making it appear the dancers 
were playing the instrument. And 
then the pit could have been plenty 
forte on the pianos, which it wasn't. 

Business off Friday night, which 
was no gauge for the week. In vIeW 
of the religious holiday. Char. 



CAPITOL, N. Y. 

New York, Sept. 30. 

The Cap's in for a blah gross this 
week. ; Laurel and Hardy's full- 
length 'Pack Up Your Troubles' is 
weak sldpstlckery and the stage 
show is ditto. 

The presentation, while . holding 
such standard names as Duke El- 
lington's orchestra, James Barton 
(who split the headline), Benny 
Rubin, who m.c.'s; Mills, Kirk and 
Martin, the Lucky Boya and Frances 
■Williams, is just so-so stage stuff. 
This despite that each acquits him- 
self ' or herself creditably in solo, 
but the composite, is a ragged suci 
cessi on of variety interludes. 

Rubin was rushed in from the 
Coast, and shows it by his material. 
He's staying a second week and will 
probably have newer material. Cur- 
rent' witticisms are strictly one-to- 
fllli The unpreparedness and haste 
were necessitated by 'Grand Hotel' 
staying only two weeks (actually 15 
days) and not the anticipated three,'. 
This show, inausruratcs. a Friday 
opening for. the Cap instead of 
Thursday. 

Barton works hard and gives gen- 
eroiisly, too generously In truth. 
That goes for the rest of the .show. 
All seemed to do everything, includ- 
ing their routine encore stuff; 

The Ellingtons were the climax 
and: easily topped everything with 
their sweet jazz — that 'Black and 
Tan Fantasy' has now been orches- 
trated Into a classic — and the cl-azy 
legmania of 'Worthy and Thompson 
and Ivy Anderson's hotcha song- 
plogy. Miss Anderson,, announced 
as the inspiration of the currently 
popular sizzling tune, 'It Don't Mean 
a . Thing,' written by Ellington, 
batoned it and registered with her 
eccentric antics. Abel. 



FOX, BROOKLYN 

-. Brooklyn, Sept. 30. 
Chester Fredericks and Annette 
Ames head the F-M 'Girl Trouble' 
revue current. Fredericks is a light 
comedian, suggesting Bert Wheeler 
in his style, but not a tower of 
strength. 

Opening is a modernistic soda bar 
with the ensemble at the counter 
yodeling. They come down for a 
dance, broken by a hot eccentric 
number by an unbilled .girl. Nice 
personality and nimble feet, but 
nothing new in steps. Another un- 
programed member does a violin 
solo In Chineae makeup, though the 
nationality is in doubt. Fair tech- 
nique running from classics to pops. 
Nothlhg strong, but got hand on do- 
ing hock steps while still fiddling. 
That broke the ice- 

Callfornia Redheads break in with 
rather heavy-footed stomp dancing, 
using the soda bar for a dance plat- 
form. Apparently hampered by the 
limited space, for the turn looks 
cramped and awkward. Julia Cur- 
tis, apparently a midget, does kid 
stuff, with her feet on the long 
end of the score. 

Fredericks makes his first en- 
trance, and the action goes into one 
for his specialty. His talk is Inane 
and not well gotten over, biit things 
brighten when Miss Ames comes on. 
■Working with Fredericks and Ar- 
thur Angel, apparently carried for 
m.c, the two men pantomime 
warbling, Fredericks in what seems 
to be a high falsetto* with the 
blowoff that it is Miss Ames' ven- 
triloquial stunt. Not new, so it did 
not get much out of the surprise, 
but off to good returns, though not 
enthusiastic. 

Back tp the full stage for a moun- 
tain set with the girls In camp. Red- 
heads open with a song back- 
grounded by the girls in athletic 
suits. Followed by the De Long 
sisters, three girls who do an able 
acrobatic routine- building up to a 
three-high; unusual with all wom- 
en, this did not -.get the hand it 
deserved, the applause going for 
showier aero stuff. ; Long talk- se- 
quence with the three RedheadR 
ta,king turns feeding Fredericks in 
some loose dialog, and for a finish 
an overland stage with four ponie.«, 
worked On a treadrnlU with a second 
tread in front to bring on a mounted 
Indian. Koisy^ effective finale, to 
an average good show. 

Sam Jack KaufCman not as happy 
as usual in his selections, but with 
Barre Hill building up his follow- 
ing in two numbers, 'Shantytowh' 
and 'Auf Wicdersehen.' llOsa Rio 
got them singing once or twice, but 
not for full effect. 

Film section includes 'Crooked 
Circle (World "U'ide). Fox New.<?. 
^lickey Moiise and Magic Carpet. 
Entire ^hdw runs aboiit two luiur.« 
and a half. Revue runs, about 4[> 
minutes. ' Chic. 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y. 

New York, Sept. 30. 
Around two hours arid a- half of 
show again this week Including a 
weak stage finale which left every- 
thing hanging in the air. Probably 
straightened out before the close of 
opening day, but there was a dull 
thud while it lasted. 

Belie Baker and Borrah Mlne- 
vitch on top of the current stage 
talent and each spilling over 20 
minutes. Three . songs for Miss 
Baker and an encore long delayed 
by hier relating of five or six stories, 
all Jewish. Besides a chorus In 
Yiddish for 'My Mom,' it put the 
vet songstress 'way overboard on 
the Hebraic end despite the holi- 
days. 

Conceding that Miss Baker should 
be given the libei'ty of doing anyr 
thing she aees fit In having to fol- 
low the Mlnevltch dynamic hood- 
lums (and they were highly explo- 
sive here Friday afternoon), the vet 
s6ngstresa is taking a long cliance 
on' her audience's indulgence in but 
telling a- couple of yarns and let- 
ting it go at tha:t. She still has her 
flair for making a song interesting 
while her voice is as full -and mel- 
low as ever. 'Atlaa' la still with 
her but otherwiae. the' tunes are all 
pops with a throwback to the old 
days in the singer's penchant for 
chanting a ballad at her pit leader 
for a mild comedy, touch. Substi- 
tute a bandana handerchief for the 
stage mike they now use and It 
could just as well be the Alhambra. 

Minevitch cleaned. And to the 
extent of drawing whistling acclaim 
from the top ishelf, seldom If ever 
known in this house. There's a 
reason. MIrievltch, despite the years 
he has been doing this act, has 
never let down. That is to say that 
you can catch hia harmonica gang 
every couple of months and find 
something new in the turn. Basic 
ally it's always the same, of course, 
becauae it speaks all languages. But 
there are new. bits or maririerlsma. 
They keep cropping up a,nd they're 
all funny. It's a cinch that he's 
doing a better act now than after 
the turn was six months old. The 
'Rhapaody' ia gone aa advantage- 
ously la the atralght playing of any 
heavy orchestration. The lada cut 
themselves a. slice of 'March of the 
Toys,' but Minevitch clowns it up 
so there's no let down at that or 
any other point. He Is also moving 
a portable mike near each of his 
blowers to give the house an Idea 
of what goes on individually. Novel 
and good. ' 

The gang now only numbers an 
even dozen, including Minevitch, 
and after doing 21 minutes the 
house was still loath to let them go. 
When an act can stand up as long 
as this one has, despite repeating 
over the same tirail so many times. 
It spiells both showmanship and 
merit. In these days of stuttering 
vaude presentation attempts Mine- 
vitch remains a revelation. The 
circuits should get together and 
donate him not only a long service 
but also apply for a Carnegie 
medal. 

• Beyond the two name a<its the 
layout remains about as usual with 
Rublnoff gesticulating the orchestra 
through a Victor Herbert medley, 
the Crawfordfl at the organ and 
Donald Novis, Three Rio Brothers, 
Annette Ames and the Merriel Ab 
bott Girls filling out the stage com 
plement. 'Phantom President' 
(Par) on the screen and business 
good. 




EMBASSY 

Currerit program is one of the 
most complete in hews coveraj'P yet 
shown at the •Embassy'. Fox-:Il"*«»vt 
went Out during the past week and 
ripped holes into the opposition, 
Translux, as even occasional visi- 
tors to both theatres could observe. 

Where it»athe featured as an ex- 
clusive at the Luxer the Hutchin- 
son flying fahnily , rescue, Embassy 
relegated, this subject to a minor 
billing and yet made a better news 
jbb. Pathe, with its own camera- 
m'en on- the Hutchinson, cruise, got 
an exclusive alibi fi-om Hutchinson 
for bringing his family . along, but 
failed to get the color of the rescue 
ship and ci'ew Which .were played 
up by the Embassy editors. 

The programs of the two theatres 
cannot, be compared this week be- 
cause Embassy, generally, is so far 
ahead. . 

Luxer certainl.v was caught nap- 
ping, even failing to get Hoover 
laying, the corner istorie for a new 
postofflce building. Whei'e it was 
satisfied with the Rogers Los An- 
geles coverage of .Roosevelt, F-H 
had the Democratic nominee making 
addresses in Portland and Frisco 
as well. 

Even in sports the Embassy 
copped by a wid.e margin. Where 
it showed Important plays In the 
Southern - Cal.— Utah and Colum- 
bia— Middlebury football contests, 
Luxer passed up pigskin's opening 
entlreljr. 

An out and. out. scoop for the Em- 
bassy was its views- of Walker in 
Naples. Fja,'ns, especially along the 
stem; haVe ihissed the ex-: Mayor and 
this was the first record to reach 
the newsreel screens. . 

In the 5ame film scoop, class was 
F-H's slant on the bombed Sacco- 
Vahzettl judge's- i-esidence- Jn. .Won- 
cester, Mass. Ah equally . timely 
scoop, was the clip on the train 
Wreck of French Foreign Legion- 
naires and the funeral services. 

Amelia Earhart on politics, John 
W. Davis' explanation of the citi- 
zens' budget commlssibn; and Lloyd 
George's attack on the results of the 
Ottawa conference were among .oth- 
er important F-H actual news be^ts 
over the opposition. ' 

Other Embassy cllpa included: 



MICHIGAN 

Detroit, Oct. 1. 

Back again to local productions 
with line, but n.s.g. Sufllering as 
so many of the recent local produc 
tions have from too much produc- 
tion and not enough talent, this one 
also contends with an unfortunate 
choice of acts. With three acts 
used two are straight dancing. SJd 
Marion and Marie Duval . are the 
supposed headliners. While a nice 
standard comedy two-act, this one 
falls far short of headline calibre. 

Entire show suffers from the 
overabundance of dancing and lack 
of reasonable entertainment. Weis- 
feldt might have picked his talent 
better. However, with Lou Lip- 
stone taking over the framing of 
bllla; the problem of talent may be 
solv.ed. 

With the line doing three routines 
In a 35-mInute show, the public 
can't help but.be saiated. And the 
locally-built shows invariably run 
to three and even four line routines. 
And then on top of that two out of 
three acts offering terp specialties. 

The two dancing acts are Bernlce 
and Emily, who deliver nicely, and 
the Three Little Words, who arc 
using the flying wings first shown 
here by Gordon, Reed and King. 

For the overture Lou Forbes ha.s 
cut down to two sections instead of 
his previous three, Doing the first 
classic and the second hot jazz he 
got over plenty. Still demonstrat- 
ing that he is a real showman, he 
takes advantage,,or the various •abil- 
ities of his men, with the drummer 
this time getting the big .«jpot. For 
tlie jazz part 'Tom Thumb's Drum' 
used, with the drummer going to 
town. Very effective. Merle Cliirke 
again uses his chatter comment 
over the p. a. system with his owan 
numbers, amusing and over. 

Picture 'Blonde Venus' (Par) smO 
business fain* Lev. 



TRANSLUX 

Althov«gh It doesn't lead off the 
Luxer program.- the Paiixnuiunt (.lip 
on what a British cyclist thought 
was the reason he . w'on the race 
provides, the biggest newsreel laugh 
that has come to Broadway in 
months. Everything la quiet While 
he attributes his succe-^s to ab.stin- 
ence from tobacco and liquor, When 
he adds 'riionkey business,' there is. 
a spontaneous audience., roar that 
i'uns into the next two clips. 

What shape up like old view is of 
Porto Rico ■ hurricane ■ trouble .: are . 
given a hew talking reporter ver- 
sion to cover the latest disaster. 

Pathe has started something 
which should pi'ove of audience In- 
terest in Its interview pool of vari- 
ous walks of American life on the 
ensuing election. Where a ifarmer, 
.<?teel worker and butcher are for 
Roosevelt, the first poll ajso shows 
a housewife and girl clerk who favor 
Hoover. . 

That London basket' race and Col- • 
oradq's turkeys were seen along - 
almost identical photographic lines 
just a year ago. 

The jobless camp In Central Park 
is disappointing. Pathe had a great 
chance here for human interest, but ^ 
muffed it for a conventional and un- . 
imaginative contact style. 

Paraehute jumpers are always in- 
teresting/and the Luxer shows a 
fresh batch from the U. S. Navy 
taking their first plunge. 

Paris hats are not often worthy 
of mention. This time, however, 
they get laughs In plenty. The 
Luxer audience Sat. afternoon evi- 
dently wasn't in a mood to see its 
women posed in one-quarter sizes. 

Commissioner Patterson's ihove-r 
over to the radio field was the sub- 
ject for much Pathe' footage. M. H. 
Ay les worth and Mayor McKee were 
principals, in the cast. - - - 

Both theatres had the marriage . 
of one of Premier MacDonald's 
daughters; another view of Musso- 
lini <and Italy's King; baseball}'^ 
Meadowbrook steeplechase. 17a7if^ -'r 



German religious observance; Swiss 
dan'cers; German kids at play; Ru- i 
nianfah firemen; Sax Rohmer. 

Wall/. 



FISHER 

Detroit,. Sept. 'so. 
Small budget meaning a miracle 
worker is needed, And still a tough 
spot. This week show with tialent 
Baby Rose Marie, Bryant Raines 
and Young, and the Four Ortohs 
spell mediocre entertainment both 
on paper and in fact. . With a sup- 
posed budget of $3,600 a week and 
plenty of the sta.gie sets from the 
warehouse, still not enough left to 
hire a couple of . laughs. Answer 
has been the falling off from an al- 
most certain gross of $17,000 and 
up to a recent low of $9,500. Of 
course, mediocre pictures have con- 
tributed to the decline, but not en- 
tirely. 

Baby Rose Marie for the name act 
was an unfortunate choice. Child 
has never been a local radio favor- 
ite, and her great asset is her radio 
fame. As just another child wonder 
she does not spell boxofflce. 

The dancing act offers the nov- 
elty of two girls and a man doing a 
ballroom and adagio specialty, and 
nice, enough in its way. The near- 
est approach to entertainment is the 
comedy of the funny -one of the 
Four Ortons, and stll not a show-' 
stopper. 

Overture featuring Mischa Kot- 
tler the entertainment st&ndout and 
got the best hand of tjhe show. 
Kottler, who is the regular pianist 
here, has also played a solo with 
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,, 
and has the ability that engagenieht 
demands. 

Picture 'A Successful Calamity' 
(WB) and business fair; 



Folies Ih'aniatiques, Paris 

Pari.s, Sept. 24. 
• Show takes place in the once legit 
hou.se of the Folies Dramatlques, on 
that part of the boulevard equiva- 
lent to 14th street. Idea of the show 
is to draw rather special audiences 
by featuring nudity. This is by play- 
ing Up on the screen a nudist film 
and giving as an act on the' stage. 
Colette Andri.s, notorious for strip 
stuff, and who this time has reached 
the peak of her public exhibition by 
dancing on the stagie dressed with 
strictly nothing, except one big bal- 
loon which she, handles as. coverage. 

If nothing happens to stop the 
.show it may develop quite a patron- 
age on account of word-of-mouth 
publicity, which Is rather a take 
because Colette Andi-is i» used to 
showing practically as much as she 
docs there, and the nudist film has 
nothing suggestive. The hou.se is in 
complete darkness. 

Show is grind from midday to 
midnight, with Colette Andris do- 
ing three a day. It opens- wUh an 
Eclair new.sreel,- followed by a 
i crazily arty Hhort lil'lcd ■"La Co.urse 



au Bonheur,' .)lke . shadows on a 
wall with- Inserted titles in verses 
by Maurice Rostand. 

.Next comes an old silent Laurel 
and Hardy, after which Colette An- 
dris performs In lieu of a presenta- 
tion. Show ends with the picture 
'Marche Au Solell' ('Road to the 
Sun'). House Is equipped with 
Kalee-Thomsonor-^tincanLsh. 

MOiH. 



CHICAGO 

Chicago, Sept. ^0. 
Harry Richman and his associates 
this week are guilty of a heinous 
theatrical sin. They arc dull. And 
perhaps dullest of all is Richman 
himself. Instead of buying new 
material, Richman borrows liber- 
ally. And not from the best 
sources. It Is possible to antici- 
pate his gags, and as for blackouts 
even 'Clowns in Clover,' Chicago's 
all-time low on blackouts, was par- 
tially vindicated. There Is some- 
thing worse. 

He opened In front of the drapes 
and told George Beatty's classic 
anecdote about pigeons and statues. 
Only Beatty does it with lyrics and 
unction, and Richman made it pool 
hallish. It fell flat, and everything 
Richman did fell flat, until at the 
getaway he managed to hoist hie 
standing through the- ballad route. 

.Diamond Brothers, whose formula 
for merriment is physical abuse, 
overstayed. They have half a dozen 
climaxes, any one of them better 
than theif actual finale. ' Sorhehow 
they can't win unanimous endorse- 
ment, although there was moderate 
respon.se. Too much repetition, col- 
lision and conver.sati9n. Especially 
conversation,' which is uniformly 
without excuse. 

Next to a sensational toe dancer, 
Vivian Faire, who deservedly re- 
ceived the real plaudits of the stage 
.show, the . most . interesting aspect 
of Richmah's 'rollicking musical 
revue,' as It's billed, Is Ethel Barry- 
more Colt. Too little capital is 
made of her presence. That Bar-^ 
ryniore name is not precisely un- . 
known, and is especially rare for 
picture palaces. Young Ethel han- 
dles a song quite well, and has a 
startling vocal resemblance to hor 
mother; ."i>he Is maturing theatri- 
cally and indubitably picking up a 
world of valuable experience. Many 
will be tempted to philosophize on 
the aliored show business wherein 
a Earrymore needs mu.sf be Kea- 
soned at the rate of five shows a 
day. 

Joseph Littau, who has been con- 
ducting the V Omaha Symphony, 
opened Friday as tl.ie Chicago's 
guest conductor. B&K for undis- 
closed reasons ohoosoH to Igooi-e the' 
C>malia connec-lion and iidvertises 
(Continued on pagie 36) 



S4 VARiETY 



VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 




HARRIET LEE and HER 

LEADERS (4) 
Singing. 
14 M ins.; Full 
Orpheum, N. Y. 

Mis3 Lee is an NBC presentation 
and billed here as 'Radio's most 
beautiful songstress/ - Tliat may be 
part of the radio chain's current 
salesmanship attempt, but is not 
. far from the truth. She's blonde, 
a loolcer and a dresser, but abbye 
and beyond that,, she knows how to 
Bell songs; 

Radio acts In vaudeville are al- 
ways handicapped td the extent of 
thb caprices of 'public address sys- 
tems in the various theatres. Old 
theatres like 'the Orpheum were 
never intended for wiring and when 
the wiring was put In It wasn't 
put in any too well, seemingly. At 
any rate all acts usln^ a microphone 
heire have had to be satisfied with 
having their voices distorted In cer- 
tain sections of the house and have 
had to fight static on occasion. It's 
not Miss Lee's fault tha:t at least 
one of her numbers the night caught 
sounded ' pretty awful. She knows 
her singing. 

' With Miss Lee are- three male 
singers. ' Hers is a. deejp low voice, 
almost baritone as It coihes from 
the sound box, so the three lads 
are soft tenors lor contract; AH 
foiu* . pour their notes into the- mike, 
at the skmie time, for nice and un- 
usual harmony effects. A lad at a 
piano rounds out > the company. 

Only: one fault to be found In 
Miss Lee's vaude turn, and that Is 
probably a matter of misadvice. 
Whoever picked or advised those 
two curtains -for backgro.und to the 
'Cabin. ' in ^ the Cotton' and . 'Rain. 
Rain, Go. Away,' .certainly did the 
act wrong. They're cheap, ordinary 
and silly,: while the act Itself is the 
exact antithesis, r rWhen the ^alnr 
bow is flashed across a clumisy rain 
curtain, the audience a<t . the Or- 
pheumi burst into laughter. It's bad 
>j^winahshlp and ought to /be fixed 
"proritoj- 

In any modem theatre, where 
acoustics and. wiring are in repair, 
Mlsai Lee ought to have no . trouble 
winning aiid holding th^ audience. 



JACK MULHALL (2) 
Coniedy Talk 
26 Min.; Special in One 
Orpheum, Tl. Y. 

Many of the gags have a very 
familiar ring about them, though 
the script may have been especially 
tailored for the chap from pictures. 
With him is Edwin Olynn doing a 
hick character before a countryside 
drop. Nothing for' Mulhalt to do 
but to strike his most winsome 
poses, do his muggings and to feed 
the provocations to Glynn, and that 
capable hokester does the rest to 
keep them interested. 

Major part of the give and take 
centers around a baby perambu- 
lator; its divers attached props and 
conti'aption$ and the fictional 
foundling left on the rurallte's door- 
steps. Laughs from this source 
click along steadily, with the pas- 
sages about the diapers and attend- 
ing budihesd seeming to tickle this 
nabe .congregation. 

Inevitably and eventually the pat- 
ter drifts around to Hollywood, and 
femme names from the picture col- 
ony are freely bantered about. Mul- 
hall's description of the camera 
girl's allurements, bring on the stock 
spasms from the -a.k., but every- 
thing stays within bounds until they 
get around to thp picture star lean- 
ings of the rurallte's poochi with 
the ;names of Mae Bush, Laura 
LaPlante arid Helen Twelvetrees 
dragged in. 

Script finally turns sentimental. 
Mulhall is the oM fellow'd son who 
had run away with the circus 17 
years before. And for the antl- 
<;lima]ft there's the mossgrown gag: 
'And now tell me,' cfuizzes the 
father, 'what did you do with those 
shoes I gave you to take to the 
shoemaker?' Act shapes up as a 
natural for the nabe resorts. 

Ortee. 



BRANDIEAUX DANCERS (16) 
Dance .Flasfc 

18 Mini.; Oiia and Full . 

6. a ,H., jN. Yv , 

Breaking in doWn here, for the 
G.OJIf (iayroU la' not budgeted for 
a 16-pieople"number at regular sal- 
aries;' ' Troupe Includes 10 dancing 
girls, '^{ibiitbrtion qdld dancer, four 
Dien aM an- extra/ girl who sings to 
give the others a chance to catch 
their 'breaths; Act- looks a,nd acts 
new, but' with a little practice should 
develop into &.'jgood closer for the 
small time, and ho reason why they 
should' not take a chance oxi the 
l&rger time,- as that time ^oes now. 

Opens with a number by the girls 
In white tulle ankle-length skirts,' 
which ate stripped to bodice and 
trunks. Four men in white flannels 
wOrk in with them, a fairly, effec- 
tive routine, but lacking smoothness 
as yet. , Nothing lmporta,nt, but 
good ensemble. Sinlger comes on 
for a verse - and then goes into a 
so-so dance. Girls oh full dtage In 
oriental dress for. a number which 
does not go cooch,. though it 
threatens to. , 

Solo dancer on for a hlce num- 
bed, and two of the boys hoof mod- 
erately well, breaking no ankles. 
Soloist back for a song, 'Tiger Girl,' 
which cues into all the girls in tiger 
half masks and striped skin cos- 
tumes, with., the men In polo gear, 
but without the helmets, as trainers. 
Not original.: Rather formless, but 
should be strong when worked out 
bietter. 

Act as it stands is not ready, but 
should round Into shape and score 
tor numbers and grace in dancing 
rather than because of the excel- 
lence of the individual work. 

Chic. 



HARRINGTON and FRY 
Talk 

10 Mins.; One 
G. 0.rHn N. y. 

Harrington used to work as Har- 
rington and Green arid Harrington 
and Mills, doing, singing and hoof- 
ing with a wOman partner. Now it's 
a straight talking routine with 
jirong suggestion of Williams and 
Walker, with Fry, a natty dresser 
In his natural brown and Harrlrig 
ton in cork and seedy garments. 
Most of the chatter is nonsense talk 
along the lines of 'where does the 
wind go when it doesn't blow?' and 
a somewhat similar question about 
the light when it goes out, but most 
of the gagging is more original and 
while there are no belly laughs at 
aiiy particular joke, it builds to a 
steady chuckle. They could have 
come back with more without an 
noylng anyone but the time-keeper, 
Only singing is about eight bars 
for the exit, and no dancing. That 
in Itself make them unusual. They 
more than held their own in num 
ber three, which is next to closing 
- down here. And they worked for it, 
. . - If Cftic. 



JOSEPHINE DUNN— GENE MOR- 
GAN ' 
Talk 

13 Mins.; One 
State-Lake; Chicago. 

Gene Mpi'^an theoretically sup- 
ports the blonde and svelte Miss 
Dunn, who like so many Hollywood 
folks, has a thin and hard-to-hear 
voice. But Morgan wasn't even 
keeping up his own end. much, less 
helping; the film ingenue and this 
combination needs to get. in a lot 
of serious thought and rehearsing 
before .tunning up against the east 
which they wlU find far less indul- 
gent than comparatively easy-going 
Chicago. 

Morgan, has plenty of experience, 
but is listless in. his style of work- 
ing. Half, the time he can't be 
heard and more than once he failed 
to miake clear the poirit of his gags. 
He has developed mannerisms more 
deplorable than- helpful. In partic- 
ular he should stop playing with 
his nose. 

Of the material It may be said 
that with the exception of half a 
dozen bright jokes it's just so much 
stalling. Morgan didn't play up to 
Miss Dunn at any point. She en- 
tered after he had been on about 
five minutes. The introduction was 
perfunctory, although the public re- 
ception for Miss Dunn was cordial. 
Morgan stood aside and let her 
speak, her piece which was intelli- 
gent enough but not really helping. 
The time is now well past foe 
Hollywood people to regard vaude- 
ville as a 'personal appearance' in 
the sense of talking down from the 
heights of Hollywood. Miss Dunn 
the same as Miss Greta Twinkle or 
anybody else is now expected to 
entertain, not meet, the folks. 

Morgan temains faithful to his 
dirt-detector. This is a light that 
goes on whenever he skirts indigo. 
While' this is fUnny enough as a 
comic, principle, Morgan has never 
given sufficient thought to it. The 
verdict Is the same as when Mor 
gari played the Paramount, Los An 
geles, last March. It could be funny, 
but it isn't because It isn't de- 
veloped. It's not big enough to see 
from a distance and It's not planted 
with the requisite clarity for public 
comprehension. 

Main by-play between Morgnn 
and the: girl is a coat and vest re- 
moving scene done first in French, 
later in English, with a klridergar 
ten blackout for. the getaway. Not 
to condemn this in toto, it may be 
admiitted that possibly with more 
adroit farcing it might pump up 
some hearty giggles. At the State 
Lake it was so-ao, at Its best. 

Whole act smacks of being 
thrown together in a sanguine ex 
pectatlon of public tolerance. Miss 
DUnn is scarcely enough of a film 
celebrity to get by on her name and 
Icoks alone; Morgan has been re- 
tardlnfr his own career for some 
time by a carelessness about re- 
hearsing which was rather notor- 
ious, on the Coas.t and, which, un- 
less he snaps out of it will only 
give him a professional spill in the 
east. Idea- that 'any old thing' will 
Bufflce so long, as unflinching nerve 
and some reputation are combined 
is all wrong. Anyhowt it invites 
trouble. . Land. 



BLACKSTONE 
Magical Unit 
39 Mins.: Full (Special). 
AeadernVf N. Y. 

Blackstone, with his 39-minute 
magic show, follows Thurston in 
that field. Latter has been active 
for more than a year now with a 
similar iinit and has played most 
of the larger . vaude and picture 
house circuits, plus Independents, 
with results, according to boxoffice 
reports, fully Justifying. Blackstone 
in making his try. 

Like Thurston, Blackstone Is 
among the better , known veteraris 
In his field. The vatide-picture 
house field ought to find plenty of 
room for both. 

Blackstbne's show will both ap- 
peal' and elicit, favorable wordrof- 
mouth. It's a smoothly-routined 
show, stretched with illusions, dis- 
appearances, etc., to 39 minutes of 
entertainment tha:t has but few dull 
moments. The worst that can be 
said of the unit is that there is a 
good deal of the same sort of thing 
throughout, the sameness causing 
some slowness. That could be 
avoided by Judicious trimming, takr 
ing out no more thah.flve minutes 
or so. Which wouldn't reduce run- 
ning time too fair. 

Use of ducks, rabbits, etc., seems 
to be mostly overdone, There is 
also an excess of . illusions of the 
disappearing type, with either girls, 
Pigeons, ducks or something else 
used. 

In between Blackstone offers 
much that is novel and tends to- 
ward welcome relief. Included is 
the canary and birdcage trick long 
figuring in f'red Keating's routine. 
Blackstone, like Keating, uses a 
living bird. 

An outstanding trick Is the' living 
handkerchief,, which Jumps around, 
wriggles, etc. Anotiiier is the sus- 
pended electric light bulb; which 
seems to fioat in th6 tAv, Blackstone 
making it t>retty cOrivlncIng there 
is no string Or othet Unseen, at- 
tachriient ,to keep It lit and sus- 
pended. . .. / . 
.V Four girls are carried to dresb the 
act and to double' ori cabinet ex- 
changes, disappearancies, etc. The 
favorite stunt, used by many ma^ 
glcians, of the girl running dov/n 
the aisle from the back of the thea- 
tre within a fe*tr seconds after the 
supposed same girl had b^n tied 
In a sack and placed- Iri a cabinet- is 
also in the routine. '. ' 

Blackstone himself figures in sev- 
eral Illusions and changes. For one 
he uses an offectlvie Sahara fortress 
set. He supposedly buys a saered 
rob6, is caught as ati infidel and 
stood up m front of a laree cannon, 
which Is discharged; In the next 
second it's i-eyealed Blackstone is in 
the' garb of a fortress slave. 

And endless cloth trick, unusually 
interesting and baffling. Is followed 
by another {exchange ih- which 
BliBickstOne takes, part. 

Some comedy Js derived from 
Blackstone's line of gab, his chatter 
in the audience, -througb plants and 
with a . kid who's brought upon the 
stage as the recipient of ' a bUnny 
involved In several magical ma- 
neuvers. Char. 



3 LITTLE MAIDS 
(Oversteak Sisters) 
Radio Sir.gera 
9 Mins.; Twro (Rurql) 
Stato-Lake. Chicago 

Public address system at the 
State-Lake is very poor. This has 
been demonstrated before. So the 
Oversteak girls billed under their 
WLS nom de ether have an alibi. 
They were ruined "by the house. 

It's a premiere metropolitan ap- 
pearance for the girls who have, 
however, playeid numerous dates 
through the midwest territory in 
small towns. Whether the micro- 
phone was ^ necessity or not is. 
unreported. Most radio singers are 
sO accustomed- to modulated pitch 
that theV are inaudible' when minus 
the p,a. It seems as If they would 
have been much better by them- 
selves. 

Horn' of the p.a. system: an -eye- 
sore was placed right in front of 
the foolight pan. That spoiled the 
rustic picture that they wanted. 
Girls are in gingham with bows In 
their hair. Very demure and whole- 
some looking and pleasantly, girlish 
in personality they really were 
seen under Impossible conditions. 
Stage was dressed with pumpkins 
and cornstalks to carry out the 
farm motif. 

Girls are popular on the air and 
the fact that they did only so-so 
at th& State-Lsike should be ascribed 
to the wretched amplifier. They 
are the Arst ChicagO station radlO 
act" to be booked locally by RICO. 
All other radio talent has been from 
the nietworks. , . iJtnd. 



M ME. POMPADOUR 
Songs and Imitations 
5 Mins.; One 
6. Ov H, N. Y. 

HeEty high soprano who suggests 
oberivfic training, though her. high 
notes are a bit awry now. Middle 
and loWer registers are goodi and 
She tore off an operatic number 'for 
a big hand, coming back to do an 
iihitfttion of a. violin, working with 
a soaped bow,. and stopping to show 
it's her voice. That picked up 
enough, applause to give her an 
honest encore for a coloratura num- 
ber. . Off still in good standing with 
the crowd. 

Dresses to fit her billing with a 
high white wig and a tasteful eve- 
ning dress. Pirsft oft the crowd 
seemed to figure that she was a fe- 
male - impersonator, and some .of 
thei^i.imay be giiessing yet. Nice 
facial expressions and an assured 
manner help tremendously to win 
the prowd. 
: Good deucer here, and should do 
well if she'll stop reaching for that 
top note that isn't there. - CMC 



VIOLET WEST and EMBASSY 

BOYS (9) 
Dancing 

12 Min.; Special in Full 
Orpheum, N. Y. 

Little standout talent or versa- 
tility in the whole parade of eight 
line boys and the willowy lass from 
the night clubs. It's ftll nicely, 
dressed, but It takes more than 
mere textile flash to work 'em up 
over a dancing turn. 

Stanza opens with the standard 
Ized prancing on of the evening 
garbed octette for an Introductory 
song and tappery, with the girl soon 
following to join them in the chorus 
of . the lackadaisically palmed-off 
ditty; There's the customary toss- 
ing around of . the girl ..from, one 
group of stalwarts to the ..Other and 
the usual back and . forward bends, 
cartwheels and fast flips' by the 
center of attraction. ' : 

Thing moves along slowly And un- 
certainly until the elrl goes Into the 
flip whirl and the -bOys step out for 
individual flashes of tap eccentrici- 
ties, but these are. hot exceptional 
enough to rate the act as being 
worthy of better than habe tiriie. 

One item it is badly in need ot- is 
a punchy finish. Act peters out 
sadly at this point. Odec. 



MEEHAN and SHANNON 
Talks arid Songs 
11 Mins. in One and Two 
G. O. H., N. Y. 

Not reported In New Acts since 
'27, and possibly not the same set 
up. Certainly not thet same act. At 
that time they seemed to the re 
viewer to be comers, but they didn't 
come very far'. No reason except 
material why they should not have 
done so, for the girl Js personable 
arid a good . dresser arid the man has 
an excellent light comedy personal 
ity. It's just that the stuff Isn' 
there. 

Barely by as number two at the 
G. O. H. With some gagging that 
lacks punch and smoothness. They 
use 'I'd have a look all over . hell 
for you' for the exit gag. At this 
late day. A good stager could lick 
this act into shape. Apparently they 
cannot do it for . themselves. 

• Ohio. 



'IN DREAMY SPAIN' (S) 
Dance Flach . 
17 Mins.; Full Stage 
G. O. H, N. Y. 

Thi^ looks like an old act with a 
new name. No. Individual names 
given as guide, but evidently sea- 
soned performers^ Four dancers 
wa.€. a man singer who chiefly- a.cts 
aa m. c. and breaks the waits. Has 
a good approBiCh.for the family time 
and gets them solidly. Does much 
to shove the act over. 

Others are three women and a 
man, the latter doing semt-ballet 
dancing with the women strong on 
the. heel stamping and pirouetting 
style of a dance that is real Spain. 
One of them does a peasant dance 
that is interesting because it is 
genuine and un usual. Best work is 
with the capes, toreador style, but 
the life-saver is a hot rumba and 
warmer castanet dance for the 
finale. These should . be reversed 
with the rumba coming last. ' 

Probably will not work above the 
small time, for as a troupe and aa 
individuals they lack distinction, 
with the exception of the singer. 
Good, however, in the lesser spots 
and at least real dancers. Real 
Spajnish, at that, which does not al- 



PALACE, N. Y. 

It must be a Gu.'=i Edwards anni- 
versary, or somethln'. Whatever it 
Is the Palace Is helping him cele- 
brate the event by allocating prac- 
tically the entire front of the house 
for a grand G. E. ballyhoo. . Mere 
runnerup display Is accorded the 
picture, 'Bird of Paradise'. (Radio), 
and the flash here is conflried to a 
couple of tinted portraits. With the 
house itself not very buoyant about 
the picture's irivelgling possibilities 
and four nice but not heavyv^eight- 
ish standard acts on the other side 
of the scale, the exchequer prospects 
for the v^eek look anything but 
bright.. 

Anyway, the pace by the turn- 
stile the major part of the opening 
day indicate a huge comedown from 
the previous week's take if not a 
doury dip into the red. Initial per- 
formance started off with a scantily 
fllled arena, and when it was all 
over around 70 minutes later the 
lower floor was far from near 
capacity. Rest of the matinee failed 
to show much of an improvement, 
while the early evening call didn't 
get Ijeyond an Uneven trickle. 

Though small in number that 
opening audience cottoned up 
warmly . and liberally to the vaude 
parade. That is, everybody but the 
No. 1 frame, filled by Jay Velie and 
Nayan Pearce and their 'Red Sym- 
phony' idea. Trouble here obviously 
was not so much the turn Itself as 
the awkward placement given it on 
the bill. Smart, tuneful, riOvel and 
an eyeful plus is that well-revealed 
and lithesome Nayan Pearce figure, 
but too quiet and slow-moving to 
•work a noontime congregation up 
Into a lather. Lad they carry with 
them. Bin. Ford, managed at one 
point to lift the thing out of the. 
applause doldrums with a snappy 
bit - of acrobatic softshoeing. 

. With the entry of Les Gellls, next, 
the customers started to show an 
inkling of life. The introductory 
brace of steps out of the way, the 
brothers romped into the nub of 
their act, the fast arid furloUs jinks 
on the rlsley board, with the midge 
partner hitting it off as deftly eia 
ever on the whirling end, and gar- 
nered one swell sendoff . Clara Barry 
and Orval Whitledge took up where 
the previous threesome left off on 
the merriment and built up their 
own solid structure of laugh re- 
turns. It's the old line of sarcastic 
give and take, but a finished pair of 
^tlsts giVe it a touch and overtone 
of newness.. 

Though there may be doubts 
about nls powers as a boxoffice 
magnet, once Gus Edwards gets them 
.settled before, him he always keeps 
them thoroughly regaled with cr.ack 
entertainment and sends them awaiy 
mai'.veling a't his consistent ability 
to pick them. The vet showman in 
his ipresent exhibit not only trots 
out a ;wealth .of high rating talerit 
but a flock,, of young and debbish 
looking beauts. The surefire hand 
Of the. showman is always there as 
he puts each prodigy through the 
pace, and the vet producer-discov- 
erer is still there when it comes to 
uncorking the old larynx and feed- 
ing them some of the tunes put to 
paper by himself. 

One little lass in- the current act 
bound to be added to his 'Album of 
Proteges' soon is Virginia Lee, an 
exponent of the art of tap rhythmics 
who shakes a brilliantly nimble toe 
and has the personality and looks 
to make it a perfect picture. For 
an encore she .unllmbered a bit of 
military precision terpsy that earned 
her a special vote of noisy approval. 
Another outstanding example in the 
tap department included in the Ed- 
wards troupe la Jarilce Williams, 
who leans mOre toward the acro- 
batic versions. 

Something reminiscent of Edna 
Leedom about the Dutch-accented 
Hildegarde. With Miss Lee the 
highlight of the act, this tall slim 
blonde combines a robust sense of 



ways follow. Costuming could be, 
mp'roved. Lighted colors might be I comedy with a voice that digs into 
less characteristic, but more attrac- 1 the melodic appreciation of the 



tive'. 



Chic. 



THREE OLYMPICS 

Skating . 

5 Mins. in th-ee 

g; o. Hj, n. y. . 

Two men and a woman in a fast 
arid difficult skating act- involving 
the usual spins including a double 
carry of the- other two by one • of 
Another a neck spin with 



the men . 

a one-fOot catch. Both! merf^^dO--^^'*®* "-^ *'*o"Bh the voluminous 
brief dancing bits for variety— and reception she got from this Palace 



get it all over without waits- 
Costuming could be improved 
with possible help to the act. Pres- 
ent outfit suggests the circus style, 
and lacks ^smartness. 

Better dressed and with a little 
better selling this could open the 
show on the more iniportant tlrite. 
They have the stuff; but seem un- 
able to punch it over. Chic. 



LOU FINK 

Dancing . 
8 Mins.; One 
Orpheum, N. Y- 

Fink is either a dancer or an 
acrobat or both. He comes on 
dressed in baggy pants and big coat 
and does three numbers of com- 
bihed acrobatlcrdanclng tempo. He 
indicates that ho IcnowS ' how to 
dance, and that he's fairly capable 
at his work. 

All Fink needs now is to get him- 
self an act and he will" belong in 
73 vaude. Kauf, 



listener. 

For Malrle Vero, the coloraturo 
soprano discovery, it's a jump from 
the Grand opera house to the Pal- 
ace within a period of two months. 
Appeared at the former spot with 
an operatic foursome. One of those 
quickly tossed together affairs. Girl 
weaves a fine web of titillating 
notes and has ia gracious, reserved 
personality that adds to the appeal. 



audience certainly surprised her. 
Other billed protege in the retinue, 
Don Tannen, shared the comedy as- 
signment with Hildegarde and 
proved himself a wag whose talents 
have little need of more grooming, 
if and when he is furnished with the 
right material. Odec. 



Geneva Acts ^ 

Rochester, Oct. 3. 
Manager Clinton G. Young, of 
Shine's Geneva theatre, is trying 
five RkO acts two daya^a week. 

Figures college patrons there 
warrants the experiment. 



Vaude Possibility 

The Palace, Morristown, N; J., has 
been leased to the Neithold Bros., 
who are considering vaudeville as 
a policyi 

Theatre was formerly operated by 
A. E^poslto. 



Tuesdays, October 4, 19S2 



VAIMIE IMVSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 9S 



STATE, N. Y. 

Having accustomed Its following 
to a successive flock of name shows, 
the State this week may have some 
difficulty In attempting to get by 
with an ordinary stage and, screen 
layout. Roscoe (.'Fatty') Arbuckle 
is doubtless the attractive head- 
liner, besides not bad as entertain- 
ment, but the support doesn't rate 
with the fare dished out lately at 
Loew's Broadway site. ; 

Vaudeville end should satisfy 
without causing the talk that brings 
'em In, while the picture won't draw 
much. That leaves It solely , up to 
Arbuckle, Film is Columbia's 'This 
Sporting Age' (Jack. Holt). That 
It's here on first run and that the 
State rarely plays them first would 
mean more If the film were stronger, 

Arbuckle drew, a hand at bis en-: 
■ trance and ' another ia,t the flhlsh, 
denoting they liked the act. Those 
gags emanating from an audience 
plant, with Arbuckle never stepping 
on a laugh and sticking strictly to 
straightlng, are not bad at all. 
Addle McPhall (Mrs. Arbuckle) 
walks on a couple of times to dress 
things up. The former screen comic 
hoofs It at the finish for a perfect 
exit. There wa^ enough applause 
at the end for several bows and 
enough left over for a speech, but 
Arbuckle took the modesty route 
and let the returns die out. He 
looks good, works easily and con^ 
fldently and; makes the trick iaome- 
thlng more than Just another per- 
sonal appearance. Arbuckle Is 
definitely - on the way back If the 
response and attitude here are a 
criterion. 

He's spotted fifth. Up ahead the 
house' mike takes a beating from 
four successive turns, this being the 
only ■ Important conflict on a bill 
that's otherwise possessed of con- 
siderable va.rlety. Wilfred DuBoIs 
delivers nine minutes of juggling as 
a strong show opener and ' Billy 
"Wells and the Pour Fays keep 
things moving In a standard way 
No. 2. Turn comprises 17 minutes 
of singing, dancing, clowning hodge 
podge. It runs at a fairly brisk 
gait, but even speedier pacing Is 
possible. Wells, the act's mainstay, 
could do the cutting Job himself, 
Btartliig on his own stuff first. 
• Ward Wilson, a single in the trey, 
Is the .bill's most prolific mike 
pounder. . As a mimic of well known 
radio voices, he couldn't do without 
It. Radio mlnilcs are becoming as 
numerous as were the one-tlnle 
imitators of vaudeville stars. They're 
aping different stars now, but the 
chief requirement — plenty of nerve 
— stllJL prevails. There's more to 
Btage^., mimicry than toeing Just 
falthiul. Wilson Has managed to 
capture much of his subjects' vocal 
personality and style and while not 
always hitting the mark, he gets 
' close ' enough to convince the cus- 
tomers. His Wlnchell and Gibbons 
take-off could get crossed without 
anybody sensing the difference, al- 
though, his Phil Cook Is a nifty. 
Ted I^ewis, Ben Bernle, A. & A., Cal 
Coolldge and AI Smith are others In 
Wlls6n's repertoire. Crosby gets 
the go-by for a change. 

Barljara Newberry arid Carl Ran- 
dall, familiar faces forming a new 
combination, are fourth on this bill 
and under New Acts. They mix 
stepping with a few good Ideas 
which help the dancing and emerge 
aa a. likely team for what's left of 
vaudeville. . Arbuckle, next to shut, 
Is followed by Joe Fejer's Orches- 
tra, the latter making one of its 
periodical vaude trips between isup- 
per club engagements. The prima 
donna and ballroom team specializ- 
ing with FeJer's eight-piece string 
ensemble probably are new, but the 
act as a whole Is along customary 
FeJer lines. Dance team does well 
enough in two appearances. The 
slim prima makes her two specialty 
spots the standout moments oif the 
act. Fejer steps out to fiddle a pop 
and shows he still has control. 

Bige, 

GRAND O. H., N. Y. 

_ Dljiie days are over In 23rd ijtreet. 
No niore two features and five acts 
for two bits at, the .Grand opera 
house. Now it's a feature, a short, 
newsreel and only four acts, but 
that, doesn't seem to cut the cus- 
tomers down any, for it's still good 
value for the money, though the 
vaude runs only 44 minutes. 

Last half bill went together par- 
ticularly well with no duds to cut 
the batting average. Opens with 
the Three Xiord'eris, two men and a 
Woman; Men work on a trampoline 
"With a casting cradle, while the 
"Wom^in breaks into a dance mid- 
way, for a breather. Smart dostume, 
trim legs and a pleasant face so it 
aoesn't matter much that the steps 
are not sensational. Net stunts are 
good without being unusual and 
they bounced around to plenty ap- 
plause, partly a reaction from the 
tensity of the picture. Comedy is 
elemental, but satisfied here. 

Mrrie. Fompadour (New Acts), 
operatic singer, in the deucer. Has 
a mannish stride and her weight 
suggests a female impersonator b£ 
the grand dame type such as Har- 
iowe and Eltinge used to contribute', 
•flayed down to the crowd with 
winks and smiles and got hor.sclf 
In «olicl. • 

Harrington and Fry (also New 
Acts) get Under the novelty classi- 
ncatfoni though Harrington is no 
su-.infjcir; Ten minutes of straight 



talk and different from most of the 
Negro turns, which is appreciated. 
Best part 1b they have done very 
little borrowing. 

Clpser Is Brandeauz Dancers 
(New Acts), a troupe depending on 
ensemble effect rather than Individ- 
ual work with the exception of a 
clever contortion dancer. With one 
exception the turn Ip nicely cos- 
tumed and when they shake down 
Into their work they should better 
their present bookings. Animal 
training number la borrowed, but 
the rest Is not reminiscent. Best 
number Is an oriental without the 
wriggles. , Music, for this Is color- 
ful and helps It over. ' 

Film offering Includes 'The Last 
Mile' (World-Wide), which Is pretty 
strong for a largely juvenile audi- 
ence, but the kids loved it. Niews- 
reel and an Oyr Gang, with a two 
minute overture. Chic^ 



CENTURY, BALTO. 

Baltimore, Sept^ 30. .' 

Question before the local public 
now Is where do all the bands come 
from? Since the start of the season 
this town has been bombarded 'with 
stage orchestras, both at. this Loew 
ace spot and the Indle vaudfllm 
Hipp. Next week at this house 
brings the first halt In the long pa 
rade of baton wavers, when Ted 
Healy and his Howard, Fine arid 
Howard stooges cohie In to headline. 

Currently there's Buddy Rogers 
and his iristrumentallzers here, and 
it's a bid for the flapper audltince. 
That appears the theatre's big hope, 
since the Hipp is drawing the load 
of matrons and kids to get a glimpse 
of Kate Smith. 

Show here this week is riot strong 
arid . in spots has the unmistakable 
aroma of famlly-tlme yaudei Not 
quite smart enough to keep up to 
the standards of this house as the 
leader of the local theatricals. 

It y/aa famlly-tlme In the opener 
on the web and perch Work of Win- 
nie and Dolly. Here's a quiet man 
and woman acrobatic turn that 
could be Improved iriimeasuralily by 
reversing the order of the stunts. 
It may, of course, be physically Im 
possible. But as it Is they're open 
Ing with their strong points, both 
on flash and stunts, and closing 
mildly. That riiermald flash ending 
with the Iron -jaw work opens. It 
would be better near the close. The 
web flip-flops In the istyle of the late 
Lillian Leltzel is near the openlrig. 
It would be a much stroriger flriish 
than the present perch swingrlngs 
Act, however, shows efltort has been 
expended Into making it a neat Ilttl^ 
production, the- web. and perches 
being disguised as the rigging of a 
sailing vessel. On that score It's 
100% 

Deuclrig came Edith Bow, clever 
little comedienne with personality 
and showmanship, Her material, 
however, is just fair. She deserves 
better writing than her present roii 
tine. What she has is flatly dated, 
being such stuff as the comparison 
of niodern gals with their hoop-skirt 
sisters. Her last party-girl charaic 
terlzatlon is overly long to be ef 
fective throughout. A snappy sty lei 
here would help. That dramatic 
moment towards the flnish also 
misses fire after all that comedyi 
It was famlly-tlme at its not -so 
goodest for Frank Cortville in the 
center position, Corivllle id a gaggy 
performer at best, his turn being 
broken up into bits, some fair, others 
weaker. He sticks In a bit of every- 
thing from an announced impersori 
ation of Chaplin to an unannounced 
wrestling touch that sma,ckcd of Al 
Trahan. Conville is particularly at 
fault wh6n his stuff often runs Into 
the offensive, such as the handker- 
chief story. That Conville might 
have some Ideas out of burleycue 
was evidenced by an unfunny im- 
personation of a strip dancer. It 
might go In rowdier houses, but, 
after all, this Loew's is at its )iigh- 
classlest. 

Next to closing was down-to-earth 
vaude, standard and of the old 
school, with the boys who grew up 
with vaude, Brems, FItz and the 
Murphy Bros. It's quartet comedy 
and Singing, together with a clowri 
and a policeman. An act as recog- 
nized In vaude as the olio, and here 
it was a staridout driiack. 

Buddy Rogers gets by on his pic- 
ture name, his radio work of the 
past y ear i his flapper's delight harid- 
soriieriess and a certain reticence 
which stands out when placed 
against the bombastic egoism of 
other band leaders. Turn was run- 
ning sloppily on the flrst show Fri- 
day, and particularly Inept was the 
Inclusion of a meaningless picture- 
taking blackout. It slowed up the 
act, halted the show and was gen- 
erally out of place. On the miislc 
end they fared better. A happy no- 
tion was the Inclusion of Johnny 
Green, the songsmith, in the act. 
His piano rendition of some of his 
own tunes was one of tlie best por- 
tions of the turn and the .afternoon- 
Best of the lot for Roigers himself 
was, of course, that one-man band 
stunt but of 'Close Harmony.' He 
pulls it off nicely enough, dramat- 
ically, just as If he, were acting It 
out In front of the camera. 

But weak act or no, Rogers is 
providing the real draw this week, 
and he's evidencing ability to bring 
the flaps and the older gal.s, too. 
Feature Is, 'Kongo' (M-G). Hearst 
news slugs completed. 



EMPIRE, PARIS 

Paris, Sept. 23. 

Fortnightly show at the Umpire, 
with Friday changeover day, evi- 
dences further progress in staging 
and lighting. Bill is well above 
previous management's averages, 
but the improvement Is especially 
noticeable In the running of the 
house and stage management and 
technique, Natan's theatre depart- 
ment books the house through the 
Lucretla Portelli agency, which he 
took over the sanie time as the the- 
atre, and offices of which are located 
in the Smplre building itself. 

Against this, Portelli has made a 
tie-up with the Erenthal agency, so 
that latter Is now haridllrig a con- 
siderable amount of the- Empire 
bookings, as well as talent in Na- 
tan's picture house presentations. 
Including the Olympla, This is espe- 
cially noticeable in view of the fact 
that Erenthal is also artistic rnian- 
ager for the Gaumont Aubert cir- 
cuit, and puts on the Gaumont pres- 
entations. This forms the nucleus 
of a possible circuit of presentations 
on the F. & M. idea. . The Alhambra 
is booked separately by Rottenblirg 
and GOldin. 

Only animal act on this bill is 
Jose Moeser, equestrian, held oyer 
from the preceding fortnight, first 
part ending with a ballet of 19 sup 
plied by the Tabarln nIghC club, 
arid second part ending with the 
Don Azplazu Mexican band, who 
use a couple of entertainers for 
their jazz tunes. ! 

Show includes Neil arid Gares, 
comedians; Joe Laurin, juggler; 
Bernt and Partner, man and woman 
athletes; Jose Moeser, horse rider; 
Fred Brezin, a conjurer who talks 
19 to the dozen, and Walter and 
Briant, excellerit comedians, who 
were last week at the Gaumont Pal- 
ace, and ipresent an act where , one 
of the meri always appears to crum- 
l>le down slowly, with the other try- 
ing to hold him up. Would click 
still better It compressed. The Ta 
barin-supplied ballet' title 'Volues, is 
of sma,ll technical value, but gives 
the audience a pleasant feeling of 
spectacle. 

Second part opens with the Two 
Clerans, high trapeze workers, 
whose work deserves better than to 
be shown before people -are seated. 
Aussie and Czech, a man perform- 
ing tricks with a cowboy's whip, 
with a woman helper, are followed 
by Sammy Lewis and Pattl Moore, 
American comedians, who go .'oig 
with the audience in their next-to- 
closing spot. Bill ends with the Don 
Azpiazu ensemble. Satisfactory. 

Maxi. 



STATE-LAKE 

Chicago, Oct. 1. , 

That 19,000 week . the State-Lake 
had recently arid the bad showing 
the house has been making in genr 
eral isn't hard to understand after 
viewing bills like the current one. 
This ishow represents confusion in 
booking and. drabriess in . perform-, 
ance and ' points to another, week 
under $10,000. 

After all 'BKO inust know the 
quality of th^ pictures it can depend 
upon In this house and should put 
the vaudeville together to offset the 
weakness of the screen. Insteaul the 
feeble pictures have bad to carry 
the vaudeville. 

Pity of the State-Lake failure, 
and it Is rapfdly being riecognlzed 
as such, ' is ' that vaudeville as an 
institution will take the rap in an- 
other on6' of those cases where 
vaudeville has. never got a fair trial. 
State-Lake boolcfrig has been dis- 
mally wide of the mark. Admitting 
that the typical State-Lake audl- 
erice is probably not especially fas- 
tidious, it is still sun-clear that their 
intelligence has been grossly under- 
estimated. By empty seats let this 
affirmation be tested. 

This week's bill sags in the centre 
and never gets out of the trough. 
Several of the individual acts are 
meritorious as is usually true of 
badly booked bills. Clifford Wayne 
Indian trio opened nicely. Turn had 
be6n sta;ndard for a decade or moire. 
Master Eugene, tooy xylophonlst, 
followed, and got over easily on 
ability. He played this Chicago 
across the street four weeks ago. 

"VVally Sharpies' act is below, his 
own staridards and was received 
with less appro'val .than this' sea- 
soned comedian is accustomed to. 
However, by dint of hard work and 
his experience as a trouper. Sharpies 
extracted riiore from the material 
than was really there. This may 
be. a partially new routine In, which 
cas6 when the trial and error period 
is over the act miy be more nearly 
typical of Sharpies. 

Next two turns gave the bill a" 
bruising from which it never re- 
vived. Gene Morgari and Josephine 
Dunn (New Acts), is headed east 
and needs to do beaucoup fixing and 
worrying to survive in present com- 
petitive vaudeville. Three Little 
Ma,lds (New Acts), were handi- 
capped In several directions but arc 
locally popular because of their 
broadcasting over WLS. 

Chaz Chase and Carl Freed 
brought to a close a bill that was 
heavy on talk, alniost nil on sing- 
ing, light on : dancing and' wholly 
blank on those elements of -novelty 
which. In their diversity constitute 
the seasorilrig of vaudeville. Of 
bourse, it may be argued that the 



pantomimic. Chase and the musical 
Freed incorporate the needful nov- 
elty ingredients, Both acts did well 
and as far as possible picked the 
show up, but there Is no sidestep- 
ping the essential criticism. It was 
money and regardless of correct or 
faulty diagnosis of what was 
wrong. Land, 

ORPHEUM, N, Y. 

Just a vaudeville show, with some 
good and some bad, but a strong 
picture, .'Blessed Event' (WB) to 
keep the b.o. pace brisk. Friday 
night (30) despite the Jewisl^ holi- 
days, downstairs .sector was filled 
with some stray standee trade. 

Milt Franklyn, ; pit leader, tries 
soniethlrig new again this week to 
wake up Interest, arid, though it 
turns out to be not . such a good 
Idea, Is commendable from a 
novelty standpoint. Franklyn is st 
former vaudeyillian who used to do 
one of those -rnusical acts in which 
he played . uriipteen kinds of In- 
struments. Here in the pit he has 
only seven men to work with, so 
handles the sax himself throughout 
the stage performances, arid plays 
various, ^other instruments during 
the overture. Currently, h^ plays 
an accordion and the trick Is for 
him to play various tune signatures 
of radio acts and for the audience 
to shout out the names of the acts 
identified with the tunes. It sounds 
better on paper and In theory thari 
it works, largely because giving all 
the amateur clowns in the audi- 
torium a chance to try to be funny. 
Point, however, is that it is cer- 
tainly something different in the 
way of overtures and gets away 
from the usual screen lyric thing. 
Franklyn deserves credit for an In- 
teresting experiment. 

"Vaiude gets started slowly with 
Les Jardy, an old-fashioned aero 
batlc turn in which the femme 
spouts French at the audience. Lou 
Fink, deucing, (New Acts), .is a 
dancerracrobat who goes listlessly 
through three nUnabers. .Entertain 
ment actually starts at this point 
with the : headliner, Harriet Lee 
(New Acts), in the center groove. 

Miss Lee's turn stems from radio, 
which puts it at a disadvantage in 
an old-fashioned house of this type, 
but her pleasant personality arid 
evident attempt to please, put her 
over fairly strongly. 

Next to shut is held by Faber and 
Ford, with the bills' first', laughs 
coming here, Faber is still a fly 
cracker who kriows his vaudeville 
and, seemingly, his Joe Miller 
equally well. . 'Mliss Ford makes a 
pleasant foil for him and can sing. 
She . has a hard time starting that 
singing business* her flrst half 
do^en top notes being much too 
forced, but once she gets going, 
she's okay. They're both too clever 
to bother with some of the ancient 
vintage material they use. New 
stuff will make them acceptable 
top shelf entertalnnaent. 

Show closes with Guy and Pearl 
-Megley in their expert and enter 
ta:inlng dance flash. Eauf. 

DOWNTOWN, L. A- 

Los Angeles, Sept, 29, 
A weak bill currently. Overboard 
on kids, and the two, other acts 
played the Paramount, a block 
away, in the past three weeks. 
Which leaves a dbg turn closer as 
the single item devoid of children 
and containing newness. Olympic 
Prize Winners is the usual yiptyip 
routine, featuring leaping wolf- 
hounds and better-than-average 
clown hounds. 

Lulsito Verale and Co. open, 
dominated by a precocious Spanish 
lad who convinces that a Latin 
prodigy is even more brash and 
unnatural than the garden or native 
variety. So-so girl dancer and four 
piece string orchestra complete the 
turn, 

Joyce ■ Reamer and Co. have a 
leggy girl of 12 who contorts her 
frame to win a modicum of ap- 
plause and .finishes with one. of the 
most outlandish bits seen here in 
months. With her mother, thie & 
Co.; holding the Ui\e, Miss Reamer 
climbs the web, does some routine 
acrobatics and then descerids head 
first, singing a full choruis of a 
popular sorig. The one pblrit during 
the afternoon's proceedings when 
the audience slapped its mitts. 

Senna and Loomis; . straight arid 
screwy tappers, followed with the 
same routine they did at the Para- 
mburit recently. So did Al Abbott, 
next to closing, with his rube im- 
personations. Neither scored • as 
well here as at the higher-priced, 
first-run house. 

Other cliiidren's act was Torrey's 
High Steppers, boy and four girls, 
who danced nicely, though poorly 
spotted after Senna and Loomls. 

Dog act was regulation and bal- 
anced the bill, although the man 
and woman who handled tiie canines 
continually fought between them- 
selves, for center stage. They should 
flip a coin. House well filled, prob- 
ably due to feature, 'Blessed Event,' 
(WJ3) third run here. 



ACADEMY, N. Y, 

If the current five-act bill\ is any , 
index, RKO isn't providing vaude- 
ville fOr this combination that will 
increase its prestige In any section 
of the town, let alone 14th street 
which should not be hard to please. 
At the Saturday matinee there 
seemed to be little on the show the 
locals would go for 'more than 
moderately. 

This is the first week of a month's 
celebration during October of 
Skourases' first anniversary as 
operators of the house. RKO might 
have done better by the Skourases 
unless seriously held down by a 
budget. 

There's nothing outstandingly 
poor on the show. At the same 
time thei'e's nothing producing a 
purich, five acts making up a whole 
that will no more than mildly satis- 
fy audlerices. It has nothing de- 
signed as an assurance that the 
same crowds will be re-attracted to 
the house or that anniversary 
month for tlie Skouras boys means 
anything from the stage. 

The Three White Flashes; roller 
skating trio open. This Is an okay 
act of Its kind;.differlng from most 
through dance singles on the 
skates. 

Eddie Hanley, next to closing, ■ 
probably wlir never change his act. 
Hoke all the way through, most of 
it's becoming tedious by now, espe- 
cially the stooge stuff which is fast 
wearing out with audiences. Hanley 
gets all the laughs there are, but 
they jprove light and far . apart. 
About the best the act offers is the 
stooge's yodeling single. The dance 
double by Hanley and the girl, clos- 
ing, is all right on the hoke but 
pretty long. 

Hanley has done much better 
elsewhere of late than he did down 
here. Perhaps toughened 14th 
street is tiring of the kind of hokum, 
the act contains. 

. Ada Brown; ahead of .the come- 
dian, third, gets the marquee bill- 
ing. Thei buxom colored entertainer 
continues to wear the Aunt Jemima 
type of costume, sticking to It 
throughout. Saturday afternoon Ahe 
did four numbers, none of which' 
excite beyond the average. Her 
'Hallelujah,' winding up, is tta^ best 
sold. The sentimental ballad has 
no place in the routine, due to its 
age. i 

A fairish flash which gathers 
rinomentiim on its second half brings 
curtains on the vaude portion. It's 
Wallace Sister and Co., recently 
billed as Wilma and Barlyne Wal- 
lace but the same act except that 
an airplane entrance has been elim- 
inated. Probably ' too curifibersoitie. 

The Wallace girls head a five 
people turn, their company being 
made up of a male team and a 
single. The. talent throughout is 
neither below nor above the aver- 
age and the flash is simply but 
tastefully ipounted. It'll get by okay 
in the average combination house, 
no more. 

Toward tlie end, the , male team 
does its best in a fast buck^ as does 
the gther man in a novelty number 
embracing splits, strut work, etc. 
The girls flash . their best for . the 
close in an acrobatic double, speed 
counting. ■ . 

BKO's purchase for No. 2 was 
Reynolds and "White. There's more 
idea and novelty to this team's act 
than there Is purich in their routine. 
First mistake is the girl's violin sold 
after gettlrig out of the tramp 
makeup as a man, no one the wiser 
until then. By all means that should 
be saved for the flnish, no one prob-' 
ably caring for a straight violin 
solo after all the vlollning that has 
preceded. 

Business was away off Saturday 
afternoon, doubtless due to the Jew- 
ish holidays and radio llsteners-in 
on the Woiid's Series. 

'Horse Feathers' (Par) is the pic- 
ture. Char, 



HoUytMHH^d 



(Continued from pajge 4) 

'Modern .Hero,' Louis Bromfleld 
story, as his second for Fox after 
his first, 'Giant Swing.' 

•Pullman Car,' original by F. 
Hugh Herbert and Paul Perez, hais 
been bought by M. H. Hoffman for 
November production. 



Y.bung in 'Billion Dollar' 

Roland Young goes Into 'Billion 
Dollar Scandal,' Charles" R. Rogers' 
next for Par. 



Contract Replaces Option 

In order that Victor Jory might 
accept a Fox contract, Nat Levlne 
released the actor from a six 
months' option. 



Indies' Benefit Oct. 8 

Because of the Motion Picture 
Electrical Pageant, the Iridepcndcnt 
Theatre Owners of Southern Cali- 
fornia, set back their midnight bene- 
fit frolic at the Fairfax to Oct. 8. 



WOOLLCOTT'S WINCHELL 

Alexander Woollcott has been 
commissioned by 'Cosmopolitan' to I 
do a life story on Walter Winchcll. I 
"Woollcott has a.skPd Winchcll to | 
turn over to him everything ever; 
writtt-n about him, good or bad. i 



Rushing 'Death Kiss' 

Having shelved the story, 'The 
IJc'ith Kiss,' Sam BLschoff of KBS 
IM ru.shing the treatment of an orig- 
inal to fit the title, so that the pic- ' 
tiii n may be in the can for an early 
Xovorribpr release. Assistant Ed 
/jailc-n- becoriies head megger on 
the picture. 



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VARIETY 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



Tuesday^ October 4, 1932 



CHICAGO 

(Continued from paffe 33) 

Llttau as from the Roxy, New Yorlt, 
It seems more probable that Omaha 
Sympliony would, strike Chicago 
ears more Inipressivoly, as the Roxy 
is only a name out here. The point 
is perhaps not important either way. 

Littau got over very strongly 
with the Chicago regulars, not 
wholly lacking in discrimination, 
appreciating; his musicianship. He 
chose 'Pngllacci' for his first effort 

'One Wfiy Pa.ssage' (WB) on the 
screen and business only fair! 

Land. 



PARAMOUNT. L. A, 

Los Angelesi Sept. 29. 

Too much dancing in the first 
10 minutes gives the- current Par 
stage show a badly routined open- 
ing, but after that the proceedings 
are stepped up, and plenty of diver- 
sified entertainment follows. . Ken 
Murraj' is featured, and clowns and 
m.c.'s all the way through. Most 
Of his routine has been caught lo- 
cally In the past, but It seemed new 
to the Par clientele, which giggled 
with glee over his antics. 

There isn't much continuity to 
the show. It is mostly hodgepodge 
of nonsense, intersperse with 
snappy stepping and some ' close 
harmony by the Three Ambassa- 
dors, formerly at the Cocoanut 
Grove here; lilne girls are on only 
a.t the. start and. for the finale, with 
thd exception of a flash for a com- 
edy scfene with Murray. On this oc- 
casion they are brought on when 
the ih.c is deluged with loaves of 
bread, thrown by the orchestra. 
Crirls are glimpsed smoking cigars, 
in imltatloh of Murray, with a line 
that, the maOagement has barred 
cigarettes liecause the girls were 
too careless with their butts. 

Plrtle and Galloxvay, pair of 
nimble colored steppers, slow up the 
proceedings, but Anally get going 
nicely, with their broken rythym 
dancing that clioks solidly^ Murray, 
follbwihgs the' boys, gags and aid 
libs for some time before bringing 
(m Mliton Charleston, his stooge. 
Orchestra comes on stage ' about 
midway and remains to finish, with 
Murray directing them in several 
numbers. 

Three Ambassadors plug Murray's 
sonjg, 'Three's a Crowd,' which is 
Introduced in the Aim, 'The Croon- 
er.' and then the band does it In- 
strumentally. Tom Queen, veteran 
I gray haired hoofer of the old school, 
shows that he can still do a nifty 
■bit of stepping, while Helen 
Charleston and Al Richer follow, 
clowning and dancing nicely. Fin- 
ish has everybody, including band, 
fharcliing- kround the stage; Whoop- 
ing things, up. 

Orchestra,' under Qeorgle Stoll, 
lleatured 'Tropical Impressions,' 
\ using Winona, Iiove on the stage in 
a refined hyla.. backed by the line 
girlB. Screen had 'Phantom Presi- 
dent' (Par). News and cartoon com- 
edy. Biz opening matinee just fair. 



ORPHEUM, MPLS. 

Minneapolis, Sept. 29. 
A^ far as towns like Minneapolis 
are concerned, the experiment of 
substituting Tex Guinan and her 
ultra-raw New York night club 
type of fioor show tor the regula- 
tion vaudeville fare seems success- 
ful only in a box office way, which, 
after all, may be the main thing 
necessary. , 

liured principally by curiosity to 
see the \^ell-exploited Quinan and 
her array of girls, and also, per 
haps, in lesser part, by word-of 
mouth reports of dirt and undraped 
gl^ls, the customers have been fiock 
Ing up to the bbx office in droves 
and the theatre Is having a very big 
week. But the entertainment fails 
to measure up eveii.to the theatre's 
average standard and does hot 
score. Whether there will be any 
unfavorable repercussions to the 
uncurbed rawness of gags and .wise- 
cracks remains to be seen. 

There is only one other attraction 
for which RKO completely low'ers 
its barriers against spice, that being 
Olsen arid Johnson, There IS this 
to say for the Guinan entertain- 
ment: Its gags probably are no 
more steirtling than those of Olsen 
arid JohYisori's, the undressing of the 
girls Is not carried to an extreme 
and is less daring, in fact, than l^at 
of the Marcus show. 

As far as audience appeal and 
general entertainment value are 
concerned, however, the loosely knit 
and noisy Guinan exhibition falls 
far below the standard of Its com- 
petitor in vaudeville rough and 
rowdy amuseriient, the Olsen and 
^ John,son offering. 

Here Texas provides the entire 
show, the act doing 80 riiinutes in- 
stead of the 65 consumed in Chi- 
cago. And she is giving the folks 
an unexpurgated edition, including 
the Virgin wooi gag 'n everything. 
The investiture is simple, but there 
are flashily cpsturiied ensemble 
numbers and the girl principals and 
Texas herself wear some stunning 
gowns. . 

In a large vaudeville theatre like 
the Oi'phcum Texas has difficulty In 
getting on sufficiently intimate 
terms with her public or spreading 
her camraderle and amlabllltyi She 
works hard, but does not appear en- 
tMiy at ease and the air of in- 
formality and haphazai^d nature of 



the proceedings and lack of out- 
standing talent or diversity of en- 
tertainment are not altogether acr 
ceptable to vaudeville patrons. 

Mel Klee, veteran vaudeville 
blackface comedian, is out In 'one' 
telling about the (Suinan show. Then 
he delivers a song, some stpries and 
a few gags. The familiar one about 
the White House riiay give offense 
to some Republicans during the po- 
litical campaign. 

After being introduced, by Mel, 
Texas takes charge of the proceed- 
ings, and, as usual, punctuates the 
proceedings frequently with pleas to 
give the girls a hand. The entire 
company. Including the 12 line girls, 
are ptipils in Texas' school for a 
beginner. An exchange of repartee 
and gags between the heckling Cook 
in the box . arid jMiss Guinan.- and 
Kleei on the sta^e is responsible for 
most of the lauighs. 

Ralph CoOk does a loose-jointed 
eccentric comedy dance that istops 
the show and is the hit of the per- 
formance. There's a brunette who 
wiggles and sings a mean bliies 
song, an attractive blonde dancer 
and a 'cute Frenchy miss who also 
sings. Then La Guinan does a song 
about Walter Winchell which pro- 
vides the excuse for the only two 
skits in the act. These are mildly 
raw and not so funny. 

There's a flash patriotic finale 
with, two of the girls waving large 
American flags to tease mild ap- 
plause from the audience. This 
finish probably wa;s inspired by 
doubts regarding, the entertain- 
ment's audience appeal. . On the 
screen, 'Okay, America- (U), Pathe 
News and a comedy. Capacity at 
this late evening show. Reea. . 



MAINSTREEt, K. C. 

. . Kansas City, £!ept. 28. 
Anyone of the three features on 
this Malnstreet's bill- this week 
could easily have been oriiitted BLiiA 
it would stni have been a great 
show. This is how it lined up: 
Wheeler and Woolsey in 'Hold 'Em 
Jail,; Blanche iSweet with the Fan^i 
chon & Marco 'Sweet and Lovely,' 
Arthur and Florence Lake and 
Barney Rapp and his 22 enter- 
tainers, and all for a 60-cent top. 

This is the second of the F. & M. 
Units on .the Malnstreet stage and 
much stronger In every respect than 
the 'Bombay' show Which preceded 
it. Headed by Blanche Sweet, it 
is nicely staged, beautifully lighted 
and as well balanced as a big time 
vaudeville show. Miss Sweet Is on 
early in the revue, following the 
opening number by the- dancers in 
a short dramatic scene from screen 
'Anna Christie.' The Stroiid Twins 
(Claude and Clarence) working as 
double masters 6C ceremony offered 
a neat dancing, bit, told some stories 
and ; clowned throughout the bill. 
Chamberlaiii and Hines, rough 
Apache dancers, with the woman 
doing the most of the roughing, 
drew nice applause. 

Miss Sweet and Al Rinker were 
next and pleased with songs, cross 
talk and a little dancing by Miss 
Sweet. 

Peggy Chamberlain • clowned a 
little with the Strou^a and then 
the big flash number with the 
Catchalpt TTrio featured. Full stage 
is used with a Japanese bridge 
across one side and a huge fountain 
upstage. The acrobatic trio Is 
posed on the fountain and holds a 
difficult pose through a long danc- 
ing, number. " When they break the 
pose many in the audience are 
aware for the first time that the fig 
ures are real. They offer a snappy 
routine of a.thletic work and return 
to the fountain for the finish. 

Arthur and Florence Lake, one 
of the added acts, come next after 
a short gag picture. The Lake kids 
are a happy pair and go over nicely. 
Miss Lake is one of those Grade 
Allen rapid-fire talkers with an in- 
fectious laugh, and does not confine 
herself to the Stage but is in the 
orchestra pit, the orchestra seats 
and bobs in and out during Barney 
Rapp's revue which follows. 

The band is given a nfeat Intro- 
duction by eight of the boys and a 
swell looking blonde dancer. After 
several steps they are Interrupteed 
by another blonde who informs 
them they are taking Mr. Rapp's 
place on the bill. The dancer an- 
s-wers that Mr. Rapp was not ready 
arid they canie on to prevent; a 
stage wait. The drape parts and 
the band, all in white, gave a hot 
number. 

Kate Picture, who lives up to her 
namci was introduced for a neat 
tap and toe dance. Another selec- 
tion by, the band and then Babe 
Miller, microphone crooner who 
stopped the show and was com 
pelled to give another song. She 
used 'Just Couldn't Say Goodbye' 
and 'Blue Indigo,' and how! The 
band Introduced a novelty with II 
lumlnated comic heads after which 
a ; colored boy dancer proved an 
other show stopper. Another band 
novelty, musical bottles was next. 
At this point Dorothy Sailer, who 
was the local winner in the RICO- 
NBC radio contest sa;ng two selec 
tions, seml-classical. For their 
closing the Rapp gangsters offered 
a 'Trip to Hawaii,' with some of the 
boys in grass skirts shaking, and 
with the dancing members of the 
act all aqulver. News and feature, 
■Hold 'Em JalV (Radio), followed. 



STATE, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 29, 
Picture house patrons will got an 
eyeful in Fanchon & Marco's con 
densed version of the late Flo Zieg 
f eld's 'Whoopee.' As staged . by Lo 
^oy PriniE, it is fast moving from 
sMTt to finish. In transforming it 
into a tab only the high spots of 
the original production have been 
retained, with, the Stetson hat and 
the finale the standouts. In cos- 
tuming F&M took advantage . of 
Sam Goldwyn's picture production 
of 'Whoopee,' taking over -the cos- 
tumes for the various numbers. 

On the stage the production looks 
like money, and is by far the. most 
lavish attempt of the unit pro- 
ducers. Nut for the show will ruri 
close! to f 6,000 weekly, but should 
be worth the tilt. 

Buddy Doyle does a good job of 
the Eddie Cantor part. Jane Lee 
(Lee Sisters) as Doyle's nurse 
turns in the best performance of the 
troupe. Bobbe Arnst as the girl 
and Pletro Gentlli as the Indian boy 
both give good accounts of them- 
selves. - Miss Arnst only. ■ has one 
chance to daftce, but makes the 
most of It; however, as the sweet- 
heart she lacks romantic appeal. 
Gentili's voice is aces , for the big 
house, handling both his numbers 
in good . fashion. John Rutherford, 
of the original company, takes care 
of the sheriff Assignment. Howard 
Nugent as the ranch owner.^ Gene 
Gehring as the .ranch boss, and 
William Dyer as the foreman make 
good jobs of iSmall parts. Others in 
the cast are Eddie- Pado, Jtuan Vel- 
lasana and';Virginia SBoltin. 

Comedy, in spots oould stand 
building. Doyle lacks pto^ltlveness 
in his delivery, which may have 
been occasioned by the cpmpany 
rehearsing for 18 hours . straight, 
then playing four shows on open- 
ing day. Whole company for that 
matter seemed tO:be tired out. 

Male chorus of ' 12 and a .femme 
line, of 90 do' some smart tapping. 
Flhale lacks the fiash of the origi- 
nal production, with the girls too 
immature. However, 1(h'eiy^r« still 
a gasp for picture houses. . 

Entire production is framed lor 
class, with each sceine getting a 
hand. Opening Is the ranch ex- 
terior, second scene is the kitchen, 
with Doyle doing blackface, and last 
scene is the . Indian village. Be- 
tween iscenes a eye with a desert 
scene is used.- ' ^ 

Audience here Went all the way 
for ,the prepentation. With a tew 
more rehearsals it should be ace 
entertainment' for all.-.class houses. 

Attendance on opeidng day was 
off, with, eih . afternoon and evening 
rain getting- the blame.- ^Hat 
Check' 'GIrr (Foz)i the feature, with 
Hearst hews clii>s the only other 
screen attraction.' Call. 



IMPERIAL, TORONTQ 

. Toronto, Sept. 90. 
It's likely the Jmperli^l manage- 
ment figured that 'Faithful Heart' 
(Gaumont^BHtlsfaD wotlld'catrythb 
house thiii "Week In that thl6 flicker 
was a holdover In Montreal '.at $1.50 
top and was especially selected for 
a private showing to the imperial 
economic delegates during -the Ot- 
tawa meet. Despite the draw of the 
Marshall-Best duo with the ex- 
patriated' British, this doesn't aeeiri 
to mean' much at the bo'zofflce. 

A great war presentation holds 
the stage. Despite the passing 
years this tbwn was -hit too hard 
by the recent conflict to find- enter- 
tainment In trenoh ntids ,&nd a 
background of barbed-wire entan- 
glements and utlUery barrages. 
Also the absence of a girl line and 
the substitution of a boy line offers 
as much cardiac thrlU as a cadet in- 
spection. 

There is this to be said In ex- 
tenuation, Ted Lewis and his band 
about eztiausted last week's, budget. 
The most expensive act that ever 
played this town, the band act may 
be the cAuse of the cut>down pn exr 
peridity^e. , Stage preE. opehs.'^with 
an estaminet exterior, pit boys oii 
stage in khaki and the male line-up 
mixing for an hurrah opening. Line 
boys are. out for opening for goofy 
drills, with Johnnie Burke trailing. 

H^'s tlie headllner o,n the stage 
and gets a hand on entrance: Piano 
bit brings on Nina Olivette for a 
dance poutpourri, Burke'^ shifting 
tempo putting 'the madcap through 
a mixture of Irish - Jig, ..Spanish 
rhumba and Russian steps.' Girl is 
gawky but not funny, and reception 
is mild. Boy-line does a rifle drill 
with Miss Olivette on as the dumb 
rooky In a series of gags that have 
been exhausted by short comedy di- 
rectors'. Burke trails in 'one' for a 
monolg of military anecdotes that 
overstays his welcome,' and -boys are 
back for a military tap and hock- 
steps. 

Then the burlesque midnight at- 
tack across No Man's Land and 
wounded buddies, carried back^' It's 
another indication that you can't 
gag a war successfully, something 
that Floyd Gibbons discovered dur- 
ing the recent Shanghai fracas. Miss 
Olivette, for no good reason, is back 
for an adagio burlesque with two of 
the doughboys, and finale heis every- 
one on as giant flags ot the allies 
are hoisted for etltciot. -The prez. 
drew murinurs from the audience. 
It's all like high school kids drawing 
a picture of the Spirit of Armlsiice 
Dar. MeStav. 



Unco] 



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on Ghatter 

By Ruth Morris 



Miss Colbert's Bangs 

Bangs haVei tjome into fashion, to 
be-devil studio hairdressers, whose 
jbbs were hard enough when they 
had to.i'omember, one day to the 
next, the exact placement of every 
wave. Now they must memorize 
the- curleycue of each separate bang 
80 that interrupted 'takes' may be 
reproduced next day In minutest 
detail. 

Pangs haVe a way of arranging 
themselves dtiferently . at every 
combing. They do, if they're like 
Claudette Colbert's — crisp, na.turally 
wavy and rebellious. They appear 
first as tiny fish hooks . f.'inged in 
geometrical perfection across her 
brow. Though there has been no 
noticeable passage of tlnae :for the 
heroine to get in;a few cbnstructive 
touches in front of a: mirror, the 
next siBquence finds them converg- 
ing toward the center part, defying 
the hairdresser to remember how 
they were yeisterday. 

One after the other, Hollywood 
ladle^ . hiive been, cultivating bangs 
in a big way. Kiss Colbert's in 
'Phantom. President,' are quite the 
most effective. They're part of a 
short, carefully tousled colffilre that 
fits her head as tidily as a well 
mouldsd cap. ' 

Campaign newsreels would pro- 
Vide interesting style data, if all 
President's wives had Miss Colbert's 
slim lines . and graceful carriage. 
They'd wear.fiawlessly^ fltted crepes 
and satins, rich wltlt their., own 
fabric, bordered with soft fox at 
sleeve and cape-line. For formal 
occa,sl6ns they'd model black velvet 
wraps with leg o' mutton sleeves 
of pure white ermine. Hats .of the 
(Stueen Mary- school would re- 
placed by tiny toques that go slid- 
ing oft one ear and release veils 
that • film flirtatious campaign 
glances. ..,..' 



When Belle's Happy 

No one can be happier than Belle 
Baker when she moans a torch song. 
The deep cello tones iin , her. , voice 
slur up to notes of prolonged mel- 
ancholy and stay there, unwilling 
to move 01^ to happier imoods. They 
want to wait ft while ar^d be glad to 
be . sorry ,, as they ., choke ..jvlth the 
rcalizatldn of their . owii grief. 
They're beautiful tones, every one, 
but they -linger ioo long to conform 
to 'picture, house requisites, of fast 
paced entertainment. 

As long as Miss Baker wanted to 
wear a light lace gown at the Para- 
mount, she did well to dhoose del- 
icate pink, soft and - flattering 
though it does not slenderize. "The 
dress has other good points: tvfO 
straps of sable that broaden the 
shoulders and taper together with 
lengthening bodiod llne^ But it's 
just, a dress— not nearly as effective 
as Miss Baker's, rich voice, clear 
enunciation and good humored 
dellVef y, . 

■ I 

A Star Dust Debut 

'The Bill of Divorcement' has 
been the turning point in the ca- 
reers of two actresses. The play 
Introduced Catherine Cornell to the 
stardom she- has realized on Broad- 
way, The film leads Katherine Hep- 
bum to the threashold of a glorious 
plctur.e career. 

Miss . Hepburn's . debut, is.sprinkled 
with • Stardust Studios have been 
comhihg Europe for some one JUst 
like her — someone whose fine talent 
is accompanied by ijhe / intJi.ngible 
quality that the box . offices knows 
as glamour. She's hot beautiful in 
the conventional sense. There'^ 
more than frank prettiness In i 
face that's as arresting, inscrutable 
and chic as a Benda masque. She 
knows her good points: wide, al- 
mond eyes; high cheek bones that 
create interesting shadows on the 
two dimensional screen; deeply 
waved hair whose luxuriance re- 
llev.Vs a gaunt, dangerously slender 
face, a figure that's slim as a sap- 
ling. Miss Hepburn, in her first pic- 
ture, accentuates these features and 
moulds them into an interesting, 
completely new screen personality. 

Her costumes, divinely fashioned, 
strike a new note for Hollywood to 
cbpy. They're simple. Yet their 
simplicity is achieved through the 
most detailed attention to line and 
personality. They say that orga,ndy 
Is a chic material that can do with- 
out frills; that evening wraps don't 
need furs or scarf draperies to be 
stunning;, that severe, high-necked 
evening gowns are infinitely allur- 
ing and that there are more ways 



of treating a; sleeve that attaching 
it uncompromisingly at the shoulder. 

There's another debut tn 'Bill of 
Divorcement'r— Blllle Burke's. All 
matrons with grovirri-up daughters 
would be delighted to look as young 
as Miss Burke. Maybe they could, 
if they applied make-up as well, 
knew how to fluff bobbed hair into a 
softening aura, and choose gowns 
with wise, flattering necklli^es. 

. Capitol's Modiste Magic 

The gowns f ranees Williams 
wears at the Capitol know what 
they should do for her figure. Long 
skirts sweeping gracefulliy to the 
ground make her tall and willowy. 
Softly draped , bodices and canny 
shoulder treatment dlsgul.ses the 
bad posture that current fashidifi re-, 
fuses t6' excuse as the 'debutante 
slouch.' 

. The first gown gleams with the 
soft brlllla,nce of coral lame. A 
deep collar, carefully gored over 
bare shoulders^ exposes back, decol-. 
letage that' ' bvals smoothly to the' 
waistline. The second gown's of 
lace in the pure, white shade that 
makes blondes' radiant u,nder spot- 
light. Its 'ilim skirt is balanced by 
a brief bolero, smartened with 
shoulder^flattering bands of fluffy 
White fox.. ■ . 

Ivy Anderson chooses dull White 
silk to intensify the brown of Har-. 
lem suritan— then invites an amber 
spot to destroy her effectively 
planned color schenie. ILow^down 
singing, ')ifi9ual and extreiiiely "iiir 
fectlous, is neatly contrasted by the 
smart nibiildlng of a good, tasteful 
costume. 



Shameless Pursuit ■ 

Ingenues of 'Cabin ih .the Cotton' 
set their caps for Richard Earthel- 
mess and pursue him in thi$ quite 
shameless screen manner. ; . - 

Dorothy. Jordan's battle IS wag^d' 
with the weapons of negrative style,' 
but waged enthusiastically, none- 
the-lesB. Her winning hand Is 
Stacked with unconquerable cinema 
tricks: a ..demure smile, a wistful 
southern -accerit> a flatteringly uni 
studied. . h^ltconib, .an ., untuttyeii^ 
taste in calicoes, and miall-brder-' 
house organdies; Miss Jordan does 
admirably., hy ' her equipment in; a 
part that demands a brief account- 
ing of.,, outspoken. ,b\it , malde^lsf 

pursuits ' ■• i r 

Inevitable d^feoit is Written Intd 
B^tte Davls^ y<Minger - generation 
clothes and manner. She believes 
In the a-ggressive qualities of re- 
vealing gowns even when they don't 
suit her figure, of brisk sporty 
turn-outs, of stylized make-ups. In- 
dividual until it hurts, ' her hair 
comb features a halo of fluffy plati- 
num curls encircling straight hair 
in much the same manner as the 
frill on a boudoir cap. The style's 
distinctive and when it's most kind, 
very ch Ic-young- thing. ' But when 
the camera man negleots flattering 
angles, it takes on a conical. toupee 
aspect that doesn't fit into Miss 
Davis' smart style scheme. 



Well, Well! They Can Talk 

The ppxyettjBs may go home and 
tell . their, mothers that thiey'i'e . .ixc' 
tresses. Frank Cambria's 'Box of 
Tricks' gives them lines to. recite- 
real words that string together and 
rhyme. After they've said their 
piece — something about the show 
that's to follow — each Roxyette step^ 
out of line and introduces herself 
by name. The . personal note is m.ore 
than the communistic Ettes can 
bear, They step out shyly, giggling 
over :so unaccustomed an jeissigri- 
ment arid, are ' vastly relieved when 
they scuttle . back to " prfeolsiftiii 
formations. 

The ballet's back this week in 
regulation tuUe-^mauve Eugeriies 
and gloves to match — and lovely 
periwinkle velvets that swirl, dip 
and pirouette against a backgrdutid 
of shimmering silver cloth. 

ITolarida has solved her costume 
problems for all time. The bodice 
that fits as smoothly as a glove, -the 
skirt devieed sensitively to follow 
graceful motion, fashion a timeless, 
undated dance frock. Line that 
flows as fluidly as a waltz should 
never be broken by the confused i 
gold lace pattern or contrasting vel- 
vet ribbands that creep into To- 
larida's second gown. 

Eleanor Powell has worked out 
her own Idea for costuming charm- 
Irigly lazy arid facile tap routined. 
She likes two-toned pajamas, the 
darker' tone striping down Over the 
(Continued on page 64)' 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



VARIETY 



37 



V^aLrietv Oills 

NEXT WEEK (October 8) 
THIS WEEK (October 1) 

Nuin*''*'* conneotlon with bills below Inc^.cate oiiening aav of 
■how, whether full or ■plit weak 



Fanchon & Mairco 





jralsce <•) ^ 
Donatella Bros Co 
Robs .4 Bdw^aB 
BlT«r«tt Marshall , 

(Two ^'^^y^ 

Fearce & V«lle 
1.60 QelllB 

Barry & "Whltlodge 
Otts Bdwards' Rev. 

l8t halt (8-11) 
Xam Tal 3 
Jo« B Howard Co 
Henrietta's Affairs 
(One to fill) 

2a half (12-14) 
A ft F I<ake 
(Three to All) 



<1) 

Norma Talmadgo 
Oeorgle Jossei 
CI^VBLAND 
FalaM <•) : 
Norma Talmadge 
Georgle Jessel . 
(1) 

Dainty Ann Howe 
Golden Blondes 
Brltt Wood 
Rudy Vatlee 

COLUMBUS 
Ohio <8) 
4 Ortons 
Brltt "Wood 
Vaneanl 

Jack Mulhall Co 
Hilton Sis 



. At the- Boxy 

BtSMK HaABH 
VAVL. KIBMLAND 

At I'oranonnt, Brooklya 
XiUOIIXE PAGE 

ALL THREE 

Placed by 
LEDDY & SMITH 



2d half <E-7} 
Pelovls 

Boice-^ Marsh 
Jennie Goldstein 
Mel Klee 
Dawn Sla 

Paol Cadteuz ' < , 
BBOOKLVN 
Albee (8) 
Eddie Nelson 
Hill & Hoffman 
(Throe to fill) 
Donatella Bros Co 
' Radio Rognes 
Tom Fatrlcola 
Bverett Marshall 
/Wills A Davis 
Prospect 
let half (8-11) 
Harvey A Connors 
(Four to fill) 

2d halt (12-14) 
Mat'l Opp Rev 

. 2d half (6-7) 
Carl Armstrong Co 
Cary Armstrong' Co 
Pretoler A Klaiss 
Cllfl Naiarro Orcb 
(One to fill) 

AKRON 
Palace 
ad half (6-7) 
I Cossacks 
Porsythe S'm & F 
Vanessl 

Jack Mulhall Co 
Ale's Hyde Bd 
ALBANY 
Palace - 
let' half (8-11) 

4 Bmeralds 

B A J Browne 
Billy Holbrook Co 

2d half (13-14) 
Grade Schenk 
B & M Beck 
Nick liong Jr - 

5 Gnllors 

F Henderson Orcb 

2d half (6-7) 
Ctemenn Belling 
Mary Nolan 
Bvans A Mayer 
Roes & Bdwards 
Steele Sis Co 
BOSTON 
Boston (8) 
Clemons Belling 



(1) 

Denny 'White Co 
Gaston Palmer 
Grace Hayes 
Medley & Dupree 
Barney Rapp Orch 
DAMaAS 
Keith's (8) 
Marcus Rev 
(1) 

3 3t John Bros 
Ryan & Noblette 
Neville Fleeson Co 
Jordan A 'Woods 
Gene- Dennis 
DA'TTON 
Kdth'B (1) 
Thurston 

BLIZABETH 
Keith's 
let half (8-11) 
Stern A Stern 
Fatty' Arbuckle 
Grey Fam 
(One to All) 

2d half (12-14) 
Gillette & Richards 
Rice A Werner . 
Sammy Cohen 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (6r7) 
Bood A Bood 
Will Aubrey 
'Violet Carlson Co 
Larry Rich Co 
HBMPSTBAD 

Blvdl 
1st half (8-11) 
Gillette A Richards 
Helen McKellar Co 
Larry Rich Co 
Rae A Boys 
(One to fill) 

2d half (12-14) 
3 WiUeys ' 
Stem A Stem 
Daphne Pollard 
Lander Bros 
Le Galls 

2d half (6-7) 
Blanche A Blllott 
Joe Wong ■ 
Conway A Clayton 
Williams A Keane 
Murray Lane Co 
HOUSTON 
Keith's (8) 
Jimmy Burcbill Co 



M Montgomery 
Ray- & Harrison 
Billy House Co 
OMAHA 
Keith's (7) 
Rfo Rita 

(80) 

Norman Thomas 6 
PATKKSON 
Keith's 

1st half (8-11) 
Blackstone 
(Two to fill) 
• 2d half (12-14) 
Roxy Theatre Enn 

2d half (6-7> 
Lob Ovidos 
Howard & LInd 
Helen McKellar Co 
George Beatty 
RImnc's Orrh 
PROVIDBNCB 
Fay's (8) 
Roye & Mo ye Co 
Mady Co 

Georf^e . Broadhurst 
Dowling & Dooley 
(1) 

Grey Fam 
Bammy Cohen' 
Nan Halperln 
Victor Oliver. 
Bbony Follies 
KOCHE8TBB 
Keith's (8) 
Mel Klee ' 
Texas Oulnan.Co 
(1) 

Diaz A Pokers 
Mildred H Chaplin 
Ross Wyee Jr 
Hilton Sis 
Herb Williams 
SAN . ANTONIO 
Keith's (8) . 
3 St John Bros 
Ryan A Noblette 
Neville Fleeson 
Jordan A Woods 
Gene Dennis 
(1) 

Jimmy BurchlU Co 
Jacks'n & Gordlner 
Hobart BouwoTtli 



Barney Grant Co 
Ingenues 
. ST. LOUIS 
Keith's (8) 
Gary Ford Fam- 
Harlan A St John 
Grace Hayes 
Medley A Dupree' 
Norman Thomas 6 
(1) 

White A Manning 
Welat A Stanton. . 
A & F Lake 
Warlng's Orch 
TORONTO 
Hippodrome (8) 
Dninty Ann Howe 
Whltey Roberts 
Mildred H Chaplin 
Ross ' Wyse Jr 
Alex Hyde Bd 
(1) . 

Stone A Gibbons 
Senator Murphy' 
Adelaide Hall 

3 Sailors 
Klutlngs' Ent 

TRENTON 
Capitol 
let half (8-11) 
Nat'l Opp Rev 

2a half (6-7) 
Lee Gall Bns 
Freddie Bernard 
Hap Farnell 
Beth Miller Co 
TROT 
Keith's 
1st half (8-11) 
Nick Long Jr 
BAM Beck 
Mary Nolaii 
Fred Sanborne : 
2d half (12-14) 

4 Bmeralds 

B A J Browne' 
Ruby Norton 
Chaz Chaqe 
Lina Basnuctte Co 

2d half rC-7) 
Downey A Lee Sis 
Joe Toung Co 
Bdc;ar Bergen 
DUly Holbrook Co 



DEMONSTRATING 

Dancing Dnimsttclts 
Defylns DopUcatlon 

DESCRIBES 

LEDDT « SMITH'S 
JACK POWELL 



Loew 



NEW TOBK CITT 
. Capitol <«) 

Dorothy JoVdan 
Russ Columbo Or 
Irene Bordoni 
3 Keys 
Benny Rubin 
Boulevard 
1st half (7-10) 
Bud Carlell A Rosa 
Anne Lester Co 
Harrington A Foye 
Bell Waters A B . 
Qallo A Tlsln Co 



Lou Jloltz 
Duke Ellington 
(One to All) 

Valencia <1) 
Lucky Boys 
Billy Glason 
Frances Arms 
Rae Bills A La R 
ABTOBIA 
Triboro 
let half (7-10) 
Chevalier Bros Co 
Jean IjaCoste Co 
Burt Frohman 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. A, 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

1S60 Broadway 
Tills Week: Bay Myers, Johnny IJddy 



International 3 
Henry Burblg 
<0ne to fill) 

Cole Bros 
Chas King A C 
6 Jolly Pals 
Mady Co 
Horlick Dancers 

Kelth'e (8) 
Colby A Murray Rv 
Radio Rogues 
Sid Marlon 
A A M Havel 
Nick Lucas 
Willie West A McG 

,.:'■ <i) . 

Large A Morgner 
4 Flustaers 
Banders'n A Crumit 
Hill A Hoffman 
BAR Goman 
BUFFALO 
BIppodronM <8) 
3 Cossacks ' 
Stone A Gibbons 
George Beatty 
Golden Blondes 
Buck A Bubbles 

CHICAGO 
_„^. r>»laee (1) 
7>>ite A Manning 
Forsythe S'n A F 
guy Robertson 
Billy House Co 
Charlie Agnew Or 

Olson A Johnson 
, State Lake (7) 

Jack Gwynne 
Jones A Rae 
Adelaide Hall 
Alec B Francis 
Welat A Stanton 
(30) 

Clifford Woyric Rev 
Master Eugene 
Wally Sharpies Co 
Dunne A Morgan 
3 Little Maids 
Ohaz Chase 
Carl Freed' Co 
CINCINNATI 
Albee (8) 
Olson A J,ohTisoD 



Jacks'n A Gardiner 
Hobart Bosworth 
Barney Grant 
Ingenues 

(1) 

Harris 2 A Loretta 
Donovan Sis A B 
Weaver Bros Co 
INDIANAPOLIS 
LyrJo (8) 
Alexanders • 
Aaren A BrodericU 
Leon Janney . 
Sylvia A Clemence 
Radcliff' A Rodgers 
Llazeed Tr 

KANSAS CITS 
Keith's (7) 
Follow Thru 

(28) 
Rio Rita 

LOUISVILLE 
Blalto <8) 
Marlnoft's Co 
Sibylla Bowan 
Ray A Harrison 
Barney Rapp Or 
(Ottaere to fill) 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Orpbenm (8) 
.Ralph Olsen Go 
Dunn A Morgan 
Pola Negri 
Wills A Davis . 
Daltou A Rose 

James Evans. Co 
Vanderbilt' Boys 
Daphne Pollard 
Carol A Stuart 
Rehoff Renova A B 
NABHVUU.E 
Princess (7) 
Toung King . Tr 
Stcnards 
Sid t«wls 

Prince Shah Babar 
NEW ORLEANS 
State (8) 
Harris 2 A Loretta 
Donovan Girls A B 
Weaver Bros Co 
<1) 

Murand A .Girton 
Burke A DUrkIn 



2d half (11-13) 
Lea Jardys 
Boyd Senter 
Morton A Parks 
Le Paul 

Betty Jane Cooper 
Orphevin 

lat half (7-10) 
Jordan A Grace 
Lydia Harris 
Valentine Vox 
Trado 2 

Bavarian Pst Bd- 
2d halt (11-13) 
Al Llbby A Betty 
Jean Carr 
Earl Faber Co 
Renard A Rome 
Great Huber 

Paradise (7) 

Con Colleano 
Oaudschmldt Bros 
Rosette A Luttman 
Stuart A Lash 
House Orch 

State <7) 
Gilbert Bros 
Sylvia ProoB 
Davis Harris Co 
Cass Mack A O 
DeMarcos 

BROOKLYN 
Gates Ave. 

1st halt (7-10) 
Les Jardys 
Senorlta Carita Bo 
Morton A Parke 
Bud Harris Co 
Bud Harris Or ' 

2d half (11-13) 
Chevalier Bros Co 
Mammy 

Valentine Vox Co 
Burt Frohman 
Gallo A Slsen Co 
Metrop<dltan (7) 
Baker A Burns 
Francis Williams 



Great Huber 
(One to flII) 

Sd half (11-13) 
Bud Carlell A Rosa 
Anne Lester Co 
Jack LaVier 
Bud Harris Co 
Bud Horrls Orch 
BALTIMORE 
Centnry (7) 
Bob Rlpa 
White. A Agnew 
Lew Pollock Co 
Ted Healy 
House Orch 
BOSTON 
Orphenm (7) 
Van Cello A Mary 
Goes A Barrows 
Sophie Tucker 
Mills Kirk A M 
Starnea A Koven 
JERSEY CITY 
Loew's (7) 
Harriett Lee Co 
Harrison A Fisher 
(Three to fill) 
MONTREAL 
Ix>ew'8 (7) 
Zelda Bros 
TAB Wonder 
PlUard A Hilllcr 
Bomby Go 
Lee Lee Lee A Lee 
ROCIIESTER 
Loew's (7) 
Murray Bros 
Carr Bros A Betty 
Owen Moore 
Lewis A Ames. . 
Joe Fejer Orch 
WASHINOTON 
Fox (7) 
Winnie A Dolly 
Edith Bow 
Frank ConviUe 
Brems Fltz Co 
Jack Denny Orch 



imOOKLVN 
Fox (7) 
'Night Club' 1 
Holland A Knight 
P & J Hubert 
Wilton Crawley 
Rudy Kaye 
Fetch A DeauviUe 
Janice Walker 
ijunklst Bns 

AKRON 
■ Pnlaee (8) 
TuhUr 1 

Bernardo De Page 
Celine Lescar 
Park A Clifford ' 
GuB Elmore 
Lloyd Robt Miller 
Sunklat Ens 
BOSTON 
Metropolitan <7) 
'Jubilee Show' 
Ted Lewis 
Dixie 4 
Chas Whittier 
High Hat Beauties 
Esther Pressman 
Mildred Gaye 
Doris Deane 
Ted Lewis Bd 
BRlDCiEFOBT 
Poll (7) 
'Big Top' I 
. Jack Sidney 
Adele Nelson Co 
Harrison Co 
Victoria Girls 
Cooper A Clifton 
Karoly A Swansea 
BUFFALO 
Boffalo (7) 
Rookies* I 
Johnny Burke 
Nina Olivette 
Les Everson 
rwin A McAvoy 
Dancing Doughboys 

cmcAtio 

Oriental (7) 

Hlywd Comedians* 
Teddy Joyce 
Ben Turpin 
Walter Hlers 
Snub' Pollard 
Lambertl 
Blossom Sis 
Mary Miles . 
Catbleen Bessette 
Joyce A Gary 

Paradise (7) 
Desert Song' 
Perry Askam 
Tanzl 

Earl Askam 
Ncnnette Vallon 
John MerkyI 
Chas Boyle 
Betty Willie 
John Wagner 
CLBVBXAND 
lOSUi St. <8) 
School Days* I 
Milton Douglas 
Mary Price 
Ollle Moroeco 
Edna Sedgwick 
Charley Myers 
Bobby Bernard 
Muriel Moran 
Arlette Toung 
O'Connor Bros 
Duster Ketm 
Dorothy Keim. 
Sue St John 
DES MOINES 
Paramount (8) 
'Sweet A Lovely' 
Blanche Sweet 
Stroud 2 
Chambprlln A H . 
Loc Lorraine 
Al Rlnker 
Catcbelotta 
Sunklst Ens 
DETROIT 
Fox O) 
FAM Britton Co 
HAKTFORB 
CapHol <7) 
Malibu Beaoh' 
Haqnel Torres 
Beinie A Walker 
Renee Torres 
Henri Therrlen 
Tom Dick A Barry 
Anderson A Allen 
Sunklst Ens 

LONG BEACH 
Weet CoMt <•) 
'Mystery' 
JAP Mlchon 
A Du Val 
Wynn Wayne 
Sunklst Bns 
LOS ANGELES 
Loew's Stat* (6) 
HI-Lltes' I - 
Vonnie Poe 
Miller A Mack 
Dick Henderson 
Betty Boop 
Chalmers Ens 
MABI80N 
Orphewm (7) 
Stitch In Time* 
J A J McKenna 
Tommy McAallfte 
6 DeCardos 
Harriet Mortimer 
Ben Omar 
Torney Ens 

MILWAUKEE 
Wisconsin (7) 
Bombay' X 
Flo Lewis 
O'Connor Fam 
Gaylenne - Sis 




ELIZABETH 

BltE 

1st half (7-10) 
Case Bros A M. 
Cooney A Mooriey 
L'avitt A Lockw'd 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (11-13) 
Foley A LaTour 
Fuller Rawson A C 
(Three to flll) 

2d half (4-6) . 
50 Million F'chm'n 
BABTFORD 
State (6) . 
Vernon Rathburn 
Mazzone A Keene 
(Three to flll) 
LAWBENCE 
Warner (6) 
Jerome A Ryan 
Lewis Mack Co 
William A Cryor 
Dorothy Co. 
(One to flll) 
PHTT^DELPHIA 
Earle (7) 
Foster A Van 
Hollywood Rev 
Levan A Bo] lee 
Eddie White 



(One to flll) 

(30) 
Crystol 3 
King A Burnett 
Marty May 
Showboat Rev ' 
Gould A Robey 
Adler A Bradford 
Fred Sanborn . 
Roger Ball Co 
WASHINGTON 
Barlo (7) 
Mae Wynn 4 
Paul Kirkland 
Venlta Gould 
Rit? Bros- 
(30) 

Paul Nolan Co 
Radio Rubes 
Collcono Fam 
Will Mahoney 
Oracle Barrio 
WATKRBURV 
Strand (1) 

Ora 

Nice Florio A L 
Krugle A Robles 
M A A Skelly 
Mickey Feclcy Co 
P Hunter: A P 
Vernon Rathburn 



Pasqualt Bros 
Bombay Ens 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Minnesota (7) 

'Star Gazing' 
Wally Vernon 
Athcnas 

Wallln A Barnes 
Muriel Gardner 
Collcnette Ens 
NEW HAVEN 
Metropolitan (7) 
DlBcoverlea'.. I 
Trixlo Friganza 
Stadler Roso 3 
Moro A Taconelll 
Ina Ray 
Victor Griffin 
Paul Howard 
Bunny Bronson . 
Mark. Pepper 
Keene 2 . 
Ken Syner 
NEW ORLEANS 
State (6) 
Hello Parree 
Ghezzl Bros ' 
l4'nn Cowan Co 
Armando A Lita 
Roshler A Shags' 
OAKLAND 
Oakland (7) 
'Sally' 

Mary Eaton 
Hal Toung 
T. Roy Bai-nes 
Miss Harriett 
Jack Waldron 
George Guhl 
Leia Bliss 
Jack Egan 
Harry Stafford 
Jack Duffy 
PHILADELPHIA 
Fox (7) 
'Girl Trouble' 
Chester Frederlcke 
Julia (Turtle 
Calif Redheads 
Othle. George 
Joe Ceylon , 
4 Thoroughbreds 
PORTLAND 
Paramount (6) 
'Hearts of Bway' 
Vera Gordon • 
Sydney Page 
4 J'ggling Normans 
Mack Lerner 
Nadje Gordon 
Peggy Earle 
Topsy McMann 
Myrtle Lyman 
Tomey Ens 

SAN DIEGO 

Fox 
1st half (6-«) 
'Whoopee' 
Biiddy - Doyle 
Bobbe Arnst 
Jane Lee 
Pletro Gentill 
Jack Rutherford 
BAN FRANCISCO 

Fox <7) 
'Desperate Sam' . 
Bert. Gordon 
F X Bushman Jr 
Enrico A Novello 
Florence Hedges 
Bob Shaffer 
John Locke 
Virginia Crawford 
Sunklat Bns 
SPRINGFIELD 
PoU <7) 
"Birthday Party' 
Sylvia (Hark 
LAOsiter Bros 
Morgan A Stone 
Bobby. Kuhn 
Sylvia Sharp 
Sanhlst Ens 
ST. LOUIS 
Fox (7) 
"Movie Circus' 
Monte Blue 
Monroe Bros ' 
Realtor 
Freethy' Bns 
TORONTO 
Imperial <7) 
'Baghoilse' I 
Charley Foy 
Maxine Lewis 
Iioga A Mishka . 
Balalaika 6 
Flaschette 
Tndy 

Virginia Peck 
La Verne 

VANCOUVER 
Orpheam (6) 
Irene' 

George Dobbe 
Walter Regan 
George Ball 
Baddy Karsen 
George Fox 
Kathryn Crawford 
Sydney ' Reynolds 
Anolyn Arden 
Ruth Fay 
Betty. Farrington 
Dorothy La Marr . 
Bobby Watson 
Wanda Allen . 
Karsen A Gretel 
WOBCESTEB 
Poll (7) 
'Happiness Show' 
Eddie Peabody 
Jessie Draper 
Joy Bros 
Mary A Marge 
Martha Vaughn 
Tom A Hank 



NEW YORK CITY 
Paramoont (SO) 

Belle Baker 
Borah MInevitch 
Donald Novls 
Rubinoff 
Rio Bros 
Crawfords 
Phantom Pros' 
Boxy (80) 
■William Robyn 
Vcloz A Tolanda 
Edith Scott 
Paul; Kirkland 
Al Norman ' 
Joseph Grlffln . 
Serge Flash 
Eleanor Powell 
Chandu' ' 

BROOKLYN 

:Pammount .^SO) . 

Fnnny Brlce 
Ray Bolger 
Peter Higglns 
Luc lie Page 
Charles . Prevln 
Dick Leibert 
'Phantom Prea' 



CHICAGO 
Chicago (SO) 
Harry Rlchman 
4 . Diamonds 
Ethel Barry more 

Colt 
Gloria Grafton 
One Woy Passage' 

Oriental (30) 
Desert Song Co 
Blonde Venus* 
Tlvoll (SO) 
Ted Weems Bd 
Collette Lyons. 
Chilton A Thomas 
Andrea Marsh' . 
'Night of June: 13' 

Uptown (30) 
K'lhenennol Ostrow 
W A J Mandel 
Vox A Boyxe 
'4 Marx Bros' 
. BUFFALO 
Bnffnio. (30) 
Ted Lewis 
'Bird of Paradise* 
DETROIT 
Fisher (30) 
Baby Rose Marie 
4 Ortons 

.'S'c'sful Calamity* 



STAMFORD HILL 
Regent 

8 B G Girls 
STRB.\THAM 

Astoria 
Ralflnl Bd 

Palate 
M A H Nesbitt 
3 White Flashes 
STRATPORB 
Broadway 
8 Ziegfeld Girls 
Clare Rowe A C 

Empire 
Esther Ralston 
Gilbert French 
Dare A Tates 



Chris Charlton 
Valliere 
Power A Page 
Edwin Lawrence 
Bobby Henahaw 
SUTTON 
Connty Ctnema 
M A H Nesbitt 
3 White Flashes 
SYDENHAM 
Rink 
Mary O'Rourke 
Barber A Stevens 
Rego a 

TOTTENHAM 
Palace 
Georgesco Orch 



TOM KENNEDY 

"VOBKO" 

JORDAN and WOODS 

(Radio Ballyhoollganb) . 
Interstate Ctrcalt Now . 
Originators and Not a Copy Act 



Small's Paradise . Karoly Nyaray 



Block Rhythm' R 
Nyra Johnson 
Mccrs A Norton 
3 Speed Domons 
Geo Walker 
Wm Spellmnn 
3 Polmer Bros 
May Alex 
Mnbel Scott 
Roy White 
Dorothy Turner 
Chas Johnson Orch 

Taft Grill 

Geo Hall Orch 
. The Csarda 

Karoly Bencze 
Zslga Bcla . . 
Mme lieha deThury 



VlUnge Bam 

Joe Furst's Orch 
RelUy A Comfort 
Townsend A Bold 
Sh'rlft J'sh Medders 
B'Bhf'l H'k Warren 
Muriel' Parker 
3 Dane Bros 
Johnny Russell' 

Waldorf-Astoria 

Emll Coleman Of 
The Argentines 
Woodmanstcn Intt 
Will Osborne Orch 
Ronald Brooks 
Bobble Moss . 
Enters A' Borgia 
Mardle R'omm, 



CHICAGO 



Blaekhawli 

Hal Kemp Orch 
Deane' Janls- 
Rose A Ray. Lyie 
Patricia Storm 
Paul Sis 

Clab Alabam' 
Patsy McNait 
Edna. Lindsey 
Freddie Villant 
Mary Thome 
Mildred Rose . 
Bernle Adler 
Eddie Maklns Orch 

College Inn 
Ben Bernle Orch 
Slaters 'Q' 
Jackie . Heller 
Genevieve Tighe 
3 Orphans 
Pat Kennedy \ .. 
Frank Prince 
Firollc'e 
Al Shayhe 
OILve Shayhe 
Grant A Rosalie 
Joy FInley 
Dorothy Ray 
Minnie Sherman 
C^irry A. DeSylvla- 
Don Pedro Orch 

Granada 

Jack Miles Orch 
3 Marines 
Gladys DeFoe 
Keller Sis 
Chlcagoettes 

KIt-Kat CInb 
Bock Sis 



PROVINCIAL 



Week of Oct. 3 



BIRMINGHAM 
Empire 
Charlie Hlggine 
O'Gorraan - Bros 
Murray A Mooney 
Fratenellls 
Lucan A HcShane 
3 Marinos 
Albert A Renee 
CARDIFF 
- Capitol 
Anita Lowe 
Freddie Fox 
DUBLIN 
Capitol 
Donald Peers 
GLASGOW 
Empire 
Michel A Arnova 
Carlo . Medlnl Tr 
Doreen 

Fields A Rossini 
Houston Sis 
Regal A Ptnr 
Fete Davis A D ' 

HULL 

Palace 
Flanagan A Allen 



Harry Linden 
Joyce Jelke 
Ellice Lorraine 
Irene Barna 
Mae Golden . 
Rosalie Jelke 
Sylvia. Horizon 
Anne Castle 
Dottle LeRoy 
Leah Lee 
Mary Lang 
Freddie Jants Oroh 

liacoln Tmw«t» 

F' Trambauer Orcli 
Hal ReduB 
Elinor Sherry 

. Parameinit ' 
Sir Harry Glynn 
Nellie Durkin 
Alvira Morton 
Alfred Weiss 
Lillian Drew 
"Shorty'* 
Mary Duntley 
Anita laPlerre 
Sid Lang Orch 

Terrace daidena 
Chas Agnew Orch 
Stanley Jacobson 
Dusty Rhodes 
Bmlly DeSalvl 
Jack Read 

Vanity Fair 

Romo Vincent 
A A N Belby 
Bobbie ' Cook . 
Renee' Bonnie 
Jack' Russell . 



Nixon Grey 
Alvarez Bros 
Semoii A Sonia 
Harum Scarum Co 
Gaston . A Andre 
Selkirk A Glynn 
A C Astor 

IMBEDS 
Empire 
Louis Armstrong 
Lou Radford 
Jimmy Campbell 
Nlcol A .Martin 
Klifton Kids 
Barker. A Wynne 
Hanv Moore 

ParamooBt 
Charles Graham 
NOTTINGHAM 
Empire 
Layton A Johnst'ne 
Alma Victoria 
Shan' A Stanton 
Peter Fannain 
Donald Stuart 
Carre A Carlotta 
Kiraku Bros . ^ 
Revenell A Weet 



Sheridan, Chicago, Stage 
Conscidns After 3 Yrs. 



Chicago, Oct S. 
Vierne Buck returned to the SherK ' 
dan theatre tor Fox yesterday (3) 
In an effort of General Manageif 
Harry Fltzfirerald to. improve busi- 
ness at the big northside lllm par- 
lor. Sheridan Is one of the two ma^ 
vlvine links In the former Chicago 
group of Fox houses. Other Is tho 
Terminal. 

' Nothing Is definite about Buck or 
the house policy which ip experi- 
mental coincidental with double 
features going out. Some years a|ro 
when the m. c. vogue in Chicago 
was at Its height Verne Buck 
played an extended engagement At 
the Sheridan. 

BchiEiIImann Bros, booked one act 
Joan, Jerry and Billy, to augment 
the band at Sunday's reopiening. 




CARL 

FREED, 



Oet I. Stato Uk«, Chi. 




LONDON 



Week of Oct. 3 



CaaterbDvy Ml H. 

lat half (S-6) 
Renee A Godfrey 
Fyne A Fnrley 

2d half (6-8) 
Welsh Miners 4 
Fynch A Foulkes 

Kit Kat Bert. 

Harold Sandler Bd 
Jean Florldan 
Bdna Peel 
Georgesco Orcb 
Co as boohed 

New Victoria 
Tom Burke Orcb 
BRIXTON 
Astttria 
Paramount Orcb 

CXAPTON 
Bbik 

Pauline Ward 
DAL8TON 
Plctare . Uoose 
8 Bee Girls 
Loranna 
Leo Doherty 
EAST HAM 
Premier 
Evelyn Hardy Bd 
EDGEWARE BD 

Grand 
Counteim Tarano 
Oliver Hardwicke 
FINSBURT PABK 

Astoria 
Paramount Or oh 



HOLLOWAT 
Marlberongh 

Georgesco Orch 
. ILFOBD 
Sope^ 
Evelyn Hardy Bd 
KIIAUBN 
Graaire 
Countess Tarano 
Oliver ' Hardwicke 
. LEVTON 
Savoy 
Pauline Ward 
MILE END 
Empire 
8 Ziegfeld Girls 
Clare Aowe A C 
NEW CROSS 
Empire . 
Teddy Brown 
Prakeon 
Betters 

My Slater A I 
Mr Thomas 
Catalini 
Hetty King 
We Leave It to 

Kinema 
John Myrrdin 
Vanda Vladimir Co 
PECKHAM 
Palaee 
John Myrrdin 
Vanda Vladimir Co 

Tower. - 
Mary O'Rourke 
Barber A Stevcn« 
.Rego X 



Blltmore Hotel 

Paul Whiteman Or 
Jane Vance 
Red McKenzie 
Peggy Healy 
Irene Taylor 
Jack Fulton Jr 
Ranrtona 

Central P'b Casino 

Sheila Barrett 
Veioz A Tolanda 
Eddie Duchin Or 

Conale'a Inn 

Cora Green 
Bobby Evans 
Jazzlips Richardson 
P A B Meeres 
Bmma Smith 
Bessie Dudley 
Lillian Cowan 
Red A Struggle 
Blllie Maples 
Kaye Darker 
Simms A Bowie 
Lonise Cook 
Willie Jackson 
Lucky Seven 3 
Don Redman Orch 

' Cotton Clab 

Aida Ward 
Henri Weasel 
Swan. A I.ee 
Anise Boyer 
Roy Atkins 
Peaches A Duke 
Brown A McGrow 
Nicholas Broa 
Leitha Hill 
Cab Calloway Orch 

El Flamengo 

Don OScor Galvet O 
Bl Flamencito 
Nina A Moreno 
Mariqulta ' Flores 
Ignaclo. Bufllno • 
Marta de la "Torre 

El Patio 

Rnsitii & Hamon 
FrancoH Maddux 
Endor A Farrell 
Henry King or 



WB'S JERSEY TALENT 



Uaing Local Youngsters in 8malt«r 
Houses — Speeial 1-Reeler, Too 



REW YORK CITY 

H'ly'w'd B'stanrant 

Olive Borden 
Nina Mae M'Kinn'y 
Fowler A Tamara 
Collette Sis 
Frank Hazzard 
Blanche Row 
Isham Jones Orch 
Hotel New Torker 

Geo Olsen Orcb 
Ethel Shutta 

Lido Gardens 
Billy Arnold Rev 
Pearl Regay 
Jose Shelita 
Lillian Barnes 
Ruth Mayon 
Doris Lenahan 
DAB Bllmore 
Brian MacDonald 
Lillian Porter 
Herbert Rice 
Mary Lou 
Bob Nelson 
Harry ' Carroll Orel 

Not Clob 

Al Morrison's Bd 
Joe Lewis 
Jerry Bergen 
Joe (Frankenstein) 

Plotsky 
Grlsha 

Barbara MacD'nald 
Maureen Whitney 
Helen Davis 
Eton Boys 
Terry Sisters' 

Paramoont GriU 

Eddie Jackson 
O/.zle Nelson Orch 
Roesevelt Hotel 
Guy Lombardo' Or 

. Baeslaa Arts 
Joe Morantz. Orch 
Hence A Laura 
Nlckolas Iladdrlck 
Barra Blrs 
Mlshn UnanofC 

Ht. Regis liotel 
D.-irlo & Diane 
Dick Gasparrc Or 



Warners Is booking speeial at- 
tractions and arranging for local 
talent features in New Jersey at 
several of its smaller houses. 

At the Castle, Irvlngton, local 
dancing school kids will appear In 
an eetpecially made one reel short 
for three days. Along with this 
spool Wee Willie Robyn will do a 
personal. 

JBugene Martin,, six-year-old Ho- 
boken tot, is currently playing 
WB's U. S. there, having opened 
Saturday (1) for three days. An- 
other local stage gag is the 'Birth- 
day Party' put ort last Saturday 
and Sunday (1-2) at the Regent, 
Kearney. 



Orph., S. F.. Still Indef 

San Francisoc, Oct. 8. . 
Reopening date of the Orpbeum 
still indef with RKO waiting fbr 
musicians to grant the desired con- 
cession. Charles Wuerz, who quit 
management of a Fanchon & Marco 
unit two weeks ago to manage the 
Orph, is marking tiine as a member 
of the Golden Gate's staff until RKO 
decides what to do with the upper 
Market street house, which is sup- 
posed to get stage shows and pis 
at a low price. 



HABKUS' LAST HALF 

Fally Markufi* first independent 
theatre for booking through Amsd- 
feamated. will be the State, Middle- 
town, N. T. Ho will place five acts 
on last halves starting THurflday 
(6). 

This is the former Edward Quitt- 
ner theatre of which E. O. Hath- 
away le receiver. It had been booked 
for many years by Arthur Fisher, 



99 



VARIETY 



¥ I M E § SQUARE 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



East 



X^'ederal court holds thut land- 
lords are responsible for speaks on 
tlicir premises. Easier to catch the 
landlord than the proprietor. 



College professor at N, Y. U. dis- 
sects a slot machine as a lesson to 
his pupils. Machine took out 75.6% 
for the house, but it was explained 
that most erimlcks get a better 
rake-off. Chances for a jalckpot is 
about 1,000 to 1. About half of the 
symbols tricked so they could riot 
stop at the mark^. 



First New Jersey Jail sentence for 
selling song sheets was drawn by 
Frank Simmons, arrested in Pateir- 
son about a year ago. Got 30. days 
from the Federal court last week. 



Elmer' Rice announces that his 
•Black Sheep' will Bfoadway Oct. 13, 
but. he doesn't know just where. 



Jules J. Leventhal, who is reviv- 
ing 'Great Lover,' now gets the 
rights to 'The Good Fairy.' 



Don Marquis has a studio in the 
St. James theatre, where he can do 
his writing and still be In reach of 
'Dark Hours' ; rehearsal. 



L. Lawrence Weber closed 'Man- 
hattan Medley' Jn Brooklyn Sat. (1) 
for revision. 



Stanley Morris, broker, announces 
he is going to get a divorce from 
Jean Coventry so he can marry 
Faith Baicori. Says he was in love 
with the dancer four years and mar- 
ried Miss Coventry after a tiff. Now 
he's sorry. . 



Movement about to offer opera 
a:t the Casino. Season will run five 
weeks with extension if profitable. 
Impresario is: Paul Longne. 



Last Tuesday (27) 400 employees 
•of the, Mlnsky forces crowded into 
Torkville police court to demand 
summonses, tor publisher and circu- 
lation of the 'Mirror' for criminal 




yei^ ALWAY5 A 
BETTER SHOW^t^^RKO! 

k 



JOHN 
BARRYMORE 
iii "A BILL OF 
DIVORCEMENT' 

A« BKO B«dl« Plrturt, of tburt*! 
' >«lly 0 2 f.m.. J5o: I Ip.". »• 



News From the Dailies 

' This department conlaim rewriittn theatrical nep>s items as published during the u)eek in the 
daily papers of Ner» York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hollyvtood and London. Variety takes no 
credit for these nen>s items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 



libel, claiming recent 'Mirror* ar- 
ticles slandered them. Finally perr 
suaded to cut the approximately 800 
summonses to two— one for each— 
and they all went home again. 



baby . jaguar. Says she won't have 
time to get a divorce until next 
sunimer if-then; 



Grace Moore back in New York 
from Spain, bringing her husband, 
who Is a Spanish film actor, Valen- 
tin Parea. She will do 35 concerts 
before the opera season. 



Mrs. Vera Montgomery, former 
Viennese actress, who got a divorce 
to marry a Siamese prince, says it's 
off. Going to try for pictures.- 



Two lioni. escaped from their 
cage at a fair at DoylestoWn, Pa. 
Panicked the crowd but caged with- 
out casualties. 



Helen Meany/ champ Olympic 
swirrimer, to get a divorce In Bridge- 
port, Conn., fror.v Harry R. Balfe. 
Grounds are intolerable cruelty. 



Alice Burrage, niece of George 
Ade, gets the ingenue part in 'Keep- 
ing Expenses Down.' . 

Ted Shawn Ir. court to get . out of 
a managerial contract given J. J. 
Vincent. Shawti contends that it ap- 
plied only to a projected production 
of an opera and was terminated 
when they failed to find backing. 
Vincent, however, holds that it Is a 
three years* general contract. 



That untitled opera by the Gersh- 
wins will be produced by Aarons 
Freedly in Philadelphia Dec. 6 
from present plans, 



Donna Garhby, dancer, attempted 
suicide Thursday (29) in 'a N, Y. 
hotel when her romance with a 
crystal gazer- who. persuaded; her to 
leave her hu.'-band and then, accord- 
ing tb her story, left her flat when 
his rich wife objected. Prompt ac- 
tion saved her^ but ;She says she'U 
achieve her purpose yet. 



Sam Welngart, ! bill collector for 
an electrical supply cohipany, claims 
that Herbert Minsky told Joe Wein- 
stoqk, John, Grand and "Thomas 
Bundy to chuck hixr. out when he 
trled .to collect a bill last week. He 
went to a hospital for first aid and 
then to court; where he swore out a 
summons. Returnable in New! York 
Oct 11. 



Patricia Collinge to quit road tour 
of 'Another . Languagei.' Laura 
Straub, who has been understudy 
of the B'way production, gets her 
chance. 



Serge. Koussevitzky. leader . of 
Boston symphony, back with a lot 
of new music for his ninth season. 



Milton Douglas shoved Into 'Bal- 
lyhoo' last, week when Donald Og- 
den Stewart was taken ill. 



Net estate of the late William J. 
Guard is $3,614.' Goes to his niece, 
MaYguerite G. Tanneyhlll, who Is to 
give one-third to Lorna B. Guard, 
another niece, *if she will learn 
typewriting aind can prove herself 
s6lf supporting. 

. Guard was press representative 
for the Metropolitan Opera for 
years. 



David B. Finestone, of the Shu- 
bert offices, back at his desk after a 
nervous breakdown. - . . 



Surrogate O'Brien granted an or- 
der to Mrs. Tillie Lablang Jasie, 
widow of the cut rate. .ticket specu- 
lator, requiring William Kaiiffman, 
attorney, to turn over to her all the 
books and records of the estate. 



Morris Weinberg, burlesque, held 
without bail in Jefferson Market 
last week on charges of felonious 
assault growing out of his ejection 
of two men from the lobby of the 
Eltinge theatre Sept. 2. 




of 47Ht 



On the Screen 

"Bird of 
Paradise" 

Dolorai Del Rl» 
Jttl MeCm 

CsotlniMM frsii 10 A.M.. 
Oailii Midnight Show Ftature Pletur* 



Oil the Stage 

Cus ° 
Edwards 

and Htm r.wua 
Barry A Whitleia 

other BKO Acta 




AT 

lEX. Ave 

Oct. 6-7 



■ Wed., to Fi t, 

RICHARD DiX 
in 'HELL'S HIGHWAY' 

and 

"THRILL OF YOUTH" 



BROADWAY I 

Werf. to Fri., Oct. 5-7 




RICHARD DIX 

in 'HELL'S HIGHWAr 

with BOCHEIXE HCDSON 



R^V Y X^SEVENTH AVENUE 
\J 1 AT 50tt STREET 

CHANDU Edmund Lowe 

On Stage— 'KOL NIDRE (Famous 

Hebrew Hymn of Prayer) 
Frank Cambria's "Box of Tricks' 
Roxy Sjmiihony OrcheKra Fax Mavlatona Nawi 
Beginning Friday, "HAT CHECK GIRL," with 
Ben Lyon and Sally Ellere 

On Srnean ■ 

LAUREL & HARDY in 

IffWAv"^**''* y*""* Troubles" 
lunni. In Perean: James Barton. 



Some Buffalo joker sent telegrams 
to N, Y, dallies signed Fay Webb 
Vallee stating that she had nbt be- 
come reconciled to the crooner. 
Papers investigated and dropped 
story. ■ . : • 



William Duryea, who married 
Helen Henderson, who is now 
divorcing him, peeved over the re- 
port that she paid him (3,500 to 
split. Declares that it was payment 
for money she owed him. 



Police again driving on lads who 
offer to watch cars for theatregoers 
and scratch cars it they don't get 
the -job. 



S. Hurok to find a B'way theatre 
for the marionette show he is Im- 
porting from Rome. Puppets stand 
over four feet high and are worked 
by a staff of 28. 



Ursula Parrott seeking a divorce 
from her banker husband, Charles 
T. Greenwood. Action brought in 
Bridgeport, Conn.. In the papers 
she asks court permission to- re 
sume her maiden name, Towle. Par- 
rott was her first husband. 



Ruth Harley files a petition in 
bankruptcy. Liabilities $2,735. No 
assets. She divorced Miles Alver 
son, broker, last April, but forgot to 
ask for alimony. 



m 



James Barton. 
Duke Ellington. Bonny Ru- 
bin, Mills, Kirk & Mar- 
tin. Extra added 
attraotion, Fran- 
eea Williams 



' Blmore D. Hihes obtained an at 
tachment against Warner. Bros 
Pictures. Inc., in N. T. Supreme 
Court Sept. 27 in the sum of $200,000 
for breach of contract. Heins is 
owner of the Heins circuit in Roan 
oke, Va. He alleged that Warners 
agreed to buy his Amcricah theatre 
and take over the leases of two oth- 
ers, also to acquire the lease on an 
other house, if possible. Sum in 
volved was $1,700,000. The com 
plaint alleges that the property was 
not worth more tlian $1,200,000, and 
that' the loss of $600,000 was sus- 
tained when the defendants repudi- 
ated the agreement. A year later 
Publlx entered into partnership with 
Heins, paying him $90,000 yearly 
rental on the American. 



Cam. 



Mr.tMra. John Gilbert In 'Downslalri' 







f|UnON.*'FRI.| 

. In Person 

Falty Arbuckia 
Carl Randall 
1 Barbara Newberry 
[ Extra Added. Al- 
traetioR, Ward 
1: Wilton, Others 



Playland, Westchester amusement 
park, in the black for $325,000 
though ' gross earnings dropped 
13.24%. Patronage increased 10.15% 
Average expencllture per head was 
2TA cents as against 31.%% last 
year. 



Brooklyn architect has a plan for 
a mile high tower, 5.280 feet, ifor 
the Chicago fair. He has the idea; 
All he needs now is $7,500,000. 



'Criminal at Jy rpie' will open cold 
in New York nt the Helasco next 
Monday (10); . 

■ Lily Pon.i Imclc from South Amer 
ica with u l;.'u;il flianvuid and 



Commissioner of Licenses upheld 
In his action in closing burlesque 
shows, but announced that this does 
not prevent court review of the 
questions. 



Co.. De %MXG labs and others re- 
straining them from circulating a 
filmed life of Hoover under the title 
'Master of Emergencies.' Says the 
Nat.' Republican committee author- 
ized hint to make a picture and paid 
him $14,600. Comn ittee was to dis- 
tribute the picture to Republican 
clubs for $165, if ort straight stock 
or $200 non-fiam. Because of flieet- 
ing -yalue of the rights, the pase 
viras moved to immediate trial. Won 
on default. 



Robert Ripley, getting a fWo-day 
celebration in Toronto, 



Miss DeBoe is serving 18 months in 
the county jail on a conviction of 
grand theft. 



Feds under Deputy Dry Admihls* 
trator Walter L. Peters, posing aa 
gardeners, mopped up 17 speaks in 
Orange county, Cal. 



Becatise -of estrangement fron^ 
her husband. Mrs. Dorce Powell, 
actress, attempted suicide by poison 
in her Van Nuya, Cal., home. 

Louis B. Mayer elected chairman 
of the newly; appointed Republican 
state central committee: 



June O'Dea of 'Of Thee I Sing' to 
marry Vernon Gomez, of. the 
Yankees. > 



Al S.. Keller, former business 
agent for film players and convicted 
of- forgery, has been placed on two 
years' probation by; Superior Judge 
White in L. A. Lupe Velez and 
Harry Carey wrote to the court up- 
holding the convicted, man. 

During the first eight months of 
1932 280,000 tourists, the greatest 
number In the state's history, en- 
tered California by automobile, ac- 
cording to the state department of 
motor vehicles. 



N. Y. surrogate has appointed 
Philip J., Dunn tb exanilne-the ac- 
counting of the! estate of the late 
A. L. Erlahger. Saul J. Baron's, ac- 
counting show a net of $124 in cash 
and probably lincoUectable debts of 
$1,500,000. Charlotte Fixel led the 
opposition to the report. Surrogate 
denied a motion for a delay and set 
next Tuesday (11) as the final date 
for submission of an order making 
effective his decision that Miss 
Flxel Is common-law wife of the 
late nlanager. Estate pleaded deaith 
of fornier counsel In asking delay. 



Charlotte Flxel, who, the Surro- 
gate, has declared, the common -law 
wife, of the late A. L. Erlanger, will 
be married Friday (14), to Behj: 
Abrahams," cloak and suit manufac- 
turer. 



James Cristea, Chicago taximan, 
left last week for Italy to istUdy 
music. Will, join Chi. opera when 
he returns in two years. i 



Blanche Brewster, actress, heard 
someone prowling about her apart- 
nient Saturday. A telephone call 
brought four* radio cars and the 
cops took In two men. 



Constance Collier arrived last 
week and went right into rehearsal 
of 'Dinner at Eight.' 



Actor's Dinner Club to have a 
benefit at -the Casino, iiiext Sun- 
day <9). 



Florida officials decide to bar 
newsrcel cameras from the 'sweat 
box' murder trials. Broadcasting 
also out and hO special telegraphic 
facilities. 



Claire Ray to divorce Al Kerwin, 
her fifth husband. She is a ball- 
room dancer, and when Kerwin ob- 
jected to her playing an engage^ 
ment in Washington, she refused 
to cancel and will obtain a split in 
Mexico. ' . 



Florence J- Foreman, former film 
actress, obtains court permission to 
substitute Thos. J, O'Neill for Na- 
than Burkan as her attorney in her 
suit to break her husband's will. 
Complained to the Surrogate Bur- 
kan had demanded an exorbitant 
fee to obtain her separation and 
now demands 10% on any assets 
she may obtain in this suit, even 
though he does not act for her. 



Provlncetown Playhouse to go 
stock under direction of Louis Hal- 
lett. 



Dick and Edith Barstow 
from English vaude dates. 



back 



A. C. Blumenthal plans an an- 
thology of all 'FOUies' shows as his 
next offering. Will go back to 1910 
or even earlier. 



Max Rudnick has. applied for a 
liceiise to produce revues at the 
Eltinge, New York. License com- 
niissioner announces he will wait 
for a survey of the house by the 
building department. 



Lillian Gish starts her road tour 
in 'Camille' at New Haven Oct. 10 



Announced that 'Lilly Turner* will 
be done on the Coas^ater in the 
season. . Anne Fortest w^ill get the 
Dorothy Hall part. 



Don Marq.uis has authorized the 
translation of his 'Dark Hours', into 
Spanish for production in Spain and 
South America. Adaptation will be 
done by Nena Belmonte. 



Mabel Lewis, secretary to Albert 
Lewis, when he was at Fox, will 
follow her boss to Paramount. 



Before he took his job as execu- 
tive v.p. at NBC. Richard C. Pat 
terson, Jr., was presented with a 
set of encyclopedias by the N, Y. 
Department of Correction, of which 
he has been commissioner since 1927. 



Lowell H". Brown obta,lns an. In 
Junction against Producers Service 



Jean Allen, 23, vaude tap dancer, 
fell from a fourth flbor window Sat- 
urday during a lively party. Prob- 
ably fatally injured. Police told 
that she had tried to commit sui- 
cide the previous week, but booked 
it as an accident. 



Mary Hay makes a trlp_jto Paris 
to obtain a divorce from David 
Bath, artists' agent. Former wife 
of Richard Barthelmess. 



Even cut prices fail to save Phila. 
opera. Back to 1922 scale but still 
not enough support, so season aban- 
doned. 



Alfred Lunt and t^ynne F.ontanne 
planning a vacation In 1934. Will 
not. return to the stage until they 
feel the urge; 



'Black Water,' which Earl Carroll 
didn't produce, may be cut to sin 
hour. Perhaps for vaude or picture 
houses. 



'Thunder on the Left* put on the 
ice by Dwight Dere Wlman. 



Coast 



Suit in L. A. Municipal court al 
leges 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards owes 
Cla.ude S. Tompkins, accountant, 
$300 for services rendered. . 



Charging that Pedro J. Gonzales 
accused him over the ether of pi 
rating a coffee trade mark; Juan 
C. De Leon, javia dealer, has sued 
the radio announcer for $20,000 in 
L. A. 



Jewelry, perfume and radio were 
stolen from the apartment of Renee 
Whitney, actress. 



Win Rogers, Jr., son of the come 
dlan, has enrolled at the University 
of Arizona, Tucson. 



Lupe Velez has brought her niece, 
4-year-old Joan Del Vallee, from 
Mexico City to Hollywood, and 
plans to adopt her. 



Six girls arid a, 'lecturer' were 
arrested in a raid on the 'California, 
Los Angeles grind. Taken by po 
lice were William Everest, 'lec 
turer'; Dorothy Hoople, Marie Kelly, 
Ethel English, Helen Housewald, 
Betty Collins and Jean Johnson. 



Jury In Superior court, L. A., re 
turned a verdict awarding Pauline 
St. Clair, former humane officer, 
$3,500, in. her suit against Harry Joe 
Brown and Raoul Pagel, directors, 
in which she charged she has re- 
ceived injuries ih a collision be 
tween her car and Brown's. She 
sued for $26,900. 



Petition containing 1,000 names of 
members of the Church of Apostles 
will be used by Rev. Mrs. Ethel 
Duncan of It. A. in an effort to ef « 
feet the release of Daisy De Boe, 
former secretary to Clara Bow, 



June Pet Monroe, actress, re- 
turned to her Los Angeles home, but 
gBive no explanation for her disap- 
pearance, which resulted in a city- 
wide hunt instigated by her hus- 
band, T. W. Burnham. . 



Thieves stole jewelry valued at 
$1,000 from the home of Ruth Bow- 
man, script girl on William Powell 
pictures. 



Superior Judge Palmer, L. A., has 
under advisement the amount of 
damages to be awarded NOrma 
Gregg, writer and singer, in hier 
$60,360 suit against Fox Film Corp. 
and P. L. Stocking, for injuries. An 
auto driven by Stocking and owned 
by . Fox, according to her charges, 
struck her car. 



Jury. In L. A; Superior Court 
awa rded Ruby Ray O'Hara, actress, 
$l,ffOo in her suit "agafn8t~Mt'.-a'na— 
Mrs. C. M. Dalton. She charged that 
a traffic accident ha.d impaired her 
career. 



A bill of $1,218 for shoes is owed 
by Evelyn Brent, according to 
charges in a suit filed by I. Miller 
in L. A.. 



Retrial of Harold Menjou, adopted 
son of Adolphe Menjou, on a charge 
of nianslaughter growing out of the 
deiath of his companion, Marjoi-ie 
Gauthier, in an auto accident, awaits 
a decision by the District Cotu-t of 
Appeals. L. A. 



Superior Court Commissioner G. 
P. Doyle, L. A., has ordered Busby 
Berkeley to pay alimony delin- 
quency of $3,497 to his ex-wife, 
Esther Muir Enos, at rate of $60 
weekly. 



Holdups forced C. W. Young, 
manager; J. E. Webster, auditor, 
and another employe to open the 
safe of the Capitol theatre, Glendale. 
Cal. Stole $1,400 In house receipts. 



Testimony In Superior Court, L. 
A., charges that Harold Robinson, 
former politician and palnphlet pub- 
lisher, attempted to extort a $16,- 
000 loan from the Pacific State Sav- 
ings and Loan Association on the 
threat of publishing a damaging ar- 
ticle in 'Facts' if the money was 
not forthcoming. 



Superior Judge Haas, L. A., has 
refused to rescind tlie contract by 
which Edris Ginsburg, former bal- 
let dancer, and wife of Dr. Josif . 
Ginsburg, plastic surgeon, agreed to 
pay Paul DeCardo, dance instruc- 
tor, $22,61)0 for a Van Nuys, Cal.. 
home. 



Although the car was repossessed 
for failure to meet a paymeht. 
Ralph Incei still owes the A. E; 
Nugent Co., $76 on the auto, ac- 
cording to a suit filed in Municipal 
Court, L. A. 



Jbslxi Harlow was named sole 
beneficiary in the will of her late 
husband, Paul Bern. Estimated es- 
tate will exceed $100,000. Insurance 
of $33,()b0 believed to constitute thie 
bulk. Hearing on probate set for 
Oct. 19. 



Felony complaint. Issued hy 
Deputy District Attorney Harry 
Hunt, L.. A., charges Harry Weldon* 
Jr., with the theft of articles valued 
at $li600 from the property depart- 
ment at Metro studio. 



Suit to recover $2,000 on a prom- . 
issory note has been filed in L. A. 
Municipal Court by Attorney Claude 
I. Parker against Howard W. 
Hawks, director. 



Jean Malin, now m.c.'ing the flooL* : 
show at the Club New Yorker, 
Hollywood, has filed suit for a Mex- 
ican divorce. Both Malin and his 
wife, the former Fay Hyman, have 
signed aflUdavits revealing their mu- 
tual desire for a divorce, which 
means that the decree will be 
granted In Sonora, without the 
presence of either, in 10 days. 



Appreciation of the Motion Pic- 
ture Electrical Pageant was ex- 
pressed by Gov. Franklin D. Rpose- 
(Contlnued on page' 40) 



TIMES SQUARE 



VARIETY 39 



C n ATT E 




Breadvray 



Bddto Kook's German - haircut. 
The Ben Bodecs are expectant. 
Ed Hurley ta ralslhp a mustache. 
. : "Ed Sullivan working out dally In 
jsym. 

Those darK brown shirts of Dick 

EJddle Flohn In b^ret and flannel 
■ flbirtB. 

Tenny Wright, HolTywood meg- 
itaan, in New TOrX on a vlalt. 

Two of Ben Price's slsterfi-ln-law 
with appendicitis at eamie time. 

Radiei Harris doing the Sunday 
feature fllm page for the 'Mirror.' 

Sdgar Bergen of vaude and WB 
shorts settled down at the Park 
Central. 

■ Fastest spreading gag of the 

• week: 'Hev name for the Roxy 1b 
the Proxy/ 

A house warming la in prospects 
for the Rowland Fields, how of 
Park avenue. 

, Jackie McPartlaad talks a iunny 
g^, drive. Takes a. swipe ^Ith 
efeiar In the JSaceu. 

John Semler has Introduced some- 
thing new in trailers, calling them 
tailor-made trailers. 

Autogralph hounds, out in full 
iCorce for the 'Vanities' premiere, 
a la the Hollywood manner. 
. AI Trahan left a sick bed last 
week to start rehearsals for the 
road 'Vanities.' Bronchitis. 

Sam Fink. Ben Bemle's drummer, 
reported critically 111 in Grace hos- 
pital. Detroit. Heart trouble. 

Dinty Moore's, chop house at rec- 
ord low from sundown Friday to 
'Saturday— Jewish New. Tear's. 

Show lights are turned on for 
a new pigs' knuckles-sauerkraut 
: spot in the Sutton place region. 

It was a swell little party the Roxy 
^thrAw for. .FrAnk_.Cai)n*ria_at_th^^ 
. Sky Salon, atop the St. Morltz. last 
weelr.,'. 

Betty Healey, former wife of Ted 
Healey. has embarked in a theatre 
.ticket agency, not Betty Wheeler as 
.reported. 

Thrlstquencherles are going for 
special cocktail parties at |2 per 
session per person for all you can 
.drink. 

it's Col. Herschei Stuart now. by 
iappointment of Gov. Ruby liaffoon 
of Kentucky. Stuart was born In 
Kentucky. 

Dr. J. Willis Amey, taken down 
with a severe cold at Schmeling- 
Walker flght, Is recuperating at the 
Park West 

mxayea McLaln, former Iowa foot- 
ball star, touted for wrestling title. 
. Handled by Dick Shlk^t and Joe 
Toots' Mondt. 

Murray Rltter -hasn't ■ missed a 
World's Series in 22 years, but he 
hasn't ^ught a foul tlp .ln grand- 
.rtnnd yet, either. 

Auctioneers now using mikes , to 
isave' thift tonsils in the mldtown 
eatch-'em-qulck spots. The what'U- 
you-bld boys now croon their qtio- 
,tatlons. 

Besides dabbling artfully in art, 
Horace Brahm dashes off poetry. 
'.Bis flrat publication acceptance is a 
2M-Une ode for 'Theatre Art' with 

* request for more. 

Plerette CHub again has Harry 
Rosenthal's orchestra officiating 
plus ah additional rumba combina- 
tion. Both bands play to uncon- 
scious with no cessation In the mn- 
Blc. 

Streeter Nair, of Kamen-Bl^ir, 
promoters of 'Mickey Mouse' com- 
mercial licenses for Walt Disney, on 
from 'Hollywood to confor with his 
partner, Kay Kamen, east for some 
time now. 

Louis Shurr played host to Metro's 
.Dorothy Jordan at the Plerette Club 
opening, with guests including Bill 
and Phylls (Haver) Seeman, Bill 
and Madeline (Cameron) Gaxton, 
Bobbie, aiid Herb Harris, Sam Har- 
ris and Ona Munson. 

C M. Samuel, not content with 
being an amateur humorist is now 
a gigolo. He writes from Now Or- 
leans that Mrs. Samuel sold, for 
$200, the canvas she exhibited last 
.^Pring at Grand Central Palace. 
There Avere two bidders— an art col- 
lector and a New York couturiere 
who wanted to pay for the painting 
with $200 worth of gems. Monte 
niade Helene take the collector's 
cash. 



HoOywood 



Harry Ruby back from a Mex. 
torn-. 

Clark Gable will hunt deier in 
Utah. 

Wells Root In Mexico City writing 
a novel. 

Gary Cooper back from New York 
this week. 

George Sidney back from his 
vaude trip. 

Ralph Farnum scramming east in 
a couple of weeks. 

Irene Biller, of the Vienna thea- 
tre, here for test's. 

Jack Jordan, Metro sound mixer, 
pitting Eiiropewards. 
. Rlan James telling Hollywood 
.What he thinks of Wihchell. 

The Leonard Levinsona decided 
to call their daughter Robin. 
John KiBh Goodrich teaching 



Clark Gable to handle a shotgun. 

Paul Shawhan played in one scene 
of 'Forgotten Commandments' and 
received 3Sd fan letters from his 
home town, Dayton, Ohio. 

Tom Bally strained his back 
weight lifting in the Par studio gym 

Girls on downtown streets hand- 
ing oiit service passes to the Bur- 
bank. 

Groucho Marx getting ready to 
move into Uiat new house next 
week. 

Richard Arlen spends his nights 
playing hockey on one of the local 
rinks.' ' 

Minna Wallls treks New York 
ward next week to look over fall 
styles. 

Preston Sturgis ordering his cai" 
shipped from the east— having gone 
native. 

Bill McKutt's yacht getUng to be 
a week-end hangout for pai'omount 
writers. 

Ja^cha HeiCetz given a solid gold 
life membership card' by Musicians' 
Local 47. ; 

Helen Collins, niece of Miriam 
Hopkins. . lands iii a Harry Sweet 
comedy at Radio. 

Whitney. Bolton gone completely 
Hollywood, with a pair of those 
trick'suede shoes. 

Things being what they are. Rich 
ard Arlen says he's going to knit 
his next set of tires. 

Tom Gallery promoting an out- 
door flght but as yet the lighters 
have been kept a secret, 

George O'Brien gives up his Fox 
dressing room to Diana . Wynward. 
He is goinig to Europe. 

Stanley Evans, from coast stock, 
is making a lazy , drive to N. Y 
Four weeks on the road. 

William Haines hopes to pop over 
to Europe, after 'Let's Go,' to buy 
more antiques for his store. 

Frank Moran, oldtime heavy 
weight turning actor, and quitting 
the 'State~Boxlng: -Commission as 
chief inspector. 

Katherine McNeils, publisher of 
'New Movie,' left Sunday (2) for 
New York, after a week of banquet 
Ing in Hollywood. 

Sign on a door at Metro: 'Dave 
Snell, vocal studio. Teacher of Orv 
Mohler, Jimmy Durante, Ed Gould' 
ing and the entire Cub team.' 

Harry- Goetz, president of Re 
llance pictures, returned, to New 
York following the deal whereby 
he and Eddie Small will make pic 
tures. for United Artists. 

Harry Zehner was homesick for 
the Universal lot, so threw up his 
Job as personal representative for 
Joe E. Brown, to return this week 
on . the exec staff of Carl Laemmle, 
Jr. 



Paris 



icans hei-e would be able to deduct 
from taxable Income their local 
gambling losses if gambling in a 
state controlled casino. 

Theatre managers . sqaubbling 
over opening dates and critics 
threatening not to attend. 

Prime Minister Edouard Herriot 
making a speech for the maiden clip 
of the new Paramount newsreel. 

Clarence Kennedy and Paul Os- 
card talking to Emmy Magliani, 
slgter-in-law of Prince Aga Kahn. 

ilaurlce Chevalier giving his 
friend, PIzella, a ; break by billing 
him for his Paris gala performance. 

Hal Sherman making shorts for 
Henri Ullmann, and playing the 
Bobino music hall with a 20% cut. 

Jack Campbell complains from 
Stockholm that; visitors • there, are 
only alloWed a gallon of whisky a 
month.' 

Bob Wyler discussing a Laemmle 
offer to direct in Hollywood with his 
brother, Willie, over the Transat- 
lantic 'phone. 

Montmartre girls all . feeling 
eligible for ian American trip when 
told Louis Lemarchand will export- 
12 of them to Chicago. 

The Challaplh crowd digging for 
another $12,500 ante when borrow- 
ing Sydney Fox to help their 'Don 
Quichotte' get a break in America. 

Darlen Walders burning at 
Agence Artlstlque claiming com- 
inlssioiis on her tTnlversum book- 
ings, and going from the Gaumont 
to the Kropire. 



Mistinguette on tour. 
Zaidee Jackson yodling. at Zellls. 
Expecting the Connie Bennetts. 
Saul Colin piloting Fritz Lang in 
Parlp. 

Yvonne Prlntemps scoring in 
'Mozart.' 

Emile Natan postponing a throat 
operation. 

Loulou Gould toeing the line to 
crash a revue 

Jack Connolly to Berlin and a 
European trip. 

Sacha Guitry to run for the 
French Academy. 

The king of dope peddlers arrest- 
ed In Montmartre. 

J. Carlo Bavetta reopening the 
Edward VII theatre. 

Jeanne Helbllng dining with visit- 
ing American execs. 

Jack Forrester planning to make 
straight French films. 

Newsreel men on board the S. S. 
'Rex' to watch Jimmy Walker. 

Maurice Livingstone opening his 
new newsreel house, CIncden. 

Insiders only permitted to see the 
advance opening of Jean Patou. 

Comedle Francaise pinching to 
the extent of cutting. off pensions. 

Reginald Ford, who started news- 
reels in Paris, now ogling England. 

W. E. Hotchkiss in ah Italian 
eatery and bringing inprika of his 
own. 

Rene Quetta back from Hollywood 
and bringihg news from George E. 
ICann. 

Nonflam fllm now definitely com- 
pulsory for educationals In school- 
rooms. 

Doris Niles from Mangan and 
Paramount to Schwartz and a revue 
in Italy. 

The Three Sailors expected back 
after filling a short engagement In 
America. 

Major Keith Trevor says he. is not 
in 'Azor,' but that jane Marnac has 
a piece of It. 

Local press not falling fCr Mme. 
Lanvln's attempt to get free pub- 
licity break. 

His popularizing French music 
gets Toscaninl a Legion of Honor 
of magnum size. 

Paul Oscard refusing ' Henri 
Varna's offer to stage the Casino de 
Paris' next show. 

F. B. Arnaud dividing his time 
between his agency and his sound- 
recording gadget. 

. Paris legit likely to keep In Paris 
young Helga Drucker, Valery 
Boothby's kid sister: 

Papers running stories that Amer- 



Tm Telling You' 

By Jack Osterman 



FViars Set Send-Off 

^ For Corbetfs Arena 

James J. Corbett's. boxing arena 
at Jamaica, L. t., wiU open tonight 
when the former world's heavy- 
weight champion will make his de- 
but as a prothoter. A large party 
of fellow Friars' will attend the in- 
itial show, leaving the clubhouse 
at 7 p. m. 

Joe Humphries will be the an- 
nouncer: The top price is |2.20.. . 



I 111 I 



Lee Eijhraim has three shows in 
the sticks. : 

Arthur Roberts just passed his 
SOth birthday. 

Tom Payne (Payne and Hilliard) 
in motor smash. 

Ann Siiter back in town, trying 
non-stop at Daly's. 

Teddie Brown has a Rolls Royce 
which just fits him. 

Edgar Wallace's Jewels fetched 
around .111,200 at sale. 

Vaudeville agents liere selling 
neckties as side line. . 
: George-D'Ormohde-over, but turn- 
ng down offers to play. . 

Yvonne Amaud best dressed 
actress on West End stage. 

Samuel insull still managing to 
stay at the Ritz Hotel, Paris. 

Hotel Splendlde resuming dance 
policy with band, after two years. 

Kit-Cat breaking records with 
new non-stop cabaret and dancing. 

Harry Foster's marriage to Sylvia' 
Bach will take place after the elec- 
tion. 

Ernst Rolf over here on his an- 
nual talent hunt for his Stockholm 
revue. 

Overnight queue for the opening 
of- 'Grand Hotel' talker at the Palace 
is unprecedented. 

Julian Rose standing out In the 
new Grade Fields' picture, 'Looking 
on the Bright Side.' 

Elinor Glyn and Gloria Swanson 
among fashionable first night, audi- 
ence of 'Grand Hotel.' 

Four a day at Pavilion brought 
sublime look of happiness to Joe 
Termini — reminded him of home. 

Albert Burden, after his hit In 
British International's 'Maid of the 
Mountains' asking a lot more dough. 

Former Leicester Square Road 
House, one of those nlghteries, has 
now become a totalisator betting 
club. 

Fay Compton to be principal 'boy' 
again at Christmas, probably in the 
Julian Wylie pantomime at the Hip- 
podrome. . . 

Gambarelli receiving orchids from 
Count de Vogue from Paris, and 
roses from Baron Fassini, Italy, both 
by same plane. 

Jimmy Nervo (Nervo and Knox) 
out of Palladium bill for a few days, 
due to illness, with Billy Caryll 
taking their place. 

Performances of The Dubarry* 
suspended for a week, pending re- 
covery of Anny Ablers from liervous 
breakdown. Star collapsed during 
show. > 

John Southern wants Carson Rob- 
Ison and his 'Hillbillies,' for fort- 
nigiit at the Payilion. Roblson 
turned down offer as he's, sailing, 
but promised return jiext year. 



Loop 



Joe E. Brown hung around awhile. 

Morris Silvers after a sickish fort- 
night is feeling better. 

Harry, Barney and Dave Bala- 
ban eating in Thompson's. 

Abe Cohen and Ray Wylle head-^ 
quartering .with Glen Burt-BlHy 
Diamond. 

Herman Levy gone to St. Louis 
as artist for RKO exploitationist 
Eddie Hitchcock. 

. .Olsen and Johnson paraded sand- 
wich men reading: 'Unfair to Or- 
ganized Thinking.' 

Julius Brown, maitre d'hotel at 
the College Inn, back from summer- 
ing in Bavaria, Germany. 

Asclier Levy, Dick Hoffman, Tom 
Carmody. and Coney Holmes, let 
outs at RKOi have no plans. 

Frahkio Masters scrams to the 
Schi-oeder, Milwaukee, with Charley 
Agne.w succeeding at the Morrison. 

Horace Bridges Ethical Society 
will Jieadquarters In the Playhouse 
in.stead of the Studebaker this .sea-' 
son. 

Frank Smith claims a Palace 
usher sweated down from 190 to 125 
pounds on balcony duty. Kow the 
uniform fits. . 



Mayfair-Pierette 
Chbs Resume Their 
Sat. Night Kvalry 

Two of New York's Saturday 
night clubs will take up their rival- 
ry again this fall. The Mayfair will 
resume its '32 season Oct. 15 while 

the Plerette got under way last 
Saturday (1). Both cliibs make an 
effort to add desirable professionals 
to their lists. 

The Plerette, inaugurated late 
Itist winter, has switched its locale 
from the Hotel Pierre to the Sert 
Room of the Waldorf, is under new 
management In which Elmer Leder- 
man is prominent, and is asking a 
$55 Initial fee from non^ profession- 
als. Per plate charge there Is flO. 
The Mayfair -vf ill continue ' to hold 
its weekly dances in th.e Crystal 
Room of the Rltz-Carlton with its 
customary $7.60 couver tap. 

..Mayfair membership continues by 
invitation only "with no initial fee. 



THE CUBS LOST/FOUR 

STRAIGHT THEY CAN'T 

BLAME ■ THAT ON CAPO>fE. 



Explanation 

We met Nan Blackstone the other 
night . who told us she is joining 
Brown arid Henderson's "Forward 
March.' 'What're yoii doing In the 
show,' we asked. 

•The Homely Relief,' Nan an- 
swered., 



Form of Criticism 
During the first game at the Yank 
Stadium we remarked to a com- 
panion, Arthur Brown; that a cer- 
tain radio star was in a box. 

Arthur i-eplied, 'He should be, and 
nailed on four sides.' 



.Top Billing . 

Pat Rooney tells of thie actor who 
bought an airplane and had his 
(Continued on page 54) 



MOX BETTORS TOOK 
CANDY FROM BABIES 



By JACK PULASKI 

Out in the inaccessible Madisbh 
Square Garden bowl in the wilds of 
Long Island City. Mickey Walker 
had the nerve to go against Max 
Schmeling, the 'German schlager,', 
and was stopped at the end of the. 
eighth round. The odds were 3 to 1, 
and after it was oyer winners of 
bets felt they had. tJUien candy from 
babies. 

Support of the Hearst papers be 
c^use of the publisher's wife's free 
milk fund, which was declared in. 
accounted for a big crowd. At $11 
top the card did not seem worth 
anywhere near the money, not In 
these still tough times. 

Fight followers tabbed this match 
rightly. Only people who figured 
Mickey had a chance were a couple 
of sport writers, some of Walker's 
fr4ends and Doc Jack Kearns, his 
manager.' Keams isn't a guy who 
takes chances with his meal ticket, 
but his angle was somewhat .differ- 
ent', ixe argued that if Mickey held 
Jack Sharkey to a draw and Shar- 
key took the title .away fk-om Max, 
then Walker should shade the Ger- 
man. 

But Schmeling wasn't trying to 
defend a title this time. He indi- 
cated how much better than Walker 
he was in the first round, sending 
the Jerseylte down close to the bell 
— and few people can say they ever 
saw Mickey off his pins In the ring. 
Max might have finished the 
match In the second, but he niay 
have been thinking of the.llght pic- 
tures.' So, as it looked. Max car- 
ried the "toy bulldog" along. He 
didn't lead much, which recalled his 
performance ag£),inBt Sharkey, and 
Walker actually' went out in front 
.from the third to the seventh 
rounds. 

Schmeling Took Pity^ 
The fans were quite excited about 
Mickey's showing; not that he hurt 
the German, but he smacked him 
around without much trouble. In 
the eighth Max came out as though 
determined to end It all and he did. 
Not long after Walker was on the 
canvas, felled by clean wallops. 
Schmeling motioned to the referee 
that he did not want to punish 
Walker further. He was waved to 
go on and soon the little guy was 
down on his face. He managed to 
get to his pins and made some pre- 
tense of fighting back. Max refused 
to take advantage of the wobbly 
Walker, whose left eye was closed., 

A few seconds after Walker 
reached his corner, Kearns told 
Jack Dommlng, the referee, that 
his man would not go on. Doc 



Tirade From Bench 
Places Ktt on Its 
Very Best Behavior 



Pittsburgh, Oct 3. 

Pittsburgh, possibly the widest . 
open town' in the country two 
months ago,: is shut down tighter 
than a drum at the moment. Epi- 
demic of closings Is the result, of 
Judge Frank Patterson's recent ti- 
rade from thei bench against, pro- 
tected vice operations In the 'city. 

Jurist astounded the court when ; 
he not only denounced the town's 
general looseness but also named 
spots and locations, places he 
charged . were running with th«:3, 
sanction of the city fathers. One 
speak he mentioned was situalted 
directly across the street froqti the 
Oakland police station. It has sinc4a <■ 
closed. ■ , 

Judge Patterson's onei man cru- 
sade has played havoc -wjth every- 
thing. Bookie shops> gambllnisf 
dives and speaks have all folded, 
temporarily at any rate, while night 
<:1ubs are strictly observing the 1 
a.m. closing law. 

It's a pretty blue liiurg these 
days, with the streets pulled In jbe- 
for6 midnight Is even half . tray 
around the corner. ~ 



MARRIAGES 

. George F- La Rock, . Wpiices'ter, 
M^ss., projectionist, ^nd Agnes 
Irene Plante at . Putnam, Oona., 
Aug. 17. . 

Nancy Drexel to Thomas H. -Ipce, 
Jr., Sept.. 28, in Beyerly Hiljs, Calif., 
Bride Is an actress, bridegroom Is a 
.son of the late producer. Both will 
attend . Antloch college. Yellow 
Springs, O., thiis fall. 
, Pat Foulds . to William Robinson, 
Las Vegas, Oct. 1. Bride Is secre- 
tary to Jessie Wadsworth, Holly- 
vr^ood agentess. 

William Moreing, Jr., musician 
with Anson Weeks band, to Laura, 
Doe, society deb, in San Francisco, 
Oct. 2. Groom currently Involved 
in alimony suit from previous mar- 
riage. : 

Ruth McCaslln, Lily Damlta's 
double, to W. H. Dunp, nonrpro, 
Sept. 2S, Los Angeles. • 

Viola Waller to Phillip Ford, Oct 
1, in Hollywood. Groom is a studio 
technical man, , and son pf Francis 
Ford, actor. 

Margit Dybfest to Sergio G. Go- 
mez, New York, Sept. 30. Bride is 
a showgirl, groom is the Cuban com- 
mercial representative to the U. S. 

Janet McLeay to Harold Herbert. 
New Yorki Sept 30. Bride Is an 
actress and groom a radio engineer. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bergerman, 
eon, Los Angeles, Sept. 29. Father 
is a fllni executive and mother the 
daughter of Carl Laemmle. 

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Blink in-' 
Chicago, Sept 24, daughter. Father 

g.m. of Universal Radio Produc- 
tions, 

Mr. and Mrs, Earle Sweigert, 
daughter, Sept. 24, in New Yorlc 
Father Is Pai'amount branch mana- 
ger for the state of N. J. 

Mr, ajid Mrs. Carter Mason, ,<jon, 
Oct. 8 in New York. Mother was 
formeriy Grace Johnson, .dancer. 



knew Mickey was washed up for 
the night. Rules here do not per- 
mit throwing In the. towel and If. 
the referee does not stop one-sided 
contesls, it's Just too bad. 



40 



VARIETY 



u R L E s a n E 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Cbi and L A. Authorities Mop Up 
Shows; Minskys Lose in N. Y. Court 



Chicago, Oct. 3. 
Chicago heard th^, rumblings from 
New York and last week burlesque 
started to feel the cramping super- 
vision of censorship. ' Bialto got 
the brunt, due to being in the loop. 
Police singled the Bialto because of 
its location near the department 
store shopping district and the fact 
that'wbnien and children sometimes 
drop in. 

At present- Chicago has foiir bur- 
lesque houses operating. AH are 
doing indifferently even with the 
usual latitude for stripping. Now 
ttiat full-sized brassieres have been 
speplded and panties made of beads 
aiid similar ' flimsiriess have been 
declared not to cover the law, the 
managers are more than a. little 
worried. 

l.State-Congress . Is 6nly three 
blocks from thei Rialto, but is be- 
yond t.li^ soutti Statf^ street dead- 
line, wliere wom.en never stray. 
Consequently, it lias apparently 
escaped the stringent purity im- 
posed upon the Kialjto. . 

Other ' two housed, Hayiharket 
and 'Star and Qarter ckn West Madi- 
sbh ' street, are like the Rlaltp and 
State-Congress In being close to- 
gether. Haymafket is a link in the 
new and untested United Burleaq^ie 
Circuit with traveling principals. 
Star and Garter has Mock under . 
Nathan S, Barger. . : : 



' lios Angeles, Oct. 3. 
• Police vice squad knocked over 
three i^hows in Its latest campaign 
to purge Main street, and whitewash 
it of torsp-twlsters, clothes-peeling 
daimsels and liasty fllins. California, 
operated by.S. S. Millard; the Bos- 
lyn, grind fllm house that .tried to 

^Riage midnight girl shows, and a 
store show at 610 South Main, were 
tite spots closed. 
With election coming on ancl the 

V reform elements even out to knife 
Mayor John C. Porter, piolice are 
pifeering at everything^ savoring of 
el)idermis exposure, iilside on sex, 
and blue dialog. 

' Millard's connection with . thP 
California, waa. established when 
tiiree eniployees filed wage claims 
against him as .operator of the 
house, , 



Authdrily of Ijicense Commls- 
slpner Geraghty to close the Bepub- 
lic and Eltingei theatres on 42d 
street,- New- Tork, -was upheld in 
^ court last week at a hearing on the 
'Minsky-Weinstock order to show 
cause. 

The Minskys' other possible re- 
course, a suit in Supreme Court on 
the merits of the closing order will 
."be flle^- through their attorney, 
Jacob ^oodstein, It was stated by 
Joe Weinstock yesterday (Monday). 

Max Budnlck, who operates the 
Eltlnge, has decided to let the clos 
ing. order stand without making 
further protests. He's going into 
miidical stock under the title of 
'Eltinge Follies/ leaving the Min 
3kys to flght it out alone. The sign 
is already up on the theatre. 

Shows at the Minskys' other 
Tlrtiea Square house. Central, 
loosened up slightly during last 
week and business picked up some- 
what' • But the revived stripping 
was nowhere near the former pro- 
portions, being confined mostly to 
the - chorus. Principal women are 
still doing quick ons and. off 9 with 
out .disrobing, much or at all. 

The Minsky-'Mlrror' feud con- 
tinued during the week with 400 
employees of the burlesque firm ap- 
plying foi: Summonses charglrig the 
paper and its publisher with crim- 
inal liby. Previously the 'Mlrroi:' 
had sworn out a similar warrant 
against the Minskys as a result of 
signs attacking the papier for a re- 
cent anti-burlesque campaign, which 
were hung outside the Bepubllc. 
The signs were taken down oyer 
the weekend- 
Shows at all the other burlesque 
houses in New York remain under 
"wraps, with stripping toned 'way 
down or out altogether. 

I. H. Herk discontinued his ne- 
gotiations for the Gaiety or an- 
. other. .New York stand for the Em- 
pire Wheel shows. 



Street Protean 



Times Square's most versa- 
tile sandwich man is a former 
circus clown who plugs a side- 
street eatery. 

Walking ad boy haa an ex- 
tensive repertoire of makeup 
and costume changes. His forte 
is a mechanical man routine, 
but he mixes it up. wltji a.redr 
nosed clown getup and other 
stunts. Changes his routine 
daily. 



Empire Now Has 
13!^ Weeb. Adds 




Billy • Watson's Qrpheum, Pater- 
soh, N. J.; goe4 on jtbe Empire wheel 
Oct. 10, as a full week stand. This 
increases the Herk circuit's time to 
13^ weeks. Otiier additions are 

Providence, this week, and Pitts- 
burgh, Oct. 9. ' . 

Like I>lttsburgb, Paterson will re- 
cruit a show from Its present stock 
company with this serving as the 
opener there and then going out on 
the wheel as. an intact troupe; 

Watson's Orph is under lease this 
season to Charlie Burns, formerly 
manager of the Irving ' Place, New 
York. 



Borlesqne Phcements 



United Burlesque Circuit made 
the following plapement through 
Milt Schuster last week: 

. 'Follies Bergere'; Sammy Weston, 
Megg I.exing, Stehdal and Fields, 
Al Darr, Joe Kllch, Carmen, Mabel 
White, Adrlann Cavanaugh, Cherie 
Griffith, Bobertb and Astrid. 

'Town Scandals': Vic Plant, Sid 
Rogers,' Paul 'Bozo*^ Workman, Gil- 
bert Mack, Walter 'Pep' Sniith, Ina 
Thomas, Nora Ford, Kay Barclay, 
Kohn and DePinto. 

'Follies of the Day': Tommy 'Bozo' 
Snyder, Gertrude Hays, Al Ferris, 
DeVoe and Ward, Stanley Montfort, 
Richard DeRiviere, Mildred Frank- 
lin, Nellie Casson, Jules Sien, Paul 
Morokoff . . 

'Happy Days' : Watson and Cohan, 
Four Harmonizers, Ray King, Ha- 
lene Da:vls, Dolly Davis, Mary 
Woods, Ruby Lang, Jimmy Stanton. 

'Steppin' High': Billy 'Bumps' 
Mack, Charles LaVine, Earl Shean, 
George B. Hall, Violet Jordon, Reg- 
gie White, Babe Davis, Joan Tanya, 
Evelyn LaDeaux. 

'Parisian Nights': Benny Moore, 
Bent Carr, Gordon Rydeen, Joe Mil- 
ler, Ruby Rosslena, Veda Leslie, 
Bobby Young, Fritzle White, Hazel 
Bernard, Russell LaVallee. 

'Sliding Billy Watson's Own 
Show': Sliding Billy Watson, Al 
Pharr, George Monfred, Jack La- 
Mont, Wava White, Josie Flint, 
Jackie James, Rooney and Brandon, 
George Pronath. 



News of the Dailies 



(Continued from page 38) 

velt, in a wire received by Jack .Ii. 
Warner, who underwrote the event. 



Charged with drinking before his 
auto collided with another, M. L. 
Moore, mag scribe, was sentenced 
to 20 days in L^ A. Jail by Municipal 
Judge Will G. Fields. 



Superior Judge LticiUd P. Green, 
L. A., finding that ChafCee Sari, son 
of . the late E. T. Elarl, millionaire 
publisher, WAS unable, to pay his 
estranged wife, Alice Bunch Earl, 
$660 a month temporary alimony, 
freed him oh a contempt citatloh. 



In Jesse Weil's 9166,000 breach of 
contract suit against Ralph Spence, 
latter had hi^ demurrer, to the ac- 
tion sustained in Superior. Court, 
L. A., with Weil given 10 days in 
which to amend his complaint. 
Spence id charged with failure to 
live up to an agreement to write 
scripts for 62 shorts., 

Expressing a. preference to live 
with their father and stepmother, 
rather than with their mother and 
stepfather, Ella. Fishbine, screen 
dancer, and her sister, Olga, have 
been given into the legal custody of 
their father, Oscar Fishbine, by 
Superior Judge Valentine in L. A. 



Pending a decision by the Dis- 
trict Court of Appeals, L. A., the 
retrial of' Harold Menjoq on a man- 
slaughter charge has. been deferred 
to Dec. 80. 



Charlie Chaplin, who'^ve a fare- 
well kiss, to Pauline Goddard, when 
she flew recently to New York, was 
not at the Ghind Central air terni- 
inal, Glendale, CaL; to greet her on 
her return. Supposedly, she went 
east to buy a trousseau for her 
marriage " to the comedian, 'RIt 
diculous!' was her re joiner. 



Default judgment for $7,734, 
granted against Mme. Ernestine 
Schumann-Heink In favor of Mrs. 
Marguerite Dobson, as the result 
of an oil transaction, was set aside 
by Superior Judge Shinn, L. A., fol- 
lowing the diva's testimony that she 
had not been served with a sum- 
mons. 



id-West 



Charles Nelson of the Lawpdale 
theatre, Chicago, announced a new 
Yiddish stock company. Nelson 
hopes to hang around and cash in on 
the World's Fair next summer. 



Melody Mills, suburban dancehall, 
was the 79th bombing this year In 
Chicago. Owner blamed the Jeal- 
ousy of rival casino owners.. . 



Jacqueline Smith, 18, Inherited 
$10,000. She planned to take a Chi- 
cago, dancing troupe to Shanghai, 
China. Just a whim. 



Edniund Lowe trusted Chicago. 
He stopped over to have his hair 
cut. 



Col. Johnson's rodeo at the west 
side stadium, Chicago, got permis- 
sion ,to penetrate the loop as far as 
LaSalle street in a noon time par 
rade. 



At least five thoroughbreds per- 
ished at Hawthorne racing stables, 
Chicago, in a flrei. Emll Dehemark, 
who owns a small radio station 
among other things, lost three nags 
valued at $76,000. 



Burlesk, Start Sold Out 

Columbus, Oct. 3. 

The new Lyceum opened its stock 
burlesque season here yesterday, all 
7O0 seats sold in advance. 

Stage hands and . musicians are 
again operating the house on a co 
op basis. House has been com 
pletely rebuilt since . first of last 
•pi;ine. . - 



Empire Wheel 



(Week Oct. 3) 

Biff Rev— Howard, BOBtort, 
Empire Qlrls-^Modern, Provldance. -■ 
Facts ana FlBiirflu— ORynt.v. Waahlnfftoii. 
Follies p? . laeasure-^Capltol. • Albany. 
Frpn^t iTroUcs— Empire, fJewark. 
Girls from ' Dixie— State, Sprlngneld. 
Girls from the Follies— Trocadero, Phlla' 
delphla. 

Qaletles of 1932— Hudsoii, Union City. 
.Laftin* Thru- Worcester, Worcester. 
Lees aiid Lauffhtet^Palace, Baltimore. 
Merry Whirl— Route No. 1. 
Rarln 'to Go— Star, Brooklyn. 



Backer, Dance Stager, 
Sued for $100 by F&M 

Los Aiigeles, Oct. 3. 

Latest echo from the defunct mu- 
sical 'Hang Up Your Hat,' which 
folded at the Music Box, Is a suit 
for $100, brought In Municipal court 
by Fanchon & Marco against Ar- 
thur Fisher, the show's backer and 
Eddie Prlnz. 

Latter, who directed the 'Hat' 
dances, received a $100 check from 
Fisher, and cashed it at the F. & 
M. ofllces. Fisher stopped payment 
and. now. F.. & M. wants to collect 
from either or both. 



Cleveland heard that Piibllx would 
seek by injunction to halt Rudy 
Vallee from appearing for RKO. 
Crooner booked Into the Palace. 



Logan theatre, Chicago, formerly 
on the Essaness chain, goes to A. 
Van Nomikos. Latter has other 
houses. 



For daring to talk back, ! one 
patron of the Alasta Club, NUes 
Centre, Ill., was killed by bandits; 
Robbery netted $200, but was ac- 
tually believed' part of ia terrorist 
campaign against north side nlte 
clubs. ~ 



Kathleen Burke, 19, won out in 
the 'Panther Woman' contest con- 
ducted by Paramount for 'Island of 
Lost Souls.' She's from Chicago. 



Burlesque Reviews 



THE REVELERS 

(Gayety, Mpls.) . 

Minneapolis, Oct. 1. 
If 'The Revelers' is a fair sample; 
and if thie current show does not 
represent a toned-down editlonn the 
niewly-organizod United Burlesque 
association wheel apparently is try- 
ing the hazardous' ekperiment of 
substituting clean entertainment for 
smutty, burlesque. In fact, 'The 
Revelers' is much cleaner , and also 
tamer in the matter of undress than 
the least daring of the offerings that 
classify as revues in houses of 
higher rating. 

' In this instance, blue comedy and 
lines are few and far between, and 
there are only two brief interludes 
of near-nude . torso shaking' and 
wiggling. by a . single wonian princi- 
pal who started her gyrations In a 
further state of undress than mbsl^i 
of the banned strip dancers of yes- 
teryear left off. .While the glrfs 
throughout are scantily clad, bras- 
sieres are always in evidence. 

The fout women principals and 
the 16 girls of th? line average 
younger and more attrttctive in 
'looks and size up as more refined in 
voice and manner than one has been 
accustomed to find in burlesque. 
There are no. less than four come- 
dians, eiach of them surprisingly 
capable, an 'efficient straight man, 
and a first-rate singer. The. show 
proceeds in regulation revue fashr 
ion. Comedy- skits and specialties 
in one or two are sandwiched bei- 
tween the chorus ensembles, which 
include several flashy stage pictures 
with the girls posing. The f i^n'mak- 
ing Is ' surpi-isingly devoid of dirt. 
Probably hampered by, the taboos' of 
the usual risqueneds; the comedians 
seem to have a difficult Job of it. 
Considering this probable handicap 
for a' burlesque circuit 'and the only 
mildly almusing material with which 
they have- to work, they make a 
good job of it. 

The big question, of course, is 
whether this sort of entertainment 
can find a sufficient audience In 
houses like the Gayety. Last sea- 
son in this sanie theatre stock bur- 
lesque went the limit In rawness 
and 'Strip dancing and finished on 
the right side of the ledger, but wm 



He came all the way from Monte 
Carlo for that purpose. 

•My success went to his head.' 
Thus did Glldi^.. Gray describe In 
Milvtraukee what has happened to 
her Polish father. Max Michalski, 
who she accused of continually em- 
barrassing her since she achieved 
prominence. His latest contribution 
to her discomfiture was promoting 
$98 in groceries and aid from Mil- 
waukee charity funds, although 
Miss Gray says she sent regular re- 
mittances for the support of the 
family with Whom lier 18 -year-old 
son, Martin, lives. She offered to 
pay back the $98 to the county. 

Rajah Kahn, who answers when 
addressed as Dave Williams, was 
ordered to dijg up a girl stooge that 
he had burled alive in a trance. 
Police Captain Gill, of north. Chi- 
cago, did the ordering. It was part 
of a stunt in connection with a 
Lions Club charity festival. 

Capt. Gill said there would be no 
burials In his district without a 
license. The rajah scrammed. 



Blackle Tamburrlno, guard at the 
Palais Rue roadhouse, near Chicago, 
fell dead at the feet of his 17-year- 
oJd bride, Jane, another employee, 
when hoodlums swung by in auto- 
mobiles and emptied shotguns into 
the roadhousei . ■. 

Police blamed the Touhy brothers, 
who are trying to build up an un- 
derworld empire. They were also 
blamed for a recent shotgun visit to 
the Dells, whlchfalso cost a liHe. 

Sax Rohmer, creator of 'Fu 
Manchu," made, a tour of Chicago 
with Police Commissioner AUman 
to imbibe police technique. Rohmer 
was In Chicago to inaugurate a 
radio version of his Chinese villain. 



Cleveland opens its RKG Hippo- 
drome with Frank Hin^s as man- 
ager Oct. 8. Hines was at the 
Palace before. Foster Schell comes 
from Denver by auto to be asst. 
mgr. Meanwhile city manager Ted 
Thomas succeeds Hihes at the 
Palace. 



Maurice Melinoffi, Cleveland play- 
wright, has written a new piece. A 
Cleveland Journalist Is the model for 
the hero. 



Mrs. Louise Hanson, 39, described 
as the wife of a once' wealthy film 
producer, tried suicide in Chicago. 
At the Columbus Memorial hospital 
it, was said shie would recover. 

Financial reverses prompted the 
attempt, 'twas said. 



Grace Halloran Rose, filed suit in 
St. Louis for separate malntenancfe, 
naming Irving Rose, Hotel Statler 
orchestra leader, as the cause of her 
disillusionment. Th,ey were married 
three months ago. Before her mar- 
riage a showgirl, Mrs. Rose acr 
cuses hubby of trying to pull some 
legal, magic and have the marriage 
annulled. 



Instead: of the usual orphans, 
Minneapols wiU have a tag day for 
Its financially embarrassed sym- 
phony orchestra. It's a different 
kind of an orphan. 



Judge Joseph Sabath was elected 
to his 10th term as president of the 
American Theatrical Hospital Assn. 
This Is the league that promotes 
funds to guarantee the continufince 
at the American hospital, of which 
Dr. Max Thorex is the generalis- 
simo. ' 



continually , in hot water with .the 
mayor, a local reform organlzaiion 
and the mayor's purity committee, 
which succeeded in blocking a re- 
newal of the license. ■' 

This . season', when the Gayety's 
employes decided to operate the 
house on a co-operative basis, the 
reform organization opposed the li- 
cense, but It was finally granted by 
the city council on the promise of . 
clean shows. This is the third week 
of co-operative operation. The house 
about broken even the first two, but 
when this show was caught at a 
Wednesday matinee the audience 
numbered less than .100 and the only 
feature to evoke an enthusiastic re- 
sponse from the customers and to 
stop the show was the torso tossing 
by the woman principal who m^de: 
such a liberal display. 

The showjs jiimp here from Kan- 
sas City, opening Saturday nlghtg 
instead of afternoons, and going 
from here, to Milwaukee. Among the 
veteran: burlesque^ stars now on the 
circuit are 'Bozo' Snyder and 'Slid- 
ing Billy* Watson. Prices are scaled 
at the modest level of 60c and 76c 
downstairs, 36o In the balcony and 
26c In the gallery, including tax, at 
night, and 26c and 606, ' Including 
tax, for the lower floor at matinees. - 
Stating that the current week's 
business has been bad, Axel Her- 
mahni,: former stage managei- and 
now presiding In the front of the 
house, blamed the poor trade oh: 
'burlesque opposition' provided by 
:Texas Gulnan at the Orpheum and 
complained about that house going 
In for burlesque so frequently, cit- 
ing th6 'Marcus Show,' another re- 
cent Orpheum attraction, and . get- 
ting away with .rough stuff that the 
Gayety Isn't permitted to pull. 

The foiir funsters in the present' 
'aggregation are I. B. Hamp,' Sam' 
Mitchell, Bert Carr and. Lew Lewis, 
one being a roughneck and the oth- 
ers a tramp, Hebe and a Wop. For 
the jnost part, they toe the mark, of 
decorum, but much, of their stuff Itt 
a revamp of ancient vintage hoke. 
Other men principals are Don Trent 
and Bobby Young,' while the feinl- 
hlne contingent includes Gertrude 
Reck, Veda Leslie, Erva Hart and 
Hazel Bernard. 

A good show 'or the price, but' 
one that may not be too well suited 
for burlesque patrons accustomed io 
a different kind of show. Rees. 



RIALTO 

Chlcagb, Sept. 30. 

Burlesque is. burlesque and the 
variation between one sample and 
another is cuistomarily represented 
In the frequency with which the 
dry cleaner is called . In by the 
wardrobe department. There were 
more than a few holes In the girl's 
tights visible from the down-front 
seats and there were plenty oC 
ddwn-front seats. 

Neither wOrse nor better than 
what is handed out In the three 
other Chicago burleycue stands, the 
Rialto is happily free from those 
concession muggs that tramp the 
aisles elsewhere. It's astonishing, 
and refreshing to go right from the 
feature picture to the stage show 
unmolested by gentlemen who tell' 
sales lies in the loudest voices and 
with the most unflinching effront- 
ery In the world. 

Harry Clex and Ann Morton are. 
the billed principals but In the ab- 
sence of anyone to Identify them 
a casual inspector might easily 
guess thie wrong person. In other 
words it's typical burlesque. No- 
body rises above the common level 
of mediocrity. 

Business h&B been bad. That goes 
for the other Chicago houses, too. . 
Rialto has been watched closely by' 
the censors due to the fact that 
women, mistaking the house per- 
haps for vaudfllm, its traditional 
policy, often slip In to kill an hour 
or two between shopping [ errands 
or because possibly interested In 
the picture. 

While slowing down the strip 
stuff the so-called comedy is un- 
touched by refinement imposed 
from above. Comedians, as they 
are still called In burlesque, pitch 
their smut to the stevedore level. 

This company alternates with the 
Stair and Garter on the west side 
where a No. 2 brigade takes thO 
reverse movement. Land. 



Buff. Gayety Folds 

Buffalo, Oct. 3. 

Gayety (burlesque), which opened 
in August under management of 
Ed Daley, cloised without notice last 
week, reported owing three weeks' 
back salary to musicians and help< 

House may be re-opened this 
month following adjustment ■ of 
claims. « ' 



Gerard Overland East 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Barney Gerard, former burlesque 
producer, after two month?!' hero 
on picture deals, is returning t6 
New York by auto. ' • 

Mrs.' Gerard is with him. 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



EDIT O R I A L 



VARIETY 



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Vol. 108 



No. 4 



liiYEARSAfiO 

.(lfrom > 'Forieii/V onS 'Clipper') 

Henry' Wi' Savage.' announced he. 
waa througli .with picture i)roduc- 
tlpn. Had made' a number of them 
and. no luck. Said hie would sell hlg 
future plays and not try to film. 



Owner of ; the Forsythe theatre, 
Atlanta,, was . trying- to oust Jake 
TVells. . liCiase called for "first class 
productions,' and owner contended 
pictures' .Were n'o^ up to .^puff, . . 

Dave 'Warflel.d!. turned down an 
oitfir to appiear . iii film, 'verilionB b£ 
'■pjjej- Music ., Master' and lAuction 
eer.'' - ' - ■■ ■ • 



.An effort was started to Induce 
tli^i 'Government to ntlia. ; 15, .cent 
plfices." Would save picture, theatres 
marine, change;. . i,'- . '■ 



•Sumner/ of the Ncv(ri York vice 
Boctetyk' went 'after the original 
'Broadwiy Brevities.*; - objeii- 
tlori was- to 'ImpertineniE. (Questions,' 
■ which !t^ere ' attributed, to .the Jat.c' 
"Walter Klngsiey. .".'j^ngsjey. de- 
nied he, ever wrote tjhe' column. 

Acts playing Ohio were .warned to 
obtain censor appro^-al't If .they' used 
films in their turn. Ha'd ' to have a 
certificate or pay $300. 



Inside S taff-^P ictiires 

Coast theatre execs are trying to figure the answer tff a trio of i-ecent 
films now playing the subsequent runs; 'Chandu' (Fox) showed nothing 
^n any of the key first runs from Los Angeles to Seattle. When it hit 
the nabes and subuirbans the picture 'piled up substantial gro;.ses, espe- 
cially on week-end bookings. 'Horse Feathers* (Par), and 'Bring 'Em 
Back Alive' (Badio). both of which clicked solidly in the ifirst runs, 
especially in Los Angeles and 'Frisco; did a complete, about face on the 
^econd' showings along the Coast. 

' Answer to • the 'Chandu* reversal is taken by execs .an an indication 
th%t the Fox picture has a particularly strong kid appeal, while in the 
nabes the patrons are familiar with the foolery pf the Marxes and regard 
their latest as just another Marx picture. No explahatioh is offered for, 
the drop , in bl2 by the animal picture in the nabes except that it might 
have gotten everybody on its first runs with other animal films possibly 
taking its edge away by the time: it got to the subsequents. 

First draft of a story at Paramount was handed out to writers and 
executives bh the lot with the following notation: 'It will be noticed that 
the story is incomplete and written in & slovenly manner. This is be- 
cause X have been unable to get the writer to <co-operate with me on the 
story; or to devote his tirhe- to writing. The statement is signed by an 
associate producer. ' ■ ■ 

Writer is demanding an apology, claiming that he did not want the 
assignm'ent. and had asked sev'er'al tirtes to be taken off the: story. Pro- 
ducer finds himself in a tou&h. spot as all other writers refuse to have 
^.hythlng to do with the yarn feeling that the exec overslepiped himsAlf 
in ■ n>ak(hg the statement .on the script which everyone in the studio. 
\vould read; . 

Meanwhile the studio has sh'elved the story tempor?irJy until, thie 
writers tool down. 



ihg in New York of •Bill o£ Divorcement' at the Mayfair, Friday (30). 

Usual opeijing ballyhoo was removed from the. house lobby, but the 
oustomavy curtain speeches were broadcast from the film capital, and 
reproduced in the theatre tlirough a loud speaker system. Making the 
invisible curtain talks were John Barry more, Blllie Burke, leads in the 
liicture, and George Zukov, the director, who broadcast from a stage on 
the Radio pictui-es lot. Handled by NBC as far west as Denver. 

KBS studio has completed half of, Its progress for World .Wide with 
nine more pictures to make in seven nxonths. With plenty o£ lime be- 
tween pictures Sam Bischoff will probably go to New York upon com-, 
pletlon of 'Uptown New Yofk' and 'The, Death Kiss' early in November. 
' Present ..i'eleasing. arrangenient betSveen W-W and the Kelly-Bischoff- 
Saal.orga.nlzatiOn; is to be terminated when this year's program is deli v-. 
ered, with .likelihood of KBS releasing through another company. E. W. 
Hammons owns a one-half interest In -both KBS and W-W, but might 
Okay another release if he could benefit. through his JCBS connection. 



Hays organization offered to matbh Fox^s salary if Jason Joy would 
remain as production cOde oVerseer, but CoK- Joy turned; it down. • In- 
side reason reported for Joy's withdrawal Is laid to the physical exac- 
tion's of the job which he virtually created three years ago. 

Offer was made, it is declared, 'even after Dr: James Wingate, former 
New York censor head, had been apiiroached. • ' 

Another rea.son is said to have been that Joy has ."prod doing ambitions; 



Joseph P. Kennedy, accompanied Gov. Rooisevelt w6sf on 'his caihpaign 
lour. He is a member of the DemocriatiO' Finance Committee. Kennedy, 
who helped finance the: Rooseyelt pref convention fight in Massachusettis 
admits he never has taken an active; ^art in pofttics.' . ■ 

The foljmer': theatre- film promoter sa^s 'there "Is' ho public office that 
Would interest me. Gov. Roosevelt asked hie to go with hirij <in his Mp 
and I got a- big kick out of it.'. i ' 



Will HoFWltz, Dallas exhib who bias figured in more and varied scraps 
than perhaps any other Texas picture shower, is blasting again. This 
time it's in his local thieatre ads and a diatribe against efxclusive bookings 

In disjointed isentences'- he wi'ites : 'Hold ..ever^^^ 'folks— don't get 
excited-Tilt's the hat— not the heatT^r root hog's back-^1'' nioyle trust 
hog— ^thls picture is exclusive here oiily — hah!— that's caused by the hi 
hat— it's hooey-r-it's or movie hawg— trying, to cornec. the boy friend- 
Will Horwitz, etc.' Then the statement .that. Horwitz has . contracts for 
the' best product and the assurance that , his patrons wlH see them all 



Universal ' Is bUVned at some of Itis salesmen concerning themselves , 
too much with the activities of compdtitor^ and digging up inside infor- 
mation on what the other fellow is dbing. Ih .a gefterai I,etter tb ail tJ's . 
film salesmen, L. ,J. S.chlalffer, .gen, sales, mgr. spikes coritinuance of this 
prabtice, urging" 'jjvery Universal' saleisman /to' deyqte ^1^ en time arid 
attention to' the' sale of ' Universal p^odpct . and to pay nq attention tO| 
glories about the activities of .other salesmen,'' 



The bGoth: operator ;required' in sOf /fhee I Sing,' at the Music Box, New 



c vcaL- |ji.uuu\;l aiiu -v'iv ttaaui.ttii.vc .tiittu - uib ptttruiia win acc tiiciii ttii. i , — f . - -r t ■ w, — . -- — 

Seems a broadside against Lo^w Which in the same palper advertises is ;?9f- an election, return, bitv; the operator actually working five. 



Laurel and Hardy's 'Pack Up "Your Troubles* 'never to return" to any. 
Otiier tiieatre in. this town.' : Horwitzj advertises the: same .comedians .Ip 
'Helpmates.' 



Jack Lfilt Joined 'Variety's' staff, 
heading the ' Chicago office. 



Three B'way. shows v^tPt up from 
$2.60 . to. $3 top: ,: ; v • i.i ■.. 



Actors Equity and' the managers 
finally agreed upon ah employirient 
contract. 



More war trouble, 
wcrti shy Germaii 
mnlclng; OOlored Ink^. 



Lithographers 
chemicals for 



50 YEARS AGO 

iFrom •Clinper\) ■ 

Cincinnati won the pennant in, the 
American Champlonship^.wlth Phil- 
adelphia and Baltimore runriers-up< 
ChlCE^o won In . the ' League. Both 
organizations played ' post-seaisoh 
games to the efid of Qctiob'er. They 
even plkyed one with the New York 
Mbtropolitans, w^lcli Vciis in neither 
league.. .. 



With complaints fronri members that they had no chance to vote for 
heads ..of respective ibranches and directors of their branch' the board of 
directors of the Academy of, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is making 
amendment to the constitution that at least two tickets must be in the'| 
field for each office a,hd that members will, also .ife able to write in oh 
ballot their choice if they do , not appear on printed ballot. This came 
about when it was learned thiat four members of one branch who , Were 
on the. nominating committee had nominated themselves lor office with- 
but . opposition. Also Howard; J. Green was put forth as candidate 
kgalnst Oliver H. P. Garrett lor the board because the writers . claimed 
Garrett has been only a member, of the academy three, months while 
Green had served for several years. ■ 



tninutes per show for a totjai.qt 40 ininutes weekly. But he gets (100 a 

■jveeK.: ■;,,.■ ,;■;',; :-. •:;.:•:• ;•'. , ; ■' [ '';:■;'■..■:;'"■■ ,/ 

That's .th.e sairie WASe ^or-iheads: of jdeiiartments'of the' etage crew who 
are/bn. the. joij./throughout all. performance^. '^ ^ 

^ Edgar .Hart, who dropped out of the' Liberty' theatre, Asioria, Ore,,, 
when the Skourases. took over the operatloii. oil Fbk 'West' CJoast, .went to 
his horiie in' San Diego and back uTt) to Siiokane to take over the BKO 
Orpheum. Then that theatre was turned over to Skburas,. and now .Hart , 
will go -bacic down the. Coast to San Diego. ■ ' 

If he runs true to form the next' assignment will be Florida or Alasksu** 



John L. Stoddart Wai the firtt to 
adopt the idea of a . m&tinee ' and 
night for travel lectures. | Gave ;the 
lecture one evening and the follow- 
ing afternoon. Proved a hit and. 
generally adopted. 



; Test ptemlere of Columbia's 'Washington Merry-Go-Round' in Baltic 
more was greeted by a paid ad In the Balto "Sun' from 'Th^ Authors' ! 
jCanopymously Identified that way) denying that the pic had anything. j 
to do with their book. That's correct. , 

Titie. was primarily used anil Maxwell Anderson developed, it his own 
way, -which facts Col conceded in a retaliatory ad. - 
^ RKO's bircuit deal for the picture commences Oct; 22, and Oct. 28 is 
set for the New "York showing at the Mayfair, with little likelihood.] 
'the Skourases win take it away from RKG for the Roxy, .N. Y. H. B. 
Frankl|h is preparing a foreword of endorsements front political notables I 
as a bul.ld-up for any possible complications. This will precede the film | 
as One of the titles. 



'Financial Pbst,' -Canada's equivalent to New York's 'Wall St. Journal,' I 
i-ecently carried an article saying that 'Famous Players' (Canadian) faces 
the future with the great advantage that it has .written, db^^n all its 
sound equipment to a very low figure/ and predicting that the bond 
Interest by Famous Players- Canadian will be earned this year. Paper 
points out that losses of FPC to July 2 were in great part paper losses | 
- resulting from the company's policy of writing off depreciation on. a lib- 
eral scale and to. losses on investments. 

J. J. Fitzgibbons, in. charge of Ft»C, believes that British pictures, ] 
which the chain will play this year, will do better say, 'British producer 
has more or lefss found himself in the; last eight or nine months.* 



A Providence. survey shows there are some theatres benefited as result 
of the amusement tax. One exhib claims, he doubled his -weekly grosB^ . 
directly due to the lax. ' : i 

He contends many people will do anything to dodge .taxes and as . a 
result some Of the 50c. top public: now walls for the picture's siecond run 
^t-30c. ; ■ - ■ ' _ ' ■ 

j Coast studio prep;ared' an ad -campaign on 'Phantom ■ President' (Par)", ; 
burrerit at the Pariambunt, ' New 'York, but . it was • eritirely .eliminated, ' 
tht! hom6 . office supplan.iiiig it ^;ith. i display Of Itis-^^^ 
i New York, went ahead , on the campaign prior to Milton Feld's return'' 
jtrom Kansas\Clty. It stressed Jimi^fiy Durante, borrowed comic ftom 
Metro, , above both George -Cohaji arid Claudette Colbert. ; 

v.-.;--' - ^^-■::':':-..-^".:..':^;-::.^;-v....... -.tli 

After 21 days bri the . train with Gov., Roosevelt, Charles Peltljohiji got 
back to the Hays, headquarters to find Will Hs^ys. getting- ready to move 
India'na'for Hoover. .PettlJohn told jeyeryone in and abound, the office' 
that the Hoo.siers are lost to Hoover; making it clear at the same tlmift 
that the statement was.- made with ai\l deference to hi* departing boss. 



Formal legal recognition Of . the Haiys-Horwitz pact, involving protec- 
tion and admission relations oic the naajor circuits ana ^1 indie theatres 
In Cleveland, will be announced this; week.. Hays lawyers say that at 
the same tinie the case, which has been on the Federal Court docket for 
a year, will be officially discontinued. ' . 



Mile. Etta, who called herself a 
•mnemotechnlst' was giving lec- 
tures telling people how not to for- 
get. 



Snelbaker's circus had featured a 
troupe of 'Genuine IndidTi Nautch 
-Girls' all season. Now that the 
tents were folding it wa? reVealtd 
that they were a quartet of dancers 
from England. 



Fanny Davenport was playing In 
England and the critics were cold, 



'Clipper' reported the 'death in an 
Insane asyluni O.f 'SalUe Blnns' who 
spent 28 years, in the place because 
he believed himself a girl. Got that 
way doing female impersonationis In 
amateur theatricals. 



Forepaugh show was ending its 
season in St. Louis Sept. 28 but ciit 
down to a one ring trick and went 
south for spare change. 



Fourth car of the first section of the 
Sells circus train left the track at 
Point Lick on the jump from' Rlch- 
mond( Va„ to London, Ky. That 
and IB other cars went down an 
embankment killing three, fatally 
injuring three more and disabling 
others. . 



Horses, attached to a 42d street 
trolley car were frightened by an 
elephant being taken down Fourth 
ave., In New York, and ran away, 
Injuring two.. App.arently .^sed In 
.'Around the World in 8(J Days.' 



Edward Quittner's suit against Paramount Publix and the Hays organ 
jzation is on the Federal C!ourt's main calendar for Monday (10). Due 
to the clogged condition and the fact there aren't many judges in the 
U. S. District Court, New York, 10 hear the cases, Graham & Reynolds, 
attorney's for Quittner, believe that It may be delayed until the end of 
the month. 

' Quittner is -suing for $5,200,000 under the restraint of trade statutes, 
claiming Paramount forced him out ]of business in Mlddletown, N. Y.,. 
Where he owned three theatres. The 'suit,- filed two years ago, is expectbd 
to be one of the- most interesting of lis: kind ever heard. 



Motion picture supply hQusei^,. hard hit by the almost total cessation 
of building, are looking to., a . revival' of activity In their field through 
anticipated necessity of new equipment for theatreij. During the past 
two years .theatres have spent little, compared to other days, In replace- 
ment of seats and other theatre material. 



; Third dimension thing is up. again as RKO resurrects the idea. Roxy 
has such an idea under consideration tor the RKO theati'es in Radio City 
how being erected. 

I RKO is considering certain patents owned- by the Valentine Paint Co., 
supposed to give the illusion Of third, dimension. Experlihents with a 
small model of the Valentine instruijnients have prOyed succeissfiii; this 
way. 'Valentine system calls for projecting screen stuff . from the rear 
of the stage rather than the front. 

Smacks similar to Trans-lux process although Tra.ns-]ux claims no 
Illusion for third dimension. 



Studios' tagging along after the newspapei-s to get ideas for picture 
material sometimes takes on reverse English. . When a Santa Monica 
marathon dance was closed, and the authorities and newspapers began 
a carhpaign against marathon stepping, 'Universal decided to shelve 
'Dance Marathon.' 

Carl Laemmle, Jr. ^bought the story during a wave of interest in the 
gruelling pastime, but now that marathoning is In for so much panning. 
Junior Laemmle has pigeonholed the yarn, james Knox Mlllen, adapt- 
ing the story, was put back on 'Suicide Club.' 



Why a member of Paramount's eastern scenario department took, a 
couple of days off to determine whether an Indian could make a shield of 
untanned deer skin. Is explained by Ifls being convinced that the public 
Is exacting for correct technical detail. 

He reached thl.s deduction through a Texas promoter telling him that 
he wanted a. true story written on the state of Texas and rema:rking 
thal 'the Covered Wagon' was a phoney because the horse.s were shown 
In new harness. 



Unique way of ether plugginii; a picture opening through a cross- 
country tie-up was put over by Radio studiOB in Hollywood on the open- 



: Major studio got an idea for a. feature from a travel short, made by 
another company, and sent an expedition . to the same locale to get 
background footage.- When the film was 'released, some critics said 
the background was taken from the short, akhbugh. the second company 
spent $51,000 to get its own scenes. 



: Major companies have ruled against studio wholesaling stills of their 
^tars and directors to deaie^cs who woUld sell theih directly' to thie pUblic. 
Decision to make the ruling general cz^me aftei^ 'Hollywood Movie Album," 
tin outside company, sought to buy stills to retail. 

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i By Oct. IS Warner l^i'OH... Iriiist: decid^ whethbr Rosco'e Arbuckle \ti i,0 
^ake .it: additional shorts for the-.;cotnp.any as well as a feature. War- 
ners' ilrst two-reeler, made by -Arbucklb' at t^ie Vitaphone plant, Brook- 
iyh, ap. yet Untitled, is ;now,,ibeln 



After RKO had agreed to experimeht with the five-day work plan for 
operators in the booth, the plan was suddenly kayoed.' The swingmen 
or substitutes subniltted by the unions in one theatre -were so incom- 
petent as to run a reel backward on one occasion. 



Denying an ERPI financing, E. W. Hammons, for Educatibnal and. 
Worldwide, makes known that a $1,500,000 credit had been underwritten 
for his companies, for '32-'33, by Whitehall Trust Co. of England, Hud-' 
son Bay CJo. and Dillon-Beld. 



Deal whereby "Walter Fuller was 10. assemble some African stuff taken' 
by Gary Cooper,, and to be released through Paramount, has fallea 
through. 



Hays office last week received official notlfloAlion that -working critics, 
cameramen and reporters can gain admission to amusement events tax 
free. ■■ ' 



In order to bbtain better representation for its Radio pro<'uct, RKO 
may go into houses In 8tra,teg)c spots, probably in a number of towns 
which the chain now does not penetrate. 



Repori.s tliiit Lofw'H is to tako over the Capitol,, Cincinnati, can't 
obtnih AH BKO haM it undpr lea.ie. BKO also holds the Metro film 
frfinchif^e. 



42 



VARIETY 



LECITIMATE 



Toesday, October 4, 1932 



Hays on Broadway 



VANITIES 



Tenth edition of Earl CarroU'8 'Vanities.' 
'Opening at the Broadway, N. T., Sept. 27, 
at 16.00, with (3.86 top thereAtter. Dialog 
br Jack HcOowan; dialog staged by Edgar 
KacQregor; ihuslo and lyrlca mostly by 
Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler: ballets by 
Oluck Sandor;' dances, Ned McQum; addi- 
tional dialog, Eugene Conrad; settings and 
ooatnmes, - Vlncente Hinnelil; executed by 
. Ume. ArllDgtoh; technical direction, W. 
Oden Waller; orchestrations by Edward B. 
Poiwell; Ray' Kavanaugh's band,' Other 
credits for songs, scenes or effects to Bay- 
moBd Peck, Ethel Shannon Jackson, Stew- 
art O. 'Wbltman, Prof. Max Tenber. Sidney 
Clare, Charles Tobias and Peter TInturIn, 
' Edward Heyman and Richard Meyers, 
-Wcidhaas, Charles and Henry Tobias and 
Haren Qlllesple. 

- Imported talent Includes Andre Randall, 
Edwin Styles, Will Fyfte, Keith Clark, 
Andre Renaud, Max Wall and M Helen 
Jackson Girls. - 

American featured talent Includes Helen 
Br6derlck, Milton Berle, Lillian Shade, 
Harriet Hector; John Hale, Josephine Hus- 
.toB, Liester Ctawford, Beryl Wallace. Barl 
Christie, Marcelle Edwards, Ted Wilson^: 
.Andy Costello. 

'Vanities' girls: Nelda KIncald, Vivian 
Keefer, Flo Ward, Flo. Johnson, Dolores 
Grant, Agatha Hoft, Betty Bundmark, 
.ZiOrna Rodlonoff, Ida Michaels, - Oay Or- 
lora, Lydla Resh, Betty Dell, CU're Carter, 
Evelyn. Cxowell, Evelyn Kelly, Ann 
^Xuandai Ann Howard, Helen Callahan, 
Martha Mackay, Evelyn Goslyn, Marlon 
.VoIK*- Audrey Arlington, tioulse Estes,' 
Hcusel Nevin, Rosalie Fromson, Fay Lytell, 
Olive Mcliay, Helene . Harano, Barbara 
Band, Bath Mann, Billy Joyce. 
'.Elisabeth Delgnan,': Patricia Roe, fiybll 
Elaine Krlnney, Hilda Regal, Katheryn 
'Beoker, Sylvia. : P. Bro'wn, Kathaleen 
'Gaugfairan,. Cora' Joyce '•felnlck, Betty Ann 
.Pnjle, Jacqueline Mousette, Peggy Hunter, 
Reaea Goldberg, Pbylls Ann Stattery, 
Sllnor Keenan, Ruth Snyder, Hade Gibson, 
.Hoael Brandt, 



CarroU'a. 10th edition of the 
•Vanities* la Just another revue. 
Quite apparantly these 1932 
days oC conservatism, wJth one eye 
ib6 reduced tap at the box office 
and the other on the budget, has 
had Its negative effect. Nothing as 
lavish about the latest 'Vanities' as. 
has been the recent standard; . 

' There are t|mes when the s^ow Is 
quite dull. There's inuclt tnore 
pronilae In the programn&eka com- 
mentaries which heralcl certain 

^.scenes and players than what ultl-. 
mately eventuates. 

That this edition Is 'clean* Is . as 
inuch to the Impresario's credit as 
hlB obvious International search tor 
talent from England and the Conti- 

. nent, which . enterprise, however, 
unfortunately doesn't quite begin to 

. compare with a . seasoned Helen 
Broderlck, a Harriet Hoctor or a 
Milton Berle. The latter, while yet 
to ■ establish . himself as a revue 
oomlc, knows bis .Broadway tempos 
"lietiter than. lAessleurs Andre Ran- 
dall, Andre Renaud and Keith Clark 
Cthe latter , a Parisian despite the 
handle), or Messrs. Will Fyfte, Max 
^Wall,'-£dwin Styles, et al. That the 
cnstoxribrs, furthermore, went for 
what little spice Mr. Carroll eaw 
fit . to purvey Is also something else 
again. - •.■ 

Fyffe, the Scot comedian, whose 
antics- are known fun well to the 
variety regulars, particularly to 
patrons of the Palacei had his in- 
iDlngs. 

Andre Randall, an ambidextrous, 
Inulti-llngual comic who's been a 
■ta.ndard in the Folles Bergere 
(PaVis> revues these past several 
aeaiaons (most latterly in London, 
In "Bow Bells'), was willing enough, 
but somehow didn't click with what 
wag allotted him. He's a Basque 
Whose Anglo-Saxon surname was 
iprobably a professional interha- 

. tional gesture to the visiting Ix>n- 
donera and Americans who take in 
the Folios Bergere revues regularly 
during their Paris sojourns. In 
Paris M. .Randall can always be re- 
. Ued upon to utilize his linguistic ac- 
complishments, particularly In £ng- 
lisb, so that the already unsubtle 
.bl&ckouts in the Paris revue house 

.'; aro totally divested of any mystery. 
He did one of those French-English- 
German - Spanish - Russian scenes, 
'among others, but being a comedian 
.Who must abide by scene or sltua-. 

. ^lon, he didn't acquit himself as slg- 
luUy as FyfCe, who has his own 
«6ticeptlon - of things; or Renaud, 
Ti^ose ambidextrous plano-playlng 
.on two grands depend nought on 
libretto, or Clark, -who > as his own 
dgaret routing a la Cardinl, et al 

Similarly, the London-exported 
Edwin Styles doesn't ever prove 
Just why this 'sophisticated star of 
many London succeisses' Is a, dis- 
tinct novelty to the American the 
atregoer. His personality and, 
charm have won him a high place 
on the English stage; according to 
the program notes. By the same, 
token the Busterwestish Max Wall 
('the first appearance in New Tork 

* .of London's most popular dancing 
pantomlmist,' says another of the 
program's superlative footnotes) is 
. Independent of book or score for his 
acro-dantlcg. 'V 

Ray Kavanaugh in the pit with 
his band, now something o£ a 'Vani- 
ties' institution himself, led oft into 
a Cafe de la Paix scene with 'My 
Darling,' one of the show's plug 
tunes duetted by John Hale and 
Josephine Huston, wlio handle the 
straight singing assignments 
'throughout. 

; The 'Celebrated Helen Jackson 
Girls' (who, says the program again, 
are 'conceded to be the world's most 
famous group of precision dancers; 
they' have been the reigning success 
ot London, Paris and Berlin; this is 



their first appearance In America ), 
follow with concerted hoofing. Theic 
foreign capital achievements are 
historical fact, and not disputed, but 
It's no georgemcohanlng , to insist 
that the Capitol theatre or Para- 
mount troupes can do as well, and 
better, besidea having a pulchritud 
Inous advantage of iissomeness and 
eye-appeal, according to American 
standards. Rather nicer looking 
than the average English troupe, 
they're- still a bit stocky. Their 
high-kick atuie can't help but re- 
mind of the old-time terpology. 

The revue proceeds with a suc- 
cession of introductorlea^of Lillian 
Shade, Randall. Styles, Broderlck, 
Berle . and FyfCe, followed by the 
girls — 32 taU'ns and 16 poniea — with 
Mlaa Huston again vocally handling 
'Along Came Love' nicely. 

Wall, dancing pantomlmist, got 
something, although the Buster- 
westish reminder was here estab- 
lished. 

The Parisian Keith Clark with his 
lighted ciggle routine follows a cou- 
ple of scenic effects, including a 
gardenia swing and a luminous 
maypole ('this Is the first use of a 
cold light on the stage,' explains the 
program, which also credits Stewa:rt 
C. Whitman). A film star's last per- 
sonal a.ppearance on a funeral bier 
was the subject of another scene of 
comedy intent. ^ 

RenaXid followed with his two- 
piano manipulation, both Sohmera 
being placed at an angle as he strad- 
dles' a dtool to perform aimultahe- 
ously on both. It's the same effect 
aa if he played forte on. one piano, 
chiefly playing bass on the. left- 
hand instrument and carrying the 
melQdy with the major hand. Inci- 
dentally, the very fetching lliove Is 
My Inspiration' was composed by 
Renaud to Ted Koehler's lyrics, lat- 
ter and Harold Arlen writing most 
of the revue's songi^. ~ 

A Joe Miller comedy scene was 
nicely handled by B^rle, Styles and 
Mlaa Shade, credited to Jack Mur- 
ray 'and everybody* for authorahlp. 

The hoapltal blackout got a laugh. 
Mlaa Shade in a dolorous Tve Oot a 
Right to Sing the Bluea' exposition 
was Impressively backed up by 
Beryl Wallace, Marcelle Edwards 
and a blues ballet. Berle and Les- 
ter Crawford (who contributed In 
several other akita in a modeat 
manner), and Stylea-FyCCe garnered 
a couple Of laughs, aa did Miss 
Broderlck with her saucy 'telegram' 
blackout. Fyfte's 'Intebrlate' spe- 
cialty registered. 

'Cabinet of Dr. X' had a nance tag, 
and John Strauss' 'Blue Danube' 
waltz finale proved Itself still h 
great tUne. That that's the hit of 
the show givea an idea. Harriet 
Hoctor here reglatered with her 
usually expert balloting, although 
the stereoptlcon effect of billowy 
clouda, etc., wasn't quite -what it 
should be. 

'Take Me Away,' a tune by Sidney 
Clare-Chaa.: TobiaarPeter .Tlnturln, 
which already, haa been heard on 
the air, will be among thoae to en- 
joy an ether vogue. Miss Hutton 
handled It nicely, with, John Hale 
and Betty Sunmark assisting in a 
mirror fol-de-rol. 

The mystic tree which conjures up 
femmes reposing in the branches re- 
minded of a 'Foliea Bergere' revue 
acene of three years ago, aa did 
Randall'a ensuing 'Love in Five 
Languages.' 

Among the other highlights were 
Berle's mlke-razzlng specialty. Miss 
Hector's igrlm 'raven' ballet dance, 
and FyCCe'a 'engineer.' 

In all numbering 60 acenea, the 
new 'Vanities' is not a particularly 
brilliant blending of the elements 
which In the past distinguished the 
Carrollian opera. It's all of the same 
even tenor, sartorlally, scenlcally 
and novelly a pleasant but not dls 
tinctive melange of the components 
that contribute to a wow click. 

It'll disappoint those who come to 
see a possible rUnner-up to a Chev 
aller In a Monsieur Randall and dis 
cover that Berle, Broderlck, Hoctor, 
Shade, et al., from the Harlem and 
the Bronx, as the program vouch 
safes, eclipse the importees from the 
British and the Continental capl- 
tals. ■ 

A trench system of mikes makes 
the aural factor easy at this long- 
Ish auditorium. It doesn't overram- 

(Continued oh page 46) 



SNOOTY BEVERLY Him 
GIVES EXCLUSIVE PUY 



Beverly Hills, Oct. 3. 
High hat dramatics for an exclu- 
sive clientele was tried out for one 
night last week by the Little Thea- 
tre of Beverly HlUs, and proved so 
successful the aemi-pro theatrical 
group Is planning another such pro- 
duction. 

'Wedding Bells,' first produced in 
ldl9, was staged On a side porch of 
Mrs. Richard Fudger'a Beverly 
Hills mansion, where It yras sur- 
rounded With, all the swank of a 
real social event. Although tickets 
wore $1, there was.no public sa,le of 
the ducata, the affair -drawing a 
hahd-plucked audience. 

Between the acta, debutantes 
served chocolate to the chilly 
'guests,' the play haying beeii 
staged outdoors. 

Only low-down detail of the party 
waa the presence of a candid cam- 
eraman.: 

Oliver Hinsdell, in charge of 
Metro's coaching achooli directed 
the Salisbury Fields play, using 
among other -professionals two play- 
ers from his group, James Bush and 
Gertrude MlchaeL 



BUCHANAN SHOW GOES 
IN HAJmiC AT |5i0 



Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freed- 
ley have booked their forthcoming 
musical show starring Jack Bu- 
chanan Into the Majestic,' where it 
Is due at Christmas; Plans call for 
the show to have a $6.60 top, only 
attraction so priced this season. 

Majestic, a large capacity theatre, 
has been long dark. It is of the 
trio of theatres turned back by the 
Shubert receivers, the other houses 
being the Royale and Masque. Con- 
cern, that technically o'wned - the 
three Is in receivership Itself, with 
John Golden a co-receiver. Latter 
leased the Royale and opens it this 
week with *When Ladies Meet.' 



No Musidaii Contracts 
Till L^ts Are Probed 



Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Because of the! shaky financial 
setup of :many leglt-ihusical ven- 
tures, Musldana local. No. 47» has 
passed a rule that all leaders or 
contractors must report any the- 
atre engagement to E. L. Smith, 
business representative, at least 
three days before the job is to start. 
Those falling to do so will be pen- 
alized. Order la to enable Smith 
to Inveatlgate the responBiblllty of 
producers, and secure cash bonds or 
other guarantee of salary payment. 

Board of directors declared Walter 
Beebo, booking agent, unfair, alleg- 
ing that he offered to pay less than 
scale for studio sideline work. 



Hodson Gets Cot-Rater 



GRffS GET RETROACTIVE 
PAY CUT ALL AT ONCE 



New waefe scale for stage hands 
which approximates a 10% cut 
was retroactive to sept, 1, and In 
those Droadway theatres open last 
week, creW piay envelopes were slim 
because of the deductions. 

There were two exceptions, how- 
ever, both Sam H. , Harris shows. 
That manager refused to take the 
kick-back from deckhands with 'Of 
Thee I Sing' at the Music Box and 
'Here Today* at the Barrymore. 

Crews of both houses sent mes- 
sages of thanks to Harris for the 
gesture. The deductions would have 
amounted to about $600. 



The Hudson suddenly switched 
with the leasing of the house to 
J. J. Leventhal and O. E. Wee. Lat- 
ter are presenting a revival of 
'That's Gratitude* at the Waldorf 
which will get a revival of 'The 
Great Lover,' 'Gratitude* moving to 
the Hudson. Latter show has been 
getting by through cut rates. 

The theatre is owned by the Im- 
migrant Savings Bank, which took 
back the house through foreclosure 
from Mrs. H. B. Harris last season 
Bank appointed Harry Askin as 
manager. Deal with Leventhal. and 
Wee reported to have been made 
without Askin's knowledge. Askin 
and Hugh Ford recently opened 
and closed 'The Budget' at the house 
and planned another show there. 



Marcus Co.'s Big 1»900 
Mile Jump for Road Tour 

The Marcus .^how, finished with 
Paramount bookings and expanded 
tO: roadshow proper tiojns, leaves 
Newport, R. I., Wednesday (5) for 
Dallas. With a complement of 69 
people, the jump of 1,900 miles. Is 
claimed something of a record for 
a troupe of equal size. 

Jumps from coast to coast have 
not been unusual in the past, but 
such movements were made with 
smaller companies. The Marcus 
show using three sleepers and two 
baggae cars will, travel, as a special 
train from Chicago to Dallas. 



hside Stolf-Legit 



Movement to encourage legit shows to use extra apace ads In New 
York's dalllea has been started by the 'American* which offers a rate of 
66 cents per line on all insertions of 100 lines or more. Reerular amuse- 
ment rate Is |1 per line. This is the same proposition given picture 
advertisers if . guaranteeing 60,000 lines annually. No guarantee required 
of the legits. Only provlaioh to the latter Is that the smaller directory 
ad shall run on the days when extra apace ia used. 

Another atlpulatlon Is that extra space legit uaera use at leaat 100 
linea weekly over an agreed period. 'American' wanta maximum !copy» 
that la no other paper ahall receive greater lineage. Heretofore to obtain 
the 36% cut a yearly contract was requlredL Other papers are expected 
to offer almllar terma. 'Amerlcan'a' Sunday rate, of |1.60 a line stands 
ioa is.regardless of space used by legits. 



A workmen's compensation award to Gean T. Wilson, 21-year-old 
dancer-actor, for permanent injury to a flpger suffered during a per" 
tormance of 'Lysistrata' at the 44th Street theatre. New York, in October, 
1930, has been affirmed by .the New Tork Appellate Division. Wilson ' 
hurt his finger when he tripped over a spear he was cairylng. 

He was awarded |643 by the State Industrial Board on the finding of 
a referee that he had suffered a permanent, partial loss of the use of the 
finger. The Columbia Casualty Company, insurer oC the Philadelphia 
Theatre associatioui owner of the 44tb Street theatre, appealed the case. 



First night tickets sent the press for 'Nona^V opening at the Avon 
tonight, were recalled by orders from A. C. Blumenthal, husband of 
Peggy Fears, the presenter. Reason was not clear, other than Blumey 
suddenly decld^ to aHot the tickets himself. Only ducata not included > 
were those sent first strlnjg critics of .the dailies. Tickets sent dramatic 
editors and columnists understood to have been Included in the recall. 

Tickets wore regularly, distributed by the press' department which has 
Arthur Levy, formerly ip.a. fol* the late David Belasco, in charge. There 
was considerable confusion over the ' order but no explanation. 



'Cynara* is faring poorly on the road. Chicago . engagement only fal*' 
with other spots disappointing; It is the only last season success . that ' 
has fared badly out of town so far this new season. 'Cynara' was not a'. 
Broadway Smash, but did well enough for the Shubert receivers. 

Show >raa jumped from Cincinnati to Newark, atanda like"* St. Louis 
and Kansas City being cancelled. It will go subscription at the Plymouth, 
Boston, for two weeks with other eastern time to follow. But the tour, 
Will probably be much shorter than anticipated. 



Lawrence Weber, young as the season may be, is already climbing lip 
hill. Thus far Weber has brought in 'Man "Who Reclaimed His Head,' 
an expensively staged plecei which folded Saturday night (1) after a 
slim run, and had 'Manhattan Medley,' another trickily staged show, out 
on the roa,d, 'Medley' had to be called oft last week after a couple of 
weeks on the road and In the box for plenty. 

But Weber is not discouraged. He is ready to launch his third play 
into rehearsal immediately. 



Tpung Coast attorney gummed up the chances of his clients to 
tl^rough the state labor icommisslon, wages due on a musical that 
out there; He persisted in butting in during the hearing and 
announced that he was representing several of the actora. 

The attorney for the other side then asked for a dismissal of the 
on the ground that if the players could afford a lawyer they 
take their claims to court rather than to the commission. His 
was granted. 



cpllect, . 
folded 
finally. 

claims 
should 
motion. 



Business of 'Reunion in Vienna' In Boston showed a particular demand 
for matinee tickets in the Hub^ 

A five-line ad in the amusement section of the Boston 'Transcript' 'was 
placed by a woman playgoer seeking two tickets for a mat. Thijs type pf , 
teaser has been used before biit in this instance it appears to h^y^ 'b^eit, 
on the level. Rate is 60 cents per line, so it cost, the advertiser (^.60.| 
plus whatever a speo may have charged, oyer the b. o. .,j 



Washington dramatic critics are still boiling, oyer press sheets recently 
Issued in a new attempt to sell 'Flame of Mexico.' 

Show opened here last spring and was severely panned. Sheets, how-, 
ever, iare extremely laudatory having picked up advance notices instead 
of reviews and i>laced crltlca' namea over them. 

It lan't often that father and aon are found In a small-cast show of. 
class pretension, but it's so with Hugh ahd John Buckler in 'The Man 
With a Load of Mischief.' 

Hugh Buckler,' the father, plays opposite Jane Cowl while John had' 
a smaller part. . ., 



A. C. Blumenthal has 66% of 'Ol' Man Satan,' the colored opus whlch^ 
was due to open at the Forrest, N. T., last night (Men.). 



JACK HALEY TRIPLES 



Must Fulfill 3 Contracts for Show, 
Film Feature, and . Shorts 



Jack Haley is in the peculiar po- 
sition of being bounded on. three 
sides by contracts. His obligations 
include shorts for Warners In the 
east, a feature for Universal on the 
Coast and as the principal male in 
the revised DeSylva- Schwab 
'Humpty-Dumpty* now tentatively 
titled 'Two's Company.' 

Haley does his final 'WB two- 
reeler this week but arrangements 
have been agreed upon by DeSylva- 
Schwab and Junior Laeinmle where- 
by the comic can do the show on 
the stipulation that U give the play 
management four weeks', advance 
notice as to when the studio wiU 
require Haley's presence west. 



Trying Pallas Stock 

Dallas, Oct. 3. 

Showhouse, legit, reopens Oct. 6 
as the Uptown, stand's third mon' 
icker within three years. Meredith 
Cramer, who's backing current 
stock try, hopes to stick 30 weeks 
with a 40-(l scale and two-bit mats. 
Started advance ducat, sale with 7- 
for-6 bargain. 

Cast includes Edith Ketchum, 
Camella Griffith, Alexander Camp- 
bell, Betty Hanna, Bob Linden, 
Frank McNeills, Dorothy Simpson, 
Frank Roberts. John McKee di- 
recting. 



DETROIT BREAK-IN FOR 
MRS. LEBLANG'S IRVTH' 



'Tell Her. The Truth,' the new 

musical sponsored by Mrs. Jbe Le- 
blang, will try out in Detroit. It 
was claimed other new shows 
jammed up the nearer-by bookings, 
necessitating the jump prior to the 
premiere at the Cort. late this monttu- 
Show la the London musical , vei;^ : 
sion of the farce 'Nothing But Tha> 
Truth' which waa presented ibera 
under the title of Tea, Tea, Tevettei* : 
by the late Harry Frazee. English 
version has an entirely different 
score. 



Reading Shriners' Theatre 
Booking Road Attractions 

Reading, Pa., Oct, 3. 

Wllmor & "Vincent did not renew, 
10-year lease on the Rajah.. thei^trp,., 
owned by Rajah Temple,. MystiQ, 
Shrlners, and the Shrlners will op^i 
erate it themselves, with the go'y^ 
ernlng board of the temple as supier^ 
visors. William O. Heckman, vet- 
eran Reading and York, pa„ man- 
ager, to operate the house. 

Heckman will open with 'Choco- 
late Soldier,' Oct. 10, Lillian GisU 
In 'Camllle,' Walter Hampden In 
"Cyrano* and others are booked to 
follow^ .1 : 



•nMsdtjr. Ocloller 4, 1932 



LECITIM ATE 



VAKIETY 



49 



Yiddish Tlieatre Drifting Away 
From 2d Ave.; New Season Opens 



■ lOnly two Tlddleh theatres on 
]5«cond fivenue this year, ag opposed 
to the usual half dozen^ although 
there are seven Yiddish theatrical 
troupes worKine In the Metropoli- 
tan area. All seven companies 
opened their seasons Saturday night 
(1) in accordance with the general 
custom, ot starting Yiddish the- 
atrical seasons immediately at the 
'conclusion of Yiddish New Year 
Itolldays. 

Only Second avenue houses occu- 
pied currently are Ihe Folks and the 
National theatres. Maurice Schwartz, 
In his. return to. Second avenue, is 
beading a company at the Folks, the 
theatre having been vacated at the 
.end ol last season by Molly Picon's 
■going off on a world tour. Schwartz 
Is appearing- in a new play titled 
•ypshe Kalb.' 

At the National is a musical com- 
edy headed by Isa Kremer, concert 
.fiinger of folk songs. Piece is called 
'Song of the Ghetto.' • 

Other theatres that opened at the 
eame time are Jenie Goldstein's 
company at the Prospect, Bronx; 
Boris Tomashefsky's troupe at the 
'Gayety, Brooklyn; Mlsha and Lucy 
German with their troupe at the 
Liberty, Brooklyn, and stock at the 
Lyric and Hopkinson, bbth Brooklyn. 

ASHION STEVENS, JESS 
KRUE6ER OFF cm m' 

*i • . . ' • 

Chicago, Oct. 3. 
Dropping by the Chi 'American' of 
Ash ton Stevens, dean of the Windy 
City's dramatic critics, and a first 
night figure for the last 20 years, 
as official dramatic commentator 
.for the Hearst p. m. sheet, is re- 
garded locally aaa forerunner to the 
.oft7rumored merger of the 'Herald- 
. Kxaioiiiner' and the 'American.' 
Both are Hearst papers, afternoon 
and morning respee. 
■"With Stevens was dropped Jess 
Xrueger, theatrical columnist, only 
about a year on the 'American.* 

- If and when the merger eventu- 
ates, the combined sheet will prob- 
ably be styledi the 'Herald-Ameri- 
cah't' Merged papers will probably 
h^ve all day editions, otherwise the 
total' elimination of the Hearst 
vajtet from the a. m. field would 
leave a clear morning' to the Chi 
•Trib.' 

' Recently a single art and photo- 
graphic department was established 

- t<f serve both Hearst papers at 
-which time the probabllites of a 

merger arose. 

Stevens is now in New York at 
the Algonquin hotel, where he was 
awaiting the advent of W. R. -Hearst, 
With that publisher's minor opera- 
tion' in Cleveland today. Stevens 
may go to twat city to confer with 
him, as It's not unlikely the veteran 
dramatic critic may be retained by 
• the merged newspapers. 



Murray East on 'Crazy 
QuOt'; Warner with Him 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Bud Murray bias left for New 
York to stage the dances in. Billy 
Rose's new 'Crazy Quilt Revue.' 
It is the first eastern trip in four 
years. 

Accompanying him is Franklyn 
Warner who will seek an eastern 
production of his musical, 'Oh, Su- 
sanna,' which he staged here two 
yeara ago. During . Murray's ab- 
sence his wife, Gladys, will .conduct 
his school. 



Getting Used to It 



New 'Croctts' Delay 

, (Sudden illness of Francis Lederer, 
British actor, has delayed the trip 
, to New York of . Basil bean who 
.had intended starting local produc 
tion of 'Autumn Crocus' with Led 
. erer starring, by the end of Septem 
: l>er. Now expected Dean won't be 
. able to get going before the end of 
. October. ■ 

'Grocus' was a long run smash 
. Id London and has been promised to 
New York for more than a year, 
but has always been postponed, 
Waiting for Lederer who handled 
the London lead. 



N. Y. limes Leases 
The littte Theatre; 
Ames Qmts Shmif Biz 

The New York; ' Times' has 
leased the . Little theatre, a 630- 
seater on 44th street, which will 
continue to ;offer legit shows. House 
was. built by Wlnthrop Ames and 
sold by him to Adolph Ochs, puij- 
lisher of the daily about a year ago. 
Ames, former proininent showman, 
severed his last connection with the 
stage and Broadway, lEist. Satur 
day when he relinquished control 
of the Booth. Little will be ope 
rated by Martha McAllister, general 
manager foi" Arthur Beckhard, who 
entered the managerial field with 
'Another Language.'. 

Because of congested 43rd street 
the Liberty property was acquired 
by the 'Times' with the idea of 
razing it and building a more fit 
ting entrance to the publication of- 
fices. Because of the depression 
Ochs has set back the building pro- 
gram indefinitely and .the Little 
may continue for several seasons 
more. 

The Booth is owned by Lee Shu 
bert, Samuel Untermyer and the 
estate of Andrew Freedman, who 
likewise are partners in the own 
ership of the ■44th -Street, Shubert, 
Broadhurst and Pljrmbuth. First 
two houses were leased to the Shu 
bert Theatre Corporation but the 
receivers disaffirmed the. leases. 
Lease on the Booth was held joint- 
ly by Ames and Lee Shubert, but 
the former was the operator with- 
out - interference. Although the 
house was steadily profitable, Ames 
refused to renew the lease, hav 
Ing been ill for more than a year. 

With the Booth back to Shubert 
Saturday there was a.lmost a com 
plete change of personnel, includ 
Ing heads of departments back 
stage. Only employee retained is 
Peggy Collins in the box office. Ar- 
thur Mester who represented Ames 
at the Booth will manage' the Lit- 
tle for the 'Times.' Change in con 
trol of the Booth, however, will not 
altect the run of the current at- 
traction 'Another Language.' 



TESTING DAYTON 

Dayton, C, Oct 3. 

One legitimate attraction, Walter 
Hampden in 'Cyrano,' has been 
booked for a single night, Oct. 18, 
at the Vletoryi former legit hoiise, 
Wbioh went films two years ago. 

I'he house's picture contracts al- 
low one and two-night substitutions 
With legit attractions about 12 times 
during the season. Further bookings 
depend on response to Hampden. 
Last season the house had but one 
legit attraction, Maude Adams, for 
One performance. 



Woods' 8>hipmbn Play 
A. H. Woods' newest try will 
"With a Sam Shlpman play, " 
Mighty Weak.' Production may 
Into rehearsal within a week or 
Harold Winston will stage. 



be 
'The 
go 

80 



Chicago, Oct. 3. 

DeWoIf Hopper after 60 odd 
years on the stage was subject 
to one of those conventional 
interviews over, the ra.dio. Sd- , 
die Cavanaugh at WIBO asked 
Hopper: 

'And how do you like being 
on the stage?' 

Despite the microphone be- 
ing on. Hopper exploded: 
'That's the silliest question I 
.was* ever asked.' 



25 Legit Pieces in Preparation 
As Producers Sense Improvement 



CANTOR'S VAUDE-REVUE 
TWICE DAILY ON B'WAY 



Eddie Cantor is due east about 
Nov. 1. Ho wlH head his ownj 
vaudeville revue along the lines of 
the shows at the Palace and War - 
nws Hollywood, • Broadway; Cantor 
rejected several legit starring. of- 
fers lately. 

Plan ' calls for Cantor to play 
twice daily. Expected stay in New 
York about - two- months, with a 
month In Chicago 'and two weeks in 
other major; keys, 

Benny Hblznian will be Cantor's 
general manager leaving' the pu1}- 
licity field for a spell. Cantor will 
return to Hollywood next spring. 



B6la Blau's 'Mad Hopes* 
Set for Prompt Start 

Bela Blau is getting ready to cast 
'Mad Hopes,' play which he has been 
toying with for about a year. Elarly 
last summer he produced the play in 
Hollywood for test purposes, with 
the cast at that tiiiie including Billie 
Burke and the late Peg Entwistie. 

Blau has been holding off the New 
York showing of the play pending a 
hope that Blllle Burke would play it 
here, . and Is now awaiting a final 
word from here, but is ready to start 
casting within a week even it Miss 
Burke decides against, doing it. 



Packand Passeis Back 
On Gnaranfee Cbim 



■ . Montreal, • Oct. 3. 
Frank Gillmore, of Equity, ap- 
peared here In court, on behalf of 
Robert Lorraine who Is suing M. 
Packaud for contract breach. . The 
actor headed an English company 
which revived 'The Father' last 
season In .New 'Y6rk and was guar- 
anteed . a- five weeks' engagement 
here. 

Only two weeks were played 
Packaud contended he acted In 
good faith for Consolidated The- 
atres and although he owiis stock 
in that enterprise, it is a limited 
liability concern and he should not 
be held responsible. Lorraine 
claims |6,000 is due him. Decision 
was- reserved. 



Winninger Leaves 'Boat' 
For Radio; Kent Replaces 

Billy Kent succeeds Charles Wll- 
nlnger in 'Show Boat' at the Casino, 
New York, this week. 

Winninger is forced out by his 
new Maxwell House Coffee 'Show 
Boat' radio program, which goes oh 
the air Oct; 6. 

Wlnnlnger's B'2-week contract 
with Maxwell House calls for star 
billing above the new NBC com- 
mercial's 67 other cast members. His 
first broadcast will be Oct. 6. 

Conflicting^ time prevented dou- 
bling. 



Giveaway to Promote 

Subscription Nucleus 

Ottumwa, Ia,i Oct, 3. 

Serving as an introduction to the 
Don and Mazle Diixon Co., stock, 
opening at the Graiid at .10 and 26, 
the Ottumwa (la.) 'Courier' and 
merchants capitalized on the event, 
using a full page iapread to intro- 
duce members of the company. 
Seven merchants took ad space on 
the page. 

The feature was offer of a free 
guest ticket, each merchant having 
30 ducats to give away to the first 
30 phoning. List of first 60 phoning 
was taken with the first 30 called 
back to get tickets. 

Total of . 210 tickets were given 
with the ilstar kept for future refer- 
ence and as possible patron list for 
future attractions. 



Momendial Supposed 
Backer of New Gronp 
Klral to Met. Opera 



Metropolitan Opera company will 
have opposition in New York this 
season by- a fusion group Of former 
Met and Chicago Opera rriembers 
who are being formed into a com- 
pany. Proposal is for the troupe to 
put oh opera In a big time fashion 
at the Casino ' Theatre, witli th.e 
story in musical circles to the effect 
that A.. O. Blumenthal will i>ut up 
most oC the necessary cash. 

Paul Lbngone is the moving spirit 
behind the organization of the new 
troupe and Is telling people whom 
he. Is propositioning that Jerltm, 
John Charles Thomas, Tito Rulto, 
Mario Chamlee, Onegln and several 
other prominent opera stars have 
already signified their Intention of 
joining, Jeritza headed a. group of 
6lng3rs that quarreled with the Met 
bitterly at the end Of last season, 
the squabble landing in the dailies. 

Also set for the gf oup it» Hope 
Hampton, whose husband, Jules 
Brulatour, makes it plain that he 
has no personal financial interest in 
the venture. 

Moranzoni, former leader of the 
Chicago Civic Opera, it Is under- 
stood will head the list of conduc- 
tors for the new. venture. 

Plan is to give five shows a week 
at $3.60 top. 



Bee Lillie Maybe 

Negotlationa were on early this 
week which may land Beatrice 
Lillie in the cost of 'Forward 
March,' the Brown and Henderson 
musical. Original plan of the pro- 
ducers was a show without names. 

Show opens in Pittsburgh Oct. 17. 
Additions to the cast are Eric Cow- 
ley and Hugh Herbert 



Dillingham-Gordon Play 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Charles Dillingham this winter 
will produce a new play by Leon 
Gordon, 'Undesirable Lady.' Gor- 
don is now at Metro. 

Script will first undergo revlslbne 
suggested by the producer. 



Berfins Sail 



Irving Berlin la practically going 
for the ride only on the S.S. Bremen 
sailing Oct 1 with bis wife, as he 
will be gone a fortnight only. Part- 
ly vacash and partly biz, as Berlin 
wants to innisli i|p on some tunes 
for a new musical production idea 
he has. 

. Moss Hart is doing the script and 
Sam H. Harris will produce, being 
the stune combo as oh 'Face the 
Mu^ic' 



UPSTATE BOOKINGS 

Rochester, Oct S. 

English farce comedy, 'Tell Her 
the Truth,' will have American pre- 
miere at the Lyceum theatre Oct. 
14-16. Andrew Toombes and Lil- 
lian Gahagen featured. 

Lillian Gish In 'Camille' scheduled 
for Oct 21-22 with 'Mourning Be- 
comes Electra,' 'Counsellor-at-Law' 
and Amelia Earhart following. 
Largest fall lineup for the local 
stage In five years. 



- VIennia, Sept 15. 
Since Maria jeritza could not 
come to terms with Metropolltai^ 
Opera, she will refrain from ap- 
pearing on the operatic stage in the 
United States this season and will 
do a . concert tour instead. 

Fifty or sixty recitals in various 
big cities throughout the States are 
on her schedule. With a view to a 
possible future engagement to. Met- 
ropolitan, iShe has promised not tb 
sing any of her operatic, arias. 



5th Ave. Art Mosemn 
Has Drama Eihibit 



John Wenger, legit stage design- 
er, has been asked by the Museum 
of the City of New York to con- 
tribute several of his stage de- 
signs for the permanent theatre ex- 
hibit at that museum. He' has an 
exhibit of paintings currently at 
the Montross Gallery, most of the 
pictures Inspired by the theatre. 

Wenger has designed sets for . a 
number of nriuslcals in New -York, 
as weir as backgrounds for nearly 
all the Broadway picture houses. 
He aljso .did the sets.for one pic- 
plcture, 'Paramount Oh Paradev 



Herndon Show Snagged 

'Belmont Varieties' vaudeville re.- 
vue that opened at the Belmont 
Wednesday (28) failed to give a 
performance Sunday nljght as 
scheduled. Bankroll trouble ^he 
reason, Actors were verbally 'en- 
gaged, all to receive a percentage of 
the gross. Stage hands and mu- 
sicians were paid; but there was no 
split to the players. 

Understood show may reopen at 
another -ISth . street house. Richard 
Herndon sponsored 'Varieties.' 



With Broadway falling to devel- 
op a dramatic or comedy smash 
throughout September, unprece- 
dented in modern times, showmen 
have been pondering an explanation. 
Some opinions have it that produ- 
cers have been iioldlhg back until 
after election because of the gen- 
eral business uncertailnty .and . the 
Importance the naming of a new 
president has assurned. 

Number of the established produ- 
cers are late In, trotting out their 
wares, but the. election appears to 
have been a secondary considera- 
tion. Thiey .wanted to see wheth'er 
conditions were improved and re- 
cent reports of increased industrlat 
activity have encouraged them to go 
Into action. 'There are more than 
25 shows in preparation, all aimed 
for Broadway, and a number of the 
leading showmen are amoiig the 
producers. . • 

Late Comera' Handicap 
^Waiting uiiitil election' to bring 
shows in is regarded as a fallacy by 
some knowing managers. They 
point out that the height of the au- 
tumn season Is October and No'- 
vember. . Election falls on Nov. 8 
this year and shows coming in at 
that time hardly figured to get the 
cream of business because^ after 
Thanksgiving Day (24), theatre at- 
tendance Invariably droops until 
Christmas. ■ I'his season, therefore, 
should see a full four weeks of pre- 
holiday dullness. . Only shows that 
have become established as favor- 
ites will be likely to. stand up. : 
Because of the season's virtual 
flop s.tart Broadway is now talking 
of the first of the year for the legit 
season to actually get into full 
stride. Only one show was defi- 
nitely carded for entrance aftet 
election and it was not that event 
that caused the . fixing of the late 
date. This month (October) Is 6^- 
ured to supply dramatic fare of 
much better calibre than the Sep- 
tember entries and there certainly Is 
better material In sight 

Season's start was not entirely 
goose-egg, .for three musicals ate 
rated In the money. Though none 
is a smash, there is little dbiibt tha^ 
'Flying Colors! will stick. 'Vani- 
ties,' which came in last week, looks 
good, for a successful, if not lengthy, 
stay and '^allyhoo of 1932,^- which 
drew, doubtful notices, is operating 
at some profit- so far. 

The. matter of admission prices 
with the new Federal , tax append- 
ed may or may not be important. 
The |3 top for musicals was sidf - 
stepped ' (save for one, a flop, 
'SmUIn^. Faces'). 'Colors' and 
'Vanities' are $4.40. Any show that 
is In fair demand haa a better lower 
floor call than for_^t?ie balcony. That 
condition fieems paradoxical In face 
pf the downward price trend; 
Doubtful $5A) Top 
Looks definite; however; that few 
managers will try a |(6.50 top this 
season. Only show at that scale Is 
the holdover 'Of Thee I Sing,' which 
moves to the 46th Street next Mon- 
day, where the top will be |4.40. for 
the first dozen rows. New Aarons 
& Freedley musical is to have a 
$6.50, however, according ta present 
plan. 

Several non-musical attractions 
have used a $2.50 top, which, with 
the tax of 10%, Is $2.75. In no ca«e, 
however, was the show a good .thli>g; 
One of them, 'The Budget' Is 
already ■ closed^ the others ° being 
'Bidding High' (panned) 'Best 
Years,' which is leaving, '61' Man 
Satin,' a colored drama and 'Suc- 
cess Story,* which Is In doubt The 
newer idea of the show absorbing 
the tax applies to 'When Ladles 
Meet,' opening this week with a 
regular top of $3. flat. Box office 
price Is actually $^.73 and the tax 
Is 27 cents. 

From the road latest reports In- 
dicate that legit gallery trade is 
growing. Same may apply to New 
York from now on.' There are a 
fairly good number of theatres with 
galleries here. Newer and smaller 
firamatic houses arc on two floors, 
but .some of them are likely' to be 
lost in the shuffle. 



Broun Revue Contvfbs 

Albert Deane and Jay Gorney are 
collaborating on sketches for Hey- 
wood Broun's new revue, 'Heaven 
Help Us.' 

Deane is an executive In Para- 
mount's foreign department. 



Jean P'lontal lot- 'Divorcee' 

Jean Frontal goes into 'Gay 
Divorcee' for which rchear.sals 
started yesterday (Monday). This 
is the Dwight Wlman show. 

Miss Frontal is the wife of Chic 
Chandler, of musical comedy and 
vaudeville, and haa previously been 
in .several plays. 



Dresser Show Dec. 5 

Hollywood, Oct.' 3. 
Opening date for 'A Plain Man 
and His Wife,' by .Soplile Kerr, has 
been set for. the Savoy, San Diego, 
on Dec. 5. Loul.se Dre.sser \vill be 
starred. 

. Produced by Harry Cort; • Ben 
Jack.sen and James Hanley. 



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FOREICN SHOW NEWS 



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London on Up-iirade, Coward Piece 
$21M Nets $8,000; MiDer to Fore 



London, Sept, 23. 
After one of the "worst theatrical 
seasons- in' years in the West End, 
due to economic conditions and ah 
exceptionally hot summer,; theatres 
have taken a sudden spurt and busi- 
ness Is on the. upgrade. Managers 
\vho were lingering oh ; durlne- the 

• hot spell; figuring business will im- 
prove with the fall, are being amply 
rewarded. '■■ ,~- • 

With tew exceptions air theatres 
are operating at a profit. There are 
sevferal new productions pending- 
Gilbert Miller will- head the list of 
theatrJeal" producers by having four 

-shows' in •th©- West ' Brtd simul- 
taneously arOUnd the middle of No- 

.veniber. ■ 

.. Estimates r 
Adelphi-r'Wbrds and Music,' Hoel 
Coward's latest, looks like clean-up 

'for bharles' Cochran, 'Who. has thea- 
tre' on I'ehtal. • .First week's gross 

:o.ver' $21>000,. 'Whibh Is absolute ca- 

.paclty. .Lilbrarles have made ;defl- 
nitei 10 weeks' deal for $14,000 Der 

. week. " iCochran looks like , sitting 
pretty with .$8,0Q0 week, income (or 

:-inonths.. • : >. .-. : 

. Aldwych— (Flf ty-Pif ty,' doing- Just 

.under capacity . at " $8;000 wejekly, 
which " proves Ralph v -Lynn even 
-.'mliius Tom: Walla Is definite! box 

•office^v -, • • 

■Alhambr*'!^ 'Ovei; .the Page,': the 
.renamed ^Murray,. Anderson's 'Fan- 
fare,' Is holding up f airlyr.at arpund^ 

- $8i000,.at whlch-rate .It Is good for 1 gphwa.ti of Vienna and . celebrated 
several months. i.Puoftt not big, but- ..a^^^ 'o^j .^.w^ „ 
Stoll will let It stay afound as he HT^^.t .tdt^^J* ?r 

has nothing, to f oUow. • . ;. r^PS,.'"^-^ in Ital^ with fV^^hite Horse- 

Coliseum — 'Casanova,' after isev-' 1 ^V-^> f^*"^,;"?]^", for anothef :,tournee 
eral .. losing • weekisi now making [in I^aiy witH a comiiletely new. rteviie 
handspmeL : profits, .. with grdspps called ^Dianubiana.' w„ < 
arouiad $20,000,: but wlH; have to ruji| - it jhas been writtend by.the ^Ider 



Split Fees a Menace 

To Bevival of Vaude 

London, Sept. 24. 
'Split cdtnmisslpn,' the agents* old 
bugbear, is a brake on the progress • 
of the revival of vaudeville, and 
may even prove a danger.; .v ' 

Lots of importations around are 
still big attractions for th^ "^eat 
End, but are being deliberately held 
back due to dertaln agents refus- 
ing to split commissions. 

In many Instances, rather than 
spilt on successes agents, have been 
knowrt to import acts f r.om the Conr. 
tlnent totally unsuited, resulting' in 
so\ many 'flops certain houses spe- 
cializing in , exclusive representa- 
tions are seriously considering dis- 
posing of their isxcluslve represehta-. 
tivesi and opening their books to all 
comers.! 



Scbwarz Bros. Stagmg 
Vienna Beauty Revue 

: ■ Milan, Sept. 22. 
The: Br'oi.hers Emllio atid Afthiir 



at this rate for- another! nine months 
before it can wipe off- losses and re- 
turn '$200,000 'invested in show. 

Criterion — 'Musical Chairs' : was 
scheduled to close,' but is still 
making mbney at .aro'und $3,600) and 
-new. production postponed. 

Duke of .Yprk's^'Grand- Gulgnol' 



brother :ahd -Luciano Bamo. . In! ad- 
dition to the 36 Viennese Girls of the 
Schwarz Revue Company of Vlqnna, 
there will be the 12 Mercerey Girls 
(half of whom are said to be Amer- 
ican). . 
The American "singer, Florence 



Tl\eyare!,considered to be the most 
beautiful, girls of their country. • 



. hi- . 



..(continuous) finishing Sept. 24 and rphless, Doris Niles of th4 iloxy the- 
has cost,, tlxe-.ivarlous -..promoterB v^iiAf T t,j,V, Z 

.arouAd . $XB,O.0O. ,.:Cold Blood,' . new atre, ballet and Lily Sweet^will likfe- 

• dramatic ..show, due In ^around Oct. p'f'^^ appear, :t.he last Tiot, being hew 
- B. .will rXiri twice nightly, charging, to Italy.- The Schwarz Revue dirli 
-half West End prices. Idea ■ spon- are " selected from the .best families 
; epr:ed; by McQueen-Pope and Regi- of the Austrian capital, and" all can 
nald .Den^am, . who have : obtained 8peak^ several languages fluently! 

.;bankroll ' through -public ■ subscrlpA ' — . ?» 

■ !t|pn£ii ;,.:.; • -•;'.; • ■ '• " 

. QaietyTT-'Party,' • ;new; .:Jvor. No- 
-•vello*9 .r;play, .has .not rgalhed by 
. transferring from Strand theatre, 
dpinir at,ound, $3^^600. which is about 
,.,an even! brieak'^ . w rfevue,' ' now! 
tourlng-pFOvlnces; atarrlhp Billy . and 
E|sa "iNeyf'ell, di(^ ipi^dlie of" .October. 

Garrick — 'Loyaltiesi' ! I p'econd • of; 
Johii „;,Calsworithy ■ cviple,' ai;.ouhd 
, $i;(>i96r y^Wch /sMght :pro^^^^ but 
ke(|tiiln&, (ibinp^]n>r 'ei;hployed. ■ • .''Jus.7 
'■ Uce:!.sch64ul|?d. to. Replace 2^^ . ' 
■ Glob*i^'WIll ^(6^l^ Love Me: i^i 





By. H. Sanson 



Dame Sybil to Finish : 
World Trip Via Canada 

Toronto, Oot. ^S. 

Making a grand , circuit of ' the 
British -Empire, Dkme SybU Thorn- 
dike hEts just finished a tour of 
South Africa, is - now playing 
throughout Australlia 'dn'd -will, upon 
the contplettpn of this, ibhter Canada 
a.t the Pacl^dc Coast atid niake! ah 
eastward tour! of the Dominion. ' 

Such is. the. Intln^tlon ! oC -A-lex 
Cherniavsky, the ez^Torontbiiian. 
impresario who Is booking' 'the jflrst 
lady of the British the&tre/ MIssi 
Thorndike . has never . bei^ore been 
seen in Canada. • ' ■ . . 



Capetown,. Sept. 4. 
Warin weather approaching. .Maiy 

vaysr just .arrived, ^nost; ^riy\f^^r>^ff^^^^:^^ and 
Ukeljr.:. ^foif doing .Mbuhd' $406 ;pfef: Lfncfeased taxation will ^ffect. 
perfori-tiahce. '"'" ! . ■) ■ . ,'. ' .. . !AfpltQne ' Productions, !Ltd"., a plc-i 
Haymafket — 'Totnortpyr Will Be tiire-makipg' concern, has! gone Into' 

r^-m. ^ .-^^ -^v • 'liquidation. Causie attributed to 

oyerseas buyers, ppt requiring short 
subjects, which was the rnaln put- 
.put of the. company, as programs in 
Etigland are confined to two fea- 
.tUt'es. .'Afrltbrie . Productions only 
did short! flima. ■ " ^ 

Capetown has a. waxtyorks show, 
yflifi , a Chamber of horrors. Some 
T ^^^r.^ cs^^t 9A Jyeara'^slhcel the town had this kind 
« Sept. : 24. - of ehtirtainmfent.. 

Bert Howell over here to flt a Agitation for stringent cehsorshlp 
short season for Sacha -GuItt-y;' la 'ojt film' postere.' due to liad Impres- 
asklng 'guarantee' of $1,000 per! per-'- 'aloh aroiind Vlth hdtlves 'ahd chll- 
ifOTtnancti, •but ntfthJiefementa i^«>t iW^ ^ren. .of iiade flgui'ea.: This Is evi- 
tereated; Yvohne trinttimps lb ab^ L?®?}*^ .* ^merlcan' posters, as 

sent iWd his, h4w, .14iain^"!.w.i»m^; 5| ■ British. printing 

Jacqueline Delubac, ,is. an -unknown | , p,^^ .jj-- ^ weU-knowh 



PlayersJM Ac<^ : 
Pay in Canada 

- ■ •■ ' ' •■'♦ ." : . i 

• ■ ! ;- "Toronto, 6ct."' 8. ; 
"Actors piaylng fn.' Canada niust' 
accept, Canadian Tfund^-aa, pajrhi.e'nt; 
-under 'a .niBW Equity ruiiiigr,' details 
of which have Juat Ibeen received 
from' Ft^nic Gilimore -hy -Ernesi .lVi:' 
Rawley, ^spokesman ^i^ho;, head^ a. 
protest from . ■ pwiierp pt ■ legltiipat*^^ 
thek'tres from cpasi to!cpa8it in Ca'ri-' 

ada.!. , /; ;;v ' ] '■';:;: \ 

Last season, the discount pn^ tlK^"^ 
Canadian dQllE;;r/.' hcverlltifi^^^ at thii*? 
time fi:em 16-2B%, ;kept~ AmerlPiaii 
prpductlPns -out "of. 'Canada ;an'4- 
created a want • that was sorely 
felt -by . Ca'nWlan'';thea,tire--gpers. '.['■ 

Under the hew Equity ruling, -this, 
should attract an .incres^d nuntbeV 
of 'Anierlcaa produotlonA tp Can- 
ada, This was the aim pf the man- 
agerlat giroup headed by Rawley, 
these knowing "the b.o. draw of 
'original New York casta.' ■ It mean^ 
that' alt lodil expenses iit .Ahierjlcan 

productions - wtti paid - ini - (jjaniv 
adlan -funds..: .. . 'i ■■■'■^•i 

Froin the vaudeville iend, the: ar^^ 
^ument is: •.\^ill artiats, bo wllllng. to 
accept Canadian funda..for:.shoi'd eii-; 
gagements?. , - "apme ^ thWres . jie^:©; 
hay.&>eeo .jflftylhg 'fe%lf tahd-hisi^f in 
Canadian vand American ; bills one 
theatre has-been dU- Canadlati fijnds. 
La'ok pf cpj-prdlnatfdh hdua' drawn re- 
peated S|iuatWl^- ' Exc^;^.tiphs. hay^' 
befen ihade. ; Ih . ^oIa,tea tnotances, 
chle.fl'y' /in" t!bu§ .^cqiiceif^^ fl^dr !" Ar-! 
tists -in thIsJ,ifleldr;WhQF:e -a, profit 
:was. asaured,v. ha.ve .'beeii' pa(4 '4il 
American bills, «veh ' 'though ithla! 
lessened theprdfl€ 'for Can'adlan' iiiir' 
preiaarloa. ■' '•"' '■ ■ 



• LondPH, Sept. 24. 

"^ Th^ headUners at the Victoria 
Palace week pf Sept. 19, one Amerl- 
cain and - the others Continental. 
Frances Day. .the American, was 
brought over here six years ago by 
P.ercjr Athos. ..She was >prlelnally a. 
chbrtis girl 'with Texas Goli^an, ^an.d ! 
has .since become quite known In 
LondPft " cabarets. ~ ; ,: ; 

Julian "Wylie recently starred; her 
,1n 'O.vt.of the Bpttle,'. his musical at, 
the Hlpppdi'onie^ which was a ihod- 
erate suciiess,' biit Miiss. Bay !'was..a 
big: hit.' Iii her Vttudevllle debut; she. 
sang' four- nuhibers; the~ best being 
a . burlesque on ^Blase.' • . - 

Fratellihl- Brothers! (3) ATd a copy, 
wlth>..,the -.drjlginal^ hiaving tried in . 
vain to- stop; the'ip from ; using . the 
nameV. whtph happens "to be their 
real moniker^' . -, . . 

Brick &hd his Hon, 'Hababl,' with , 
Brick afCectln^r a drunk : rple; ' has 
little - comedy In it, !Opening night 
the- Hon refused- tp-:d6: most , of- the' 
trifeks.*". None'' of '"thesfe ; three' -Is. 
worthy ""of he'a'dllrie 'hPrtPrs. ; ■ v - •• 1 



London Show World 



that OB performers they are good 
waiters. - Show ppens Oct. 6 for 
ntonth. 



, V - -. Too 'iyiUeh"Suc£eM. . ' 

Gon^os Brothers have "opened a 
school for -dancing, and have been 
so successful, they are compelled to 
close down. Pupils from everywhere" 
all jih^itst they be taught danclnfir by! 
the Condos" personally, 'refu3lhg> to! 
"be' taught by ttSdlstants. With the 
Coi^dpis playinfe' "fet'the Alham'bfa In 
'Ovfer the Pagd' and doubling at' the- 
T'r6cidei^>! 'caba!ret; th"ey ' find" :the 
atVi9,|h^ t6b "niiich for" their hea!Uh^ ""; 

•''■ ■!'•; Z:^".'. Bapj^t6Via-''it;-Roxy', 
,.,.blQ^.'.'ahd.'/jEdithT Barstow,- who. 
s^ileU^ifor . 'Aniierlca! pn " the IleV de 
Elrapce Sept;. .22, aire schedule<| to 
op,en at' the !Roxy*the 29th or Oct. 6. 
JThcer.tiairity of,' dafe due" to pidssl- 
)jmty> pf. the" boaV being late' for the 
f prmer" .date, - .. ' ".,:!.! ■ ' • -.i : 



!/,...0pfnppBmg. Medico. 

p^epprt;,, Just to hand., regarding) 
'After Dinner,* revue, - which, opened 
at ■ the King's theatre, Sputhsea, 
prior to London debut at the daiety, 
is' that Billy and Elsa Newell scored 
the big hit; Th'e outj^tanding'song 
•l"iits' dre "'After Dinner' ahi 'Win' by. 
Num.bers,' both written by.' iLeslie 
Clalr,'. an unknown, who ,ia a 'medlical 
^tpdeht,.' Writing belhgy his hdbby. 

" Mule as M. C.'s "Stootie . 

'Hank the Mule', will be Included 
in fl^iaf opejilhg bjl) s'bf the, ylctoria" 
'Pafice wnen'th^itre .gbe.^ "^iontinu- 
oilS; (Jcl^lfl,. .Ciark90ii".'. -^9S6,i who 
wilt c'fiiiripere, will use -the ihiile for 
laughs.," '.'- ' . . 



Sihg.ipg Waiters , Again 

.'..^.'A/heWrl^ea in cabaiie.t entertain- 
ment is being inaugurated at > the 
May fair "hotel by Clifford Whitley. 
It ' la ' a '^6rt '6f elaboit'atlo'n 'on ! the 
Prarlk 'Libnee idea. Th^ waiters and 
the staff of the- hotel ' will . constitute 
'the,<p6rforniers< Tom . Elder: H^am 
jifi^ producing.- -and .tl)oqe,.wKP have 
.^lt'ue,33ed part of., It, already sjjggeat 



(Continued oh paige 66) 

No Takers for Guitry 
h London at 




By Eric Gorrick 



.quantity hexcv- . .,! --..i 
.: Associoited ; Theatre. -iProp^rties, 
■who ■ 6wn the CdLmbrldge,' are^ pre- 
pared to go to $000 per performance. 



pianist and musician of Ca'peio.wh, 
died August 20, aged 54; iWa's 
prominent as solo pianist and ac 
.cbmpanist: , during South African 
tours of Ben Davis, John Harrison, 
Paris Sent ■ 24 I'Q'ilnlan' Opera Co., Pavlowa, Leslie 

.Saoh. .amy. 

..to.divorce Yvonne.IJrintemps, is gp- . and . five children survive, 
ing ;tp. Iion.don.:tp give; a .series pf . .Pogel's . circus and 'menagerie 
lectures.". He is. keeping tempb"ra;rily . I showing in Capetown, 
out of the siiow* business in 3Parfa,,T,_3^-l B5rlpw^ 
and on his returh intends to intrd- 



duce his new fefnme support, Jac 
qucline Delubac. 

On his ; retltrn, Guitry, it is 
understood, will attempt to crown 
his literary apibitlons by running 
for election dt the Academic Fran- 
caise, a body limited to 40 members, 
for which his play writing quallfles 
him. Later on, and after Yvonne 
Printempa has vacated the Made 
Icine— -whore she is currently re- 
vivlhg 'Mozart'^ — Guitry will occupy 
it to put on a new show with his 
new leading woman. 



Tchernoff to Wed 

Michel Tchernoff, I^arls agent 
(U n 1 V e r s u m) and Mademoiselle 
Myriam, non-pro, will be mnrrlod 
as soon as Tchernoff comes back 
from America. 

He is now in the States making a 
flying trip on business. 



died Aug. 30 
in' Johannesburg.- Was seriously ill 
two months afeo and returned Aug. 
30 from a health-seeking holiday. A 
few minutes after entering his room 
he had a seizure and expired shortly 
afterwards. Was early in life con- 
nected with J. C. Williamson, and 
then for many years With African 
theatres. Previous to this he was 
on the staff of .Darters, a well- 
known Capetown music store. Dur- 
in!y the past five years he has been 
manager of the Carlton hotel, Jo- 
hahne.«burg. 

Runv)red that the ICarlsruhe State 
Opera company o£ Germany may 
visit here next year or 1934. Doubts 
arc expressed regarding the finan- 
cial side of the venture, as being a 
costly undertaking, with meagre 
hone of turning a profit. 

The Dante troupe . of illusionists 
(12) have arrived iiere froni Las 
Palma.^, from a South American 
tour. According to the new law now 
in force, each artUst had to deposit 
50 pound.s, and temporary permits 
Were issued..- The show goes on to 
Australia after South Africa. 



' Sydney,' Sept.. 6. 

'Bitter! Sweety 'now^ljt'thlrtpl' Month.: 
"The Patsy! ..revived ..fpr two . weeks.' 

'Saint Jban' sucoeiss.. Connors-Paui 
revue- gppd trade* twice 'dally. Ella 
Shield's' will heaA a new revue unit- 
fpr Frank Nell. Jack Russell i and 
hla revue s^f ln 'Mfelbdurne. i'Au- 
tiimn Crp6us'' this ihpiith; 'With • 'theo. 
SchaHi • 'Itblcf '.vMjh 'IttArid'' alsp; this 
month; with-^asdgf^i fimott\ah(l Cyril 
Richards: Opera wl!i "get' 10 Weeks 
in 'Metbo'urn«i;' '■ ■■'• •■•■•'•^ ''''■ ■■ 
• Hoyts recently --introduced- half-' 
revue, - half >. picture ;<bill - in ^Brisbane. 
Went: .hig. . May naean-idear in ':atl 
over iblrcuit.. .^ustfAlifin . pipture, 
'Ph Our ' $eIect^ohi,^.in..tliI^d-"wl^ek 
and grossing great. 'Greeks Had- a 
!Wb"rd' slnash we^k.' •'•;-; _ ^ - ', 
Censor h^' In hanid Riissiah pic- 
ture, "The- Five 'Years' Plan,' and 
may pass for exhibition.- ' Probable 
that several cuts will be madei 



Little Theatres Boom 

.Great uplift in Little Theatre 
trade. "When Lady So-and-So's son 
or daughter writes a play, fashion- 
able Sydney flocks in. The . enter- 
tainment is not so hot, but it is the 
thing to go along and be mentioned 
in the newspapers as being present; 

Society also likes to see its mem- 
bers acting in productions. Teach- 
ers of dramatic art appear to be 
doing very well with amateur pro- 
ductions. Some of the shows pre- 
sented are acted In a very high - 
(;las3 manner. Most of the b. o. goes 
to charity. 



Air Royalties Row 

It is stated, that in the near future 
the Federal government may ex- 
amine the operations of the Aus- 
tralio.n Perfomilng Rights Associa- 
tion. 

Droadcasting orgfanlzatlons : mni;le 
representations to the , government 



many months ago, cbhiplalMng- of 
tlj.^ high costs, imposed .upon them 
by tl^e A. -P. R,.A,! for niiislcal nuin 
bers ptit over .' the air. 
" /The a; :P;;R. A. will flght aiiralrist 
art'J" restrictions 'being placed Upon 
thenl/ and. claims thftt lts fights are 
upheld' by 'OortUnohWealth an'd in 
ter national law, the Commonwealth 
being . a signatory . to International 
Gppyftehit8:Conventl,onyi ; 
,.,The J\!, P. R. a. has an agreement, 
,y/ith brpa^'castipg, .stations toi the 
effect thfet a . certain s.um inust be! 
ipaid'them- for the right of'pVittIng 
ihu^ib' "Pver the air of 'whieh jthey 
hold'.''.i!the " 'Australian c6pyright 
:MuslC pubUsherEl had compldined 
that .their.- trade ' was- being riiined 
fey the: broadcasters, in the: sales of 
sheet n^usio and : records.. , '1 

" .. r— I- " -.. ■ i 

Basic Wage Set . ! . 
Industriial Commission has set the 
basic wage in New South Wales for 
husband, wife and one child at three 
pounds 10 shillings per week. For 
women, rate is set at one pound 18 
weekly. 

Out of this i>lttance food, housing, 
clothing, transportation, etc., has to 
be met A deduction of three shill- 
ings per week for unemiployment 
tax has to be paid the government, 
Theatrical managements are very 
worried because commission made 
little If any provilson for amuse- 
ment costs in their ruling. After 
living fcosts had been paid by the 
working man, it is doubtful if cash 
would remain for a picture show 
more than once a week. 

Some showmen state that It would 
be better to only open their theatres 
twice 'weekly and depend upon the 
Saturday night's gross ;to icarry 
them over. ' The entire Industry is 
in a turmoil at the decision^ of the 
comrpisslon. It is believed that the 
ruling" will aggravate instead pf re- 
lieve the present e-<>bnoniIc situation. 



Panto at Hipp 

Temporary . revival . of 'Merry 
W|dp^,' wbich ,ffoes Into the Hippo- 
.drome, will, pnly stay fpr a few 
mpnths, even if it holdsi up.. But it 
Is. definite the house will stage a, 
Chrlstm&s pantomime. 

It :WU1 be .'Mpther . Geose,". with 
some pf the cast already engaged 
including Cpra Goflfln, Norma Hub- 
b.apd and. Qeorge Lacey. !, Julian 
Wylle yfllt, produce. As Francis 
taidler wll.Lbe r.nhnlng a pantomime 
at- Daly's; -it -will be the first time 
two pantomimes will operate in the 
West End at adjoining theatres. 

1 '. Qamby •^rSavoy . 

Gambarelll, sche'duled to" dall oh 
-the Jle-.de France; ".(jancele^ the last 
n*«nvte to open' at .the Savoy hotel 
cabaret for fortnight. • . • 
.'Likely she Will play lead iri -'Bali 
lerina,r adapted :fr6m iady Eleanbr 
Smith's - bpok-.pf ./that, name; which 
Tpnl Panacker intends to produce 
in the West End shortly. 

. ' !. ;Deal Goes* Wrong 

An English agent approached Joe- 
Morris tor buy the English rights of 
'It Might Happeri.to:Yoii'. for a local 
act, .^Morris was amenable. Just as 
the deal : was ' abput to be cinched 
the agent- Infprmed him his. act wa:s 
dpne In England in 1912 by Walter 
(Continued on page 56) 

■ ' ' ■ I \ \ ' 

llflute Hor»^ Inn' S^^^ 
Up in Sweden 

• '■ ' StbckhPlm; Sept. '23. 
'White iEtbrsfe' Inn' was -Withdi-awn 
after twp weeks of empty houses 
at the Vasa, Gosta Ekman replacing 
vfith 'Kanske en Dlktare,' new 
Swedish play., 

/J.bseph " Hisl'op and George Seh- 
neevplgt are dropping from '"W'altzes 
from Vienna' for other engage- 
ments, 1 byt the operetta. In huge 
Clrkus is expected to linger another 
month With reduced cost. -.i 

•Bruno-Prank play, 'Nina,' a fail- 
ure at the Dramatik and house now 
ready for 'The Green Pastures.' 

At the Blanche, 'Chanibre d'Hotel,' 
In .Paris, last seiison, opened well 
and Efhould last.a couple of months 
with istbck troupe. Nalma "Wlfstrahd 
banking on name Pf Prince Len- 
nart as ' author and actor to help 
second' 'Mltlori of her revue; while* 
three"; rifejw' ' local cpmedles" alaio soli 
for !flye We6k runS; „ ; !■ ..■] 



: COOL 1!0 NOSSE 1)1^' 

' -Stockholm; .Sept-*^2. 
Gbti- 'LJungberg; here-. fp'*'' twd 
weeks firat "time since Metropolitan 
supcess; last,' winter, dlijix't get the 
expected reception at her flr!st! per-< 
formance at Royal Opera. 

Even with the King; of Sweden 
tn -his bPY^ the house was not ca-' 
pacity. Not . sufficient publicity and 
late booking is partly blamed. 



' ! yieats a . Showman :, 

.f The Hague, . Sept. I 24. 
The... manager, of the -.'k Passage 
Cinenria at The Hague, S. Klnsber- 
gen. Just. celebrated a golden Jubilee. 
He has been in the entertainment 
business; for -.60. years, starting as 
a lad -of 15 in an orchestra In 
IJtrecht -in 1882. 

In 1890 he went to America as one 
.04: the .BUb.-c.onductors .of the Amer- 
ican Cpmpahy. He played several 
tin»es at the White House .for Pres- 
ident Cleveland's family. He wa^ 
in the company of the . late $arah 
Bernhardt on one of her tours. On 
the bcQaslon of his Jublilee he will 
conduct the' band of" his cinema ort 
Sfept.-23i 



$18,000 Story Record. 

Budapest, Sept.; 21. 

Janps Vaszary holds record fot 
top price paid for picture rights to 
author living in this cpuntry. His 
'I've Married an Angel' spld to Metro 
for $18,000, 

Income tax authorities now trying 
to calculate how much of it came 
to him and how much, to' his various 
agents and adapters. Vaszary 
spreads the news he only got A 
fraction. 



Temperament In Mexico 

Mexico City, Oct. 1. 

Celia *rrevlno Carranza, noted 
Mexican woman violinist, obtained a 
dlvofce In Cliidad Juarez, "Chihua- 
hua state, from Alejandro Benl.tez,. 
on the ground of incompatibility. 

She declared as Benitez Is also 
a musician their artistic natures 
continually, clashed, which mad* 
tamie'm life impossible. 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



LEGITIMAT E 



VARIETY 



45 



B'way List Cliinbs to 20; No New 
Smash Yet; 'Colors' Tops $30,000 



feroadway offers 20 shows this 
week-— -Includlne the five premieres 
ck.rded between Monday and Thur s- 
dity. Same week last season there 
were 28 attractions on the boards 
proving the slowness with which 
inahagers jxre proceeding. 

Legit business In New York is 
running behind several out of town 
keys, but there is a good reason for 
that. Shows sent to the road are 
last season's, established successes. 
In the main, whereas Broadway 
must get its trade from the new 
shows and only a few of them are 
favorably rated. As yet no dra- 
matic hit has arrived. 
■ Best r-oney went to the new 
•Vanities,' which opened at $6.60 top 
last v^eek, indicated gross around 
$36,000; other openings were ha,rdly 
rat^d in the money with 'Success 
Story' at the Elliott haying a doubt- 
ful chance on strength of the no- 
tices; 'Bidding High' wa,s panned; 
first full week of 'The Stork Is 
Dead' a disappointing $4,000. 

Another new musical, 'Plying Col- 
ors,' climbed over $30,000, while 
•Ballyhoo of 1932' Improved to $21,- 
600; 'Of Thee I Sing' provear Its class 
and rose over $28,000 last week. 
It moves to the 46th Street next 
^Monday.' . 

Next week has the heaviest In- 
coming card so far this season: 
•Rendezvous,' Broadhurst; 'Criminal 
at Large/ Belasco; 'Black Sheep,' 
MoroBco ('Lilly Turner* maybe mov- 
ing); 'Mien Must Fight,' Lyceum; 
•Peacock,' 49th Street; 'Absent 
Father' and 'Cain's Sister,' hbuses 
not named, and a revival -of 'The 
Great Lover' at the Waldorf. 'That's 
Gratitude' moving from there to the 
Hudson. . . 

Estimates for Last Week 

•Americana,' Shubert (1st week) 
(R-l,395-$4.40), Presented by Shu- 
bert receivers,' Lee Shubert person- 
ally in charge; varied reports out of 
town, where' press was favorable; 
opens Wednesday (6). 

•Another Language,' Booth (24th 
week) (C-708-$3.30). With nearly 
half year completed business con- 
(Contlnued on page 64) 



'Cynara' Grosses $4,300 
In 3 Columbus Shows 



Half-Peace in Buffalo 

Buffalo, Oct. 3. 
/The Erlangers a.nd the stage- 
hands' uiilon reached an agreement 
covering the season. Negotiations 
between the house and the musi- 
cians' union are again reported oft, 
the union refusing a 10% cut and 
reduction from five to four men. 

.Reliably reported that the house 
will open with dramatic attractions 
without orchestra and no musical 
productions will be played. 





Columbus. Oct. 3. ] 
Hartman theatre reopened here 
•Thursday. (29) with a.threerday en- 
gagement of 'Cynara.' While the 
take was no record, Harry Schwartz, 
head of Great Lakes, of which the 
Hartman is one of a chain of 20, 
saw hie first production of the sea- 
son stay out of the red. The three 
performances grossed $4,300. 

Schwartz, who has maintained his 
. headguarters in Erie, Fa., In the past 
hais moved to Columbus and is 
' supervising all productions here. 

Stock for Lincoln, Neb., 
After Four-Year Gap 

Lincoln, -Neb. Oct. 3. 
Stpck will start locally middle of 
October with Liberty Players in the 
■ Liberty theatre. The conipany Is 
backed by local business men with 
Clyde Armstrong, late with Shuberts 
in Clnclnati and St. Louis, as man- 
aging director. 

Phillip Brandon, closing with 
Phillip Marlvale In Chicago, Is due 
for leading parts. . Other opening 
cast members Include Lee Smith, 
• Marolynn Fink, Juliette Goodwin, 
- Isabel Osgood, John Graham, Eeltoh 
Hackett, Gavin Harris, B. H. Fltz- 
gibbons and Wm. Trout. No stock 
here for four years. 



WEBER'S THIBD SOON 

Lawrence Weber is ready tp start 
' Work on his third production of the 
season, 'Love Life of a Tlfty.' 

Hugh Sinclair will have one of the 
lead roles and Herbert Biberman 
will stage. Sinclair going into the 
piece is made possible by ppstpone 
ment of 'Passionate • Pilgrim,' which 
Howard Inches was Intending to dp 
with Sinclair in the Shakespeare role 



Met Ready with 'Emperor' 

Metropolitan Opera House is 
practically set on the opera produc 
tlon of 'Emperor Jones,' which has 
been mUsicallzed by Louis Gruen- 
wald. 

. Jos. Mielzinpr has been assigned to 
do the sets, which, for legit pur 
poses, were done by Robert Edmpnd 
Jones. 

Lawrence '"iribbett will sing the 
lead. 



New, Haven Little Starts 

New Haven's Little Theatre gets 
under way for .12th season on Oct. 
10, under Prof. Wm. Lyon Phelps 
ns president. 



W IST WEEK 



,Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Blllie Bui^ke In Noel Coward's 
'Marquis' got away to a strong start 
at £1 Capltan, getting dose to $8,000 
on the op.6ning week. With a cast 
of namesi ~ piece likely to. show a 
neat profit on its four- week run. • 

Second week of 'Rose of Flanders' 
was fair at $7^200. Low nut makes 
it profitable at that figure. With 
'Cat and the Fiddle' open at the 
Belasco tonight, chances are that 
'Flanders' will benefit by having a 
tenant in the house next door. 

'Black Cotton,' ; colored revue, 
opened at the Orange Grove' on 
Wednesday. It's a service charge 
pass proposition, and has little 
chance of getting anywhere. 

Estimates for Last Week 
•Black Cotton,' Orange Grove (1st 
week) (R-694-$1.10). A rehash of 
all the colored tab shows seen here 
in the past year. First three days 
got about $400, which isn't coffee 
money. 

'Rose of Flanders,' Mayan (2d 
week) (M-1,492; $1.66). With cheap 
production and unknown cast, prof- 
itable at $7,200. Bargain hunters 
going for it. 

•The Marquis,' El Capltan (1st 
week) (C-1,671; $1,66). Best draw 
the house has had in months, with 
$8,000 figured for the opener. 



Balto Stock Ditehes 
'Carry Nation' Opener 

Ba.ltlmore, Oct. 3. 
Plans of the Theatre -Unit Com- 
pany, stock company riding Into 
the indie Maryland on Oct. 10, have 
been changed Insofar as their first 
presentation Is concerned. They've 
switched their announced 'Carry 
Nation' opener to a date later in the 
season, and will open instead with 
'There's Always Juliet,' featuring 
Geoffrey Kerr and Edith Barrett. 

Switch was made primarily to 
start the season oft on a stronger 
foot, since 'Juliet' comes In with 
two known names and a New York 
rep of last season, while 'Nation' is 
an entirely new and unknown ven- 
ture. 

Theatre Guild starts its first 
show this season locally tonight 
(3) with John Howard Lawspn's 
new 'Pure In Heart,' featuring 
June Walker and Osgood Perkins. 
It comes into Ford's, the local UBO 
house. 



Kenyon Goes Lyceum 

Pittsburgh, Oct. 8. 

Elmer Kenyon, former advance 
agent for the Theatre Guild and 
now head of the Carnegie Tech 
drama school, branching out this 
sea.son as a lecturer , on the side. 

Kenyon is to deliver a series of 
lectures on 'The Trend Among 
Modern Dramatists' iat the local 
College Club. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



'Christopher Bean' (Gilbert 
Miller) Miller. 

•Tell Her the Truth' (Mrs. 
Joe Leblang) Cort. 

'Dinner at Eight' (Sam H. 
Harris) Music Box. 

'The Great Lover' (J. J. Lev- 
enthal) Waldorf. 

'Peacock' (Geo. Fawcett) 
49th Street, 

'Incubator' (Edison and Bur- 
tdn) Hoyale. 

•Vanities' (Earl Carroll) 
(road) Manhattan. 

'The Passionate Pilgrim' 
(Howard Inchbs) Cohan. 

'Music in the Air' (Peggy 
Fears) Alvin. 

'Forward March' (Brown and 
Henderson) Selwyn. 
: 'Chocolate Soldier' (Charles 
Purcoll) Little. 

•Dangerous Corner' (Henry 
Moses) Empire. . . ■ ■ p 

'Criminal at Large' (Guthrie- 
McClintic) Belasco. 

'Keeping Down Expenses' 
. (D. Tiomken) Ambassador. 

'Anatomist' (Frank Conroy) 
Lyceum. 

•Whistling in the Dark' (Alex 
McKaig) (road) National. 

'Bedtime' (Alfred Aarons) 
Hollywood. 

•Madannoiselie,' 'Rendezvous,' 
•Singapore,' "Pure in Heart,' 
. 'Singapore,' 'Pure, irt Heart,' 
'Men Must Fight,' 'Cyrano de 
Bergerac,' 'Absent Father,' 
'Real Folks,' ^Cain's Sister,' 
'opening out of town this week. 



'Americana Biulds to $24,000 Week, 
'Good Earth' Scores Phila $17,000 



Lunts, Wynn Capacity 
In Boston at $20,000 
And $27,500 for Week 



. Boston, Oct. 3. 
Steady run of capacity and near- 
capacity houses here. The Lunts 
moved 'Reunion in Vienna' out of 
town Saturday night after having 
played to standees for two sweet 
weeks. Public was still clamoring 
when 'Reunion' left. Took $40,000 
for the fortnight'^ stay. 

EA Wynn's 'Laugh Parade' held 
up to a capacity gross of $27,600 
right to the end of his run, and all 
indications point to healthy business 
for Max Gordon's 'Cat and the 
Fiddle,' which takes Wynn's place 
at the Shubert, 

Starting Into Its last nlonth here. 
Green Pastures' Is still holding up 
well. Doing a near capacity gross 
of $21,000 at the Colonial last week 
At the Copley, Clive'fl company Is 
on its third week with 'The 
Squeaker,' and holding its own- 
The Man With the Load of Mis- 
chief,' Ashley Duke's comedy which 
Jane Cowl Is reviving, opens at the 
Plymouth this week, and a sellout 
for the first few nights points to 
more SRO biz. 

The legit, Majestic, Is given over 
to the film version of 'Strange Inter- 
lude.' When the Theatre Guild tried 
to bring the legit version of : the 
O'Neill play in several years ago. It 
will be remembered. City Censor 
John M. Casey said 'No.' 



Engagements 



Beulah Bondi, Ernest Lawford, 
Clarence Derwent, 'The La.te Chris 
topher Bean.' 

Leslie King, Richard de Angelis, 
Charles H. Clfne, Alfred Browne, 
Warren McCollum, Sam Byrd, 
Sonny Taublh, Nell Malloy, Muni 
Diamond, 'Incubator.' 

Olivia Wrlghtson, 'Best Tears.' 

Robert Geckler, Averell Harris, 
'Whistling in the Dark.' 

Helen Claire, 'Springtime for 
Henry.' 

Dodson Mitchell, 'Black Sheep.' 

Lea Penmann, Clyde Fillmore, 
Kathryn Givney, Patricia Barclay, 
Barbara Weeks, Edward Crandall, 
Joseph Cotten, Alexander Frank, 
'Absent Father' (complete cast). 

Sally Sweet, Joan Abbott, High 
Herbert, Milton Watson, 'Forward 
March.' 

Molly . Pearson, Leslie Barrle, 
Paula Bauersmith, George Tawde, 
Anatomist.' 



Campus Tryout 

lowa City^ la., Oct. 3. 

'Low Bridge,' romantic comedy 
of Erie canal boat days of the BO's, 
work of Frank Elser, native Okla- 
homan, how a resident of New York, 
is to have its world premiere iat the 
University of Iowa theatre. 

First to be presented on Oct. 21 
by student actors as a feature of 
homecoming and will have t^ree 
regular presentations, Oct. 25, 26 
and' 27. 




Future Plays 



'East River,' by Mrs. Baxter 
Jacksoni who uses the pen name of 
Katherlne Leith-Forbes, will go into 
rehears^ under Henry Daniel, who 
comes over' from! London. Expected 
on- B'way some time In Nov. 

'Terrific,' draiiia by Doree Schary, 
has been bought by Sidney Harmon, 
who produced 'Bloodstream' last 
year. 

'Through Hate *o Love,' by Ber- 
tha Wlernik, to be produced under 
the management of Etta Prentiss. 
Maxim Susonoft win stage. 

'The Devil's Daughter' is named 
as the first try by a new co-opera- , 
tlve group known as Actors Produc- 
tions and Is due on ; Broadway late 
this month. The cast Includes 
Bachle Ripple, Cornelia Campbell, 
Myra C. Brooke and Rita Davles. 

'Yoting. Ideas,' new comedy by 
Sidney Tabor, opens at the Play- 
house, Hollywood, Oct. », produced 
by Walter Brown. Morgan Wallace 
directing and heading the cast, 
which Includes Helen Millard, Adda 
Gleason, Edward Cooper, Cornelius 
Keefe, Ralph Reler, Helen Kleet .and 
Marie Gray. 

•The O'Flynn,' musical by Justin 
"H. McCarthy, Brian Hooker and 
Jas. Houser, to be produced by Rus- 
sell Janney. 



AHEAD AND BACK 

Saul Abrams ahead 'Dangerous 
Corner,' Harry Moses. 

George Zorn general manager and 
Jack F. Murray p.a. for 'Incubator'. 

Nat Dorfman has replaced Marc 
Lachman as publicist for 'Ballyhoo 
of 1932'. 

James Peede in advance of 'Tell 
Her the Truth'. 

John Peltret replaces Ned Holmes 
in advance of 'Another Language' 
(Chicago Co.), latter Joining the 
Theatre Guild's press staff. 



mihee' 
At Agencies 
During Series 



Chicago, Oct. 3; 

Depression or not, Chicago was 
paying $6.50 for ducats to 'Of Thee 
I Sing' Saturday night. Jewish Niew 
Year and World Serjes. provided the 
demand which kited the $3.85 tickets 
that much in the agencies. , 

Outside of that there was little 
alteration in the status of Chicago's 
three attractions. One more was to. 
be added Monday ' (today), with 
'Whistling In the Dark* opening the 
Erlanger, now managed by RoUo. 
Timponi. 

Estimates for Last Week 

'Another Language,' Harris (CD- 
1,100; $2.75) (4th week). $8,000-$9,- 
000 still indicated. Liked, but not 
the Indorsement New York gave 
piece. 

'Of Thee I Sing,' Grand (M-1,366; 
$3.86) (2d week). Still going clean 
and word of mouth sure to keep, it 
rolling. .Should see Thanksgiving. 
Brushing $29,000,. capacity.. <> 

'World Between,' Adelphl (CD- 
900;' $2.76) (3d week). Reduced rate 
coupons out. . Survival a question of 
ability to push parties. Manage- 
ment after spiritualists. Under 
$3,000. 



NEW FRISCO ENTRIES 
MAKE GROSSES SPURT 



San Francisco, Oct. 3. 
Opening of 'As Husbands Go' at 
Alcazar and Tntermission' at Er- 
lahger's . Columbia, together with 
final week of 'Cat and the Fiddle' at 
Curran perked up 'Frisco legit to 
greatest proportions In many 
months. 

Pauline Frederick in 'Husbands' 
served to reopen the Alcazar under 
Henry Dufty's banner, and biz 
started nicely with a Thursday (29) 
night openingr Possible good $8,600 
anticipated. 

'Intermission,' Irving Kay^ Davis 
play, had its premiere at Columbia 
and wound up the first week with 
only fair $6,000. One more week to 
go and house probably darkens 
while preparing other attractions. 
. Tenth and final week of 'Cat and 
Fiddle' drew good $12,000, making a 
fine total for entire local run at Cur- 
ran. 'Bride Sun Shines On' opens 
Oct. 10. Geary remains dark, with 
nothing in sight. 



Phila. Suburban Cp. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 3. 
. The Professional Repertory Coni- 
pany of Berwyn, a town on the 
Philadelphia Main Line (society sec- 
tion), got underway last- Thursday 
night with Its first production, 
'Take My Advice' by Elliot Lester. 

Ted Burke and Joe Murphy, who 
have been Interested In productions 
at the local Labor Instllute, are 
managing the company, which ' in- 
cludes Albert Griswold, lona Day, 
G. Ernest Robyns, Leone Watson, 
John Less Austin, Dean Faint and 
Eileen Coyn. Thie organization 
plans to give- performances each 
Thur.sdayrFrlday and Saturday eve- 
ning, changing the bill each week. . 



Philadelphia, Oct 3. 

Philly still has only three legit 
houses open although the fourth 
re- lights to-night (Monday). 

Reason for this is the fact that 
the Forrest, occupied for six weeks, 
is- dark for six days, prior to ar- 
rival of Eva Le Gallienne ajAd her 
Civic Repertory Co. the 10th. 

The Broad Is the fourth house 
to get going with 'Absent Father,' 
try-out comedy, as the, occupant for 
a single w^ek. The Chestnut ha!s 
'Mademoiselle,' Bill Brady produc- 
tion with Grace George and Alice 
Brady, as second of the American 
Theatre Society's subscription at- 
tractions. Th<J .Garrick holds In 
Rajah Raboid, mystic and ' mind- ■ 
reader, who opened last Thursday. 
' . Business, last week was exception- ■ ■ 
ally good with 'Good Earth' close to 
sell-out in its get-away week at the • 
Chestnut. Forum had the house . 
Monday and - Tuesday which cut 
down gross figures, (Philly organi- 
zation takes over house for $1,200 
a performance), but Guild show hit 
$17,000 or a little better at <that. 
. 'Americana' gained strength 
throughout stay and ended with big 
attendance. 

Rajah Raboid opened uncertainly 
at Garrick and may only -last a 
week. Matinfee trade, • however, en- 
couraging, with some strength up- 
stairs.' 

On the 10th, in addition to Le 
Gallienne at the Forrest, the Broad 
will offer 'Dangerous Corner,' Priest- 
ley play, with strong cast,: Harry 
Moses producing. The I'Tth .will 
bring Peggy Fears' 'Music in the 
Air* at the Garrick arid Jane Cowl 
with 'Man With a Load of Mis- 
chief* at the Chestnut, (also Ameri- 
can Theatre Society). 

On the a4th, 'Vanities' (9th edi- 
tion) arrive at the E^orrest, all by 
itself. On the 31st 'Cyriara' cbmes 
to the Chestnut — date Is now offi- 
cially set, with a booking, as yet 
un-announced, at the Garrick. 

The Shubert Is expected to Join 
the ranks of open houses within a 
month although nothing definite has 
been announced about its plans ex^:^^ 
cept the story from the Karons & 
Freedley office that their new musi- 
cal, show with Jack Buchanan is 
listed there for December 6. The 
wiseacres figure that 'Humpty 
Dumpty' win play this house, and 
a couple of other musicals men- 
tioned for Philly, but with no thea- 
tre stated. 

Estimates for Last We«k 

Rajah Raboid (Garrick)— Opened 
Thursday to negligible trade. Can 
stay until 12th of October but will 
have to build.' 

' 'Good Earth' (Chestnut: lAAt 
week). Second week better than 
first but reduced priced for Forum, 
first two nights, held gross t'o $17,- 
000 — very fine. . ^ 

'Mademoiselle' this week'd isecond 
American Theatre S.oclety offering. 
Good advance. 

•Americana' (Forrest, second 
week). Improved nightly and near 
capacity at end of stay. $24,000 fig- 
ured. House dark until Le Gal- 
lienne on 10th. 



DOWN EAST TO DIXIE 

West Falmouth, Mass., Oct. 3. 

The Theatre Unit, haying com- 
pleted its fifth summer . season 
here, will go to Baltimore this 
month, opening a .stock season with 
Frank McGrath'H new play, 'Carry 
Nation.' 

The unit played In Baltimore for 
several wooks last soason. It will, 
function this year in aKHOciation 
with Arthur Bpokhard. 



Bainbridge Co» in Weak 
Start at About $3,000 

Minneapolis, Oct. 3. 
With a showboat atmosphere and 
trimmings. Including a lower deck 
bar where free near beer Is served, 
the Bainbridge stock opened .its sea- 
son at the Shubert, offering 'As 
Husbands Go,' comedy presented 
here last season under New York 
Theatre Guild auspices. Play~ and 
company won critics' and customers' 
approval, but' business proved dis- 
appointing, the gross being under 
$3,000. 

Leads are Grandon Rho es and 
Grace Trdy^ Company also includes 
Ruth Lee, Jack Marvin. Kathryn 
Card, Fred Sullivan, Elinor Har- 
riot and ICerihlt Rowe. Current at- 
traction Is 'Blessed EJvent/. . 

'The Revelers,' road show, at the 
Gayety (burlesque), did poorly, hit- 
ting a Ijss than $2,000 clip.* Show 
was of top quality, considering 
scale. 

Metropolitan opens its road show 
season Oct. 10 with Lunt and Fon- 
taine in 'Reunion in Vienna.' 



Peg Worth Coaflt Farce 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Peggy Worth will produce 'Peggy 
Be Careful,' a farce, starting re- 
hearsals shortly at the Marcal here, 
Rita LeRpy goes In the title part». 
with Miss Worth doing the comedy". 

Show is scheduled to play coast 
houses. 



'Cuckoo' in New Hands 

Francis Carpenter has taken 
'Cuckoo Magnlflque,' French play, 
for immediate production. Albert 
Johnson will do the sets. 

'Cuckoo' was prevlouisly held for 
production by Jed Harris and 
Ohputor Er.skin, who dropped theli^z.. 
optlops. 



46 



VARIETY 



L E G I T I M A ¥ E 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Plays Out of Town 



INTERMISSION 

San Francisco, Sept. 26. 
Produced at Brlnnger'a Columbln, San 
Francisco, for two weeks bcclnnlni? Sept. 
28. by Harold Berg and Jo Arnold. Play 
br Irving Kaye Dovla, Pat . McCoy dlrect- 
Ing. 

Cast: Madgre Bellamy, . Qlcnn . Tryon, 
Judith VosolU, ■ Gertrude Short, Donald 
Keith, Setmer Jackaon, Qaylord Pendle- 
ton, Betty Todd, Harry Jordon, Norman 
FduBler, iVank Thornton, Jean Temple, 
Bdwln AuBMSt, Marlon Ollroy. May Mc- 
Wllllams, Qleri Boles, Ned Wlllloma, Band. 
Barker, - Beas Stafford, Pat Scwell, Jane 
Reld. Betty Hopkhs, Jean Lacy,- Carter 
Fanton, Kay Wheeler, Maiylln JWarner. 
Margaret Rennle, Elmer Gross, Charlotte 
Fletcher, Bill McKenna.- 



IrvJns Kaye.Davlfl' 'Intermission' 
served to reopen Erlanger's Colum- 
bia, after a Ions (Sarknesa. . 

'Intermission,' a new chapter In 
the 'Grand Hotel' Idea. All Us action 
takes, place, before the, one set, a 
theatre lobby, before which all char- 
acters promenade and enact a do- 
'mestlc drama revolvlne around a 
hubby's Infidelity, Characters are 
constantly on the move, Madge .Bel- 
lamy being the only one who rests, 
and- she for but. a nxomeht. 

Piay Is over at 10:20, running 
much too short. This despite a late 
beginning • ar.d lengthy curtains, 
publicity had ' announced there 
would be no intermissions but two 
days dog-townlng in Santa Barbara 
showed curtaina would be an advan- 
tage $o they were: In, merely to de- 
note lapse of time. . 

Show: needs substance, yet It 
seemed to b^ padded wHerieVer pos- 
sible. DaVis didn't pen this one too 
neatly;' often resorting to cltomsy 
devldfe to introduce spice. Such lines 
as one handed to the stuttering 
playwright and his gal friend were 
uncalled, for and added nothing to 
the show; 

Show proved . interesting to na- 
tives chiefly because It brought biack 
Into the limelight two picture play- 
ers, Glenn Tryon and Madge .Bel- 
lamy, who haven't been seen.on lo- 
cal' stage or screen for several years, 
both did acceptable work as the 

Best work done by Selmer Jack- 
son as roaming business man. Ger- 
__truae Short handled her dizzy gold- 
>sv«^lgger role nicely. Judith Voselll 
was okay In her role as advisor to 
Miss Bellamy. Remainder of cast 
largely walk-throughs and bits. 

Bock. 



Ing and blues singing, with half a 
dozen bits sandwiched In between. 
Bits are sad, and laughs are few 
and far between. Alma Travers Is 
the production's one redeeming fea- 
ture, and that's not saying much. 
Slie has played in every colored 
stage show in town, and has lost 
her draw. Eddie Anderson miide 
his first appearance here in Xuclty 
Day,' most of his material, here 
being reminiscent of that show. 

Twelve girls and six boys In the 
liiie are. also froni 'Lucky Dby,' and 
repeat their routines with little 
change. - 

Rest of the company means noth- 
ing and does less. Opening night 
saw half a dozen walkouts every 
time the house lights went down. 
By intermission time about 200 
people were left. . . 

Nut for the show can't possibly 
be oyer |1,000, with little chance' of 
tlie producers getting that much 
back. Call. 



VANITIES 

.(Continued from page .42) 

pllfy, but clarifies enough to make 
hearing okay all over the theatre. . . 

•There's' a copyright and patent 
Infringement warning on the pro- 
gram to contemjporaheous impre- 
sarios In London, Paris andr Berlin 
not to 'a.d6pt' any of Cajroli's revue 
material. 

'Vanities,' on the commercial outr 
look, may perhaps find itself a bit 
more fortunate than in the past, 
with the investment at a ^tisfylng 
minimum. . That scale, however, 
will have the most to do with the 
revue's chances for longevity. At 
that. Its Broadway 'sojourn may be 
sharply limited, let a real musical 
click reach the boards.' Thus far 
Broadway has yet to witness such 
an arrival from among the. new 
entries. But, everything else; being 
equal, TTanities' at the price should 
eke out a moderate sojourn. Abel. 



go the acting honors in 'Success 
Story.' They are the Sol and Sarah 
of the play. Miss Adier's best 
chance comes late In the perform- 
ance, and the emotional scene In 
which Sarah is embraced by Sol Is 
thrilling, diesplto the somewhat 
clouded meaning of the impassioned 
dialog. Franchot Tone, one of the 
Group's mpst promising players, 
does well, but Is third to the Adlers. 
Only other standout Is Morris Car- 
novsky, who plays the quiet, pol- 
ished banker. 

'Success Story' Is lE^ sincere effort. 
It impressed, however, as suited 
niore for a subscription priesentatlon 
than for general appeal. Ibee. 



Plays Abroad 



BELMONT VARIETIES 

Revue presented, by Richard O. Herhdon;. 
Assbctatea Max ' Soheck and Saiii Bernard, 
2nd. Mu.sio and lyrics by. Serge Walter, 
Cliarlea Kenny, Sam Bernard. '■Ini. Henry 
Lloyd, Robort Burk, Alvin Kaufman end 
Mildred - Kaufmaii. Sklta and d.laIog by 
Helen and Nolan Leary and - Sam BernardL, 
2nd.'' Musical . arrangements . by Bemabe 
Roxas Soils. At the Belmoi^t, Sept. 2a $3 
top. 



Kiss Before the Mirror 

Budapest, Sept. 18, 
A play . In three acts by Laszlo Fodor. 
Prrsentcd by the Magyar Szlnhaz, Buda..- 
pest, on Sept. IS, 10.12. .In the cast: Ilona 
Tltko's, Jeno.'TorzB, Gellert, Gozon, .Louisa 
Szekely. ; 



BLACK COTTON 

Los Angeles, Sept, 28. 
Colored revue in two acts and 22 scenes 
featuring Alma.Travera and Sddle Ander- 
son. 'Staged by Jack X.ester AnA .Andeison.- 
Dances .by I^ester. Produced br Clinton 
Lewis and Al. Lane. Cast; Johnny Taylor. 
Cecil ' Williams. Connie Anderson, ■ JBarl 
Robinson,: 'Jack: Wllllanwi Harle DJckerson, 
Percy Hoo^ta, Patsy Hanter. Frances Turn- 
ham, Al Dlxxon, Jeanette Collins,' Graham 
Pain and Gibson Trio.- -At tha Orange 
Grove theatre, Los . Angeles, Sept.. 28, at 
tl.60 top. 



SUCCESS STORY 

Drama In three acts presented at Maxlne 
Elliott's Sept. 26 by The Group -Theatre, 
Inc.; written by John Howard Lawson; 
staged by Lee Strasberg. 

Sarah Glassman Stella Adier 

Dinah McQabe.. Ruth Nelson 

Jeffery Halliburton. ....... .William Challee 

Raymond Merrltt. ; Franchot •Tone 

Rufos Sonnenberg. .. .... .Morris Camovsky 

Sol - Olhsberis. ; i. Luther AdIer 

Marcus Turner...;.. .......Art Smltb 

Agnes. Carter ^.Dorotl^y Patten 

Harry Fisher .Russell Collins 

Miss Farley Margaret Backer 



Herd's one that opened by mis- 
take. Unless the cast Is content to 
be paid off in old .progrrams. It may 
last . ahoUt a, week. However, the 
producers were not taking any 
chances, and threw out 200,000 BO- 
cent passes the day before opening. 
At that, the house, a'700-seater, was 
only half filled at the premiere. 

Show is a conglomeration of hoofr 



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There Is some slashing drama In 
John Howard Lawson's play, but 
even though several of New. Tork's 
most perceptive critics turned on 
laudatory streams, it fails as diver- 
sion. Story not sustained or logic- 
ally concluded: East Side will like 
it more than Broadway, but even 
the pop price of $2.75 won't ma- 
terially help. 

"The Group Theatre is an offshoot 
of the Theatre -Guild and was. first 
known as the Studio, composed of 
younger players "within the Guild. 
Last season they won attention, if 
little proAt, -with 'The House of 
Connolly,' later missing out on a de 
pressing thing called '1931.'. Dur 
Ing the summer the group worked 
on 'Success Story' in the country. 

It Is probably 50-50 between cer 
tain weaknesses 6f writing and the 
casting limitations which make the 
performance less than desired* The 
author is radical-minded. He was 
of a downtown coterie of new 
thought playwrights. Observers say 
that Lawson has improved over the 
first efforts displayed In the Village 
stages, but that he still has some 
distance to go. 

One set scenes the Interior of an 
advertising agency conducted by 
Raymond Merritt, with the support 
of Rqfus Sonnenberg, a banker. 
Merritt's secretary, Sarah Glassman, 
has obtained a Job for her school 
days sweetheart, Sol Ginsberg. Sol 
doesn't remain Ale clerk long 
Within two years he is on his way 
to wealth — selling the market short 
while his employer steadily, feeds 
his margin account. 
. Merrltt is addicted to highballs, 
often leaving the ofDce for the 
speakeasies, while Sol studies and 
slaves at the business far into the 
night. He starts to forget the prin 
ciples propounded in the communis 
tic East Side gatherings which he 
and others of Russian origin ex 
pounded 00 violently. He begins to 
dominate the agency and he an 
nexes iMCerritt's woman, a'' gold dig 
ger minus any class^ — marrying the 
girl to possess her and putting aside 
the Intelligent, attractive Sarah 

Sol blares his egotism as he goes 
upward, even to gloat that while his 
brother was slain as a gangster, he, 
Soiomort Ginsberg, would gain All 
ends — maybe he will make a billion 
and maybe he'd turn that over to 
the communists. He nearly forces 
Merritt Into resigning. Then the 
wife whom he loaded with gems 
threatens Reno. That Is only a mild 
.shock,' and H too sudden twist has 
him pleading with Sar.ah for her 
love. The end comes when Sarah 
shoots sol, too suddenly and too 
unexplainably. . 

To the son, Luther, and daughter, 
Stella, of the late Jacob P. Adler 



: An intimate reyue. In intimate 
surroundings, which plays in the 
vaudeville manner and has so many 
singles and doubles It sometimes 
looks like an audition. Pi'obably as 
an audition It will prove more im- 
portant to someof :ts cast than as a 
show. 

Possibilities as' a proflt-raaker are 
doubtful,, but. as a novelty, at the 
low scale of |2, odds.'are not entirely 
against it with fixing and -obvious 
low nut. Following the opening 
night, when show ran to nearly '12 
o'clock, the . scissors will doubtless 
be put to work, 

Sunday nite no. show was given, 
as advertised, but regular perform- 
ance was scheduled for last night 
(Monday). 

Revue is along simple and mod- 
est lines, but manages to be tasteful 
enough to pass muster on looks. 
Much more attention has been paid 
to costumes than to settings, yet In 
the face of the simplicity of the re- 
vue from a production standpoint, it 
satisfies the eye and with proper 
editing, some re-routinihg and other 
^st-premlere changes may attract 
some business. 

Proposal is to play throughout the 
week, including . Sundays, similarly 
to Chamberlain Brown's 'Scrapbook,' 
also revue- vaudeville but a flop. 

For some of the people in 'Bel- 
mont Varieties' the show may be 
their leaking, or at least a begin- 
ning. Taking but the chaff, there's 
considerable talent in the company 
which stan^ds good chance of step- 
ping along. 

Among those standing out are Roy 
Benson, magician; Lllyan Astaire, 
impressions; Eleanor Wood and 
partner, dancers; a sister ' dance 
team; Blanche .Collins, singer, aiid 
Bert PrlvaU ftglle buck dancer. 

The revue Is youth virtually 
throughout and people impress: as 
well developed amateurs who -with 
proper grooming may, go far.. Ben- 
son does a Fred KleaUng through- 
out, emulating the latter In his ban- 
ter and to a great extent in his 
tricks, notably the bird-cage dlsiap- 
ptorlng bit. Benson uses a prop In- 
stead of a Hying canary, thus avoids 
any trouble with thie S. P. C. A. 

Of all the talent, perhaps the most 
used for this side of the water (or 
away fronr. Greenwich Village) is 
the sister team doing odd dance rou- 
tines. Their first number is a mix- 
ture of the comic, the ultra- classical 
and the element In modern rhythm 
that suggests machines. It's a strik- 
ing number; whether the audience 
laughs or takes It seriously. Tou 
can take it any way you want. 

A single later by one of the girls 
as a savage wltfai exaggerated fea- 
tures carried out by a.rmor, is an- 
other unusual specialty. 

With the revue running strongly 
to danciner, the other st&ndout is 
Eleanor Wood and partner. They 
do two numbers, both similar, and 
each effective through- unusual cre- 
ation and execution. Miss Wood. also 
does another number. It's called 
'Goona Gpona' a.nd has her. wriggling 
around the stage in the manner of a 
cat ha\ing a picnic with catnip. 

The show runs to that sort of odd- 
ness; for Instance, the Canadian 
trapper bit between two men^ who 
work themselves up to such a heated 
argument that they fall in each 
other's arms and into a French 
drinking song. 

Dancing comes first, song num- 
bers second and comedy last. 
There's so much of the first two 
and so little of the last, any fixing 
In hopes of Increased word of mouth 
should take that into account first. 

A couple of tunes are a little bet- 
ter than mildly appealing, "His In- 
vitation to Love' and 'Back Seat of 
a Taxi.' They may catch on. 

Besides song;, numbers, Lllyan As- 
taire does niimerous Impressions. 
Most of them are clever, but the 
opener of Maurice Chevalier Is 
pretty bad. It should go. Also for 
the scissors should be the high yel- 
low number Blanche Collins at- 
tempts. Her first after the manner 
of Fifl D'Orsay is the sort of thing 
she does well, the other Isn't. 

Marion Young, Lucian La Riviere, 
Marjorle Enters, Philippe Borgia, 
Maryon Dale, Leo Henning, LIta 
Lope and others, work song and 
dance numbers, both as doubles and 
singles. Miss Lope leans to ithe 
Spanish type. 
William Sunderman, b«lrUoxl% 



His first play written In a serlotis 
vein proves that Laszlo Fodor Is a 
brilliant craftsman in drama as he 
is in comedy. This psychological 
drama of jealousy is thrilling and 
effective, affords grreat acting possi- 
bilities, and 'wlll probably win im- 
portant successes 6lsewherei, It has 
screen chances, too. 

Prolog is a scene In which a 
young woman steals into'her lover's 
villa in a suburb in Viienna. Her 
husband follows hier, sees what goes 
on behind a .transparent curtain, 
and shoots her; then picks up the 
telephone and asks the police to 
como and. arrest him. 

His beist friend. Dr. Held, great 
criminalist, takes up his defense. 
The charge' is premeditated murder, 
because Walter, the ' murderer, 
bought a revolver Only a few days 
before he killed his wife. Held's 
point Is that he bought the revolver 
because^ there had been holdups in 
the lonely suburb -where the Walters 
lived, and that he killed the wife 
whom he adored only because he 
happened to have the revolver in his 
pocket wheii he : suddenly, without 
having a previous Inkling of it, dis- 
covered his wife's unfaithfulness. 
If Held con carry this point he can 
get an acqiilttal. 
But to prove, this he must get 



doubles for several skits and bits, 
as do others, Inbliiding Prlval and 
M. Maurice, latter magician who's 
known around vaude. 

The revue opens and .closes on a 
ship's deck setting. It's somewhat 
like the set used by Sam Bernard, 
2nd, who had a hand in writing of 
the show, when he was in vaude 
recently. 

Program on the. show Is dllllcult 
to follow. It fails to bin some peo- 
ple and numbers, while the stage 
is often . occupied by material that 
Is nowhere t^ be identified by bill- 
ing... Char. 



every detail out of Walter. Why 
did he suspect? Why did he follow 
his wife? Walter confides to him 
that on the iafternobh of the murder 
he kissed his vvlfe when she was 
dressing and making up in front of 
the mirror, and he saw her face in 
the glass when she did not know it. 
It was so different from the one she 
always showed him; it expressed 
such hatred that he fell from the 
skies. He started questlohing him- 
self for whom she was ihiaking up 
and dressing, if not for himself? H© 
followed . her, and so the tragedy 
came about, 

"rhlnking over his line of defense, 
Held goes home to his own adored 
wife, Maria, and in her dressing 
room exactly the same scene is re- 
peated. Maria is simply sweet to 
her husband while she is dressing in 
front of the . mirror. When Held 
kisses her, she is disgusted, angry 
because he has spoiled her makeup, 
anC he sees her real face In the 
mirror. 

When his -wife goes off, allegedly 
to play bridge, with some friends. 
Held follows her and catches her, 
as the other man did. In thb arms of 
her lover. Murder in his heart, but 
he has no revolver. 

Held, compels his wife to be pres- 
ent at the trial, where he delivers a 
brilliant speech, the climax of the 
play. In defence of Walter. Maria 
gives herself away by breaking 
down. Held makes her listen to the 
verdict, which she knows, will de- 
cide hot only Walter's fate but hers. 
It Is ah acquittal, and Maria beV. 
Heves that means a death sentence 
for her. But after the acquittal, . a, / 
precedeht which takes the edge off 
the heroism of cold-bloodedly kill- 
ing his -wife. Held allows her to de- 
part, too disgusted with it all to 
become violent. 

The play has depth and meaning. 
Its technique .Is brilliant. Torzs 
gave a very good performance in 
the part of Held, the lawyer, and 
Gellert, as a nervous wreck jif a 
wife-slayer, was heart-rending. 



BIDDING HIGH 

Comedy In tbree acts presented at the 
Vanderbllt Sept .28 by Joe De Milt; written 
by Lois Howell; etag'ed by John Harden. 

Jimmy Stevens. King Caldor 

Mrs. Crane.. Mand Edna. Hall 

Jldward Crane .Carleton Macy 

Myra Crane... Nedda Harriean 

Mark Ellis .......Ivan Miller 

flylvla Crane....;...,.. Shelah Trent 



Those concerned In this presenta- 
tion did not take much of a chance 
financially. That little money , was 
required tells the reason It was pro- 
duced. One set. small cast, low sal- 
aries may string 'Bidding High' 
along, but it is a comedy with little 
laughter and less gayety. Another 
pop-'prlced show ($2.7B top) that 
adds nothing to a hltless September; 

"With the field of stock constricted, 
understood the sponsors hope to sell 
the picture rl^ts. That there Is 
anything In the sister against sister 
Idea is doubtful for films. Strife 
within families is true enough^ but 
the characters of the play are gen 
erally unbelievable. Whether that 
Is the fault of the writing or the 
acting is unimportant. 

Show was first known as 'Jimmy 
Takes Possession,' title change 
meaning nothing either. In general 
atmosphere it is small town, locale of 
Englewood, N. J„ permitting the 
people to talk of going and coming, 
from Jobs In New York. The Cranes 
are plain people, father conducting 
a small Jewelry shop in the front of 
their dwelling. Sylvia ahd Myra are 
both employed In Wall Street brok- 
erages. 

They are strangely assorted sis- 
ters. Myra Is plain, Sylvia Is pretty. 
Myra Is sincere, Sylvia a double- 
crosser. She says she Is that way 
because she'd do anything to attain 
wealth. For that reason she sud 
denly marries. Mark Ellis, stock 
broker who has been paying atten- 
tion to Myra. She turns the trick 
by telling him that Myra, Is engaged 
to Jimmy Stevens. That's the lad 
Sylvia loves, but she sees no chance 
of Jimmy making real money. 

Within six months Sylvia and 
Mark are near the parting of the 
ways. Jimmy, turned bootlegger, is 
now in the money and. has been 
meeting Sylvia clandestinely and 
Illicitly. When she . learns that 
Mark Is broke, she takes the rotten 
way of getting a divorce after com 
Ing upon her sister and her hus 
band in an Innocent enough em- 
brace. It is Jimmy who compels 
her to take another route— Reno — 
and he with her to see there will be 
no side-tracking. Jimmy realizes 
Just the sort of person Sylvia Is and 
tells her so, but he loves her and 
they are to wed. That leaves Mark 
and Myra that way mildly. 

The six players are not getting 
much money, so to make up for it 
all the names are liberally displayed 
on the house boards. Shelah Trent 
is rather attractive as Sylvia, with 
a loping gait that seemed to carry 
her distances across the stage. King 
Calder as Jimmy will do better in a 
better parti Pit^ 



AZOR 

Paris, Sept. 24. 

A comedy with lyrics In three acts bT 
Raoul Praxy. .Produced by Alfred Will-- 
metz and Meusl. I^'rlcs by Max Eddy. 
Music by .Oabaroche. More tunes bF 
Pearly and . Shagnon. Bouffes Parisleaa 
Paris. ' Sept. 20, Cast Includes: Koval, 
Gabaroche, Reda-Caire, Casa, Jane Mar- 
nac, Arletty. E, de Creus, Derminy and 
others. 



Even for locals it's a poor show. 
The local press, usually overklnd, 
pans it in a polite way. 

When local newspapers ar* 
vaguely indifferent, it means a lot. 

The play shows a police captaln'ii 
secretary in love with the niece of 
the Minister of Justice, but plagued 
by the love of one of his former mis- 
tresses, and also by that of an 
Apache girl In jail under his care. 
This explains why burglars are In- 
ixoduced In a villa where he keeps 
an iBvening appointment with the 
lady, and also why the Minister for 
Justice gives an Apache ball In the 
end where everything gets straight-, 
ened. 

Jane Marnac very much to tho 
fore. Her love for sensational sclf- 
dlsplay makes, her pla.y the Apache 
girl and in a dance in Which she 
doesn't give a proper chance to her 
partni6r, the dancer Tilllo. Arletty 
doesn't get much of a play either 
as the old mistress. 

Koval, who is a first rate come- 
dian on stage and screen in ritzy 
foreigners' parts, and scored big op- 
posite Francolse Rosay in 'Poupon- 
nlere,' has been miscast in the part 
of a little ylddlsh burglar. 

As to <3abaroche as leading man, 
he works like a brake in slowing up 
the show. To be forgotten, forgiven 
and considered as a curtain raiser 
for future offerings of the season. 

Maxi. 




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Fiction . 

'Sons' ($2.50) By Pearl S, Kuok 



'Sheltered Life' ($2.50) 
•The Fountain* ($2.50) 
'Three Sheet* ($2.50) . 
'Peking iPicnic* ($2.50) 
'T)ie Fortress* ($2.50) 



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. . By Ellon . (tlaSgow 
.By Charles Morgan 
.By Tiffany Thayer 
. . , . . By Ann Bridge 
. .By Hugh Walpole 

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'More Merry Go Round* ($3.00) . . . ...... . . . . . . . ... . 

'Marchi of Democracy* ($3.50) . . . .By James Truslow Adams ; 

'Death in the Afternoon' ($3.75) By Ernest Hemingway 

•Van Loon's Gfeography' ($3,76) . . . . . ..By Hehdrik Wilhelm Van Loon 

'Let'is Start Over Again' ($1.50) ........... . ... . .By Vash Young 

'Princess in E.\ile* ($3.50) ..•>•• By Grand Duchess Marie of Russia 



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Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Gauvreau and WincheM 

3ituatiort of a newspaper column- 
let's managing editor taking a tough 
iglap at a staff member, possibly 
pever before matched in American 
Journalism, will make Journalistic 
bletory on that fact alone. It con- 
cerns Emil Gauvreau's latest novel, 
his second writing-along those lines, 
titled 'Scandal Monger' which, in its 
Baddy Radcliffe character, makes 
little pretext it Is other than a coun- 
terpart of Walter Wlnchell, In the 
course of the novel, however, ■Wln- 
chell is mentioned in a favor^.ble 
light, with one passagf where the 
m.e. character of the book chlded 

; RadcUfCe that he'll 'never be an- 
other Walter Wlnchell,' As in their 
days on ,the no^ defunct Bernarr 

. Macfadden tabloid, the N. Y.' 'Eve- 
ning Graphic' Gauvreau is: again 
Wir.chell's managing editor on the 
N.. Y. 'Mirror' (A. J. Kobier> a.m. 
%a.i>j, Wlnchell doing his Broadway 
columhlzlng. 

. Unsubtlety of . the novel's thinly 
disguised characterizations^ includ- 
ing actual'use of. the language about 
which ' Wincheli has made so much 
to-do 'on numerous occasions, as 
having been . coined or popularized 
by him, miakes the . reader wonder 
why Gauvreau didn*t call his col- 
uipnlst-hero ( ?) Wlnchell, by name, 
arid forego any pretext at flctlon- 
izing. It Almost reads like an auto- 
biography, or at least so fseeihs the 
Intent. 

Gauvreau identifies himself In the 
book as Gastion, the enterprising 
Canuck- American editor, who dis- 
covered and 'made' the Broadway 
columnist, etc. Ciauvreau*s first 
newspaper novel was 'Hot^ News.' 

Unlike the Macfadden days, A. 
Kobler now reads, copy on Wlnchell. 
and not Gauvreau. That*s l»y the 
columnist's request. In the book is 
recounted an episode of the m.e. 
purposely passing copy knowing it 
would cause trouble. Wincheli, in 
actuality, while invariably, taking 
chances, and with a passion for ac- 
curacy in detail, proper credit, etc., 
which penchant he has developed 
into something of a credo, has nat- 
urally been chary of too long 
chances, : particularly in view of his 
bwr. strained Intra-offlce relations 
In the 'Mirror' editorial rooms. This 
difference of opinion with his m.ie. 
and also his publisher,- Kobler, is 
not!.unknown, having been carried 
out to the degree where Wincheli 
must pay for his own stenog. 

'S<!andal .Monger,' like the Rlan 
Jaihes novel, 'Loudmouth,' is out- 
epoken in many other details, sev- 
eral of them rather innocuous a.nd 
a couple of spots quite pregnant 
with personal spleen. James, inci- 
dentally, is another Wincheli feudist 
arising from the latter columnist 
figuratively slapping James' . wrist 
because t?-',' Brooklyn 'Eagle' col- 
umnist (James) allegedly adopted 
8ome of the Wlnchelllan and otheir 
journalistic Ideas and items. 

The Gauvreau novel Is said to 
have reacted In Wlnchell's favor, as 
ICobler and Wlnchell are now 
friendlier than ever before. It's the 
first time in months that the coir 
umhist iand his publisher have been 
in such amicable accord with pre- 
vious attempts to break contracts, 
etc. Legal opinion to Wincheli is 
said to be that his managing editor's 
novel Is sufficient grounds for a 
contract breach, but with Kobler's 
Bwltch-over to Wlnchell's side it 
makes it jake for the columnist. 

Kobler is reported to have stopped 
Gauvreau's column, out of the 
'Mirror' since Sept. 26, as the re- 
sult of their squabbles which have 
nothing to do with Wlnchell. Gauv- 
reau's explanation is supposed to 
be that Arthur Brisbane had' it 
stopped for alleged reasons of Jeal- 
ousy. Kobler's insistence, has al- 
xvays been that while Hearst 
financed him, W. R. has nothing to 
do with the 'Mirror.' Conslderlrig 
that . Brisbane could • have, squawked 
long ago, if there was any profes- 
sional jealousy. Is mentioned by 
Kobleritcs who credit the publisher 
with thus arbitrarily chastizing his 
ni.e. who prided himself o . that col- 
umn of topical comment in the Bris- 
bane style. 

Wincheli, in taking no cognizance 
of 'Scandal Monger,' merely men- 
tions that he still is bound to Simon 
& Schuster for a book which Is now 
three years overdue. When he does 
finally get to It. he'll hare his In- 
ninffa between covers. 



German- American Weekly 

. A> new German-American weekly 
with a fraternal angle bows in 
shortly. Spon.sors o£ the publication, 
to be known as 'Dor Fuhrer,' claims 
to have an advance paid-in circula- 
tion or nearly 8,000. 

Ilc.Kl Jr MJjrrl.s Oro.ssflfld, also an 
attorney. J5rtilori.il content will be 
in both fiermfin and English. 



'Guest' Detectives 



Farrar & RInehart has an 
Idea by which It hopes to stir . 
up Interest In its detective fic- 
tion, being Issued at the rate 
of one book a month. Plan is 
a 'Guest Detective' for each of 
the ■ books,' the Idea being for 
some notable to read the story' 
in advance' of piublicatlon and 
make known hbw socin he or 
she can discover the story's 
culprit. 

First of the Guest Detectives . 
Is Alice Brady. Miss Brady 
picked the murderer within 
160 pages of the book Gub- 
mltted, not so good from a 
sales, viewpoint because' the 
test of a detective story is the 
failure to pick the guilty per- 
son until the last chapter. 

However, F. & R. Is honest 
about Miss Brady's prowess as 
a picker -outer of murderers In 
fiction. 



Knopf's Xmaa Effort 

Alfred A. Knopf will attempt to 
cut in on the Christmas greeting 
card trade with small books of 
poems bound in paper and Intended 
to serve the same purpose Pieces 
will be called Borzoi Chapbp6k.s. 
and will be supplied with envelopes 
for mailing. To seU at 50 cents. 

Not entirely a new Idea, Knopf 
admits, as it was quite the vogue 
to mail books, of poems for Christ- 
mas greetings a century back. That, 
of course/ was before J. P. McEyoy 
turned to writing greeting cards. 
Sxit Knopf is not McEvoy's pub- 
lisher, and, besides, Knopf has a 
warm spot In his heart for poetry, 
haying been a poet once himself. 

Knopf has short poems by Sieg- 
fried Sassoori, Sara Teasdale, Arch-. 
Ibald MacLelsh and Sylvia Towns- 
end Warner for the first of his 
Borzoi Chapbooks. 



Morgan's $22,500 Guarantee 

Further Info on the deal by which 
Charles Morgan, author of the cur- 
rent best seller, 'The Fountain,' goes 
to Macmlllan with his next novel, 
Is that Morgain Is guaranteed $22,- 
600 by Macmlllan for three books. 

For Macmlllan It means that-each 
of the forthcoming Morgan books 
must 'sell 35,000 copies before ..the 
publisher will see anything at ;alL 
That sales figure is big in Itself 
and not often reached. 

Now, reported, too, that Morgan 
asked Knopf, the 'Fountain' pub- 
lisher, to meet the Macnilllan offer 
but Knopf couldn't see It. 



Monthly Giveaway 
New family mag, a giveaway, em- 
bodying various advertising tie-ups. 
Is being projected by A. J. De (bas- 
tro. Ofinces have been established 
In New York, with a staff already 
at work. 

Title will be 'Every MOnth.' Dis- 
tribution win be sectional with 
state lines as borders. Mag will 
first be Introduced In Connecticut, 
then Massachusetts. Ultimately It 
will take In every state east of the 
Mississippi. 

Subject matter will range from 
fiction to cross-word puzzles, with 
Randall M. White editing. The free 
distribution will be directly to the 
home with the advertising tie-ups 
to vary with each state. These 
won't be disclosed until definitely 
contracted for. 



Coast Banquet 

Authors now In Hollywood will 
attend a banquet being givien at 
The Writers Club, Oct. 6; Rupert 
Hughes will toastmaster. 

Scheduled to be present are: Vlcki 
laum, Frank Condon, Robert Bench- 
ley, Richard Boleslavsky, ' Bartlett 
Cormack, Vina Delmar, Homer Croy, 
Corey Ford, John Emerson, Zarie 
Grey, Anita Loos, Hamlin Garland, 
Cha-rles Mac Arthur, Cyril Hume. 
Max Miller, Gouverneur Morris, Up- 
ton Sinclair, Donald Ogden Stewart, 
Nina Wilcox Putnum, Fulton. Ours- 
ier, Robert E, Sherwood, Bayard 
A'eiller and Maurlne Watklns. 

fll^iir's Plans 

Pretentious plans for a new book 
pub.ilshing company occupying but 
a single desk Ls that of Coventry 
House, organized by Adam Elair. 
Blair Is working out of a public 
steno's office where he occupies a 
desk when there. 

New book, publisher will begin 
activities this month with no less 
than six books as a starter. Will 
be limited editions, a' few new, the 
balance reprints. .Some of them 
spicy. 

Coventry. House no,t in the open 
market for manuscripts just yet. 



L I T E RATI 



Best Seller Short on Money 

Axel Munthe, author qL. 'The 
Story of St. Michele,' told a 'Va- 
riety' correspondent that his book, 
although a best sieller in 12 coun- 
tries, had been a financial failure. 
He is independently wesilthy and 
had set up a fund from the receipts 
of the book to be used in Stock- 
holm to help the blind and various 
protective societies for animals and 
birds. 

Entire fund was invested in one 
of the Kreuger concerns and was 
lost In the crash. Now, Munthe lias 
to make this sum good and has de- 
cided to let DuttOn's put out his 
new book, 'The Missing Pages f rorn 
the Story of St. Michele.' Munthe 
was. for 38 years the personal ,phy- 
slclan to the late Queen of j5w*eden. 

Since publication of the first book 
he has received more than 5,000 fan 
letters from America and over 2^000 
Aniericana have gone to Capri to 
find St. Michele. As a result he has 
moved to a tower on the other side 
of the island where he refuses to 
greet autograph, hunters! 



.Gibbons' Foursome 

Floyd Gibbons may loom big on 
the publishers' lists this winter. 
Gibbons has turned over to Jim 
Geller, of the Morris office, three 
book length collections of his pieces 
for disposal. He is also putting to- 
gether- a fourth. 

■Two of the volumes are of pieces 
GlbtNons has done on the air, revised' 
arid with the advertising credits 
eliminated. They are called 'Adven- 
tures in Science' ;and 'Headline 
Hunters.' The third ^s 'Station 
•TNT,' not as yet broadcast/ Fourth 
book is a number of short biogs on 
outstanding Heroes of the war. No 
title for this one as yet. 

Butterick's Trade Sheets 

Butterick's^ two trade papers, 
'Good Hardware* and 'Progressive 
Grocer,* formerly grouped in the 
publishing cori(ipany*s trade division, 
have been disassociated from the 
organiziatlon for purpose of special- 
ized operation. 

Only the fashion mag and its af- 
filia.tes will be issued under the lim- 
ited Butterick Co. name hereafter. 
Butterlck Business Publications has 
been formed to handle the two trade 
papers. 

Guide for Girls 

' Helen Hoerle, who collaborated 
on 'The Girl and Her Job,' now ap- 
pears as the solo author of 'The Girl 
and Her Future' (Harrison Smith 
and Robert Haas), In which 80 em- 
ployment possibilities are discussed 
in 356 pages. 

Scarcely more than a brief out- 
line of any one endeavor, but prob- 
ably helpful to the girl who- would 
select a career. An ample list of 
credits Indicates that Miss Hoerle 
has been exhaustive In her re- 
search, bringing to the volume %t]« 
latest Information In lines of en- 
deavor ranging from . aviation to 
manicuring plus the phases of the 
stage and pictures. 

Hearst Chicago Merger?. 

Reports were vigorous In Chicago 
last week that the often-hypoth- 
Icated merger of the 'Herald-Ex- 
aminer,' Hearst morning sheet, and 
the 'American' would soon come off. 
Dropping of Ashton Stevens and 
Jess Kreuger's column was taken 
as first omens. 

Story, unconflrmable, was that a 
new paper with all-day editions 
would be styled the 'Herald- Amer- 
ican' and use but one staff instead 
of two with the separate sheets at 
present. 

Recent establishment of one art 
and photographic departhient ' to 
serve both piapers lent further sup- 
port to the report. 



Sampliner as Distributor 

Paul H. Sariipliner, who left the 
Eastern Distributlnjg Corp; when 
that mag distributor went Into the 
hands of a receiver two weeks ago, 
ha.s formed his own distributing or- 
ganization, the Independent News 
Co. ■■■■■ ■ 

First periodicals ' taken on by 
Sampliner are the Merlwell mags, 
numbering lour. Sampliner expects 
to obtain a number of other publi- 
cations formerly handled by East- 
ern. 



. Campbell's Interview . 

Jack Campbell, newspaperman, 
had his red headed mugg on page 
one of the 'Dagens Nyheter,' Stock- 
holm dally. He had come up from 
Paris for the purpose Of Interview- 
ing Greta Garbo, if possible, and 
had ma'Je the contact which, to the 
mind of the Swedish dally, made 
him Impbrtario' enough for an in- 
terview. 

Campbell obliged for a column 
and a half on «hOw biz- In New 



ten it in one word. 



Al Smith's lat 'Outlook' 

Probably more Interest In that 
first issue of 'New Outlook,' out 
last week, than in any mag in recent 
ytars, all directly due to the politi- 
cal sij^nlficance of having Al Smith 
edit a paper of this kind, publisher 
is Friank, A. Tlchenor v/ho came 
Into the publishing field via the 
'Plumbers Trade Journal' arid' w*ent 
from that to acquisition of; 'The 
Spur/ a class society mag. Now, 
with the new mag, his Is possibly 
•the most versatile publishing house 
In the country. , 

Printers were told to knock out 
500,000 copies of . the first issue of 
!New (Outlook' and advertisers- were 
guaranteed 200,000 circulation. Inl 
ihe first Issue, outside of Al Smlth'3 
editorship and pironucianiento, there 
are articles by Owen D. . Yourig, : 
Henry Ward Beecher, Robert "Wag- 
ner, and Archibald Roosevelt, among 
others of political note, while H. I. 
Philips handles a humorous piece. 

A new department is called 'To 
See or Not to See' and consists of 
brief and tabloid reviews pt plays 
and films, with the two not sepa- 
rated in any way. Department Is 
edited by Cy Caldwell. 



Hitching Side-Tracked 

L, L. Hitching, the London 'Dally 
Express' dramatic critic, brought 
down from 'up North,' has been 
switched oyer to the 'Express' eve- 
ning edition, the 'Standard,' where 
he will do general work. 

It was hop6d when Hitching made 
his appearance in London, the 'Ex- 
press* would have a successor to 
Swaffer. Several of them were tried 
outi and finally Hitching got the as- 
slgnmerit: He started off slugging 
shows, and it waan*t long before 
they began to put the brakes on 
him. He is succeeded on the 'Ex- 
press' by Ewart Hodg.son, film 
critic. 



Crowell's Book-Lengths 

Book length novels to be serial- 
ized In the Crowell publications, 
'Woman's Home Companion' and 
'The American,' within the next 12 
months inelude: 'Star Magic/ by 
Channing Pollock; 'Love and the 
Lieutenant,' by Robert . Chambers: 
'Merchant Prince,' by Ursula Par- 
rott; 'Walls of Gold,' by Kathleen 
Norrls ; 'Beggars , All,' by Katherlne 
N. Burt; 'Guardians of the Desert,' 
by Toni Gill, and untitled novels by 
Dorothy Canfleld, DuBose Hey- 
ward, Gieorge Weston, Frances 
Noyes Hart, B. Phillips Oppen- 
heim and Kathleen Norrls (a sec- 
ond story). 

Charlie Chaplin's 'Own Story' is 
also to appear in one of these mag- 
azines shortly. 

Another for Parents 

. Gieorge J. Hecht, publisher of 
'Parents' Magazine,' will get out an- 
other of similar type for the New 
York area , arid for seasonal publi- 
cation only. 

Title of the new one will be 'The 
>tetropolltan Mothers' .Guide.' It 
win be published from. October to 
June to take in the school period. 
Misig will be of the so-called class 
type, with its f .ipeal directed at 
mothers of children attending pri- 
vate schools! 

Clara .Savage Liltledale, the 'Parr 
ent.s* Magazine' editor,: will act In 
the name capacity for the compan- 
ion publication. 



Julia Shawell's Film Novel 

Julia Shawell, former m.p. critic 
on the now defunct New York 
'Graphic,' has Just flnlshed a novel 
on Hollywood entitled 'Pillow Slips.* 
Publication arrangements not yfet 
complete. 

Miff Shawell h;if) al.10 jiml wound 
up a MerleH of iO artirle.s (in film- 
dom for T'lttoriul J^r'View.* .She is 
also (Idinp Home ■ writing for 
'Liherty.' 



VARIETY 47 



Back to Belleville, Canada, where 
he spent his youth and from whence 
he went out into the wOrld to win 
fame in literature, journalism and 
statesmanship, came Sir Gilbert 
Parker on Sept. 28. 

In the small Ontario town where 
the 'tribute of a nation was paid by 
church and state. Sir Gilbert's body 
was burled as 19 high dignitaries 
of the church took part.in the fune- 
ral service. Present were Premier 
Bennett of Canada and many cabi- 
net ministers. One of the incidents, 
of the funeral was the attendance 
of the surviving members of a class 
he had taught in a near-by village. 
•These riumbered; 15. 

The Canadian novelist, first from 
the Dominion to gain world wide 
recognition, died in London, • Eng- 
land, on Sept. 6 of a heart attack. 
He y^as 70. 

Migrating at a time wlieri a lit- 
erary career could not be iriade a 
profession ii( Canada, he was, at the 
time; of his death, Canada's most 
distinguished literary expatria.t«, Hci 
was honored with three.djD£M$r*i9 de- 
grees, a knighthood and a baronetcy 
and was elected to the British Horise 
of Commons and the Privy CbunclL 



■ Real Names of Authors 

Ellery Queen, author of 'The 
Egyptian Cross Mystery,* is behind 
the mask which his publisher makes 
him don for publicity purposes 
Manfred Lee. Faith Baldwin, whose 
newest book is 'Myra,' is Mrs. Hugh 
Hamlin Cuthrell. And Princess Der 
Ling, who wrote 'Golden Phoenix,' 
is Mrs. Thaddeue C. 'VVhite. 

Identity Queered . 

Baltimore 'Sun's' explanation as 
to why the paper ousted its former 
political correspondent in; Washing- 
ton is said to be not because ot an7- 
concern with "Washington Merry- 
Go-Round,' as a co-authipr, but al- 
legedly because his identity closed 
the political 'news channels to the 
scribe. This made him of limited 
value to the paper as a capital rep. 

The other political writer who 
was later identified as collaborator 
with the. 'Sun's' newspaperman lost 
his Job at about the same time. No 
explanation known, although the 
book was alleged to have had little 
to do with it. 



Denver Editor Dies 

John B, Day, city, editor Denver 
.'Post,' 43, died following an emer« 
gency operation. He is survived by 
wife and three daughters. His 
brother is managing editor of the 
'Post'. Funeral services were held 
at the church where he was bap- 
tized and married. 

City editor of the 'Post' eleven 
years, he started In the newspaper 
gam^ as copy boy In Denver. 

Lountbury Weda 

George F. Lounsbury, associate 
editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, 
and Mrs. Margaret Seyler, Milwau- 
kee, were married at Rockford^ Bl, 
Sept. 27. 

Mft Lounsbury was for several 
years publicity director for the Da- 
vidson and Majestic theatre.^, iMilr 
waukee, following his resignation as 
drama editor on the old Evening 
'Wisconsin.' • 



S-S'e Scientific Monthly 

Street & Smith, oldest of the pulp 
mag publishers, will issue a non- 
fiction magazine for the first time 
in Its history. Innovation is a scien- 
tific monthly to be called 'Progress.' 

Austin C. Lescarboura, former 
editor of the 'Scicintifio Airierlcan,' 
is said to have sold the idea to 
Street & Smith. Le.scarhoura will' 
edit 'Progress.' 

Witstach, the Fifth 
John Wllstach joins the literary 
colony on the island of Majorca, 
.south of Barcelonai, Spain, this 
winter, «SilIng with his wife, the 
former Evelyn ('Follies') Morton. 
(Continued on page C4) 



48 



VARIETY 



RADIO 



Tuesdeiy, October 4, 1932' 



k Progr^ 

Periods on the air for the first tim$, or resuming oonuneroially 



TUESDAY, OCT. 4 
'Lady Esther Serenade' ' (NBC) 
Lady Esther cosmetics starts Wayne 
King's band on a once-weekly eve- 
ning series In addition to the Sun- 
day matinee eessloh,. .Originates 
from Chicago, coming , through 
WEAF, N. Y., 8.30 to, 9 p.m., EST. 
WEDNESDAY, OCT. B 

'Captain Diamond' (CBS). Dra- 
matic sketch sponsored by General 
Foods for Diamond Crystal Salt. 
Originates from WABC, N. Y., 8 to 
8.30 p.m. Hookup limited to N. Y., 
Boston, Springfield, Baltimore, 
Rochester, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 
Detroit, Cincinnati. 

'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' 
(NBC); G. Washington Coffee re- 
turns the serial to the air over , the 
basic blue, Canadian, Mountain and 
Orange (west coast) links and 
KFDS and KTAR. Originating from 
WEAF, N. Y., 9 to 9.30 p.m., EST. 

The Shadow' (NBC). Blue Coal, 
the neV sponsor for this mystery 
serial; will give It' 9. link of 12 east-,, 
ern stations for a 30-week run. 
Originating; from WEAF, N. Y., 8 to 
8.80 p.m., EST. 

THURSDAY, OCT.. 6 , 

'Maxwell House Shdvi^boat' (NBC). 
Presented by ■ General Foods with 
Charles Wlnnlnger, Hall Johnson 
choir, . Jyles. Bledsoe, . Lanny Ross, 
January and Molasses,- Annette 
. Henshaw, Don Vorh^ss ' Orch. a,hd 
dramatic cast ' of five;. Hookup of 64 
stations. Originates from WJZ, N. 
Y., 9 to 10 p.m., EST. 

•Oriental Moods': (CBS). Cali- 
fornia Walnut Qro'rtrers' Association 
presents a serial dramatization of 
the life, .and. philosophy of : Omar 
Khayyam, with; Raymond Paige di- 
recting a . 30-piece orchestra, . pver 
34 stations. Originates fron> Los 
Angeles and: comes thfough WA6C, 
N. Y., i9.30 to. lb p.m., EST. 

'Radio Household indtiliite' (NBC):' 
Centaur Go. (Fletcher'a CeLstoria) 
presents a 13-weeIc series of dra-< 
inatlc. .sketches framed around the 
firopericare of children. Originat- 
ing from WJZ, .N. ,Y., 11.30 to li.45 

'Dfiath Valley Days' (NBCj)'. For 
Its third 'consecutive Reason this 
fcwweekly 'Old Ranger' aeries returns 



BADIO'S . 
WBLCOME 
BBLATlbli 



UNCLE DON 




On 

WOR 6 P.M. 

Evisry 
Eyening 
Except 
: Sunday 



Isham 
Jones 



Currently at the. , 
Hollywood Restaurant 
New York 
Indefinitely 



under the bankrolling of the Borax 
Cd. Orlglriatlng from WJZ, N. Y., 
9 to 9.30 p. m. EST. 

SUNDAY, OCT. 9 
'Musical Memories' (CBS). Spon- 
sored by the Investors Syndicate of 
JUlnneapolia. Originating from Chi- 
cago, with Thora Matrons, mezzo- 
contralto; Phil Porter field, baritone: 
the. Four Norsemen quartet and 
Frank Westphal orchestra, and 
clearing through WABC, N. Y,, 7:30 
to 7:46 p.m., EST. 

: MONDAY, OCT. 10 
'Sally and Bob' (NBC). General 
Mills (Bisquik) has this script show 
set from Monday to Friday, Inclu- 
sive, over the basic blue, with the 
program clearing through WEAF, 
N. Y;, 3 to 3:16 p/m., EST, 
SUNDAY, OCT. 16 
'Fond Recollections' (CBS). Dr. 
Miles Laboratories (AlkaSeltzer) 
sponsors this one, with Frederic 
Landis, the 'Hoosler. Editor,' Ger- 
trude Lut^i, soprano; Four Norse- 
men Quartet and a studio combo. 
Originating WBBM, Chicago. 3:46 
to 4 p. m., CST. 



Warehouse OpeniAg 

They're now ubing radio 
named to help dedicate a 
wholesale grocery company's 
new wa.rehouse. . Happened 
over In Perth Amboy, N. J., 
with the Greenspan Bros.,, the 
celebrating food product dls- 
trlbs. 

Hellman's Mayonnaise sent 
Jones and Hare to the party, 
while: National Biscuit con- . 
tributed King Kill Kare; 
MaxweU House Coffee, Lanny 
Ross; Tastyeast Company, 
the Tastyeast ' Jesters; and 
Royal Baking Company, Ward 
Wilson. 



Blackelt-Saiiiple Kid 
Shoves Crowd Twilight 
Periods in Chicago 

. Chicago, Oct. 3. 

Elackett Sample Hummei't, leader 
among advertising agencies In point 
of. radio 'activity, will have 'a solid" 
sequence of kid programs on Chi - 
chgo "stiatlorts froni" 6:15 fo 6:30 
every evening dtirlng Octoberi Three 
of • the ■ programs 'are experimental. 
These are as follows: 
B : 15 — 'J»enrod . ahd • Sam' ori radio 
discs five nights a week fi-om KYW 
on . behalf of Phillips' Magnesia, also 
sponsor of the Ahe Lyman pro- 
grams. This is also being tedted In 
•Detroit and 'Rochester. 

6 } 30^|Skfppy,' network over NlBC 
for Wheatena; 

5:45— 'Little Orphan Annie,' orig- 
inating . over WGN, Chicago, and 
a.dding 10 stations this week for a, 
network of around 30 outlets! 

6 ; OO-^'Captaln Ja<ik,'' new local 
program, WBEiff, for 'Jelke. ' 

6:15— 'Secret Three,' frona WGN 
for Three Minute Cereal as a test. 

Blackett, Sample, Hummert has 
from 10 to. 12 pr.ogranis on the air 
dally. . .They are one of the most 
receptive of the agencies, also, to- 
ward Chicago origination of pro- 
grams. 



A6GY. TAKES BOASBEBG 

Al Boasberg . Has been' signed to 
write exclusively for the Blackett- 
Semple - Hummert advertising 
agency. 

He will work In New York under 
Ed Conne, the radio program plot- 
ter, who handles many of the B-S- 
H accounts. 



Dentrifice in Chi 

, ■ Chicago, Oct. 3. 

Salomint, St; Louis toothpaste 
firm. Is Ijivadlng the north: Two 
local programs will be used In Chi- 
cago. Studio orchestra will be 
used" over WMAQ while WAAF, day 
time dtatlont gets a contract for a 
canned program. 

McJunkins handles the account. 



50 PROGRAMS CURRENT 
IN COAST DRAMA BQOM 

San Francisco, Oct. 3. 

Dramatic peoplie who tried to sell 

sketches to western radio a few 
yiears ago are now pointing signi- 
ficantly to the present boom period 
of dramatic programs on the air. 

West, following the eastern, lead, 
has gone drama. There are 60 such 
weekly programs' on NBC's' two lo- 
cal stations, KGO, KPO and CBS' 
KFIrc;, aa compared tq the ipeagre 
handful two years ago,,. now 25 of 
these 60 . dramatic, periods a,re paid 
tor by advertisers. 

KGO has 19 of the, 60... . Of these, 
14. are sponsored. - And. o^ the .19 
offerings 10, originate In the. west. 
.Laiter Ifnclude 'LlttljO Orphan An- 
nie,' 'Wheatenayllle,' bomlnlo: .Club, 
the : Buckairoos, 'Memory. Lan^*'' 
Shakespearean . playSi Western 
Farm and Horne hour, .'.Golden ,Stiite. 
Family Robinson' ahd 'Dr. , Dick." . 

Seventeen dramatlo programs go 
out over KPO. Two are sponsored. 
And 12 originate on the Coast. They 
are 'Bible Stories,' 'Dixie Menforles,' 
'Life of RelUys,'. 'Tarzan of Apes,' 
'Cecil and Sally^ 'Man Who . Laughs,' 
'Story .Teller,' 'One Man's Family,'. 
Simpy. and Glawdys, 'Pigskin Rq- 
-mancea,' Star Book 1 series and 
'Medicine Show.' ' 

KFRC has 13 programs, all. but 
three sponsoreid.' Seven are . western. 
Latter are 'H-O - Rangers,? . Eb and 
Zeb| Eno : Crime . Club, 'Gridiron 
Ghosts,' 'Between- doal Posts,' 
•Sklppy' and tJhartdu.' ■ 

The 60 . perlodls don't : Include 
Amos 'n' Andy*, : Myrt and ' Marge, 
Lucky Strike police yarns, March 
of "tlmel and other .eastern network 
features also received hefe. 'Neither 
do they include the sketches and 
serials broadcast by other local sta- 
tions, all of whom have at l^ast one 
such offering each day. 

Drama boom Is a windfall to. the 
numerous Coast legit and stock peo- 
ple,' most of whom are hoW doing 
their stuff before a mike. Instead 
of footlights. 



-Announcing- 



H. Leopold Spitalny 

Radio Presentations 

Wurlitzer Building 
329 South Wabash Avenue 
Chicago 

Telephone Harrison 6060 



A complete program and talent service, 
embriacing all forms of entertainment-— 
orchestral, instrumental, vocal, dramatic; 
sketches, variety shows, outstanding 
stage personalities. Program planning, 
program building, program supervision— 
under personal direction of H. Leopold 
Spitalny: — a type of service heretofore 
unaVaiiable In the Middle West. You are 
'cordially Invited to visit our new studios. ' 



Fleischmann's Vande Ideas 
b Reyised Program PoGcy 



. Flelschmann Yeast with next 
Thursday's (6) program turns 
vaude on a big scale. Rudy .Vallee 
continues, but a new five or six- 
act isupport show . wlU be booked 
each week. 

Lineup .for Thursday'er session 
takes in Block and Sully, Greta 
Keller, a hlHblll|y g^rl trio, Otis 
Skinner, Cornelia. Otis Skinner and 
other turns not yet' booked. . 

Account Wants, to use Bal>e Ruth 
to inaugurate the ' revise^ policy^ 
providing the World Series sched- 
ule permits. 



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RADIO CHATTEII 



East 



Jimmy WalHngton of NBC did the 
mike honors oh a program during 
a flying visit to his old stand, WQT, 
Schenectady. 

Rev. Nelson Roy den Rand, who 
adapts bibUcal episodes and heads 
a cast presenting them over WGY, 
Schenectady, now represented on 
book market by 'Biblical Dramas.' 

FRC denied request of WHP, 
Harrlsburg, Pa., to broadcast a pro- 
gram without announcing . the use 
of transcriptions, w:here discs and 
artlsts-ln-person were mixed. 

WCAC, Storrs, Conn., wants to 
up daytime power from 260 to 600 

Big surprise. In Baltimore Is the 
Lord Baltimore hotel switching af- 
flUatlon from the NBC outlet, 
WFBR, to the CBS affiliate, WCAO. 
It breaks up an alliance of more 
tha^ two years. 

Jack Bailey, announcer at WAPI, 
Birmingham, Is to become manager 
of WODX, Mobile, taken over, by 
Bill; Pape. also operator of WAPI. 



Mid-West 



Linda Parker, with Cumberland 
Ridge Runners, and Art Janies, with 
the 'Ma;ple City Four, both of Wis, 
Chicago, broke! down and confessed 
they were married in June. '• •'' 
Lou . ' Warrieckei Chicago Gub 
pitcher^ attending a Saturday night 
session of the WLS barn dance, re- 
turiied a rubber ball tossed to him 
hy- Hiram . Hlgsby .with . such torcei. 
that Hlrami had to buy a new derby. 

Western spbrts announcers 'spt 
the : breaks over New York oh both 
networks for the World's Sdtles. 
CBS had Bo b El son, WGN, and Pat 
Flahnagan, WBBM, . teamed, "with 
Ted' Housing, while NBC took 
WMAQ's Hal .Totten and Tom Manr 
nlng of WTAM, Cleveland, to sup- 
port Graham McNamee. 

WPAD, Paducah, Ky., Is askihg 
for an increase In piower from 100 
to 25a watts. 

: f!RC granted permission ' for 
,WJMS, Ironwood, Mich., to change 
hours of operation from daytime 
only to unlimited. 

WIAS. Ottumwa, Ja.., has been 
given the facilities of KSO and In- 
creased hours to unlimited. 

■ increase In daytime power from 
100 to 250 wtttts has been granted 
KW'CB, Cedar Rapids, la. ' ■;■ 



West 



Following the Ifead of KNX, tjie 
CBS outlet In Los Anteles, KHJ, Is 
now allowing prices to be mentioned 
on ievenlng broeulcasts. Heretofore^, 
price announcements had been re- 
stricted to day-time announcements. 

Paul Newland, KHJ baritone, 
changed his name to Corey Kent, 
but it's back again to the original. 

Vplney James again m. c.'sing at 
KMTB. 

Intermountaln Broadcasting Corp. 
of Ogden, Utah« requesting con- 
struction permit for new 500-watt 
station, and facilities of KLO. 

Stay order issued by Court of Ap- 
peals , holds In abeyance FRC per- 
mission for KICK, Red Oak, la., to 
move to Carter Lake, la. 

Reversing Chief Examiner. Ellis 
A. Yost, FRC has denied a new per- 
mit for 100-watt station to Gus- 
tav A. Jenkins of Antonito, Colo. 

KGPP, Portland, Ore., police sta- 
tion,: Is seeking to' increase power 
to 600 watts. 

KGML, Billings, Mont., has re- 
ceived authorization to move studio 
locally, install new equipment and 
Increase daytime power to 2,500 
watlts. 

William Andrews new assistant 
to Jennings Pierce, chief announcer 
for NBC, Frisco. Andrews replaces 
Cecil Underwood, promoted to pro- 
ductlon manager. . 



Let out by NBC, Frisco, Sept. 24, 
Tom Mitchell returns .to the net- 
work Oct. 10, doing his singing and 
planolng In early a.m. spots instead 
ot the ace, hlght periods he previ- 
ously filled. 

New. comedy program entitled 
'Fun Factory' la a daily n'oontlhid 
attraction on WLS, Chicago. It's 
sustaining.. 



South 



WEHC, Emory ; and Henly Col- 
lege, Emory, Va., seeking permis- 
sion to move to Charlottesville, Va; 

W. W. McAllister has sold KMAC, 
San AntonlOr Tex., to Walmac Co., 
Inc. . ■' 

J. B. Richards of Pine Bluff,. Ark., 
petitioned FRQ for new 260rwatt 
station permits 

^johh THot-wald of WRR, Dallas, 
back from . Hollywood. 

Irene. Taylor got her start war- 
bling with Jack Gardner's band I'h 
Dallas. 

. Andrew .Quattlebaum, ex-NBC 
tenor, loc&ting' a music studio In- 
Dallas. J 

Tleup with -KTRH, Houston, puts 
the local headline RKO act, ; playing.- 
the MajestlCi' on . the air in a half 
hour program. Sunday nights. , 

'Woman's. ,Ci\^b Hour;': conducted, 
by Ola Beaubl^n, newspaper club 
editor, has been resumed 'bijr KTRtii. 
Houston-' " ' < 

Lfedtk klder, ' radio • ed of the 
Hoilston' 'Ohrorilcle,' . Tjack frorti' -a ■ 
trip to New Mexico and Kansas. 
City. • • • - • ., ■ . V. 

WHAS . settled dimcultles with.: 
unions. ,.; . i- . . . ■ .... 




APiano • 




,vbic€ « A Guitar 



<A»p. pis .BCBAP B009) 



it YOU LISTiENIN'7 



WABC 
Dally at 9:30 A. DC 
I'm Ifiiroaaoln' 
"A Pair of Red Heads" 
Peguy Keenan & Sondra Phillips 



R YOU WATCHIN'? 



O. L. OZ 

Associated with 

JENIE JACOBS 

1614 Broadway. Mow York 
' ' Phone CoIambDS '6-1930 

Exclusively Booking .RKO 



JOHN 



SHEYLIH 

(TENOR) 
Featured on the Sweetlieart Soap 
p^OKram every Wednesday, 11:40 
A.U., WJZ. 

Manasement ot ' 
NBC A»T»ST ttPREAU . 





Former Heavy Stiender 
Cutting Down This Yr. 

AfUllated Products, drug and cos- 
metic distributing combine, will 
most likely only return one of Its 
products to the network airplanes 
this season. Jocur Wa-ve Set Is the 
single . member of the group being 
readied, with a variety show the 
choice on a: Sunday night schedule 
over CBS. Debut date Will be 
either Oct. 16 or 23. Last year 
Afllllated Products Spent over 
$1,000,000 with NBC alone. 
. Louis PhllHpe lipstick has al- 
ready been given the radio disc 
route. Edna Wallace Hopper 
cream Is also set for spot broad- 
casting on the shellacked platter, 
with the account possibly going In. 
for a Sunday night session over 
either of the chains latet in the 
season. Chances of Klssproof 
spending any money on thie air this 
year looks slim. 



K U Z N E 
KIC 



and 



IT Z O F F 
O L I H A 



STEERO" Program, Wednesaays, 10:15 a.m., WEAF 



30TII CONSECUTIVE WEEK 



I GENE and GLENN I 

QPIHI (JAKE and LENA) ■■1^ 

QVAkEtf OATS COMPANY 

Dally 8 A. M., NBC RED NBTWORIC ■ ■ I 

STANDiUtD OIL COMPANT -III 

Dally 6:46 P. M.. B.S.T., WTAM-^CLBVELAND II I 

Dally 7:16 P. M.. E.3.T., WLW— CINCINNATI I | I 



THOSE THREE IX>VEIiT VOICES 
IN I'BRFECT HARMONY 

KELLER SISTERS and LYNCH 

5th MONTH— WOR— 3 TIMES WEEKLY 

7:15 P. H., Monday — ^Wednesday-Saturday 
PfrmtloB PHIL TYRrLL 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



R A D B O 



VARIETY 



49 



ASCAP HAND-OUT TO PRESS 



BILL MURRAY 
OUT OF NBC 



"William Murray Is out as director 
of popular entertainment In the 
NBC Artists iServlce; Murray 
-found his notice, taking effect Im- 
mediately, iii his hotel mailbox 
when he turned In Saturday (1) 
night. It was signed by George En- 
gels, v.p. In charge of the booking 
bureau, with the order coming from 
farther up the line. 

Recent realignment of top title 
Holders, with George McClelland 
moving out as v.p. In charge of gen- 
eral operations to make room for 
Richard C. Patterson, who resigned 
ae Commissioner of Corrections of 
the City of New York, is said to 
have had something to do with the 
change. Murray joined the net- 
work's talent bureau June 1. For- 
mer corir.eotion' had been with the 
now dissolved Judson Radio Pro- 
gram Corj>. 

Patterson started his duties yes- 
terday (3)^ McClelland becomes as- 
sistant to the NBC president, M. H. 
Aylesworth. whose duties, of late, 
however, have been more active on 
the RKO end, as ^ president of that 
corporation, McClelland's new post 
is specially created. It was last 
filled by G. W. Johnetoiie when he 
stepped up from press relations 
manager to become Aylesworth's 
chief aid, but later returned to ac- 
tively manage the NBC press dept., 
although Frank Mason has since 
come In as v.p. on public relations. 
McClelland loses his v.p. title with 
the new shift. 



Parlor Graces, Too 



Seems now that a mike ar- 
tist to get anywhere h; 3 to 
pack a personality not only in 
his voice but In his appear- 
ance. Anyway, that's the im- 
pression, conveyed In an ex- 
change of comment between 
two NBC execs following an 
. audition given a tenor can- 
'dldate: 

Kxec from the program de- 
partment: 'Great voice that 
fellow's got.' 

'Yes, agreed the exec trom , 
the artist's' service, 'but he's 
top old to make personal ap- 
pearances.' 



Milman's Wife Goes Pix 

Hollywood, Oct. 8. 

Virginia Mllmiin, wife of Mort 
Mllman of the NBC artists' bureau 
In New York, Is playing In her first 
picture, having been spotted in 
.Warners' '42nd Street.* 

Mllman, who has been here on 
NBC activities, returns to New 
York, but his wife will stay on for 
probable future film work. 



5 Letonts Among Staff 
Changes at NBC, Frisco 



San Francisco, Oct. 3. " 
Number of changes occur on 
NBC's artist lineup this month when 
five staff singers get their walk- 
ing papers, two others leave for 
a Los Angeles coniinercial prbgi-am 
and another duo's sponsored pro- 
gram expires. 

Quintet of letouts bowing out 
Oct. 8, are Eva de Vol, Marsden Ar- 
gall, Harvey Orr, Rodney Johnson 
and Ted White. First four are 
holdovers from KEO's old staff, 
while latter has been with NBC for 
several years. .Allan Wilson Is an- 
other singer leaving, getting an 
Indef leave of absence permitting a 
trp to his native Scotland. Ben 
Klassen and Everett Foster re- 
place Argall and Wilson on the 
weekly Caswell program. 
. John and Ned , (Wolfe, and Tol-' 
linger), leave Monday (10) for Los 
Angeles where they go on KGO's 
sister NBC station, KFI, for Vltab 
Quaker Oats contract expires 
Oct, 22, after which Van and Don 
(Fleming and . McNeil) take their 
'Two Professors program east. Oats 
will stay off the air for a while. 



WJW's Audition 

Akron, O., Oct. 3. 
Tentative date for the initial 
broadcast from WJW, being moved 
from Mansfield to Akron, has been 
set for Oct. IB. 



AIR DEBUT 

to 

2 0,0 0 0,000 



JESSE 



BLOCK 



and 
EVA 



SULLY 

Broadway Favorites 

This Thursday, Oct. 6 
8 to 9 P.M., EJS.T. 

FLEISCHMANN HOUR 



As Guest Stars With 



RUDY VALLEE 

WE AF Coast to Coast 
Will You Be Listemn'? 



BY PAPBS CUT 



Sustaining Payments Halved 
Only for Journal - Con- 
trolled Outlets — Asked 
Free Use, but Mills .Said 
That 'Would Stir Up Pro- 
tests' -7— Commercial Pro- 
grams Benefit, Too 





TRADE LOSES 400G 



What virtually amounts to a 
33 1-3% reduction In music fees on 
the ' new three-year contract has 
been conceded to newspaper-owned 
stations by the American Society. 
Ciits allowed these some 130 out- 
lets. It Is figured, will further bring 
down the estimated Income of mu- 
sic from radio by close to $400,000 
over the three-year stretch. 

Under the revised tax arrange- 
ment the press-controlled, trans- 
mitters need only pay 60% of the 
present sustaining rate and a com- 
mercial fee only on programs In 
which the Society's copyrights are 
used. General run of contract be- 
ing demanded by ASX3AP from sta- 
tions outside this class call for the 
same sustaining fee that prevailed 
the past year, pluS 3%, 4% and 
5% of the net receipts from com 
mercial sources for the next three 
yeiars, respectively; 

Squawks Anticipated 
Original proposition made by the 
newspaper group asked that the 
sustaining fee be eliminated from 
their ASCAP bill entirely, con- 
tending that they were deserving 
of this consideration because of the 
print space given to the promotion 
and support of musical activities 
E. C. Mills, acting for ASCAP, con- 
ceded the value of maintaining the 
goodwill of these contacts with 
public opinion, but took the atti- 
tude that the Society could not 
agree to a complete elimination of 
the sustaining fee here 'because 
of the charges of discrimination it 
would likely stir up." 

Problem then came up of working 
out a percentage to be applied to 
the newspaper stations' commercial 
business that would return to the 
Society an amount equal to the sum 
ASCAP could collect on the 3, 4 and 
5% plan less the sustaining fee. 
Rate eventually okayed all around 
not only cut the sustaining tax In 
half, but assured the press outlet a 
substantial reduction on the com- 
mercial end, as compared to what 
it would have to pay were It taxed 
on a par with non-newspaper-, 
owned stations. Total savings will 
come to a minimum of ZZ%%. 

Sitting In for the newspaper-con- 
trolled outlets on the negotiations 
that wound up with the special con- 
cessions were H. Sean Fitzer, 
WpAF, 'Kansas City 'Star'; Lamb- 
diii Kay, WSB, 'Atlanta Journal,' 
and Walter J. Damm, WTMJ, 'Mil- 
waukee Journa,l.' 

For the purpose of considering the 
concessions, made by the Society and 
the idea of organizing an associa- 
tion made up exclusively of news- 
paper-owned stations, representa- 
tives from such- outlets are sched- 
uled to meet at the Hotel Sherman, 
Chicago, next Monday (10). Invlta.- 
tions calling upon over 100 news- 
papers to attend the meeting was 
signatured by the trio that negoti- 
ated the tax deal for. the press-con- 
trolled transmitters. 

The fee revisions are stressed as 
an example of what could be accom- 
plished by an organization of this 
exclusive type, and assured the in- 
vited that its purpose would In no 
wa.y conflict with those of the Na- 
tional Association of Broadcasters. 



Expensive Time 



Bulova watch spends 1250- 
000 a year for those 10-second 
aerial 'time' announcements. 

Takes In radio chain and 
local spot bookings, the latter 
tielng up with the local mer- 
chant for an address plug 
wherever possible. The chains 
don't permit it. 

Bulova regards this as the 
cheapest and most effective In- 
stitutional bally yet. 



G. 0. P. Chi Headquarters 
Laying Out Radio Time 

Chicago, Oct. 3. 
Republican National Committee, 
headquartered In the Palmer House 
here, is already launching its ex- 
tensive radio campaign covering 
October and right up to election day. 
It expects to spend about $126,000 

for radio, considerably less than In 
1928. 

Friday series oyer Columbia net 
work is reported set to .borrow 
Franklin Roosevelt's > 'Forgotten 
Man' slogan. There will be farm 
programs Mondays, Tuesdays and 
Thursdays before and after NBC's 
noontime 'Farm a,nd Home' jpro- 
gram. There will also be women's 
programs during afternoon hours 
on both networks. 

Political Intrusion Into the pro 
gram schedules has both; networks 
goofy. Political headquarters, how- 
ever, are a lot. goofier with the con- 
fusion of last minute organization 
Scott Howe Bowen Is handling the 
transcription and spot broadcasts to 
augment the network hook-ups. 

G.O.P. also expects to send out 17 
sound trucks with recorded and 
photoigraphed canned speakers. 



CBSOBJEaSTO 
PERSONAL 
MGRS. 



CBS Artists Service Is strongly 
opposed to Its contract artists or 
acts taking on personal managers 
and is strictly, exercising the, clause 
in the stock covenant whl<;h forbids 
the attachment of such rep without 
permission. Objection by the net- 
work is based on the claim that the 
personal manager has proved a 
stumbling block for It In dealings 
with commercial prospects, with the 
salary quoted by the p. m. frequent- 
ly at variance with the figure sub- 
mitted to the client by the artists 
service. 

Instance . after Insta,nce has oc- : 
curred this season, the CBS bureau 
maintains, where negotiations for 
ether appearances have been 
Jammed up by personal managers 
gettinig panicky over fear of los- 
ing out on an account and agree- 
ing to a price under that asked by 
the Columbia office. 

Some of the lesser name acts on 
the Columbia roster sought to put 
their business affairs ln| the hands 
of personal managers and at the 
same time retain the network bu- 
reau connection. These turns In 
taking the matter up with the 
artists service expressed a willing- 
ness to go on paying the latter Its 
fun commission no matter who ob- 
tained the engagements, but the 
network's retort was that either It 
handled the management exclu- 
sively or cflse. 



HOUB'S 4 SPONSOBS 

San Francisco, Oct. 3. 

Philips Baking Co. has returned 
to KFRC sponsoring part of the 
'Happy-Go-Lucky' hour three days 
weekly for Vitab bread. 

Brings Lucky's list of Bpon»or.s up 
to four. 



EDDIE 
JACKSON 

THE STRUTTIN' FOOL 



of 



CUYTON, MCKSON AND 
DURANTE 

Wishes Everyone 
"A HAPPY NEW YEAR" 

And That Goes for the Two Schnozzolas, 
JIMMY DURANTE and LOU CLAYTON 

Also 

Wishes to Let You Know That 
Beginning October 5^ 1 932 

at the 

HOTEL PARAMOUNT GRILL 

235 West 46th Street, New York 

He Will Do His Struttin' and Burn You Up 
With His Hot Songs 

Personal Management: TONY SHAYNE 



50 



VARIETY 



R A D I • HEP 



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Tiuesdaf, OiAtAnae A, 1932 



EOOIE DOOLEV'S FOOTBALL 

REPORTS 
Sustaining 
WABC, New York 

Eddiii Dooley, wlio used to call 
signals for Dartmouth, has reached 
the air x-ia the New Y;orlc 'Sun's' 
sport paees. He's doing a thrice 
weeltly routine, with Gaturdixy eve- 
nings beins devoted to ^rame scores 
of the day. The past \s-eelc end (1) 
was his prosram debut. He will 
munch 15 minutes on each aerial 
bite. 

Jn a rather high voice -vihlch 
doesn't seem, to ha-ve the same ef- 
fect on a 'mike' tliat it may have 
had on Oberlauder, et aJ., Dooley is 
wasting a lot of time In detpuring 
for 'color.' It got so that it listened 
as if George Trevor, 'Sun' contem- 
porary of the former quarterback, 
might Iiave written Dooley 's con- 
tinuity. That or" it's evident that 
D; oley. believes in the Trevor. double 
descriptive system, witli all adjec- 
tives playing wide. That's all right 
on paper, but where he's working 
against , a clock and lias plenty of 
territorj' to cover in a sho^ space ; 
of time it doesn't seem necessary.- 
Besides which Dooley possesses an' 
advantage he's. not. exploiting. I 
This is that Dooley was once on, 
the inside looking Out as a player.; 
Presuming, and It seems logicar 
enough, that the £ans ^liich tune in, 
for football scores are almost as 
familiar with the subject at hand 
as Dooley himself, ba needs no flow- , 
ery build-up for the results of each, 
contest in notatlng the backgrounds 
of the contending scihools. Dooley 
knows enough football to £tep to: 
the mike and talk to hi^ public as! 
if he were relating the scones and 
their eccentricities to a friend via 
I^hone. Otherwise he's taking a 
chance of making his listeners im-. 
patient by the accomp&nyihg de- 
scriptive matter, and thereby tumr 
in^ them over to the straight score 
renditions on other stations. There's 
no reaching for an audience in an- 
nouncing Saturday . grid results. 
They've either got the period tabbed 
hours in Advance or they don't care. '. 

Pootbalt and the sport pages of 
the dailies have their own complex. 
It -wasn't so long ago that some of 
the athletic recounters of the Amer- 
ican press invariably felt a touch 
of nausea as Sept. 1 came around. 
Tiiere were a few reasons for this, 
but principaliy it was because foot- 
ball evidently provided little or no 
.side , money, and that the /writers 
thereof knew nothing about the 
game. The high public grid fever' 
01 the past few years forced the 
sport wrltei's to smarten up on the 
country's aiitumn hobby. 

A few years ago the ^Sun' became 
sufficiently astute to give Dooley, a 
former and prominently enough 
known player, a chance at writing 
bf his athletic love, and then was 
afraid to follow through, and kept 
^im covering high and prep school 
games for a couple of years. . Of 
Icourse, that may. have been due to 
Dooley liimself, in that he was a 
cub antl the paper wanted the 
'color' rather than a report of what 
-happened.. The dailies apparently 
haven't ■yA wised to the feet that 
they'd - give tbetr grid stuff a lot 
more authority, and circulation, by 
picking boys who have 'played and 
whom thie public knows have plajed 
to write the football lore. This also 
goes for radio in its game broad- 
casts. ,'. 

A Boston paper once tried the ex- 
periment for some of Harvard's 
major contests, and the reportin 
of this former Crimson star was a 
revelation, not only to the fans but 
the players and coaches themselves 
But thei-e must be a drawback 
somewhere, for the practice has 
never become general. 

All of which Is taking the long 
way 'round to reiterate that Dooley 
possesses an 'edge' of which he is 
not taking advantage as yet. He 
has the qualifications in the full 
knowledge bf what the game re 
quires from its players and Its 
technical interpretation. The up? 
and downs of the scores, the tradi- 
tional rivalry and effort the results 
represent must be .second nature to 
him. It only remains for him to 
give his listeners credit for a dcfl 
nite degree of familiarity with his 
subject and start from an advanced 
point rather than make of his aeflal 
sessions nn elementary course 



WEVD Dedicatory 
Sustaining 

WEVD, New York ' 

To celebrate the openinigr (28) of 
WEVD's new studios atop the Clar- 
idge hotel In Times Square, this 
mouthpiece of the town's radical 
and liberal cohorts gathered before 
the mike such intellectual stalwarts 
as Oswald Gan-isftn VlHard, Abra- 
ham Cahn, John Dewey and Morris 
Hillquit. Also Hey wood Broun and 
Harr>- Hershfield to handle the 
m. c, honors and a flock of assorted 
entertainers. Broadcast' festivities 
lasted the fuir three hours of eve- 
ning alloted the outlet, 8 . to 11. 

It was a pleasantly arranged and 
etherized party, even though on the 
very. eve . of the event the station's 
program' manager, George Maj'nardi 
almost' threw a xnonlicy wrench in 
the works by accusing the board of 
tnistees of showing discrimination 
toward, color, and tossing in his res- 
-^gnation. Charge seemed odd in light 
of the fact that there were several 
nejgro entertainers on the dedicatory 
bill, notably William C. Handy, -who 
brought his daughter, Ellxabetli, 
along for an illustrated exposition of 
the blues. . ^ 

Broun didn't stay long. He had a 
regular Wednesday evening stand: 
on WOR to fill for Macy's book, de- 
partment, but tlie columnists came 
back an hour or so later to deliver 
himself of another sag and a snappy 
little political speech on the unim- 
portance of charm in a candidate 
for oiflce. 

first, of the sp^kers to be handed 
the mike was Hillquit, Socialist^ 
leader, who, after delivering a eu- 
logy on Eugene V. Debs, to whom 
WEVD had been dedicated as a 
memorial, explained the fundamen- 
tal doctrine of Socialism. Cahn, 
kingpin of Jewish newspaper edi- 
tors and a novelist, followed. One 
of the organizations bankrolling 
this co-operative station is Cahh's 
paper, the Jewish 'Dally Forward.' 

Biggest intellectual shot- of them 
all, John Dewey, educator and phil- 
osopher, was spotted after a recital 
of Edwin ICarkham's 'Man With the 
Hoe,' by Ruth York, and a lowdown 
blues number by Betty Froos. which 
assortment, at least, served to prove, 
that the station plays no cultural 
favorites. Dewey averred that 
though radio impressed him as the 
greatest instrument for education of 
the people at large, the medium 
could also be converted into a pow- 
erful instrument of mieeducation, 
and as an organ subject to the pro- 
paganda and censorship of the 
group in power. 

Spot following a piano solo by 
Hortense Monah brought Oswald 
Garrison Villard, editor of 'The Na- 
tion,' to express the hope that 
WfiVD will Lecome the key station 
of a nation-wide broadcasting sys- 
tem for the exposition of liberal 
thought. 

Among those also on the bill were 
the Sepia Song Birdsj a team that 
holds promise; the comedy sleuth 
duo, Tir. Snoop and Mr. Peep'; 
Mile. Albino, soprano; Ted Black's 
"Band ; Grace and Charles Herbert 
and the studio's symphonic ensemble 
imder Paul Steinberg. Odec. 



GOLDEN STATE FAMILY 

ROBINSON 
COMMERCIAL 
KGO, San Francisco 

Golden State Milk for several 
years sponsored a variety progrram, 
the Jamboree, over CBS'-Coast 
hookup, (i'ompaiiy, off the air since 
July 5, returns -with a Swiss Family 
Robinson idea embodied in a once 
weekly half-hour serial done on 
NBC's KGO here and KFI, Los An- 
geles. It's slated for 52 weeks. 

Show belongs to. Freeman Tilden, 
penner of short stories and novels, 
who has moved to San Francisco 
with his family and win remain 
here that he might knock out the 
weekly episodes with an eye to. au- 
thentic California surroundings as 
the famiiy firets under way on a 
tour of the state. Tilden did a good 
job with the opening chapter. Lo- 
cale of future episodes will be 
throughout the state. Plenty of 
human Int^^st, action, philosophy 
and laughs as written by Tllden. 

Cast) selected from NBC's local 
drama ' staff, did a nice Job the first 
night. Perhaps best work done by 
Charley McAllsfer as wealthy uncle 
whose cha,racterizati6n held more 
color and shading than that gen- 
erally heard via ether -waves. Bar- 
ton Yarborough and Dorbthy Des- 
mond did the husband and wife, 
Yarborough sounding somewhat 
youthful and reminiscent of Charles 
Farrell's screen '^rolce. . Both satis- 
factory. Anita Calfot and Jack 
Mery handled the juvenile roles, and 
good. 

Musical sign provided by organ, 
with Paul Carson, at console. Jerry 
Kllgore handled the ad plugs, which 
followed the usual routine of prod- 
uct purveying handed out by ad 
agencies and oould stand shearing 
in half. 

Carletbh Morse, produced. BocA;. 



Inside Stolf-Radb 



JEANIE LANG 
With Jack Denny's Orch, 
Songs 

WOR, r-Jewark ,. 

Here's radio's next fav. Already 
the fans around the metropolitan 
sector are talking about Jeanie 
Lang's 'cute' delivery and it's a 
cuteness that fits in well with the 
personality which those who. saw 
the diminutive coniedienne with 
Paul Whiteitian in the Universal 
picture. 'King of Jazz,' may recall. 

Spotted with Jaclv Dciiny at the 
Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y., WOR, by 
arrangement with the KBC; picks 
up his Combo when the oongestod 
National air-waves don't permit. 
Miss Lang is under K.f'.^". jn.ihage- 
ment and seems well )i:I;;icd for a 
little solo builder uppei iiu;. -Slie has 
a genuinely engaging ether person- 
ality all her own, Including a little 
hie in her voice tliat gets over in 
great style. 

Incidentally, the long-proved 
Denny sounds better than ever these 
days, with those cotklnir arrange- 
ments of his. Abel, 



CAPT. PETER ECKERSLEE 
Address 

Sustaining 
WENR, Chicago 

CapL Sckcrslee is the former 
chief engineer of the British Broad- 
casting System and a vitriolic critic 
thereof. He annihilated with verbal 
musketry the British notion of bar- 
ring advertising sponsorship, stat- 
ing that although he had been an 
exponent of this principle in th'e be- 
ginning it had worked out in prac- 
tice as stupid and dull, and he now 
repudiated and denounced it. 

Dripping with sarcasm and irony, 
his address over NBC sledgeham- 
mered the British, while extolling 
American practice in radio. He 
painted the daily program lineup on 
the tight little isle with detailed 
drollery until listening to him it 
was possible to yawn vicariously at 
the ennui of British programs. 

Trouble in a nutshell was that 
the ra,dio being a functibn of gov 
ei-nment and the executive jobs po 
litical sinecures, everybody , cbri- 
nected with broaden sting over there 
was . interested only . in avoiding 
possible controversy by remaining 
as passive and cultural as possible. 
Eckerslee bluntly described Sir 
John Wreath, head of BI3Sj as 'a 
complete autocrat.' 

Eckerslee has just niade a radio 
survey in Australia and is founder 
the International Radio Union. Af- 
ter releasing his fireworks, over 
NBC he got on board a ship and 
sailed for England unmindful of any 
peeviish scowls that might be wait- 
ing to welcome himi in his home 
country. Land. - 



CAPTAIN JACK 

Episodic 
COMIVIERC1AL 
WBBM, CbicaiBtf 

This sample of radio juvenilia is 
curiously uneven. It was hurriedly 
produced by Blackett, Sample 6t 
Hummert on behalf of Jelke. oleo- 
margarine manufacturer with a new 
spreadj Chocoleteen, to . merchahr 
disc. First programs revealed , the 
hastiness In preparation. Dialog in 
some cases -was entirely inapprop- 
riate. Kid characters were using 
the phraseology of adults. Action 
was hazy and change of scene not 
marked with enough sharpness. 
But, most of all, tlie actors were 
stumbling, hesitant and unre- 
heai'sed. 

These flaws can be, and probably 
are now being fixed. So experi- 
enced a radio agency as Blackettj 
Sample & Hummert will be aware 
of shortcomings before the public 1& 
Meanwhile there Is jtrobably enough 
promise of excitement In the plot 
to Interest American boyhood even 
from the sftartl. 

Summarized, the story Is of the 
adolescent son of an explorer Ibst 
in Yucatan, 'Mexico, where he went 
to seek, at burled city. Boy has 
formed an attachment for Captsdn 
Jack, an aviator. Meanwhile he. is 
at the mercy of a skinflint uncle and 
a brat of a cousin. " 

It's Rover Boys adventure stuff, 
and when discrepancies and false 
characterizaUons are . detected and 
removed with more leisure for edit- 
ing the script ought to have a 
chance to click. A second review 
at a later date may be in order. 

Land. 



BUO COLLIER 
Songs 
15 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WABC, New York 

Collier does his stuff a 7.45-8 a.m., 
E.D.T., plugging a weight reducing 
salts product, which is a good time 
for that sort of ballyhoo consider- 
ing that the girth-conscious have 
probably Just struggled through thie 
a.m. setting-up. exercises on the 
rival network. . CiBS, for which 
WABC Is the key station, has no 
gymnastic siesslon. 

Collier 13 the same synthetic, 
high-pressure voice which distin- 
guishes all earlyblrd cheerer-uppers 
puts it on about Crucian Salts be- 
ing safe, easy, etc., for sure-fire 
weight reducing and invites neigh- 
borllness for a family get-together 
via the air. 

His pop songs are ^ell delivered 
in a pleasing tenor and Arthur 
Bchim accompanies capably at the 
ivories. A6el. 



COMMISSIONERS' DAUGHTER 

Serial Drama . 

SUSTAINING 

K.ECA,. Los Angeles 

A pop-eyed murder niystery af 
fair that carries, a. police commis- 
sioner's daughter a:nd a reporter as 
heroine and liero. Whoever wrote it 
shows a lack of familiarity with 
police affairs. It will not prove vely 
effective to detective story follow 
ers, at which class the program is 
aimed. 

Early chapters deal with Impos- 
sible situations and implauslbillties. 
Plus thi.s, the 'cast is particularly 
bad. 



It happened to a fairly well known -warbler who came on recently 
from tb9 Coast. He has that personality that helps, which stood him 
in good stead when he called to make his first , appointment -with tho 
network exec. Girl secretary saw that he got an early hearing and on 
EUbseque^nt visits managed to have him ushered in Immediately, no matter 
how many were waiting before hImi 

Then came thd mistake of appearing, with the wlCe at the exec's antei 
room and introducing her to the secretary. "With these honors out oX 
the way, he was amazed the next minute at the see's info that the boss 
was tied up in a conference and would be too busy to see him that day. 

Successive attempts to resume his pourpaiiers with the exec met with 
the same or slightly revised explanatdon. . Finally «ne day the warbler 
huttonhbled the big shot as. he happened to come out of his offlce. 'I've 
been trying to get in to see you for over a week/ the lad complained, 
'and your setretary keeps telling me that you're too busy to talk to me.' 

'Soiry,' rejoined the exec, . 'site's the boss when it comes . to making 
appbAntinents. I'm on my way out flow, but give h^r a ring tomorrow.' 
The -^arbler tried once again and then gave up. 



The Cincinnati bottling unit of the Coco Cola company tied up service 
on fwo Greater Cincy telephone exchanges by announcing on a morning 
program over WCKY that listeners would, receive a few bottles of the 
drink free by calling the radio station in Covington, Ky., .or the drink 
firm's office in Clnclnna-ti within an hour. 

Telephone company ofilcials . protested the stunt, complaining that oC 
the 26,000 subscribers who attempted connection with the two numbers, 
less ttian 1% were completed. Those who received the free drinks also 
were entitled to cash refunds Of 2c. on each empty bottle turned in at 
retail stores. 

L. B. Wilson, head bi WCKY, assured the telephone company that 
such announcements will not be repeated, at the same time advising 
that the announcement which caused so much confusion landed a. three- 
year contract for his sound thrower. 



Chances of NBC rin^^lng In .WXYZ as the flow-over outlet for Its pro* 
grams in Detroit are not shaping so forte. It's okay with WXYZ, owhel 
by the KunskyrTrendle Interests and. former CBS release, but WJR, 
NBC's .main JDetroit afflliate, says "No.* Other ^BC ally la the town la 
WWJi which usually :gets the basic red programs, while WJR has first 
call on the blue link periods. 

Ultimatum handed NBC by WJR was t9 the effect that if a single 
program was shimted from the blue web to WXYZ, whether the fotmec 
station could find a spot on its schedule or not, the network could auto« 
maticaily consider Its relations with WJR at ah end. 



Jimmy Cannon becomes the "World-Telegram's' radio columnist startr 
Ing today (4), Jack Foster, current radio editor, becoming feature editor 
tor the daUy. Cannon is a Broadway flgure, having been Broadway 
reporter for the 'World -Telegram' and the 'Evening Telegram' for the 
past five yekrs. He was offered the Broadway legit cossip column on 
tlie 'World-'Telegram' ^hen Ben Washer switched to the 'Morning Tele- 
graph,' but turned it down, preferlng to wait for something better, 

' Jelke Oleomargarine went on the air suddenly last week foUoV/ing Its 
switch from CoUins-Klrk agency to Blaclcert Sample Hummert, Jelke 
is popularizing its Good Luck Chocolateen Spread for kids. 

Program was hurriedly cast, rehearsed, and debuted on a quick decision. 
Jelke account is among half a dozen that Blackett Sample Hummert 
Inherited when Collins-Kirk liquidated and George Collins moved into 
B-S-ia' as vice'-presi4ent. .~ 

After a summer of taking it on the chin, the one lung radio stations 
around Los Angeles have agreed to' boost their commercial prices starting 
Oct. 15. 

Heretofore, the one lungers have been selling time on a 'take what you 
can get' basis'. They have now agreed to issue rate cards and stick to 
them. . ' _■ 



DRUMS OF AFRICA 

Serial . 

COMMERCIAL 
KNX, Hollywood 

Serial of mysticism and wild ani- 
mal stuff that combines tho ielements 
of a Chandu and Tarzan. Spotted 
three times a week, for half -hour 
periods early In the evening, it Is 
aimed at the kids, but In this sec- 
tion, where they arc suckers for the 
serial fodder, it will be oke, too, for 
the adult dial-turners. 

Story deals with an exploration 
party searching for a lost white 
tribe with a rbmahce between the 
explorer's, daughter and a young 
scientist in the party. Cast, re- 
cruited from among screen players, 
handle, the parts unusually well. 
Good sound effects lend to the illu- 
sion of the daniger supposedly ex- 
isting from animals and hostile 
natives. 



•INSIDIOUS DR. FU-MANCHU' 
With Charles Warburton, Jack Daly, 
Norman McDonald, Bob White, 
Sundra Love, Sax Rohmer 
COMMERCIAL 
WON, Chicago 

Campagna Italian Balm, through 
its agency, McCann-Erlckson, 
handled the opening of this new 
melodramatic halr-galvanizer very 
adroitly. Resultant volume of pub- 
licity was heavy. Advertiser paid 
the expenses of Sax Rohmer, the 
English author, from Monte Carlo to 
Chicago and thereby provided itself 
with a better excuse than new pro 
grams ordinarily have for crashing 
the public prints. In New York and 
again In Chicago Rohmer met the 
press and helped make the pro- 
gram's start seem more like a pub- 
lic event than a commercial under- 
taking. 

'Fu Manchu,' the satanic Chinese 
mandarin, a best-seller for IB years, 
has been three times dramatized on 
the stage and eight times photo- 
graphed for the screen. He arrives 
as ' a radio ' attraction after a long 
period of negotiation. Radio rights 
were controlled since 1928 by Nate 
Caldwell, Chicago program expert. 
Well institutionalized by . this time 
and a name in goosepimple lore 
comparable with Sherlock Holmes 
himself, 'Fu Manchu' has every- 
thing primed for an easy click on 
the ether waves with thie possible 
qualifying thought that sieven days 
is a long time between installments. 

Mondays at '^45-8.15 is a nice 
berth. On a basis of the flirst 
sample, smartly put together in all 
departments, with a puff for Urban 
Johnson's sound effects, plus the 
impetus of the reputation and large 
fan following of the author in 
America, 'Fu Manchu* will be reck 
oned among the topnotchers bf the 
melodramas on the air. 

Everything is English -about the 
program except Bob White, a Chi 
cagoan. Locale, characters, Fred 
Ibbett, the director, and the actors 
are British. It is played with a 
scratchy-voiced gutturalism by the 
versatile Jack Daly; who at another 
point In the program does a cock 
ney servant bit. Charles Warburton 
was imported from New York to 
play Nayland Smith, the super- 
sleuth. Cast is first rate. 

Rohmer spoke after the first epi 
sode and dfd not fall to get In t 
puff for the advertising sponsor sys 



Return to Standard Time 
Puts Frsieo Off Schedule 

San .Francisco, Oct. 3. 
Return by the east to standard 
time has forced NBC to etherize a 
flock of sustaining programs to oc- 
cupy spots previously held by At- 
lantic network . entertainment. 
EUeven new non-sponsored pro- 
grams have taken to tho air this 
week, going out over the KGO and 
KPO networks. 

Perlqds include three serials, 'Man 
Who Laughs,' a Victor Hugo story; 
tate of RelUy,' latter with Ted Max- 
well and Bobbe Deane, and Star 
Book series. Musicals are Bucan- 
neers, band, directed by Walter 
Beban; Mona Lowe-Edna Fischer, 
songs and iplano; Myron Niesley- 
Austin Mosher, songs; Slumber 
Hour, orchestra; Meredith Willson's 
orchestra; Medicine Show; Dollo 
Sargent .organ recital and Barbara 
bale Charm matinees. 



GEO. MABTIN BANKRUPT 

George Martin, freelance radio 
cohtlhhity writer and currently 
doing the 'Cowboy Tom's Roundup' 
show oh WINS, New York, has filed 
a voluntary bankruptcy petition in 
U. S. court. New York. 

Liabilities are $2,809 and assets 
hone. 



Bittick on KMTR 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Jimmy Bittlck's orchestra became 
staff combination ; a,t KMTR this 
week. 

Was formerly at the Town House, 
and removed over the coast NBC 
chain. ' 



tem §is against the British non-ad- 
vertising -radio method. Rohmer 
told the Yanks they were lucky to 
have the many-sided radio of com- 
mercialism tigalnst the British 
specimen. 

Alluding to Italian Balm, the au- 
thor stated he never used any skin 
softener himself other than whiskey 
but he was sure the Campasrna ar- 
ticle was McCoy. Land. 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



RAD I O 



VARIETY 



51 



TAB'S DRAMATIC STOCK 
! TROUPE FOR Am PLUGI 



KBC will audition a dramiatlc 
stock company, organized by 
Hearet's N6w York 'Dally Mirror,' 
inorning tabloid, thle week. Troupe 
'Will ilramatize the day's news with 
a commercial sponsorahlp the 'Mlr- 
iror's* ultimate Idea, 
' Network may use the program on 

teuBtalning basis while a sponsor 
sought. 

' Bmlle Gauvreau and George 
piarke, the paper's managing and 
fjlty editors, respectively, are writ- 
ing the dramatizations: It's along | 
^he lines of the 'March of Time' 
: air period. 



Off NBC, on Discs 



Laundry's Idea 



Washington, Oct. 8. 
Local laundry begins audi- 
tions this week for ambitious 
amateurs, promising to feature 
two on every program on NBC 
outlet. Has interested radio 
editors in it as a search for 
new talent. 

Gag Is that the washery Is 
getting free talent by offering 
prizes at Christmas. 



$2,500 SACRIFICE 

Mildred Bailey Passihe It Up for 
Sake of Firture Value 



Sacrificing immediate . economic 
[gain for the sake of future value is 
costing Mildred Bailey an estimated 
$2,600 a week considering that she's 
only getting $1,000 for her current 
NBC sustaining, whereas she could 
have worked around Chicago at 



lodent comes off NBC next month 
^0 go exclusively disc. The firm is 

figuring on an extensive spread with I $2,000 on personal appearances and 
waxed serial called 'Black and was in line for a $1,600 commercial 
Blue,* having already charted out But preferi-ing to build hi§rself up 
some 70 stations. Some of the put- as a soloist, away from Paul White- 
lets are slated for three episodes a man's orchestra, Miss'Balle> elected 
week, while others will release on a to stick east and collect $260 per 
flve-A- week schedule. sustaining, for four-a-week, via 

'Black and Blue' was once used by NBC. That $1,000 alone. Incidental 
Folger Coffee on a flock of west ly, is quadruple her stipend original 



coast stations. 



Headlining 
LYRIC, INDIANAPOLIS 
This Week (Oct. 1) 



SEGER 
ELLIS 



Thank You, CURTIS & ALLEN 



PBBD TOT, VtibUolty B«pr«8«DtsttTe 



ly with Whiteman. The maestro let 
her out of a contract in order not 
to restrict her professional progress 
Under advice, of Bill Murray of 
the NBC artists' service, and her 
personal attorney and mentor, 
Julian T. Abeles, kiss Bailey figured 
she could get those theatre dates 
later in the winter after building 
up more on the air. 

U.S. Navy Squawks About 
CBS' New Wash. Station 

Washington, Oct. 8. 
U. S. Navy has attempted to 
throw monkey wrench Into CBS 
new Washington outlet, WJSV, 
scheduled to go on the air Oct. 20. 
Transmitter is located In Virginia 
on Mt. Vernon Highway, three miles 
outside of n. C 

Naval air station, NAA, only-mile 
away from WJSV, has registered a 
squawk with Federal Radio Com 
mission, that the new station, using 
1,000 watts, will seriously interfere 
with the navy's experiments 

Columbia spent $60,000 on the 
building and has a long term lease. 



DOWNEY AT $1J50 

Gee» On Soap Broadeast For 13 
Week Term— Quizar Out 



^^The Voice Of 
J Experienced^ 

WOR Daily at 12 Noon 
Also Saturday 6:30 to 7 P.I 



An unusual series, running 
entire gamut of human .emotions 



Morton Downey steps into Wood 
I bury Soap's weekly 'To the lAdies' 
I stanza on CBS this Friday (7) on 
aJ3-week contract. Commercial 
I lias him down on the payroll for 
$1,750 a performance. 

Entry of Downey eliminates Tito 
I Guizar from the program, which 
however, will continue to carry the 
Leon Belasco orchestra and David 
I Ross in poetic readings. 

Woodbury series will take Dow 
Iney up to the expiration date of 
his contract, with the CBS Artists' 
I Service. 

It's the first commercial for Dow 
I ney since the Camel Hour folded 
last spring. 



^C CnrtaOs Plugs 
Of Previous Day's 
Most Played Tunes 



NBC is testing out another meth- 
od of curbing, the song plugs. This 
tlnie the idea calls for the elimina- 
tion from the next day's sustain- 
in;; programs of the 10 or ' so pop 
numbers played out of station WJZ 
and WEAP the day before. Latest 
twist has the music publishers puz- 
zled. They can't make out wheth- 
er the network is trying to help 
them prolong the life of a new ditty, 
or show that without the aid of the 
air, the making of a modern hit is 
dubious thing. 

For the past several nionths the 
network has limited the broadcast 
of a number to once in three hours. 
This evidently didn't Work out sat- 
isfactory, mainly because the chain 
found that it couldn't maintain' an 
absolute control over the program- 
ing of commercial sessions. 

Under the .new system the pro- 
gram department posts a list . of 
limited numbers for the guidance 
of sustaining orciiestras and the 
pickup units from the hotels and 
cafes. 

Sometimes this list contains as 
many as 12 titles, and on other oc 
caslons there may be as few as 
six. In any event these are the 
numbers that got the most frequent 
play during the course of the pre 
vious day. 

If the thing were carried out 
properly, say the publishers, the mu- 
sic industry would have cause to 
vote the originator and the network 
bouquet of thanks. But as it 
happens, they point out, it invari 
ably isn't the top selling isoUgs that 
are subject to the elimination proc- 
ess, but Just an old or new mis- 
cellany that happened to make the 
programs of a scattering of bands 
on that particular day. 

Rule, fortunately, aver the pub 
Ushers, does not effect the com 
mercial stanzas. But the one big 
harm they do see in the elimination 
idea is the possibility of having a 
number in process of buildup off the 
air for two or three days. 

As the plan now functions, de- 
clare the music men, it can work 
both to their advantage In having 
the plugs curtailed, once strong im 
petus has been given to the sheet 
sales, or to their detriment in hav 
Ing the song put in mothballs long 
before it's had half a chance. Way 
the netwo^-k eliminators are now go- 
ing at it, the publishers aver. Is 
haphazard and the results bode no 
good x'or the sheet Interests. 



Finicky 



Record number of auditions 
held for a single program so 
far this season goes to Helde's 
Candlos. In one day alone the 
agency handling the account 
and a rep from the confection 
firm gave the double ear to 
27 singing acts. 

Thcto took in every type of 
warbling effort conceivable, 
ranging from lowdown scat 
song specialists to grand opera 
carolers, taldng over the mike 
in either singles, trios qunrtet- 
or sextettes. 

But no act out of this batch 
satisf.ed. Commercial is still 
on the quest. 



THURSTON FOR SWIFT 



WHITEMAN'S COMMERSH 
PAUSE 1ST IN 2 VEARS 



Magician Starts Lata October With 
Pat Barnes 



. Chicago, Oct. 3., 
Howard Thurston, the magician, 
starts late this month on a hew 
Swift program with Pat Barnes. 
Deal was negotiated by J. Walter 
•Thompson agency. 

It , Is . still not certain that the. 
Stebbins Boys will Continue through 
the present season, although one 
probability Is that they will broad- 
cast three programs a week and 
Thurston two programs. Stebbins 
are on five times weekly at pres- 
ent. 

Thurston's programs will orlgi 
nate in Chicago. 



Hour Grabbed by Politics 
Reverting to Jamboree 

. . Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
Blue Monday Jamboree, a sus- 
taining feature over the CBS coast 
network for 12 stations for the past 
several years, will go back to a 
two-hour broadcast Nov. 1. Rush 
of political palaver over the sta- 
tions necessitated cutting the pro- 
gram to one . hour two weeks ago. 
Program emanated from KFRC, 
'Frisco. 

Meanwhile, Ellis Levy is piloting 
eight of the 20 Jamboree perform- 
ers on a barnstorming trip over 
the west coast, playing picture 
houses, auditoriums and dance 
halls on a percentage split. 



General Motoris failed to renew up 
until the last minute, so Friday's 
(30) program became the last for 
Paul Whiteman for the Buick-Olds- 
niobile and Pontiac combination. 
With the company's radio plans 
pretty well unsettled, the auto ac- . 
count decided to discontinue the 
"VVT>iteman session until it had the 
proposed Chevrolet show out of the 
way. , 

Sudden suspension left Whiteman 
without a commercial for the first 
time in about two years. He had 
come over to General Motors di- 
rectly from Allied Paints. Total 
stretch done by the bandman for 
the car manufacturers amounted to 
39 weeks. 



Tracy's Vote Appeal 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Lee "Tracy will be featured on the 
'Hollywood on the Air' program 
Oct. 13, going before the m(ke with 
a serious appeal to voters, to get 
out and vote at the presidential 
election. 

Program will be built around Co* 
lumbia's picture, 'Washington- 
Merry-Qo-Round.' 



HanagemeDt 
vaMTi^it A. nOGERS 
18 B. 4lBt St., New York City 




DUMB 
CRACKERS 

ROBERT 
BURNiS 
PANETELA 

WABC 

Every 
Wednesday 
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Radio Options Swallow 

Hollywood, Oct. 8. 
John Swallow, former raidlo sta- 
1 tlon. manager, handling Radio's 
'Hollywood on the Air' ■ program, 
drew a second option period on his 
I contract. 

Swallow is at Radio on three- 
I month jumps. 



KFRG's Bureau's Bunch 
No. California Bookuigs 

San Francisco, Oct. 3. 

KFRC's recently inaugurated art- 
ists* bureau has lined up a bunch 
of northern California dates for 
early part of October, using as art- 
ists Murray and Harris, Nomian 
Nielson, Nora Schiller, Tommy Har- 
ris, Mac Pedro, Tony Romano, 
Madeline de Michel. Bill Wright, 
and Walter Kelsey., 

Early October dates are State 
theatre, Martinez, Oct. 2; Fox Vir- 
ginia, Vallejo, Oct. 6; Redlick-New- 
man Furniture Co., local, Oct. 6; 
Lucerne Ballroom, Lake county 
(dance), Oct. 8; Fox California, 
Napa, Oct. 9. 

Since department was Instituted 
KFRC staff has been making more 
personal appearances than those of 
any other western radio station. 



BURHS\ALLEN 

Dir.: WM. MOBRI9 AGENCY 



I£E ASDS BEILLY 

San Francisco, Oct. 3. 
Don Lee has created the new job 
I of commercial manager and has 
named Frank Reilly to the post. 
Latter will double between KFRC 
I here and KHJ, Los .\ngelee. 

Reilly, a former New York news- 
I paper man, was with American 
Broadcasting Co. in the east. 



O. L. OZ 

AsMKilated . with 

JENIE JACOBS 

1674 Brondway, New York 
rhone Colambns 6-1030 

£xclufiively Booking RKO 



Swedish Plays on Air 

Stockholm, Sept. 22. 

In an effort to meet the com- 
plaints of llsteners-in and help out 
badly hit legit companies, the na- 
tional air stations are putting plays 
and operettas on air. 

'Land of Smiles' and 'The First 
Mrs, Fraser' were among the first to 
meet with success. Most of other 
programs are records or political 
speeches. 



NBC USING KYA 



Sluffing Off Afternoon Stuff 
3d Friaco Outlet 



on 



San Francisco, Oct. 3. 

NBC is now taking advantage of 
its two-year old purchase of KTA, 
shunting a number of its network 
programs onto the KTA wavelength, 
and giving the chain three outlets 
in San Francisco. 

Except in emergencies NBC has 
seldom shot anything on the KYA 
lines, preferring to let that station 
operate Independently, without even 
using the NBC elgnofC for programs 
Now several hours each day, gen- 
erally in afternoon, are devoted to 
network sustaining features. 

When NBC bought the Pacific 
Broadcasting System two years ago, 
to build up Its strength in the 
Northwest, KYA was Included in 
tlie deal, despite chain's reluctance 
to accept local station. There have 
been several attempts to peddle the 
broadcaster, but it's Btill under the 
NBC banner. 



NODX ChanjBfes Hands 

Birmingham, Oct. 3. 
Transfer of WODX, Mobile, to a 
new group has been announced. Bill 
Pape and Frederick I. Thompson, 
former publisher of the Mobile. 
Register,' head of the new group. 
Pape recently purchased WAPI, 
Birmingham, giving liim' two sta- 
tions in Alabama. 
^ Thompson will serve as chairman 
of the board, Pape as president, 
Bascomb HOpscombi manager of 
WAPI, vice-president, and William 
Fincher, former business mahtiger 
•Register,' treasurer-manager. They 
will assume charge of Station Oct. 
1. Station is a member of the CBS 
network. 



Radioes Dream iGlvl 

Alice Joy 

HEADUNINO 

"The Dream Girl Revue" 

AT THE 

State Fadbr 

DALUA8, TEXAS 
pet StotS 

Itesamliic Cominerelal Broadeaat 
IWTAH, CIiBVSI^ND, OCTOBER SS 




JACK DENNY 

AND ORCHESTRA 



Waldorf-Attoria Hotel 
Victor Records 
Lucky Strike Dance Hour 
Whitman Candy 

(Oct. 27) 



Management M. C. A. 



J ABE L 



6:3D A. M. ZERO HOUR 



Furnace 



Sales Talk 
Shivers 



During 



Chicago, Oct. 8. 
International Heating Company 
has retained the Cumberland Ridge 
Runners of WLS to get in some 
winter propaganda. Programs will 
be broadcast at 6:30 in the morn- 
ing at the time when the average 
American home Is In a state of ex- 
cessive ventilation and deemed wide 
open to a sales talk on heat. 

Beside the programs at the shiv- 
ering hour, the sponsor will have a 
special Saturday night program at 
8:30 to augment the daily morning 
sessions. This Is the only known 
commercial period at such an early 
hour and is now going into Its third 
season. Broadcasts only last dur' 
ing the winter. 



LYMAN 

ANI> HIS 
CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 
Coliunbia BroadcaatlDC S/rtem 
PHILLIP'S DENTAL MAGNESIA 
Tom., Xhure., Sat StlS (Eaat) . 

COAST-TO-COAST 



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COLUMBIA 

eROADCASTIMC 



RUTH ETTING 



GtOfUFYING POPULAR SONG 

Qestertd^ 

^LUMBIAOOAST-ICHDASir NETWORK 

WED. 10 P.M.— SAT., 9 P.M., E.S.T. 

Management 

THOMAS C. ROCKWELL 

709 Hcventli Ave.. New Vork 




52 



VARIETY 



MUSIC— NITE CLnBS— RADIO 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



Mass Tuniover Is Keynote of New 
Riisse and Pop Broadway Cabarets 



LotHtt value at pop scal^, with 
mass tuniover the primary keynote, 
continues the scheme of thihgrs for 
the general run of niteries on New 
Yorlc•^5 Main Street, which are fast 
opening: up In anticipation of a 
much improved winter season of 
nocturnal revelry. 

Thus, for a $1.35 or a: $i;75 dinner 
at the Pctrushlca (nee tlie Parody, 
Where it meant a $3 or $4 tap to 
park the body previously for a 
Schnozzle Durante or a Ted Lewis) 
you set a flock of vodka . dishes and 
Siberian steppes, all in one. That 
combo dinner scale is. a further con- 
cession from last spring, when It 
was a $1.50 arid $2 scale for the 
dinners avec Chauve Souris trlm- 
min's. 

Similarly, :the snooty Club Lido, of 
halcyon memory when the carriage 
trade struggled to Coleman or 
Rosenthal rhythms at $4 or $5 per 
couvert, with a Bee Lillle or a Moss 
and Foiiitana, a Peppy de Albrew or 
a Chic Endor as the attraction, is 
now Billy Gallagher and Leo Bern- 
stein. The new entrepeneurs are 
more democratic in their demands 
and the tap is only $1.25 for a table 
d'hote dinner and an elaborate Billy 
Arnold revue, as those things go. 

Even- iri this Hooy-era a show 
compi'isin^ Bob Nelson, Lillian 

-Barnes, Brian . MacDonald, Doris 
Lenahan, Pearl Regay, who is as- 
sisted by , Jbe Shellta, Ruth Mayoh, 
Dan and Barney Ellmore and Harry 
Carroll, the songwriter, conducting 
a nondescript band, costs bucks. 

'They'll have, to sell a flock of $1.25 



i>B,ESENTBD S KHOBS NIGHTLY 
At 7:30 p. 12 a. m., % a. n 



dinners to get it back, but apparent- 
ly their down-the-stem neighbors, 
Joe Moss-Jacob Amron-NTG, at the 
Hollywood, have found that it pays 
to put $8,000 into a show If It gets 
back a ? 20,000 weekly gross in food 

This is by no means elaborate, 
however, although staple enough. 
Nelson is a seasoned trouper and 
paces it nicely. Miss Barnes can 
handle blues. Brian MacDonald Is 
the tenor lead. Miss Regay does 
terp specialties, and also some ball- 
room routines with her new part- 
ner, Shelita, as do the other dance 
Individualists. There are a dozen 
girls plus some showgirls on top of 
that, including the conventional 
number of changes, and all in all, 
it's a typical Gallagher- Arnold pro- 
duction. One wonders at the why- 
fore of that crinoline number which 
slows it up considerably, but there's 
no disputing- the value of every tiling 
at that price. 

The vodka spot, the Petrushka— 
it's a name which, in the Paris 
Montmartre sector, would identify it 
as a gyp and takery— Is equally 
generous, being a bit shy on the 
quantity, but with a little more 
quality. Personnel must remain 
anonymous, but that mistress of 
ceremonies has something. She 
strives just a little too hard And 
somehow misses in spots, but other-' 
wise manages .rather well as dp her 
collaborators in the scenes and bits. 
There's nought of the strenuous 
hock- stepping; but more of set- 
pieces and colorful Interludes a la 
the 'Chauve Souris' motivation.- and, 
as a result, it's a lesis hectic di- 
vertissement to take with your 
shashlick Petrograd or beef Strogo- 
noff. Abeil. 



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The Fasciniating Movie Star 

OLIVE BORDEN 1 
COLLETTE SISTERS 
NINA MAE McKINNEY 
FRANK HAZZARD 

BLANCHE BOW 

And the Incomparable Dancers 

FOWLER & TAMARA 

40- World's Loveliest Girls-40 

r Music by 

ISHAM JONES 

ana His Colambla 
BroadcMtlns OrohMtra 



MiDt Angel 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. • 
Frank L. De Pasquale, Ingle- 
wood dairy farmer, will take, a 
flyer in Hollywood night life. 

He Is angeling the new Bal 
Tabarin night club, opening Thurs- 
day (6) at the Hollywood Gardens, 
former dance hall, on Vine street.- 

Jack Lester is staging the floor 
show. 



Tony Wons at $1,500 
With 2 Femme Pianists 

Tony Wons opens cold at the 
New York Palace, Oct. IB, with a 
new act. Members will be a femme 
plario duo besides himself.. Salary, 
on a CBS booking. Is $1,500. 

Keyboard pair with the CBS 
spieler comprise Peggy Ke^nan and 
Sandra Phillips. 



INniSVENSABLE SONOfj FOB 
YOVR ITALL BEPERTOIBEt 
*'MARI>I URAS".— Wiltz 
'STRANGE INTERLUDE»-^M ftk-trot 
TELt ME WITH TULIPS"— Slow iox-trot 
LISTEN TO THE GERMAN BAND"— 
C*tnedy fo)>-tr«t 
"AND SO TO BED"- Lulliby foi-Uot 
"IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOU"— Fn-trit 
"THERE WILL BE A GIRL"— (Fr«d Stont'i 
"Smlllni Fun") 
DRUMS IN MY HEART* — (Youmant* 
March Song) ' 
"IT'S ABOUT TIME"— Comody fax-tret 
"ANOTHER CANDLE ON YOUR BIRTH 
DAY CAKE"— Fax-trot 
STANDARDS 
"WITHOUT A SONG"— Tbrae kryi (Ballad) 
"THROUQH THE YEARS" — Tlirea kays 

(BnlUd) '» 
"THEY CUT DOWN THE OLD PINE TREE' 
"TIME ON MY HANDS" 
"TWO LOVES"- (With Fronoh text) 
"KATHLEEN MINE"— (Irlih Ballad) 

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62 Wast 4Sth Street Ne* York City 



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Village Spots Come 

To life for Autumn 

NIte life In Greenwich Vilage ]tias 
suddenly bldomed forth in earnest 
and by the end of the w.eek will 
be going full blast. - 

Starting with' the reopening of 
The Nut Club two weeks ago, more 
and more of the spots have opened 
lip and Barney Gallant's opening 
Thursday (6) will about complete 
the lineup. El Chlco opened 10 
days ago and the Greenwich Vil- 
lage Inn and Greenwich Village 
Barn have continued throughout 
the summer, 

Romany Marie's Tavern, the lit- 
erati haunt, '■' has been hobbling 
along through the summer, but has 
now added music and done away 
with the mlnlinum charjgei in an at- 
tempt to.attract more general trade. 
Paul's Rendezvous, newest of the 
spots, working on a two-bit min- 
imum and -a. 76-cent dinner plus 
arranged-on-the-sp6t shows which 
feature mostly the reading of 
poetry, is getting a heavy play, but 
not figured as cutting Into the 
class spots. ' 

Thus far the couvert charge 
joints in the Village have managed 
t.q hold their own, with the pro- 
nioters pretty optimistic as to the 
future. 



COAST RAID ON 
PANZE JOINTS 



Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Backed up by federal agents, the 
Hollywood vice squad, got busy 
oyer the weekend and raided BBB'S 
cellar for the second time, arrest-' 
ing nine men, and then visited 
Jimmy's Back Yard, arresting Ave. 
This is reported to be a drive on 
the Nance and Lesbian amusement 
places in town. Bobby Burns Ber- 
inan and Ray Wright, his manager, 
were charged with vloliettlon of the 
prohibition act and released :oh 
$1,600. bail. Severn patrons in the 
establishment were also taken on 
charge of being drunk and pos- 
sessing liquor. , 

Thomas B. Gannon, proprietor of 
the Back Yard, was charged with 
Jiquor possession and maintaining a 
nuisance. Four patrons there also 
were charged with liquor pbss^s- 
sion and ireleaqed on bail later. : 



MACHINIST SUES GENERAL 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 
General Sound Corp., Ltd., Holly- 
wood transcription firm, is the tar- 
get of a $469 wage claim filed with 
the state labor c.omjnisslon by A. 
Winter, machinist! 

"Winter produced as evidence notes 
for that amount given him by the 
company. Hadn't been Sible to col- 
lect on them. 



WAE SPy .5TUIT 

Lucky Strike will replace Its pres 
ent police stories Nov. 1 with a 
series of war spy dramatizations 
Latter will be similar to the script 
labeled 'K 7' which NBS had for 
some time on a sustaining sched 
uie. 

Same author, August Zimmer, will 
do the writing. 



KMTR's Jewisli Programs 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 

Samuel Kippel Sendler's Jewish 
concert orchestra will give two one- 
hour programs, Oct. 8 and Oct. 15^ 
over KMTR. 

Both will be compositions by Jew- 
ish composers and traditional mel- 
odies. . 



Eddie Jackson Solo : 

Eddie Jackson of the^ former 
Clayton, Jackson .and Durante trio 
opens Oct. 6 at the Paramount 
Grill, New York, as a single^ It will 
be the first . solo personal appear-, 
ance by any of . the trio, which was 
dissolved when Jimmy Durante 
went into pictures, siiice the com- 
bination was formed seven years 
ago. 

Jackson will top a new floor show 
at the Paraniiount. Ozzie Nelson's 
orchestra Is also in. 



MADESEN'S CAFE BERTH 

Minneapolis, Oct. 3. 
Snooty Leamington, most ritzy 
hotel, to instay a night club, with 
an 11 -piece band, headed by Julius 
Madesen, late featured singer with 
Lou Breese orchestra at Minnesota 
theatre. 

At present the Hotel Lowry's Ter- 
race Garden, St. Paul, Is the most 
popular class spot. 



REVIEWS 



LA BOHEME 

Hollywood, Oct. 1. 
One of the old spots where one 
could dine and dance without strain 
qn the pocketbo'ok, and yet get avray 
from city ordinances, diie to the fact 
that It Is just across the border line 
in the country, has gone, the way of 
all other Hollywood eateries that 
have a dance floor and has Karyl 
Norman, 'Creole Fashion Plate,' 
heading one of the smartest and 
most entertaining floor shows seen 
in these parts in a long time. It is 
at a 91.60 minimum charge, with 'the 
establishment seating around 360. in 
a compact and atmospheric room, 
that lends itself toward, this inti- 
mate type of show. ' 

With female Impersonator shows 
flourishing in this neck of the .woods, 
the custoniers are somewhat sur- 
prised at the sophisticated, smart 
and tasteful entertainment that 
Norman puts on In three sections, 
of one-half hour each, every night. 

There is nothing of the 'pansy' 
flavor here, with Norman still the 
master of the femme apparel art, 
exhibiting smart headdress and cosr 
tumes that keep the femnae eyes 
open and their mouths agape. Then, 
tod, Norman has taken unto himself 
a protege. Latter is programmed as 
Leon La Verdes. Norman has kept 
him under wraps for about two 
years, developing him, and with his 
appearance here the lad shows tal- 
ent, grace, agility, and a faculty of 
wearing the smart gowns, that no 
doubt Norman sacriflces wearing 
himself, which puts the youngster 
in a class by himself as a sinartj 
classy and unofCensive delineator of 
femme fashions and the terpslcho- 
rean art. 

La Verde Is the last word , in the 
impersonation art, and is being 
wasted in a floor show. Boy has 
box-bfllce qualities that could be 
cashed in with a New York revue^ 
He does a mean runiba, and as 
nifty a snake hips as has faieen seen 
anywhere. Has grace in his walk, 
knows how to use his hands and 
gesturate, and is plenty of 'hot cha' 
when it comes to appearance. Nor- 
man should put him on a cross- 
country rattler to cash in quickly. 

Norman himself leads the girl en- 
semble of six pert and well-clad fil- 
lies, trained by Jack Lester, and 
sells his numbers In his snappy, 
smart way of yorie. 

Then, too, there Is a little damsel, 
early in her teens, called June ISarle, 
as mistress of ceremonies. She Is 
snappy, smart and alert, doing one 
of those Will Rogers gum-chewing, 
rope-spinning sales spiels for the 
rest of the crew, and also acquits 
herself creditably with a tap routine. 
She, too, can step out of the cafe 
and give a creditable account of 
herself. Bobble Thompson and 
Maude Taylor have a couple of spe- 
cialty song-and-dance numbers that 
are cutely executed. They're a, cou- 
ple of good floor-show workers, and 
know how to cater to' the tastes of 
the ringsiders. Edith White, the 
other principal, styles herself a 
comedienne. That is her privilege, 
but she does .not live up to the 
license she takes. There is no 
smartness in her endeavor. 

Orchestra of eight, headed by 
Charles Gaylord, is Just another 
musical aggregation, but, however, 
not in line with the animated group 
who provide the entertainment. 
Their dance tempo is uneven, and 
even a bit too brassy, which is no 
soothing tonic for the ginger-ale in- 
halers. 

Place, which opened the 22d, 
seems to have gotten a good start, 
and through mouth -to-mouth ad- 
vertising caught on quickly. Looks 
as though show and band stand it a 
little over a grand, with the excep- 
tion of Norman, who is. in on a per- 
centage, which might allow him, 
with business- continuing as . it 
started, to clip off around another 
grand a week easily. Ung. 



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O. L. OZ 

AsNOoiat«d . with 

JENIE JACOBS 

1G74 Broftdway, New Y<irk . 
Phone Colnmbas a-lD30 

Exclusively Booking RKO 



Fannie-Brice's Air Act 

Fannie Bric'e is auditioning for 
Columbia. Recently she did a try- 
out on one of the ilock of programs 
NEC framed .for Chevrolet selection; 

CBS idea has her doing a double 
with Henry Bui-big before a studio 
dance combo, with a commercial in 
the offing. 



COMICAL WARKTET) LIFE 

Chicago, Oct. 3, 
J. B. and Mae, otherwise Mr. and 
Mrs. Jaipk Coffe, have been signed 
by Olseri Rug for a flve-day-a-week 
run over WLS, Program is described 
as 'comical adventures of married 
life.' 

Same act wag on WBBM last year. 



doggerels the Johns6nites go In foa 
on occasion. 

Show, such as It Is, Is very tovv 
mula. There's a ringside coochisi 
who sings too numerous choruses ot 
'Me Minus You' as she shakes that 
thing and gets little attention. Mabel 
Scott may be her name. Danny 
Brown does a rope dance. Dot 
Turner is In a 'blonde captive' nuni« 
ber with a hideouisly gotten-up via« 
a-vis whose antics aren't exa:ctlr 
parlorish. 

There are 12 sepia hourls of vary^ 
ing hues and Indifferent pulchritudeu 
evidencing that the other two clasq 
Harlem niteries, even with their 
11.60 and $2.60 (latter on Saturday) 
couyerts, give better value despite 
the allegedly no-couvert standard 
at Smairs. 

A new show credited to Howard 
Elmore for stagthg, music by Edgar 
Dowell. costumes by Gene, and lyrics 
by Arthur Porter, Is slated to open 
Oct. '6. Personnel .will be Myra 
Johnson, Meers and Norton, Threo 
Spised Demons, George Walker, WIN 
Ham Spellman, Three Palmer Bros.. 
May Alex, Mabell Scott, Roy White 
and Dorothy Turner, some of these 
being holdovers from the present 
floor frolic. Abel. 



CLUB NEW YORKER 

Hollywood, Sept. 28. 

Class entertaininent and at- 
mosphere, the New Yorker will hit 
strong with the smart ' mob,' par- 
ticularly the picture crowd. Chances 
tor it to click with the locals is 
another matter. Jean Malin, very 
New York, landed solidly both with 
those who knew him from the east 
and with the local filmltes. His 
wise cracks and flip reniarks, espe- 
cially to noisy guests, had the home 
boys and girls wondering what it 
was all about. 

Cafe, operated by Bernie Hyman, 
formerly of BBB's Cellar, is a class 
spot for Hollywood. Located in the 
Christie hotel. It is only a block 
away from the Chinese and El 
Capitan. Decorations In black and 
silver, done by Jack Schultz are a 
good flash. 

. Floor show is headed by the 
Rockey Twins, German hoofers and 
Julanne Johnston. Boys are clever 
entertainers, but Miss Johnston is 
mostly decoration. (Miss) Eddie 
Adams, torch singer, working al- 
ternately in male and femme garb, 
landed neatly -'with her warbling. 
Girl, has class looks In dresses, but 
Is not so forte on the eyes lit a tux- 
edo. Mona Ray, formerly of pic- 
tures, and recently Ih several night 
spots, handles the blues assign- 
ments and works with Malin. 
Diminutive singer Is a local fav. 

Betty Grabell and James Blair, 
former brought here by Universal, 
take care of the tap dancing. Miss 
Grabell, with a. load of personality 
and s. a.. Is a sock dancer. With 
what she displays, she'll be a fix- 
ture before long. Blair Is a good- 
looking youth, but lacks selling ex- 
perience. 

Malin tai^es up about half of the 
floor show time with bis fcmnio 
impersonations. A class entertainer, 
he shows niost of the local cafe 
performers how it should_be dbne. 

. (Continued on pabe 63) 



Her Ladyship Shows 'Em 

Lady Hubert Wilkins, the ex- 
plorer, had her speaking and ?>ing- 
ing voice auditioned by the NBC 
program board. 

Network has her tabbed to step 
into a daytime commercial as soon 
.'IS the account agrees on figures. 



Bisquick's 'Betty & Bob' 

Chicago, Oct. 3. 
'Bisquick, which last year experi- 
mented with various types of pro- 
grams, goes NBC network from 
WENR, Chicago, Oct. 10. 'Betty and 
Bob' is the program which Dave 
Owens will stage. Auditions for the 
leading roles are in progress. 

Same script got a try-out in four 
scattered towns as 'Sally and .Bob.' 



Mines' Trios and Reader 

Hlnes' Honey and Almond Cream 
is getting ready for a daytime re- 
turn to NBC. Program will be 
framed around a string trio and a 
character reader using the subject's 
hands for inspiration. 

Figuring on debuting the stanza 
around the middle of this month. 



SMALL'S PARADISE 

New York. Oct. 3. 

This Harlem hot spot is of that 
no-couvert category which, however, 
scales its soft drink splits at $1.50 
a copy — with a 'must' rule that 
everybody seated must be served at 
least . one mineral drink— that makes 
it about the equivalent of a convert. 
Not as chic as the established Cot- 
ton Club and Connie's, there's an 
ial fresco atmosphere which the mob 
patronage Creates and which pro- 
duces unscheduled attractions. 

There's a dash of mixed hoofing 
here, not usually countenanced In 
the established Harlem niteries, and 
the gals also struggle with each 
other on the dance floor , in the 
cliowmainery fashion. There are 
studiously 'inspired' dance waiters 
who juggle trays and wax hotcha 
between giving you the least pos- 
sible attention. That supposedly 
also makes for 'atmosphere.' 

Sonny Nichols, conducting the 
very torrid Charlie Johnson Victor 
recording orchestra, has long been a 
hoof -music feature here. The boys 
are slzling in the dancehaU manner, 
lacking the unction of the Gallo- 
ways, Ellingtons, Redmans, etc., 
whose rhythmpation Isn't ais caca- 
phonous as Johnson's brand. Nor 
are their not-so-sotto'voce lyrical 
discourses as brash as some, of the 



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Moon" 
"We're Alone" 
"Ah, But I've Learned" 
"When I'm Sippin' a Soda 

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"Who'd Believe" 
"I Cannot Tell You Why" 
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VARIETY 53 



Inside Stuif-Mosic 



Cliicago'ti advantage over Nevr York as a music center has always 
{icen traceable to the popularity of the mammoth dancehalls playing the 
best bands and nation-wide broadcasting facilities. In New York* the 
;^iiaart hostelries are ,princl pally radioed and these can't exploit the 
flmjple and homey song stuff, 

Slqce It's this simple stuff that sells better than the. ultra tuneo like 
HTou're Blase/ et al., the publishers' primary interest is In carrying , a 
{noon over a mountain rather than enthuse about a clever orchestration 
9f a smart liondon tune. 

That'iB one reason why so many successful waltzes have emanated from 
Chi and also has accounted for the unique rep Bbcco Vocco, as Feist's 
Chi manager (before coming to New York), established for himself as 
g song picker and hit-maker. 

ilvery time there'ia a flock of openings the publishers work themselves 
VP Into a froth about ia, concerted move to'stiy away from the expensive 
Rebuts usually calling for a large party of couvert charges as. a builder- 
ppper for the new band. But they don?t dare stey away singly. 

Another bunched group of New York openings this, past and current 
veek had the musicers squawking. Premiers were for the Lombardbs at 
the Hotel Roosevelt; George Olsen at the New Yorker; Isham. Jones at 
the Hollywood; Eddie Ellns at Barney Gallant's in the Vlllaige; Don 
Redman at Cortnie's Inn ; 0z2le Nelson at the Paramount; Cab Calloway 
^t the Cotton Club, and Leon Belasco soon at the El Garron. Not to 
Tneption when a band moves from a roof ihtp the supper room down- 
ptairs, that's an 'openihg' too; 

Btiniswick, now the top disk seller— although record sales are still 
>^jiy off— proceeds on the theory. In Us releases, that songs inust fit 
their artists, and that it's not merely the old -school idea of 'canWag* a 
pop song or anything that looks, like ahit. . 
• Theory is that an average number, if peculiarly adapted to a Ruth 
JJtting, or a hot number for the Mills or Ellington, hafl a better chance 
for big sales than a smash pop oddly fitted to an artist. Ihe revival of 
•Dinah,' a very old pop, for Bing Crosby, is one instance where the 
covipllng of the artist's delivery, regardless of the antiquity of his . ma- 
. ;erlal, spelled a big seller. 

Robblns Music Corp.; suing the American Society, requested Julian T. 
Abeles, his attorney, to return a $350 iadvance legal retainer to Joe 
Morris Music Co., which Arm had also retained Abeles to prepare an 
jictioh against the society. , , . „ 

Robblns took the position ie didn't want his personal lawyer passing 
on whatever fund of information he had to another client. Hence Morris, 
U. still intent on suing, wiri have to retain other counsel. 

Irving Berlin, as a writer of both words and music, deems himflelf 
entitled to double revenue or some extra compensation from the American 
Bociety's royalty dividends. , tj « . 

Average songwriter collaborates with one or more partners; Berlin is 
strictly a 100% on words-and-muslc. 

Irving Berlin sang Say It Isn't So' and ^ 
two current hits at George Olsen's opening at the Hotel New Jorker. 
"It Was Berlin's first personai app in years and was an unexpected feature. 

Peculiar twist of the season Is the leap to popularity of 'I Guess I'U 
Have to Change My Plan.' Warbled by duos and trios in the class 
BPeaks a;ll last winter the number is only now in the full Ude of 
popularity. • , 

Dance bands in New York simply won't leave It alone. Some are 
playing it as many as 10 times and more a night with no resentment 
-trom the patrons. 

Manny Lowy, Rudy Vallee's original first violonist, recuperating at 
fiarahac after undergoing three major operations during the summer^ at 
Sea View hospiUl, Staten liiiand, expects to rejoin Vallee. Lowy ^has 
beeh ill since May, 1930, and has been taken care of financially by yallee. 



25c Price No Help 



Despite all the excitement 
about the Music Dealers' Ser- 
vice's 25c retail price, plus an 
anti-trust law suit as detailed 
elsewhere In these columns, the 
two-bit price hasn't upped 
music sales to any strikine^ de- 
gree. •) 

It was figured that with the 
establishment of a uniform 26c 
price, and eliminating the 30- 
40c retailers, it would spurt \iiz 
notably. 

Some opine that if the public 
wants anything bad . enough 
they'll pay for -it, but it can't 
be given away otherwise. 



$1,125,000 Anti-Trust Suit Vs. 
MDS; Maybe Fed Trade Comm.; 
Publishers Not Worried, They Say 



miE€GERS' 
HEAVY PENALTY 



tos Angeles, Oct. 3. 
. Most severe sentences ever meted 
out to song sheet bootleggers, were 
imposed by Judge Harry A. HoUzer 
in U. S. District court on William 
Zimmer, Al Friedman and James 
Gllligan, who were tound guilty of 
Conspiracy to violate the copyright 
act. George tieber aiid Alexander 
Aggie, also found guilty, will be 
sentenced after the court Investi- 
gatei3 tlielr previous records. 

Zimmer was given 16 months at 
McNeil's Island; Friedman, who is 
17, got 15 months in the government 
reformatory at ChilHcpthe, O., and 
George liieber, lour months in L.A. 
county jail. 



CLUB NEW YORKER 

(Continued from page 62) 

He's at his best when being fed by 
Jack Oakie, iPblly ' Moran, William 
Haines or some of the other picture 
names who are nightly patrons. 

Cafe seats about 250. No couvert 
but a minimum check of $2 is in 
force. Week-end 1>uBine8s is ca 
paclty with the first Saturday 
night . mob banging around until 
a. m. During the week the draw is 
slim but should build^ 

Hal Wayne's 11-piece band, a 
sweet combo, furnishes the music 
Band features the reeds, with only 
one brass, a trumpet, in the line-up, 
No small feature of the- entertain- 
ment Is Malin's accompanist, 
Charles Russoffi, brought here from 
New York. ■ Call. 



: Frisco Booms as Centre 
Of Coast's tin Pan Alley 

San Francisco, Oct. 3. 

Music situation forging ahead so 
rapidly here that pluggers and 
writers are flooding the town, cur- 
rent w^ek looking like a Tin Pan 
alley convention witli 14 pluggers 
and a bunch of writers contacting 
bands and artists. 

Number of transcontinental radio 
•-pros»*ams emanating from here, and 
generally better local condition of 
sheet music biz, has caused many 
publishers to headquarter their 
Coast reps here. Among ones now 
dealing out profesh copies from per- 
manent offices here are Jack Archer, 
Donaldson ;' Dick Arnold, Robblns; 
Ben Turner, Berlin; Ronald Jonson, 
Ager; Carl Lamont, Shapiro; Sher- 
man Little, Sherman -Clay; Ed Ben- 
nett, Moret. 

In. from Los Angeles are Lucky 
Wllbcr, Harms; Fred Dempsey and 
-Olirt Odoms, Feist; Billy Gedney, 
Olman; Frank Glbney, Green & 
White; Bobby Gross, Santly. L. 
Wolfe Gilbert and Jimmy . Hanley 
also in. 

Business looks so good flock of 
local publishers starting out, latest 
being Al Jacobs, who's printing a 
tu.ie he wrote with Al Pearce and 
Walter Kelsey of KFRC. 



Robbins' 2d Claim 

Robblns Music Corp., already 
suing the American Society of Com 
posers. Authors & Publishers for 
recovery of a royalty dividend for 
the final quai-ter of 1931, has filed 
formal protest .to recover another 
$9,000 claimed due for the first 
quarter of 1932. Hearing on this 
protest came up on Friday (30) 
•This is a technical method- bf pro- 
cedure. 

If no satisfaction for the initial 
quarter' of '32 is forthcoming, an- 
other suit may follew, as in the 
claim for the 1931 final quarter roy 
alty split. 



Vet. 



BEILIN, AGENT 

Prof. Mflr. to Handle 
Band Bookinge 



Radio 



Chicago, Oct. J. 
Al Bellin, until recently Chicago 
mananger for Irving Berlin, has af- 
filiated with Kennaway, ' local or- 
chestra agency. He will concentrate 
on the radlft end with which he Is 
familiar. 

Bellin, for many yeax-s after the 
departure of Rocco Vocco, was con 
sidered the dean and spokesman of 
the Chicago music publishing fra 
ternity. 



Busse's Jadgments 



Galveston, Oct. 3. 
Judgments totaling $2,000 were 
entered against Henry Biisse, or 
chestra leader, here as result of ac 
cldont last July 8, when Busse's car 
collided with a motorcycle on which 
two boys were riding. 

Busse's orchestra was at the Hbl 
iy wood club here at the time. 
'. I ^ ■— 

Kvalc, Warfield M. C. 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3. 

Al Kvale goes into the Warfield 
'Frisco, Oct. 6 as m. c, replacing 
Frank Stafford. 

Latter has been on the assign 
ment since Rube Wolf went to the 
RKO 105th Street in Cleveland. 



ALTEBITATE COAST BASDS 

San Francisco, Oct. 3. 

NBC beginning Oct. 10 will al 
ternate the dance bands ' of Earl 
Burtnett at the Mark Hopkins here 
and Phil Harris at the Ambassador, 
Los Angeles. - 

Each band will do alternate 20 
minute periods oh a Coast hookup, 



Hazlett Leaves Whiteman 

Chester Hazlett, for long Paul 
Whiteman's reed virtuoso and pre- 
mier solois^t, has left the band. • 

Hazlett is now with Nat Shilkret 



B.B.B/S CELLAR 

Hollywood, Oct. 1. 

Most consistent money maker of 
the smaller night spots, BBB has 
been featuring a pansy revue in his 
cellar for the past seven months. 
Revue has changed only slightly 
during its run, and credit for the 
profit should be given to the m. c, 
himself, whocie off-stage cracks 
about his floor show are 90% of the 
entertainment. 

Spot sells nothing but laughs, 
with no attempt made to draw class 
patronage. However, It's a great 
drop-in spot for picture names, who 
come for a load of BBB. Tap is' 
light, with the minimum check set 
at 60 cents. 

Revue is headed by Loyce Trent, 
Milton, Paul and Linden, and Neil 
Dorneay. Trent Is the 'prima donna. 
Milton, Paul and Linden are dancers 
and singers, and Dorneay a dancer. 
Nothing out of the ordinary about 
their work, which has little chance 
to get anywhere in this spot, where 
noise Is cultivated. Boya are backed 
by a line of 10 chorus men. There's 
no attempt to ' fool anyorte on the 
revue's sex. . Costumes, are mostly 
made by the boys themselves. None 
wears wigs, probably due to being 
paid off in sandwiches. 

Cellar was having a tough time a 
while back, but Al Rosen, picture 
agent, stepped in with some fresh 
money. Female Impersonation stuff 
caught on, and it has been clear 
sailing since. 

BBB's clowning Is still the high 
spot. Revue has cut down hie work 
considerable, making It all the bet- 
ter. Material used is slightly blue, 
but he's known for that. However, 
he's cut the raw stuff noticeably. 
Leonard Stevens, his accompanist 
for the past five years, is still at the 
j)lano. Marye Land's eight-piece 
band plays for the dancing. Combo 
is aces for this spot, batting out a 
hot brand of rhythm. 

Everything thrown In, BBB's 
about the best after-theatre spot for 
the money In town. Call. 



Park Avenue Publications, Ltd., 
Is a new subsld for class editions 
which Bobbins will Issue. First is 
by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy Mc- 
Hugh, 'And Then Yon Went and 
Changed Your Mind.' ' 



On the heels of the $1,126,000 anti- 
trust suit brought by Richmond- 
Mayer Music Corp. against the Mu- 
sic Dealeris' Service, Inc.i and 22 
publlshlnef houses tied up with it 
came the report that several otlier 
Jobing firms have gotten together to 
file a joint complaint with the Fed- 
eral Trade Commission asking for 
an ihvestigatlon of the publishers' 
distributing combine. In the mean- 
time four more pop music pub- 
lishers have allied themselves on ar 
exclusive . basis with the MDS, 
making' it a total of 26 companies 
now dealing through It; - 

Publishers named in the Rich- 
mond-Mayer action, filed (30) with 
the u s; Court in New York, de- 
clai'e that they are not in the least 
worried about it. Charter under 
which the MDS was organized, they 
point out. Clearly stipulated that the 
purpoises were cooperative and that 
the central bureau was merely to 
serve as a non profit-making shipper 
and collector for its member-pub 
Ushers. 

in anticipation of any legal move 
similar to the Richmiond-Mayer suit, 
they aver, precaution was taken at 
the time of the M£>S- organization to 
have the - incorporating - papers 
scrutinized by several leading au 
thoritles on trusts and monopolies, 
and that ever since It. started the 
distributing unit has been operating 
close to the lines okayed by these 
experts. 

Richmond's Spot 

Curious sidelight on the Rich- 
mond-Mayer action is the position 
in which it places the Maurice 
Richmond half of the firm. Rich; 
moiid leCt , the . jobbing house, which 
he founded, to . take over the gen^ 
oral managership of the MDS when 
It was launched late this past Ad 
gust, with the ' understanding that 
Mayer would be allowed three 
months in which to . dispose ot 
Richmond's share in the company. 
In the event Mayer failed to find 
another partner within that time, 
the assets of the firm were to be 
liquidated. Befor filing the antl- 
tpust suit Mayer apprised his part- 
ner of his intention, and* according 
to Richmond, signatured a stipula- 
tion whereby Mayer agreed to pay 
the entire costs of the.lltiigatlon put 
of his own resources and in no way 
imperial his partner's connection 
with the publishers' organization by 
making him personally » a party to. 
the suit. - 

That Mayer was arrianglng to go. 
after the distributing combine 
through legal processes was gener- 
ally known to the music trade three 
weeks before the actual flUng of the 
papers. Tyhile the allegations were 
being drawn up several publishing 
firms joined the original charter. 12 
and it was at the last minute de- 
cided to include these newcomers In 
the list of defendants, so that when 
the papers were finally filed there 
were 22 companies Involved. 

Mayer has brought Suit in behalf 
of both Richmond-Mayer Music 
Corp., operating in New York, and 
the Chicago Jobbing branch; a sep- 
arate corporation, which went out of 
busines the first of this month. Pub- 
lishing houses named as defendants 
are Ager, Yellen & Bornsteln, Inc.; 
Irving Berlin, Inc.; Cbn Conrad. MU' 
sic. Publishers, Ltd.; Harry Bloom, 
Inc.; DeSylva, Brown & Hendersoi^ 
Inc.; Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, 
Inc.; Green & .White, Inc.; Harmft 
Inc.; Famous Music Corp.; Leo 
Feist, Inc.; Mario Music Corp.; 
Mills Music, Inc.; Nattrass-Schenck, 
Inc.; Olman Music Corp.; Remick 
Music Corp,; Robblns Music Corp.; 
Santly Brothers; Shapiro, Benrstein 
& Co., Inc.; Sept & Powers* Inc.; 
M. Witmark, liic; Goodman Music 
Co;; Ralph W. Bolton and Phil 
Schwartz. Recent allies of the MDS 
not Included are Joe Davis,. M. K. 
Jerome, Phil Kornhel.ser and Kelt- 
Engel. 

Also made a party ot the suit on 
the defending end Is John O. Paine, 
chairman of the Music Publishers 
Protective Association boards In the 
complaint he is described as the 
'organizer, representative and agent' 
of the Music IJealers Service. 
Treble Damage Claim 
Complaint, based upon the com- 
bination and conspiracy in restraint 
of trade provLslons of the Sherman 
Anti-Trust and Clayton Acts, winds 



up with 
damages 
damages 



a request for exemplary 
of $260,000 and punitiv«_ 
of $50,000 for the Rich- 
mond-Mayer New York comi»any 
and $50,000 exemplary and $26,000 
punitive damages for the Chicago 
corporation. With treble damajges 
under the above statutes, . the 
total amount of damages speci- 
fied comes to $1,U5,000. 

Allegations in the complaint de- 
clare that the defendants: (1) En- 
tered into a c'ombinatlon and conisplr- 
ccy to tmlawfuliy control aiid domi- 
nate the :sheet music business in the ' 
U, S., to destroy the trade ot Richr . 
mond-Mayer and ' to eliminate that 
firm as cornpetitor' of :the combine 
in the sale and distribution of sheet 
niusic; (2) on .Sept: 6, agreed to 
restrict the sale and. distribution 
of all sheet music published by them 
to and through the MDS, and des- 
ignating the. latter as such sole dis- 
tributing and selling agent; (3) 
prior to the formation of t^e MDS 
let it be known by means of 'mis- 
representations, false statements and 
rumors' throughout the trade that 
Richmond -Mayer would be driven 
out of business by- the publishers' 
distributing project. • 

It is also .charged that in pursue 
ance of the comblnatibii and coiw 
spiracy conapiained of induced 'oer- 
tain valued and trusted officers and 
employees, tablding key. positions in 
the ^apage^ent, credit purchasing 
and stalppfn^ departments;'' and 
having access to the Rldbmond^ 
Mayer records, trade secrets and 
lists of customers . to - leave that 
firm's employ and go to work for 
the' MDS. (Presuinably refers to 
Richmond; Dora: Alcxandei*, ''now 
buying tor the . MDS; Helen Asher, 
in charge of the MDS credit de-. 
partment; and Al Block, the central ' 
bureau's charge clerk, all previously 
on the Richmond-Mayer payroll). 

The MDS, is charged also ' with 
attemptinf; to dictate to dealeris oC 
sheet musiC: throughout the U. B. 
at what prices they shall buy and 
sell their music and to impose hapon 
these ' dealete burdensome credit 
terms and to enforce other uiUaw- 
ful and stringent regulations of the 
MDS. 



Weems' Penn« Hotel jib 
Hinges on N« Y. Umon 

' dhicago, Oct. 3. 

Balaban & iKatz awarded ajat - ex- 
tra 'Week to -Ted W^eniis. r .He 'will 
play the- TTptdwn: as well as the 
Oriental and TlvoH,- 

Meanwhile, his <3anada Dry ac- 
count for CTBS was threatened by 
union dlflnculties in New Y'orIc« J. 
C. Stein, of MCA' hopped' to. Man- 
hattan to. smooth out the dlflflculties 
so that Weems could move Into the. 
Hotel Pennsylvania there. " 



Roger Wolfe Kahn opens at th* 
Pennsy for three weeks Oct. 6, 



Lopez Musician Hurt 

Milwaukee, Oct. S. 
Vincent Lot>ez, playing 'at the 
Hotel Schroeder; narrowly esciiped 
serious injury when a car he was 
riding in was struck .by. ax^tlier 
machine at Fourth and Wisconsin. 
Vincent Pirro, accordion player, was 
cut, ■. • . ' . 

It all happened because tow 
young women in iHne other car tor- 
got to ■ stop for the stop light;. 



EX-FBGHI 7AZZIST StTED 

. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 3. 

James R. Snopley> former prohi- 
bition agent and noW a trumpet 
player in a dance orchestra, was 
intoxicated nearly every night for ' 
a year, his wife, Zena Snopley, tes- 
tified in probate court in her suit 
for separate support and custody of 
their minor children. 

Snopley is contesting the acticAL. 



IIGHT AT OTTTERY 

Enoch Light is coming back to 
the Village Grove Nut Club, New 
York, succeeding Al Morrison, who 
had been booked in, with a CBS 
wire. 

It was this band to which 
Harry Barrls. objected when he left 
the club. 



54 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, October 4, 1932 



HOLLYWOOD 

and Los Ahgreles 

"VarFety'B*' Office, 6282 Hollywood Blvd., at V!n« St. (Taft Bldg.) 
Phon« Hollywood 6141 



Three entertainers filed com- 
plaints with state labor cbmmsslon 
charging non-payment of wages 
against Jack Martin, Hollywood 
booking agent. Claim Martin owes 
them $76 for a week's work at 
Chicken inn. 



Alfred Mailing, indie film pro- 
ducer, haled before state labor cdm- 
mlssldn on charges that he failed to 
pay 135 to Ix)rraine Fallis, sfenog- 
xiapher. 

" Greeta Breuner, fllni cutter, seek- 
ing $40 back pay from Welashy Pic- 
tures for scssoring three shorts; 



HUlcrest Motors Co. attached T. 
Roy Barnes' salary at Fanchon & 
Marco in its suit to collect |13d. ! 



Paramount Collection Co.,' acting; 
for the Hollywood Knickerbocker, 
filed a, ' Municipal court action 
against Paul Hxirst, seeking $684 
balance on a hotel bill. 



Equitable Building is suing Jack 
Raynxond, actor, for $167 rent and a 



$200 note, both incurred when Ray- 
mond ran a shirt shop In the bulldr 
Ing. 

Bert Goodrich, stunt man for 
'Devil Horse,' Mascot serial, Is re- 
covering from Injuries sustained on 
location at Big Bear, when he wfiS 
unconscious for 12 hours after fall- 
ing from a cliff. Charles Stevens, 
prop man with the company, is at 
the St. Beriiardine hospital. . San 
Bernardino, suffering froni pneu- 
monia. 



W. R. Stewart, publicity man, 
and E. W. Tildesley, his assistant, 
filed wage complaints against the 
California Artists Protective Ass'n 
for $41 and $75, respectively. Both 
worked on a charity ball for the as- 
sociation. 



Girl biE^nd, headed by Dorothy 
Conant, entered claims for unpaid 
salaries totaling $64 against -Doc 
Keff, who is said to have hired them 
for one night at the Egyptian ball- 
room, Ocean Park. 



Literati 



(Continued . from page 47) 

Wllatach. has just turned over to 
Curitis Brown, Xitd., his literary 
agent, the scrip of his latest novel 
which ,Macauley will publish. 'The 
Pate of Pay Delroy.* It's a stage 
story With celebrities of pre-war 
days At. Madame Burtholde's and 
elsewhere. . 

Covlcl, of Covlcl-Frlede, just re- 
turiilA^ -from Majorca, states that 
practically ' the entire population 
there comprises Atrrlters, numbering 
100 in all.- Of these, four are only 
working at it seriously. Wllstach 
will make it a fifth. 



Paiil Wilstach's 'Landings' 

Paul., Wllstach, . whose 'Potomac 
Ijandings' .was published by Bobbs- 
Merr.lll,, _ is . working on 'Hudson 
Biver. Landings.' . 

It. iWiU - probably, be brought out 
hy the same house. 



: *Ace HighV Final 

After four months' existence, the 
final Issure t>f 'Ace High' is the Oc- 
tober number. It was a Clayton 
mag. • 



JBrown, Ltd., Changies 

Margaret Fqley, handling the mag 
end. of Curtis Brown, Ltd.,. left to 
marry and Helen Everltt replaces. 

C. L. Bubsamen has severed 
connections as head of the play 
and picture dept., Raymond Cros- 
sett, formerly with Elisabeth Mar- 
bury, succeeding. 



Two Biogs 

Vlkhig will bring out the blog of 
'One-Armed* Sutton, famous sol 
dler of fortune and for years Chief 
of Staff, as Major General Sutton, 
for Gen.. Chang-Tso-Lln. 



■ Chatter 

Jack T. McCully, former Houston 
newspaperman, and one time dra- 
matic critic in New Orleans, has 
gone back to the Crescent City to 
hecome p. a. for the Orpheum the 
atre. > 

Bobt. W. Sellg, formerly on Chi 
•Trib,' • 'Post' and Denver dallies, 
made sports publicity director at 
University of Denyer. James H 
MacLennan has resigned this post, 

Walter' 'Walker, editor Grand 
Junction, Colo., 'Sentinel,' and Dem 
ocratlc state chairman, named Sen 
ator to fill unexpired term. 

Irvln Cobb back. 

Eugene Cunningham was born 



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CHICAGO 
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On the Screen'. 

"CROOKED CIRCLE" 



bow. legged, and . the saddle only 
made it worise. 

Stanley Kimmel has given poetry 
and prose the go-by to do a play. 

Bariia'by Bds^ has been promsed 
an air talk. 

Frederick Lewis Allen and Agnes 
Bogers Hyde married. Gives 'Harp- 
er's- Magazine' a call on Allen, any- 
how. . 

Isaac P. Marcbssoh, whose biog of 
David Graham Phillips is out, lives 
in Phillips' old apartment. 
Mrs. Honore Morrow to England. 
Jack Woodford got the Inspiration 
for 'Find the Motive' - at a dinner 
with Edgar- Wallace. " 

Christopher Ward practices law 
when not scribbling. 

John Langdon Davies anotiier re- 
turned traveler. 

James Truslove Adams Is Scrib- 
ner's new literary adviser. 

Alan . J. '\ri11iers . got rback on a 
regular boat. 

Benjamin? DeCasseres claims de- 
scent from Spinoza, hence his book 
on the philosopher. 

Bichard Halliburton gets In town 
soon. . 

Drew Pearson, who contributed to 
Washington Marry-Go-Bound,' do- 
ing another book for Liverlght. 

Stuart Chase, writer on adver- 
tising and economics, got his first 
line on the inner workings of busi- 
ness as an accountant for the Fed- 
eral Trade Commission. 

Vanguard Press has reduced its 
capital stock from 910 shares to 710 
shares, of which 700 are preferred 
valued at $100 each, and 10 com 
mon, $100 each.' Notice filed with 
Secretary of State to this effect. 



1st Night Crashers 

(Continued froni page 1) 
one columnist put It. . However, 
most of them make mention of the 
shows in some form,' especially if it 
Is . very good or very bad. In the 
latter case it is an extra pan for the 
producer to absorb. 

For a recent opening a carefully 
culled list resulted in 31 pairs going 
to the nine dallies, rotogravure ed- 
itors, women's editors and others 
who are frequently taken care of, 
being asked to attend the second 
night. . The 88 ticket total remained 
standing; however. Included are the 
Brooklyn papers and the critics of 
several additional publications given ' 
grade, A rating. 

The 'Mirror' receives flye pairs of 
first night tickets, its critic (Win- 
ciiell) and Its two other columnists 
getting ia pair each, besides two or 
more for the dramatic staff, which 
includes the second string reviewer 
(Bernard Sobel). Papers getting 
four pairs each are the 'Herald 
Tribune,' 'News' (two columnists in- 
cluded), 'World-'relegram' and 
'Evening Journal' (two coluninists 
included). Usually the 'Times' and 
the 'Sun' receive three pairs, whlcK 
is the number requested, wtiile the 
'American' and 'Post' get two pairs. 
Publishers' Attitude 

Not infrequently p. a.'s burn at 
the columnists' insistence on first 
night ducats;, because the produc- 
tions of the better known managers 
are assured of capacity starts. One 
agent put the matter up to a friehd> 
ly publisher, who answered the mat- 
ter wat^ entirely up to the Bhow 
management, the paper having^ no 
concern in its columnists' ticket re- 
quests. Whon there were 13 dallies 
in New York, smart openings called 
for a total of 27 pairs, so ttiat while 
there are four fewer papers in the 
field there are eight mere tickets 
distributed. 

Second night press list has been 
considerably changed, because 14 
publications which covered shows 
have passed out of the picture with- 
in the past 10 years. But the num- 
ber of second night seats Is hardly 
under former times because of the 
number of weekly guides (freely 
distributed) which have, sprung up. 
There are about half a dozen such 
publications. Second night tickets, 
however, are frequently not used, 
those who receive such pasteboards 
generally ducking shows which are 
panned by the first string critics. 



Uncommon . Chatter 



(Continued from page 36) 

hips to cheat off a few inches. This 
week she duplicates this excellent 
style in black and white all-over 
sequins In gleaming effect that's not 
nearly as slenderizing as soft satin. 



A Babe Oppressed 

A week that has beeii crowded 
with Interesting H611yw;9od hair 
combs, ushers in 'Pack' Up Tour 
"Troubles' and a coiffure that should 
be. listed for immediate extermina- 
tion. It belongs to Jacqule Lyn, a 
cute baby who's too young to do 
her o\vn protesting. 

A blonde bang and the tightest 
of corkscrew curls describe Jacquie 
as one of those horrible children 
who know their own cuteness and 
spring up In parlors to recite "poetry 
until the guests dare to make po- 
lite adieus. Jacqule isn't that kind 
of person at all. She can lose her 
self completely when she's asked to 
tell the story about the Three Bears, 
She's a chubby, pug-nosed child — ■ 
sober, deliberate and well poised 
She probably has enough sense to 
work out her own simple, halrcomb 
if they'll only give her the - chance. 



B 'tcay Grosses 



(CD-924-$2.75). Drew some excel- 
lent notices but attendance after 
premiere mild; estimated starting 
pace $4,0(M). 

'The Other One,' Biltmore (1st 
week) (C-l,000-$3.30).i Presented 
independently (Thomas Kllpatrlck), 
written by Henry Myers; opened 
Monday. 

'The Stork is Dead,' 48th St. (3d 
week) (D-969-$3.30). Chances 
doubtful; around $4,000 first full 
week; must Improve to stay. 

'Vanities,' Broad\va>r (2d week) 
(B-l,800-$4-,40). Despite notices not 
so , favorable, will draw strong 
grosses during autumn; first ^reek 
estimated around $36,000. 

'When Ladiea Meet,^ Royale (Ist 
week) (C-l,118-$3). Presented by 
John Golden; his debut attraction 
this season; written by Rachel 
Crothers; opens Thursday (6). 
Other Attractiona . 
'Counsellor at Law,' Plymouth; re- 
peat continues to top non-musicals 
after spanning last season; $13,000 
and better. 

'Show Boat,' Casino (2ist week); 
revival about $21,500 last week; may 
leave for road next month; pop 
grand opera slated to follow. 

'Belmont Varieties,' Belmont; 
vaudeville revue. * 

'That'a Gratitude,' Waldorf; re- 
vival n^oves to Hudson, with revival 
of 'The Great Lover' due here. 

'Only the Young,' Sutton Show 
Shop; withdrawn after few perform- 
ances. 



(Continued from page 39) 

name printed In big letters on the 
bottom of it so that no one would 
be billed over him, . • ' 
That wasn't Tlmberg was it, Pat? 

'An Idea ■ '■ 
Someone suggested if a columnist 
should run for President he ccruld 
be termed, 'The Peep-holes Choice.' 



Invitation 

The heavy football teain sent the 
following card out this year to visit- 
ing opponents, 'What^can we do to 
make you comfortabie?' 

One team replied, 'Reverse last 
year's score.' 



Ex'film Nathes 



(Continued from page' 1) 
engaged, 999 others haye been In- 
terviewed and turned down. 

All of the major radio studios 
setting aside one day a week for 
audition^ for the best pr'ospects, 
take care of around 60 applicants 
each week. Out of the 60 getting 
auditions, however, only about 10% 
pass to the third stage, that of get- 
ting their names into the files for 
possible calls later. 

While lack of a Suitable air voice 
defeats many of the candidates, the 
stumbling block is their Inability 
to read lines quickly and effectively. 
Turned down on this point, they al- 
ways plead for permission to go 
iiome and memorize the lines, with 
a guarantee that at a future aiidi- 
tioq they will prove their histrionic 
ability. Sucii. an opportunity, how- 
ever, is never given. 

Only candidates being able to 
click for -the air dramas are those 
who have been able to pick up sides 
that they have not prevlbusly seen, 
and read them clearly and distinctly 
with dramatic sincerity that the 
average actor only gets after sev 
eral rehearsals. 



I N S' T 1 T U T I ON 



INTERNATIONALS 



. • . Shes for the Stcig^ (^nd S^^^^t 

i<^'&HO WFOLK'S SHOESBOP-^15S2 BaOADWA.Y< 



(Continued from page 45i 
tlnues strongly; around $11,000 last 
week; looks good through autumn. 

'Ballyhoo of 1932,' 44th St, (5th 
week) (B-l,325-$3.85). Musicals got 
benefit of world's series crowds, this 
one included, with gross better; 
$21,500. . ■ 

'Best Years,' Bijou (5th week) 
(CD-615-$3.30). Goes to road after 
another week; well regarded gener- 
ally, but thin trade; about $3,500 
estimated. 

'Bidding High,' Vanderbllt (2d 
week) (C-771-$2.76). Opened mid- 
dle of last week; drew general pan- 
ning and chances slim other than 
cut rates. 

'Clear All Wires,' Times Square 
(4th week) (C-l,0€7-$3). Picked up 
somewhat, with gross around $11,- 
000; lower floor okay but light up- 

'Flying Colors,' Imperial (4th 
week) (R-l,446-$4.40). Had several 
virtual capacity nights, and the 
gross went over $30,000; should stick 
to profit. 

'Here Today,' Barrymore (5th 
week) (C-i,115-$3.30). . Begins to 
look doubtful; with better weather 
trade did not advance; about $6,000; 
must climb or "else; 

'I Loved You Wednesday,' Harris: 
Postponed until next Monday; fa- 
vorably reported out of town. 

'Lilly Turner,' Morosco (3d week) 
(C-893-$3,30). Word of mouth may 
lift excellently done Bhow; business 
bettered even break at $6,500 last 
week; may move to. Cohan Monday; 
'Black Sheep' due in here. . 

'Man Who Reclaimed His Head,' 
Broadhurst. Withdrawn last Sat 
urday after playing three and a half 
weeks; started weakly and could not 
climb; house relights next week 
with 'Rendezvous.' • 

'Manhattan Medley,' Longacre. 
Postponed indefinitely for script re- 
vision. 

'Nona,' Avon (1st week) (D-83q- 
$3.30). Presented by Peggy Fears; 
written by Gladys Unger; opens tl'- 
nisht, with Lenore Ulric starred. 

'or Man Satan,' Forrest (1st 
week) (D-l,015-$3.30). Set back 
again; colored drama opened Mon 
day; nearly six months getting 
refidy. 

'Of Thee I Sing,' Music Box (41st 
week) (M-l,000-$5.50). Bun leader 
expected to extend far into new sea- 
.TOn; bettered $28,000 last week; vir- 
tual capacity; moves to 46th Street 
next week; 'Dinner at Eight' due 
here soon. 

'Success Story,' Elliot /2d. week.) 



Radio Insurance 



(Continued from page 1) 
the possible switch of the speaker 
from the prepared copy. Also on the 
fact that if the program Is a chain 
session that the local stations, 
though having no control over the 
copy; are nevertheless liable for 11 
bel and slander action, just as 
newspapers are individually liable 
for slanderous or libelous matter 
coming in through the press service 
In this latter matter, the Insur- 
ance conipany specifically mentions 
the possible suits arising from er 
rors In news flashes on the ether, 
leading to libel suits. Also mentions 
ether gossip columns as ri^k 
takers. 

Insurance policy as outlined 
would cover against libelous or 
slanderous matter in .announce- 
ments, political speeches, talks, 
plays, sketches, dialog, news flashes 
and songs. 



Barter and Swap 

(Continued from page 1) 

plenty of laughs in a day, with most 
of the addicts mldwesterners, who 
have been swapping all their liyes. 
Each market has its own crowd of 
riegulars, who try to make a' bar- 
gain on everything offered, ho mat- 
ter' what It is. In one spot ah old 
retired farmer, reputed to have ) 
bankroll,, has been in" constant at 
tendance for the past two months, 
and swapping continually. He has 
no use for the stuff he gets, but 
makes new deals every day, and im- 
misdlately hunts another swap. 
Rarely, does he look at what he gets. 

Most of the barter fans are men, 
women preferring to get what they 
need where the price is plainly 
marked.- • . ' ■ . 



Pm Telling You 



And a New Idea : 

Friars have made a new rule not 
to allow anybody but paid up meiii-^ 
hers Into the clubhouse. 
So nobqdy is allowed in. ^ 



Definition 

The reason a guy wears a mon- 
ocle Is^ because he doesn't want to 
seo any niore than he can under- 
stand. 



Two Answers 

Bashful S. J. Kaufman of RK(5 
City, describes himself as the man 
who says 'Yes' to Boxy and 'No* 
to everybody else. 



Catastrophe ' • 

Lou Holtz iost his cane in Baltl« 
more last week and couldn't open. 



The Smart Telegram 

Buster Collier wired his dad as 
follows at the Weber and Plelda 
dinner: 

Understand you are going to^e 
toastmaster stop also that you a^e 
going to speak stop your son. 



Ostermania 

The Howiard brothers and all 
other principals In 'Ballyhoo' have 
a run ofi^a play contract that only 
takes up a page .... the horses ' in 
the finale have a six page contract 
given to Ben Hur stables. .. .Look 
it up Bip... ..One columnist Sunday 
had that Dot Hall and Neal - An-* 
drews danced divinely at the Pier- 
rette Saturday.... The column hit 
the streets at 8 p. m. and the Pier* 
rette ' opened Saturday night three 
hours later. . ..And we still concede 
it is much' harder to boost than 
knock; . . .Boosting necessitates ad« 
jectlves. . . .and you can swear wheai 
you pan. 

ARE TOU READING? 



Henry Tobias, songwriting or* 
chestra leader, opens at Keith's 
Troy, Oct. 8, after .a slxtlx summer 
as social director of Totem Lodge, 
AveriU, N. T. 



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O B IT U A R Y 



WILLIAM W. D£ WOLPE 

'William W. DeWolfe, 68, lor many 
ye&TB ti leading comedian, died Sept. 
23 4t his home in Qulncy, Mass, One 
of hie best known roles was as HI 
Holler in 'Way DoWn East.". When 
the Castle Square Stock Company 
was orga-tilzed In Boston 'BlU* be 
Wolfe wajs one of its favorite play- 
ers, and John Bunny were shar- 
ing dressing, !ro6m8 when the nioyles 
entered upon .their era of popular- 
ity. De Wolfe once was stagie marir 
ager for Nance O'Neil and the old 
Proctor's Fifth Avenue (New York) 
Stock Company. At one time he op- 
erated. :a stock company in Lynn, 
Mass. About 15 years ago he be- 
came personal representative! for 
Fred B. Murphy, -Massachusetts the- 
atre vowner. He was born in .Bopth- 
bay, .Me- Survived by his wiidow 
and t^vo daughters. , 



' r. . IR^NE O.'DQNOGHU.E 

Irene 'O'Donoghue, former .operet- 
ta singer, known on the stage as 
Yra Jeane, died Sept. 2(i in the 
Brpoklyn .Eye and E^ir hospital. -folw 
Jointing an operation for mastoid.. > ' 

Sh9. was well knowi) in Gilbert: 
and Sullivan and Herbert .operettas, 
aiid had sung with Julia Sanderson, 
Peffgy Wood and others. She retired 
follpwlhg.'the death of her mother 
to devote herself to composition. .. 

Survived by two sisters and a' 
brother. . t . • 



NQRMAN FORBES- ROBERTSON 

Norman Forbes-Robertson, r 74, 
younger brother » of . Sir . Johnston 
Forbes.- Robertson and himself an 
actor, died In London Sept. 29 as 
the result of injuries sustained when 
.knocked down by : an automobile 
Sept. 26. Hls^ eyesight :was poor, 
and he failed to see the car. He 
recently had been appearing in 
'Twelfth. Night.' 

V,/ ADELE M. PULLINI 

Adele Martlnetti Pulllni, sister of 
Ignacio Martlnetti and at one time 



star of the M^rtinettl family of 
pantomlmlsts, died Sept. 29 in a 
New York hospital. She retired 
from the stage many years ago... In'- 
terment under the Actors' Fund. 



;0."e.-1FRELS. . 

,0. G. .Freis, Texas , exhibitor, was 
killed in auto accident at Gol- 
Jad, Tex,, last week. Survived by 
his brother, Rubin Frels;- also an 
exhibitor. - ■ 



CORA VVELtS PROCTOR 

Cora Wells Prrffctor, we^l knawh; 
actress of two decades a^o. -died'in 
Baltimore,, Oct. 1, following ain op- 
eration froni which she'did riot rally.. 

iSurvlved by her husband, William' 
.Proctor, manager, her father, t^o 
sisters and two brothers. ' 



$46,000 Loss m '31 to 
$10,000 '32 Net for Mich. 
Fair, Dne to Low Gate 



Detroit, Oct. 3. 

A -change from a $46,000 loss in 
1931 to a profit of $1,0,000 this year 
in. the Michlg:an.'State Fair was re- 
ported, thl^. ^^Ii^ the auditor. 
Etxpens.es .were cut . sizeably, but 
the proftt was mostly due to the 
56% attendance increase , attributed 
to the cut Iri admission prlces- 

The lona Fair likewise reported 
a; jnrnp to the black from a loss 
last year. The Ipna Fair operated 
for $17,4)00 less aiid made a profit 
of $750. 



MOLi,IE..ELLEN LOGEE^ 

. , Molly EHeri Logee; stiacre artd radio 
singer, died in Bo.stoii Sept. 28 ' in' 
the Maiden hospital. Trto days be- 
fore her death she was marrfied to 
George Murphy. 



M.ichael.J. Griffint stage carpenter 
f6r the 'Girls, from, the Follies,' .Em- 
pire burlesque showy ..dropped 4ead 
of heai;t disease,' in .the Worc^j^ter 
theatre, Worcester, Mass., on. Sept.- 
36, . as • he , was preparing, the ,sho\y. 
fpr . the m.atinee performance... He 
had traveled as a .stagehand :>vlth 
many shows- and had worked at . the. 
Court Square theatre,. Springfield, 
Mass. 



Mary Clough Watson, 74^ first edi- 
■ or of the Hollywood 'Enquirer,' a.nd 
former president of- the Southern 
California Women's Press Club,- died 
.Sept. 26, Long Beach, Calif. 



. Jay Cuddy, 22, died Sept, ' 28; in 
Hoilywodd.' Survived by mother a^fd 
two' brothers. He was a studio 
artist. 



LONDON SHOW WORLD 

. (Continued from page 44j>. ' 

Catlin and his pierrots in Scarbor- 
ough. . So now the act will be done, 
anyway, f ; 



London Summer 'Buys' 

An official of the libraries dis- 
putes a recent statement in. 'Variety' 
that for the first time In their his- 
tory-, they were not committed for 
any ticket deals during the month 
of August. He sa:ys that they , had 
eight guarantees and got out with- 
out loss.. 



No Dice 

Tex McLeod has definitely broken 
with Marjorle Tiller, both ais his 
prospective wife and i>artner in the 
act, and received back his diamond 
engagement ring. His new partner 
is Marie Holt, an unknown; this 
making Tex's fourth partner. 

Maugham Play 

Somerset Maugham's new play 
bears title 'For Services Rendered,' 
rehearsals commence October. Au- 
thor has- dashed off to Spain for a 
Test before the event. 



'Hay Fever' Put Back 

Constance Collier having been re- 
leased by C. B. Cochran from her 
engagement to star In 'Hay Fever.' 
so that she might sail for New York 
. to appear In .the .Fdna Ferber pl.ay, 
C. B. has postponed the revival of 
the Noel Coward opus until next 
spring. 



Miisic^s Tvyice Nightly 

. T\vice nightly musical comedy . will 
be staged at the Piccadilly in Octo- 
ber. All new plays will be given, 
■^Ith a change of show each fort- 
night.' 

If anyone shows definite signs of 
prolonged success It -will be trans- 
ferred to another house. Prices up 
to a dollar will prevail. The first 
play -will be 'Clover,' by Eugene 
Brookfleld. 



London B. O. Up 

(Continued from page 44) 

Friday' still another .flop for this 
house, with gross around $2,500; 
looks like plenty in red. Understood 
management dickering for new play 
starring Owen Nares and Fay 
Compton. 

His Majesty's — 'The Dubarry,' 
alter belnj. involved in slump, took 
lurn for better, and was grossing 
over $12,000, which is profitable, but 
autiden nervous breakdown of lead- 
jng lady, Anna Ahlers, necessitating 
i;Pmporary olo.sing of hoyse, with 
'arge sum; returned for advance 



bookings,. Likely Miss. Ahlers . will, 
r*tu.rh In week. , .' 

Lyric — 'Dangerous Corner,' termi- 
nated Stpt. 24 to $2,000, which 
slight loss. Show has never made 
much money for Its author-pro-- 
ducer, J. B, Priestly, but has served 
to dispose of American and conti- 
nental rights. Theatre will now un- 
dergo long delayed reconstruction 
and reopens middle November with 
'Another Language,' starring Edna 
Best and Herbert Marshall undef 
the Gilbert Miller banner. 

New — 'Too True to Be Good/ sur- 
prisingly good at $6,000. . 

Playhouse — 'Firebrand,' -one of 
Gilbert Miller's winners, doing reg- 
ular $5,600, which very good for this 
small capacity house; 

Queen's— 'Evensong,' slight fall 
oft, but has come back, and now 
well oyer $8,000, which plenty profit. 

Royalty— 'While. Parents Sleep.' 
claiming longest West End run. Still 
around $2,800, and with practically 
no overhead Is good for many more 
months. 

Saville.— 'Teil Her the Truth,' 
after slump picked up considerably, 
and now yielding good profit at 
around $10,000, and good fpr several 
months. 

Shaftesbury-^'Orders Are Orders,' 
opened badly, hitting the worst part 
of the heat wave, but has survived, 
and is now doing $6,000, which is 
healthy. - , 

St. James'— 'Behold We Live,' an- 
other Gilbert Miller winner, doing 
around $7,200, which is practlcsllly 
capacity. 

Strand— 'Night of the Garter,' the 
American old farce 'Getting Gertie's 
Garter,' has .clicked, with Sidney 
Howard considered at his funniest^ 
Capacity at, around $10,000. : 

Wintergarden. — 'Rhyme, and 
Rhythm,' Laddie Cliff's latest revue, 
at popular prices, arouiid $4,000, 
which is pretty low, but Clift not 
losing, as he has theatre on percen- 
tage. 

Wyndhams^ — 'The Way to the 
Stars' flopping, and will not hold 
out much longer. Understood Basil 
Dean negotiating to rent, house for 
hew Dodie Smith (writer of 'Autumn 
Crocus') play titled 'Sacrifice.' 

The fourth show Gilbert Miller 
will have in the West End is 'Spring 
Time for Henry,' which opens at the 
Apollo, now being reconstructed 
Nov. 9. Cast will be headed by Ron- 
ald Squire and Nigel Bruce. 



Profit in Corn Belt 

Spencer, la., Oct. 3. 

The Clay county fair for the 1932 
season showed a net profit of more 
than $1,000. 

This despite farm holiday move- 
ment and general unrest in farm 
interests. 



Jteledse Requests 

. (Cpntinued from: page 30) 

release from Harry Romm, to sign 
a personal contract with Charlie 
Morrlsoni was gabled until the two 
agents appear at the next meeting. 
Syijllla Bbwhan's release request 
\Vas also tabled, d.wlhg t,o the illness 
of her agefht, Harry Seambh. 

.. . Aflents'. Disputes . 
; Disputes among agents over rep- 
resentation rights were more: nu-: 
merous tlian usual. In one Instance 
both .agents lost out the board, rul- 
ii)g-.th.at the a«t In question, Mme. 
Sichumann-Heink, was booked in 
Cincinnati as ; part of a Fahchon & 
ftiarcb unit- and. that- neither agent 
\Vas entitled to the commish. Aaron 
liessler ^and Leo.; Fitzge'rald were the 
,'agents. 

' : Btondell ■ ° & Mack's complaint 
against- Lee- StewiiTt over the book- 
ii^g'of J€nilie Goldf^teln at the Acad- 
emy, New York, was tabled for add- 
itional evidence. Complaint by 
Charlie Morrison aigainst Jeff Davis 
over booking of- Harmon and ClaX- 
ton with the Boston ofllce resulted 
in a decision for Morrison. 
. C. S. 'Doc' Breed, head of the 
RKO Boston office, requested rul- 
ings .on three commish ' 'cases. On 
Dauntless (dog), with Fred Mack 
and Billy Jackson the opposing 
agents, it wdjs ruled that Mack gets 
the cbmmission on bookings to 
date 'but miist split with Jackson 
on future contracts.' Lee Stewart 
wais awarded the Buss /flay Revue 
in the other- Boston case. Henry 
Bellitt was the losing agent. Breed's 
request for a rulfng on Norton and 
Smith between Jack Weiner and 
Jtess Davis was held over for the 
next meeting:. 

"The board upheld its previous de- 
cisions rehearing . two cases at 
Weber- Simon's request; Nellie Ar- 
naut and Bros;, and Ted and Al 
Waldmian were the acts involved. 
Same agency was declared entitled 
tp a commish split on Sylvia: and 
Clemece for Louisville and In- 
dlanapolis-ln its complaints against 
Ed Morse and Nick Boila of Chi- 
cago. 

Applications Denied 

At the same' meeting the board de- 
nied applications for franchises by 
J. Walter Leopold, Lewis Moseley, 
Russell Decker and Tommy Reilly. 
Latter Was one of the assistant 
bookers let out by RKO recently. 

George Choos' application to have 
Jack Kalcheim join his office In 
place of the latter's brother, Harry 
Kalcheim, was approved on condi- 
tion that Chpos and Kalcheim alter- 
nate on the booking floor. On the 
request;Jt>y Jenie Jacobs to take in 
0- L- Oz as a parttier in her agency, 
the board stated it has 'ho objec- 
tions to the personnel of Miss Jac- 
obs' office, but Oz is denied the priv- 
ilege of the. booking floor,' 



Grens 



(For current week, Oct. 3-8) 
Hagenbetfk- Wallace 

Oct. 3, -Wichita Fans; 4, Vernon; ti, Amfl- 
rlllo: 6. Pampa:.7, Woodward, Okla.; «, 
Arkansas City, Kan.; iO, Tulaa. 

CARNIVAL ROUTES 

(For current week, Oct. 3 8) 

Alamo fixpo., EbnlB. 
Bee, F. H., Xavrenceburg. 
Bernardl Greater. York. 
Bunts, Taylorsvllle. 
Burdlck'B All Texas, Huntsville. 
Castle, Ehrllch & H., Tupelo, MIhh. 
Cetlln & Wilson, Mebane, N. C. 
Dixieland, Counhatta, La. 
Empire City, Columbus, Mies. 
Caller, Lexington. 
Gold Medal, Owensboro, Ky« 
Golden Rule, Elkln. 
Greenburg Am. Co., Clinton. 
Keystone Attr., Waynesbui-g. 
Krause Greater, Cherokee. 
Landes, J. L., HlUsboro. 
Miner, R. M,, New Holland. 
MIbh. -Volley, I-iOgansport. . 
Riibln & Cherry, Atlanta. Ga. 
HoI'h Liberty, Canton, MIhh. 
. Stanley's Expo., Rogersvlllo, Tonn. 
"Valley, Anderson. 
■Wade, W, G., Auburn. 
'WlllUms. 8. B., Malone. 



Gibson Staging Rodeo 

At Texas State Fair 

Hollywood, Oct. 3. 
Hoot Gibson will stage the rodeo 
at the annual Texas state fair in 
Dallas Oct. 8 to 23. Actor left to- 
day (Mpn.) by air to make arrange-: 
ments. 

As his contribution to the fair| 
his riders and ropors from his Sau- 
gus, Cailf., ranch will perform, 

Gibson hopes to stage. Ave other 
rodeos this year in other parts of 
the country. ' 



CARNIVAL LADY K.O.'S 
POWER OF THE PRESS 



- Effingham. 111., Oct. 3. 
Byron K. LeCrone's. attempt as 
a crusading editor ended inglori- . 
ously when Mrs. ,C. E, Plerson, wife 
bf. the owner of the carnival ' a.t- 
traction, against which LeCrone dii^ 
rected his assaults, yanked off the 
editor's specs and tried to smash 
the camera with which he was tak- 
ing pictures oh the lot. Under vig- 
or of the attack LeCrone fled. 

The editbr recovered sohae of his 
dig;nity by filing charge of assault 
and battery against Mrs. Pierson. 
The case was sent to the county 
court and won't' be heard until 
November. 



Circus Beats Locial Law 
Protecting Fair Date 

Mobile, Ala., OPt. 3. 
iRingling Bros, and" Barnum - & 
Bailey circus was allowed to show 
here after a fight by the Greater- 
Gulf Coast Fair association. The 
association Insisted the city com- 
mission enforce a city law prphJblt- 
Ing any circus from exhibiting 
within 30 days of the fair. The 
city license clerk overlooking the 
city .ordinance issued the license to 
the circus, After much argument 
a compromise was effected with the 
fair people by turning over to them 
the amount of the circus license 
$250. 

The show played to very few col- 
ored people. ' 'It is believed the col- 
ored population, resent the exhibi- 
tion of the Ubangl troupe. 



Would Make N. Y. State 
Fair Self-Sostainbg on 
' Toronto Expo. Plan 



. Albany, Oct. 3. 
Plans to place the New York State 
for at Syracuse on a. revenue-pro- 
duclh,;. non-subsidissed :basis are be- 
ing worked out by the Fair Advisory 
Board, according to C. R. White, a - 
member of the board and president 
pf the Farm Bureau Fedev.Ttion. 

Two schemes to make -the fair 
stand on Its own legJ5, without the 
prop pf .$175,000 annually appropri- 
atied by the state, are undeif consid- 
eration. , 

6ne calls for a loan from the .U. S. 
Reconstruction Finance Corporation 
for building a number of structures, 
at the fair grounds, :to be leased for 
exhibition, purposes.- The- other is to 
seek authority from . the legislature 
to enter Into' long-term concession 
rentals, . which ' will be nsed f or 
flnancing such new. strvictures. 

While some question exists about 
the possibility of obtaining an It F. 
Ct loan for what is designated, as a 
self-Uquidating project, an a;pplica- 
tiion, nevertheless, will be made. 
Failing in this, the boa/d will go to 
the legislature for, authority, to pro- 
ceed with the self-silsiaining t>Ian. ' 
Board members say that while the 
fair grounds are now fully. Equipped 
for agricultural diBpla^^SK.^ buildings 
for industrial exhibition^ are needed. 
Manufacturers prefer .to leajse dpace 
on a long-term basis. It Js «Iftlnied. 

An Investligatibh by the advisory 
board revealed that the TPrbnto 
(Ont.) -fair -|\irnlih'es "ia'n annual 
proflt of 1125,000 to that city/ while 
the Eastern States. Exposition at 
Springfleld, Mass., has yielded about 
$65,000 a year' since- industrial build- 
ings that cost $260,000 were erected. 



So. Bend Show a Bust 

South Bend, Oct. 3< 
An indoor circus prompted by Col 
Lew Ruben and, staged at the Publlx 
owned State theatre -was a tei-rlflc 
flop. Under auspices of the Ma- 
sonic Avalon Grotto which was; to 
receive 15%. Show failed to draw, 
no day's receipts over $60, 

Palace theatre orchestra under 
Bob Helmcamp played, the 14 shows 
and got nothing. Acts included, 
Aerial Coopers, Hlggins & Moore, 
Smalletto Family and animals. Haze] 
LaTour, Lieut Eldredge, sand 
painter, Hadji -Lessik, gun spinner, 
Paul Albertson high school horse 
Lady Forest. No acts paid, Ruben 
left between shows Sunday. Grotto 
disclaims responsibility. 



PLAYLAND $325,000 NET 
AS COLF LINKS GO RED 



BOXIE LA SOSA MOVED 

Atlantic City, Oct. 3. 

Roxie La Rosa, 27, of the Four 
Falcons, injured when she fell from 
a trapeze on the Steel Pier Aug. 12* 
left the Atlantic City Hospital for 
her home In Des'lMolnes, la. 

,Mlss La Rosa, with both legb in 
plaster casts and her back strapped 
to a cot, wa$ placed in a Pennsyl- 
vania baggage car especially fltted 
out for her comfort. Her mother- 
in-law, Mrs. Oscar Barnes, accom- 
panied her on the 40-hpur Journey .- 

Hospital- physicians say it will be 
at leaist a year before Miss La Rosa 
will again have- the use of her legs. 



Des Moines, Oct. 3. 

Roxle LaKose reached Des Moines 
via a baggage car to convalesce. 

Although encased in plaster casts, 
she tells her friends she will be back 
on the rigging in a year. 



CENT A HEAD PROFIT 

Spencer, la., Oct. 3. 

The Clay county fair, which drew 
00,0(W attendance, will realize 
slightly more than a cent a r.ciul 
profit, according to preliminary re- 
port of Leo C. Daiiey, secretary. 

(iro.ss receipts were' .'iljont $30,000 
Jin<l CNpohsos will fxicr'i] $37,000. 
Ki-OP .•i(liini':-.lon for (.-liildi-f-i) iindr-r 
13, of li.').lf-^i,i-ic-<v cni inlii 

i-o<-piiil.'5 jK'jii-Jy $J,noo. 



Yonkers, N. Y„ Oct. 8. 

A repprt Just presented :by Frank 
W. Darling, ' director bf Playland, 
ace recreation resort of Westches- 
ter's $80,000,000 system of parks and 
parkways indicates that the county 
will be $326,000 to the good from 
the operiatlon of' the place at Rye 
this season. 

Since the beach at Glen Island, as 
well as those at Kihgslartd Point 
and Crotoh, four picnic grounds at' 
points In the Interior of the county, 
Ave public . golf courses and tti© 
county center auditorium at White 
Plains are all in the red and little 
in the way of concession money 
conftes from the parkways, West- 
chester will be about $260,000 be- 
hind on the system for the calendar 
year. 

Despite the .depression 40C.000 
more persons visited the park this 
year than last. Darling figures that 
52 per' cent of the attendance game 
from Westchester; from New York 
29 per cent; New Jersey 12, and 
Connecticut 4 per cent with 3. per 
cent miscellaneous. 



Main Tour Ends, Passes 
Up Final Ark. Stand 

Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct, 3. 

Pine Bluff has -not been -visited 
by a circus for several years altho 
three have' been billed within the 
pkst two years and failed to Bhow. 

Walter L. Main Circus was billed 
here for Sept. 30 but could not show 
bec&use of closing season at Waxa- 
hachie, Texas. Some attachments 
were flled*here by local men. 



Grandstand Biz Hikes 
100% at Pomona Fair 

Los Angeles, Oct. 3, . 
Los Angeles county fair at Po- 
mona, which closed Saturday (1), 
played to 28,000 more admissions at 
the main ?ate than a year ago, and 
more than doubled its grandstand 
biz. 

Total gate ran around. 300,000 pay 
customer.'T. 



KEOKUK WHOOPEE 

Keokuk, Ja., Oct. 3. 
Reviving old .street carni here Oct, 
3 for six days and will revive Jam- 
boree that was started here In first 
town west of the Mississippi, back 
ip 1898. 

Old time political rally, torchlight 
parade with all the trimmings, band 
concerts, street danccs and plenty of 
fittractions is expected to draw 
IhouKiinds from neighboring com- 
muniiics. 



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W% o/ the important 
Hollywood actresses guard 
complexion beauty this way 

YOU'RE sure to find everyone talkiiig about 
Thirteen Wbnien> R. K. 0.*s thrilling 
screen play starring lovable Irene Dunxie. In 

it thirteen famous actresses each play a rdle 
filled with drama and suspense. 

All these stars have the most alluring femi- 
nine charm , , . flawlessly smooth skin. . AU 
know the secret of keeping skin youthfully 
aglow, As Irene Dunne says: 

"The charm of youthfully lovely skin is tre- 
mendously important' to every wornan. The 
faithful use of Liuc Toilet Soap keeps skin in 
perfect condition, always softly smooth and 
clear." 

9 out of 10 Screen Stars use it 

Of the 694 important actresses in Hollywood, 
including all stars, 686 find Lux Toilet Soap 
excellent for every type of skin. This very white, 
fragrant soap is the ofi&cial soap in all the great 
film studios! 

Let Lux Toilet Soap give its gentle, caressing 
care to your skin. Buy several cakes— today I 







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MARJORn OATBSOH 



FLORENCE BLDBIDGE 




PHYLUa VRA8BR 




BETTY jrURNBSS 




HARRIET HAOMAN 



JILL ESMOND 



MARY DUNCAN 




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Botered a* feecond-tlaa* matter December .22, 1S0(, at ttia Po^t'Ofllca «t Na$r TorctiT. 7„ under thV act at UArch t. tITI. 

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Sidanes of 'Names' 



ClIaMififld in parenthesis according to p«rforkn«rV field. P, pic* 
tuVes°; R>, radio; M, musicals; V, vaudoY*"*; U legit; N, nite clubs; 
f^ Hri^mk' These are saliEiries paid. Not asking prices, . 



Amoa arid Andr (R) . . . . . . . .|7,600 

£ouls Arra3troiis :baind (N). 2,500 
Mildred BBiIley ; (R) ......... . 2,500 

B^e Baker • (V) 4,000 

Phit Baker (M) . i, > 6,Q00 
Jamea Barton. (M)..;«^r.t* 8,000 
Jack Benny (V) . .... .. 2,000 

B4t Bemte bitrnd' (R) 6,600 
JSoaweir Si&ters (R) ....... . 3,000 

.Bradnti Circus (F).^ ....... 6,600 

'IH Brendel (P) 2,500 

Mary Brian (P) ; . r ^ 2,000 

Frank and MUt Brlttoh (V) . 3,500. 

joe. B. Brown (P) 6,250 

. Irene Bordoni (M) . . . . 3,000 

iBtlma and Allen (V & R). 2,000 
Ga]> Calloway band (R) . . . . . 6.000 

Ca<nel ^4 Hour (R) ........ 8,500 

'lOddle Cantor (M & P) . . . . .10,000 

J^rimo Camera (F) 6,000 

Maurice Chevalier (P).. , . . .10,000 
■■■JpiaA and McCulIough .(M) . 4,000* 

.!R|iiuM''Cdlilm1i« "(R) 2,000 

- Joi^Cpok, (M) • . . 6,600 

Jaokto Cooper (P) ........... 2,750 

Blnir Crosby (R) 3,000 

Clayton, Jackaon, ' Durante 
.' (N> . t ; ... . i ......... . 6,500 

■ Sfnrliag and Dooley (M-V- ' 

:•'••*•• » ■ • .• • • • • • • e e. *-s • • 3j000 

Morton Downey .(R)........ 4,500 

j;a^ea Dunn (P).........,,. 2,poo 

. Cilff Edwards (P) 2,000 

.Puk9 Ellington band (R). 6,000 

iRilth Bttingr, (M) 4,500 

Xeon Errol (M).. 3,000 

Fay and! Stanwyck (P) ..... 8,500 

pelen Gahagan (L) 2,500 

Joe Frisco (V) 2,500 

Billy aaxton (M )..... 2,600 

,:Oene and Glenti (R) ........ 6,000 

•Girl Crazy* TM) 8,500 

Mlt9i Green (P) 2,500 

Texas Guinan (N) 4,500 

Jack Haley (M) 2,000 

Ted Healy (V & M) ; . . . . * . . 4,500 
Horace Heldt band (V).... 4,250 

Lou Holtz (V) , 6,600 

•Hot • From Harlem' Unit 

(V) 6.500 

Harriett Hoctor (M) 2,600 

Jessel and Talmadge (V & 

p). ..ii.ooo 

Al Jolaon (P) ,15,000 



Roger W. Kahn orch. (R & 

■ »•■«••• •«•••*•••«•• 2,25.0 

.Helen Kane (M)...h..*... 4.000 

Dennis King (M).... . 2,000 

Bert Lahr .(M) . 4,500 
Ted liowis band . (V) .... .-. 7,500 

Beatrice lilllle (M) 4,500 
Jack Little; (R) .... 2,50O 

Guy Lbmbardo band (R> . 6,000 
Jim Londos (F) ........... . 6,000 

Vincent Lopez band (R) v . 4,000 
Abe Lyman band (N)..;.. 4,400 
Dorothy -Maokaill (P)....-. 3,500 

Will Hahoney (V & M) . . . 4,000 

Marx Bros; (P & M). 10,000 

Ethel Merman (M) 2,500 

:M11Is Brba. (R) 3,500 

Pepper Martin (F) . . . . . , , . 3,000 

Borrah Minevitch (Y) 2,600 

Tom Moore, and Alice Joyce 

• (P) 2,600 

Morian and Mock (V)'. . .... 2,500 

Roaita 'Moreno (V* & P) , . . ' 2,000 
Helen Morgan (M) . 3,600 
J. Harold Murray (M) ; .... 2,750 

Ken Murray (V)..v....... 2,000 

Mae Murray (P) •. 3,000 

Pola Negri (P) ........... . 6,000 

Olsen and Johnson (V)... 6,500 

Jack Pearl (M & R) , 3,500 

Molly Picon (V>. ....... .; 2,600 

Esther Ralston (P) 3,600 

The Revellers . (R) 3,600 

Harry Richman <M) . ..... 6,000 

Marion 'Kiki' Roberts (F). 4,200 
Edward G. Robinson (P).. 5,500 
Dr. Rockwell (V) . 2,500 
Benny Rubiii (V & P).... 2,000 

Joa. Rums.hlnaky > (L) 2,500 

Sanderaon and Crumlt (R) 3,600 
Singer's Midgeta (V)....,. 3,000 

Shaw and Lee (V) 2,6C0 

Kate Smith (R) 7.500 

Lllyan Tashman- (P) ..... . 5,000 

Estelle Taylor (P) 3,000 

Thurston tV) 0,000 

Sophie Tucker ( V) . ... 3,500 

Rudy Vallee (R) .■ 4,500 

Chlc 'Saie (V & P) . . .. 3,500 

Warlng's Penns band (V) 6,500 

Weaver Bros. (V) 5,000 

Weber and Fields ( V) . . . . . 2,500 

Alice White (P) 2,500 

Paul Whltcman band (R) . ; 8,500 
Walter Wlnchell (F) ..... . 3,500 

Ed wVnn (M) 7,500 



24-Sheet Action Lithos 
For Coast's Football 

Los Anscles, Oct. 10. .. 

Many southern California col- 
leges are now using stock football 
24-3heet8 to advertise their local 
e^amea, with printed strips for dates 
ftnd names of schools. 

Llthbs show grid, action scenes 
*na represent the latest use of 
•t«ck paper. 



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Reviving *Abie* 

_ Hollywood, Oct lOV 

^Henry Duffy will revive "Abie's 
*««h Rose' at the El Captain Oct. 

George Sidney and Charlie 
fftirtay will be featured. 

Dutty will hola it here as long as 
possible and then, if a run is 
•«*ieved, send it to San Francisco 
w a continuation. 



Hot Natives 

Honolulu, Oct. 1. 
Natives of Tahiti are developing, 
that Hollywood complex. T^hey're 
burned at "United Artists and Doug 
Fairbanks because mob " scenes in 
which they appeared in 'Mr. Rob- 
inson Crusoe' were cut from the 
picture. 

When .'Crusoe' opened over here 
they stormed the theatre to see 
themselves and their friends, rais- 
ing a big fuss when they discovered 
the picture had double crossed 'eih. 



PAET TIME UNION DEPOT 

.. yenver, pet. 10. 
Denver reverts to small town 
class. Union station, never before 
closed, now locked slx^ hours each 
night. 

No trains leaving and done to 
Iteop people from sleeping In depot. 




WOULD SET LIMIT 



Reported Again Trying to 
Check 'Desperation' Sal- 
aries'^ All AdU Over 
$2,000 Must Prove Draw- 
ing Power— Exceptions 



18 AT $6,000 OR MORE 



, A top aalary of fS^OOO- for any 
•tao* name« in vaudevill* or the pie 
t'lire, houaesf is the aUppoaed ob' 
jeptive of another .reported o*t-to^ 
'Sether by the. major booking ofRcea 
.on- the matter of act*, and proMnt 

day fancy salaries. "r.- 

This is believed the major cir- 
cuits' second 'salary confab, of recent 
date.. Several months ago, after de- 
ploring the heavy ; 'despjsrMIpit' sal- 
cartes' theV were dishing out fpr. stage 
'attractions to offset .screen weak- 
iness, the majors determined to keep 
'salaries down. But nothing came of 
'It. lookers continued to outbid 
each, other under stress ot>competi- 
,tlpn and salaries Continued to 
m6uht. ' 

Any proposed aalary cutting by 
rau.tual Agreement was forgotten 
until two .weeks ago when continu- 
ally mounting figures for available 
names Is said to have Induced' an- 
other conference. ' The resulting 
(Continued' on page 48> 



Santas' Big Xmas 



Gimbels. New Tork department 
store, will raise the ante this year 
to $50 a week for its Santa Claus 
Impersonators. . Last year, at $25, 
amateur St. Nicks couldn't convince 
the kids, . ... 

This year the store figures actors 
are available and v/orth the $26 In- 
crease. Store will do its casting In 
the regular way. ' 



Layoff Nobitity 

There are at least 100 layoff 
noblemen in New York. Will Oak- 
land, via his p.a.. Jay Faggen/ foUnd 
that out. Faggen ran a blind ad for 
a bona fide nobleman to host at 
The Willows, nite club, a.nd more 
than 100 responses came in. 

Mris. Oakland picked the wiiinah. 



Service 



■ Pittsburgh, Oct 10. 
George Jaffe's Academy, 
playing Empire wheel shows, 
retains. its, own. chorus of 10 
girls, calling them the 'Dane-, 
ing Usherettes.' 
" They double between lead- 
ing the customers to their .seats 
and performing on the illumi- 
nated runway. 




Subdividing Laffs 



Lucky Strike scientifically 
clocks Jack jPearl's laughs be- 
fore his. studio audience wltb 
a disk recording oC e*ch pro- 
gram MThich. -inclades Pearl, - 
Walter O'Keefe as m.c and a 
guest band. 

I«ast . Thursday (6) night's 
broadcast was a higH^ mark for 
the i3'utch comedian with 6S 
laffs the first half aiid C3. laffs 
the second half. ' 

Each.lafI marathon .Is. sub^ 
divided into belly laughs, guf«. 
f awB, chuckles, and JuM lafFa. 



SEiiS-FLQTOBID 
BYBiyiARD, 




Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 

Ed Ballafd. formerly iof the Ameri- 
can Circus Corp.. Is. In negotiation 
with. John Rlngling looking to the 
acquirement of the Sells-Floto Cir- 
cus property. If Is understood that 
Fred Bow^s is associated with 
Ballard in this deal. 

Ballard is In communication with 
Tom Mix, who is reported to re-, 
gard favorably the proposition to 
join the circus as the attraction on 
a deal similar to that obtaining 
when he was last with the same 
show. Hla split would be 20%:' 

idea is a combined five ring cir- 
cus and rodeo with Mlx-Sells-Floto 
as the title. Mix has 13 pictures to 
do for Universal, but figures he can 

get away for the tenting season. 

Outfit would be rebuilt along .Eu- 
ropean lines with chairs and boxes, 
and the center poles out, ail sup- 
port coming from the sides to give 
an auditorium effect. Traditional, 
white top would he abandoned with 
the main canvas being multi colored. 
Show would be a 40 car outfit. 

Understobd that due to internal 
troubles in the family over th,e re- 
cent disastrous season, Rlngling Is 
favorably inclined toward the Idea 
of restoring the show to Its former 
owners. Ballard and Mix may make 
a trip to French Hick to discuss the 
final dealings with Rlngling. They 
will also seek to acquire the rights 
to the title of the Buffalo Bill Wild 
West, also owned by Ringlings, but 
which has been dormant. 

If the deal goes through It Is 
planned to open the .sea.son in Wa.sli- 
Ington, D. C, with "a try for for- 
eign diplomats to give the gala op- 
ening an international l>iillyiioo. 



' Stockholm, Oct 8. .. 
About 400 Sweden,, alt' thiat Is left , 
of the easy spending' set o£ ^teok« ' 
holm, have de.Vlsed a way to defeat 
the' government's attemi»t to clbeei 
down all late'plaoe*, w(th a' bag; dt 
tricks new- to .cdnt'lnenial nocturnal 
maneuTers. 

The Embassy Club stays oi>en till' 
7 a.m. and later IC there Is business. 
E^rery; miember 'gets a key to the 
buOding for 5 kroner and the 'walt- 
.ers are considered personal, serv- 
ants of the members^ Every mem- 
ber who visits the club buys a 
share' of stock 'every night (you 
could call it coi^vert), but the gov- 
ernment caA't clo«e the place .as the 
owners have formed a ' corporation 
and with the nightly buylngi of 
stock, there Is a shaireholders -meet- 
ing from 11 p.m. till closing seven 
,tlmes a wedkr 

Lilquor Is not sold, but Is kept 
In lockers Assigned to all the mem- 
;bers and there lis no restriction on 
memfoershij;.'' The more tM merrier. 
But If a .newooQier arrives a tli^. to 
a waiter can arrange to transfer a 
dozen botttes of champaigne-from 
,the looker of Mr. Olseh or Mr. Johrt- 
son, ■* " 

Actors frequent the Orotto Azora, 
and plenty Ht whoopee keeps Bell- 
. man's road outside the city going aa.. 
the only roadhouse. The Adlon,^ 
Cecil and Fercentza are the other 
three ' clubs trying staying open. 
Liquor selling : tricks are causing 
great consternation to the • govern- 
ment and supplying the only paprika 
to night life norm -of Copenitagen • 
and Berlin. 



'FRANKIE 'N' JOHNNY'S' 
TOKEN FOR FAITHFUL 



\. HOM.atpn, Oct. 10. 

The Itpe. to. the, WWte House may 
form onitbe, right .down .here in the 
southland.. . Advance, seat sale to the 
DemocTailc. . show— tickets subject 
to cancellation it Frankie and 
Johnny fail to: make the date— is in 
full swing; - • • 

George ■ Calkins, working out of 
campaign ■ ' headquarters in New 
York, is • chief "barker. The par ty 
needs funds,' -^v. told local Demo- 
cratic Ireadqnj, q^s, and is willing 
to do the'rlg^ st#ng by contribu- 
tors. The' Ihdt. gji^ttt is something 
like thlsr •••• •• 

A $10 cbUt'rlb'utroh 'wins the award 
of a certificate; suitable for framing; 
a $60 gift 'rates a wooden plaque; a 
$100 gift,' a bronze plaque, and for 
a $1,000] campaign contribution, the 
grand pVlze. is. a .gold pass to the 
White Ho.use,, signed, personally by 
Gov. Iloo3p.v.e)t. and. Speaker Garner, 
wliich will entitle the holder to visit 
the White. House at will during any - 
democratic administration. 

'riii.s plan is reported to be under 
c'on.sidorij tioti by New York bead*, 
'(uarlers at pre.sent. 



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Tucfsday, October 11, 1932^' 

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On Calif, fay Checks 
i To Be Fmafly Test^ 

Hollywood, Oct. io. 

New Tptlij- Hollywood battle o'vir 
,th4 iegkitty ot.ap eastern .attach- 
ment, levied at the home office of a 
film company on the salaryj -of a 
studio employee who'; has be^n en- 
gaged, has worked and i&. being paid 
in California, Js tb be fought out in 
two cases. 

T-K)uis Brock, shoi t producer at 
Radio; Is bringing, a friendly aotioii- 
dgalnst the ; studio, Avhlch Is sup- 
posed to help'' film in his batOe 
against the first Mrs, brock. Al^ 
Dlnehart, whose Fox and 'Warner 
salait-les we>e attached by" his fb?- 
:tner - wife in New York, has taken' 
out injunctions against the studios 
Pjaylng -^my, monies to her. . . . 

In ijoth case's I'Jew York "attbr- 
heys 'wlil' alsb fight, the question biit 
on the leasterh end.' Bruce Bromlejr, 
retained by; Badlo, iwlll handU. the 
Brock case, and Mai^us Joffe has 
been advised by Brand, Zagon and 
Aaron, representing Dlnehart on the 
coast, to bring proceedings to dis- 
solve the restraining order and gar'-' 
nlshnient .^rs, . '.Dinohart obtal^ied. 
Grounds alleged are that the New- 
York courts ' haclTio Jurlsdlctlo« "to 
attach the iBalaj*y of the actor when 
he, was working. In California, . . 

Although .many similar situations 
have arisen' In tlie .last three yeafs, 
they, have alwkys been settled out 
of court '.before coming to tMalL 
Thle win be the first; time the point 
Is fought out, and all studios and 
fll.P^ cpnipanles are interested since 
they have been caught in the mid- 
dle each time the -question has come 
up. 



HereVHow Stahl Mixes Femme 
Cinematurgy With Psychology 



By RUTH MORRIS 

'Tell the Tsecret of a man, and no 
body listens-; tell the secret of a 
woman and you tell it to tlie world, 
and incidentally,' adds John M. 
Stahl, 'you have a potentially great 
box office picture.' 

"Woman, who comprise the back- 
bone of theatre audiences and are 
therefore the group toward which 
Mr, Stahl directs his films, 'have a 
passion for prying into secrets. Tell 
a woman an open fact and she nods 
polite dislntfcest. . Whisper some 
trivial ' detail that she's - not sup- 
posed to kno\\^, and she's atlir'ob. to 
hear more — in life; or bn the screen. 

The handsome hero, ,. the stylish, 
niannercd actress: these draw wo- 
men to the ^inema, for -a, feast of 
romance and fashlbii; Instruction. 
But the element that moulds them 
into enthusiastic piEopa'gandista for; 
.a film is the one .that exposes hid- 
den facts in the lives of the wornen' 
thej; are, were, woujd or woyld not 
like , to be. Let the characters vvho 
surround the. herplne be mystified 
as to why she does thus, why. she 
acts so. But tell audience ladies. 
«,11 about It so 'that they "may mull! 
byer her secret, contrast it. with 
their own; sympathize or condemn! 
. The. secrets- that 'women enjoy- 
most are, -in Mr. "Stahl's'rahalyBls,! 
those of thie 'other-woman.' - The: 
smug and contented housewife -stib-; 
consciously, envies the glamour thati 
surrounds clnems' miQtrie'sses.- Lux-^ 
ury, excitement, - dangerously stolen; 
romance are in aliurlhg opposition' 
to her. own .conventional life. ;Shei 
experiences ! them ylcarjousiy in , the' 
films she patronizes. 
, .'WhenTthe mistress Is established 
In luxury, she must suffer the retri- 
bution aiid remorse that pla,cate the' 
housewife. tVhen 'she happens; as' 
in 'Back Street,' - to tepresent the: 
glamour of thf. mistress - ia,nd thej 
faithful sacrifice of the wife, she 
■ihakeis an unconquerable bid for the' 
^interest and 'sympathy of feminine! 
audiences. ' The faithless wife is a 
heroirte that', -^tomeii • vHll not tol-i 
erate. However palhstaktngly de^; 
vised, sj'mpathy is not for her. She^ 
.menaces the ; Ideals that women^ 
have helped to build ' ahbut* the in- 
etitutlon of marriage. ' ' 

'.The. reality that women approve 
In . fiction is hot palatable to them 

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Local: Color 



"Wanting correct detail in its 
'French street scenes for 'To- 
paze,' Riadlo will include one of 
those famous street , corner 
adornments. 

Studio is looking for a 
French .specialist to tell them 
how the thing should be con- 
structed. 

— From ■ ■ 'Varietif'a' BoUywood 
BuUetin.. 



Fox After Lew Ayre3 
For 'State Fair V Also 
Wanted by Metro, W6 



Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Fox is trying to borrow Lewi 
Ayres from Univevsai to play with 
Will Rogers and' Janet Gaynor in 
•State Fair.'.' 

Mjiahtime, U has, advanced the 
starting date '. on 'Out On Parole,' a 
story by Max Trell for Ayres with 
Tom Buckingham directing. This; 
•picture should hot be flniished be- 
fore Fox is rpady with 'Fair.'. , 

Metro is also . trying to. borrow' 
Ayres for 'Whlstlln' in^ ;the Dark,' 
with Warners also wanting .him for- 
an air story. 



Larry Funk's Secret 
JWarriage to 

Revealed by Snrt 



■ Cleveland, Oct 10. 
Larry: . Funic, Cleveland • band 
leader who ballyhooed himself as a 
bachelor, revealed he has been mar-- 
ried since 1925 -when he filed suit I 
for divorce hei-e from Adelle Gloria.; 
Ray, profiesslonaily Dolores- Ray, iii; 
pictures. . ■ . 

Neglect and cruelty are chargedl 
Ip Funk's petition against his -wifci 
whom he married when she was' 
playing, in stock in Bloomlngton,) 
Hi;, while he was at,the 6lue liorscj 
nlghterj)! in ;!New York; j 
. Baiiidmaster claims his wife was ' 
money mad, visiting speaks with; 
niilllonaires and keeping, him broke 
even when he made $1,000 weekly | 
with NBC. Alsb, says she left himj 
in 1928 and lived in New, York for' 
some time with 'N.T.G;, a New. 
York master of ceremonies.' 

Fdnk, a cousin of M. H. Ayles- 
worth, president of NBC, recently 
fe^ into .big dough -when .an uncle. 
Conn;ected with Fiink & 'Wagnalls, 
namied. .him Jp a legacy, . pblores! 
Rey is' reported to be in Hollywood^ 
working .in Metro pictures. Funk.j 
whose hose .was broken recently. In! 
a,n' . . a.iito accident, now lives in i 
Cleveland. 



MG MEETS PAR'S MONEYJ 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
With Paramount failing; to give 
Phillips Holniea the raise calied fbr 
In his optional contract the player 
was signed under a term contract 
by Metro- at' the figure he requested 
from Paramount. . ' 



DELICATE SURGERY 

Japanese Physician . Removes Swal 
lowed Teeth from Chadwick's Lung' 







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INDEX 






Bills 






Burlesque ........ ^ . . 




39" 


Cliatter 


* * 


46 


• Editorial , . . V. . . : . i . . . . 




47 


Exploitation ........... 


.' • ■ 


24 : 


Film House, Reviews.. . . 


• « 


42 


Film Reviews. ■ . . '. . 1 ; . . , 


• • 


20 


Foreign Film News.. . . . 


.. . 


19 


Foreign Show News. . . . 


• • 


62 


Inside— Legit . ; 




48 


Inside— Music 


« • - 


47 


Inside — Pictures . 




27 


Inside — Radio 




47 


Inside— Vaude . . i . 




38 


. Legitimate . ... 


..48- 


.53 


Letter List 


« • 


62 


Literati 




54 . 


Mu.<3ic 


'..60- 


61 


New Acts 


• • 


40 


News from the Dallies.. 


• • 


4i 






60 


Obituary , . . 




63 


Outdoors .< 




63 


Pictures 


2 


-36 


Radio 


..r.r) 


-CO 


JRadio Chatter 




.56 


Radio Reports. 




.58 






45 






45 


yaudeville . . . . ... ... . . 


. . .".7 


-39 


Vaude Hou-^c lieview.s. 







Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Extracting two teeth and. a bridge; 
from the right lung of L E.. Chad- 
wick, who' swallowed them month/3 
^go while they were . bein§r ex 
jtracted, Dr, H, J. Hara, Japanes.e 
brbipchial specialist, performed an! 
eTItlrely , new . bperatiph , for, wjh Ich: 
^specially . designed surgical Instru-' 
ments' had been made. • , 

The. jn^le producer w&a on the 
operating table at the White Memo- 
rial hoisijital; three hours . and .4(^ 
m In utes^ without ether,, and. is .now 
at home, recovering. He gbes- back 
to the. hospital next ^yeek for a final 
clea,nlng, of the. lung, to remove, th^ 
poisons formed around -the sac .that 
held the te6th. 



Raythdiid Eaist for Stage 
When Par Contract Ends 

Hollywood, Oct. 10.. 
With hia Paramount contract ex 
plrlng in two weeks, Gene Raymond 
leaves at that time for New York 
for a stage engagement. Actor is 
currently on loan to Metro for 'Red 
Dust.' 

He was Raymond Gulon in legit. i 




WILL MAHONEY I 

I 

The Boston 'Traveler' said: 'Wilt 
Mahbney is a sensation at th^ 
Metropolitan.: It has been monthEl 
and months since the customers 
have bestowied sjuch spontaneous 
approval upon a visiting celebrity 
as they did .yesterday on Mr. Ma-; 
'noney. His xylophone dance Is one 
of the major thrills of the theatre.1 
Direction , i 

RALPH <;. FARNUM ! 

.1560 Broadway . : 



MAUGHAM BOOK, GARBQ 
FIRST DNOER NEW DEAL 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Metro has ; purchcised Somerset 
Maugham's novel ahia play, 'Palntedi 
Vell,^ for Greta Garbo's first picture 
on her- new contract. ' 

Leonard Praskins is adapting arid 
dialoging with Donald Ogden Stew- 
art replacing him on 'White. Sister .h. 

FILM STARS IN WAX AS 
NEW TOURIST COME-ON 



; Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Motion Picture Museum and Hall 
of Fanie will Qpen Oct. 17 on the 
site of the first film museum, backed 
by Harry Crocker, -which folded 
after' several months' trial in 1929. 

New venture -will have 100 wax 
figures of picture celebs, as well as 
replicas of sets, props and costumes 
used In hit films. Charles E.- 
Pressley, who put on 'Old Spanish 
Days' at Santa Barbara, and before 
that had an .Orpheum drape act, is 
In charge of the exhibit, which will 
have a two-bit top and cater to the 
tourists. 



Bobby Jom^' Features 
And Shorts for WB 



Hollywood, Oct. iO(:' 
Bobby Jones gets a five year con- 
tract from Warner Brothers as an 
actor. He is to do both short and' 
feature length pictures. First as- 
signment will be a series of one 
reelers bearing the : promising title 
Of, 'Ho-W to Break 90'. , 
- Jones is expected here Nov. 1, tO; 
take up his camera work. He is- 
understood to have gotten |126;6oo: 
for series of shorts forWB; 



Court Approves New Deal 
For Busier IMielps^ Radiqj 

. , Holly W'Ood, Oct. 10. : ! 

teuster . Phelps, five years old, is 
optioned to Radio for one year, nofl 
two as ^ previously reported, undei 
terms of a contract approved in Su- 
perior Court here. 

Stuciio has 30 daya after the ftrslj 
puhlio preview "of • 'Little Orphan 
Annie' in which to exercise its first 
option a:f $360 a week. If a second 
picture is made in the 12 months 
period, the youngster is to receive 
$450 a -week. 



'Oo^La-La* for a Starter 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Fii-Ht title for the Marx Brothers- 
new feature at Paramount is 'Oo- 
La- La,' with likcHhood it will have 
!:c\-eral. changes before release. 

When nskod .what the yarn, how 
being written by Bert Kalmer, 
II,'in-y .Ruby ainl Arthur Sheekman, 
vas .Tliout, tl:o ;M;irxo.s replied that 
;li«' title fxiiliiinod it. 



D'.ABBAST ON 'TOFAZE' 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
■ Harry D^Arrast has been engaged 
by Radio to direct 'Topaze.' 



Fibi New Acts 



Following picture players 
who are making personal stage 
appearances are reviewed in 
this issue, under New Abts^ on 
page 40. 

Alec D. Francis 
Dorothy. Jordan 



Sleep - Collection 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. i 
iCoast^ agent obtained a : 
judgment against a foimer 
client who failed to pay com- 
missions due, and has found a 
way to collect. The cliei^t, a . 
comic. Is wary and inyarlabjy ' 
draws his stvdio w^a^es/ eadn ' 
morning before starting 'work. ' 

Agent how keeps tabs on ' 
the parties the. actor attends, 
and se.nds the sheriff over to . 
the studio -while . the player 
sleeps late at home. 



Loyal Russians - 
Refuse :Raspu^ 
Parts; Seek Pit Ban 



■ ■ Hollywobd, (jet.. 10. ^ 
Former Russian army ofilcers; 
here working In pictures as extras, 
havi 'refused to accept '"'Job's- ijn 
Metro's 'Rasputin,' on .the ground 
that the picture might reflecf'bn th'ej 
former imperial family. • ' .>: 1 
These royalists, drlftlhg ' here 
after the revolution, are brgahlzetf 
aa the Russian Army OflBcers* club, 
which 'is ostensibly social an^' prac- 
tical,- inasmuch as it .'is' ^ciiye in 
endeavoring to get filni w'6tk- fbir Its, 
members.. There are about 40 of 
them, ranging froni generals up. 
■ Taking themselves serJquSly, 'the 
royalist extras reported to ;th'eir. f el-, 
low expatriate organization in Paris; 
on their peeve, and it is understoodj 
that they demanded thai ! influence 
be brought to bear 'thfo'ugh the; 
British royal court to get Metro tO; 
lay. off the picture. Nothing came' 
of the pica.-. ■ 

Meanwhile,- -the army ofilcers re- 
fused to ■ work in- the picture with 
other nationalities . filling the 
Muscovite berths. Theodore Lodi- 
Jensky, former general in the Rus- 
sian army, is working as technical 
advisor on the film. He has been 
an , American; citizen for si;it. years, 
and is hot a member' of the officers' 
club. 



AUCE WHITE'S Q. T. 

sciiozzLE bMc 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. "! 
Alice White, who is making her 
screen return in 'Employees - En- 
trance* for Warners, did a hideout 
last week so that Dr. Josef Ginsberg, 
plastic surgeon, could alter her 
tichnozzle. ' 

Operieitlon .was kept under cover. 
Miss White is expected back at the 
studio middle of this week. - 



BUDDY ROGERS' CAMPAH3IN 

TelU Kansas City He. Was . Paiiure 
—Wants Stronger Roles in Films 



Buddy Rogers flew here from New 
York last week and gave out an in- 
terview stating that he wai^ ia' 'fail- 
ure. Not financially, of course. As 
Rogers expressed it, he is sick of 
.th^ reputation gained in. past screen; 
roles andJs on his -Wsay tb Hblly-f 
wood to' vindicate' hims^f in 'itiore 
ihasculine piarts. It's along ' the 
lines 6f ttrevious statemeh't)^''of 18,4:0 
froni' the' Juvenile. - ' ' 
• 'Twb. picture 'coiifipahfeis 'ha!,ve' of-, 
fered me contract?. I'm' bh m'y way 
to Hollywood' to talk bus'inbss and 
I'm going back to the scrieh as-_ a 
hew person,'' said Rogers.' ' 



Alice Won't Say 

. RenOi: Oct. ! 10. 

Alice Joyce, wife , of .. James. , B.' 
Regan, Jr., arrived here a. few days 
ago and has rented an apia,rtment. 

5She refused to stiate whether she 
is here for a divorce, but you guess. 



SAILINGS 

Oct 14 (New York to Florence), 
Mr. and Mrs. Max Sonlno (Rex), 

Oct. 11 (New York to London) Mr. 
and M^s. Granvllle-Barker, Mr. and 
Mrs. John Gilbert (Virginia Bruce),- 
Harry Glemby (Europa). 

Oct 8 (New York to Paris), Tom' 
Patrlcola, Louise Carr. Wheeler 
Twins (Paris). 

OctO. (Los Angeles to New York), 
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Weingarten 
(California). 

Oct. 8 (Paria to New York), Gene- 
vieve Tobin and mother <Bereii- 
garla). 

Oct. 6 (New York to Hamburg) 
BUster and John West (Albert Bal- 
lin>. 



Re|i|ke^U,A. 
Mer Two More Jgisoiis 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Following the preview at Berkeley 
last week, Al Jolson's. 'Happy-Go- 
Lucky; goes in. for a .week of re- 
takes .and tightening up before the 
press gets a look at It. 

Joe ^chenck is now- talking to Jol- 
son about dolnig ah additional two 
within the next. 1? months. 
, One musical number will be added 
to 'Happy* and ahothep wlU be 
lengthened,; Dick Rodgers andLaxr/ 
Hart being recalled to dto them. ' 

U RENEWS RUSS MACK 
FOR 3 MORE; 1 TO GO 

Hollywood, Oct, I*.' ' 

Universal has given Russell Matik 
a new directing contract for thr.ee 
pictures. Mack still has one "i<* 
make on his bid contract. 



Carrillo Personals Off; ;i 
Doin^ FlUn f pr Coluinbi)Bt 

. ... iHollywood, Oct. '10.-< 
Cancelling a personal appeafantie 
tour, set to follow- 'Parachute' At 
Warners, Leo Carr'tllo will next ^o 
Into 'East of Fifth; Avenue" at Cb- 
lumbla. . .' 

Story, by Harry Sauber, is ba<it 
around the life of Congressman 
Floria La Guardla, of New ' Yo*rk, 
a-nd Was oi'lfefiially to be made %y 
Bryan Fby at his Culver City 
studio. Instead, It goes into work 
at Columbia with. Foy in. charge of 
production. 



Medbury Speaking 

Hollywood, Oct. iO. 

Radio announcing In 'Rackety 
Rax,' at Fox, will be done by John 
P. Medbury, "m 

He Is also writing the material 
he will spiel. 



Bruce Cabot's 6 Mos. 

. Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Radio gave Eruc'e; Cabot a six- 
month contract following his p^f 
formance in 'King Kong". 

INEZ COURTNEY 'FESSES • 

Inez Courtney, a.ctiess, made. It 
knowh she was married to Stanley 
Pascal, New York hooker, on Junf 
20 in New York by a .lustice of the 
Peace. 



Tuesday, October 11, 1991 



VARIETY 



m STANCE ON CANDIDAS 



Collier^ Sr^ Gaggingly Recounts How 
He Came (Back) to Be Re-0iscovered 



■When It's audition-time in Hol- 
lywood, it's dinner-time back liere.' 

■ That's the sonar William Coiller 
granted to sing ais he left New York 

'^ifor his West Coast studio. Dinners 
'^iiave been synonymous with eh- 
'gagements In his picture career. 
, it was at the Jewish Theatrical 
'Guild dinner to Eddie Cantor thbt 
the Messris. Fox and Sheehan dis- 
ipvered the Collier wlt-about-dln- 
]ier-tables. . Come to Hollywood, 
■they urged. Take ; a band In pic- 
ture-maklnpr. Receive salaries, th- 
'^t^ad of banquets. 

Their proposition was prpmlsing.' 
It eventuated In Mr. Collier's ar- 
tival at the Fox lot, where he re- 
mained for three years incorporat- 
ing quips into studio product; act- 
ing, directing, serving as agreeable 
iitliity man. Came cbritract time, 
and no renewals. Mr. Collier free- 
lanced until he hopped an east- 
bound train to preside at the Weber 
4tnd Fields, dinner." 
. 11' thought I might Just as well 
give up free-lancing and start free- 
luriching,' he explained. 

Once more the Collier wit drifted 
fram the dais into thousands of 
radioed homes. Once, more Fox 
pricked up its ears. Who was this 
funny, funny, fellow? He must be 
signed up imn^ediately. 
l Thus Mr. Collier, with a twinl'ile 
In his eye, returned to the Fox stu- 
dio. 

Ht wfent with the wisdom of tha 

• experienced. He'll be agreeable, but 
hi'B ceased to be utilitarian. His 
contract— for writing the dialog of 
the next Charlie Farrell picture- 
calls for that, arid nothing more. 
Future contracts will stipulate that 
Collier, the actor, writer and direc- 
tor, will have a word In the seles- 

. tlon. of his jobs and-*-particularly 
■when acting's concerned— accept 
nothing that will not redound to the 
prestige of Collier, thfe toaatmastcr. 
'Any time they had an Unfilled part 
they'd say, 'Give it to Collier. He'll 
play it.' 

Learned His Lesson 

■. '\ .. *He would — and he did,' continued 
iWr. Collier. 'It didn't do him any 
good. He knows better now, and 
he kno.ws a great deal more about 
jpicture- making.' 

' 'The humble attitude that took 
^'llir. Collier to Hollywood was the 
result of inexperience with, his new 
medium. But he says that any sea- 
soned trouper can learn all there is 
to know while, his. first picture's be- 
ing shot. All he has to do is pay 
..ijlose. attention. to the director — try 
' to get behind his mental. processes; 
study pictures being shot, on other 
.iSets; putter around the lab; nose 
i.Around the cutting room; foiius an 
,eagler,eye on the imperfections of 
. .the .daily rushes. 

ifn other words, attend strictly to 
i^isi Job. Lastly, for those, like him- 
fi^elf, .\yhp are Interested in directing' 
^^^ic.tion as welji as dialog, learii to 

■ /Visualize . sprlpts through camera 
^^ngles. 

' By the time, he'd- learned all this, 

* It' was too late for Mr. Collier to re- 
"yerse his adaptable viewpoint; The 

studio had grown accustomed to 
thinking of him as a useful fellow, 
charming to have around. He had 
to come back to town to be re- 
discovered . as a person of conse- 
quence. 

. Last, time *he was in Hollywood, 
Mr. Collier tried to persuade Fox 
to do 'The Man From Mexico,' the 
piece in which he played three 
years and revived five times. Too 
old-fashioned, he was told by an 
exec who was, at that very moment, 
w-.orking on 'East Lynne.' 

Unlike Harry Cohn, Mr. Collier 
denied emphatically that he would 
fly back to the Coast. 

'I wouldn't fly high enough to 
shake hanids with Little BilHe. They 
tell me that planes are safe— that 
they can land anywhere. That,' ob- 
'oerved Mr. Collier, looking aroUnd 
f*r a gag-receptive microphone, 'is 
Just what I'm afraid of.' 



The Aiuww 



. Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
At the first preview, at the 
Alexander, Olehdale, Calif., of 
'iEted Dust,' co-starring Jean 
Harlow and Clark bable, the 
house broke out Into two min- 
utes of applause at the flash 
of the picture's title and again 
showed approbation at the fin- 
ish. 

Mlds Harlow attended the 
preview, her flrst public ap- 
pearance since her late hiis- 
. band's deaths and although > 
watting In theatre until it had 
emptied, she was almost 
mobbed by well wishers upon 
leaving the house. 




'SDK 
ON POllTICIIIliS 



Weighimc Offcial AspinuiiU 
ia Relation to Tlieir 
FriMidliiMM to Pictures— 
Gubernatorial and 
torial Leanings 



NEUTRAL ON PRES. 



Menial Jobs 
Andlike'Em 



. Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Show business has changed. They 
used to appoint relatives as house 
managers. Now iHiey're giving them 
Jobs as Janitors. 

Survey of the in-law situation 
among the Chicago circuits reve?ils 
a changed status in relatives. 
They're still on the playrolls and 
probably more numerous than ever 
before but they keep pretty quiet 
and only mention relationship when 
rumors of economy bob up. 

Depression has wjorked this dif- 
ference;, the key positions go to 
showmen on merit. The small jobs, 
often , the menial ones, are handed 
to the relatives on a take it or leave 
It basis. And always taken. . 

As a result there are possibly 
fe\yer house managers or executives 
of family afniiatlon than ever be- 
fore, white, any ticket-taker^ ca,shler, 
porter, or usher Is apt to be some- 
body's cousin. 



Von Stroheim, Fox Model 
Director, Comes in lOGs 
Under "Broadway' Budget 



Hollywood, Oct. 10, . 

Erich Von Strohelm is now 
termed the model director at Fox 
where he has Just completed 'Walk- 
ing -Pown. Broadway.' He brought 
the picture in within the 42Tday 
shooting schedule, and $10,000 below 
its $3Gi7,0bd budget. 
. As a result. Fox has bought an 
operettt^, 'Her Highness,' which Von 
Strohetm wrote . several .years ago 
for Pola Negri, Sid : will let him 
direct It. Miislc and lyrics were 
written by L, Wolfe Gilbert and L 
B. Horhbloorii, local attorney . 

Lillian Harvey and Henry Caret 
are to be co-starred ■ in this mu- 
sical; which goes into production in 
January. 



DOT HALL'S FOX BID 



Wai'ving partisanBiup and review 
ing guberiiatorial' and U. 8. 'Sena' 
torial candidates of the two major 
parties strictly from their past 
reeorda* neutral factors in the film 
industry have compiled two lists 
dealing with what are described as 
'legislative friends and enemies of 
the picture business.' 

The list shows four Senatorial 
candidates who have taken a stand 
adverse to the . Industry's Interest 
and . three whose tendencies are 
questioned. 

Senators up for re-electlon, in 
most Instances, who have supported 
the Industry in the past , number 
13. Of these six are Republicans, 
the remainder Bemocrats. 

The Presidential nominees arc 
not Included In the count, but 
Roosevelt as Governor of N. T. has 
more than once proved a willing- 
ness to aid the industry, records 
show. The same is to be said for 
Hoover. Both are regarded - as 
friends of the amusement business. 

Although not Included in the list- 
ings, observation Is made that ex 
Mayor James J; Walker probably 
Understood the film industry and 
its .' intricate problems more- than 
any man who ha^s ever held public 
office; The Tammany choice, John 
P; O'Brien, Is unknown to the pic 
ture men. . 

Lehman Favored 
In the gubernatorial race in New 
York, Col. Herbert H. Lehman Is 
favored over "Wild Bill* Donovan 
by the film higher-ups. The Demo- 
cratic candidate has proven during 
his lieutenant-governorship a liking 
for the industry-, it is held. Attitude 
on Donovan Is simply that he Is a 
new man With viewtf on the Indus 
try not yet aired. Lehman recorded 
his sympathy to the Industry during 
the New York State admissions' tax 
hght last year. 

On the other gubernatorial Issues, 
to be : decided Nov. 8, Industry fac- 
tors, still stressing their non-par- 
tisanship, and maintaining they are 
looking at the election only from 
the perspective of the Industry gen- 
erally, are inclined toward White, 
Ohio; Cross, Conn., and Biy, Mass. 
These three candidates are Demo- 
crats. 

U. S. Senatorial candidates who 
are already regarded as friends of 
the Industry Include: (Republicans) 
Couzena, Mich; Davis, Penn.; 
Blaine, Wis.; Moses, N. H.; Jones, 
Wash. , friendly Democrats - arc 
Wagner; N. Y.; Buckley, Ohio; 
Russell, Gai; Dili, Wash., D. C; 
Hull, Tenn.; Mc'GIIl, Kan.; Tydlngs, 
Md. ■: 

Barkley, of Kentucky, a Demo- 
crat, Bingham and Brook'hart, RIb- 
publlcans, of Cpnnectlcut and Iowa, 
respectively, are listed as: 'enemies.' 
Rev^ Bob Shuler, the Lbs Angeles 
preacher, and Dr. Brlnkley, Kansas' 
patent medicine man, are both con- 
sidered 'questionable' in the picture 
attitude; 



Primary Voting on Academy Awards 

■ ■ ■ ' * \ ■ ■ . . ■ 

lists Fontanne, Dressier, Hayes and 
March, tunt and Beery for Honors 



Ousting Santa 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Called Santa ClauB Lane In 
-the past, during Yul^tide holi- 
days, and ' decorated with 
Christmas trees, this , year the 
Chamber of Commerce VOl call 
Hollywood Boulevard the 
Boulevard of the Stars and In- 
stead of trees, win have- wreaths 
three feet In diameter sus- 
pended to the llghtpost and in- 
side of wreaths a picture of 
one . of the screen stars. 



JOLSOirS 5 cs, 

CAOTOirs % 

FOR ETHER 



Previously West for Paramount- 
Will Seek Quiet Divorce 



Dorothy Hall may go west again, 
this time for Fox. Actress' last trek 
to the Pacific was for Paramount, 

Miss Hall closed last Saturday (8) 
in New York with 'Lilly Turner,' in 
which She was featured and getting 
$750. Show ran exactly three weeks 
with notices agairtst the play, but 
good for the cast. 

Now separated from lier liusband, 
Neal Andrews, cosmetic manufac- 
turer, Miss Hall intends to. obtain a 
divorce quietly. Clouple . will, prob- 
ably be legally untied via Mexico. 



LAEHHLE AFTER NBC 
NAMES FOR ETHER MC 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Carl Laemmle, Jr., has a yen to 
do a radio picture with ether names 
similar to Paramount's 'Big Broad- 
cast.' Currently, he is sounding out 
NBC on the possibility of getting 
some of their big names for the 
feature. 

Through Paramount's former af- 
filiation with Columbia, mostly CBS 
stars were used in 'Big Broadcast." 



Al Jolson starts broadcasting -for 
Chevrolet over an NBC web either 
the third or fourth Friday night in 
November, the exact date depend 
Ing on how soon the comic will be 
free 'to start preparing for the pro 
giam. Preliminary agreement be 
tween the auto manufacturer and 
Jolson guarantees him $6,000 net 
per program, with details siich as 
who is to pay for the script prepara- 
tion yet to be ironed out. 

Eddie Cantor returns to the Chase 
& Sanborn Sunday evening progr^am 
over NBC Oct, 30 on a basis of 
92,500 a program net. Contract only 
extends to the end of the current 
year. 

c;ommercial had asked for an op- 
tion on Cantor's air services for 
1933, but the comic prefers to dis- 
cuss this at a later date. Cantor 
is due in New York by Oct. 26. 

NBC Is holding open the Friday 
evening spot, 9 : 30 to 10, formerly 
flUed by Paul Whiteman for Pon- 
tiac, with the network figuring on 
Nov. 18 as the debut date for the 
Jolson show. Band and vocalists to 
work with Jolson on the Chevrolet 
sifesslon will not be decided on for 
another week or two. 

At the comic's request, stories 
sent out by Chevrolet on Jolson's 
engagement are slated to state that 
his air run Is for four Weeks only. 
It's a 62- week contract that the 
auto manufacturer is waiting for 
him to signature, but the document 
is packed with so many Ifs and ors 
that Jolson has expressed his pref- 
erence for the four-stanza version 
on all announcement publicity. 

Contract guarantees him only the 
first four consecutive weeks; , Un- 
less the commercial decides to the 
contrary, and so not£fles him, with- 
in 24 hours after the fourth broad- 
cast he stays through nine more 
programs, filling out the Initial 13- 
week period. If the sponsor doesn't 
avail itself of the four- week can- 
cellation within 24-hours after the 
13th program he's good for another 
13 weeks. And do it goes for the 
other two quarters of the. contracts 



Hollywood, Oct 10. 
Primary voting of members of 
the Motion Picture Academy is. un- 
derstood to have resulted in the 

choice of the following candidates 
as contentants for the best achleive- 
ments of 1931:] 

Actresses: Lynn Fontanne, 'The 
Guardsman' ; Marie Dressier, 'Em- 
ma'; Helen Hayes, -Madelon Clau* 
def . 

Actors: Frederick March, - 'JekyI 
and Hyde'; Alfred Lunt, 'The 
Guardsman'; Wallace Beery, 'The 
Champ.' 

Directors: Frank BOrzage, 'Bad 
Girl'; King Vldor, 'The Champ'; 
Joseph Von Sternberg, 'Shanghai 
Express.*. 

Photographers: Ray June, ,'Ar- . 
rowsmlth,' Karl Strauss, 'Jekyl and 
Hyde'; Lee Garmes, 'Shanghai Ex- 
press.' . . ! 

Art directors: Go/d'on Wiles, 
"Transatlantic'; Richard t>a,y, 'Ar- 
rowsmlth'; Lazare Me6rson, 'Nous 
la'.Llberte' (French). 

Best produced pictures: 'The 
Champ' (M-(S), 'One Hour With 
Tou' (Par), 'Arrowsmlth' (UA), 
'Five Star Pinal' (WB), 'Bad Girl' 
(Fox),. 'Grand Hotel' (M-G), 
'Shanghai Express'. (Par), 'Smiling 
Lieutenant' (Par), 

Best original storrles: 'Lady And 
Gent,' by Grover Jones and Will- 
iam Slavens McNutt; *What Price 
Hollywood,' by Gene Fowler, Ro- 
land Brown and Adella Rogers St. 
John; • 'The Champ,' by Frances 
Marlon, and 'Star Witness,' by.Lu- 
clen Hubbard. 

Best picture adaptations: 'Bad 
Girl,' Edwin Burke; 'Arrowsmlth,' 
Sidney Howard; 'Jekyl and Hyde,* 
Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffen- 
stein. 

Best sound reproduction: W^arner 
Bros., Flrist National, Metro, Gold- 
wyn,. Radio, Paramount. 



Bull Fight Takes Stop 
Cantor's Boat Trip East 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Eddie Cantor was unable to sail 
today (Monday) for New York via 
the Canal due to weather conditions 
which delayed completion of the bull 
fight sequence of 'Kid from Spain.' 

Cantor now expects to leave by 
train Oct. 18. 



Howard's LayofF Plans 

Hollywood," Oct. 10. 
William K. Howard, Fox director 
l.-(tv-:i 0;-t. ];-) for .•^:;-',v Vir.-l:, 
tlicnce to Kurope on a 12 -week trip. 
This covers his studio layoff period, j return Oct, 13 



Joyce Prieparing 
To CoDect Notes 
For Ks Hotel Co. 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
. Suit to collect on promissory notes 
to the amount of $24,500, payable 
to the Greater Hotels of America, 
Inc., organization headed by Fr&hk 
Joyce, local picture agejtt, and as- 
sociates, will be . started. Immediate- 
ly by Joyce, Latter has retained 
Attorney Ralph H. Blum to han- 
dle the matter. Notes, according to 
Joyce, were received by. the cor- 
poration as a part of the purchase, 
price on the sale of Its/otiiy^aisset, 
the . hotel Coolldge In New York. 

Action to collect on ^he notes was 
not sta.rted .sooner, accordiire -to 
Joyce, because It yi^a XeVi. th&i ^a , 
attempt to enforce pij^yment would 
so affect the makers financially as 
to riender the paper uncollectible.' . 

There has been no .diaislpatlon pt 
funds, according to .Joyce.' C>n .the 
contrary he .states he has use4 per-, 
sonal. finances to . aid th^. . situation. 
There are no creditors of the ,cor-' 
poratlon, and Immediately, if find 
when thjese notes are paid, the pro- 
ceeds will be distributed equally 
atnong the few remaining stock- 
holders, and If collected in full the 
sum will be ample to repay the Inr 
vestments, of the minority. 

Eastern stockholders in Joyce's 
hotel firm, many of whom are per- 
formers, recently retained counsel 
in New York to press their claims 
for recovery. 1 



Social Call 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Joseph M. Schenck, piloted bj 
Roscoe Turner and accompanied 
by Leo Diegel; golf pro, went b> 
plane Oct. 9 to Mexico City on a 
visit to President Rodrigue*. They 



VAKIETT 



riCTHRES 



Tueedaf, October 11, 1932 



W. E. SiiiMiltaiieoiisIy Tried; 
GovYAcdon 



WRITERS NO SAVVY 

Pair Quit Par Whan Unable to 
AgrM «n Material 





Wliat is regarded in legal circles 
as BRPI'» 'fleht for life,' iar sur- 
passing in importance any patent 
action, is now scheduled to get 
under way in "Wilmington Nov. 3. 
If Warners, General Talking pic- 
tures and Duovac are successful In 
having Western Electrlc's. repro- 
duction license declared illegal, 
then 5,000 licensees will.. probably 
demand accountings and sue for 
millions of dollars. ' 

Although the -plaintiffs are not di- 
rectly related in . the , action their 
counael^ DarVj- & Darby, will en - 
dieavor to have all three place their 
charges, virtually Ideiitical/ against 
Western at the one 'trial. 

Gov't Yields To Pix 
'Action - to overthrow Western's 
foi'm of exhibitor . llcense-'ia the 
main allegation. .Charge is that it 
places the ^exhibitor in , a position 
of . 'commercial duress.! - 

Should the investigation of the 
U..:S. Government agiaihst the elec- 
trics be-under way at the same time, 
a recess yrlll be taken to permit- the 
picture battle to get on the reoord. 
Darby & -Darby are also acting, for 
the Gov't. Gov't suit scheduled for 
last week was Indefinitely postponed, 

.Warner attorneys . have, been 
working on this quick trial phase 
for the past two weeks.. They re- 
turhsd', ifrom Wilmington la^t week 
confident that their application for 
a temporary injunction . against 
WE's continued use of Its . pres- 
ent licenaa formula will ]be . heard 
without Interrttpti'on. 

.Battle lines of the three plain- 
tiffs . are reported almost a carbor 
copy of those used by Det'orest In 
its tube -monopoRy fight agalns^ 
RCA and General . Electric which 
teitnlnated in a seftlehiient out' of 
court. The plaintiff receive'd In the 
neilghborhood of $1,000,000 at {he 
tirtie. . .Purpose in getting the three 
plaintiffs together Is to' try and show 
that all departments of tbe ainuse- 
ment industry have beeii Mtf ured by 
ERPI's form of theatre licensing 
agreement. 

$9,000^ Claim 

In .the' event the. license Is 'Over- 
thrown, Warners will immediately 
ask for an accounting. Iq this WB 
will jshov that. It has .400 W.B. 
equipments for'wbllRh U |)a'ld~oh an 
average of $10,000 each. Company 
will then maintain that the pur- 
chfLse price was abbut '16% exces- 
sive ;'i^d',.aiccDrdlngIy> vrlll ask for 
treble damages in the Federal Court 
which will - run Into $9,000,000. 

The difference In price, however. 
Is ibnly -one point in- the damage 
side. . Warners,.' as . well as others, 
will ask for {iccountings on the 
price of Western equipment parts. 
The difference, between the cost pt. 
these and parts In tTa€ open market, 
which W. E. prohibits 'turiJhasing, 
will form the basis fot another 
claim. 

Concadee W. E. >oint 

ERPI's agreement, with pro- 
ducers is under lessee Are ' in the 
Wilmington litigation.' Some of the 
plaintiffs concede that Westfern has 
a ' patent position and" that it has 
the right to' exercise cert'aih re 
strictlve measures within 'reason. 

"That there is no relation between 
the Go-vernment suit and the three 
plaintiffs, and that the outcome of 
one will not establish . a precedent 
for' the other, is genei-ally admitted 
among the legal men concerned 
The kernel of the U.S. suit against 
the major electrics is, whether a 
number of patentees can pool their 
patsnts and then allocate different 
fields to each other in which they 
agree not to compete. 



Scoring oh Feds 



Hollywood, Oot 10. 
"When the Federals raided 
BBB's cellar, they stalked 
through the cafe wearing thelc 
hats and refusing to take them 

off.; ■■ ■.. . 

Leonard Stevens, BBB's piano 
player, burned, and finally 
started playing the 'Star 
Spangled Banner.' The lids 
came off. 

— From 'Variety's' Hollywood 
Bulletin. 



HoOywood, Oct. 10. 

Albert Malz and George Sklar, 
who authored the play, 'Merry-Go- 
Round,' called It quits after three 
monthp at Paramount as screen 
writers. They . couldn't agree with 
studio execs as to what Is and isn't 
screen material. -They. taa.ve re- 
turned to Broad wny, 

Bert Stafford has been added to 
the writing department at Par to 
write an original. 



3UN1TSW0RK 
ON CAVALCADE' 



Hollywood, Oct 10. 
'Cavalcade' will have three units 
working for Fox this week. 

First and inaln unit will be di- 
rected by Frank Ijloyd. Second 
unit,', handling all process work, 
will be In charge of William. C. 
Menisles, ° while the third, . to in- 
clude all the musical' sequences, 
will be under the supervision of 
Sammy Lee.. 

Announcement that the studio 
would iise 16,000. extras for the pic-, 
ture also . brought such a flood of 
applicants that a special casting di- 
rector ' has been named, Harry 
Claremont will handle the^mbb 
which will not start ;woi:k until all 
interior^ are flnlsltid.' 



5 WRITERS ADDED IN 
KAHANE BIG nX PLAN 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Radio Intend.s strengthening its 
writing staff in line with B. B. 
Kahiane's idea of spending more 
money to improve pictures on that 
lot. 

In line with this policy, -Louis 
Weitzenkorn Joins the staff follow 
ing the buying of his existing con- 
tract with . Paramount; . Harlan 
Thompson has been added to write 
and dl|rect "Collusion'; lEd Dough- 
erty arrives herfe "Thursday (13), 
and later the studio will Import 
from' Ebigland Clemence Dane, au- 
thor of 'BUI of iDIvorcement,' and 
Rosamund Lehman, novelist. 



Par Wants Wkeler, 
Woolsey; Off ering 
75G for Four Pix 



Hollywood; Oct. 10. 
Paramount Is reported negotiat- 
ing with Wheeler and Woolsey to 
make a series of four pictures on 
the current prograna. Deal would 
.follow completion of the comics' 
next for Columbia. 

Understood that the proposition 
calls for a flat $76,000 for each pic- 
ture with 26% of the distribution 
profits. 

Deal which Wheeler and Woolsey 
ha.d .with Radio was called off about 
a month ago. 

Robert Woolsey, Bert Wheeler 
and Edward Cline have formed the 
Robert Corporation, a capital stock 
of $50,000, to produce the African 
comedy thai,t the pa.tr will nriake for 
Columbia release. None of the 
stock has been subscribed as yet. 
Cllne Is directing the picture. 



WB Takes 'Ully* for Pix; 
Reported Paid $15,000 

Picture rights to Xilly Turner' 
which was withdrawn from the 
'Morosco, N. T., Saturday, attee 
playing three weeks, were sold to 
Warners. Play - was -written and 
produced bV Philip. Dunning aind 
George Abbott, with Joseph P. Bick- 
erton,.Jr. also interested. .Under- 
stood WB paid around $16,000, with 
the sbow taken out of the red 
thereby. 

'Lilly' has been acquired for the 
road by the McLaughlin- Manheimer 
Interests of Cleveland, where it will 
be first presented .by them. Part 
of the original cast may be retained 
although it is doubtful .whether the 
featured Dorothy Hall will tour 
\7ith the show. 




Plan Is for Only 4 Execs in E 0. 



Columnist's Filler 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Corey Ford is the Cbsst's in- 
corrigible song- title punster oni 
matters topical. A few sam- 
ples: 

Having just finisbed on the 
Radio lot, he wants to know: 
'Radio go from herSi boys?' , 

Re the Cajgney-Warner con- 
: trpversy, It reminded hire : 
'Warners the use "of worryin.' 

When Ford first went to see 
Sol Lesser on a picture con- 
tract he greeted that, producer 
with' 'Les-ser, he's my baby.' 



UAEXCLIN 




Al. Lichtman and Col. Ed Schiller 
have, arranged a deal whereljy 
Loew's gets United Artists product 
exclusively in 18 out-of-town spots. 
This is one of the biggest 'exclusive' 
deals yet. 

Spots . named In the deal are 
Loew's, ■ Akron; Loew's, ' Canton; 
State, Syracuse; State, Rochester; 
Midland, Kansas City; 0tate, Prov- 
idence; Regent, Harrlsburg; .Palace, 
Indiano-polls; Loew's, Richmond; 
Norva, Norfolk ; ' Vendome, Nash- 
ville; Loew^a, Ijondon (Ontario); 
New Grand, Atlanta; State, Hous- 
ton; Loew's, Dayton; Calonial, 
Reading; Broad, Columbus; State, 
Louisville. 

Under the plan, the Class A pic- 
tures will be protected by an admis- 
sion minimum of 60c. and the B 
product will play at under - that 
figure: 

Division of the country theatres 
into two classes, with stronger pic- 
tures to play for the higher admis- 
sion, the others for less, was the 
original Al Lichtman proposial, buf 
of which excluslveness as a possible 
general future policy has grown. 



Extra Work Cans 



U's Prod. Gamble on 

Coast Grid Gaines 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
. Universal has signed a contract 
to photograph the USC- Stanford 
game at Stanford and the USC-Cal- 
ifornia game at Los Angeles, gambl- 
ing on th'e' games being of ' sufficient 
interest to. releases them as 
features. 



Moran and Mack's 4 Wks. 
For RKO, Then More Pix 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Having finished two comedies for 
Educational, Moran and Mack, the 
former being George Sercy, left to- 
day (10), to open for four weeks for 
RKO, starting in Dallas, Oct 13, San 
Antonio, Houston and New Oriean.s 
follow. They then return to the 
studio to make more pictures. 



Ann Shaw in 'Cayalcade' 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Ann Shaw, wife of Herbert Mun- 
din, gets her first picture break in 
'Cavalcade' at Fox. 

She will have the lead in the mu- 
sical sequence. . • 



Selznick's Route, 

• ■ Hollywood, Oct. 10; 

Delayed three days in getting 
started east, Myron Selznlck final- 
ly caught the train Monday (10), 
Colorado Springs to be his first 
stop. . He remains there a week, 
and then goes direct to New York, 
from where he sails for Europe. 

Agent is accompanied by his wJ£e^ 
the former Marjorie Daw,. and baby. 
He expects to be gone thre'e months. 



THUHSTOI^'S FIIiM BIDS 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Nat Levlne is after headline 
names for his serials. He Is dlckier 
ing with Howard Thufston, ma- 
gician, among others. 

Thurston also has liad an offer 
from Paramount to do a feature. 



Schenck's Valet Succumbs 

Hollywood, Oct.. 10. 
Teddy Hermbpia, 35, Filllpino 
valet to Joseph M. Schcnck, died 
Oct 8 at the Good Samaritan hosr 
pital from septic poisoning, caused 
by an infected tooth. lie had been 
with. Schenclc for six yoar.s and ac- 
companied him on all travels. 



Hollywood, Oct. 14. 

Placements of Central Casting 
went up another 100 during the past 
week. Total was 4,333. 

Biggest set of . the week was the 
call for 160' dancers for 'Employees 
Entrance,' Boy Del Ruth directing 
for Warners. Peak day was 
Wednesday (6), When 761 extras 
worked. 



Coart Sick ' List 

p.- R. Kent is ' eonvalscing at the 
home of his mother In Altadena, 
after a slniis operation at the Holly- 
wood hospital. Mrs. Florence Wise, 
mother of Dorothy Mackalll, also 
there for trieatnient. Is reported as 
improving. v : 

Bert 'Wheeler, at the Cedars of 
Lebanbn, recovering from a fiu atr 
tack. No change in the condition 
of Belle Bennett at the same hosjpi- 
tal. • 



TRACY'S DEUYS COST 
STUDIO lOfi'S SO FAR 



Hollywood. Oct. '10. . 
Production on 'Phantom ■ - Fame' 
was held up for a 10th time on Sat- 
urday by failure of Lee . Tracy .to 
appear , for work. 

Studio is out $10,000 on .delays 
so lar, caused by the actor's fail 
ure to appear. 



Mrs. Atwill's Socialite 

In-Law Has Pic Yen 

. Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

William Howard, 3rd, Baltimore 
socialite, is here for a crack at 
studio gates. His wife is th6 
daughter of Mrs.- Lionel -Atwill by 
her: first marriage.. , - 

Al Kingston, ot the Leo Mprrison 
ofUce, is piloting Howard around for 
screeti'"' tests; i- •• 



MacGowan Trip OfiF 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Production duties will prevent 
Kenneth Maciaowan„ Radio story 
head, from making his scheduled 
trip east. He was to be away dur- 
ing October to look over new plays. 

H. N. Swaneon, associate story 
editor,, returned to Radio from New 
York (today (10). 



WEmaAATEN EAST 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Larry Weingarten, Metro super- 
visor, on leave bf absence to re- 
cuperate from ia nervous condition, 
left here by boat for New York 
Sunday (9), to complete his rest. 
His wife accompanies. 

He will stop off at Havana for 
two weeks. Return trip will be 
made by train. 



Caster's Sec Gets Test 
As W-^Femme Lead 

.Hollywood, Oct.. 10. 

-Mozelle Brlttome, secretary to 
Dan Kelly, Columbia's caster, has 
been given a test for the femme 
lead with "Wheeler and Woolsey.' 

Girl, who was under contract to 
Fox three years ago, had a bit in 
Col's 'The Plain Clothes Man,' and 
studio liked her looks. 



Along With Its decentralizatloa 
moVe, already started, Publlx plan# 
to reduce lt« numerQua oorporata 
theatre company afnilates by formJ 

Ing several compact groups. JMovd 
will cut down the number of 'cor» 
porate entitles now functioning In 
afflliattoVwitb the chain and which 
numbei: well over 300 companies. 
Basis of breaking up the chain into 
compact but fewer separate entities 
win be along district and territorial 
lines. ; 

When Sam Katz ai-rlves in New 
York this month the plan, whicili' 
has bis approval, will be. alreadyi 
underway. . .:<j 
The decentralization plan, an4, 
that to reduce the network' of cor-' 
poratlons, is calculated to take at' 
least six months; In some' instancosn 
groups of houses will be iur.ned pvei;, 
directly for indie operation where 
suitable operators can be found. "The 
decentralization, of course, is cal-^' 
culated to- save- Par plenty in oper-i 
atlng overhead and costs, ; ., . 

Plaii is similar and foUo.ws .the.- 
original decentralization lines whiqh.- 
Harry Arthur . invoked when, hciad! 
of Fox Theatres. Not unlikely that 
Arthur may be selected to takeover 
certain Publlx houses, probably, lb 
New.Engldnd. 

Publlx .boine, ,ofi^e . supervision, 
and overhead, is being cut to an ab- 
solute minimum under this plan and ° 
It is .possible that only four super- 
vising «zecs may remain in theJ^ew/ 
York oflSce. . . These are . Sam Pepk- 
bow.. Milton Feldr Dave Chalitin 
and Katz. Chatkln may supervise, 
or be consultant, in the h.pi for .the- 
operators In the field but otherwise 
they will report directly to Katz. 
Conferences | 
During this week conferences at 
the h. o. will be held with diviisonal 
directors and key operators from Vn» 
field who were called to New York, 
among them Ralph Branton of Bos- 
ton, Bill Jenkins-.of Dallas and John 
J. Friedl, Minneapolis, with a view 
to arranging new operating setup 
and making assignments. > 

Under the new field operating 
scheme the division film buyers, at 
the h. o. will transfer their booking 
to terrltbrles. ' . 

Instead of talcing over division 
operation of the iforthwest and mid- 
dle west^ R. J. O'Donnell now miay 
operate the south out of Dallas, 
while Friedl . -will probably get - the 
northwest and sbriie -other dlsposl^ 
tion be made o( the middle west. 
A. H. Blank, a Publlx partner lii the 
Iowa sector, may take on additioncU 
houses out .that .way, but whether 
Blank will actively represent Publlx 
on everything In the midwest, Is .not 
indicated. ■ .. < 

While up here from - the - isoutht 
Jenkins Is apt to figure In .discus^ 
slons looking toward possibility o( 
an operating partnership to cover, 
the Saenger group. E. "V. Richard* 
continues on inside rumor to be re- 
garded as . unlikely as a Saenger^ 
opera tnig partner. 

- Katz is due back in New York. 
Monday, Oct. 24, leaving the Coast 
after, he has had an opportunity to 
confer with Emanuel Cohen, wh0 
leaves. New York, to return to. the. 
studio tomorrow (Wednesday),... Qn 
Katz's arrival east he will spend 
more time - in .New. York, making 
only periodical .trips west. 
. Cpincidentally Loo Spitz' ; will, 
spend, more time In Chicago, wljere. 
he maintains :a private .law practicew. 
Spitz will spilt his time about evenljis 
between Newi York and .Chicago, and 
continue to handle import.int P,ubli4i| 
operating matters. ' • . , 



NO PAY UP, BELLAMY WALKS 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Ralph Bellamy leaves the Fox 
payroll this week. Studio had 
fered to renew hin option, but with- 
out a salary raise as ca.lled for in 
the contract. 

Player refused to remain sta- 
tionary on the salary end. 



Kenton, 'Luxury' Megger 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Erie C. Kenton will direct 'Lux- 
ury Liner' for B. P. Schulberg ai 
Paramount. 

Original by Gina Kaus is being 
adfipicd by Gone MarUey .and Kath- 
Iryn Scola. 



FOX AFTER BUGHANAiyi . V 

Wants Kim to Call Off Show to 
Make 'Pleasure Cruisef 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Fox is after Jack Buchanai\ to 
play the lead in 'Pleasure Cruise,' 
set for early production. >. 

English comedian is on his way. 
to New York from the I.sles, with 
Fox cmissarleis commissioned to 
meet him and request he set boclfi 
his Aarons & Preedley musicali 
and. come to the Coast for the pic- 
ture. Show is due for .tehearsaj^ 
next month. 



Picture Job Lures Khin ^ 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Al Klein, formerly of the Kleirt 
Brothers, vaude, crashes pictures IA> 
Paramount's 'Big City Racket.' . 

Klein has been -here .since th6- 
Olympic games. i 



Taesday, October 11, 1932 



F ■ C T 



E S 



VARIETY 



PAR'S UNIT PRODUCT PLAN 



Kent May Order Fox Yams Off Air. 
Advance Reveahnent Can Hurt 6. 0. 



a. R. Kent, president of Fox, may 
iHHi the serialization oC Fox Aim 
ptorles over the air on the theoiy 
Hiat . revealing the plots of Aim 
^ms too tiilly ultimately hurts at 
f^e box olllce. This, It Is claimed, 
la not only theory but the result 
pt practical demohstratlohs. 

Kent's action Is apt to precipitate 
It universal ban on the practice by 
fllnidom generally, although the full 
Intent or attitude held by Kent 
• Isn't known. It may be regarded, 
however, as pertaining only to that 
type of broadcasting that unfolds 
the action and personalities of Aim 
characters before they are. actually 
shown on the screen and In such 
a way as to stifle .public Interest. 
ParticuiiEir objection seems to be 
against advance etherizing of mys- 
tery stories. 

Kent it is known has investigated 
the effects of recent' picture broad- 
casting. Tliere . are two Fox pic- 
tures on which he can fall back for 
survey. These are 'Trial of Vivian 
Ware' and. the cui'rent 'Chandu.' 
Both have been serialized over the 
«Ur. 

One angle is that It's question- 
able whether to give away plot and 
characters to a free audience In 
too full detail, and then expect that 
flame audience to pay to see what 
they already have found oiit free of 
'oharge. It is further contended 
that in this type of broadcasting 
'.-(there is the added danger that the 
.personality interest in the players 
"who are depicting the characters 
may suffer. 

Operating heads and contact men 
may Join with broadcasting execs 
to try and find some middle ground 
'by - which radio advertising can be 
. utilized more reasonably and %o 
'fuller ' advantage of the theatre. 

Radio . Pictures, only film com- 
pany directly afnilated with radio, 
recently had its 'Phantom of Crest- 
wood' on the air. 



Honest 



Indie distributor In New 
Tork was tt'lkihg terms .to an 
Indie producer who wanted to 
turn over a picture. Producer 
offered the distrlh 20.%. 

'I must have 30%,' wailed 
the dlstrib. 'To protect your- 
self you must give ihe 30%. 
Otherwise I'll have to juggle 
the books to niake a profit — 
and you wouldn't want me to 
do that, would you?' 



mmm operating 

F-WC'S LA. DE LUXERS 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Paramount is going after further 
free air plugs covering its forth- 
^coming pictures. Studio will re- 
cord n'umbers from musicals, or 
Alms with musical sequences, and 
offer them to radio stations in ad- 
..vance of a picture's showing, to be 
used as sustaining programs. 

-Arthur Mayer, head of Para- 
mount's advertising and publicity, 
.decided oh the platter exploitation, 
after using it freely for 'The Big 
Broadcast.' i- 

There will be no paid , radio ad- 
vertising on Par pictures this year, 
.company confining its expenditures 
to periodicals. 

' Recording on discs for exploita- 
tion purposes, studio feels, will not 
Interfere with exclusive contracts 
for broadcasting held by any radio 
.or pictui'e names. . Disc method does 
not involve a 'personal appearance' 
In front of the mike; 

C. B. DeMille IS making an ex- 
ploitation record, synopsizing 'Sign 
of the Cross' (Par), which will run 
five minutes and to be given radio 
stations without cost for the pic- 
ture's exploitation. 



McCarthy to Fox? 



Charles E. McCarthy will join Fox 
la ' an executive press capacity, it 
la expected, shortly after his re- 
turn from a brief 10-day vacation 
in Bermuda. McCarthy resigned 
ftom Par Friday (7), sailing the 
next day. 

P-P officials aver no settlement 
^a.a made with McCarthy when he 
indicated a desire to quit. 



Kalmine for WB in Pitt 

Harry Kalmine, in charge of War- 
ner operations in Newark, will suc- 
ceed John b. Harris as district 
manager of the Pittsburgh zone. 
Xlarrls resigned after two years 
for WB. 



Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 

Sid Orauman Is now In charge of 
operation of the Chinese, LOew's 
State, United Artists and Pantages, 
Fox- West Coast's local del uxors. 
Deal was closed by Charles Skouras 
last week. 

Pantages and UA will reopen Oct. 
20 with 'Red Dust' as their initial 
day-and-dater. Fanchon & Marco 
units will be used at both houses. 

Chinese, which closed Oct. 6, re- 
opens Nov. 11. Grauman has his 
choice of Paramount's 'Sign of the 
Cross' and 'Farewell to Arms,' 'Sil- 
ver Dollar* (WB), and 'Rasputin' 
(Metro). 

Egyptian also' opens Oct. 20 with 
a straight second run policy and 
the Embassy reopens Oct. 26 with 
a three-a-week change. 



PAR MAY ASK WOBBER 
TO COME EAST AGAIN 



Paramount may ask Herman 
Wobber to accept an executive dis- 
tribution post at the home office. 

While Par is held as anxious to 
spot Webber in a strategic post In 
the east, doubt exists as to. whether 
he would leave his native San Fran- 
cisco, where he has other interests. 
He Is Par's district manager on 
sales.' 



Off the Record 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

For the purpose of closer co-op- 
eration aui regards the betterment of 
the Industry, producers association 
will hpld two meetings monthly in 
addition to its regular meetings. 
First of the new sessions will be 
held today (Monday). 

These gatherings will be off the 
record and not of flclally reported by 
minutes. 



Sure-Seater Deems P. A. 
More Valuable Than Mgrr. 

On the theory that the publicity 
and advertising department is more 
important than the theatre end, the 
Little Carnegie Playhouse, New 
York, has switched Manny Rosen- 
berg, house manager, to- ithe p. 
and a. post, with the understand- 
ing that this puts him iat the head 
of the theatres' staff. Adolph 
Brecher replaces him as house man- 
ager, but takes . orders from 
Rosenberg. " 

Little Carnegie is a foreign sure- 
seater and the theory of its oper- 
ators is that the publicity man 
drags the customers in, ^jrhich is 
the important task. All the mana- 
ger has to do, they point out, is. 
make the payees happy, once they're 
there. 

Only important change being 
made in the actual duties of the two 
men is that Rosenberg, as p. and a. 
chief, will sit in on the selection 
and spotting of films, rather than 
the house manager. 




^f egotiationS; oa with C. B. 
- DeMille^ King Vidor and 
Sam .Bischoff for Indiyid<- 
ual Output — Katz Favors 
Deal Similar to Schul- 
. berg's— -Figure Half of 
Product on This Basis 



$200,000 FIX COST 



Hollywood, Oct; 10. 

Piaramount is reported definitely 
figuring on unit production with the 
jjosaibility that three or four out- 
side producers may be added to -the 
present executive personnel. All 
would work on a percentage of the 
profit basis with ParamouM ar 
ranging the financing. 

Sam Katz St said to favor this 
plan and negotiations are on at 
present for C. B. De Mille, King 
Vidor and Sam Bischoff to join the 
organization.. 

De Mille . brought in his picture, 
'Sign of the Cross.' within budget 
reqiiilrements and along with the 
Chas. Rogers' pictures this Is re 
ported to have Inclined Katz to the 
belief that arrangements should be 
made with other producers along 
unit lines as with B. P. Schulberg, 

It is expected that when Emanuel 
Cohen gets back from New York 
this week an arrangement will be 
made with DeMille for two pictures, 
and an agreement for three a year 
with Vidor. Also one with Bischoff, 
at present associated with Bert 
Kelly and Wm. Saal In KBS, re- 
leasing through World Wide, for 
eight pictures to have an average 
cost of around ¥200,0.00. 

All deals call for a fixed budget 
with the producer to stand any 
overage in costs, a specific amount 
being placed in escrow by hint to 
be drawn on by Para.mount to cover 
the contingency. Producer under 
the plan would be given a flat re- 
muneration for each picture and 
then participates with Paramount 
on its profits, producer's share 
ranging from 25% to 60%. 

Under the unit system, all story 
and cast details, it is said, must 
have the sanction of Cohen before 
production starts with the producer 
held responsible and not to be Inter- 
fered with after the camera starts. 
It is figured that at least half of the 
Paramount product may be event- 
ually turned out via this unit sys- 
tenu 



Ether Contests As Lure For 

Bringing Theatre Patrons Back 



LEFCbURT'S 1ST 



$50,000 Budget for Realtor's Initial 
Film Venture 



A, E. I.efcourt, millionaire real- 
tor, who is taking a fling at inde- 
pendent production, this week will 
preview in New York his flrst pro- 
duction. Picture, 'Manhattan Tow- 
er,' was made in Universal City at 
a cost of about $50,000. 

Lefcourt's fllm company is R€)m- 
ington Pictures, states Tighter. 



COAST SOS'S HAYS, 
ALL BECAUSE OF P. A. 



SELZNICK EAST OCT. 20 
FOR NEW DEAL PARLEY 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

David O. Selznick Is said to be 
contemplating departure for New 
York Oct.. 20, although eastern execs 
of Radio do '. not exjpect hint until 
late in December. Selznick's con- 
tract is up at the end of this month 
but has been extended until Jan. 1. 

While in New York It Is pre 
sumed he will discuss new terms. 



'WeV Off, Roi^^s Son 

Goes to Radio City 

Hollywood, Oct 10. 

Radio has abandoned preparation 
of 'The Web,' deciding the mystery 
play unfit for screen materiaL 

Arthur Rothafel, son of Roxy, was 
On a story treatment. He has left 
the studio, and will return to New 
York for a berth at Radio City, 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Because Hollywood's only Incor 
rlgible press agent, as he is known 
among the organized publicists 
here,' cannot be curbed by local 
means, the Coast boys have wired 
Hays headquarters asking for a so 
lutlon. 

The p. a. lii question has re 
sponded to previous rebukes by 
sending" out matter socking the 
Haysian group, of which his own| 
boss is a member, and riling the 
New 'York producer meeting place 
to the point where it has wired the 
Coast in an effort to flnd out what 
all the attacks are about. 

This time a recent batch of stories 
are expressed as likely to boom- 
erang to the entire Industry in its 
relations with the press. 

Going to his boss is declared 
hopeless, the boss evidencing a 
willingness for his man to con- 
tinue along the lines he has always 
pursued. Incidentally, the pro- 
ducer has been on the carpet sev- 
eral times during the post two 
years for alleged violations of the 
Hays production formula. 



Holly woodi.,Oct. 10. 
Nation-wide air contest whereby 
listeners- in will have to attend the- 
atres in order to take part, will bo 
Inaugurated by Radio Pictures In 
connection with its 'Hollywood on 
the Air' programs. 

Prizes are to be offered each week 
for the best reviews of pictures, an- 
nounced in advance weekly on the 
RKO-NBC hour. 

Through the contest, it is hoped 
to prove M. H. Aylesworth's con- 
tention that radio can be utilized as 
the best means of picture exploita- 
tion, and if correctly used . oh the" 
air does not keep patrons out of 
theatres, an argument used gen- 
erally in tiie picture Industry 
against ether-film co-operation. 

This contest is but one of several 
that Radio intends using for air 
ballyhoolng this fall. Another was 
instituted during the 'Hollywood on 
the Air' program last Thursday (6). 
It consisted in the offering of a prize' 
of $100, and 10 of HO each, for the 
best letters answering the question 
of whether or not 'Little Women,' 
a proposed Radio picture, should 
bo laid in its original perlod> 
or modernized. 

It is not intended to confine the 
review contest idea solely to RKO 
pictures, but also to include films 
made by other studios. This is an- 
other angle In lino with Ayles-, 
worth's film-ether liSea, expressed 
when last on the Coast, to the effect 
that he would throw the resources 
of NBC toward any film company 
willing to co-operate. 



NO SCHENCK PROD. 
SCHEDULED FOR UA 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

To date there are no Joseph M. 
Sciienck productions scheduled for 
the United Artists program. 

Even 'Shanghai Gesture,' which 
Lewis Milestone was reported to 
direct, is not Included. 



16 at $200,000 



Fox contemplates making 16 fea- 
tures on its current program with 
costs not to exceed $200,000 on each 
film. 

Plan, as worked out, would reduce 
the actual studio overhead from 
around 45%, where it was prior to 
the return of Winnie Sheehan, to 
around 30%. 



Teiui/s 10% Tax Is MPTO 
Conv.'s Biggest Concern 

MPTO of Arkansas, Mississippi 
and Tennessee are convening, this 
week in Memphis. Highlight of the 
convention is the Tennessee admis- 
sion tax and how it may be com- 
bated. 

Tax at present takes 10% out of 
the Tenn, boxofflces from the flrst 
dime. 



SAAL'S COAST CONFERENCE 

Bin Saal left New York yester- 
day (Monday) for the Coast to con- 
fer oa KBS production. 



Par Meeting Oct, 11 

Paramount board meeting sched- 
uled for iWonday (10) was post- 
poned on account of the religious 
holiday until today (11). 



NEW POX STUDIO ATTORNEY 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
George, F. Wasson, jr„ has been 
appointed assistant coun.sel for I'^ox 
.studio, In charge of the logal doiini-t- 
nient. 

He flucoeode Jolm H. Trany. 



Expect No Lasky 
Affiliation Untfl 
Par Dispositiop 



Several offers, including dlstrlbu-. 
tlon of pictures he would Independ- 
ently mak^, and for financing of 
production, have been made to 
Jessie L, Lasky. All propositions 
are unnamed, but reports persist 
that offers from. Fox and United 
Artists are the warmest. 

Lasky says he has reached ho de- 
cision concerning acceptance of any 
of the proposals made him since his 
resignation from Paramount. 

It Is assumed Lanky will not close 
any deals, either for financing or 
distribution, until there has been 
some settlement or disposition of 
his Par agreement. It Is still be- 
lieved that the final outcome will 
see Lasky distributing his pictures, 
through United Artists or Fox. 

In New York for an indefinite 
period, it Is expected there will be 
some development at an early date 
but while Lasky is In touch with 
Nathan Burkan, his , attorney, no 
meetings are known tP be sched - 
uled at which the contract question 
will be taken up with Par. 

Until Lasky has definitely decided 
upon his course for the future, he 
will not organize personnel around 
him. He denies he has signed Her- 
bert Br^noh as a dlriecton Lasky 
states he mot Brenon in New York 
last week and latter Indicated he'd 
like to work for Lasky and was told 
Lhat perhaps he could. 

Burkan, recently ill, has returned 
to his office. 



H.M.-Michalove West 

Harry M. Warner and Dan Mlch- 
alove left New York yesterday 
(Monday), Warner going directly to 
the Coast, Miclialove heading south 
for a brief via It of exchange points 
bbfore joining the WB president In 
Cuiifocnia. 

ll'a H. M.'.s first visit to the stu- 
4. tin I wo years. 



6 VARIETY 



ihiesday; t^cfblper 'll, 1908 




To Bring Out Both 



With immediate prospects, of 
nearly doubling its box pfflce rep 
resentaltion, through praises of ac- 
tive support from four of the most 
•powerful indie units, which, hereto 
fore, have, kept more or less aloof 
fr: -i participation in national or- 
ganization activities, the MPTOA is 
admitted to foe In a position where 
It can act oh Its own- strength and 
Independent of th& Insurgent group, 
•Allied. ^Exhibitors. - 

Boston, with an:exhlbitor voicie bf 
around. 460 theatreis;^ and Columbus 
' with another 400 are reported ready 
to enter active- work; Buffalo's 20iD 
' and Milwaukee's 300 recently gave 
their pledge'^to' the MPTOA; This 
''■ means- that that ' national' prganlza- 
• "tich would have la r6Khd member- 
■'.flhlp of 4,000; the- gireiitest since Its 
' Iriceptlbh, ah -w'hich' is three times 

^ tKa,t"of Allled/ ; ; . ' 

..Open Brerach? 

* Possibility, of an open breach be- 
.•tween Allied arid the 'MPTOA at the 
Chicago meeting this "Thursday (13) 
was largely blameld In New Tbrk 
^ yeisterday (i<l') on' sp-jpalled. '^harp- 
V.ahboting tactics' in. an ^ftort to, steal 
. .the credit' for unifying the exhibitor 
"fronts, as also the recent " selling 
. !to 'the Indepedents bih. Federal reg- 
; ,uIatlon for the 'industry. 
. A point Irklpgithe MPTOA is said 
\ to be that Allied. : since the first 
get-together of both national 
■groups' representatives, iias laid 
heater stress on . Federal regula- 
tion whereas, it. was the Intention 
,pf the MPTOA to use the Govern- 
ment, .slmplj^ as ai whip to center 
. : attention on the need for a standard 
-..•..contract, • ' 

Behind the ' Federal gesture, 
' StiUed exhibitor spokesmen yester- 
-:day (Monday), Is .-the specific In- 
.: terest of Allied- to revamp the 
I ifirookhart bill. • It ■has ' long been 
reported : In ■■ the' trade th&t Abram. 
. i^Myers,., Allied leadet, originally sup- 
; plied , most ot the material for; this 
measure, 
.,v . ■ Pedersl Pfteve' 

That raa:s3 nieetliigs ikfe istrlctly 
an Allied -idett^ And that the only. 
..^purpofe they: -would -derve no^ 
; would be to arouse exhibitors for: 

• Fedeijat supervlei^n, '\fas .another 
j/iiiJlBle .seen .in Newij^ort, . Ifo uni- 
.,..fQi:*m cqntrsict hatf yet .'^^e^n drafted 
, .80, 'it- is pointed out, thii; oould'not 

help: but be relegated to second 
place and . eventually be overlooked 
In the event of current 'mase gather- 
injgis of exhlbs. / 

That the contract .issue with the 
disti-ibutQvs can he settled. If .fire- 
works are . .postponied, was- voiced 
Monday by; both exhlbltor-^rcpre- 
aentatlves and 'spokesmen . for 
distriba. If . the dlstrib. alibi that 
the Government '- considers e.very 
conference In the Ihdiistry & 'con- 
. :spli:acy'.. persists, exh>b3 offer the 
.!«olikion of a 'case -stated.' The 
purpose of this would be to get an 
^ Interpretation of the higher court 
^ ' irulliig; oh distributoD^exhlbitor re- 
■ 'latldna. ■ 

W '' In Its rec'rulting cahipalgn, the 
' • MP'TOA' does riot "'expect the ' TOCO 

• to ' become afflUated, It Is pointed 
'•'but that the exhib i>rbbieihs in New 

York City are different than in any 
bther part of the country. By the 
same token, however, the enlist- 
- ment of Buffalo last -vireek more or 
^ess' bi^.ea.ks 'up a 'sjtate unificaiion 
plan 'Which Charles ;6'Rellly, TOCC 
head, has be'e'ri i^orking on for sev 
'ei'al years. ' 



Col's Brief 3tudio Nap 

Hollywood, Oct, 10, 
Production vaciition current at 
Columbia, and will end when 'Air 
Hostess' gets under way next week. 
Finish of 'No More Orchids' left the 
studio's slate empty. 

•African Dodgers,' with 'Wheeler 
and Woolsey, also, starts next week. 



Contractees Wised on 
Producer Relationsliips 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
A special bulletin, titled 'how the 
producers' agreement affects your 

employment,' has been sent by the 
Academy to every holder of a stu- 
dio contract, in order to acqXialh^ 
thQ .industry with the Hjachirifery 
set-up by the" brgahizatiori for the 
settleriient of differences between 
lpro(^ucera .and employees. , .. ' 

Ih'; layman's language, ihe com- 
munication asics that- the Acadethy 
be Informed' of any phase! of prb- 
ducer-empioyce relations ■ that jthe 
cpntractee believes inequitatble. . ' 



MAJOR COMPANIES ARE 
ROADSflOW^CONSaotlS 



Policy of roadshowingi' pictures 
which the industry gave up almost 
entirely shortly after the 'entrance 
of saund, is reappearing as aU com-, 
panics are giving it thought this 
season. 

Metro's 'Grand Hotel* In 750' spots 
on a tw^o-a-day' basis is lar-gely re^' 
sponsible. . .' 

Thaf^ company will also roadshojw 
'Strange Interlude,' while other 
roadshowlngs to . be Par's 'Sign bf 
the Cross,' virtually set for $1.60 
and $2 showings, and Sam Goldr 
wyh's . 'Kid from Spain,' opening 
Nov, 10, in New York and on Coast. 

Warners in spotting 'Life Begins' 
at the ■ Hollywood, New York, rer 
cently at $1.60 top, had hopes pic- 
ture would test out for roadshow- 
ing everywhere along 'Hotel' lines. 

Road shows last passed from 
vogue due to the tendency of most 
majors, to spot nearly anything at 
^2 as a false stimulus. . i 



--t' » . Hollywood, Qct. JO. ? 
Second $1.60 screen attraction at 
Warner's 'Westexin is expected to.be 
'Life Begins' CWB), pencilled in.\o 
follow 'Kid From Spain,' .which In-, 
augurates the new two -a-.day • pol- 
icy, at. advanced prices on Nov, 10.; '- 
'Hfe ; .Begins' was .previously- 
scheduled ..for the Holly wood. - grlhd 
policy,, •but fltudlo flgured It stroiig 
enough,, to follow the Cantor' picture 
at the: WUshlre.-; Wester S" hpuse. 



Cruze Gets Megger Job j 
On Sclinitzer*s Next 

Hollywood, Oct. 10.: • 

James. Cruze goes to Joseph {[. 
Schnltzer; to direct that producerf? 
next indie made for KadioJ .Title 
is 'Tars -and Feathers.' -. . 

William Nigh, who •dlrect4d 
Schnltzer'a .first, 'What Fools M<^n 
Are,* was slated for this one but 
will ; do ■ another one later, ,., Film 
whicii' will star Vlvienne " Osbornie, 
goes Into production Oct.- .22.-' ; '. . ; 

M-G Production Lull | 

Hollywood, Oct ■ 10» I 
First production lull at ; Metijo 
since; early summer comes the end 
of this , week with the completlojri, 
of 'Red. J3ust' aiid 'Mask of F;u' 
Manchu' and . cleaning up of: 'Ras- 
putin,'. 'Flesh' and 'Prosperity' nejit 
week, ■ 

'Son Daughter' will go into work 
this week ahd 'Whistlinig /.-in the 
Dark' and 'Pig Boats' in about three 
weeks. . 



tKB. SROFB THREE WBITERS 

Hollywooa, Oct. 10. 
His contract up, Walton Hall 
Smith, who has i)een on Para- 
ihount's writing staff six months, 
went off salary this week. He had 
'been working on 'Lives of a Bengal 
Lancer.' , 

'(-..-Frank Howard Clark, complctin.'v 
script work on 'Wild Ilor.sc Mesa,' 
and Julian Josephson, also out. 



CHANGE POWELL YABirS 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Preparation on 'The Mind Read- 
er,' whiph Warners intended for 
William Powell; has been called off. 
Rian James was on the 6crii:it. 

Another racket story has beep 
substituted for Powell in 'The Key- 
hole,' yarn on private detective op- 
eration. 



DOUG TAKES SICE'S STOET 

Dick Barthelmess, scheduled for 
'The Sucker,' will not do that picr 
turc.^ 

Warners decided it's a better story 
for Fairbanks, Jr., and will plan 
something el.se for Barlhelnvess as 
his next. 



1 st Runs on .Broadway 



<8ubJ«i«t to dhaho*) 
Week Oct/ 14] 
Parairtount---'Big Brbadcaat* 
(Par). i^:'' ■ ' 

Capitol — 'Smilin' Through* 
(Metro). 

Strandi-'One Way Passage* 
CVSTB).- r y. 

Mayfaljv-'Bttl of Dlvprce- 
riient' (RiadiD) (3a week). 
Rivoli— 'Rain' (UA) (12). 
"Winter Qardeiv^^Tlger Shark' 
:(WB) (4th week). 

' Rialto— 'Madison Square Gar- 
den* (Par) (12). 
Hoxy — 'ThlTteeh Wohien* 

(Radio) i ; 



Week Oct.;21 . 
' Papambuht— 'Big ' Biroadcast* 
(Pir) (Zd'week). " 
Capitol:- 'Smilin*. Through! 

(Metro) (2d weiek). 

Strand— 'One Way Passage' 
(FN) (2d week). ; 

Mayfair— 'Phantbm of Crest-, 
wood' (Radio). 

Rivoli — 'Rain* (UA) (2d 
week).-.. ■ - .- • ■ 

Winter Garden— r'They QaJl It- 
Sin* (WB) (19). 

Rialto. .>-T^. 'Madison , Square 
Garden'' . (Par), . ("2d. week). 

$2. Pictures. 
'Strange Interlude' (Metro) 
Astor) (Sthi week). ; 

'-Maedohen in-: -Uniform' (Os- 
wald) (Gevman) - ^(Criterion) 
(4th week)* 




Herz* 
(Hin- 



Foreign Films 
'Gitta Entdeckt ihr 

(German) (Frbehllch) 
denberg) (3d week), 
' 'Luiser'-Konigin vori Preussen' 
(German) (Porten) (Europa) 
(2d week). 

'Der Ball' ((Serman-French) 
(Vandal & Delac) (Little Car- 
negie) (12). 



firtefly rewritten extracts from 'Variety's' Hollywood BulUtlif, prln|«4 
aach Friday in Holly vyoodi and placed as a ^ wrapper upon' the regufalj} 
weekly 'Variety.' . 
TKe Bulletin does net oirbulate bth^tft'thari en th% ' Pacific Slope/ - 
News from the Dailies in Los Angeles will be; found in that custom*** 
department. 



Bankers, . I^xees', . Quests 

Chief executively bf studibs, and 
not office boys, piloted 2,600 mem- 
bers of the Anlerlcan Bankers' As- 
sbbiatlon,. in conventlbn - here, 
through the studios and en tertaln'ed 
the financial men. 



Arriving' for Script Okay 

Kate Smith, whb has okayed her 
Paramount ' story, 'Moon Song,' ar- 
rives here Oct. 24 to approve the 
adaptation so that production may 
start Nov.. 1. V 
■r - . ■ •__ : ■ . ;l .:| 

. . .Tteam <jn' 'Waterfront' 

TfloHog and ' 'ada'ptatidh:' of Rell- 
ahce's 'I Cover the Wateirfroht* is 
being handled by Priescbtt Chaplin 
and . William . Robeson, ' George 
-Roesner is on «n untitled- yarn for 
the ; -same compa.ny. - . >■. ; ! 



Chaplin Kid Substitutes 

'George Srnest, eight, and Buster 
Philips, five, have the parts origl- 
nially .intended for the-GhapUn chil- 
dren in 'Handle with. Care,' which; 
David: Sutler tvill start .dfct, 16 at 
'Fbkv^-^ - ■ ''-*: .•■ ;" = •'.';■ ■ 



. Laemnile East 

Ccirl Laemnile and Jack Rose, his 
secretary, left fbr New York Oct. 6. 
He- returns - to spend Thanksgiving 
with 'his family. 



. Irene Ware Stays 

Fox took up the option of Irene 
Ware and has given her a new deal. 
She'ii be.' featured .in next year's 
product. 



ExkilhGensor Flays 
fix in Legislative 
Campa^, Oast Him? 



ForUand, Ore., Oct. 10. 
Changing that, filthy pictures, not 
the depression, i.are - responsible for 
the condition of the: theatre business 
at this time, William. Cutts, opera- 
tor of. the KeutOB,v local subsequent 
run. . house, ' and - member of the 
Portland -, censor > board, -made a 
,scathtng attack on eurrent film pro- 
duction in :hls campaign for elec- 
tion to the- atate legislature. Pic- 
ture, hoqse men are .up in arms; and 
have enlisted ^the^ald of the mayor 
and- members .of the coun(iil in an 
attemptvto'.hayc- Cutts- ousted from 
the shearing board. . 

. Cutts, in his tirade, made at. a 
meeting of the censor body^ assert- 
ed.,, that theatre men have been 
forced to. show pictures 'that would 
not ihave been, allowed in a bar- 
room 10 years -ago,'-, and that this 
has affected, the box office receipts 
,and aroused the theatre men to de- 
mand clean, .pictures. He said the 
protest against bad pictures had; 
arisen from theatre 'men all over the 
country. He furthejs stated that not 
one picture in five .would comply 
with the producers'; own code. 

Lo- il film board of trade has 'ilro- 
tested the Cutts attack on films, aiid 
the Hays office in New York has 
beei> jLd\|laed bt-'the'-situatlbn. 

Dressler-B^ery Again 

Hpily-wQo'd, Oct. 10. 
. ITV'allace Beery,. lis ..again opposite 
.Marie Dre8sle;r fof . lijetro's 'Tugboat 
Anhio.' "Pictpe .^.evi^ioped froipi the 
series of stories aboi^t<: a., h.attered 
woman tugboat captain running in 
the Saturday Evening Post. 

Picture \vill be started as soon as 
Beery finishes 'Flesh'. Chuck Reis- 
ji^E directs. . 



Lubitsch 100% 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Ernst.Lubitsch will write act and 
direct his own sequence in 'If I Had 
a Million,' Paramount's all-star 
picture. 



Beisman Divorbe Pinal 

Los Angeles, Oct, 10. 

Rose Judell Reisman was ayrarded 
her final divorce decree from ^ert 
Reiisman, of National Screen Service 
Ii\ New York, by Superior Judge 
Doran. Suing on charges of non- 
support, she was awarded custody 
of two minor children. 

Mrs. Reisman is - with Mayfair 
Pictures at International studio. 



Sullivan Suping / 
Charles C. Sullivan, business as- 
sistant to David O. Selznick, looking 
for story niaterial for the three pic- 
tures he will supervise at Radio, in 
addition to his other duties. 



'Indian', foi* Gable 

Thames Williamson's 'Sad Indian' 
bought by Metro for Clark Gable; 
Harvey Ferguson, who left Para- 
mount, will adapt and dialog. 



Lehman Loaned to Fox .. 

Gladys Lehman goes from Uni- 
versal, to Fox on loan for a part in 
the Warner Baxter picture, 'Dan- 
gerously Yours.'. 

L'upe with McLaglen-.Lbwa 

Lupe Velez selected by Fox oppo- 
site 'Victor McLaglen and Edmund 
Lowe in 'HeU to. Pay/ 



Enright Megging Blondell 
Joan Blondell's next for Warners, 
'Blondie Johnson,' femme gangster 
story, will he megged by Ray Enr, 
right. 



Joan Crawford Waiting . 

Joan Crawford will be idle six' 
weeks ' while two sets of wiriters are 
getting stories ready for her. Hold- 
up was caused by Metro discarding 
'Lost.' Clarence Brown, who was 
to direct 'Lost,' will instead do 'Son- 
Daughter.' 



' Nprman Manning at Fox .studio's 
casting office. 

Neoma .Judge, Rex Bell's lead, 
given contract for three more by 
-Tr,em. Carn . . 



.Col's Radio Yarn 
Police radio car story Is In the 
khaklngr at Columbia by Hampton 
Del fluth, whb has just joined the 
writers* staff. " 



Par Tests Crabb 

...Buster, Crabby Olympic swimmirigr 
champ< has been at Paramount un- 
der cover. Studio has been giving 
him voice coaching. 



Radio Awaits M-G 
Starting dates bf Radlo'is 'Topaze' 
and- 'S.weeplnjs' ,are being held up 
becaui^e of the delay on 'Rasputin' 
at Metro. - John BarrymOre : is needed 
^or the former and Lionel ^arry- 
naojre.fpr the latter, 

Polah Banks Is at Par to script 
'Passage to Paradise.' 



Columbia Resuming 

With Columbia's production slate 
washed up on the finish of 'No More 
Orchids' last week, the studio took 
a short nap until the start this Week 
bf 'Air Hostess' and 'African 
■Dodgers.' 



Sandrich'a Seventh 

Mark Sandrich has just signed 
his seventh consecutive contract to 
direct Radio shorts. 



Retakes, Title Change 

'Jubilo,' the Will Rogers ' pic, Is 
being tightened, and has been given 
a new handle, 'Too Busy to -Work,' 
at Fox, where 'Rackety Rax' is also 
in the retake stages. 



Escape Injuries 

Howard Phillips' and Bru6e MttflN 
Farland escaped with minor Imt 
Juries when the car they were drivH 
mg to New York collided with 
truck and was wrecked near Chim 
cago Oct. 6. 



Walter Futter left by plane toii 
New Ybrk Friday (7) to set a UA. 
distributing deal for his featursk 
'Jade.' ' 



Luden Tries Again 
Jack Luden, formerly in silehts, 
being tested for Unlversal's 'North- 
West Mountie," in comeback try. 



Hbrsley on Top 
- ^ohh David 'Horsley gets top spot 
in 'Flaming Signal,' which WllUam. 
Burke Is . producing at Metropolitan 
for Imperial Distributing. Co. C« 
Edwards Roberts will meg. . 



Le.w Breslau is at Columbii^ 
pounding out a Wbrnah-Iawyei: yam, 

Mayer's Hospital Visit 

Arthur Mayer, Para-Publix ad-i 
vertlsirig bhief, on a visit here fromi 
New York,- left the Hcrflywood 'hos-^ 
pltal following a minor . op. He 
leaves for New York this week yrlfh. - 
Sam. Katz. . 



"": Pbr^ Halted' 

niness hds' forced ^Garret Fort ott 
'Giant' Swing' 'ait " Fox. Ahotheir 
writer will be 'assigned to replace 
him, ' Fort returning to the studitf 
on recovery. . 



Neck and Neck 

Radio starting retakes on 'Rlocka^ 
bye' before the rewriting was 
(Continued on page 62) 



PAR DECIDES TO SLUFF 
INAMOND UL' FQR GOOD 

Hollywood, Oct, 10. 
Paramount has decided that 'Dia«. 
mond Lir does not lend itself t<^ 
the screen in any form. The MaC) 
"West play, a subject of -much' bom 

c'er'n to Hays codists since Par ob^ 
tained the screen rights over a yeat* 
ago, has been approached from 
every, film- perspective, 
: 'lill'. is described as one of a verT, 
few themes which cannot, justify; 
Itself in any form for general irio^ 
ture audiences. 



Third Diinension Fihiis 
Farther Away Than Tele 



Third dimension pictures are furi 
ther away than television, TM 
electric world has temporarny* 
ceased all systematic, research Into, 
the iangle proh^.ems, made more dlf-* 
flcult by the depression,. 

Executives representing RCA« 
General Electric, and the Bell XaH 
make it clear that scientific re- 
search into third dimension, despite 
all repbrts, is still in an elementary 
physical stage. . 

To obta,In .the third angle today 
would mean a new type of film, prO'< 
jection machine, camerd, and even 
screes, say those interested. 

In some of the experiments oon^ 
ducted a little while ago' froni IB to 
20 .projection machines -were re- 
quired to get the dimensional, quan't. 
tity. This meant all machines werd 
grinding different slices of film sIm' 
ultaneously aimed at one screen. 



L. A. to N Y. 

Mrs. Tammany Younpr. 
David Boehrii. 
Harry Mines. 
Edward Robert.s, 
Irving Thalberg. 
Norma Shearer. 
Floyd Gibbons. 
Carl Laemnile, Sr. 
Jack Koss. 
Frank Cavett. 
Walter Futter. 
Charles Ruggles. 
Larry Hart. 
Richard Rodgers. 
William K, Howard. 
John Gilbert. 
"Virginia Bruce. 



N. Y. to L. A. 



-Ted Braun. 
J. J. McCarthy. 
Harry M. W-irrici-. 
Dan Michalove. 
Ed Daugherty,. 
Eniauuel . Cohen. 
Bin Saal. 



Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



PICTHHES 



VARiETY 




KIDS 




CRITICS 




McCarthy on Inti Roadshow 




c 

f: ■• 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. . 
' Jeff McCarthy Is expected out 
here to o.o. the Goldwyn-Cantor pic- 
ture, 'Kid from Spain,' the end of 
this week, prior to an International 
roadshowlngr which McCarthy will 
probably handle ■ both In America 
and abroad. 

• McCarthy lo the originator of the 
|2 twlce-daliy picture policy ('Birth 
of a Nation'),' and also handled^such 
'films as 'Way Down East,' 'Covered 
Wagon,' 'Big Parade' and 'Ben Hur.' 



The opening of JEladlo City neces- 
sitating changes in the operation of 
' RKO . houses In the Times square 
' area, the Palacis, Broadway, reverts 
to. twO-a-day for roadshow' Alms 
and revues. First two-a-day film at 
■; !the Palace' will be . 'Kid from Spain,' 
the Sam Ooldwyn-Eddle Cantor pic- 
ture to be scaled at $2 top. Film 
opens in mid-November, with six 
weeks scheduled at least. FoUo.wlng 
this, house may take on Radio's 
TClng-Kong,' which RKO figures 
may reach road show proportions. 
• The Mayfalr, on Broadway, will 
•become second run Instead of the 
present, flrst-ruri 'policy, straight 
'.films. : "The new Roxy In Radio City 
'will open as a' combo house with 
first runs. 

Maybe. Tabs at Pal 
Should a shortage of |2 pictures 
arise, RKO may spot tabs with pic 
tures into the Palace. 

The Goldwyn film is the first 
United Artists picture to play an 
XtKO house. Palace deal conies after 
Goldwyn and Warners had been ne- 
. gotlating for some weeks to spot 
•Kid' Into the WB Hollywood, on 
Broadway. 



Food for Thought 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Needing a new title for 
'Topaze,' Radio has attached 
notices to the lunchroom menus 
asking for suggestions and of - - 
fering $100 for the one ac- 
cepted. 

Diners requested tQ phond 
the story department for . a 
synopsis. 



WB MGR. TAKES APPEAL 
FROM Lisa VERDICT 



NEW PRODUCING OUTFIT 
BRINGS IN FINANCIERS 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Three outside financial men, new 
to pictures, are being brought Into 
the industry by Motion Picture In- 
.V6stment Corp., I^td., which has ob- 
tained its California incorporation 
papers, and starts production at 
.Tec-^Art studio in two weeks. 

Newcomers are Howard F. Klngsr 
ley banker and former president 
Klngsley-MlUer, Chicago, manufac- 
turers of auto parts, who will be 
fiscal agent of the film organization; 

' John T. Lund, president of U. S. 
Bond & Mortgage Co., of Seattle, 
treasurer; and Earl Holland of 

' lohnson & Hlgglns, California In- 
surance company, secretary. 
Independent producers will be 

' financed by the new company. 



Roxy Theatre Sues RKO 
Over Name ; Add Luescher 

Injunction suit has been filed In 

• Federal court by Roxy Theatres 
Corp. against RKO on the use of the 

• Roxy nxfiii for one of RKO's the- 
Atves in Radio City. Action is 
friendly and. mostly to have the 
Court determine whether the old 
Roxy can drop the Roxy name since 
house is in receivership, and thus 
imder the ofllclal as well as tech- 
nical supervision of the court. 

In the meantime, Mark A. iLues- 
cher, who was attached to Roxy's 
(Rothafel) R. C. publicity staff, has 
Jbeen taken on by the old Roxy for 
the p. a. job. He succeds A. P. 
Waxman. 

The present management of the 
Roxy, which is in the hands of the 
Fox Film Company, is ready to drop 
the name in favor of RKO's using It 
6bjipctlon, however, issued from 
6ther sources. 



Academy Dues Up a Buck 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Membership dues in the Acad- 
emy have been raised from $2.60 
a month to $3.50, as a means of tak- 
ing care of added activities In 
connection with the producers' 
agreement. 

New dues .still $1.50 below the 
former high of $6. 



Syracuse, Oct. , 10. 

Appeal was filed today by Perry 
B. Spencer, fornier manager of the 
Strand theatre here, from a verdict 
convicting him of criminal libel In 
his methods of advertising War- 
ners' 'Big Mouthpiece,' 

Spencer was arrested on com- 
plaint of Mrs. Agnes Fallon Nash, 
widow of the late William J. Fal- 
lon and now wife of Dennis P, :Nash 
Syracuse attorney. 

. Verdict of guilty was 'returned 
by a jury; Judge Tehle sentencing 
Spencer to a fine of $100 and sus- 
pending a Jail sentence for 30 days 
providing .the film is not shown in 
Syracuse again. 

Appeal Is taken on exception and 
ori the ground that the verdict was 
against tlie weight of evidence and 
the. law. Senator Fearon and John 
Nash appear for the appellant. Dis- 
trict Attorney Martin, who prose- 
cyte'd the calse, will oppose. the ap- 
peal. 

Mrs. Nash's cliarge was based on 
Spencer's writing letters to Syra- 
cuse attorneys stating, that the pic- 
ture was based upon the life and 
law practice of Fallon. 



Jolson at Rhroli 



The Al Jolson picture, to be re- 
leased as 'Happy Go Eiucky' Instead 
of 'The New Yorker,' comes Into the 
Rlvoll, N. T., probably in Novem- 
ber or early December. 

It will precede 'I Have Been 
Faithful,' with Ronald Colman, 
Which Sam Goldwyn does not 'want 
to release until around Christmas. 
This is the adaptation of *Cynara.' 



50G Is Asking Price 

For 'Clear AU Wires' 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

"Clear All Wires,* current Broad- 
way play. Is being offered her© for 
pictures for $60,000. Paramount 
was Interested, but refused to make 
a deal at that price. 

Same studio also turned down 
John Howard Lawson's play, 'Suc- 
cess Story.' 



Amos V Andy to Open 
Radio City ; NBC's No. 1 

Amos 'n' Andy will be among the 
opening attractions at Radio City, 
either at the niuslc hall pr the pic- 
ture iiouse which will have stage 
presentations. 

Correll and Gosden (A&A), are 
still NBC's No. 1 mass favorites. 



V AFTER ZEPPO'S TABN 

Hollywood, Oct 10. 

Zeppo Marx and Universal are 
dickering over the former's original 
yarn, 'Muscle Bound.' 

U wants the story as a Slim Sum 
merville-Zasu Pitts feature. 




1 00 High Schook Launch 
Plan Nov. 1— Fostered by 
Nat'I Council of English 
Teacfaen -~ - ThM Co- 
operate: with Special 
. Price for Students 



AIM IS ALL SCHOOLS 



: Approximat«ly 10,000 childran in 
the English departmantii of high 
schools in about 100 cities and 
towns will becoma film critics on 
and after Nov. i. 

Movement is national and is be 
ing fostered by the National Coun 
eil of Teachers of English in the 
U. ^. The council has a member-> 
ship, of $0,000. 

If the project Is successful, and 
the plan is to gain momentum until 
all high schools In the country are 
Included, the deduction Is that the 
next adult generation of film fans 
will eTchlbit a screen taste In accord 
with their diplomas as to the type 
of pictures they patronize. 

^Motion picture appreciation' is 
the English teachers' term for this 
new addition to the department 
which they are endeavoring to de 
velop. The teachers would have 
their students attend the picture 
house the same as a library for 
special out of class reading. 
Rated Best Idea 

Of the many approaches which 
schools have made toward films, an.d 
which the Industry in turn has ex 
tended toward .the classroom, the 
critical idea being launched ' next 
month Is deemed to offer the best 
chance for supcess by the teaching 
fraternity and the Hays organiza- 
tion.. The move benefits the Indus 
try In that It hooks the classroom 
directly to the theatre. Its points 
for the school are numerous since 
it represents a saving in classroom 
film equipment and time. As the 
program now being effected pro- 
vides, no hours are lost In the 
classroom. The essay to be written 
on the picture selected will be done 
after a class discussion on the film, 
the pupils then doing their essays, 
or reviews, as home work. 

Many theatre owners throughout 
the country have agreed to Intro- 
duce special admission scales for 
these student crltica, aocordiitg to 
the Hays office. In some, instances 
exhibitors have even agreed to cut 
their scale as much as 60.% for 
the students. Theatre owners' 
angle hiere Is that other members 
of the family might he along to 
pay the regular b. o. scale If the 
younger member has to see a desig- 
nated film. 



Xro8sV $2 Dates? 

Cecil B. De MlUe's 'Sign of the 
Cross' may be roadshowed starting 
sometime in NovenAeiw 

Par is preparing an elaborate 
press book on the picture, to be the 
largest gotten out b^ the company 
on any film. 



State Righting 'Mazie' 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
On completing the cutting of 
'Mazie' next week, Dallas Fitzger- 
ald will leave for New York with a 
print of the picture. Indie producer 
Intends selling the film direct to 
state righters. 

'Mazie' is the first of a contem- 
plated series of six. 



Bull Figkt Scenes Off, 
U Shelves 'Without Fear* 

Universal City, Oct 10. 
Unable to obtain permission to 
photograph bull fight sequences in 
Mexico City, Universal has aban- 
doned 'Men Without Feaiv' ihdef- 
nitely. 

Tom Kilpatrlck, who' had filmed 
backgrounds in Spain, was. sent to 
Mexico City to make the bull rlngi 
scene arrangements, but failed. 




Yesterday!* Prites 



Sales. . 

400 
• • 400 

1.100 

• S.iSOO 
2,800 
: 8,700 
700 
12,100 
' COO 
400 
42,700 
2,200. 
17,500 

(3.000 
2.000 
7.000 
1,000 
8.000 
3.000 
1,000 



Col.. Pl«. . 
Coil. Flhn 
Do pf. .., 
East, K..-, 
Fox 

Loevr 

Do p(.... 
Par . . .'. . , 
Pathe 
Pathe A... 
RCA ..... 
RKO 
W. B 



Htgh. 
JWi 
314 
7% 

im 

2% 
27% 
76% 

.8% 
%■ 

2W 

7 

4 

2% 



■Gen. Thr 
Keith . 
Lioew ' . . 
Paf-P-l. 
Par-Pub 
Pathe . 
W. B. .. 



BONDS 



Low. Last < 
m 0% 

m. 3% 

7% . 7% 
46 40% 

2% 2% 
25 25^ 
76% 76% 

syy 3% 

% % 

2% 2% 

0% B% 

3% 8% 

1% . 1% 



Net 

.chce. 

- % 

- H 

- H 
-2% 

- % 

-m 
-1% 

- % 

- H 

- U 

- % 

- % 

- % . 



. 2,400 Tech 



.8% 
.. 40% . 
..86 
..• 22 
.. 22% 
.. 08 
■.. 27V4 
CURB 
.. 8% 



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40% 40%"— % 

85% 86 + % 

22 22 —4 

20"^ -20% -IH 

08- 08 —2 

27% 2714 - % 



3 



314-14 



CONN. JUDGE RULES FOR 
EXHIB IN SUIT BY U 



New Haven, Oct. 10. 
. Judge W. M. Pickett, Common 
Pleas Court, declared the standard 
exhibition contract between dis^ 
trlbutors and theatre owners was a 
violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust 
Act and entered Judgment in favor 
of Middlesex theatre, Middletown, 
against Universal. 

The U exchange had sued for al- 
leged breach of contract to take a 
number of films at a certain price. 
Middlesex theatre refused to take 
the full number of film and refused 
to pay for other films already used. 

Suit by Majestic theatre, Hart- 
ford, for ^1,000,000, against the New 
Haven Film Board of Trade got 
under way last week. . Suit Is for 
alleged conspiracy In irestralnt of 
trade;' Additional defendants in- 
clude United Artists, Fox and WB. 

Evidence was introduced, to show 
that exhibitors who defaulted In any 
of their contracts were, required to 
make a cash deposit to secure fur- 
ther films. 



2 0. x Sundays 



Qunlcy, 111., Oct. 10. 

Washington and Fairfield, Iowa, 
voted Sunday amusements. . 

Both cities won out by decisive 
majorities. 



By AL QREASON 

The stock market suffered another 
relapse yesterday (Mon.) all impor- 
tant issues going to niew low prices 
on the movement. Aniusenhient shares 
were weak with the rest, most im- 
portant price change : being the 
slump of I/>ew's to 26, near which it 
closed for a loss of more than a 
point. 

Turnover on the decline Increasedr 
Prices held steady to firm during 
the* morning, total sales for the two 
hours to 12 o'clock being only 600,- 
000 shares. Triaders were waiting 
the U. S. steel tonnage report^ due 
at noon. When it came oiit, show- 
ing gain in the backlog of only 
15,600 tons, selling started, mildly 
at first, but gaining in momehtuni 
as the afternoon wore on. 

Predictions for the Steel repiprt 
ranged all the way from 60,000 . to 
100,000 tons increase, .and it was t|his 
disappointment that brought on the 
renewed weakness. Ttjrnover for 
the last hour was more than 800,000 . 
shares, or equivalent of nearly B,- 
000,000 shares for a five-hour ses- 
sion. It was during the active hours 
that the retreat was niost emphatic. 

RKO on small volume broke 
through 4 in sympathy with RCA 
which penetrated the 6 level. War- 
ners went below 2. Paramount was 
in plentiful supply and eased to. 
around 3, but It was in the rail 
shares that the. losses were extfeme. 
Union Pacific losing around 8 and 
Atchison around 5. Telephonei broke 
through the century, closing on a 
mild last n^lnute rally at par dnd 
a half, off nearly 3 on the day. > 

Par. bonds sank further, but the 
others did fairly well in quiet trad- 
ing. 

Cotton a,nd. wheat went down, 
wheat going tp new lows. 

. At Critical Level 

Essence of security situation las 
the market week closed .Saturdfiy, 
was that the price level bad alm<>st 
exactly reached its so-called 'criti- 
cal level' — that point where It would 
have cancelled just half the gain of 
the August - September run - lip. 
From theh on the question became 
whether, it would rally on. suppsrt 
or break through oh the down side; 

The latter eventuality would be 
regarded as a signal for much lower 
prices ordinarily, while a recovery 
would revive the feeling that Iftst 
summer's bottom was the per- 
-manent low of the depression aiid 
(Continued on page 33) 



nstia* Too Much Slapstick, 
Sheehan Orders Remakes 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

After seeing the first cut on 
'Rackety Rax,' satirical gangster- 
football yarn, Winnie Sheehan de- 
cided It was too much slapstick, 
and has ordered portions of it re- 
made. 

Picture, in production for four 
weeks, has Just been completed. 
Remakes will take . about 10 days. 



Kidding the Animals 

Hollywood, OoL 10. 

Sol Lesser Is doing a satire on 
African expedition pictures, Corey 
Ford is scripting. 

Lesser has also bought Ford's 
'Cocoanut OUf 



BO£ESLAVSKT'S THBEE 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Richard Boleslavsky will make 
three pictures for I, E. Chadwlck. 
Monogram will release. 

First is 'Black Beauty,' which he 
will start on the finish of 'Raspu- 
tin,' which he isJ directing at Metro, 
Horse classic, which wiU be a Mon- 
ogram spfecial. Is being adapted by 
Charles Logue. 



BOCK'S JAVA FUU 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Joe Rock has taken an office at 
lyietropoUtan and is cutting a trav- 
elog he made in Java. Pitture is 
not yet sold. 

Film was made after Rock left 
China, where he had attempted to 
make a travelog for Universal. 
Slno-Japanesc war, among other 
things, halted the U i)roduftIoit. 



WILCHINSKI. REUD, 
GRISWOLD AT R. C 



Martha Wllchlnskl and Bob Reud 
will split the advertising and pub- 
licity work on Radio City between 
them, under, supervision of Bob 
Sisk, head of RKO's advertising and 
publicity. Reud will do the a, and 
p. on the music hall. Miss Wllchln- 
skl will' handle the a. and p. on. the 
new Roxy. 

Reud Is a former legit p. a. Miss 
Wllchlnskl wais formerly with the 
old Roxy under S. Li. Rothafel. . 

The new Roxy theatre In Radio 
City will have Charles Griswold ,as 
house manager. He, formerly, was 
with old Roxy. 



JOHN ON ir MUSICAL 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Graham John goes to Universal 
for work on a musical picture book. 

Nothing is definite for the pro- 
duction, with everything depending' 
on what John turns in. 



BAHFOBS BETTER 

Ashevllle, N. C, Oct. 10. 
Carl Bamford, of Publix-Bamford 
Theatres, seriously ill the past two 
months, is now reportied greatly Im- 
proved. 



SMITH ON 'GIANT SWING' 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Walton Hall Smith replaces Gar- 
rett Fort in adapting 'Giant Swing' 
tor Fox. 



8 



VARIETY 



P ■ C ¥ II ■ E C n • S S E § Tuwd*r. QetoW ii, 1932 



Par/Only L A. Stage Spot Now. 
$24,000 with 'Venns'; State, on 
St Film, $17,000 Playing W 



Los Angeles, Oct, 10. 

Inclement weather helped all 
houses on the week-end with excep- 
tion of Loew's State. 

Pai-amount iooks as though It 
will run away from the local flield 
this week with 'Blonde Venus' arid 
a strong stage show. Elimination 
of F-M units from the State leaves 
an edge for the Par Which, with 
previews. thrown in, should give the 
houseman easy $24,000. 

State, switching to straight sound 
with 'Grand Hotel,' will see not 
more than $18,000', much less than 
anticipated despite its ^run. at the 
Chinese. 

Chinese closed its doors on the 
completion of the fourth week of 
•Rain' Thursday (5) with take for 
Anal eight days reaching lesd than 
$12,000. House In red on the en- 
^gement. 

',Eatimat«s for This W«ek 

C^inece (Fox) (2,028; 55-$1.6S), 
^Rain' (UA) and stage show (4th- 
flnal week). Around $lt,800 for 
flhal eight days. Hous^ remains 
dark until middle of November. 

'DowntowiT (WB) (1,800; 25-70), 
*L.a;st Mile' (W-W> and vaude. 
good $10,000. Last week 'Blessed 
Evfenf (WB) healthy, doing a little 
better than $12,300. 

Hollywood (WB> (2,766; 26-75), 
'Successful Calamity' CVVB). Should 
come "in with around very big $17,- 
60Q. Last week 'Tiger Shark' (WB), 
ii€Cond week, bowed out around $12,- 
000, okay. 

' Paramount (PubUxX (3,695; 35-' 
$1.10)i 'Blonde Venus' (Par) and 
Stage show. Dietrich 1^. o. around 
here sa it looks like an easy $24,000. 
Last week 'Phantom President' 
(Par) did not hold as well as ex- 
pected but managed to garner $10,- 
700. 

BKO C2;060: 26-56). 'All Ameri- 
can' . (tJ). Football; crowd will 
bring Income aroutid. smart $9,800. 
Last week 'Back Street' (U) most 
satisfactory with $12,000 even. 

State (Loew-Fox) •(2,()24; 26^06), 
•Grand . Hotel' (M-G). Matinees 
okay, but night?,, under new scale 
and policy,, a little tQUgh^. which 
iWiU jput damper on take. Around 
talr .$18,000. Last week 'Hat. Check 
Girl' (Fox), \yith 'Whoopee' as stage 
balance ran smart pace' to $19,000, 
• very 'good. 



Coban and Dowling, 2 
Native Soils, in Prov. 
Doins $8^$10,000 



KONGO' $5,500 WEAK, 
BUT INDPLS. BEHERS 



Indianapolis, .Oct. 1<). 
Business should pick up with bet- 
ter show weather. Last week some 
spots dropped a bit, but they an- 
ticipate better things this week. 
'Phantom President,' at the Circle, 
is expected to be one of the high 
spots. 

Cornelia Oti^ Skinner is at Eng- 
lish's for tw.o 'days. 

Eatimiftek for This Week 

Apoll9 (Fourth Ave.) (1,100; 26- 

35- 50) 'Hold 'JEm Jail' (Radio). 
Should do around $4,000. Last week 
'Divorcenjent' (Radio) hear that 
amount, which Is better than usual 
for this spot. 

Circle '(SkourasTpublIx> (2^600; 
26-35-55) 'Phantom President' (Par). 
Brawing consistently- and may get 
$11,000, good. Durante getting bill- 
ing over Cohan. Last week ^Movie 
Craay' (Par> dropped to around 
$9,000, but ralh may have hurt- . 

Indiana.. (Skouras-Publlx) (3,300; 
25-35t65) 'Life Begins' (WB). Do- 
ing nicely and should be near 910,- 
000. Last week 'Tiger Shark' (WB), 
despite extra exploitation, only $8,- 
200, 

Losw's Palace (Loew) (2,800; 26- 

36- 50) 'Kongo^ (M-Q). Bxpecta )|5,- 
500. Last week 'Troubles' (M-G) 
fair at $^6«0. 

Lyric (Fourth Ave.) (2,ff00 ; ■ 25 - 
35-60) 'Wild Girl' (Fox) and vaude. 
Nice $10,000 because this Is a vaude 
town. Last week 'Passport' (Fox) 
in first week of resumed vaude also 
$10,000. 



(ffilDFUHSFAlLTO 
STffi DESPITE SPLURGE 



Providence, Oct. 10, 
More red ink this stanza. Only 
two spots In town that expett to do 
anything are the Albee and iPay's, 
both vaude houseis. 

'Phantom President,' at the Par- 
amount, looks like the best thing In 
town in the straight picture class, 
but takings are disappointing, con 
sidering that Cohan was born in this 
town. Worst grosser looks like 
•Kongo' at Loew's, panned by the 
press. 

Stage opposishi Includes Lillian 
Gish in 'Camllle'. at the Carlton and 
wheel burlesque, at the Modern. 
Estimates for This Week 

RKO Albee (2,300; 15-55^66)— 'Dl- 
voi'ccment' (Radio) and vaude. Ed- 
die DowUrig headlining. Combo 
drawing nicely, with Bowling a na- 
tive son, but fans talking about the 
picture. Neat gross of $10,000 In 
prospect. Last week 'Lifetime' (U) 
$7,000, mild. 

Fay's (2,000; 35-55)— 'Crooked 
Circle' and vaude, with 'The Rollick- 
«rs,' radio quintet, heading. Another 
swell gross at $7,000. Last week 
'Hat Check Girl' (Fox), with Harry 
Burbig on stage, $7,200. 

Loew^s State (3,700 ; 15- 55)— 'Kon- 
go' (M-G). Getting terrific panning; 
one critic wrote more about 'Silly 
Symphony' than, about the feature, 
and word-df-mouth Isn't helping. 
House doesn't expect to corral $7,- 
000, 'way off. Last week 'Smilin' 
■ Thru' (M-Q) a swell $17,300. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-55)— 
'Life Begins' (WB) and 'Parisian 
Romance.' Not up to usual twin bill 
this spot has been showing. Conse- 
quently looks bad at $6,000, Last 
week 'The Crash' (FN) and' 'Tiger 
Shark' (FN), also off at $6,500. 

Paramount (2,200; 15-55)— 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par). Opening .sort 
of disappoin'ting, as had npured on 
doing plenty on strength of Cohan's 
.afflliatlpris In this town, another 
home town boy. Moving okay, how- 
•ever, and house seems headed for at 
.least $8,000. Last week 'Blonde 
Venus' (Par), $7,900. 

RKO ' Victory (1,600; 15-55)— 
•Hearts of Humanity' (Mn.1e.Mtlo) and 
'Isle of Paradise' (Pollock). Noth- 
ing ImlJressIve here and fortuholo 
if $1,500. Last week's 'Phantom Kx 
press' (MtvJGstic), 'Hold. ',;m 
(Radio) rnd Schmcriir-^-Aral'-o:- n -' 
' ii^civ'-"- • r.:;ponslble 'for bullcl-vij) t 
. Wtf $4,600, 



'HAM FOOTBALL NUTS 

'All-American'' Befweeiv 2 Big Games 
for Sock $7,000 at Ritz 

iSirmlngham, Oct. 10. 

Business Is down again after eight 
pretty weeks. Town agog over ioot- 
bali, and b}g jgame last Saturday 
and another one- this week, and 
both helping business In a way. 

So everything this week looks 'All- 
American' at the Ritz. 

Estrmates for This Week 

Alabama (Wllby-Kincey) (2,800; 
S5-35-40) — 'Phantom President' 
(Par). Natives down here never 
heard of Cohan. /Will get around 
poor $8,000 and on Durante.. Last 
week 'Movie Crazy' (Par) only $8,- 
500. 

Ritx (RKO) (1,600; 26-40)— 'All- 
American' (U). Picture booked in 
here at right time, between two big 
games of year all in one week. Will 
get $7,000, great; Last week 'Dan- 
gerous Game>' (Radio) pulled after 
three days and .'Okay America' (U) 
replaced for week of $4,000. 

Empire (BTAC) (1,100; 26-40)— 
'Purchase Price' (WB). Safe for 
$3,600. Last week 'Love Is a Racket' 
(FN), $3,200. 

Galax (BTAC) (500: 16-26)— 
'Kongo' (M-Q), Safe gamble for 
$850. iMBt week 'Heritage of Desert' 
(Par) about same. 

Strand (BTAC) (800; 20-30)— 
•Rich Always With .Us' (FN). Ruth 
Chatterton fans will push this one 
to $1,600. Last week 'Unashamed' 
(M-G) 11.300. 




as 





Washington, Oct. 10. 
Biggest interest of -current 1veek 
Is the Rlalto-Kelth fight, both 
houses presenting football pictures. 
Between them they've circused the 
t|Own.frbm every angle, RialtQ even 
going so far.as to give a two-for- 
one in a special student price. . But 
with all this' neither is doing so 
hot. In . fact, both houses are. con- 
vinced Washington, doesn't want 
football pictures. At the Rlalto it's 
'All American,' and Keith's has 
'That's My Boy.' 

Cohan-Durante opus, 'Phantom 
President,' at the Met, is attracting 
business, and 'Smllln' Through' at 
the Palace, as expected, is the real 
money getter of the week.. 

Estimates for This Week 

Columbia (Loew) (1,232; 16-25- 
35-40)— 'Escapade* (Iflt Dlv). Still 
playing westerns and doing enough 
to pay expenses, $1,200. Last week 
'Gold' got $1,400. 

Earle (Warner) (2,424; 25-36-60- 
70) — 'June 13* (Par) and vaude. 
Seems headed for light $14,600. Last 
week 'Crooner* (FN) and Will Ma- 
honey, on stage did ifairly well, but 
not up to expectations, $16,600. 

pox (Loew) (3,434; 16-25-36-60)— 
'Wild Girl* (Fox) and vaude. Jack 
Benny band and total of fair $20,000 
in ofllng. Last week 'Troubles' (M- 
G)' and Morton Bowney, In person, 
eased off but finished all right at 
$24,000. 

Keith's (RKO) (1,830; 15-25-35- 
60)^'That'3 My Boy' (Col), Fight- 
ing it out with Rlalto, also With 
football picture. This house pulling 
its picture tomorrow (Tuesday) and 
bringing in 'Phantom oif Crestwood' 
two days early. 'Boy' 'way off but 
with anticipations high on the 
broadcast bulld-up on 'Phantom,' 
house expects to pull through week 
at least on profit side at $7,0OO. Last 
week 'Bivorcement' (Radio) on 
nine-day ' • run ran up excellent 
$15,500. . 

Mot (Winner) (1,583; 25-35-50-70) 
•Phantom President' (Pur). Spent 
plenty on this one and doing busi- 
ness. Final count .should be $12,000. 
Last week Arlfss In 'iSuccessful Ca- 
lamity' came through with $H,O00, 
under preceding pictures of this 
star. 

Palace (Loew) (2,363; 35-50-70)— 
'Smllin' Through' (M-G). With 
hlKh0.1t .scale in town will top $20,- 
000, real bii.olneas with straight pic- 
tures. Last week 'Kongo' finished 
at $9,000, 'way down for this house. 

Rialto (U) (1,853; 25-35-50)— 'All. 
.Mnerlcan' (('). Spent a barrel of 
C i":'), iV". (lid the RKO house, and, 
!'',^ (;'■?;• lioii.se, not so good. 
'■ y" "' .'.Cr^. T/;'..",t week, second of 
1 Uack Sti-eet' tU), got $8,000. 



hid but llOjOO 



Minneapolis, Oct. 10. 
After a couple of months of com- 
parative prosperity, business again 
has started skidding and there's 
plenty of alarm within .local thea- 
trical circles. Fears are over the 
winter. . 

When such pictures as 'Movie 
Crazy' and 'Phantom President' are 
unable to register respectable 
grosses In the face of the elimina- 
tion of some 6,000 loop seats, Min- 
nesota and Century being dark, it's 
deemed cause for trepidation here. 

In the Twin Cities, with their 
combined populatloA of around 700,- 
000, there's a; single stage ahovf at 
present— at the lo<»l Orpheum, 
Pola Ne^l, In person at this house, 
Is the only big loop card of the 
current week,^ and she's not so hot 
as a magnet locally, either. A great 
exploitation job, however, has helped 
to build and the Orpheum easily 
will lead the field again. 

Critics and customers are raving 
about 'Phantom President' at the 
State, but its b. o. accomplishments 
are leaving plenty to be desired. 
Estimates for This Week 
Orpheum (RKO) (2,890; B6) 
•Sporting Age' (Col) and vaude. 
Pola Negri in person. Fine exploita- 
tion Job . but Miss Negri doesn't 
mean so much to local fans any 
more. Looks like about $10,500, thin. 
Last week 'Most Dangerous Game' 
(Radio) $11,000. 

State (Publlx) (2,200; 56) 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par). Picture a big 
hit with critics but Cohan no box-r 
office name for Minneapolis. Helped 
by word-of-mouth praise, may build. 
House hurt by policy of moving 
most of its attractions directly to 
nabes too soon at lower admissions. 
May need stage! shows to hold its 
own. .Around $10,600 Indicated, fair. 
Last week 'Movie Crazy (Par) $10,- 
100, disappointing. 

Lyric (Publix) (1,300; 36) 'June 
13th* (Par). - Good picture for house 
and may top $6,500, very good. Last 
week 'Coneorllla' (Fox) $4,900, nice. 
Grand (Publlx) (1,100; 35) 'Down 

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I Pictures, Gold Weather Boom 
Paris Grosses, Smasb at Olympia 



NEWARK IS PEPLESS, 
$11,000 OK FOR ARUSS 



Newark, Oct. 10. 
Nothing . sensational this week' 
due to warm week-end and Je'wish 
holidays. After tremendous business 
last week 'Grand Hotel* is holding 
over at IjOCw's, . a house which 
avoids holdovers when possible. 

The Shubert, wftlr indie films and 
vaude on a split,; is not doing much- 
despite Its being only house to play 
vaude now. 

Estimates for This Week 
Branford (WB) (2,966; 15-20-'26- 
30-40-65-66)- 'Successful Calamity' 
(WB). Arllss not as popular. down- 
town as in the nabes,. but should 
come near a nice $11,000. Last week 
•TIgei: Shark' (WB) fine ai $12,600. 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 16-26-36-60) 
—'June 13' (Par) and 'Painted 
Woman' (Fox). May not reach but 
will be near $5,000. Last week 'Big 
City Blueis* (WB) a.nd •Last Mile' 
(W-*W> fine at $6,600. 

Littfe (Cinema) (299; 60)— 'Isle of. 
Paradise' (Pollack> and 'Latin LK>ve': 
(Syndicate). Taking a second week 
an<) hoping for a third. .Maybe $1,- 
600. Last week grand at $2,100. 

Loew's State (2,780; 16-20-26-30- 
40-55-65)— 'Grand Hotel' (M-G).' 
Still, running six shows on second 
week and should get a nifty $12,000. 
Last week picked up on end of week 
to glorious $18,000. 

Mosque (WB) (3,281; 15-20-26-30,- 
36-40-56)^'Love Me Tonlghf (Par) 
and 'Paradise' (Radio>. Great bill 
of second runs for opening, but 
'Paradise' has irun two weeks down- 
town. Probably weak. a€ $4,600. 

Newark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 16- 
20-26-30-40-66r66)— 'Pha;ntom Pres- 
ident' (Par). . Getting so no one 
knows the opening date.- This one 
went in Wednesday. Maybe $9,600, 
fairly godd. Last week 'President' 
and 'Blonde Venus' (Par)-, the lat- 
ter having started the previous 
Tuesday, totaled mild $7,800. 

Proctor's (RKO) (2,300; 15-20-26- 
30-40-65-65)— •Divorceni .,' (Radio). 
Too high-class and will have intake 
of not much more than $9,000. Last 
week 'Hell's Highway' (Radio) not 
so hot at $8,000. 

Terminal (Skouras) (1,900; 16-20- 
25-30-40-55)— 'Chandu' (Fox). Not 
Mkely to draw much. About $6,500. 
Xast week 'Down to Earth' (Fox) 
and Schmellng- Walker fight dls- 
aippolnted with $6,400 on six days. 



to Earth' (Fox), second loop run, 
and 'Race Track' (TilT), split. 
Maybe $2,000, fair. Last week 
'Horse Feathers' (Par), second loop 
run remained all week, $2,400, good. 

Aster (Publix) (900; 25) 'Roar ol 
Dragon' (Radio), 'Wlnnei: Take- AH' 
(WB) and 'Skyscraper Souls! (M-G) 
split. -Second loop .runs. Should 
get about $900, fair. Last week 'Fast 
Companions' (U), first loop run. 
'Miss Plnkerton' (FN.>, second riih, 
and 'Red Headed Woman' (M-G), 
third run, split, $1,400, e;ood. 

Indie Scriptist, Arthur 
Hoerl, Tiims Producer 

Arthur Hoerl, prolific Indie script 
wi'iter, has turned producer. His 
picture, for which he wrote the yarn 
and Is directing, titled 'Big Town,' 
is nearing completion in an eastern 
indie studio, under Screen Craft 
Productions, Inc., credit line. 

Hoerl has written over 200 origi- 
nals for the indie market and col- 
laborated on as many more. 



Paralysis Ban Off 
In Phifly and Biz 
Ups/ Fox $20,000 



Philadelphia, Oct. 10. 
With the Mastbaum's opening 
now set for this Friday (14), aiid 
certain to have a decided effect on 
the ■weekly grosses of three or four 
other houses west of Broad Street, 
current week's grosses should be 
about average with one or two 
houses promising fairly substantial 
gains. 

The Fox, for example, expects 
around $20,000, and might, with a 
break, beat that figure. "Wild Girl' 
Is the feature, with Mme. Schu- 
mann-Helnk as an extra added. 

Lifting of the Infantile paralysis' 
ban figures as a general aid. 

'Phantom President' opened at the 
Stanley with one of the biggest ex- 
ploitation and ad campaigrns of the 
season. A $17,500 Is indicated here 
which would mean a second week. 
'iBack Street,' though breaking no 
records at the Boyd, held for a sec- 
o:id week, probably because the next 
attmction, 'Life Begins,' not avail- 
atle until the 14th. 

Estimates for .This VVeek 

Boyd (2,400; 35-55-76)— -'Back 
Street' (U). Held second week, 
which should mean around $11,500, 
Last week, $15,500, oke. 

Arcadia (600; 30-40-55)— 'Guilty 
as Hell' (Par). No more than $2,200 
forecast. Last week 'Speak Easily' 
(M-G), swell business, $3,500 In 
bev.en days. 

Earle (2,000; 35-40-66) — 'Okay 
America' (U) and vaude. A goo<i 
$17,000 possible. Last week 'Bivorcc 
in Family' (M-G) fair at $15,000. 

Stanley (3,700; 35-55-75)— 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par). Great explol- 
talion and publicity. Expects $18,- 
000. ■ Last week 'Tiger Shark' (FN), 
$17,00C in 7 days. 

Stanton (1,700; 35-40-55)— 'June 
i-ath- (Par). Fairly godd week )ndi 
cated between $8,500 and $9,000. Last 
week 'Crusoe' (UA) $9,500 in nine 
days, disappointing. 

Karlton (1,000; 30-40-55)— 'Big 
City Blueis' (WB). First-run for a 
change, and $3,800, Last week 
'Grand Hotel' (M-G) $5,000, all right 

Fox (3,000; 35-40-76)— 'Wild Girl' 
(Fox) and stage show. Llkiely to hit 
$20,000. Last week '13th Guest* 
(Mon) only $17,000. 



Paris. Oct. 1. 
Grosses are decidedly on the up^ 
grade, and it Is difficult to ascertain 
whether it is due to good films or 
colder weather. Salient fact is that 
under the new Natan regime, with 
Natan's 'Gaietes de I'.Bscadron,' the 
Olympia has more than, doubled Its 
usual business,, has created for It- 
self a new high, and for the first 
tlnie In its history has outgronsed 
the , Paramount . for the week, with 
both houses having the same num- 
ber of seats. 

Figure of $30,000 for the Oiyrapla 
compare with the eighth week of 
Chevalier's 'Love Parade' with sim- 
ilar figures; also with 'Reiiulsitolre,' 
with Marcelle Chantat at the Para- 
mount doing . $30,300 in February, 
1931. .'Marlus'. at Paramount did 
$36,000, and Chevalier's 'Love Pa- 
rade' first week at Par had peaked 
$43,000. 

Though a good m&ny dubbed films 
aria shown, and . the number of 
dubbed fllmd ready for release is an- 
noying local indies who can get no 
dates until April,, ttie croze for dub- 
bing— unless for exceptional' films- 
Is decreasing, and original versions 
with sub-titles are getting the favor 
of the public: 

Estimates Week Sspt; 2S 
Colisee (Haik) (660) 'Vignen da 
Seigneur* (Halk). First week $4,600. 
Boucher's starring a sure bet In 
France. 

Paramount (Par> (1,900) 'Pas« 
sionement' (Par). First week $23,700. 
One of the ordinary Paramount op- 
erettas. Quite good fpr a normal 
program. 

Olympia (Haik) (1,900) 'Gaietes de 
I'Escadro^' (Natan). First week 
nearly $30,000 and the biggest 
smash Olympia* ever had. 

Madeleine (Metro) (700) 'Tarzan'. 
Fourth week $4,200. Quite nice and 
evidencing that a story with produc- 
tion dubbed, is more likely to click 
than a 'strlctlv social yarn. 

Marivaux (Natan) (1,200) 'Kadet- 
ten' (UFA).; Second week $4,000« 
Quite nice for the. house, and shows 
how easily the French accept Ger- 
manlzatlon if subtly presented. 

Imperial (Natan) 'Murder' (UPA)^ 
Third week $2,000. A revival, and 
doing quite well for Natan's. B Bou- 
levard house. 

Aubert Palace (6.F.F.A.) 'Bidon 
d'Or (G.F.F.A.). Second week $1.- 
900. Rainy weather drives them in 
on a spot where loungers drop in. 

Folies Dramatiquas (1,200) (In'^ 
die). Broken week between 'Amour 
En Vitesse' and 'Marche- Au Sblell* 
(German made) $2,6V0. Nudist idea 
boosting figures with a very special 
patronage. 

Moulin Rouge (Natan) (2,200) 
'Hotel des Etudiants' (Osso). First 
week $4,900. Expected better, but 
production too disjointed. Stage 
show helping. 

Gaumont Palace (G.FJ*A.) (6," 
000) 'Si Tu Veux* (G.F.F.A.). First 
week $16,800. All credit goes to 
stage show and weather. Film weak. 

Miracles (Ballby) (700) 'Atlantlde^ 
(Nero) 13th week. $3,600. House 
lucky it has not got to pay for Ita 
advertising, which juggles the figure. 



Par, B'Ujm, (My One 
HoUing Up-$43,000 



Brooklyn. Oct. 10. 
Balmy weather and Jewish holi- 
day hurt Sunday. 

Paramount only deluxer showing 
strength with Chevalier picture and 
tab version of 'Fifty Million 
Frenchmen.' 

Estimates for This Week 
Paramount. (4,200; 26->35-50-76- 
85), 'Love Me Tonight' (Par) and 
'Fifty Million Frenchmen' on stage. 
Looks like a good $43,000. Succes- 
sion of good pictures bringing house 
back to old momentum. 'Phantom 
President- swell last week at $15,100^ . 

Fox ( 4,000; 25-35-40-50-65), 
Chandu' (Fox) and stage show. 
Just so-so. May get $15,000 which 
Is better than usual, Large ads may 
Indicate house is getting ready fot* 
a needed splurge. Hanff-Metzger, 
former Par agency, handling adver- 
tising with Ed Rosenwald, formerly 
of Par. sitting in on theatre meet- 
ings. Last week 'Crooked Circle^" 
brutal at $9,000. 

Met (Loew) (3,500; 25-35-50-66), 
'Bownstalrs' (M-G) and vaude. Ter- 
rific stage fare with Lou Holtz. 
June Knight, Frances Williams and 
Duke Ellington band, but dis- 
appointing at $25,000. Last week 
'Troubles' (M-G) with Lilyan Tash- 
man, Benny Rubin and Sophie 
Tucker oh stage good at $35,000. 

Albee (3,000; .25-35-50-75-86). 
'Vanity Street' (Col) and vayde. 
Stage show responsible for what- 
ever draw there is but looks dis- 
couraging at $19,000. Last week ex- 
cellent, with 'Divorcement' cRadlo), 
$27,000. . 

Strand (2,500; 25-35-50). 'Suc- 
cessful Calamity' (WB). Indifferent 
at $12,000. Some carriage trade 
with -Arjlss. Last and secoiul week 
of 'Life Begins' (FN) good at $17,500, 



iSieadaj* October 11, 1991 



r 1 € Y « R E CROSSES 



VARIETY 



Loop Wwleriiig If DodUe Feature 
i £im1 Will Help Doumtowii; All-Stag 
AdieMx for IVesident,' $20M^ 



Cbtcago, Oct 10. 

' Another so-so ireefc In sight for 
tbo loop. Business Is cllpslng to the 
loirer levels rather than otherwise. 
•Phantom President,' at United Art- 
ists, is drawing an all-Btag audl- 
^ce whil4 ^rand Hotel' Is doing 
strong matinee and only fair night 
trade.. That, however. Is a state- 
ment that generally applies to all 
loop houses since conditions took 
the plunge. Those cheap afternoon 
jNTlces tell the talis. 

■ Against this evidence that bar- 
gains are noted and patronised, the 
Btate-Lake next week raises from 
66 to 75 cents top. While the 4iual- 
Ity of the bills go up. too, the new 
policy at this time Is deemed dar- 
■ Ing. 

Whether downtown Chicago will 
ultlihately beneflt from the dropping 
of doubjo features cannot "be stated 
this early. True, to agreement, all 
circuits, and practically every Ihdle 
bouse, returned to single features 
last Monday. At the same time 20 
oents was . practically pegged 
throughout the city as the. minimum 
admission price. Uttle doubt that 
ultimately the Industry will bene-, 
fit by those moves, although for the 
time being there may be disloca- 
tions. 

Estimptea for This VVfoek 

ChicaB3 (B&K) (3.940; 40-66-83) 
!— 'Cabin in Cotton' (FN) and stage 
show.. Slow pace suggests $30,000 
or lower. House in a slump. More 
emphasis ■ upon 'fone< and distinc- 
tion' in operation contemplated. 
Last week 'One Way Passage* 
<WB) around 132,000. 

MeViekers (B&K) (2,284; 36-56- 
76>— 'i3rand Hotel* (M-G) (2nd 
week). Should mean around $20,000. 
Flr3t week $34,600. 

Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 40-66-83) 
—'Tiger Shark' (WB) and atage 
show. Ben Turpln- Walter Hires- 
Snub Pollard In F&M unit. Will see 
red at $18,000. 'Blonde Venus* 
(Par), holdover, worth around $20,- 
000 last week. . 

Palrxa (B&K) (2,633; 40-66-83)— 
*A11-Amerlcan' . (U), and vaude. 
Timely attraction should give Pal- 
ace $20,000. Liast week 'Last -Man' 
<CoI) plus Olsen and Johnson 
around $25,000,. good, but Under for- 
mer Olsen-Johnson grosses. 

State-Lake (RKO) (2,766; 26-85- 
40^56)— 'Sporting Age' (Col) and 
vaude. ■ Last week of the 66 cent 
policy. Headllners every week from 
now on. . House has been doing 
poorly. Anticipates $12,000. About 
the same ■ last week for 'Crooked 
Circle* (W-W). 

United Artiste (B&K) (1,700; 36- 
86-75)— 'Phantom President* (Par). 
Will cof£er around $20,000 on open- 
ing week. Okay, but not as big as 
expected. Women dodging the title 
here. 'Movie Crazy* (Par) scrammed 
with $7,000 foir flnal five days. 



NEW HAVEN FAIR 



'Shark* /Credited for Sherman's 
Prospective $&,2(tQ 



Fair $10,000 for ' 

As Portland Worries 



Portland, Ore., Oct. 10. 

Biz is generally oil at all houses. 
Attributed here to warm weather, 
opening of schools, nite baseball 
and local reaction after recent 
American Legion convention. Ex- 
ploitation methods being overhauled 
and revamped to meet a situation of 
b.Oi divemla which the usual hypos 
won't ciire. . Main concern Is that 
strong pictures are not getting as 
much- extra biz over the program 
variety as they should. 

Estimates for This Week 

Paramount (Fox-Parker) (3,000; 
26-CO)— 'Cabin in Cotton' (FN) with 
P-M unit. Hitting a fair average, 
$10,000. Last week 'Blonde Venus' 
(Par) did nicely at $11,600. 

Broadway (Fox-Parlier) (2,000; 
26-65)^'Movie Crazy' (Par). Show- 
ing improvement over' recent poor 
Weelcs £or a fair $7,000. Last week 
Skyscraper Souls' (M-G) bad at 
$3,500. 

OCphoum (RKO) (2,000; 25-40)— 
T)lvovcenient' (Radio). A mild- $4,- 
600. Last week 'Dangerous Game^ 
(Raa t)), ?3,400. poor. 

United Artists (Fox- Parker) (1,- 
000:25-35) — 'Phantom President' 
(Par). Keeping biz up to good level 
on $5, CCD. Last week 'Heritage of 
Desert' (Par), $4,000. 

Oriental (Hamrick) .(2.500; 25-35) 

'Blecjsed Event' (WB). Should 
close nicely around $4,000. Last 
week 'Culver' (U) poorly for $3,000. 
■^Rialto (Gamble) (1,500; 25-50)— 
•Explo-.-ars of World' (Rasplh). Get- 
ting lesults which raised admish 
ami will niiLsh a strong week around 
$6,000. Last week 'While Paris 
Sleeps- (Fox), $2,800 at 25 cent ad- 
mish. 



New Haven, Oct. 10. 

Town Is pepping. Up Its advertis- 
ing campaigns with 24-sheets, three- 
sheets and window cards more nu- 
merous, than In past six months. 

Poll Is bringing tab 'Frenchmen' 
In week of Oct. 14, first stage show 
In months. House reported return- 
ing to straight sound following 
week, with occasional bookings of 
tabs but hot as weekly policy. 

Estimates for Thia Week . 
Paramount^ (Pufolix) (2,34S: 40-60) 
— 'Phantom Pi*esldent' (Par) and 
unit okay, $11,000: . Last week 
'Venus' (Par), good, $2,300. 

Poll (Arthur) (3,040; 36-50)— 
'SmlUn' Through* (M-G). As a sin- 
gle feature will probably get . an 
okay $7,000. Jjast week 'Lifetime' 
(U) and 'Hat Check' (Fox),' fair at 
$6,300; . . 

Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200; 35- 
50)— 'Tiger Shark- (WB)" and '13 
Women' (Radio). Indicates satis- 
factory $6,20^, with 'Shark' credited. 
Last week 'Two Against, World' 
(WB) and 'Age of Consent* (Radio) 
mild at $4^800. 

College (Arthur) (1,665; 30-40)— 
'Sporting ■ Age' and . vaude. Looks 
like okay $4,6O0. .X^st week 
'Troubles' (M-G) $4,700, nice at 
these prices. 

'IXvorcement' $15,000 
LeadiHg Frisco Biz* 
Fw Nears Its Low 



Lincoln Uses 2 Versions 
Of 'Congress' for $1,800 

Lincoln, pet . 10. 
Biz looks better currently. Foot- 
ball weekends at thSi college help 
but won't this week with team Out; 
of town. 

Stuart will have no fight at all to 
hold top with 'Phantom President.' 

Estimates for This Weak 

Lincoln (Publlx) (1.600; 10-30-40) 
— 'Blondle' (M-G). May do $2,500, 
slim. . Davtes no draw here. Last 
week 'American Madness' (Col) 
slow $2,400. 

Orpheum (Publix) (1,200; 10-20- 
30)— 'Divorcement' (Radio). A prob- 
able $1,200, oke. Last , week 'White 
Zombie' (UA) slipped to fair $1,050. 

State (Indie) (600; 10-26-35)— 
'Congress Dances' (UA). Splitting 
screen time between German -Amei:- 
ican versions. Should mount to 
$1,800, nice. Last week 'Lifetime' 
(U) made unexpected $1,700. 

Stuart (Publix) (1.900; 10-25-35- 
50-60)— 'Phantom President** (Par). 
Shotild reach up to $3,700, good. 
Last week 'Blonde Venus* (Par) 
slipped to $3,100. 



Hat Check' and Downstairs Off 
At $40,000; Trez $55,000 at Par. 
mrk' 22^^ M and O.K. 



'CRAZr $6,500, LOUISVILLE 



Beat 



in Town — 'Kongo' 
Loew'a to $9,000 - 



Drops 



San . Francisco, Oct. ,10. 

Price slashing and house closing 
are the by-words now with the de- 
luxe Fox darkening Oct, 20 and ad- 
missions being lowered at the 
United Artists and Fox Paramount. 
Others probably will follow suit on 
prices soon. 

Plans by RKO to reopen the Or- 
pheum are still in abeyance pend- 
ing final negotiations due Tuesday 
(11) between circuit execs and mu- 
sicians' union over a difference of 
two men. May be around end of 
October, before house opens. A. low 
price will ■ be Installed with tab 
shows and films. 

Except for near low of $19,000 on 
'Kongo,' this will bo a fair week. 
RKO haa gone BamUm at the 
Golden Gate, palntln" the front 
sidewalk yellow and white and 
planting lobby cards 'way out to the 
curb on 'Bill of Divorcement.' Er- 
langer's Columbia temporarily de- 
serts legit, going celluloid for a 
week of 'Explorers of the. World 
It's unreeling four times daily at 
city's highest price, 83 cents nights 
and 55 cents mats. Biz off. 

Estimatea for This Week 

Columbia (Erianger) (1,700; 66- 
83). 'Explorers of World' (Raspln). 
Merely keeping house open. Poor 
at $1,500. 

Fox (5,000; 60-70), 'Kongo' (M-G) 
and unit. In next to last week 
house sinking to brutal $19,000, a 
near low. 'Hat Check Girl' (Pox) 
and 'Sally' as stage show a poor 
$26,000 last week. 

Golden Gate (RKO) (2,844; 30-40^ 
C6), . 'Divorcement' (Radio) and 
vaude. Possible $16,000, okay. Last 
week 'Lifetime' (U) built up to sur- 
prise $14,900, big. 

Paramount (Fox) (2,700; 30-40- 
65), 'Movie Crazy' (Par). Okay at 
$15,000 If holding up. Reduced 
prices upping crowds but not swell- 
ing gross to .any sizeable extent. 
Second and final week of 'Grand 
Hotel' (M-G) drew $10,000, giving 
film.. five weeks on Market Street, 
threO at road-show prices. 

President (Harris) (1,410; 25-40), 
'Hell's . House' (Atlas) and stage 
show. Down to $4,700 and stage 
shows out next week in favor grind 
plx at 25c. Last week '13th Guest' 
(Mono), $5,200. 

United Artists (1,400; 25-35-50), 
'Rain' (UA). New low admish, to- 
gether with promi.se of exclusive. 
Frisco showings. ■ Opens tonight 
(Monday) and house expects plenty. 

Warfield (Fox) (2,072; 55-65), 
'Smillri' Through' (M-G) and stage 
show. Norma Shearer, together 
with debut of new m. c, Al Kvalc, 
drawing matinees good. .Sma.sh 
$22,^00, biggest in monthH. Last 
weefir 'Phantom President" (Par), 
$17,500. 

Warnirs- (1.3C0: 35r55). 'Success- 
ful Calamity' (WB) (2d week). 
George Arliiifi quite goofl horc at 
$6,500. First week $9,500. 



Pitt Brightened 
B y TTra'-Trez' 
At $22jMl^ 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 10. 

A couple of distinct weak spots 
along the line this week, but for the 
most part the, stem hasn't much to 
complain about. Jewish holiday 
falling today (Monday) will dent 
somewhat, but that's only in the 
afternoon, and evening trade is ex- 
pected to. make up for that. . 

Outstanding items are 'Smllin' 
through,' at the Penn, and 'Phantom 
President,' at the Warner. Shearer 
picture looks like a natural for 
femme biz and should take a swell 
$22,000. 'President* should have no 
trouble maintaining a pace for a 
bristling $11,600. That Schnozzola 
is r.apidly developing into a real 
draw and with Cohan to pull In the 
old timers, -merry sail Is in prospect. 

Little hope held out for 'Tiger 
Shark' at the Stanley. Robinson Is 
not yet powerful b. o. here, and 
femmes are likely to pass it up. 
Estimatea for This Week 

Oavia (WB) (1,700; 26-30-40)— 
'Miss Pinkerton' (FN). Unlikely to 
get Into clear. Weak $2,500 In pros 
pect. Last week .'Paradlfse' (Badio), 
after previous ^eek at nearby Stan- 
ley, around $3,400. ' 

Fulton (Shea-Hyde) (1,760 ; 26-30- 
40)— 'Those Wo Love' (W-W). 
Liked, but absence of cast names 
reacting. Little or no profit notice- 
able In $3,800. L^t week Schmel- 
ing-Walker fight pictures helped 
'Chandu' (Fox) to an all right $4,600. 

Penn (Loew-UA) (3,300; 26-35-50) 
— 'SmUln' Through* (M-G). Shearer 
never needs any apologists' locally 
and, with tear-jerker of thia sort, 
looks a natural for women and gen- 
uine mop-up at $22,000. Last week 
'Troubles' (M-G) fair at $11,000. 

Stanley (WB) (9,600; 26-36-60)— 
:Tleer Shark* (WB). Won't get 
femmes and not enough strictly male 
trade to give' It more than woefully 
weak $9,000. Last week 'Blonde 
Venus' (Par) Just fair at $13,000. 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 26-36-60)— 
'Phantom President* (Par). Strong 
entry and should have no trouble 
cleaning up at around $11,500. Last 
week 'American Madness* (Col) fair 
at $^,000. 

TREZ' 112,000 AT PAR, 
BOSTON; MET $32,000 

Boston, Oct. 10. 

Slight improvement in most local 
houses this week. Jump registered 
at the Paramount, where the heavi- 
ly advertised 'Phantom President' 
is cashing in for good $12,000. 

Other theatres doing somewhat 
better, but nothing to rave about 
yet* 

.' Estimates for Thia Week 

Met (Publix) (4,300; 36-65-75)— 
'One Way Passage' (WB) and stage 
show. Ted Lewis oh stage and do- 
ing a nice $32,000. Last week, with 
•Cabin in the Cotton' (FN), propped 
by Mills Bros., $30,900, good. HoUse 
at last beginning to hit good stride. 

Paramount (Publix) (1,800; 25- 
30-55-66) — 'Phantom President' 
(Par). Selling like a hit. Daily 
ads week before picture opened and 
fine reviews helped. Likely to top 
$12,000. Last week 'Life Begin.s" 
(WB) $13,600, good. 

Keith's (RKO) (4,000; 35-50-83)- 
'All American' and vaude. Mbvlng 
aIon,7 for $18,000. Last week 'Sport - 
I"g Age,' aided considerably by good 
vaude, headed . by Crumlt and San- 
derson, surpri ^d with nice $18,900. 

BKO (4,000; 25-35-55) — 'Hell's 
IIi,!,'li\vay' (Radio) iand vaude. Try- 
ing hard to hold to nice $13,000. 
Last week '13 Women' (Radio) $11,- 
700. 



Louisville, Oct. 10. 

Week looks pretty good If not 
startling. 

National barges In on traxle this 
week with a reshowing of Garbo's 
'.Street of Sorrows' ia.nd lecture on 
'Truth About Married Love.' 
Estimatea' for Thia Week. 

Loew'a (3.400; 25-35-50), 'Kongo' 
(M-G). A bad $6,000. Last week 
'Smllin' Through' (M-G) fine $13,- 
000. 

Rialto (Fourth Ave.) (2,800; 25- 

35- 55). 'Phantom President' (Par). 
Mediocre on. $6,500. Liast week 
'June 13' (Par), $6,400 with 'Peaches' 
Browning. 

Strand (Fourth Ave.) (1,786; 26- 

36- 50), 'Movie Crazy' (Par). €tood 
$6,600. Last . week 'Successful 
Calamity' (WB). Only $3,200. 

Brown (2,000;, 25-35-40), 'Divorce- 
ment' (Radio). Good with $3.l00. 
I^ast week ,'Paradlse' . (Radio). 
$2,400, fair. 

Alamo (Fourth. Ave.) (900; 16-25-: 
40). 'Tiger Shark' (FN). A nico- 
$2,300. Last week 'Heritage of 
Desert' (Par), $2,000. 



Act's Gag HoOywoMl 
Opening Ups Cmcj 
Albee for $20,000 



Cincinnati, Oct. 10. 
Current screen fare an improve- 
ment over past few weeks and a 
noticeable rise in business, (^sen 
and Johnson aria wowing as usual 
here. They put on a burlesque Hol- 
lywood oi>€nIng Saturday night at 
the Albee and stunt attracted sev- 
eral thousand people for almost an 
hour. Gag was broadcast over 
. WCKT and is expected to aid . the 
Albee's biz during the week, 'Blonde 
Venus' and 'Smiling Through' are 
neck and neck tor second honors. 

Estimatea for Thia Week 
AlBae (BKO) (3,300; 35-80)— 'War 
Correspondent' (Cpl) and vaude. 
Oisen and Johnson's hoke. troupe tor 
a good $20,000. Last week 'Okay 
America* (U) and Talmadge-Jessel 
got $18,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 30-65)— 
'Blonde Venus* (Par). Dietrich for 
a fah* $11,000. Last week 'Phantom 
President* (Par), $9,300. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,286; 30-66)— 
'Smllln* Through' (M-G). Norma 
Shearer and rolling to $10,000, 
fair. Last week 'Grand Hotel* (M- 
G) rounded out fortnight to a mild 
$7,000. 

Capitol (RKO) (2,200; 30-66)— 
'Chandu* (Fox). Helped by WLW 
broadcasting as serial. Prospects 
for $8,000, good. Last week 'Di- 
vorcement' (Radio), $5,100. 

Keith's (Libson) (1,600; 26-40)— 
'One Way Passage' (WB). En route 
to an average .$6,000. Last week 
'Cabin In Cotton' (FN) reaped a 
nifty $7,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1,650; 16-30)-' 
'Love Me Tonight' (Par), second 
run, and "Big City Blues* (WB). 
Should hit $3,600; oke. Last week 
'Paradise* (Radio*, second run, and 
'Million Dollar Legs' (Par). $3,000, 
oke. 

Family (RKO) (1,000; 15-26)— 
'Avalanche' (1st Dlv) and 'Sporting 
Chance' (Hollywood). Split week. 
A fair $2,000. Last week 'County 
Fair' (Mon) . and 'Reckoning* (Peer- 
Igsb y t sftino 

Ufa (400; 30-40)— 'Doomed Bat- 
talion' (U) and Schmellng-Walker 
fight film. Latter announced by 
Harry Ha'rtmah, sports spieler for 
WFBB. Feature under auspices of 
D. A. V; drum corps. An average 
$2,000. Last week 'Congress Dances' 
(UA) $2,200. 



Fox Bans Loaning Sound 
Effects to Other Lots 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
There'll be no more loaning of 
sound-producing eifects by the Fox 
sound department to other studios, 
according to a new order issued. 
Execs feel that other lots are lay- 
ing down on development of effects 
because they could always borrow 
what they need from Fox. 

Collecting noise-making machines 
Is a hobby of Winnie Sheehan, who 
always shlp.s back ah assortment 
while abroad. On his last trip he 
.sent the studio a score of foreign 
auto horns, whlHtles. and other me- 
r hanical sound producers from Bcr 
lin. 



Second Of the Jewish holidays and 
unusually nice weather will slow up 
the Broadway list this week. Some 
Improvement may bo provided 
through Columbus Day tomorrow 
(Wednesday). 

Paramount, on Its holdover of 
'Phantom President' and a slightly 
altered stage show, at $56,00O, will 
load the parade. This, is very good 
business on the second week here, 
picture drawing the best for the 
house of any so far this season. It's 
the first holdover for the Publix 
weekly change In a long while. 

Both the Capitol and Roxy are 
down this week. Each will be for- 
tunate if . topping $40,000, .former 
with 'Downstairs,' latter on 'Hat 
Check Girl. Benny Rubin, Russ 
Columbo and Irene BordonI head the 
Cap rostrum show, but the house 
will have had two bad weeks in a 
row after the tow $30,000 on 
Troubles' last week. ' 

Winter Garden appears all right. 
At a bit over $22,000 on third week 
of 'Tiger Shark.' 'They Gall It Sin' 
is scheduled to come In Oct. 20. 

Among the ..other holdovers, the 
Mayfalr is . exhibiting better 
strength than the Strand. 'Bill of 
Divorcement' looks to Inveigle a nice 
$22,000 Into the Mayfalr, while 
'Cabin in Cotton' is letting down 
Strand to around $16,000 after a 
strong first week of $29,700. Maybe 
a third week for 'Divorcement.' 'On^ 
Way Passage' opens at the* Strand 
Thursday (13). 

Two other new pictures take the 
spotlight this week, 'Bain* coming 
into RivoU tomorrow morning 
(Wednesday) as UA's jsecond pic- 
ture there under 100% operation. 

'Madison Square Garden,* origi- 
nally booked for the Paramount, 
was later lifted for the Publix ruo« 
Rialto, where. it*B opening tonight 
(Tuesday) in connection with the 
'New York American* Christmas 
Fund. 

Eatimataa for Thia Weak 

Aator (1,012; 83-$1.10-$1.6fi-$2.20) 
-'Strange Interlude' (M-!5) (6th 
week). Looks like picture staya 
here for a while, with no date as 
yet as to when "Rasputin,* probable 
successor, will march in, 

Capitol <e,400: , 36-72-83-11.10- 
$1.66)— 'Downstairs' (M-G) and 
stage show. Presumably names op 
stage, Irene Bordoni, Buss Columbo. 
Benny Bubln and Three Keys 
(radio) are keeping . hoUae' if rom 
sinking lower than $40,000. Last 
week only $30,000 on 'Pack Up Tour 
Troubles* (M-O), deprecating. 

Criterion (878; 26-40-83-$1.10- 
$1.65) — 'Maedchen In Uniform' 
(Krlmsky) (3rd week). Bettering 
$10,000 mark. 

Mayfair (2,200; 36-72-83)— 'Di- 
vorcement* (Radio) (2nd week). At 
$22,000 holding up very Well and 
maybe a third week. First- seven 
daya $27,800, big. 

Palace .(1,700; 30-40-66-83) — 
'Blonde Venus* (Par) (2nd run) and 
vaude. On top of its nice showing 
at the Paramount first ruH down the 
street, the Dietrich talker is doing 
comparatively aa well here; prob- 
ably $17,000, blac:c for house. Last 
week $16,700 on 'Paradise' (Radio), 
second run, and usual vaude. 

Paramount (3,664; 40-72.94-$1.10) 
—'Phantom President* (Par) (2d 
week) and stage show. Heading 
for good $66,000. Stage show lost 
Belle Baker on holdover week, with 
Grace Langford and Ruth Roye 
added, but most of draw from 
screen, First week for 'Phantom* 
$68,900, exceptionally fine. 

Rialto (2,000: 40-66-72-92-$1.10)— 
'Madison Square Garden' (Par)./ 
Second Charles Rogers' production 
for Par release opens tonight at $1 
top. Final week, fourth, for 'Movie 
Crazy' poor $10,000, two grand below 
the third stretch of seven days. 

Rivoli (2,200; 40-66-72-94-$1.10)— 
'Crusoe* (UA). With a third week's 
gross of around $13,600 moves' out 
tonight (Tuesday). 'Rain' (UA) 
coming In for a run. Second week 
for .'Crusoe' $20,000. 

Roxy (6,200; 36-65-83-$1.65)-^'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox) and stage show. 
Maybe a shadia over $40,000 but 
problematical; buildup on draw may 
come from effective ad .matter on 
picture, designed to lure the curi- 
ous. Last week 'Chandu' (Fox) 
$41,000; n.-s.g. 

Strand (2,900; 35-;55-83-94-$1.10)— 
'Cabin in Cotton' (WB) (2d week). 
Off after strong first week to around 
$16,000. Initial seven days' grosa 
ran to a high $29,700. 

Winter Garden (1,418; 35-55-83- 
94)— 'Tiger Shark' (WB) (3d week). 
To stick a fourtli week after swell 
third (current) takings of around 
$22,000. Last week $31,900. . 



LULIAH BOND FOS ROG^ 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Lillian Bond has been engaged 
tliiou>rii IJrcn & OraattI for feature 
Dart ill 'Truth Racket' for Charles 
[li. Rogers. 



10 



VARIETY 



F I € T 11 II E C R • S S E S 



Tnesdaj, October 11, 1932 



Mo. Levels; ^ 
Top Coin For 
1>a$li;$liM)00 



Baltimore, Oct, 10. 
While the general atmosphere 
among the film houses currently Is 
somewhat calmer than last .week, 
when the lid was effectively blowrt 
off, totals . this week will satisfy. 
Grosses are leveling to a more nor- 
mal line, and that line is far enough 
on the right side for profit- taking. 

Century has the femmes running 
it wa5', due to Chatterton: and Brent 
In 'The Crash.' The one flicker In 
town apparently to the tastes of the 
shopping ladies. 

'Life Begins,' on the other hand, 
appears a hit too powerful for the 
most of the girls. . Likely that this 
one won't top a mediocre $11,000. 

'Hell's Highway,' at the Hipp. Is 
getting excollcnt support from the 
stage and the two nabes. New and 
Keith's, sees the battle going to the 
latter house where 'Phantom Presi- 
dent' Is building steadily,. 

Boys were surprised that the New 
didn't hold over 'Washington Merry- 
Gb-Round' after that picture de- 
livered one of the neatest grosses 
the house has seen In months. Only 
seven day;s means that a .terrific 
exploitation cainpaign ' was some- 
what wasted. , ... 

Estimotos for' This Week 

Century ' (Loew-UA) (3,000; '25- 
35-55-66-75) 'Crash' (FN) and 
.vaude. Ted Healy dn the platform 
but strictly the new Brent-Chatter- 
ton marital duo bringing the femmes 
for good 910,000.' Xast week Buddy 
Rogers'' flap-appeal added to -the 
'Kongo' (M^G) flicker and a bub- 
bling |19,100. 

.Hippodrome (Rapipaport) (2,600; 
26-85-66-06-75) 'Hell's Highway' 
<Radlo;| and vaude. Blanche iCollo- 
way ' on stage, and countinet. Mostly 
ineri this week an'd enough to kieep 
the 'ledger happy at -|10,000. Kate 
Smith In person meant a new high 
the. previous stanza at ^19,800. . Pic- 
ture was 'Those We fiove'- (W-W). 

Keith'*, ^(Schanberger) (2,4()0: 26- 
80-40) ,Thantom President' (Par). 
Gettlngr class ,trjEtd^ iot. a good ?7,- 
600. 'Two , Against World' (WB) 
previously, poor at • t4,800. ' ' 

New <Mechanl(O. '(};800'; 26-35-40- 
60) 'Wild Girl' (Fox). . Last >veek 
excellen)t at $7,200 for liIeiTy-Go- 
Round'. CCol) backed by a surge of 
publicity and expI<iltatton. Present 
Farrell-Joan Bettii^tt piece not niore 
than $3,600; weak. ^ 

Stanley (Loew-UAi) (SieoO; 25-35- 
46-55-66-75) 'Life Begins* (WB). 
Notices strong b;it ,eirU Won't let 
their fellows take them here. Maybe 
$11,000, oft. 'Smilin* Through' (M- 
G) big last .week' at $18,800." ' 

IKvorcemenfs' f 12,500 
li Neat in Calombns 

■ Columbus, Oct. 10. 
Vaudfilrii ;at the Palace has taken 
^ firm hold and should, keep that 
house out lit front from now on. 
This, week no exception and Ohio 
State stUdes' return to school, plus 
home grid games, is adding plenty 
at the box. . ° *^ . ' 

Biggest competlsh this week Is 
•Movie Crazy' at the Broad, which 
should, do plenty. 

Estimates for This Week 

Palace (RKO). (3,074; 35-55)— 
Divorcement' (Radio) and vaude 
En route tp nice enough $12,6.00. 
La3t wee'.t 'Blonde Venus' (Par) 
okay at $13,000. . 

Ohio (Loew-UA) (3,000;' 25^40)— 
•Kongo' (M-G). .■Will be lucky to 
beat weak $7,000. Last week 'Trou- 
bles' (M-G), one Of. those excluslves, 
got fair enough $8,700. . 

Broad (Loew-U.A) (2,500; 25-40)— 
•Moyle Crazy' (Par). Stepping along 
at fast clip and should hit $12,000, 
heavy. Last week 'Chandu' (Fox) 
gcod enough $7,090, 

Grand (Neth) (1,100; 25r40)— 
•Tisrer Shark' (FN). Won't bet 
ter Hsfct $6,000. Last week 'Blessed 
Event' (WB) got over big to tune of 
$7,200.: ' 

Majestic (RKO) (1,100; 25-35)— 
•CongoriUa' (Fox). Not expected to 
better $2,200, although $3,000 hoped 
for. Last week. 'Age of Consent' 
(Radio) $1,300, mild. 



'ALL AMERICAN' 18G'S, 
THRU' $22,000-K, a 



Kansas city, Oct 10. 
Although, several flrat runs are 
offering bigger and better bills at 
lower prices thin ever before, busi- 
ness, while showing some Increase, 
could be a lot better. This week's 
features have beeii given heavy 
publicity, but the outlook; is not 
startling. 

Midland and 'Smllln* Thru' is 
catching the femmes, while the 
Malnstreet with 'Follow Thru' on 
stage and 'All American' . has . the 
younger set and football fans. New 
management at the Newman gave 
many extra columns • of ads to the 
papers for 'Pha"ntOm President' artd 
will make a fair showing, but it's 
not among the record bretikers. 

The Plaza, celebrating its fourth 
anniversary, changed Its policy and 
is back with stage shows. Picture 
is 'Cabin in the Cotton,' with a top 
of 50 cents, ■ - 

Estimates for T^is Week 
Liberty (Dubinsky) (860; 16-25)— 
'Painted Woman' (Fox). Alluring 
title and nice lobby display. . Lobks 
like good $4,000. Last week 'Big 
City Blues' (WB) same. 

Midland (Loew) (4,000; 25-36-50) 
-'Smilln' Thru' (MrG).' Natural for 
the girls. Should get $22,000, good. 
Last weelc 'Troubles' (M-G) finished 
to fair $14,600. 

Mainetreet (RKO) (3,200; 25-35- 
60t60)— 'All American' (U) and 
'Follow Thru,' FrM unit. Picture 
spotted right and stage also strong- 
iy publicized. Around $18,000, nice. 
Last week '13 •v/'oirieh' (Radio) with 
'Rio Rlta' unit, $20,000. 

Newman (Publix): (1,800; 26-35- 
50)— 'Phantom ; President' . (Par). 
Management spread for this one. 
About. $9,0'00;' fair. Last week 'Movie 
Crazy' (Par), good $ll,000y , .; 

$12,000 for Xrazy' in 
Montreal, Holiday Week 

Montreal, Oct- 10. 
Currently all houses are running 
new pictures while His Majesty's 
is showing local Frehch-Cana!diahs 
in a. weelc of operetta. This, com.- 
blned with the Canadian .Thanks- 
giving Day holiday today- (Monday) 
should put ^he picture houses back 
oh better than average gI^0S8es. . 

There have beeii few. icoinplalnts 
from the nabes of late. 

Ettimate* for This .Week ' 
Palace- (FP) (2,700; 76) 'JMovle 
CHizy' (I^ar). ■ Should get about 
$12,000. Xast week,' repeat of 'Grind 
HoteV did falrly at $11,600. • 

Capitol . (FP) .(2;7O0;. 60) 'Back 
Street' (U) and 'Igloo' (U). Looks 
to gross $12,000, okay. lUist week 
'The Crash' (WB) and 'Culver' (U), 
$11,0.00.; . , , 

Loeiw^s (FP) (3,200; 36t60) 'June 
13' (.Par) and vaude.- Grood combo 
may. get $14,500. Last week 'Once 
in Lifetime' <U), $16,000. 
' PHncebs- (CT) (1,600; 35-60) 
'Crusoe'- (UA) and 'Almost Hiarried' 
(Col). Should do $8,000. Last week, 
repeat of. .'Paradise' (Radio), and 
'Rooni 13' /(Fox) grossed . $6,000. . 

Imperial (Franco-Film) (1,900; 
26-40)" 'L'Alglori' (French) (2nd 
week). - Around $2t50Q. Last week 
was $3,000. 

.Cinema de Paris' (Franco-Film) 
(600; 25-50) 'Une Nult au Paradls' 
(French).. Perhaps $1,600, Last week 
'Monsieur d9, MarechaV (French) 
$1,750. 



Texas Shorts Fum After 
Land to BuiM Stqdio 

San Antonio, Oct. 10. 
- National Pictures' .<?\M Coast 
Studios, locally owned and organ- 
ized, has coinpleted a second series 
of 12 musical westerns featuring 
Hal Byrnes, directed hy P. B, Wil- 
lett . ■ ■ ■■ 

Firm will cbntihtie to make shorts 
in. and around this city and Is now 
dickering ' for purchase ' of city 
owned land, to' erect a studio. H. 'W. 
Kier is In' New Tbrk seeking an 
outlet for his productions; 



DIVORCEHENT? 5|«, 
HOTEL' 12(1^ SEATTLE 

Seattle, Oct. 10. 
Appears a better' week currently. 
'Grand Hotel,' first time here, , and 
'Divorcement,'' at Orpheum. Better 
feeling around, too. FWC has an- 
nounced opening . of _ Paramount, 
likely Oct 20, with stage ^how and 
with music at Fifth Ave., stage pre- 
sentation band. Past three weeks, 
with no btmdnrien at any house, also 
ho . stage 'show's, gavie ' Impression to 
ducat buyers that the theatres were 
economizing. 

Estimates for This Week 
Fifth Ave. (FWC) (2,300; 26-66) 
— 'Grand Hotel' (M-G). Bang-up- 
biz ahd headed to click on first time 
here. Probably - $12,000, okay. ■ Last 
weiek 'Chandu' (Fox) poor at $7,100. 

Orpheum (RKQ) (2,600; 26-55)— 
.'Diyo.rcenieni' (Radio). Great ad- 
vance - bally, ' Including Invitation 
-previiBW. Plugs helping this' one 
reach $6,600. ' Last week 'Dangerous 
Game' (Rad io) fair $4,800.- 

Fox (FWO-^'Phantom; President'. 
(Par). Slow at $3,600,' 'Last .week 
'Troubles' (M-^Q) with SchhiellngT 
Walker fight films did $4,900. 

, Uberty (Jensen- von Herberg) (2,- 
\OWy; 10-16-26)— 'Exposure* (Tower). 
Looks for fair $4,300. > XloJat. Week 
'Drifting Souls' (Mascot) just fair 
at $4,100. 

Music Box (Hamrick) (900; 26-35) 
— 'Crusoe' (UA>; Around $6,600. Last 
week 'Blessed Event' (WB)', second 
week, equaled first to the dollar, 
getting arotlnd $6,000. great. • • ' 

Coliseum . (FWO (1.800; 26-36)— 
'Heritage of Desert^ (Par)'.' five days. 
'Painted' Woman' (Fox), two days.. 
Will see $3,600, Last week 'Bring 
'Em' Back Alive*. (Radio) renewed 
house but.' pulled after four days, 
although did fairly/- Finished week 
with 'First Tear* (Fox) for' good 
$3ilOQ, 



TACOMA BRIGHTENS 



Three Lucky Breaks 
For Boehm, WB Writer 

.Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Completing .script of 'The Suckor' 
at Warn.crs, Da.viJ Boehm obtained 
a six weeks' leave of absence, had 
his next option taken up, and loTt 
for New Vork to attend, rehoar.sals 
of. his comedy. 'The Love Life of the 
Tl£Cy,' which L. Lawrence . AVcber 
Avill. present. 

- Fifty op3nfi in N. Y, in Novem- 
ber. 



Broadway Reopened — Prices an Ap- 
peal at Roxy . 

' : I,' . 

Tacoma, Oct, 10. 
There's new Jif€f In the old town. 
|This week looks good and last week 
iwas. oke, . With more. , downtown 
ho.us^s open, Roxy and . Broadway 
arie added. Its brighter all around. 

. Estimates for This Week 
- Broadway (FWC) ,(1,400; 26-40)— 
•Grand Hotel' (M-G), House re- 
opened' after - long dark spell; first 
;time here for film. In for five days, 
then • 'Hold 'Em - Jail' (Radio) for 
two days. Fair. $3,000. 
. Roxy (Jenseh-von Herberg> (i;- 
300; 16-20)— 'Blonde Captive' (Col), 
first half; !Man Called Back' (Tif), 
last . half. With prices, an appeal 
will do fair $6,000. Last week 
'Sporting Age' (Col) reopened house 
;wlth b,6; lines.' Surprised everybody 
on supremie' $5,400. 

Blue Mouse (Hamribk) (650; 26) 
— 'Crusoe' (UA), Some better at 
$2,000,. fair. Last week 'Speckled 
Band' (1st DIv.) slumped to poor 
scant $1,500. 

Rialto (FWC) (1,200; 25-35)— 'Life 
Begins' (WB), 'Divorce in Family' 
M-G), and 'Chandu' (Fox) in three- 
way split, will see $1,800, poor. Last 
week 'Troubles' (M-G) and 'Blonde 
Venus' (Par) dove to $2,100. 



Thrn' Big on $20,000; 
St L $13^0, Vande Oot 



St. Louis, Oct. 10. 

Some better but not much this 
week. . With five first runs in. oper- 
ation there Just doesn't seem to be 
enough : patrons to go a,round, no 
matter what the quality of the films. 

State is . 'way, cut in front With 
'SmIlInV Through.' .Vaude out of 
RKO St, Louis this Friday (14). 
Estim.atjBB for This ,W<B«k 

Ambassador (WB) (3,000; 36-66- 
65)— i-'Cabln in Cotton' (FN) and 
stage show. Ed Lowry back where 
he set a record as m. c. He's get- 
ting criedit for fair $13,000. Last 
week 'The Crash' (WB) $11,500. 

Fox (6,0«0; 25-36-65)— 'Wild Girl' 
(Fox) and F-M unit. Business poor 
at $9,000. Last week 'Those We 
Love' (W-W) $10,000. ' 

State (Loew) (3,000; 25-35-56)— 
•Smllln' Thru* (M-^G). Real names 
for 'first time In months and looks 
like big . $20.000.. Last week 
'Troubles' . (MrG) $17,000. 

Missouri (RKO) (3,600; 26-86-65) 
—'All American* (U). Without 
names of cOhi^equehce, not hot on 
$7,000. Laist .week 'Bring 'Em Back 
Alive' (Radio); $9,400. big. 

St. Louis (RKO) (6.000; 25-36-66) 
—'Hold Em Jail* (RKO) and vaude. 
Last week of vaude for good $13,- 
000. Last week . 'American Mad- 
ness' (Col), $12,200. 



$16,000, ALONE 
OFF IN BUFF SPURT 



SIMMONS' DOUBLE WRITING 

Mike Siinrnons is now pub and ad 
director for Monogram Pictures. 
These duties were formerly handled 
by the George Harvey ad agency, 

Simmons- will also write originals 
for the indie firm, his contract fall- 
ing for a story immediately. 

\ ... 



Buffalo. Oct.. 10, . 

Except for the . Buffalo wit:h 
'Phantom. President' disappointing, 
the town has nothing to complain 
about. 'Smllln' Thru' will do a big 
$16,000. While "Troubles' is clicking 
for handsome $14,000. . 

Buffalo (Publix) (3,600; 30-40-65). 
'The Phantom President' (Par). Off 
at $17,500. Last week 'Bird of Para- 
dise' (RKO) and" stage show, a fair 
$32,600. 

Great Lakes (Publix) (3,400; 30- 
40-C5), 'Smilln* Thru' (M-G-M). 
Looks to big $16,000. Last week 
'Bring . 'Em Back Alive' (RKO), 
$11 600. 

Centiiry (Publix) (3,400; 25-36), 
■Tiger Shark' (WB). Maybe, $8,500, 
okay. Last week 'Divorce in the 



'EVENT,' $9,500, OKAY, 
TREZ' J8,S0O; DENVER 

. Denypr, Oct, 10, 
The Denver and Orpheum are still 
without stage shows and feeling It. 
Orphjeum Is doing good night busi- 
ness but matinees :are off. 'Painted 
Woman* was yanked after three 
days at the Rialto ' and' 'Once in 
Lifetime' replaces to stay six days. 
Estimates for This- Week 
Denver (Publix) (2,600; 26-35-40- 
50), 'Phantom President' (Par). Will 
do $8,500, all right. Last week 
.'Movie Crazy' (Pap) a good $9,000. 
: Olrpheum (RKO-Huffman) (2,600; 

25- 35^40-^0), 'Blessed Event' (WB). 
Good enough on $9,500'. Last Week 
'Chandu* (Fox) also $9.506. 

Paramount ' (Publix) (2;000; 26- 
•40). 'The Crash' (FN); ; Chance for 
$7,0()0, fair. Last' Week 'June 13' 
(Par) $5,600. 

Rialto (RKO-Hiiffmah) (900; 20- 

26- 4(», 'Painted Woman' (Fox). 
Three days for $900 aiid out, 'Life- 
time' (U) headed for $3,000 in six 
days, fine figure tor hoUse. Last 
week .'My Pal; the King' (TJ) and 
'Fast Companions' (U). four days 
each, only $2i600. ' • . 

Trez' $7,500/ Houston; 
Hajestic's Vaude, $10,000 

Houston, Oct, 10. 
- Skids more or -less under .the 
grosses this week after great buel- 
ness last . w;eek, the brightest In 
hionths. Box o^c^ stimulation fol- 

ibwing return of vaudeville is fad- 
ing.- Return of Weaver Brothers 
&nd inaugural stage bill,- after more 
thah a year of straight - picture 
boosted business more than 300% 
at. the Majestic,! but second we6k, 
'the current show, is disappointing 
though biz is not so badi 

Tough, weather break is a factor. 
-Estimates for This Week 

State (Loew) (3.000; 26-60)— 
'Kongo' (M-G). Indifferent but may 
build slowly for a fair $6,6-60. Last 
week 'Grand Hotel' clicked In pass- 
ing $11,000. Has exclusive showing. 

Metropolitan (Publix) (2,600; 26- 
60^— 'Phantom President' (Par). 
Opened mild but gaining hourly. 
Good for $7,600. 'Blonde Venus' 
(Par) last week down despite heavy 
exploitation. Poor at $6,000. 

Majestic (RKO) (2,100; 26-60)— 
'Divorcement' (Radio), and vaude. 
•Novelty, fading with second week of 
vaiide.' ' Hobart Bosworth headlin- 
Ingi Under expectatiohs at $10,000. 
Last week 'Okay - America' and 
opening vaude bill skyrocketed to 
$16,000. 

Kirby (Publix) (1,500; 16-40)— 
'Successful Calamity' (WB), and 
'Heritage of Desert' (Par) split. 
Horse opera big and Arliss getting 
highbrow traide, averaging the week 
for $6,000. Last week 'Tiger Shark' 
<FN), and 'Hat Check Girl' (Fox) a 
bigger draw with the gum-chewing 
trade. Good at $7,000. 

DET. mum TREZ,' 
'HAT CHECK' EACH 18 G'S 

Detroit, Oct. 10. 
Nothing goes in this town any 
more. 'Smiling Through' is play- 
ing to Just fair businesi9 and 'Phan- 
tom President' . is .doing likewise. 
The Fox, resuming stage shows, is. 
getting a big play at ihats so far 
but not so forte evenings. The Ford 
pay cut still has its reverberations 
on, local expenditures and no one 
knows the answ6r as there Isn't 
any. It's justa series of Christmas 
weeks without any, Santa Claiis. 
Only thing that seenis to- Interest 
the public Is the political speeches, 
and they're free. 

Estimates for This Week 

Michigan (4;045; 15-86-72-:76)— 
'Pha^itom President' (Par) and 
Btagei .show. Will show $18,000, 
poor. Last week 'Blonde Venus' 
(Par) took it on the chin at $21,900. 

Fox (6,100; 15-25-66)— 'Hat Check 
Girl' (Fox) and stage show. Near 
$18,0H)0. Last week 'Night Mayor" 
(Col) weak at $8,000. 

Fisher (2,666; 15-35-65-72-75)— 
"The Crash' (WB) and stag'e show. 
Maybe $13,600. Last week 'Success- 
ful Calamity* (WB) a nice $17,700. 

Do\yntown (2.750; 15-26-55) — 
'Lifetime' (U). Around $4,000, low. 
Last we^k 'Dangerous Game* (Radio) 
fair at $7,200. / 

Paramount (3,448; 15-25-55)— 
'Doctor X' (WB). About $5,800, off. 
Last week 'Blonde Captive' (Col) 
oke at $7,i00. 



Family' (M-G-M) and stage show, 
$8,700. 

Hipp (Publix) (2,400; 25-33-55), 
■Pa-k Up/Your T-oubles' (M-G).and 
vaudeville. Romping for great $14,- 
000. Last week 'W)iite Zombie' 
(UA), $9,400, oke. 

Lafayette (Ind) (3,400; 25), 
'American Madness' (Col). Very 
big at over $9,000. Last week 'Night 
Mayor' (Col), nice $7,800. 



Conn's 2 Month 
(Md Met, Prov., 
Is Foreclosed 



; Providence, Oct. 10.. 
' Jacob Conn's $2,000,000 dream of- 
a lifetime burst like a bubble Sat- 
,urday night (8) when Conn's Metro- " 
politan, only recently opened, and 
^envlBloned as a center of cntertain- 
;ment for Providence's : thousands, 
closed its doors after the last show, 
never to reopen under Conn's man« 
a,gement. . 

, "With the closing went every cent 
Conn possessed and had put into 
a pt-oject which he started 12 years 
ago. Conn was unable to meet ln« 
terest on a big note, and his cred-' 
iters refused*" to 1 give him time to. 
raise money. 

Valuable land surrounding the " 
theatre, a 300-car garage adjoining 
the Met, and the Olympla theatre, 
in pineyyille, which Conn has op-*- 
erat'ed for, years, will all go under 
the hammer to satisfy' creditors. 
Conn doesn't exiiect to save a penny 
out -of -the financiai wreck! 

The Metropolitan, which waa 
opened In August, represents a total 
investment of $900,000. Conn had- 
mortgaged his other theatre and big 
reiBil estate investments to build the 
theatre, which he had planned for 
years ago when he began buyin? 
valuable downtown property for its 
site. ■ ,v' 

Conn's big theatrical venture 
lasted less than two months. He 
blames his downfall on failure to' 
get decent picture product for his 
theatre, a,nd he revealed that he 
had to dig down every week since 
the opening to pay his help. 

Hb* has a suit pending in Federal 
Court here against RKO° Radio Pic- 
tures because of the distrlbiitins 
company's refusal to sell him prod-- 
uct. Conn seeks $1,000,000 damages 
Under thie Federal anti-trust law. - 
Conn, long a colorful figure in the 
theatrical and civic life of Provl^ 
dence, first opened his theatre in 
OIneyvllle, operating a broadcastins 
station In conjunction with the 
house. For several years he wage<t 
a bitter radio battle against the 
money-lenders In Providence, whlcH 
eventuated In the Grovernment rjil* 
ing him off the air. 

Conn's Met l\as a seating capao^ 
Ity of 3,400, the second largest the« 
atre In th6 State. Evangelists Turo. 
geon. wealthy contractor, who built 
the theatre, has & mortgage on the 
house and he Is taking It over. 
What he will do with It Js a mat- 
ter of speculation, as Turgeaii 
knows nothing about show business, 
and apparently has no desire of 
sinking any more moniey Into the 
project. 



Honey Back If U. A. 
Films Repeat in Frisco! 



San Francisco, Oct. 10. 
United Artists theatre is using 
t-wo ideas in Its ad campaign on the 
reopening loriight (Monday). In 
addition to a lowered, top price of 
60 cents, theatre is plugging its ex- 
clusive.; Frisco and S. F. county run 
on all U. A. pix. 

Ads invite customers to retain 
stubs of. their tickets. If the fea- 
ture Is e-ver sho-wn again in town 
or county patrons can jget their 
dough back. 



ERPI the Winnah in Film 
Tennis League's FinaliS 

Film Tennis League, composed of 
five film companies and ERPI, 
closed its season over the weekend 
with finals' that make the . eleeifric 
the big winnah. 

ERPI's high score is four -won 
and one lost in the team , matched 
and 20 won and : five lost on the 
singles. tJniversal made the worst 
ishowlhg among the film comjpanies 
which included. Paramount, War- 
ners, United Artists and Columbia; 
It was negative in the team con- 
tests and lost 22 of the singlet 
matches. 



BELA LUGOSI m SERIAL 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Bela Lugosi gets a lead in 
'Whispering- Shadows,' serial start- 
ing production around Dec; 1, It 
will be a mystery thriller, .qoft ped- 
dling horror stuff. 

Serial is foiirth on Nat Levlne'd 
Mascot program. 



Tueftdayt October 1 It 193g ^ , VARIETY II 




yj^J^IETY Tuesday, October II, 1932 

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Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



VARIETY 



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CALL 
HER 

SAVAGE 

• . ■ ■ ■ 

CLARA bow;. /the neti; Clara 
Bow • • • back again and greater 
than ever • • • in a dramatic role 
displaying an emotional genius she 
never showed before * • • and for 
her first story nothing lesd than 
Tiffany Thayer's ««C ALL HER 
SAyAGE'%;; think of what that 
combination will mean on your 
marquee! 




WILL 
ROGERS 

in 

TOO BUSY 
to WORK 

WHAT A PARTI His humor is 
set off like a jewel. ••against heart, 
interest and just enough pathos to 
win him Sr^OOOyOOO more admirers 
... a knight of the road ... a ne'er 
do well with a carefree song con« 
eealing his heavy heart • • • and 
helping two youngsters — • Marian 
Nixon and Dick Powell-^ver tho 
bumps of tender love* 




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9^^8a pei^t jobof ca8tiiig«..€live Brook 
M Sherlock • > • Ernest Torrence as the fear* 
i9omeMoriarity.,.Regiiialc[ Owen as Watson 
•••Miriam Jordan as the QirL Then add a 
Conan Doyle's story • • • up - to -the-minnte 
adaptation l^y Bayard Veill^ • • . class pro- 
duction. •• and what have yon? •••a na^tri^I 




WILD GIRL 

Caiifmiia • • ^ Uie redwoods • • . the Bret 
Harie eonntry • • • Bret Harle characters 
and a Panl Armstrong drama • • • the girl, 
nntameable^ • • the boy, hunted by the law 
• • • a kiss of courage ; • •The players? Charles 
FarreU, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy. 



Tuesday, October 11/1932 



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SIX HOURS 
TO LIVE 

What a sock in that title,..and what a wallop 
in the stor)^ behind it • • . suspense, surprise, 
spectacle • • • and roniance for the womra 
to revel in • • /Per|e^^y <Mist with Warner 
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RACKETY RAX . . . rah ! rah ! rah ! Box 
Office! The blackjack a jiid hijack boys 
nittscling in on coUege; football • • » the 
gang from the gas h6us<^ iaiul the gals 
from the night cIuIm • « « all going col-^ 
legiate • • • can you imiigiiti^i • • , it's up- 
roarious comedy • • > and y^n will thank 
Victor McLaglen and Greta Nissen. 




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Powers Pulls Out of 6IP Saks 
In U. S.: Oainis Contract Breach 



Pat Powers, Jias come to at least 
A temporary/ ^^tandstlU with British 
International and may give up. dls- 
trlbutlort of PIP. pictures In the 
ITnlted States'. Claimed by . both 
Bides that ther^ is still a pibssiblllty 
of piitphlne.tii* their difficulties, but 
tor 'thie tlpie b.elng'Pdwieirs' activities 
tor the British - Alms arei static. 
Either Arthur Dent or John Max- 
well/ BIP- heads,, will sail for New 
York within - a week, Powers has 
been Informed by cable, to attempt 
an Immediate' adjustment. 

Powiera bpyght out the BIP Amer- 
Jcan conapany- six months ago, pay- , 
Ing $26,000 in cash and giving three' 
notes of $26,000 each. Two of these 
liotes, one ' personally signed hir 
Powets and one sighed by the Pow- 
ers Film Company, were dated Oct. 
1 and rejecteid by. Powers oh that 
date on a claim of breach of con- 
tract: . 

Trouble started when Harry 
tieWls, attorney, sued British Inter- 
natlpnal, for' f4;416 for legal fees, 
getting a judgment and attaching a 
number of negatives and films of the 
(Dompariy in New Tork. Massce & 
Co., shippers for BIP, were Immedi- 
ately tpld . by BIP to hold, .up a 
Bhlpprieht 6t films . due to be deliv- 
ered to. Powers, the English com- 
pany fearing tiiese films also might 
be attacked. • 

Move gave' Powers what he. re-; 
gaVded as grounds for non-payment 
of the notesj he claiming that he 
would put. nb more, money into the 
business that has thus far cost him 
about $50,000, until he knows that 
everything is clear. . 

No Co-Operation 

It's only one single of the diffi- 
culties Powers lyas with BIP.' He 
charges that the British company 
eent him a number of poor pictures 
almost impossible to distribute; that 
the recording was .inferior, although 
he had been led to believe It was 
RCA, and that the British company 
woyld not co-operate with him In 
the making of a better type of film. 

He had made several suggestions 
to the company In England, Powers 
claims, which he thought would 
Viake their films more easily sal- 
able In the United States. Among 
these were Ihe suggested use of oc- 
casional American ta.leiit. He did not 
suggest the use of American stars, 
ho says, but occasional American 
names that . we're available for one 
or two pictures at comparatively 
low. cost. These suggestions, he 
Bays, were passed up by the British- 
ers even unto one. concrete sugges- 
tion of using Norma Talmadge in a 
film during her recent trip in Eng- 
land. Miss . Talmadge, says Powers, 
was" willing to accept a minimum 
figrure, but BIP execs would not sign 
her. This, Powers,, believes, meant 
a lack of willinghess pn the part of 
London to co-operate- with . him for 
American . sales. 

Powers opened a number of ex- 
changes throughout the - country 
After conclusion of his deal with the 
British company and expended some 
money in preparation for sales, but 
Bays now he would rather lose It 
all, plus whatever it would, cost to 
pull out, than • go> ahead with the 
pr6posltloh' . under ' current condir 
tions. 



Coi. Urging Showdown 
On British Accounts 

I^ondon, Sept. 27. 

Qaumont Company of Film Rent- 
ers, BubBldiary of Oaumont 'British, 
Is likely to shortly be involved in a 
trade tangle with Columbia Pictures. 
Columbia is Insisting O.. C. fiirnlsh 
an accounting for distribution of 
their (Columbia's) products during 
1928-29 during which period G.C; dis- 
tributed 60% of Columbia's output 
over here, with the balance released 
througH Film Booking Offices, an 
English distributing concern, which 
although n^w defunct,, has rendered 
an accounting to Columbia, 

Peculiarity of. , situation Is that 
1029-30 accounts have been satis- 
factorily disposed of . The old claim 
has been going on for nearly three 
years, and there has been plenty 
stalling, .with Columbia's patience 
about exhausted. 

Meanwhile, United Artists, the re- 
cently appointed Columbia distribu- 
tors, are Out of favor with Oaumont 
British, especially as far as Colum- 
bia products are concerned. 



FOREIGN FILMS 
MY^ERYfiOOM 



New Paris Newneel 

As 600-Seat Drop-In 

Parte, Get. 1. 
Another newmett hOQSs opened 
successfully la tlM Montmartre 
neighborhood, ran br Maurice |itr- 
Ingstone, formerir of P.D.OI. 

Fox Movietone newsreel wltli a 
few abort educatlonals or mag- 
azines for, a 60-nilnut« . program. 
House, 600-sieater, la working from 
11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Spot was formerly 
a small vaude house, and uses 
Clnetohe squad' eduipment. lioofcs 
like business. 

J. Carlo Bavetta, local Fox chiefs 
Is headlnjg a creditors' committee to 
prevent one of the Reginald Ford 
newsreel houses, Clneac^ going into 
receivership, meaning suitable ar- 
rangements and giving the house 
time to pay its installation debts. 

House is located on the! Boule- 
vard and losses have been incurred 
on account of sub-tenants, failing 
to pay their rents. 



Two Is Too Maiiy, Sq^^^^^ 
Stoiy Go by Boards 



" ' •. ' Culver City, Oct.. 10. 
\ I|[avlng one Russlaii.- story . In 
*li?i3putin,' Metro his ' decided to 
Bhelve temporarily Its Soviet story, 
on which writers have been working 
two years. Program, it was felt, 
"wouid not hold the two Slavic 
ya'rn^,.- ' 

P'olltlcis, depression, lessening of 
initerest in Sovletlsm aa something 
new, the ticklish Japanese-Russian 
Bituation, minor studio casting dif- 
ficulties. Indecision as to whether 
the story should be pro or anti- 
Soviet, the U. S. foreign office and 
everything but the weather com- 
bined also to cause slou.qrhlng of the 
picture. 

Metro has two scripts practically 
ready for work. If and when the 
studio should decide to make it. 

Studio also bought 1,000 feet of 
Russian backgrounds three weeks 
ago, made by an American camera- 
man. 



Past couple weeks have seen a 
sudden rise In Interest and taltlngs 
throughout the U.S. for foreign 
language talkers, with grosses in 
the foreign houses averaging an in- 
crease of from 30% to 40% in most 
spots.: 

. No reason given by distributors 
of the foreign film's for the sudden 
rise, except that a certain amount 
of new' season product, held back 
through the summer, has been re- 
leased. Despite that» however, the 
Pabst, Milwaukee, reopened, iafter a 
dark summer, with 'Immortal "Vaga- 
bond' (Ufa), a, two-year-old film, for 
a new high for the house. Theatre 
is open for foreign Iangua.g<B films 
for the week-end three days only. 

Several new theatres have opened 
for German talkers through the 
country, amoiig .them the' Sheridan, 
Brooklyn. The Cinema, Cinciilnati, 
and the German theatre, St. Louis, 
have reopened within, the past 
month for nice results thus far. 

. Reports from tlie Cinema, Detroit, 
are to the effect. that buslneiss there 
has increased 70% during the piast 
month, and other good b. o. repot-ts 
have come from the pUmarte, Sah 
Francisco. 



BETobisIfit 
In Failure of 
Suedfifan Co. 



/ < Berlin. Oct i. 

The Suedfllm Company has bus 
pended its payments. lii the inter 
est of creditors and .'exhibitors who 
had already signed contracts for 
Suedfilm pictures steps have been 
taken by Tobls to carry on the re 
lease : department. Furthermore To 
bis Is preparing a new release or- 
ganization. Company's director is 
I. Goldschmldt. 

Siiedfllm's failure began with the 
purchase of the Chaplin film 'City 
Lights' for which the company paid 
$210,000. 

Losses incurred by the British 
International Film Co. amount to 
approximately $600,000, those of To- 
bls to about, $160,000, and of the 
kodak Film Factory to" approxi- 
mately $200,000. 

The other liabilities consist- of 
advance paymients made by exhibit- 
ors on programs of the Suedfllm 
as .well as to amounts due to the 
trade press, Berlin dally press, film 
producers, directors and authors. 

Total losses may be estimated at 
$1,000,000. 



Candy Hawkers* Strike 
Would Darken Cinemas 

Mexico City, Oct. 7. 

A strike which would close six 
large nabes Is In the Offing as the 
result of a squabble between the 
exhibitors and the candy butchers' 
union. . 

Exhibitors advised union that 
custonaers compl%in«d about being 
annoyed by -candy peddling during 
shows and they must forbid butch- 
ers activities during performances. 
. Union: asserts that its members 
have a right to make a living and 
appealed to the . organization of 
cinema eihployees which has backed 
up butchers In their ' contention. 
Botii unions hilve advised exhibitors 
that If : they don't bacic down, ' a 
strike wiii be called for the middle 
of October. ■ 



Finland's Native Film 
Making Off with Rush 

Helslngfors, Sept. 28, 
Under the' direction of Carl von 
Hartman, who played in "Hells 
Angels" for Howard Hughes, Fin- 
land is getting a film program of 26 
native pictures lined up for the 
seasoni 

Leading company Is Souml pic- 
tures with studio at Helslngfors 
while a string of Independent pro- 
ducers have studios at Obo. Plan to 
release only In Finland and Baltic 
States. 

Seven films are already completed 
and doing terrific business With 
small production costs and no labor, 
quota or tax hardships as imposed 
In other European countries. 



Native-Mades at New London Peak; 
U. S.-Owned Houses Go Home Product 



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FoK Welcomes Foreign 
Correspondents Again 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Ban against foreign correspond- 
ents on the Fox lot has been lifted 
by Al Price, publicity dlreictor^ 

Rule was put Into effect two 
years ago. when Vie Shapiro was 
the press chief. 



U. A. RESUMES 
IN FAR EAST 



Canafian Exhibs TeB 
ParEameBt More Taxes 
Mean Rmn for Giiena 



Ottawa, Oct, 10. 
■ 'With the openln'g of .the momen- 
tous session of the Canadian Par- 
liament, statisticians of the motion 
picture industry . in Canada have 
submitted startling figures regard- 
ing the extent of the taxation bur- 
den for exhibitors and distributors 
of the Dominion through Federal, 
Provlnclial and municipal Imposts. 

It Is estimated that $6,130,000 Is 
the. total levy -exacted directly or 
indirectly from the 900 theatres in 
Canada In a year, or an average of 
$6,700 per theatre, large. or small. 

The summary of the taxes paid 
by the industry In Canada, with the 
theatre owners paying the toll In 
the final analysis. Is as follows:. 

Amusement taxes, . $2,000,000 : cen 
sbrshlp, $200,000; license fees,. $20, 
000; customs duties on films, $400,- 
000; customs duties on accessories 
and. .eqtiiphietit, $130,000; general 
taxes, paid by film exchanges, $iSO, 
000; theatre seat taxes, $230,000; real 
estate and business taxes, includ- 
ing corporation levies, $2,000,000; 
total, $6,130,000. 

The tax report of the trade; sub- 
mitted at the moment when Parlia- 
ment Is about to Ihtroducei measures 
affecting the business still further, 
refers to the high cost' of censor- 
ship In the Dominion, the Canadian 
average for a feature-length picture 
being $178, as compared with an ap- 
proximate $60 charge In Great Brit- 
ain and $17 censorship fee In Aus- 
tralia. Canada has eight film cen- 
sorship boards for as many different 
provinces whereas other British 
countries have a national board. 

It Is pointed out that the theatre 
business of Camada shoulders the 
doubtful honor of being the most 
heavily taxed industry in the coun- 
try and that further taxation 
would be disastrous. 



United Artists is going back into 
the Far East field strong as pro- 
ducer-distributor wltb exchanges of 
Its own. . Company sold. Its ex- 
changes and business In Japa.n, 
Singapore and the Elast Indies to 
Metro in August, 1929, the sale Ih- 
cludlhg only their current product. 

When the Metro-U.A. deal ran out 
in India, , United Artists tied up 
with Madan's, but has now^ decided 
to handle that territory itself and 
has re-established exchanges in Cal' 
cutta : and Bomttay. Joe ° Fisher f ol 
lowed Metro as the U.A.' dlstrlb In 
Singapore, Malay Straits AQd the 
East Indies and the company was 
In negotiation with Marcus; Baker 
until a few days ago for 'Baker to 
take over the films.' Deal fell 
through, however, with U.A. decld 
ing to open an exchange in Slhga 
i>ore for that territory and put 
Baker In charge. 

Philippines, not Included In the 
Metro deal, have also been opened 
up by U.A. with- an exchange re 
cently 'established and fiddle Ugast 
sent out of New York to handle it. 

Deal in Japan of some sort is 
pending,, with the territory at pres- 
ent not certain. 



London, Oct. 3. 

British films are coming Into their 
Own in London stronger than ever 
Pretty generally known that almost 
ail exhibitors exceeded' their quota 
demands during the past year, playr 
ing: on an average of 10%- more 
British films than were necesssury 
under the Quota Law, but it now 
looks as If even this record will be 
beaten during the coming y.ear, with 
the current weeli showing a ne^ 
high for London's West End. 

Both Paramount theatres in tiie 
west End, the Plaza and the Capitol, 
are top-llnlng British films this week. 
At the Capitol Is 'Looking, on thB . 
Bright Side' (BIP). featuring Oracle 
Fields and the Plaza has 'Men ot 
To-morrow,' a British college yam. 
Rialto, Uhlversal's house has 'Lucky 
Girl' (DIP), comedy featuring Gene 
Gerrard. 



Bulgarian Goyemment 
Wants Own Production 

Hollywood,^ Oct. 10. 

Bulgarian government lia the 
newest European state to become 
interested In making Its own pic- 
tures. ■ - . 

A, Katchamahoft^, Bulgarian ar- 
tist here who has done considerable 
work at the studios, has been com 
missioned by his government to 
contract for picture equipment and 
to return home and help organize 
a studio. . 

Reported that the government de 
clslon to enter the film field Is due 
to the recent closing of American 
exchanges In that country follow 
ing the curtailment of foreign pro 
ductlon here. 



Buildup for Camerctman 

Stockholm, Sept. 20. 

Steve Olsen, former news camera- 
man. Is sitting In a soft spot in 
Swedish films. He went to Africa 
for three years with Prince Wilhelm 
and never touched a cent of his 
salary from Svenska Films until 
his return. 

Company In meanwhile Is -In dif- 
ficulties so he took It out In stock, 
part time payments ' and a, $6,000 
a year job. to continue Indefinitely 
as iiead of the laboratory! ; 



Foreign Players Scram 
For Home as Lots Drop 
Prodiictioii of Verskms 



■ Gov't Backed Jungle film - 

. Stockholm, 'Sept, 29. 

SWetdlsii gbvernilfieiit ' ^ Is sendlhg 
Ou'stave' Btfllritha down" to Africa 
to make a travel film of the Sati^ra; 
and in. the Belgian Congo. ' 

Will be exhibited commercially 
all over the world 'if successful heire 
oh opening. 



Brussels Newsreeler 

• Brussels, Oct. 1. 
Clneac, Belgium's first news-reel 
theatre, is set for opening In Brus- 
sels today; Oct. 1. The program Will 
last fifty minutes, admission being 
6 cents, 8 «4 cents and 11 cents ac- 
cording to seats. Clneac win be open 
daily from 11 a.m. till midnight. 



'Zombie' in French 

•White Zombie' (UA) Is to be 
dubbed Into French with work to 
start Immediately. 

Capt. Waters, Indle, will handle 
the dubbing process in Paris. 



Hollywood, Oct 10. 

Abandoning of Metro's foreign 
production department has caused 
a general exodus ot freelance Euro- 
pean^'playeris. Only studio left for 
the "language players Is Fox, and 
synchronizing there has been at a 
standstill' for several weeks, 

Metro completed retakes on the 
French 'Arsene Lupin,' aiid German 
'Sin of Madelbn Claudet,' laist Fri- 
day (7), and the department has 
gone out of existence as far as 
dubblngr goes. Studl6 will still 
make superimposed titles for for- 
eign versions here but that doesn't 
help, the actors. 

At presbnt, only Spanish direct 
shots can provide work at Fox, 
although ' the sync pi'bgram there 
will t>e fedumed shortly with 'Six 
Houts' to Live.' 

More thaii 26 imported players, 
who had : been working on a free- 
lance basis, shook the dust of Hol- 
lywood recently, or will do so this 
week. Many have been promised 
jobs In versions made by American 
companies In. Eur ope. 

Ten Metro players are leaving 
within the next two weeks. Studio 
is paying their transportation home, 
if they scram before the two week 
period Is up. Contracts not explr-* 
ing were settled on a cash basis. 

Those leaving Ini this group arei 
Rene Fleur, Claude iand Helen Al- 
lain, Madeline Viallar, all French, 
and the foUowlt? German players: 
Hilda Helhrlch, Anna Gaerllng, 
Bertel Spanier, Gertrude Faerber, 
Ernst Rotmuhd and Hildegard 
Kehnert, 

Fox is preparing stories for three 
direct-shot Spanish pictures, which 
is a Hollywood record for recent 
months. Stories are 'Springtime In 
Autumn,' for Catallna Barcena; 
'The Gypsy,' for Jose Mojica, and 
'The Athletic Teacher,' for Raul 
Roullen. 

. John Stone, In charge of the 
studio's foreign production, expects 
to complete 'The Last Man on 
Earth' this week. 

Fox has denied, reportd that It 
would follow Metro's lead Ip dis- 
continuing ail foreigm production, or 
at least, synchronization, in Holly- 
wood. ■ ■ ^' . 



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. V ' ; ,;, . Rome, Oct 1. 

Adolph'e OsBO has I^een in Rome 
making a'- contracl; ■with the Clnes- 
Plttaluga producing^ firm for a new 
film In French and Italian Versions* 

Similarly, Mario Bpnnard Is mak- 
ing a film with the Caesar. Film Co. 
in French and Italian editions, In' 
which the Italian tenor Tito Schlpai, 
will star. 



To Film Tokay Fete 

Budapest, Sept. -28. 

Wine growers of Tokay have ar- . 
ranged gigantic grape picking 
pageant in the old style, to boost 
wine, for Oct. 16. 

A hundred thousand visitors are 
expected. At the same time, three 
picture companies, Ufa, Paul Jeijos 
and a Hungarian indie company, 
have arranged to shoot, grape-pick- 
ing scenes in pictures now in prep- 
aration. 



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VARIETY 



FILM HEY JEWS 



HAT CHECK GIRL 

Fox production and release. Directed 
by Sidney lAnfleld, Sally Bllers and B9n 
Lyon featured. 'Adapted by Philip Klein 
and. Barry Connera from Rlaiii Jarnee* 
novel. Dialog by Arthur Keber; Glen 
Kdc°WllIiamB, pbotoK. At the Rosy, 
New Tork, week ot Oct. 7.; Rnnnlug 
time; 63 iiilns. . 

Gerry Mnrsh , , . , , , , . .'Snlly Bllere 

Buster ColUiiB. ,Ben Lyon 
J^asle King. ...7.;,.,.,.;. Ginger: Rogers 

Tod Reecc ..... .i...... .Monroe Owsley 

Phil Cornwall. ..Arthur Plerson 
Dan McCoy,. .Noel Madison 
Tony Carlucol. ..Dewey Robindbn 
Walter Marsh. . ; • . ..... .Harold Goodwin 

Mrs. Marsh. ......Eulalle Jensen 

Collins ...Purnell. Pratt 



Moderate ra1;liie as entertalnnieiit 
won't mean modei'ate ratingr at the 
box office In this case. 'Hat Cheick 
Girl' lachs the cast name . striengrth 
to put a so-so programmer over the 
line. A. couple of likable perform- 
ances by. Sally. Eilers an<l Ben Lyon 
and a number of gam displays, by 
the former are the afisets. The story 
is the chief handicap. ' 

That. Director • Sidney Lahfleld 
knew what he was up ag^tlnst lh the 
way of plot Is ' clearly evidenced in 
his handling of- MisS Ellers. When 
things get slow she. starts, strip- 
ping. After the first peeling, whl<ih 

occurs before" the picture "haS" g^one 
five minutes, she- takes t^o encores. 
It's a h61p each time, but only mo- 
mentary, tot after the reVealrnents 
the, picture must • fall back- on the 
story. ■ • : :^ : . 

This Is .liuiiabiet (,842 ot .'the iscan- 
dal columnist series, altliough it 
plays down the psiragtaph'er in 
favor of a routine roman(;e . between 
a ypt^ng mtllionaire playliby and a 
night-club hat check girl.' The col- 
umnist who .Roubles In blackmail is 
shot iX , ;about . the , tUree-jquarter 
mark and . the playboy is suspected. 
They don't jprolohg the -agony long, 
fdr the' real' murderer is quickly ap- 
prehended ■'' for the benefit xtt a 
snappy happy endinigr. There's, a 
auggestlDn of gangster stuff that 
quickly fftdeis out and the usual 
details that, go ivith night club 
yarns. 

I>iaIog- brighter than average and 
In keeping . .with the brisk playing 
of the principals^ Ben Lyon's light 
comedylng uncovers a niaw side of 
this stt^ndard leading man and may 
lead to' a new chapter of picture life 
lor him. : 

Miss Cllera looks nice with plenty 
and withQUt'.^lotttes and ls al^rc^ys 
better than Jier part. Moixree Ow«ley 
and Ginger 'Boger$ have their cUs- 
toniary assignments 'of 'villlan. and 
wise cracking girl '•frlIeiit^ of ' the 
heroine respec^tlvely; •Th*k''':cifeter 
played safe with' both bt "eni, for 
they deliver.' . Bige* 



' Luise, Konigin V<mv : ! 
\; \Preu88en' 

('Louiae, Queen- of PruMia') 
(GERMAN MADE) 

Henny Porten . Production.- Aeaoci&t^ 
Cinema release. In U. S. Stars Hehny 
Porten. Direction Oarl Froehlioh. Adap> 
tatlon. Walter von Molo ft«m a hovel by 
Fred Hildebrandt. Camera Frledel Behn- 
drund. At the Europa, N. T,, on grind 
run, beginning Oct, 4. Running time 99 
Mins. 

Queen Lonlse..... Henny Porten 

King Frederlok-. .... TQastaf Gniendgeiis 

Prince Loula Ferdinand.. ..ElkliehArd Aren^t 

Czar Alexander.. ...... Wlddlmlr Galdertnt* 

Count von Sleln.-rr;". .^".".T^redrlcir Kayssfer 

Couhtess Vosfl t.i.',. . . .Helene- Fehdmer 

Napoleoa."«.r. rrv'*! • rPaul Guntfaer 



DOWNSTAIRS 

. Metro prodnctlon and release starring Mr, 
and Mrs. John Gilbert (the, starring for 
Virginia Bruce la unofficlait -an4 A box^ 
«Aice ' eitpedlencj). Dlreated^' by Honta 
BelL Story by John Gilbert; screen play, 
XfMoia Obtlw .and Melville Baker; cam- 
era, Harold Rosson: Dim- eedltor, Conrad 
A. Nervig; Running time, 77 m Ins.: re- 
viewed, at- the. Capitol, N. T., week, of 
Oct. 7, and 'day-a'nd-datin^ at litfew.'s 
Metropolitan, Brdoklyn, at the same time.' 
Karl. , Jobn Gilbert 

Albert I Paul IiUkfis 

Anna Vllrginla Bruce 

Countess , . .He^da Hopper 

Baron ]. ...Reginald Owen 

Baroness ..... ; . . Olga Bedanova 

Bopfale Bodll Rosing 

Otto..' '..Otto Hoftman 

Francolse, . .,;.>,. . , .Luclen' Llttlefleld 
Antoinette. ■ Marlon' ^ Lessing 



readily apparent that he's a de 
oidedly unsympathetic fellow, a 
knave who shatters all the Ideals 
to ..which the film fans subscribe, 
and in oQmbinatlon, all this Is not 
going to refleot well for bene^t of 
boxofllce. 

It's obvious Ipfleed therefore 'why 
the Capitol is ba,llyhoolng Mr. and 
Mrs. John Gilbert as the co-stars. 

Virginia Bruce (Mrs. Oilbert) 
gives a good account of., herself as 
the bride of the butler who is some- 
what taken with the dashing chauf- 
feur. She Is Liuianglsh-like in 
some of her wistful moments and 
evidences good possibilities. 

Paul Lukas is quite cdnvlnoing-as 
the stout-hearted head menial who 
prides himself 6ii a loyal ancestry 
of servitude in the same peer's 
lineage. 

In that premise alone lies the 
principal deficiency of "Downstairs,' 
although -there's ■no eclipsing the 
prime , handicap of having your 
screen hero so knavlshly patterned 
as Is Gilbert'9. olnemaltlc. assign- 
ment, .O^his'.centering of interest on 
the 'downstairs' side of a baron's 
social, life can't 'possibly Interest as 
much as what they'd like to see in 
the. 'Upisiairi;' angle. That's why the 
few iihots Of the drawing room at- 
mosphere fheld far niore allure than 
the reallgtic enough cross- section 
of the do\7nstalrs servants' menage. 
It may be great inside stuff on how 
a baroii^s dinner parties are plotted, 
but they'd rather see the real i>ar- 
ties in full swing and let the 
culinary side of It go as a matter 
of course. 

Unfortunately, furthermore, that 
this impression of Oilbert Is so un- 
smpathetic otherwise as he is quite 
effective in such dashing roguishly 
romantic moments as there .are. Hp 
impresses handily and woiild ^have 
effected a corking '.top-side., impres*^" 
slon had the script stru<;ture beeik 
less harsh. And there's no 'gain-' 
saying the new Mrs. Qiibert's "al- 
lure, for Miss Bruce, despite this 
pict.ure, will find it a stepping stone. . 



John Gilbert who used " to. be ' a 
scenario writer himself must have 
known what he was about when lie 
didn't do right by himself with this 
script. Ijlaybe, by : some .'mental 
whim. Gilbert figured that, since 
among his 'used to he's' could be 

included his scintillation as- a pash 
screen favorite, he decided to make 
his 'ex' career 100%t-J)y. ".fashiqnlng. 
a. story such as this is for . himself.' 
Anybody knowing Gilbert may well 
appreciate this trend of thought. 

That the studio, however, should 
.sanction this convincer 'on Gilbert's, 
cinematic undping is something else 
again. 

But being still in the business of 
boxofllce — although there can be 
ways and means devised to achieve 
such purposes — Metro. would rather 
toeneiit at the gate than otherwise. 
Hence, one wonders, why . Metro 
permitted Gilbert to make himself 
so scoundrelish a fellow.. It is an 
even greater mystery than the men- 
tal process that prompted Gilbert, 
the actor'-author. to so negatively 
paint himself. 

For Gilbert, as Karl, the chauf- 
feur. Is a rat indeed. He's a home- 
breaker, a heart-wrecker (that 
part of it would be okay for the 
gate by itself) and also a' black- 
mailer, an Ingrate, a double- dealer 
and doUble-x'er and everything else 
that goes with it. Yea, verily, Gil- 
bert hasn't spared him.self. 

He's shown gypping an a. k. cook 
out of plenty in. order to finance his 
elopment with the bride of the "but- 
ler who is his superior in the Vien- 
nese baron's estate. 

No amount of press agentry can 
overcome all these attributes for 
he's by no means the "romantic 
rogue' the press-sheets allege. It's 



German lllm producers are rapidly 
ruining what market they have . in 
America by sending over pictures 
of this type. A[iiy thing, they seem 
to feel, is good enough for the 
jAmericims. And anything, isn't, gOod 
enbugli. it's possible that 'Luide''ls 
a good picture. . There's no way 
of ' telling. The print that is beihg 
shown here is- so hopelessly dull and 
with such exceptionally bad sound 
that there is no possible 'way, of 
passing judgment on its quality. 

Film , is a historical thing and hard 
to follow at best. With the sound 
going up and. down the scale at 
every other moment, it becomes 
practically a . necessity to consult 
the synopsis in the theatre program' 
in order to unravel the situations. 
And there may be people who think 
that's too niuch trouble. 

There are several things which 
will help the film build to some sort 
of box office security in America, 
jdesplte its shabbiness.. Foremost is 
the fact that, the distributors have 
spent the past couple months care- 
fully building up Interest Ih it, even 
to the serialization in German pa- 
pers of the story. Besides that the 
Story Is an interestingly iium'an one 
that ought to -appeal on its own. 

Henny Porten, one of Germany's 
finest actresses, is happily cast in 
the title role, despite the fact that 
it was necessary to use soft fociis 
photography, not to make her look 
too old. 

She's still a charming personality 
and an actress who knows hcr'audi- 
ence. Gustaf Grundgens in the the 
part of the wavering King Frederick 
turns In a good performance that's 
by no means outstanding and Carl 
Froehllch seems to hilve turned in 
a good directorial effort, judging by 
some of the long shots. But all 
criticism is necessarily tempered, 
because of Inability to judge from 
the shabby priht. Kduf. 



. 'Hat Ch«ck Qlrf (9Vn). Mod" 
«rate entertainer whose chief 
trouble win be at tlM boK of- 
fice. Sally Bilera and Ben Lgron 
.featured. 

'Dowiietahy (Metro). John 
Oilbwt too' unsympathetlcally 
cast In & role of bla own 'writ- 
ing, although 'that and the 
presence of .his wife, Virfrinla 
Bruce, can be capitalized for 
b.' o. • ■ 

. 'LuIm* (Porten). Historical- 
drama with human elemente 
and a good c^st. Ought tio^'be 
i>oz office; but. Print shown in 
New York, best available, is 
very bad and makes it Impos- 
sible to ludge. 

'Gold' (Majestic). Jack Hozle 
In and out of another murder 
charge^ Little novelty but -will 
satisfy the rteBfulfu* customers. 

'No Living WItnMi' (May- 
fair). Set in right, plus proper 
advertising and exploitation, - 
this Indle-mEide Is' okay, for 
chains in certaj|n situations. 
No cast nanies. for -draw but. 
well-knit story that's action- , 
ful. 

'Speed Madness' (Capitol). 
Richard ' Tctlmadge in- athletic 
(Stunts, with some ' excitement 
about a speed boat race. Not 
necessarily ft double header on 
-the: lesser stands, .t>ut better 
doubled up. 

'The Crusader' ''(^Majestic). 
TOO silly, unreal and bromldic 
to warrant attention. 
. ,'My Pal therKino' (U). One 
of Tom Mix's hest. A natural 
for . kids aiid different enter- 
tainment for most of the 
adults. 



for the -houses for which it Is in- 
tended..' Bather under the conven-T 
ttonal.tilme limit and profiting from 
the < condensation. A good horse 
opera with Hoxie'a nag. Dynamite,^ 
coming in tor a share of the credit. 
Can hold its own with the bulk of 
the westerns and .better than many. 

Hoxie atilts rartchlng • to '" join a 
gold rush, fie hefriendti an old 
timer who is trying to jump his 
claim and gives him half. The vil- 
lains buy the latter's sh^re and then 
shoot: bim. to ,get th« -money back. 
Hoxie is -under suspiolon, and thfit 
queers him, with, the isirl who is, of 
course; the dead man's .di^ughter. By 
a trick he gets .the arch VlBaln shot- 
by hla own men; who suppose' him 
to be Hoxie's aide. Then ha gets 
the girl whUe the disgusted Dyna- 
mite tnrnp tall and walks out on his 
master, which gives a good finish to 
ai not badly told tale. 

Hoxie keeps the sympathy of the 
spectator well and Laf e McKee gives 
some real .acting as the grizzled old 
grafter who works bh 'Hoxie's sym- 
pathies. He plays a drunken scene 
admirably. Hooper Atohley is a 
capital heavy. Alice; Day almost 
.overcomes a poorly written part. 

Camera work gooia In too much for 
soft focus on the .exteriors. . There 
is a diSwence between the soft and 
the out of focus effect. Some of the 
riding bits are well dohe.for angles 
and locations. Sound good- and di- 
rection Intelligent. OJHc. 



VANITY STREET 

' Columbia produotlon and nleaoe. Feeitures 
Cliarles Dickford and Helen Chanler. 'Di- 
rection by Nicholas Grinda, Story by Frank 
Frank. Oavett and Bdwaidfl Roberts. Screen 
play by Gertrude Foivell. Cunera, Joseph 
August. At. the A^bee, Brooklyn; week ot 
Octi' 8.' Bnnnlng tlm«, OT mlns. . ^ 

Brian......! ......Charles BIckford 

Jeanlp. , Helen Chandler 

Fern , .'.-. . . .'..••M»M»»MiM . .Uayo Hethot 

Val... 4. George Meeker 

Mr. Kerr. ..,..«...,...>........ Arthur Hoyt 

Shorty ) , .,,...M..M.Raym6nd- Hatton 

Rose Marie. , , . ; , .« .Ruth Channing 

Susan.. '»..■». Dolores Rey 

liou Claudia Morgan 

Mary Ann i ........... . Ann Fay 

Mary Ann's Mother. Katherine Claire Ward 

Mrs. Dantry... Mary Beaty 

Orogan.,. .^.»»»>^»«...Dntch Hendrla 

Joe. , . . . ..... .m^-im^t*'^^*' .Bddie Bbland 



out of the shadpw« to sill him. with 
Helen naturally undw suspicion. 
Her cop friend, of course, has to ar- 
rest her. and It's he agalA that later 
clears her, with that leading to the 
altar. 

Banal as the story Is, the dialog is 
worse, but there are a few human 
scenes that help.. 

Bickford walks through his part 
as though he hated the job and 
wanted to get It over with M quick- 
ly as possible, while Mayo Methot 
as the other girl la believable — when 
her dialog doesn't get too stupid. 

Kawf. 



NO LIVING WITNESS 

A Ralph M. I.lk« produotiop and Hay- 
fair release, presented by George W. 
We^. Directed by B. Mason Hopper. 
Supervised by' CI IB Broughtdn, Story and 
liontlnulty by Nomian Houston. Bdlted by 
Byron Robinson. Photograpliy by Jales 
Cironjager. Recording by Dean Daily. As- 
sistant . director, "Vernon' Keays. At lioOi^'a 
New Tork, N. T., for one day, Cot. iS. 
Running time, 66 xoine. j. ' 

Jerry Bennett. . . «, .Gilbert Roland 

Clyde Corbln....i.,...r.A....>,Koa)> peery 
Carol Everett. .i..'.....;...^,BaTbara Kent 

Broillla ...•••.•>«•>•. ..Carmel Myers 

'Pop' Everett ...i Otis Harlan 

Miss Thompson , • ^. • .Dorothv Revler 

Nick '.;.•. .««;.J. CCtroi Nalsh 

Nick's Mother ...Ferlke Boroe 

Police Captain.. ..John Ince 

Looey. Monte - Carter 

District Attorney . . .'. , . . Broderick O' Farrell 

Harry Kewton.,,.;.. Arthur Mlllett 

Fatty Raskin. ', , .. . . . , James Oooley 

Bddis Bohtabs '....,.., Gordon .DeMain 



combines, most eleihentd ' that 
make for box office under proper 
booking and exploitation. An inde- 
pendent production, it rates more 
than indie playing time alone. De- 
pending on. the situation, .th^' run 
and admission scale, chains can. spot 
the picture for a day or two or on 
double .. billtj , without -fthy 'worry. 
Loetv's ' New. Tork, daily : change, 
dated for a, .Wednesday when-'hOuse 
does not double feature, indicating 
that chain judged it.hetter than the 
average Indte-madei 

"No Living 'Witness' has much 
more story 4nd situation &s well as 
novelty thah. it has talent to .carry 
it out. iSTosih Beery,, thd menace, 
takes major portion of the 'footage 
and where he means anything, that 
may aid the picture. ' The others 
are Gilbert Roland, out of step as- 
the assistant district attorney, and 
Barbara, Kent, Carmel Myers, Otis 
Harlan, J. Carol Nalsh and Monte 
Carter. 

'While , be isn't known, Nalsh's 
performance on . quality stands 
ahead of - the others. 

Portions of ' the dialog lack both 
color and -strength, but ■ the short- 
comings- o£llIm' in that direction are 
overshadowed by the action, i^tory. 
haying the ...virtue.- of moving along 
at & brisk pace after once getting 
started. That's about the second 
r68l. 

A little here and there has been 
borrowed by the producers from 
several directions. The mouthpiece 
element is one, -with Beery as an 
attorney whose scrupleiB are con- 
spicuous by their absence. . As the 
story goes on Its way, Beery be- 
comes almost forgotten as a mouth- 
piece, his- activities in fleecing an 
out-of-townef through a race track 
swindle crowding the attorney angle 
out. 

The swindle is maneuvered in a 
unique fashion and, having ? convic- 
tion, intensifies considerably the ap- 
preciation of the story from that 
viewpoint. 

Another borrowed situation brings 
up the-'flnieh. It's the 'Front Page' 
gag, in this 'case with the, young 
D. A. instructing his office to pick 
up at the railroad station the girl 
who accepts his engagement ring, 
but refuses to cancel the immediate 
return home. She had arranged to 
leave diiring a burn , when it ap- 
peared the' d. a. was' cheating on 
her, wherea,<> actually he was work- 
ing with a woman investigator from 
his office In an attempt to savO her 
father from being cheated aiici 
rolled. Technically muth above .the 
Indie standard. ' ; .Char. 



GOLD 

Majestic production and release, starring 
Jack lloxle. Story by Jack Natteford. 
Continuity by Scott Darling. Directed by 
Otto Bi-owcr. Art Reed, Chas. MarahRll, 
camera. Carl Craln, sound, S. Roy Luby. 
odltor. Cast: Alice Day, Jack CUnord, 
Hooper Atchlcy, Tom London, Matthew 
Uolz, Robert Kortmnn, Lnfe McKee, Jack 
■Byron. At.liOoW's New York theatre one 
day, Oct, 4, as half double bill. Running 
time 48 mlns. 



Outline of this story is the hero 
who is suspected of murder and who 
has to prove his Innocence to win 
the girl. Trtte and with little new 
material, but a serviceable product 



Not much originality or .isparkle 
to this one, but it has one or two 
fairly human slttiatlons. that save It 
from, -being a complete bust.- Rates 
as a fair programmer. 

Helen Chandler, who's never got- 
ten half the chance she seems to 
deserve, is the best of a fairly good 
cast and almost makes some of the 
more unbelievable situations ac- 
ceptable. 

It all starts with . Helen in her fa- 
vorite role of an Innocent, wide- 
eyed young minx In trouble and 
hungry. She smashes a window fig- 
uring that'll get her a warm bed 
and a square- meal in jail, and th(^ 
copper (Charles Bickford) Instead 
gets her sonie food and a Job In the 
'Follies.' Strangely enough, ho 
doesn't try to make love to her, 
though they continue friendly. She 
falls madly In love with him, but 
he's still an iron man, So she goes 
out night clubbing with Val French, 
the wicked gigolo, who entices her 
to his apartment. - At the last min- 
ute she runs out on him, thoufrh, 
and another sweetheart of his comes 



T neeJftyt October 11, 1!>32 
SPEED MADNESS 

Rlebard Talmadge produotloa and dapltoa 
release. Stanrtng RIobmrd IVUmadge.. 0k 
reoted by George Crone. Story by Charles 
R. Condon, Cast: Iiuolen IiHtlefleld, Cba« 
SellOB, Nancy Drex«l. P«t O'Malley, Huntfc 
Isr Gordon, Matthew {Bsta; 'Wade (Botelei. 
Donald Keith. At IJosw's New ToA th* 
atf« one day. Oct. 4. as liaU AooMe' WIV 
Running time 01 mlns. 

Imitative Society drama with 
Richard Talmadge, who do^n't ex- 
actly suggest the social register, In 
the lead,' surrounded by an a,ble oasV 
Story largely centers about a shlp^ 
yard, with a tame speed boat race 
for the punoh. Has pictorial values, 
but in spite oC 'camei-a and dialog 
advtintages It does hot naeasure up 
to the top. Can single at the . cheapen 
admissions or top a double header. 
But it falls short of the punch which 
would make it a grosser, and will 
need to be pushed to get results. 

Has the familiar foundation of a 
rich man's son 'Who. is a polite loafer 
until it is necessary to go to work 
in order to win the girl. Quite off- 
handedly hO fires the crooked super- 
intendent of his father's shipyard 
and draws, his own designs fOr a 
boat. If the boat wins, his father's 
shipyard gets . a big order which 
otherwise Will go to , a, rival and 
swamp the old man. 

Crooked gamblers queer the boat 
which blows up during the race, but 
the boy is tjpped as to the cause 
and has a showdown which gets him 
the contract. 

Ehrenly spaced with Talmadge'a 
gymnastic show-offs, a jump out of 
a grandstand, a leap from a gallery, 
a fight on a suco*?sslon of lumber 
plies, a scramble over the rigging, 
of a sailing- ship (a. flot^ting 'gam- 
bling hell'), a little polo and a lot 
Of fist 'fighting that is not always 
convincing .enough to be exciting, 
though-one of the flghts-ls effec-. 
tlvely • photographed in 'sllouhette, 
during a night sequewe. ISfot a pic- 
ture for the logical minded, but 
probably a knoOkout in those houses 
where they cheer the hero and hiss 
the villain. Dialog is often well 
idone, but not evenly good, bright 
writing alternating with conven- 
'tional talk stretches. Sets are pretty 
fair, but the best work is outdoors 
'With a fine location in a shipyard. 
Getting down to the final analysis, 
the picture is a horse opera without 
the horses. — ^ ' 

Talmadge Is agile rather than able 
in the load and gets good support 
from Luclen Llttlefleld and Charles 
Sellon, with other well known play- 
er's oeurrylng lesser roles. Nancy 
Drexel;ia an agreeable 'herolne with 
little to do. .y^<^' 

THE CRUSADER V 

Majestlo (Indie) production and release. . 
Dlreoted by Frank Strayer. Based on .« 
play by Wilson Colllsoh; adapted by Ed- 
ward T, Lowe. At the Beacon, N. T;^ 
beginning Oct. 7. Running time, «6 mlns. 

Tess Brandon........ k.» /Evelyn Brent 

Phillip Brandon... .H. B. 'WariMr 

Jimmie Dale.........i.«...«..«"I'«W- CofW 

Eddie Crane... .v.. Ned Sparks 

Joe Carson i>, ....... .. .Walter Byron 

Marda Brandon...... ^i'.' I,. *'>fai'<!^"°« ^K. 

Robert Henley.. . ....V.i.. ...John Bt, Pol» 

Oscar Shane ,...>.,..i... Arthur aisft 



Artificial characters . throughout 
make 'The Crusader' Jub* another 
indie. It is a pham© because the 
cast has plenty of salable names 
and the production IS well mounted. 
The grinds may slip this in for an 
emergency day. Actually,, it doesn't 
rate anything more. 

Producers can thank the director 
and the adapter' f<>r what inlght 
have been a good all round feaitu.re, 
being just what it 1$.; There's \iio 
excuse, even In. the Indie field these 
days, for timid city editors,, repor- 
ters who bulldoze managing edi- 
tors, and police, chiefs, and fOr . dis- 
trict attorneys who.: take up -sev- 
eral mlniites of film: running, .time 
to preach to newspapiermen. 
- Ned Sparks can do', a good tough 
reporter. There's a limit,.- however, 
even to that. Wbe:h the inailaging 
editor makes it a prabtlqe to break 
the window pane In hls^ own dopr 
every time this reporter leaves, tlie 
(continued on page 33) 



The Wpnian Angle 



'The Sporting Age' (Col). Bnterta'inlng love Interest and Evalyn 
Knapp's new-found style sense, weld this he-man action drama into a 
mildly diverting programmer. 



'Downstairs' (MGM)— Romance' in the kitchen, comedy above stairs; 
a risky reversal of the- conventional formula. Fanettes are not deeply 
Interested in the loves of chauffeurs, cooks, butlers -and serving maids, 
and they are . disappointed to, find John Gilbert giving his best talker 
performance as a charming rogue who's more rogue than charming. 



'The Crusader' (Majestic) — -Scandal raising its head in the home of 
a mercilessly prosecuting district attorney.. Draw less cast and stereotype 
production reault in tepid fare for neighborhood ladles, killing time at the 
movies in between household tasks. 



'Maedchen in Uniform' (Frpelich) — Harsh, unrelenting discipline, nur- 
turing dangerously pent-up emotion in one of the pupils at a . German 
boarding school. Film's advance hint of rhorbld scandal reaches, beyond 
the drawing power of the- a-vevage foreign release, while its wliolesome 
viewpoint,, quiet sense of humbr and firmly establLshed sympr.'Jiy build 
to eompellibg entertainment for older fanettes. 



'Hat-Chock Girl' (Fox) — CindorcUa of the hat-check room meeting 
Prince Charming agialnst a nlsht-club background of gun-nicti and 
blackmailers. An attractive theme .loses itself in its own -variations 
and nccO.'j a more sophistica'.ed actress than V.zV.y E'>"n to v.-: ■\ s'rong 
support. 



Tuesdajr, October 11, 1932 



VARIETY 




The Picture That Was 



PRESOLD TO A HUNDRED MILLION 



will be presented 

DAY AND DATE 

in nearly 200 of America's 
leading theatres 

FRIDAY. OCT, 14™ 



THE PHANTOM 





RESTWOOD 



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The UNFINISHED mystery 
drama that thrilled mil- 
lions on the air. . . now on 
the screen with a million 
thrills! ... and a cast of 
ALL ELECTRIC LIGHT NAMES 

KAREN MORLEY 
RICARDO CORTEZ 

H. B. WARNER 
PAULINE FREDERICK 
ROBERT McWADE 
AILEEN PRINGLE 
"SKEETS" GALLAGHER 
MARY DUNCAN 
GAVIN GORDON 
ANITA LOUISE 
ROBERT ELLIOTT 
IVAN SIMPSON 
HILDA VAUGHN 
GEORGE E. STONE 
SAM HARDY 
MATTY KEMP 
TOM DOUGLAS 
CLARENCE F. WILSON 
EDDIE STURGIS 

Directed by J. Waller Ruben 
Screen Play by BarUett Cormack 
David O. Selznick, Executive Producer 
Merian C. Cooper. Associate Producer 



^RADIO PICTURES 
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MILLIONS HAVE HEARD IT ON THE AIR! 

Thousands Upon Thousands are mailing in 
their solutions in the $6,000,00 Prize Contest. 

EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE THIS PICTURE THAT WAS SOLD 
TO THE PUBLIC AS NO OTHER PICTURE WAS EVER SOLD! 

57 Radio Stations of the great NBC Red Network have 

broadcast the story for six consecutive weeks to the world's 
largest radio audience. 

$6,000.00 In Cash Prizes hove been offered for the 

best original solutions to the mystery.. 

40 Full Poge Advertisements have been published 

in all the leading motion picture fan magazines. 

333 Radio Page Display advertisements have ap- 
peared in 111 leading metropolitan newspapers. 

10 Million Heralds have been distributed, 50,000 posters 

displayed^ 1800 window and store displays have been made in 
Woolworth stores from coast to coast, featuring Mystery Mag- 
azine's serialization of the story. Hundreds of radio dealers 
have featured the RCA-Victor tieup and thousands of columns 
of publicity and pictures have been published in the most com- 
prehensive motion picture merchandising campaign ever presented. 

All America Wants to Know 
Who Killed Jenny Wren? 



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Tuesdoy, October 11, 1932 



VARIETY 



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BLISTERING DRAMA OF THOSE 
WHO FACE THE MUSIC WHEN 
THE JURY GUESSES WRONG! 

The judge set an hour and q place for the boy to die ... so, 
the prison doctors worked all night to save hiis life that the 
electric chair might have its prey at down I . . . That's . , • 



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The world beyond fhe 
deothhouse flamed red 
with hopeless dreams 

Gripping » . powerful • • . ^leeply 
human i$ this story of a youth 
in love and the fate that almost 
crushed him in the ruthlest 
machinery of the lawl 




MARIAN MARSH 

Reginald Denny . • Richard 
Bennett . . Norman Foster 
Irving Pichel . . Nydia West- 
man • . Thomas Jackson • • 

Directed by Victor Schertzinger 
from the story by William A. Drake 

J. G. B AC H M A N N 

R O D U C 



Add Another to the List of RKO- RADIO Money Pictures 

BILL OF DIVORCEMENT", "BIRD OF PARADISE", "13 WOMEN", "THE MOST 
DANGEROUS GAME", "HELL S HIGHWAY", "BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE", "THE 
AGE OF CONSENT" "HOLD 'EM JAIL" "THE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD 



• • • 




24 , VARIETY 



P iC T «« E'9 




By Epes W* Sargent 



Revolving Wheels / 

Cutout of a Jocomotlve for 'PJflan- 
tom Express' developed an animar 
tlon Idea which may be use^ul to 
other pictures. The cutoiit was 
placed in the lobby, the engine and 
part of the tender being shown 
above the doorways: The driving 
wheels of the locomotive were about 
18 Inches In diameter. 

These were cut out of the cbmpo- 
board and baclced with sign paper 
on which the wheels, were painted. 
Then the blades were removed from 
a couple of- electric fans and re- 
placed with a disc with spokes; The 
fans . were so adjusted that the 
shadow o£ the fans' hub centered 
with the hubs '6f the painted wheels. 
Backed by a single electric light be- 
hind each fan the suggestion of 
rapid motion was created, with a 
minimum of effect. 

Before building the engine it 
should be remembered that fans re- 
volve clockwise, so the engine should 
be Jieaded so that the revolutions 
wilt give the proper forward, motion. 
Otherwise the train may appear to 
be b(icking up. 

Bopks, Too ; - 

Eiven book publishers seem to be 
alive to the value of exploitation 
now and then. Crime -Club got 
sonie advance notice from, the re- 
viewers by sending out at. abort ^6c- 
tiort of half-Inch ma.nlla rope with 
a tag saying that too much rope 
wad a clue to the detective in 'Rope 
to Spare,' the club's 0<itober entrV' 

Should get the attention of the 
literary pickers, partly because It Is 
so 'unusual for them .to- set other 
than the customary advance, letter. 



given free admission. Others arc 
right at the box office and presum- 
ably set to go. They are apt to buy 
In. Trouble is that they may feel 
disappointment, which wl.U turn to 
resentment. Depends a good deal 
iipon the individuals; 

Loew's Valentine, Toledo, useO 
the gag successfully on 'Grand Hb> 
tel,' and reports no Kickback. 



Sketch Club - 

Bxhlbltor who goes for hta, school 
affiliations has found ii new angle 
through the art class. Two weeks 
in advance of his shoW.He supiplles 
thef teacher with a set of stills ho 
Expects to use. These are copied 
by the pupils on sheets' of .art peiper 
supplied by the theatre. , ■ 

Six or eight of the 1)esi.are. tl^e.n 
put on display In the Ao1:>by aiid a: 
tlcicet goes to each successful con 
testant. 



Pop Contest Clicked 

• Seattle, 
FWe just pulled pop biz gal con-: 
test that really got somewhere. For 
instance, one booster plunked dowt> 
enough kale for 2,000 tickets at the 
Coliseum, casting the votes for his 
fav. Oct. 4 was the date for the 
special 10:30 p. m. for this gang. 
The buyer handed out the ducats 
to his customers and thus used 
same for advertising knd good, will, 
as well as helping hi^ fav. Award 
was trl? to Orient and ; $100 cash" 
to the winner. Nothing for the also- 
rans. Contest ran two weeks. 



Moining Mats 

There seems to be more or less 
friction as to who was the first to 
stage, a morning performance for 
stenogfs to see 'Age of Consent,' 
with the typists* looking at the pic- 
ture. before going to work. 

It it is of any importance, vflte 
Idea Is 10 or* 12 years old, and was 
In all probability first worked In At- 
\iLTiti. Original layout gave the pic- 
ture (a business' girl title) a seven 
o'cIo<!ft showing, with the stenogs 
given light breakfast and then 
taken to their' offices. In promoted 
buses, bannered for the picture. 
'This last -was a valuable angle, In 
that It got the 'buses on the sti'eet 
about the time the rest. of the busi- 
ness P!Qopl9 were going to work. 

TUxe- idea .haa been used Intermit- 
tently ever since, but the credit 
seems to belong In Atlanta. It still 
is a good stunt. Just because an 
Idea Is an old one in one town Is 
no afrg.jment that It has no value in 
other pian^es; 



Snakes? Sure! 



Birmingham, OoL 10, 

A few days following the 
bombing of the Five Points, : 
nabe house.- cards were dls- 
. tributed, a r n I n g— SnakfBs 
have been seen, in Flye Points 
theatre.' 

Fletcher Thorington pulled a 
hot one with the' idea.. He 
booked 'Tarzan' and capitalized 
OQ the advertising. 

'iSnakes? Certainly. We also 
have lions, tigers arid elephants 
....all In "Tarzan of Apes.'" 
He put up displays of snakes 
m the lobby. 

Local papers thought the in- 
cident : funny and Thorington 
got some good pubticity. House 
went' non-union several" weeks 
ago. 



lamps the idea gives a chance to 
change pace .without elaborate 
building. ■ ' 

The sanhe Idea can be adapted to. 
shadow boxes, with pelrh«pa l^ven. 
better results. An ianIniato4 . elT^t 
can be achieved by placinir very 
flne streamers in front ot the light 
source, but BufBciently remote to be 
safe, -and keeping this, in motion 
with a fan. 



J Babies for 'Eyeiit' 

Ijioew's State, N. Y.i .-which has 
beein going In for . isxtra' work oh' its 
fronts lately, developed :a hlghl^ ef f 
fectlve display on 'Blessed Event' 
which probably cost less than some 
other recent efforts and yet sold- a 
lot. more' attention. ' ' ■ • 

Cutoiit storks, flying ' in opposite 
directions from the box office at the 
bottom of the banner; carried In 
th'eit bills dolls- sibout 18 Inches long 
swathed In blankets. . " _ 

'■ Bundled babies swung,- .in ."the 
breeze and proved eye^catbhers; Far 
. more effective than a coU^e of bas 
reliefs of the birds as' deijpratlons 
on the corner boards. . ' . ' 



'Merry-Go-Bonnd' Helps 

George Brown, exploitation head 
for Columbia, has gone the full dis- 
tance on the press book for 'Wash- 
ington 'Merry Go-Round." 

It's all there from the billing to 
program stuffers, and all written to 
advertise the picture to the man 
who will bay admission tickets. 

.There are accessories of all sorts, 
from the. makings of a campaign 
parade to marquee hangers, and a 
wealth of pr9.ctlcal stunts for ex- 
ploitation to apply to the picture 
and 



Bridge QMg 

Trying to flght^ the bridge erase, 
oiie exhlbltoi' is passing out- bridge 
problems every week. Distribution 
is made Monday and Tuesday. No 
prizes are offered for solutions, but- 
the following Monday . the local 
bridge expert uises a set of la^e 
cards to play out the hands on the 
stage. It onir takes a few mtnutes, 
but It has bettered business around 
$30 in a small house,' and the man- 
ager Is only sorry he can^pt have 
one for every night. 

The hands are played out at local 
bridge gatherings through the week, 
and that not- only interests In the 
problem night, but it gives the theeii' 
tre the center of the stage at practl 
cally every card gathering. : ' 

It is working so well that the 
manager ia figuring on a bridge 
club to meet in the theatre once a 
week; with th^ problems figuring as 
the star feature; but repeated on the 
stage. . Costs nothing, as the expert 
gives, lessons and figures that the 
advertising helps. • 



/Service 

Recently when a manager was 
told by a wonian patron that she 
are not merely exploitation I did not come more often, since a 
stunts.- To. supplement the 12-page visit was possible only when she 
double-sized books there are five could get her sister to come over 
double broadsides of newspaper ads and take care of the baby, .he got 
froni one jnch up| 6? in all. By and I an idea. 



large it's the top record to date. 



He has a, list of the names of 
women whose dependability has 
been thoroughly Investigated. They 
are all oVer 30 and many have bad 
nursing experience. A call to the 



' Flowei^ for Hot 

Someone out in the Warner Cleve- 
land- ofilioe seisms lull of ideas— good 
ones '■ H^rei's one of the newest 
gags'. ■ . '. 

• Cievelandi^iflorists were promoted 

to. supply il^w.^rs. Maternity hos- , , ^, ■ v. ^ . ^ i. 
pltal3.,notlil-^cr the- press department Perlatlves or hot air, Just a search 
dally -of ne,w- arrivals, and each I '"^ analysis. 



Sells by Sample 

Columba has prepared a four 
page folder titled 'liet us help you [theatre will bring one of these wom 
get extra profits with' Columbia Pic- I en to the house td take charge 
tures.V Inside it lists the various while the parents visit the picture^ 
;expIoltation and advertising serv- The more experienced ask i'i for the 
Ices offered In conjunction with the ovifenlng, but some get only half that 
releases with stress on the radio and | price. Often there are 10 to 15 out 



Bnilding Songs 

Community singing is good when 
they sing, but nothing is more de- 
pressing than silting through the 
slides of four or . five songs while 
the organist vainly tries to get the 
crowd to Join in. It is worse than 
nothlnR at all. 

One way to get therai started Is to 
Riant strong- voiced singers- In varU 
ous parts ot the house to give the 
others confidence. One manager 
uses the idea only one night a week. 
He gives tickets to a dolsen young 
people who 'like to sing^ with the 
uuder.<3tandinff tnat thev efuit them- 
selves tn assigned sections. All of 
them llkb to sing, and ^re given an 
opportuulty to go over the selcc- 
tfons, with the organist at a piano 
ba<;]Uita^e. . 

,When the slides go on, these sing 
right out. and the others, who want 
to sing but axi afraid to pipe up 
alone, soon join .In. ' The result is 
that the weekly sing drawls a specilal 
crowd ot its own arid has become, a 
box-offlce attraction Instead ot a 
nuisance. Most persons like to sing, 
but they have a horror of singing 
alone. They need a leader. And 
halt a dozen leaders, scattered 
through the house, . are worth more 
than the most magnetic organist, in 
getting them started. 

Up Cakiada Way 

J. J. Fitzglbbohii, ot Paramount's 
Canadian theatres,, has been circu- 
larizing his managers on- the accom- 
plishments ot buslilegs consultants 
who are employed, by commercial 
firms. 

After, giving the, managers several 
examples. of what these consultants 
have done, he urges them' to also 
become consultants and approach 
the patrons from new angles and 
With new ideas. In other words, he 
Is urging . modern merchandising 
methods to' suppleBjient the conven' 
tlo'nal campt^igns. 



exploitation departments. 

Incidentally it gives a good ex- 
ample of how to advertise in pre- 
sentment of these features. No su- 



mother was ijromptly presented with 
a bpuquet'Aftd a nice letter of con- 
gratulation... Mention was made of 
•Life Begins;?- ' ■'. • • • 

Of .courae. -^the mother does not 
hop out' of bed and rush to the box 



Plug One - • 

'Very few film rfeatiires . offer so 
many points thftt a dozen ^^ood sell- 
ing Items can be dug up. It Is bet- 
ter to pick one- idea and "sell that 
strongly than • to half heartedly try 
to talk about half dozen. 

Study the ' story. Figure what 
win be the best" point of contact, 
drive that point home In -all the ad- 
vertising and keep at It. Results are 
more apt to accrue than when half 
a dozen gags are each glveli a mild 
play with no one thing being driven 
home. 



Beyerse English 

... Houston. 
The idea, that the' women are 
leading their husbands by the nose 
_ w i i.-i,- . ^ , [to their favorite movies is a lot of 

office, but all the friends whp eame horse feathers.' declared- Jack Chal- 
to see the new baby gets'a whllf of hnan, publicity man for the Metro 



In a single evening, 

Service is not confined to those 
desiring ■. to attend the theatris. For 
a little higher fee the women' may 
be engaged for a full evening while 
I the parents attend a i>arty. Mothers 
highly appreciate the service and 
not only give their own patronage, 
but their comments are a further 
advertisement of the house. 



Save the Clipi 

.Save the cllpjpings on the. Gagney 

i^wo n^-^,^^^ -^j u,..:-" v~ 1 iL ' — I ■"•*"» f- >'"^-»^J •"•»" ™^.v.«- | Salary strike If you used the Warner 

L tT^l^f/ ^'^.^ P0"ta»' he had seen the releases. His first picture under the 

A^ltL t only^makes Imnxe- maternity wa^d film 'Life Begins' now contract will be 'Bad Boy,' un- 

dlate business but lasting good will, do. a boxoffice dive to & nfew low' less they Change the title, and what 
Same idea can be worked on | here. : you cah do with that Is plenty. 

Chalman stood out In front of his Offer prizes for the best titles for 
theatre and saw husband after hus- 'subsequtnt releases, or - get the 
band balk at the show. 'They took newspaper to, and ring all the 
one look at those hospital beds and changes on the patness^of the title, 
white-costumed nurses on the post- Get the columnists working on the 
ers.' Chalman declared, 'then they - 
grabbed wlfey by the arm and 



'Blessed Event' if 
ahead of 'Begins.' 



that . comes In 



Shearer Cap Baoe 

■ Baltimore. 
One of the most successful and 
least- expensive exploitation stunts I |aghed" into" the "tWt^e ne^ doo'? 

^^^^^ ^'if, week , by Lew ^ Laurel and Hardy 
Brown andv Bill Saxton for the 
opening of "Smiling Through' ait the 

Loe-w'a Stanley. BJxploltatlon was, ^ . ^. , ^ 

in the form of a Norma Shearer I Warner hustlers m Cleveland 



Get Fishermen 



idea,, and sub-bill Cagney as 'th«) 
bad boy of the films.' If you can 
get a couple of girls to write pro- 
tests to the papers, all the better. 
It will all help to put over the 
general idea. 
At the same time campaign on the 



Lobby Broadcast 

Los Alleles. 
Orpheum capitalized dri ,the gossip 
chatterer idea in ^Oka,y America,'" 
by using a youthfiU broadcaster la 
the outer lobby during run of the 
picture. Chatterer spieled live ne,ws 
events from the dailies," as well as 
lojvdown on the picture, framing his 
talk to conform to .the 'Winchell 
patter. Mike was connected to a 
loud speaker at .the sidewalk line, 
aijid the stunt attracted consider- 
able comment. . : 



Cup Race at Havre de Grace Just worked a new slant on 'Tiger Shark', return of the prodigal, ai^d in towns 
outside -of Baltlmorfe. Loew's' pre- when they gave a special showing where there is a strong reaction it 
sented a cup in addition to the 'o*' members of the Northern Ohio should even be possible to stage a 
regular purse. Story and pictures Mlod and. Gun Protective Associa- Jubilee, parade prior to the. first 
broke Into every dally, and went t^on. Showing was,, for the execu-i showing. * 
over the press services' -wires fves, which gave access to a mall- 1 May seem a little early to suggest 
throughout the country.: Ing Hst of 1,600 members, all of gags, with the picture Just going 

Most stories speciflcaily men- whom were sent a form letter 1 'nto work, but save the ideas, 
tioried the ciiip was in honor of Miss stressing the fishing angle. There 
Shearer whose picture was opening might not be a similar association 
the-nejit day at that particular the- your section, but it may be pos 



Style Shows Due 

Few fall ^ashloniShows have been 
reported, though these should have 
been tabbed for Sept. or even late 
Aug. But right now there is a ^ 
chance to put ov& the winter shows, * 
and merchants should be In a recep- 
tive frame of mind. More persons 
than ever need clothes, because they 
bought so little- Jasf year, and a 
style show of good but hot top ex- 
pensive garments would be -a 
builder- upper. 

The best sales angles is that the 
return of i>rosperity will presently 
increase the prices asked for gar- 
ments,' and a good stunt would be 
to mention what a similar garment ' 
fetched five years ago, its present 
price and ' the probable valuation 
next year. Both, merchants and pa- 
trons will fall for an argument along 
these lines, and in most spots It will 
even be possible to £et the news- 
papers to kick 'in with a similar 
story. 

Persuade the merchants to try 
and move the stables with Just suffi- 
cient luxury gowns to givie the 
women the treat they expect, your 
show win not be a success unless 
you have also made money for the 
man who backs the presentation, so 
you can use him again next time. 
Keep the selling out of the show 
Itself, except for the price compar- 
isons noted above.. Make it inter- 
esting. 



atre. 



'Whoopee' Gas Tieuii 



slble to obtain the names and ad- 
dresses of those who took out fisb- 
I Ing licenses last spring. 

It also, suggests campaigns 
through the sporting page, particu- 
larly if there is a department for 
Only a side issue, p^r- 



Sohnozzle; Parade 

. .Chicago. ■ 
Horning Irt on . the red torchlight 
parade In honor of Gov. iRoosevelt, 
Balaban & Katz dressed up a band- 
wagon with posters and announce- 
ments on 'Phantom President' open- 
Int; at the UA. ' ' 

Following this display 150 kids 
marched as a schnozzle brigade. 
Noses a la Durante, were obtained 
from a novelty supply house and 
the kids were paid off In B. & K. 
passes. 

■• Ben Serkovylch's Idoa which Eddie 
Solomon put thTbUgh for the house. 

Badio Passwords 

Radio passwords seem to be get- 
ting popular. Generally a spiel l."? 
carried In some local program with 
the announcement- that some of the 
llsteners-in can obtain free admis- 
sions when the play come.'s. When 
that happens listeners are told to 
write passwor^l on card, tojrether 
with name and nddresf?, Pasaword 
Changed daily. The first to come 



Hollywood. 
Fanchon & Marco publicity de- 
partment has taken advantage of a | fishermen. . . 

gas station scene In . 'Whoopee* to haps, but It pays to sell -every pos- 
tle up with Gilmore Oil Co., for slble angle on any story, ahd this is | 
the tab's coast dates. Oil company one which might escape many man- 
iS putting' out 100,000 heralds, using agers. 



World Series Free 

Milwaukee? 
Fox Midwescp during the World 
Series pUt two radios Ihto Its dark 
Strand 'and a<^mltted all coniers free 
Good will. 



Pleases Parents 

■'. Manager with a. big kid club 
makes It bring the parents, too. 
Club, members stage about half the 
program at each meeting, and some 



boards and strips on^ Its Sf-sheet For a street prani a seven-footer ^r®^»r°«l'"~tVw*o« 



stands, and plugging the unit in . Its was hired to parade in a raincoat 
radio progralms. placarded with copy for the picture. 

As part of the campaign, a new The coat Wals specially made by the 



Gilmore slogan will 
word 'Whoopee.' 



contain the | Goodyear people, Dick Wright, of 
the Akron theatre doing the prornot- 



ensenibles. They are getting so 
they perform very nicely. 

This season the last Friday of 
every month Is - announced as 
'Parents' Night' and between the 
first and second night shows the 



Hotel Matches 

Toledo, 

For 'Grand Hotel' Loew's 'Valen 
tine persuaded the Fort Meigs hotel 
one ot the. largest, to paste, stickers 



Ti^^^Kn^f^^ t« tW«? are repeated for the benefit 

ner houses in that section. I ^j the grownups. No pay. but the 

youngsters are glad to work for the 
glory.. 

Profita'ble angle is that the 



Neat Banner 

For the Seventh avenue side of 
on all ca-(l3 of matches given guests I the N. Y. Winter Garden Warners I parents . have to take the children 
or handed out in the coffeo shop, is using a nice idea for 'Tiger home after the show is over, which 
The hotel Also took in a one sheet, Shark." Translucent sign cloth is helps to clear the house for the 
as did the Sccor. used with an Undersea effect and second night show, and what used 

Theatre pave out 5,000 cards of Its Robinson fighting the shark. Sign to be a dead time is how showing a 
o«h matches in restaurants and on is lighted from behind. nice black on the b. o. reports, 

downtown street corners.- General To achieve this the theatre has Only payment is that all the chil 
campaign on the picture was one of simply removed the letters which dren who take part are treated to 
the heaviest. Wally Caldwell ever fit on the sign space In front of Ice cream and cake at a confection- 
worked, and used about all of the electric bulbs, and these lights give ery next door, and this Is promoted 
standard, ideas. a brilliant illumination to the paint- because the children are given 

Much stress was placed on the Ing without the danger of fire, cards good for one helping and the 
exclusive showing Idea, both in the Might not work so well where let- parental escorts generally buy their 
new.<<piiper Jind hou.se traiier.s, with ters In electric light are used on the own, which makes it a three-for- 
the new-opapcrs co^ope.ratlng nicely, regular sigh, but for the reocseed ' two'for the store. 



Pink Schnozzle 

with Jimmy Durante doing the 
llfe-'<saving many a film, he Is get- 
ting plentiful on the lithos. it might 
be a good idea to take a hint from 
a recent Paramount ad and brighten 
up the Durante proboscis. 

On pasted paper this can be done 
with red tinsel, cut to proper out- 
line and glued on, but if possible 
have at least one lighted beak. W.ork 
this In a shadow box, with the front 
part of the nOse cut out and backed 
with red tissue. It follows the out- 
line, but the side- near the face 
should be Irregularly cut. Back this 
with a lamp and light the rest from 
the front; A flasher button will 
help. 

It might even pay to follow an old 
Idea and have the programs hand - 
tinted. In the original stunt it wtis 
a railroad signal that was touclied 
up. Half a dozen Staaall boys worked 
for a couple of hours after school 
with red water color on the program 
cover, and the result got plenty of 
atttfntion for the title. Just the on^ 
dash of red. 



Gets More 

Manager who used to give small 
store keepers a pair of tickets for 
showing his window car.d-s, is get- 
ting more for the same tickets now. 

He has sold the idea of giving 
the tickets to the person who turns 
In the largest number of sales 
checks each week. Patrons save 
their cash register slips, and bring 
them In; Highest face value gets 
thei pair of admissions. 

Proving to be a good business 
drawer for the store.'', and instead 
of Just a window card, it gives the 
manager a chance to pliijcr tiro mr-^ 

(Continued on. pat;c ."S) 



Tuesday, October 11^ 1932 



VARIETY 



2S 



L4, X 1= L 



)unds high-brow — 
spells dough-ray-me 



Sales psychology I ThatV not just a high brow expression : 

It is the underlying basts of TICKET- SELLING— everytime I 

And that's the MAGIC FLAVOR we mix into every National 
Screen trailer ! 

Ottr trailers bring you the APPROVED SELLING- ANGLES 
on the pictures they advertise. They are designed to 
do just that through the COOPERATION of the companies 
which produce the pictures. 

Their experts in production, distribution and theatre opera- 
tion continually work with National Screen Service towards 

creating the BEST METHOD OF SELLING the picture to the 
public. 

You get the benefit of this unique quality ONLY in National 
Screen talking trailers I With sales-punch in every frai 
NATIONAL SCREEN TRAILERS BUILD BUSINESSI 



National Screen Service 

Ad-Vance Trailers 




A Meaaags 

from MaiceM 
of1^« Workl's 



Pictures sell picturf'S. 
ssil from your screen; 
The cheapest, and by 
tar the most effective 
advertising is ^ talk- 
inq-scene tr^nlor. -a/mIi 
its teasmq. •:r).ixinq 
messaqe. You c-in 
prove it by actual t'^st' 



26 



IHiesday, October 11, 1932 




Sa>,i FREDERICK JAMES SMITH- 

. Motion Picture Editor of Liberty Magazine 

anJ dJc/s tAis rave: 

\. 

"y«u have a Sensational and Unusual 
Boit Office Picture in 'Washinston 
Mcrry-Go-Round' and it ought to be 
One of the Big Hits of the Year" 



LEE TRACY 
jCONSTANCE CUMMINOS 

Walter Connolly • Aldn Dinehort 

Story iy Maxwell Andenoh Screen Pky hy Jo Swerkng 

Directed by J AMES CRUZE 



i 





The Ouisfanding Dramatic Sensation of the Age! 



Taesdajt October 11, 1932 



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P I CT 



HUES 



VARIETT 



27 



Imk Shitf-Pictur^ 



' Taklne the stand that politics Is reaponsible'for the licensing ot 6ro>- 
Jectionlsta beinff taken out o£ its hands, and placed with the city Buildr 
ing and Safety department last January, the Los Angeles Civil Service 
iorganization Is attemptihgr to have the city council reverse its action, 
and restore the examining of booth opi^rators ilp the oommlssion. Switch 
was nitide followipjs ^^vrul^^ city atjt6^neiy with .the Otvll 

Service body giyijig s^nt;attenHon aV abrbgation pf 

its powers. ;'• ' . . 

lios Anereles S'jlct.ure Prpjectlonista* union la taking ho active.' part in 
the mtfvfemeht, hvti.Soufherii California theatre nlieh ; see iii the Glyil 
ServlcfeVttempt a bUy-wide' movement towards further' unioit.izlhg inde 
pendent "iiojufl® booths. - ; * ./ ' - ; V • 

' ■ ■ '-x, ■ -• — _ /■ ' . ■•- 

Amei-lcan distributors of 'Maedcheri in Uniform,' German film cuir 
irently playing In Kew York, stre John Krlmslcy and 6ifford Cochran, both 
youngster^ and new to film biz though ' former has had some .legit 
Experience, 

Krimsky organized Playcholce, one of tliQse bes^t* play of the . month 
putfits several years' ago, and still headi^ tijtat oi'kailizatlon, Coohirt^il'.s 
father w&H at one tinie president' of Bethlehem Steel. Couple inliend to 
roadshow their picture throughout the .tJ. S'., Krimsky being enroute to 
Iioa Angeles to arrangfe for dates within tlie fortnight. ' For the Criterion, 
showing in" New York jthe duo guaranteed- Piiblix a four weeks minimum 
run and are .understooji paying Jli,"400 weekly rent agilnst 'a percentage 
over ^at 



sure. 



Thirteen publicity directors in five years is the record of Columbia 
pn the Coast, credited with having the fastest p a. turnover of . any 
Hollywood lot, ••. . ; c .' ' ■\ ■ 

John LieRoy Johnsohr'nOw at Universal,: left Columbia and retiirhed 
six months later, inq,klhg 14 'changes in 'all. . Longevity record , at that 
ptudio is held by Lon Young who remameii for 18 .months. . . ! 

List of the p.a.'¥ In the order of their appearance follows: Mattel. 
Brundage, Mike Newman, Johnson, Maxwell Shane; Johnsoii - again, 
Adam Hull Shirk, NW" Bothsteln, Alec Mpss/ Yoving, George li^arr BroVl), 
Carlisle Logan Jones, • (S'eorge Lahdy, ■;Hubert ' Volght and Cliff Lewra,^ 
latter the present liuliiiclty chief. / Thl* linieqp started with the ma' ' ' 
of 'The Blood Shlp'Tn . 19127. . " ' . • : 'f ^ 



The two Newburghk N. Y., houses in' tl\ev^altW Reade chii^ 
Publlz didn't want when it took. o^er .ReadLe's.st^ in New Jersey, stand 
a good chahoB^'of beinif in the blatk.thi^ yea^^^ ; ■ 

Reade, as Qf-.Oct. 1, was in thf red for.flT^ fligures on these t\yo houses 
and is certain with the best of. the season to go that both will pull put 
profitably for '32. .-.Reade is vaudfllnti regularly at the Kingston, whiib the 
other house, the Browiway; is in straight film. Between both hoMseV the 
gross has been redtuifd yearly from |4QO,60Q to ;$20.M00, B^ade'po;inting 
to. economies and iiidi^pendent operation as; the answeir 'which the le^^ger 

shows. ' \" • :' ■ ■. 



XIZZIE'S NIGHTSHWir' 

Trying to Book It U Funnier TW 
the TitI* 



Los Angeles, Qct M.'. 
Usual routine nowadays when a 
Coast house wants a feature pic- 
ture; 

Doorman (to manager) ; 'I hear 
•Lizzie's Nightshirt' is a good pic- 
ture,' 

Manager (to supervisor): 'How 
4bout getting^ me 'Lizzie's Night- 
shirt' for the .week-end.' ■ 

•Supervisor - (to booker): : 'I sense 
a demand for 'Lizzie's Nightshirt' 
I wanflt for the CastUian for Sat- 
urday and Sunday.', 
. Booker (to his assistant): 
'Where's 'Lizzie's Nightshirt' ilow.? 
The Castillan wants It for two days.' 

Assistant (to exchange) : 'Can you 
put Xizzie's Nightshirt' Into the 
CJastilian Saturday and Simday?'. \. 

Exchange (to, .assistant) 'Sure we 
ean — ^wait a mjliiute. The opj^qst-; 
tion played that picture just, two 
weekis ago, and anyway, it's booked 
for Saturday and Sunday.' 
. Assistant (To booker): 'Can't geit 
if ■. ■ .'. " • ■- 

Booker (To superylsor): 'Noiiilng 
doing On 'Lizzie'* Nightshirt." < . .• 

Supervisor (To -rtianager) : 'There 
must be a demand for that pitcher, 
it ain't avallablOv • " 

Manager (To doorman) : 'Just .our 
luck.-. Now what'll we dtl*? ■ 



Relief Througl^ Readjustment 
Id Bi^^ by Indie 
ExIubskFei hoWof F-^WC 



Ghaplin Reissue Hook^ ^ 
In with l^V Booking 

HoHvwood,, Oct. X^'... - 
RKO is booking /$:asy Street/ 
Charlie Chaplin reissue, with sound 
dubbed in, for all 'housies plst^lng 
'Phantom of Cirestwbad,' ^glnnlins 

Oct; 14. ■ 

Circuit figures this will help, sell 
feature and 2a% of the advertising 
ipace Will be devoted .'to the iioiiir' 



Li 



George Cohan, back on Broadway, and with lits 'Phantom President' 
current for a fortnight at th6 Broadway Par, is telling people that even 
though he's eclipsed in the film there's no one he'd rather see make an 
individual bit than Jimmie Durante. . ;> / 

This mutual regard goes .back ialmopt.a\decad^ when It was Broadway- 
Ites like Cohan who 'discovered' the mad antics of ' Clayton, Jackson and 
Durante lii their original all nite Joint on Broadwajr and 68th street.. .The 
word-of-mouth that got around that thi^ was the nocturnal rendezvous 
of the Cohan-type of notable really 'made' thei boys. 



Former p. a., now an exeutive in a. major studio in charge of its west- 
erns, called In two contract writers for a 24- hour rewrite Job on the dia- 
loging of his next picture. In order to speed up their assignment he 
ordered the writers to split the charaOters in the story between them, 
with each writing the dialog for certain) parts. Writers explained this 
was Impossible, because all' cMracteria' had business with each other. 
Exec told them to proceed as instructed, and that he would straighten 
it out after they had turned In their work. Writers told him he was 
Bcrewy and •w^alked out. • ' i ! • 



Directori who occasionally finds a kick In embarrassing a player in 
front of the company, was made red-faced himself by a young femme 
extra. Mugger had called for silence, and was making a long speech 
when he caught the girl v^hlspering to another girl. 

Director called the offender to come In front, of the group. 'Now tell 
everybody what you told that girl,' he demanded. Tiie extra hesitated, 
but the director urged her to talk. 'All right,' shouted the girl, 'I was 
Baying 'v.'hen is this fat so-and-so going to call lunch?' ' 



fillLE CANf itSE 306'S 
M to DEi^/KAAAK 



/ Oh top :6t Sam Kaplan's.' h^aiflng 
In General . SeSsIobEl on chargeit of 
coercion and. conspl^aQy j being set 
ahead to Oct: 2S,'iii^' Appellate DI-' 
vision of .th€i; •Stipreme; Cd^ti;-. New 
York, last Week upheid'aii order re- 
straining Kaplan . frpm paying cdiin- 
sel fees to Max' p.-Steuer put pit SOS 
funds. . Order was aiB'rmeid by the 
higher court with costs of $1Q and 
dlsbiursements but ' lio ' bplnioh. was 
written.-. 

\It' is In favor Toi SamU.el iJ* R,H7; 
bin and other teiemberef^bf 8Qi8»:^eV: 
^y^ng enforcement of "' the tinlbii'fl' 
resolution to pay a fee of $26,000 
to Steuer on behalf of Kaplan and 
other ofllcers In .defense Of the In- 
dictment' alleging, conspiracy and 
Coercion. . , ' . , ' ■ 
A motion was argued by attor- 
neys for. Kaplan last week to set 
aside that indictment, with decision 
reserved, and the case set back to 
Oct. 25. 

The New ' liTork operator union 
situation otherwise remains status 
quo, with picketing and campaign- 
ing by both 306 and Umpire against 
houses of each other .contlnulnef. 
A Bronx Grand J ury investigation 
Into the discovery of dynamite in a 
Bronx Loew house, the Paradise, 
meanwhile has liad thb etCeot ot 
stopping damages or threatened' 
damage to theatres. 



• LOs Angeled ''pct.,il(>.U 
Proposed city-'- ordinance tb 'p 
all theatres" iK. 'l^s Angeles, linger' 
police commission psrniiits,, (t^d^i'b- 
auirlns the police bpardj/.itpv'.iMi^ 
tllV^'license of any' houM w^psema^^ 
agement has been^ convicted 'ih oburl 
■^t;;^^ staging an indecent pr immoral 
: I»eWprrharice, 'will comp ^ up' -tot '-^ 
jmibiic- hearing 'Tueaaay^ '. O^^ti >W: 
Iflctutf e ihouse Inter^stf jartd-.thV-^ mV- 
elcla'n'3': local, are .aftv6iig^:tHe'?.ip^A' ' 
'^tfeptants to the 'mca.s.ur^.j':^!ri^.'V''.i_;v. 
'• i^ifew ordinance would asjspss. Xtlie 
Wioif/ijie fees against 'fiUV-^fiei^'^B; 
rbeajfdless of slzei)j^}[]g^:j6'f -^n^i!' 



. Ail Warner employees on the Coast got an Inter-offlce communication 
from Jack Warner with their pay envelopes Oct. B asking them to 
patronize the Bank of America National Trust &. Savings association, 
following a recent loan of $1,000,000 to the WB-FN studio by that 
financial institution. 
Warner's letter said that all of the officers of his company had decided 

.(Continued on page 47) 



III Picture Pos$ih0^es I 

. 1 1 « . ■ ... . I.,. ' ,. II J .. - I, . - i ' ■ JB 



«Blddin£L High'— Unfavorable 

BIDDING HIGH* (ComeiJ=f, Joe: Pe Jiilt, Vandferbllt). 
Small town piece wlt>. them* of biie 'sister agfainst another In the mat- 
tor of grabbing a Msband. Little material, Jbeci 

'SgccesB Story' — Unfavoriible 

^ 'S^JCCBSS STORY' (Drama, Group Theatre, Blilott). Radksal in story. 
Its chtiractors not definite or appealing, picture value doubtful. Jiee. 



'Nona'— Favorabfe 
'NONA' (Farce comfedy, Peggy Fears, Avon). 

Amusing story, the romance of a foreign star dancer touring over here 
Looks like a cinch for Holly wood. Ibee. 



\ 'Or Man Satan'^Unfavorable 

'OL* MAN^ SATAN' (Stlllwood Prod!, Forrest). Negro morality play, 
Nature of subject precludes It from screen use. R-ush. 



The Other One'— Unfavorable 

'THE OTHER ONE' (Drama, Thomas Kilpatrlck, Blltmore). 
Story has an idea about twin sisters, one of whom marries an artist 
and dies. Death theme against It. Play was panned. Jbee, 



When Ladies Meet — Favorable 

'WHEN LADIES MKI3T' (Comedy drama, John Golden, Royale). Will 
make a. corking picture. Treats the triangle smartly, but providea much 
fun too. Ibee. 



Robbins Adds Another 
In Possible New Chain 

Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 10. 

Acquisition of the lease of the 
State, Albany; by the recently' or- 
ganized Rlsmore Corp. Is the sec- 
ond move by Nathan L. Bobbins, 
former head of Robbins Enterprises, 
to the formation of a new circuit 
of playhouses in upstate New York. 

The State, redpening on Oct. 28, 
-win be linked with the Ritz, Syra- 
cuse, the two theatres rotating 'Co- 
lumbia Revues,' the Robbins alias for 
polite burlesque. Independent pic- 
tures will supplement the stage 
bills. The 10-20-30 scale effective 
at the Ritz will also prevail at the 
State. 



Par Studious CUp Sheet 
Reviews Opposition Pix 

Hollywood', Oct 10. 

In its 'News of Hollywood,' a 
weekly clip sheet sent to news- 
papers, Paramount studio is Includ 
ing condensed previews of current 
pictures from its own studio,, as 
well as product of other companies. 
Dave Keene is doing the reviews. 

Latest issue carries previews on 
'Night After Nlfeht' and 'Madlsoii 
Square Garden,' both Par; 'Thei 
All American,' U; and 'gmilln' 
Through,' Metro. 



POOLING DOWNTOWN I. A. 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Rial to, downtown, operated by 
Lawrence COhn, goes into the prin- 
cipal Fox- West Coast pool, being 
joined with the President and 
Tower on subsequent runs. 



' Lbs 'Angeles,: OctrtiO.- 
•'A rpadjustnicn't of . film-.'to 
Cjoindltions,: especially In ' southern 
California and: >ilong the .Pacific 
coast is geiierally expected ^tmong 
theatre and exchange exec^ as like- 
ly" to; materialize from r^tict .investi- 
gatlo?! itow being conducted hy the 
cpyl^rnment, ° iuld . frond . the civil 
suits, already totsLllliig .a 'little over 
|3»000,000, which haVe bepn brought 
ajgalnst; Fox-- tf^est Coast, and all 
mi^O.r . dlstifibutbrs. •, 
• , 'Widespread charges of restraint 
of trade, monopoly and dlscrJmina- 
tbry bookings are involved ^In the 
probe by th6 Depsurtment of Jiis- 
tice, and lit. jthe civil aotlbna which 
bear on, and are the result oC al- 
leged vlolaitions by the d^endants 
t>f the 1929 c>bnsent decree which the 
independents characterize / as con- 
tempt of the U. S. Court findings. 
; Independents charge openly that 
.the distribution of pictures now 
constitutes.- the tightest trust of all. 
Their speclflp/ih^byances are against 
Fox Wej^t-Cbast;- and are based on 
the swee>p|pig' film buy policy of the 
circuit, ;fbr\ 1932-3a- .major product. 

Con8bi>y*jt.i.V9a; yi^n^ Clarification 
; Leadlng'^it&id:;.'Qons$rvatlve mem- 
.bers ; i^jL..'"t^e "• Ipdependent Theatre 
O'v^nerr* Qit.'^Soutbern^Callf ornia, are 
bb^efuV lliftt ^^tMi^W the probe will 
:<arisej ;> jolarifl!^^ of booking 
■Avhic'ii'^^wiljt' permit., th to to share in 
,ihe prpdubt oC t|ie major companies 
i'ahjd i^^ht^itv (Zjpn^lnj^ cleai|;^ances, 
>lvhicw^^tfabJr.^;fel^ bppressily^. and 



t(Uii.iiDfi^t, or locaii(oi^: 'm^i^::t?^}\ 

r^newsil fee, $10 annuaUy^-^.c3iiB^gi(ii ... . . .. 

bit "ownership fee, ■.•$16; chata'ge^dl'- HpjpnodoIlBtlc,' ■%ill be so ;i^dJusted 
location fee, fib: , ^ V ;>:\ . .'■ thait '.miich of: 'their -'tough sledding 



Upwards, of 20a houses would 
affected • . by the ordinance, 
adopted. • 1 



be 
If. 



■ ^ 



Ha^ Sol Pbvs Ha«i 
Fdh Tess,' Now Bdwd 



.i • Hollywood, Oct. lOj .■ 

Fox's 'Tess of the Storm Counit^' 
is 16 days behind schedule with 
chances that another week . wiU 'be 
added before it Is in the UEg.. 

Main trouble is weather^ Special 
outdoor set requires an earty n^orn- 
ing sun, but for the past t:t^o. weeks 
Sol has been all fogged \ip in? the 
a. m, , , .'i '. 

Longshots of the villages' and sev- 
eral pickups are all that is n^es- 
sary to complete the picture which 
Is in Its seventh week. 



$35 Termer at Roach 
Out After Six IMonths 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Dorothy Lay ton luis been dropped 
by the Hal Roach studio after being 
on the payroll ' six months. . 

Santa Barbara girl had been get 
ting $36 'a week. She wbCb first 
placed under a contract at $16 a 
week, with a bonus bringing her 
salary.to $26, one of the lowest for 
a term player. Later, It was tilted' 
to $36. 



To Examine H. H. Thomas 
In Fay MarWs $6,(H)^ Suit 

Harry H. Thomas, head . of .J'lrst 
Division Pictures, must.' prpduce 
certain records and books in con- 
nection, with the'- i'SfiOff: breach of 
contrapt suit brough$.by'_.]^ay l&Iarbe 
against Prudence Plbtutfes. Appel- 
late Division' ruled to Ihlfl effect, 
upholding a N. Y; Supreme Court 
order favoring the''a.ctr^^. ' ,^ 

After obtaining ilie Judgment for 
Miss Marbe, her. attorney demanded 
that Thomas bring Into court the 
books of First . plvlslon, , on the 
grounds that the latter , had assets 
belonging to Pxudence Pictures/ a 
subsid. Thomas appealed to the 
Supreme Court against this move 
but that tribunal ruled In favor of 
the judgment holder. ' ' 



o< th<G). pasit two yeara wi^V b^. ended. 

Indies' lipeci^lcaliy object 'to the 
distributors selling all their .kilrCduct 
to Pox West Coast befbr^'>tbey are 
permitted even to nl^ii^otiate for it. 
They, — '^^ — 



Ijifi ;|;onliig;ii^3trictlons 
npt'cx^nifm'bri';!^^^ 
selves; to' penallKatiQiQi^^'i^^ double 
billing, when F-'W.C is 'libt' likewise 
disciplined.. ^nd'al0<^ to. tbe; alleged 
'att^mpta of the dIstrllHitorsTto con- 
trol admlsstion ''prices' for' the., inde- 
j^hdei^t hdUQefi. , , 

^pe&k(ng for ibe . indie .efthlbs 
Frank L. Button, their local - ftttor- 
.ney,': said that the brga,hiziEi.ilQn has . 
a set '.purpose - of obtaiiilniff' relief 
through' existing 'iawSr but 11 those 
restrictions: aria, Insiifflctent tiiey. wiH 
th'ei\ see' tb^t .ttrope'r 'furotebitlon is 
given them -'througb "new le;gisla- 
tlon.-..' ■ ; : ■ '-. 

■ Building Owner* 9u».^\ 
Fourth- civil action alleging -trade 
restrcilnt, filed against the major 
dlsi'rlbs in the past two weeks. Is 
tho suit of Bern G. and Neva Rich- 
ardson, owners of the building hous- 
ing the Burba.nk theatre in Bur- 
bank (suburb). They are demand- 
ing damages of $163,936 from the 
exchanges arid from A. F. Milnor, 
operating the Loma, an opposition 
Burbank house. Discrimination in 
film booking is the basis of the suit. 

To date, none of the distribs, nor 
F-WC execs, named In any of the 
civil actions, have been served, and 
defense attorneys have had ho op- 
portunity of determining their an- 
swers. . 

A new action was also filed in 
District Court by Aubrey and Bon- 
nie Wardeman, operatlng^the Whit- 
tier, suburban house, naming. F-^WC, 
the Skourases and all major "Ois- 
tribs. Seeks $900,000 on monopoly 
and restraint of trade charges. 



Clouds Balk Langdon 

. Hollywood, Oct. 10. . 

.Slated for two days' 'work oh lo- 
cation, Harry Langdon and cast, 
maklntr 'Tired Feet,'' Educational 
comedy, ro.mained Idlie a full weclt 
up to Saturday (8), waiting for the. 
eluds to fli.sappoar. 

Arvid GllsUom is directing. 



Sonenshine After Indies 
For N. W. Capital Etch's 

Los Angelesj .pct.-.lO. 

Henry Sonenshine Is h^e from 
New York,' lining iip Independent 
product for three Capital Film ex- 
changes which he -hks opened In 
Seattle, Denver and Salt Lake. 

He has closed for Eagle produc- 
t.ions, and has several other Jndie 
propositions under consideration. 



Beck's Indi^ Meller 

Hollywood, Oct, 10. 
Arthur F. Beck will become asso- 
ciate producer under l^rem darr for 
Monogram. First production will be 
'Jungle Bride,' African melodrama. 



FBEMmi'S jmiZ OBIQ. 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
'Daring Daughters,' original by 
Sam MIntz, Fox writer, will be pro- 
duced as Premier Attractions' next 
picture at Tlffanv. 



28 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, October II, 1932 




irUART ERWIM 
mHQ CROSBY 

LEILA HVAMS 
BURMS « ALLEH 
KATE 







( THB STREET SINGER ) 

MOVIS 
VlHCiEMT iOPEZ 

AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

CAB CALLOWAY 

ANt> HIS ORCHESTRA 

(1 Qhramount picture 




Tuesday. October II, I93S 



p I c T im E s 



VARIETY 



IKstrilNiiipii DifTKulties i^ain 
NsoM In^^ PirodiKtioD Fidd; 
RealfliaiHMifcHr Only 150 



Decided ahrliildWlQ oC national dia-. 
trlbutlon faollKiea. for Independent 
producers, Konerallr admitted wltb- 
In tUelr own fold. Is again narrow- 
tng tbo field to the point where only 
a few oan reaUr get some money. 
VThere over 30 producers ebrller this 
seaaon announced a total of around 
S60 features for 1982-'83, only 160 
of these fllnis, it Is now. .declared, 
can physically float through national 
Indie release channels, 

lytthout country -wide exchange 
handling fully 200 of the features 
planned cannot get back 50% of 
Ithelr production overhead, it is oon- 
eeded' ^he !ndles are limited to 
eboiit four Indie key cities — ^New 
Tiork, Chlcagp, Boston and Phlla- 
d.el^hia-r-whlch. at the most, are 
generally estimated to pay In rent- 
als on an :avetag4 enough to offset 
Bllghtijr under Of the indie .fea- 
ture's cost. 

Exchange ShortaBe 

Behind this condition Is a short- 
age of ' country- wide exchanges due 
to the most repcestinlktive of them 
being, tied up by tiie bigger indie 
producers' under long-term fnua- 
ehlses tcprpvlde their pictures. Indie 
pi^oducers generally are blamed for 
what ylrt.ually amounts to bringing 
an ^nd to the old system of states' 
righting, False announcements and 
failure to produce and deliver have 
convinced . many Indie ezchainges 
that ° hooklnsr up .with one or two 
producers; who guarantee a full pic- 
ture duota, ends a gamble which 
has <^ntlnued through the history 
of the indie Industry; 

A look before you start shoot- 
ing' warning, in which the Hays or- 
ganization Indirectly participates 
with the representative indie Com- 
panies^ Is supplanting the slogan of 
the old states* rljghts days when the 
premise, that If It's a good picture, 
no fatter who makes It, it will 
make money. 

Already five of the old -line pro- 
ducers on the indie end ore finding 
this true. Where they announced, 
eight and 12 features this year they 
have so far confined actual produc- 
tion to one picture and are waiting 
vntii they can get their money back 
on the initial effort before going 
through with the rest of- their an- 
nounced program. ▲ money man, 
from the outside, la another who Is 
findihg; it hard to obtain any kind 
of distribution on' his' first picture 
and la now holding up plans until 
this can be accomplished. 

Seta of Exchanges 

It is. being pointed out 'that, there 
are three sets of Indie exchanges 
completely covering, the country. Of 
these two -are practlcaly controlled 
by two Indie, producing ■ firms 
thropgh franchises. . The. third is 
made up. of Individually owned and 
unrelated depots necessitating sep- 
arate dtola with' each. Each of the 
exchanges In a territory is estlniat- 
ed to be capable of handling, on the 
average, not over 50 features. 

Many indie producers are misled 
at the outset, it is believed, by the 
big Indle turnovers in. the four Im- 
portant spots. These cities have 
an average of four exchanges and 
cah u-.'j an almost unlimited 
amount of product because of high- 
ly competitive boxofflce situations 
exlstir.-- in tlie territories wliich tliey 
cover. But the .other spots which 
are known to pay the major pifft of 
• the production bllt and which fur-, 
nlsh the velvet, are in tliat class 
where the competition Is among the 
producers instead of tlie exhibitors. 



Two Stories for Birell 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Next Tala Birell yarn at Univer- 
sal is -a toss-up between two favored 
acrlpts. 

One is 'Red t»awn,' by Ayn Rand, 
and the other Arthur Caesar's 'Rus- 
sian Woman.' Will follow her cur- 
rent, 'Nagama,' assignment. 



BEOK ON GHADWICE FILII 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Illness of I. E. Chadwlck, which 
has prevented him from carrying 
on production activities has caused 
Monogram to shift 'The Jungle 
Bride* to Arthur Beck. 

Picture will be produced by Jbe 
latter at Metropolitan. 



New Unit Takes Care 
Of Enielka Interests 

Munich, Oct. 1. 
Kommerzienrat W. Kraus, former 
general director of the Bmelka 
which he left three years ago, has 
founded a new film unit un&er the 
naihe. Bavaria Film Company with 
a capital of $150,000. 

This company Is taking care of 
the Interests of bankrupt Emelka. 
Bavarian banking firms are inter- 
ested In the new company. 



Premature Pk News 
Baimed m indie Co(^ 
' Confusing to Exchanges 

Hollywood, Oct. . 10. 
Request that members do not an- 
liouAce contemplated pictures un- 
less production is certain will be 
one of the chief clauses in- the code 
now being drafted by the In- 
dependent .Producers Association. 

Confusion in the exchanges, and 
with the salesmen, results from 
j>remature announcements, the as- 
sociation claims. . Besides .'this, 
sending doubtful, statements to the 
press for publicity is unethical; in 
the opinion of the indie group. 

Code will be more elaborate than 
the Hayslan document, will go into 
the relaltionshlp between exhibitor 
and independent producer and will 
Contain a clause asking for co- 
operation with censor boards. 

Phil Goldstone Is chairman of the 
code committee, which includes M. 
H. Hoffman. Sr., Larry Darmour, 
Trem Ca!rr, Cliff Broughton. Nat 
Levlne and Sam Wolf, the attorney. 
Compileted code will not be ready 
for at least a month. 

Association' does not Intend as- 
suming expense for any of Its ac- 
tivities. It will do only what the 
members, and a paid femme sec- 
retary, can carry out themselves. 

EDUC'S INbUSimi 
FLANS DIDNT PAN OUT 



Not having daveloped aa expected 
for Educational, the company is eur- 
taillng its industrial, non-theatrical 
and 16 mm. activities. I<ast week 
Bob Doidge, for many years with the 
organization and lately In this divl' 
slon, was given notice. Mike Sim 
mons, who has been on the indus- 
trial end, handling scenarios, was 
also given notices but since h& 
connected with Monogram. 

Activities of BRPI and Photo - 
phone in the Industrial and 16 mm. 
field has reacted agroinst Educa' 
tlonal as vlsioned when first try 
Ing to open up the field. 

Along with the notices to Doidge 
and. Simmons, Educational okayed 
a six months'. leave of absence for 
A. S. Elrkpatrick, v. p. and assist- 
ant g, ra; of the exchanges. Kirk- 
patrick has been seriously 111 for 
some time. 



Expulsion Suits Against 
Coast Unions Dismissed 

Los Angeles, Oct. iO. 

Suits brought by five members of 
two stagehand unions were thrown 
out of . court by judges In superior 
court. Actions totaled |300,o6o in 
personal damogcis and had been 
pending for over a year. 

Asking $50,000 apiece, A. H. Col- 
lister, p. C. Hobbs, Maurice Sebrlrig 
and W^ F. Moore sued Local 37, 
studio stagehands, for illegal expul- 
sion, but on the motion of defend- 
ant's counsel suits were dlsmlasocl 
for lack of cause. 

Sid Koster lost a $100,000 suit 
against Local 33, theatrical stage- 
hands, by default. 



SHOET EAST FOB 0. 0. 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Print of 'Road to Glory,' William 
©'Conner's dramatic two-reeler, has 
been sent to New York by Radio for 
consideration by home office execs. 

Walter J'utter, who put O'Conner 
under contract to direct after seeing 
the picture, handling the deal. 




on the Ground 




yimr Name zil 




You can keep your feet on. the ground by focusing the 
attention of Radio executives upon your name by advertis- 
ing in "Variety." You WILL keep your voice in the air if 
you let those interested know that your talent is for sale. 

Q You will make the sight and sound of your name familiar 
by keeping it in "Variety" week after week. 

q GET OUT OF THE "UNKNOWN" CLASS 
MAKE THEM WANT YOU. 



NEW YORK 
154 West 46*h Streef 



CHICAGO 
Wood's Theatre Building 



HOLLYWOOD 
Taft Building 



LONDON 
8 St. Martins Place, Trafalgar Square 



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Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



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NORMA 
SHEARER 

FREDRIC MARCH 
LESLIE HOWARD m 

SMILIN' 
THROUGH 

From the play by Jane Cowl and Jane Kliirfin, 
Screen play by EmettVaJda and Claudine West. 
, Dialogue by Donald Oflden Stewart and James 
Bernard Pagan, Directed by Sidney Franklin. 




LOVE 
POEM 



by 



LEO of M-G4t 

In Dayton and in Baltimore, the people cheer the lions roar^ 

In Louisville, New Orleans and up in Syracuse 

'The paying guests are filin* through 

The gates to look at "Smilin' Through'* 

Exhibitors are happy and they're cheering like the deXicel 

From coast to coast they cheer 'ef— Norma Shearer,r 
Norma Shearer, 

The folks are thrilled with "Smilin' Through,** no 
wonder they are thrilled, 

The skies are bright and sunny boys 

So get into the money boys J^^^ 

With MetrO'Coldwyh-Mayer and your theaf re will be filled ! 



Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



PICTnilES 



VARIETY 



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Revive Sjinday 
Moiiiiig Music 
As^iz-^etter 



, Chicago, Oct. 10. 

AiEter a lapse of several y.ears Sun- 
day mbrnlnsr muslcales/are being 
brought, back to; the Chicago the- 
atre. ' In the heyday of big grosses 
the full 75f piece orchestra played a 
morning .concert. Now the Sunday 
morningr' music Is limited to the or- 
gan. Ruth Farley will play from 
11 to 11:30. 

Idea is to get the big house started 
earlier Sunday with a view tp. boost- 
ing the take on this important day. 
Doors; will open at 10 :30. It is hoped 
to attract a portion of those aim- 
less citizens who take walks Sunday 
mornings. . - 

. At one time capacity crowds 
turned out for the. special Sabba- 
tarian sessions. 



$1^742 Suit Hits Greens 

. L.OS Angeles, Oct. 10. 
'.Or. Stahley.'lmmerman has filed a 
Mtinlcipal . court sult^ for $1,742 
against- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green 
and Mrs. . .B." Green, the actor's 
mother, for. medical services. Brand, 
Zagon &, Afiron represent the- 
medico. . 



Studio Placements 



Shirley Grey, r<eon WaycOff, Ma,x 
Gable; 'Uptown New Toik,' KBS. 

Eddie' Welch, writing comedy 
dialog,.. '!Big City Racket,' Cliarles 
Rogers Prt>d. 

Charles Williams,' 'Big City 
Racitet,' Par. 

Michio Ito, technical advisor, 
'Madame Butterfly,' Par, 

Jim Thorpe, Fred Kohler, Lucille 
_La Verne, 'Wild Horse Mesa,' Par. 

Shirley Grey, 'Uptown New York,' 

KBS. ■ ■ 

Ben HershReld, technical advisor, 
TKing of Jungle,' Par. 

Hariry Akst, •42nd Street/ WB/ 

Lyle Talbot, Harry Grlbbon, Helen 
Wate, Ruth DonnoUy, 'Lady No. 
6142,' WB. 

Harold Huber, Carrol Naish, Helen 
Jerome Eddy, 'Common Ground,' 
WB. 

Thomas Jackson, 'Parachute,' also 
•Wax Museum,' WB. 

Neoma Judge, swimmer, 'Young 
Blood,' Monogram.. 

Johnny Mack Brown, Ralph Ince, 
Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Burgess, 
Georgle Smith, 'Malay Nl&hts,' 
original by Glen Ellis, adapted by 
Jack Neville, directed by E. Mason 
Hopper, fOr Mayfair. 

James i3ush, 'Wild Horse Mesa,* 
Par. 

Joe Roach, to write next John 
Wayne western; Warners. 

Helen i_K^iyei3, Ramon Novarro, 
liOulse cldBser Hale, Lew Stone, 
Ben Bard, ; John Mil jan, Warner 
Gland,- 'Son Daughter,' Metro. 

Charles Grapewln,-. 'Wild Horse 
Mesa,' Par. 

Frank .McGlynn, Sr., 'Good Luck 
Charllfe,' •' War'ner$. 

John . Sh^eHan, ' '42il Street,' . WaC- 
ners. 

Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates, Mary 
Mason, 'Plegan Kid,' Radio. 

Buster' :^Mllfes; 'Man and' Wife, 
Radio. 

Theodore Von Eltz, 'Man and 
Wife,! Radio. 

Creighton Chaney, 'Land of .Six 
Shooters.' Radio. 

Guy Klbbe borrowed from War 
ners for 'SHk Stockings.' 
■ Clarence Nordstrom, '42nd Street,' 
PN. 

El Brendel, 'Hell to Pay,' Fox. 

Huntley Gordon, Wally Albright, 
Cora Sue Collins, 'Silk Stockings,' 
U.- . . • ■ . . 

Sarah Pad den, 'Tess of Storm 
Country/ Fox. ■. 

Gregory; Ratjoai: Lew Cody, Carole 
Lombard. 'O^'dercover Man.' Par. • 

Doroth.v Burgess, 'Women in 
Prison/ Warners. 

Helen Hayes, Ramon Novarro, 
Warner Oland, Ben Bard. Louise 
josser Hale, Edward McWade, 'Son 
I>aughter,' Metro. 

Ray Cooke, Marion Shockiey, 
Franklin Pangborn, Cornelius 
Keefe, 'Torchy Rolls His Own,' Edu- 
cational comedy, C. C> Burr direct- 
ing. 

Gwen Lee. Arthur houseman, Sid- 
ney Bracey, Mischa ' Auer, Harry 
Cording, John Beck, Wilfred Lucas, 
Lynton Brent, John Beck, 'The In- 
troder.' M. H. Hoffman: 

Shirley Gray, Paul Porcasl, Wil 
11am Janney, David Landau, 'Under- 
cover Man,' Par. 

^ Jim Thorpe, Wild Horse Mesa, 
Par. 

Dorothy Sebastian, ^Voman Num- 
ber 0142," WB 

Vera Teasdale borrowed from 
Metro by Universal for 'Happy Dol 
lar/ new title Pitts-SummervlUe 
com^y. . ' - 



Gus Eyssell jR^mains N.Y. 
City Mgr.; Finske on K. C. 

GuB Byssell la remaining In New 
York as city manager for Publlx 
under Milton H. Feld. After set- 
tling union dlfflcuities last week in 
Kansas City, where he was reported 
as staying, he returned to the h.6. 

Louis J. Finske, division manager 
of the Colorado group for Publlx, 
will also have charge of Kansas 
City, with George Baker in the lat- 
ter key as city manager. 

FRED SIEGEL HAS $300 
TO PAY $267,916 DEBTS 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 

One of the year's biggest list of 
liabilities in a bankruptcy petition 
was filed by Fred W. Slegel/ theatre 
mari.ager. a,nd former operator of the 
Majestic here and the Sprecltles, San 
Diego. Siegel turned in a tabulation 
of 1267,916 debts and 1 30O worth of 
assets." ■ . . ■. 

Toi> creditors include: Electrical 
Products Corp., $45,000; • Natibnal 
Theatre Supply Co., $1,133; Spreck- 
les Theatre Building, $3,45:0;'. Thea-. 
tre Equipment 'Acceptance. -Corp., 
$1,133; M. C. Leyee, .$20i06o; Sam- 
burger .Realty Co. (Maje3flc), $l,740; 
Arch and Lucille Mayo, $.4,800; Mlk^ 
Newman, $887, and the following 
local . film -exchanges,: RKO, $100; 
Universal, $1,880; First National, 
$1,301; Tiffany, •$l,*lff; Columbia, 
$3,612. ■'. 

Siegel is iiow manager o^..the 
Roxle,. Oakland, and says The gets a 
salary pf $75 a-^wfeek if • the house 
makes Its byerhead expense but 
nothing if It goes: In' the red. He 
formerly owned and operated the 
Ritz, local theatrical ^ ho.te.l,; 



'Frisco Fox Back to 
Fox Theatres Oct. 20 



PUBUX-UNIONS GET 
SET IN iii«F HAVEN 



New Haven, <!>cti lOi 
Publlx will save between $5,000 
and $10,000 a year' In playing stage 
shows at the ' Paramount here un- 
der a new. deal closed with stage- 
hands which reduces total cost of 
the union end on the rostrurn from 
$450 to $360 weekly. 

Deal was closed In New York by 
Ralph Branton, Publix's New Eng- 
land division manager; - Jack L. 
Sullivan, assistant to Harry Sher- 
man of Publlx, and William A. Dil- 
lon, the I. A.'s New England repre- 
sentative. The operators also set- 
tled at a' substantial saving. Latter 
are reduced 'from $77.50 a week to 
$62.50, with, no overtime to apply. 

Under the .stagehands' contract 
the union, for $360 weekly, ,agrees 
to furnish not 'less ithah. sixl.men 
and to taiw ln,\ work Vapd;. put put 
show,, plus any changes ihe first day 
with no overtime chariged< Should 
changes ■ bdcur after' • the ' flrat - day 
the pveftinie rate Is $1:60! .ah jhour- 
• This .P.ubltx ; house ^npw : plays " F- 

& M.v:;>rtrt|*^(.";-'^^^ 
swUch^'fa-A'aud9c;.;th^' totat .'cost.- for 
stagehajpds --iwrouidv 'yj*:^^ /w.^eKTjj 
with .mihlmUin'' p( :flye ineh"; fuV^ 

nlshed.V:v"C.' ■ '^^ ;• ,■ :'!•;;' ' r; • 




L A. District In Best Spot in 3 Yrs. 



Pansy Studio 



Hollywood, Oct, 10. 
Fox has ia Lavender cutting 
room, where sound effects are 
.edited. 

No one at tlie studio knows 
the reason for the jsrorgeo.us. 
name. 



BUFFALO LABOR STRIFE 
SPREADS TO LAFAYETTE 



ONAWiCDiBilttSm 
l^ii^ltlKISK 



Los: Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Return of the Fox, San Francisco, 
a 5,000 seater and the west's biggest 
house, to tlie Fox Tiieatres of New 
York by Fox West Coast, which tiias 
operA,ted the' de 'luxer for the past 
three years. Is , set tor Oct. ,30. . / 

Fanchoh & '" Marco • ^unitiEi^^npi*:.. 
playing the Fox, nioive .to^;,tH«vPWic'; 
Warfleld, starting Ocf;7^f -'"^HWrnan 
Kersken, Fox house manjiggr.lsince 
it Opened, Is slated. fo> ttaK^fer tp 
Oakland. 

,Fpx darkening elimiriates the 
Coast's biggest theatre, ptchestra) 
36 men. Walt Roesner, holding .'a 
contract until Jan. 1^ .mpyea .across 
the bay to .Oaklapd. • ' 



;; - • . : s Otlava, OcJ. -10.; ' ■ 

"Thp .ttiea^es ,of .Canada; np^^ hay^, 
the hlghe^i^;^ ratlrtg. .of any. cla8(s:sO/v,[, 
property jid^V^ejpept . itp'-^^ 
cording ...t^v"!^^ P^r-fy Grp.y4 

Smith, Domit^dh^Plre''feom 

ott9,wa.. . ';;■;;'..:;:••'. 

Report shows that during the past 
year the loss Incurred by ii~fil^}fires 
in 820 pictiire theatre^ amputLted to 
oiily $4j30b;v'^. The' ; theatres'TSrej^^ 
sented.. a pfpj|^l'y ly'alue 'pf ''^^ 
boo arid.^iiii the^;:aggr.4gate,"-V^ 
546,000 iprjiliel'^^^;^^^ 

poo,oo()'')te^i^'';V* ^ i!-^;./' .^''^.T';" ^r' 

The * report vglyes ., credit :.,f tfr . .tli.!^ 
s.Ituatip4'> ; iiy.iWe < >e(il(Ci^Wcyv>i* . proi; 
jectioh; pperAj|;oi:'$ ; 
'.q'uir'ed'- by'^^lh^^ 



Buffalo, Oct. 10. 
." With three Buffalo tiieatres pick: 
.et.ed by striking operators this weelt 
?ahd the Erlanger (legit) musiciiins' 
dispute still unsettled, it is reported 
that the Lafayette, Independent 
.downtown first run house, will go 
rion-iinion October 15. 

tocai opfirators' union • started 
picketing the Victoria and "Broad- 
way, west and east side neighbor- 
hood houses, and the May ftilr, down- 
town burlesque and. pictures, alleg- 
ing that the three houses had re- 
fused to meet . the union- scale arid 
were operating nonrunlotv. ; 
• ."rite Lafayette siluatlpn I^precipl- 
tat<Jd; ;by. the deniand of the musl- 
elaBs -that the theatre employ two 
'o^;|ia,]Hists iitstead of; one. 'When the 
'^fflfctg^iment refused to ' dp; this the 
§ta^ehands and operators .served 
nbtTte, effective Oct. 15, they would 
walic but in sympathy,. 



Metro's New WbricpTide 
Good-will BaUyhoQ^THp 

Metro Is preparing .a, worid tour 
for a miniature studio oh.-Vrheel9, 
along lines of the ' tracklejaa.; tr^In 
and Leo the Lion's trip. r 'lt'^ V f pi-' 
low-up to those ideas,;:witH .6x'ploi-. 
tatlpfi the main angle but with 
Hearst -^Metro'tpne News tied irt and 
a -H-M cameria aboard. 

At a newspaper party in New 
York later this week Metrp ex- 
pects to- 'ihake '. ofhclal atinouhoe- 
mient of plains. 

Idea is to show the public how 
talk'ers are ipade ;:g(rith ,a .mlijiafure 
studio,:' iab, lirojection: rbom-and all' 
necessary equipment carried. Will 
probably start out frcjin New York 
in November.' - - ''. ' ■": ' 



*Cynara* iRetakes , 

• Holly woad, Oct. 10. 

Following isneak preview at Porn - 
ona on Oct 6, Samuel Qoldwyn re.- 
pallejd .the '. entlrei cast'-ipif 'Cynara^ 
today' (Monday) fo^- retakes, with 
King Vidor directing. 

New title of 'Cynara' is 'I Have 
Been Faithful.' 




mahagei; 

der '0^de|4i£i^j^'''%t^i^ 
place6';-hi»fc^;.ifit;-^td^^ of^'t&tK "VtheV 

in:^lHsi'ti-ipwM< ; :pe'irrjr';Kaa^ -^en^^ 
.dliW^ 'tg$tMi^^M'!»*#n 

;,L6.u. .Oplden^S^r^oetiit; me^^ag'er ,of 
the St. Loai#,*' i'a 'tb^ '^^^^^^ to 
another spot, not yet selected. 



Harty Nace Would 2 
In Ariz Bkck from Publix 

. ^.Los Angeles, Oct .10. 

Harry -Nape whP operated BIcket'Cj 
& Nace houses in Arlzonai later 
selling to Publlx Is negotiating with 
the latter orgEjinizatlon, tp talce^^ipk 
his theatres iih- Winslow anid Mesi; 
Ariz. 

Deal was oji for these two houses 
to go PWG*l)iut';N;»ce;lB.,negct.tla«iIo^ 
with Publ« 'in -i^ew York, direct 



SGHOESSAGK GETS 'PIGMY' 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Ernest Schoedsack gets the direct- 
ing assignment on 'Pigmy,' another 
of the native pictures to be pro- 
duced for Radio by Merlan C. 
Cooper. 

Story ia being written by Stuart 
Palmer, recently added to Radio's 
staff from the mystery novel field. 



BRESLAU'S PORTIA YABN 

Hollywood, Oct 10. 

Lew Breslau ia at Columbia, ham- 
mering out a woman lawyer story. 

Spotted by .Schulberg - Feldman 
a§}ency« • 



. M«trpi*s SilNeir Scrib€i» >V 

Three new writers unknown to 
the film buslnesa have been signed 
by Metro; Edward Chodorov, Har- 
old C. Johhsrud and John Hauss- 
hian. 

Chodorov, who w;aa scheduled 
to arrive at the Coast studio Thurs- 
day (6), la signed for 10 week.q, 
while Johnsrud, to report at studio 
on or about Sept. 2S, has a contract 
for three montha with two options 
of nine months and year. Hauss- 
man is on a week-to-week basts. 



FREE APT. HOUSE PDC 

Long Beach, U L, Oct. lO. 

The President Apartment Hotel 
now gives Its tenants and house 
guests free pics. Louis Gumbtner 
is managing director of house. 

Apartment house alao has recep- 
tion room for bridge games arid 
parties. 



'Bama Sunday Film Bill for 
Major Cities Has Chance 



Birmingham, Oct 10. 
:;,Tfife Gopdwyn bilV legkllijfnig Sun- 
d ay films in Alabartia cities with 
a ; pppiilatipn of mpre thaii 60,000, 
• sjjfcicifesaifuliy , P9.s3ed , the "If P;Use and 
is^ flow, oh . the; calejijdar pi!;".i:he Sen- 
St-ef /for actiprt. ' Bill. di4;.' hoj". paas 
fii^itpVorieiha forin'. £jAd-<aji',^&^end-. 
.^jra'e)^' by Rep. Green 
)^.as?;a^ppted pr6.vidihg'|pjF/.;a'.rc^ 
'■:fsfii0jr£ :.:.here Nov. . . 8. . . ;3CJi'ei'ef ore, 
Ui^il^gham must; go tbj. the polls 
-aliid>^shPw a preferehce: for Sundiy 
;sb5bL^jE!.beforo- the bill will. affect this 

vci^y^--^:: . : ■ ■ .•■^■•' ■ ■ 

Xoew-l^ublix Pool Oil 
X^iitiMy, Minnieapolis 

: • . '. :. ; . ' •, Mlnneapdlla,' Oct. 10. 
V ..Deal for Loew's, to take over the; 
Gfiiitur'y here'-from Publlx for op - 
•efdtlbh aa one of , its exclualve-ruii 
houses . ia; believed' ^virtually com^ 
pletfec;,;;:'..,, •. 4; '~''>^.-' "-.;";'■ ' . .- 
?VTf)^:tre,' one;; of 'the "two leading 
PUblii!c,{";.de,ifix0iB^^^^^ has been 
closed for nearly two years, except 
for occasional roadshowing of pic- 
tures. The other principal local 
Publlx deluxer, the 4,200-seat Min- 
nesota, - has been - dark since last 
>Tune and. there are no plans yet for 
•its reopening. The Century seats 
1,800. 

\\ Publix having all of the M-G 
4)roduct for Minneapolis territory, 
local belief is that the operation of 
.the Century may be a pa^rtnership 
idfifair betweeri Publix and yt^G: 



" Los Angelesi Oct JO. 
With only 11 picture houses' now 
dark in the Los Angeles city^ ter- 
ritory, several of which will reopen 
within two weeks, and with /only 
24 . dark in all of Southern Cali- 
fornia, and another 20 In Arizona, 
the theatre situisition in the e;K.treme 
southwest territory is better than- at 
any time in the last three years. 
There are 608 regularly operated 
houses listed lr> the Los. Angeles 
served' territory, ' of which 145 .;?ire: 
afflliated (circuits) and '463 Inde- 
pendently operated. 

On Jan. 1, last out of 174 houses 
in L. A. proper, 23 were clark, or 
more than 100% greater than at the 
present time. ■ For the three montha 
ended Oct. 1, 24 houses went dirk, 
as against 25 reopeniiig. There 
were 28 changes in ownership of 
local houses reported to the E|lm 
Board of Trade during tliat peiSbd, 
and four tiew houses, opened. 'I; 
. Houises currently dark In Los An- 
geles proper include the Unified 
Artists (downtown), Carthay |t3ir-. 
cle, Egyptian, Cliihese, , Criterion, 
Alhambra, Erhbassy, Pantages, Npw 
Princess, St.. Carlos and Starlihd. 

U, ':A,, Pantages, Egyptian iand 
Embassy ..will reopen In the qext 
two Weeks, Witii the exceptloij- of 
the New Princess, all are F-WC lop- 
©ratedi otf- Houses In which the bir-f 
cuit has • afi ^"Interest. | 

In the. jA'riz'oha. territory (served 
by Los Anefeles.flim exchanges) . the . 
20 dark houses , represent about the 
normal iiumber 'shut down during 
the surhmer months. Most of tl^ese 
are expected to resuine pperatlohs 
by Nov. 1, although the state Jhas 
been particularly hard hit by l>ank 
failures during the summer, -land 
several .of the, picture house men 
rnay flhd.it difficult to get going, so 
soon. In.., the. last three, rhoniths, 
four, hoti^ids. :rebpened In Arizona 
after; beirig':.";equlpp with sound, 
and o.rie new', th^satre was put -Into 
comm.isslbo,. w* • 

Hbui(e)9 ; fe-openlngi in Soutiiern 
Calif oi'riia. y^^h;^'oun!d equipment. In-r 
stalled'^^i^tfife^hree-month perlbd to 
Oct. 1, num^«l:fid'-^i2/ ■ 



WB'« 2 New 'Uns 

•' Warner Bros, has scheduled two 
with a background that hasn't been 
Vised before. Oiie is a mercantile air- 
port story, 'Gr^arid Central Airport,', 
from a story by Jack Mofflt film 
critic of the Kansas City 'Star.' 

Other Is a lowdowri on the private 
detective business, 'The Keyhole,' by 
Raoul Whitfield. 



FAIRBANES AS 'SUCKER' 

HollywpPd, Oct. 10. 

Warners has; changed. Ita mind 
about the lead for 'The Sucker,' 
prize fight story purchased for 
Richard Barthelmess. 

Figures Barthelmess not the type 
and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, will do 
It.- 



RO€iSLL'S WB WESTERN 

' Holly^yood, Oct. -lO. 

Sid Rogoira next western for War- 
ners will be '.South of Sonpra.' from 
Satevep(fit story by Will Levlngton 
C^omfOrt, with ■ Mack Wright direct-. 



■ S, 



„,,,,,^ FOIl f 
NEW F-WC BIZ DRIVE 



iibs Angeles; 6'ct. 10. 
• Satlsfled..iiyith tiie','results of jthe 
10 w:eeW;'bti9lpeas .4H^ 
eluded over the Circuit/' Fp;^ ."west 
Coai^t la itiltlngr , itHiB prize (twarda 
frbm,$lo;oop to |i^'6b(r. for^a aeepnd 
carhpal^n. ^ :>. ^, 

New dr^/e gete.uil^W ^vr^iy .Op.tj 23 
and^,'t(jfminat6s iRec."p, according- to 
Chirles SkoUras.' '. is - ■ '' 



Giaimpaigii Gives Dd>z6n' 
F-WC Mgrs, New Spots 

Los Angeles, Oct, 10. 

Shakeup of Fox West Coast house 
managers, following close of -.10 
weeks biz drive, includes the fdN 
lowing dozen new appointees '^iid 
shifts: ; 

C. F. Narath becomes manalge^^at 
the Pasadena, and George Miller at 
the Strand, both in Pasadena, Calif. 
B. Wiest repilaces Miller* at the 
State, Oaklarid; Gerald Whitney 
succeeds George Paper at the Cur- 
ran a,nd Isls, B6ulder, Colo.,, with 
Paper going to ' the Lohgprij>'iit, 
Lohgmont, Colo., as succesHoi*';^ 
Millard Gettler. Latter relleyejii'lp, 
A. l^ulock at .the,' Rlalto, Loveland, 
Colo.; H^^.D. MpBrlde replaces Ed- 
gAr kart, Orpheura,' Spokane;. J. C. 
Runte takes MciBrlde's spot at the 
Staito, ther6, .. a:nd Harry Denny 
goes Into the United Artlata, Whlt- 
tler blvd., Los Angeles. 



Whitson Heads PacV Nat'l 

Los Angeles, Oct; 10. 
W. W. Whitson was elected presi- 
dent of pacific National Theatres, 
succeeding Dwlpht Hill of San 
Diego. Whitsori. was bppker of the 
Huntley Theatres, Los Angeles. 



JAU BARTELL, ATTAGEEB 

New iHaverr, Oct.. 10. 
Alfred C. Bartell, was given a 
one year Jail term in Superior Court 
for attaclc on Louis M.: SagaL Bar- 
tell was arrested after threatening, 
the life of Sagal, former manager 
Of S. Z. Poll theatrical Interests. , 



32 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, Octob«r 11, 1932 




Thank you. Film Daily, for recognizing the tremendous influence Waraerj 
Bros, have had on the upturn of picture business 1 Thank you for pointing, 
out that Warner Bros, pointed the way to if ^s-va/ne pictures with ^'Public! 
Enemy", "Star Witness", "The Mouthpiece", "Dark Horse". You've^ 
put youir jSffi?^ on one big reason why "Blessed Event", iChattertonV 
*^The Crash", Barthelmess* "Cabin in the Cotton" are standout succesess' 
of today .. . And tomorrow you'll give us ah even bigger ^an</ for these' 
coming giant productions, every one backed by the tidal power ol flaming 
Public Interest t . . . 

''I AM A FUGmVE FROM ACHAINGANG'' 

with Paul C'Scarface"] Muni 

This very minute headlines are screaming the sensational facts bared 
in this national best-seller whiteh made its author front-page news. 
Every newspaper in the country bais helped to sell this sh6wt 

'^2a.000 YEARS IN SING SING" 

N By Warden Lawes WfUi Spencer Tracy 

It*s front-page news when America's foremost warden discloses what 
really goes on behind prison walls. Nation-wide newspaper discufi** ' 
sion and serialization la millions of this book-of-the-month has built 
up public interest for a box-office killing. 



Lili Damito 



"THE MATCH KING" 

With Warren William 

Thrones tottered,' kingdoms fell when the headlines told how the' 
world's greatest mtemational swindler took a ran-out poWder on 
thousands of investors. Warners wijl give you tfie first cash-in on this 
front-page sensation of the year! ~ " — — - --■ — - — 

"GRAND SUM" 

With Paul Lukaa — Loretta Young 

Millions tuned in their radios to follow the card-by-«ard reports of 
the tournament of the bridge giants. "GRAND SLAM*\ an abso- 
hite novelty will give you a direct screen tie-up with this .famous 
contest and America's second greatest indoor sport! 

JAMES CAGNEY In "BAD BOY" 

With Carole Lombard 

Everyone wants to know the story behind the "ADS". "BAD BOY** 
will let them in on the press agent rackcet for the first timet 



ORIGINALITY, VARIETY, FAMOUS STORY BUYS...AND 

WARNER BROS. 



FOR 



VITAOKAFK MC OtSmiVTOflS 





TOOl 



Tkies4«yf' October 11, 1982 



PIC T II RES 



VARIETY 



3S 



jStoeAr Market 



(Continued £1*001 page V) 

the outlook would be for a gradual, 
steady build-up. The situation re- 
duced to figures was that, starting 
from a summer bottom o£ 41.22, the 
Dqw Jones averages had climbed 
to about 79.7B, which would put the 
retreat to the Half-way point at 
ttround 60.50. The Saturday close 
•tood at 61.17 within about half a 
point of the critical level, which for 
all practical -purposes meant the 
level itself.. " 

By a coincidence the . chart of 
Jioew's common revealed a' course 
Identical with -the general indus- 
trial averagres. liOW at 13^, high 
•t 37% ^d a Sa,turday low of 26. 

' The averages in the last three 
weeks have' successively pehetrated 
ceveral minor resistance levels, not- 
ably that at 66 which - represented 
the low of the reaction that fol- 
lowed the Democratic successes in 
Maine and was established Sept. 19. 
'At that time Loew's touched 28% 
which now has been violated, so 
that so far the amusement bell- 
wether has only moved in line with 
the market! revealing no special 
weakness of its own, despite, a good 
'deal of bearish talk about it in 
amusement and ticket circles. 

• One story was that a clique ope- 
latlon . had. been abandoned, partly 
because of general market con- 
ditions and partly because of the 
fact that the company's film sub- 
Bidiary, Metro, had no pictures of 
flpecial box-office merit about to go 
Into release as follow-up oh the 
number of exceptional money re- 
leases of the precieding months, not- 
ably 'Grand Hotel' and several 
Garbo productions. Gossip also wafs 
' In circulation that the annual 
statement due shortly would show 
set 'for the final quarter of the 
fiscal year ending Aug. 31, sub- 
stantially down and early autumn 
business ra.the;6.. disappointing. Last 
year the first 12 weeks of the year, 
to Nov. 20, amounted to only $1.09 
a shai'e, but in spite of that low 
rate, company's business Improved 
and the regular $3 rate was earned 
by the end of the >third quarter. 

. Loew. Gives Way 

■Whatever the reason for the sell- 
ing, there was evidence that con- 
filderable liquidation was going on 
In Loew last week. Volume was 
up and size of lots traded in in- 
creased on the dowii side, while 
dealings were light on the inter- 
mittent rallies. Volume for the 
week continued moderate, however, 
reaching 37,400 shares last week, 
compared to 20,000 the w^k before 
on minor recessions, and 39,600 the 
week (ending Sept. 24) before that 
when the stock gained more than 
6 points. 

' It is interesting to note, by the 
way, that at 26% Saturday, Loew 
almost exactly duplicated its price 
at the bottom of the break . that 
culminated Oct. 6 last year, from 
which level it recovered during No- 
vember 1931 to better than 40. Last 
week's decline of 5 points or so was 
not extreme compared to some of 
fhe losses shown elsewhere in the 
Industrial section, which in a few 
cases ran as high as 14 points for 
Important stocks. Loew's showed 
the widest decline among the film 
stocks, but that was to be expected, 
since it is the only one that, could 
react that far, and it had enjoyed 
a runrup of nearly 300% from its 
low. 

Aside from Loew perhaps the 
most Interesting price movement 
was— the retreat of: -Consolidated. 
Film Industries preferred, where a 
pool apparently abandoned its cam- 
paign. Stock broke from a top on 
the movement early in the week of 
10?4 to 7%, a pretty wide breaik on 
a percentage basis, a drop of 26%. 



Saturday's prices throughout the 
group were new lows on the move- 
ment with but few exceptions. . Par- 
amount touched Z% and Warners 
2^ at one time, while RKO finished 
the week at its bottom of 4. RCA 
did a tall spin to 6%, less than half 
Its price at the peak of the Sept. 
bull campaign. 

Par. Bonds Off 

Eastman Kodak behaved rather 
well compared to its performances 
of a few months ago. Seemed to 
command support right below SO 
and throughout the pressure dis- 
played relative stability. JCodak has 
twice cut its dividend rate, being 
now on a regular $3 basis, and has 
been doing much better since the 
last cut than many shares whose 
management ie more generous with 
the stockholders. . 

Columbia Pictures managed to de- 
fend its low Just under 10, registered 
a couple of weeks ago, but this 
stock is so closely held that its in- 
termediate movements are difficult 
to interpret. . 

The ainusemeht bonds with one 
exception gave an excellent, account 
of themselves, the exception being 
the Paramount liens which under- 
went a rather drastic mark-down. 
Sixes lost 3 points net to 26 and the 
5 %'s cracked to 22. off 6. Both is- 
sues have now lost considerably 
more than half their gains . since 
early summer. Dealings here were 
erratic as regiards the spread be- 
tween the two descriptions, which 
has ruled about 4 points higher for 
the older bond. At one time the two 
loans drew almost' level, but this 
was promptly corrected. It prob- 
ably was caused by urgent liquida- 
tion of the older issue while pres- 
sure was momentarily light on the 
5%'s. •. 

Dealings in RKO debentures 
turned rather, more sober, net change 
on the week being less- than 2 points, 
instead of the dizzy fluctuations 
that have been exhibited lately. 

Warners bonds held extremely 
well during the early part of the 
week, but ' Saturday they broke 
through .their 30 level and closed at 
28^, oft nearly 2 points for the 
week. In all cases dealings were 
on a smaller -pcale than when the 
movement was upward. Retreat of 
prices in. no case except that of 
Paramount was wider than could be 
accounted for by the reaction 
throughout -the security market, a 
reaction that spared nothing, in- 
cluding even the leading bank 
stocks. 

Why the market broke so badly 
was not clear to anyone, for the 
general business news was . favor- 
able in many directions. The drop 
was. accelerated by Hoover's Des 
Moines address in which he revealed 
that the country at one time last 
year was within a narrow margin of 
being forced olf the gold standard, 
which statement appeared to have 
touched off a flood of selling for for- 
eign account. Saturday's additional 
backdown might haye. been brought 
about by a slump in cotton due to 
an unexpectedly betu'lsh govern- 
ment crop report., 

At any rate the week fully dem- 
onstrated the fallacy of th6 view 
that a 'political market' was in the 
making. It is Just as well that that 
myth has been dissipated. Now that 
it is out of the way, perhaps the 
country can go ahead with a grad- 
ual and stable Improyement in se- 
curity prices based on tangible bet- 
terment of business. That the issue 
of the election will have any lasting 
effect" Is" noT'TjelTeved." "Oh^e "a 
President has been chosen, trade 
will go ahead regardless of which 
party he belongs to. There is no 
vital business principle Involved in 
the campaign, anyway. 



BALTO'S NEW HOUSE, 
COLORED, ROME-OWNED 



Baltimore, Oct. 10. 

This town last week got its first 
new theatre In about, three years, 
the Harlem, a colored house on the 
growing. Westside. Comes in under 
the Rome brothers banner and 
brings the Rome circuit up to six 
including both white and colored 
theatres. 

New spot remodeled from a church 
iand has 1,800 seats, and practically 
all major product. ' ' 

Lou Rome given 'dinners by the 
leading No.gro organizations which 
also got together oh opening day 
and gave the house a mile long 
parade through the streets of the 
colored community. 

Has stage, all equipped, just in 
case. 



Summary for week ending (iaurdmy, Ocotber 8: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



High. 

3% 
14% 
■ 6% 
11% 
87% 

»% 
20% 
80 
37% 
60 

4% 
22% 
IB 
11% 
. 1% 

B% 

7% 
1% 

60 

. 4% 

20 

43% 



15 
1% 

, 2% 
4% 
3% 



03 

tlO . 

80i.y 

00% 
615 
J04<4 

e 

40 



Bid. 

- 1 



IiOW. 

A 

1 

2% 
881i 
1 

B% 

13% 

30 
3ti 

14 • 
8% 
1% 
% 
1% 
2% 
1% 
% 

23 

'A 

4 

J0% 



4% 
% 

% 

% 



1 

24 

04 

49 

33 

10% 

50 
1% 
«% 



Aaked. . 

a 



BaleB. Isaue and rote. 

200 Amerlcaa Beat. .»»»»»«..«■■ i , >■« 

2,200 Columbia F. vtc. ...•••••••.*•«• 

4,T00 Conaol. Film :.<•• 

7,800 Coneol. Film pfd. .■,>••••••••*• 

22,200 Eafltmen Kodak (8). <•>*••• 

0,200 Fox, ClABB A 

144,800 Qen. Elec. ..>>..,. •••• 

..'200' Keith, pfd.......... .•.<••.'>•>•« 

.87,400 Ijoew (8). 

800 Do pret. (0%). • . . . . ...ix***** 

700 Madison Bq. aarden.....,..«.*« 

200 Met.K]-M pref. (1.80). 

10 Orpheum, pfd. •••m* 

,40,1)00 Paramount . .. 

1,000 Paths Exchange. ..•••>>•. •.•«••* 

4,200 Pathe, ClasB A. w><>.r... 

108,000 Radio Corp. .', ...>>.>••...«•••••• 

6,000 RKO ..,>,,...•.•.«....<..•••«•• 

40O Shubert; 

UO Universal pref.' <6) >'......•> 

27,200 Warner Bros. ................... .•• 

''...., ..Do pref .....*....<».....•« 

Westlnghouso 

CURB 







Net Che. 


HiBh. 


IiOW. 


liaat. for .wlc. 


2 


1*4 


2 


r- % 


12X 


10 


10 


-1% 


4%' 


8% 


• 8% 


+ % 


10% 


7% 


1% 


- % 


60 


40% 


40% 




8% 


2% 


2% 


-1% 


18% 


IB 


IB 


-8%. 


20' 


2S 


36 


-0 


88 


ae 


20% 


'-5% 


10% 


71 


77 


-2% 


8% 


3 


8 


-•% 


20 


10 


i» 


-2 


9% 


. 0% 




+ .H 


6% 


8% 




-1% 


% 


% 


% 


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8% 


2% 


2% 


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0% 


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B% 


A- 


4 


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8S . 


85 


/ SB 


-r2%. 


8% 


2% 


2% 


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Bbid 




3T% 


27 


27'K, 


-8 



Columbia Picts 

8,800 Do ForcHt Radio 

300 Gen. Theu, B. pfO . . . 
],noO Technicolor ...>.•'... 

BOO . Trnna Lux........... 



% 


% 


% 




% 




A 


- % 




8% 


8% 


+ % 


2% 


1% 


1% 


- % 



BONDS 



'131,000 
14,000 
20,000 
13,000 
24,000 
OT'.OOO 
• 3,(100 

;),ooo 

'13,000 



'40.. 



Gen. Then. E, 
Keith O'B, MG. 

I.ocw r,'a, ''ll 

P.Tlhc 7 b, '37 

Pftr-Kam-Ijosky (i'? 
r.-»)-Vub .I'-i's, '50. 

JIKO (lobs OS 

f-hubcrt O'a. . i . . . . 
Wnrhcr UrOH. -O'o, 



•31). . . 



. Over the Counter, N. Y. 
Roxy, Clnss'A.^.. 



i'A. 


8% 


3% 


— "8 


4114 


40% 


41 


- '4 


80% 


nr, 


!^n% 


- % 


70 


70 


70 






•JO 


20 


-3 ' 


27',', 


'2'2 •' 




-C 


SS'/* 


.MH 




-I'-t 


3'rt 


3 


3 


- Oi 


31 




28% 


-1%. 






»» ' 





Studios Favor Pulp Mag Yams' 
Low Rates; Budget Cuts Continue 



THE CRUSADER 

• (Continued from page 20) 

stuff Just gets silly aiid burlesquy. 

Naturally, the district attorney, a 
rOle beneath the talent of H. B, 
Warner the way |hts part was han- 
dled, has to: have a wife who has a 
past but who loves him too much to 
let his innocent sister take the rap 
for a shooting. 

Of course, there's the acQulttal 
and, everyone's happy and the ruth- 
less reporter is tamed. Incidentally 
Lew Cody does the reformed night 
club proprietor who won't sell 
liquor and who. lends a helping hand 
to his former sw.eetle, now the DA's 
wife, played by Evelyn Brent. 

Not much In this production Hays 
codelsts could pick on except one 
scene in a private dining rooin. 
Here Walter Byron and Marceline 
Day do some torrled wrestling. 

, Waly, 

MY PAL THE KING 

Universal production and release star- 
ring Tom MiT. Directed by Kurt Neu- 
man. Story by Richard Schayer with con- 
tinuity and dialog by Jack Natteford and 
Tom Crlzer. Dan' Clark, cameraman. At 
the Gaiety, N. T., beginning Oct. 0. Run- 
ning time. 00 mine. 

Tom Reed.. Tom Ulz 

King Charles.. M.^.MM.^. Mickey Rooney 

Red ....•*•«.•••**.:»«... .Paul Hurst 

Princess.... w 11 i..i>..i». »«»»».. Noel Francis 
Gretchen ....»..■..«...,»»..... Flnla Barton 
Kluckstelih.»».«^,..,»,»«,^.. .Stuart Holmes 
Schwartz.. .«...»,M'«*^*».'Jaines Klrkwood 
Cloudy,... Jim Thorpe 
Tony. c^^^t^tv'^^.*. . % .Himself 

It seems that long ago In the si 
lent days Buck Jones made a west 
em with the king-cowboy angle 
and -it was a pi-ogram success. Tom 
Mix'B> the flrst story verision of its 
kind in sound, should do likewise. It 
is a natural for every kid in the 
country. Besides that, it hiEis plenty 
of adult entertainment of a type 
vastly different these days. 

AS the boy "kii^kt Mickey Rooney 
virtually" shares honors with Mix in 
performance .as.well as story promi- 
nence. Little Mickey possesses 
naive sincerity and an Unaffected 
boyishness, coupled with audienoe 
appeal. „ 
'Mix has a -chance to project a 
good part of his cowboy show. This 
is broken up by flash-backs to the 
attending King and his retinue, as 
well as little exchanges of dialog 
which sustain continuity Interest. 

Throne rooms, castles, dungeons 
and cowboys armed with brickbats 
against rifled Soldiers are worked in 
for fast action. Mix gets ample ,op- 
rportunlty-ta do -many-tricks^ith-Ws 
lariat, Including a long climb up a 
palace turret 

Stuart Holmes, as the dictator be- 
hind the throng, thakes a convincing 
menace, The rescue of the little 
monarch from a water-flljed dun- 
geon has Just enough speed and 
sentiment to the fairy tale-Iike un- 
plauslbility which would have in- 
truded had the story and acting 
been of less momentum. Waly, 

AMOUR, AMOUR 

(FRENCH-MADE) 

Paris, Sept. 27. 

Produced ty Leon Potrler. Distributed 
by O. P. F. A, DIreoted by Robert BlbaL 
From » novel bjr Paul Maret.' Adapted 
tor the screen by Pierre Batcheff. Music 
by A. Demurger. .Recorded, Radio Cinema. 
Running time. SB mlna. Gaumont Palace, 
Paris, Sept. 28. . . 

Cast: 1« Oallo, Colette Broldo, Henri 
Marohand, Bylvlo de Pedrelll Delaltre, Paul 
Menant, Jacques .Tairlde, Polalre. 

The late Pierre Batcheff, very 
popular in pictures here, did a poor 
continuity on an unworthy storyi 
Treatment by Robert Blbal fin- 
ishes it. 

Story is about a Jeweler . who 
would be robbed except that .some 
stupid employee of his gets him out 
of trouble by becoming clever when 
the girl he loves makes him lose 
liis stupidity. 

Film is shot full of publicity, with 
.'.sequences obviously Intended to dis- 
play the name of the front of some 
stores, restaurants, etc. One se- 
(luence taking place in one of the 
round tin houses for which the 
I'Yerich • boulevard .sidewalks are 
lamou.s, stamps the treatment. 

Cast, generally indifferent, in-" 
eludes Mile. Polaire, once a beauty, 
famous for her wasplike wilst, 
which is no longer wasp-like. 

Maxl. 



Exploitation 



^(Continued from page 24) 

rent and coming picture in about 
half the window space. Only addi- 
tional cost is the provision of a 
permanent sign announcing the 
idea. This is lettered so it does not 
have to be changed weekly. 

: Found that five of these Windows 
is yielding better returns than about 
20 window cards previously placed, 
so it saves IS double ptisses while 
bringing in better returns. 

Limited to one store in each line, 
but other shops are buying tickets 
and making their own displays. 



'Stork SweepstaketV 

A 'Stork Sweepstakes,', run off in 
conjunction with the opening per- 
formance of 'Blessed BventVat sev- 
eral upstate (^. T.) theatres, calls 
for a |10 bank account to be pre- 
sented to the flrst child bom In the 
community after 12 o'clock noon of 
the flrst day. A check-up Is made 
of births at local hospitals, the 
time of arrival being taken from 
the doctor's certiflcate. 

In case of a tie, the bank account 
is divided amOng the Winners. Ad- 
ditionally, a pass for a performance 
of 'Blessed Event,' is given to the 
father of the . 'winning baby.' 

Most hospital superintendents are 
willing to co-operate with dailies, 
these days, in furnishing data on 
the time of birth, etc., of babies, 
and in .i>ermitting piotures to b« 
taken. 



' Digs! Up Beaton 

Detroit. 

When the German , picture, 'Eliza- 
beth of Austria,' played at the Lit- 
tle Cinema, Mrs. Fields dug up the 
flies of the local 'Sonntagblatt der 
Detrolter Abend Post." and found 
the stories of the scandal on which 
the picture is based and displayed 
the flies. 

Trani9latk>n was in a' store win- 
dow. 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Major studios are now going 
over the pulp magazine field with 
a flne-tooth comb as a possible 
source of picture story material. 
Continued budget cutting, and the 
possibilities of buying yarns fromi 
the. pulp mags at a figure ' consid« 
erably lower than that of the better 
grade mags, are the main reasons. 
Studios figure that no mattOr who . 
the author is, the general public Is 
little impressed by their names. 

Stories bought from the class an- 
thors and mags heed the same 
adaptation treatment given the 
cheapier yarns. In mainy instances, 
stories written by literary names 
have proved disappointments when . 
transferred to the screen. Studios 
claim how that for screen purpose^ 
the Oheap mag j'ums are as ac«> 
ceptablie as those published in the 
class periodicals. 

Wairheris last week bought 'The 
Keyhole.' by Raoul Whitfleld, from 
'Black ' Mask,' pulp detective mag. 
Yarn ' Will be assigned either to 
Warren William or William Powell. 
Paramoiint is reading everything 
printed in the pulp detective mags^ 
and in a number of cases is assign* 
ing writers to do screen plays ol|. 
stories in "current issues. If Ui^ 
yams look like screen possibiUtlei^ 
studio will make a bid for them; 

Sietme is true of Metro, where M 
number of writeris are working iik 
magazine stories as yet unpur>« 
chased. Ini this manner, .studio ciui 
determine whether the. story ik 
screen material before purchasinQi 



linguistic Tie-Up 

Lincoln, Neb. 
George Monroe, State manager, 
made nfce tieup on 'Congress 
Dances.' Held off until school started 
and until a week-end of a German 
convention. Idea looks like dough 
with approximately 1,000 conven 
tloners sold in a block, .the unl 
versity language Instructors making 
the attendance of the show one of 
the week's assignments. First half 
of the week was the English version 
and the last half the German. 

Coast Title Changes 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Newest flnal title for 'Kong* at 
Radio is ?Klng Kons.'. 

Radio's 'Sport Page,' more re- 
cently 'Free, White and 21,' now 
'Sport Parade.' , John Miles gets 
1160 for thinking of it. 

'Divided by Two' chanjged to 
'Handle With Care,' Fox. 

'New Yorker,' Al Jolson stellar, 
to 'Happy Go Lucky,' UA. 

'Metropolitan Garage,' Charles 
-Rogers., .production _f or Paramount, 
to 'Big City Racket.' 

'Cross Pull,' at Fox, changed to 
'Born to Fight.' ^ 

'Jubilo' becomes 'Too Busy to 
Work' (Fox). 



Incorporations 



New York 

Albany, N. T., Oot. 10. 

MentoiM Trodactlons, Inc., New York; 
theatrical business; 160,000. . 

PoDghkeePHle Dutchess Theatre Corp., 
Manhattan; theatrical; 100. shares.- no 
par. - - ' • 

Zbyszko Polfsb Amerlean nin Corp., 
New York; picture business; 910,000. r 

l^ttsbDrgh Gardens^ Inc., N«w York; 
seneral theatrical; 1,000 shares no par.. 

Anlboay Yoonr, I*c., New York; plo. 
ture business; 10 shares, no. par. 

Fanchon Hoyer Flctoree, Inc., New 
York; theatrical ; 20,000 shares — 5,000 
preferred ilOO, 15,000 common no par. 

American Blectrlc*! Tra|ia«riptlons, 
Inc., New York; - radio broadcasting and 
advertising; iOO shares no par. 

California , 

The Robert Corp.; capital stock, tSO,- 
000, none subscribed. Robert Woolsey, 
Bert Wheeler, Edward' Cllne. 

'Pcrtnlts to sell stock' Issued to:. 

Moto-Spcedwnjr Co., Ltd.; motorcycle 
racing. Capital, 260 shares, par |10; per- 
mitted to Issue all. 

Je.sse I,. I.Asky Productions, Inc. 
Capital, 1,000 shares, no par. Permitted 
to Iseuo 600. 

International Transcriptions, I4<I. To 
mnnu.facture radio broadca/it ■ transcrip- 
tions. Capital, 1,000' shures, no par, 
Permitted to issue all, ' 



Judgments 

Al Kolin; ..Skouras Theatres Corp; 

HumucI T.ehsclb:iuni and John Mun- 
hHmer; Films and Sound, Inc.; KS.SHO. 

.Sitmuel riutnick; ,SUouru» Theatres 
Corp; $205, 

Hurry Barrls; C. T, I„csler; $1,183. 

ArtdoMS Ptotar«« Corp., Max Welsn 
and Louis WcisH; H. O'rler; »2,660. 



Fate of hdie Fibas 
Now Based on Whims 
Of Stsrte Righten 

Hollywood, Oct. 1<U 
Returning here from a selUnjt 
trip through the east, an indepen* 
dent, producer reports that no longei^ 
can indies make pictures with tho 
public's reaction in mind.' Instead 
they have to make them to appeal 
to the individual likes and dislikes 
of the. various state rights buyers^ 
included or ellmihated as the taste 
might be. 

Producer was unable to sell Out 
of his pictUreis, a society draina, tO| 
a dialectician dlstribtitor in PhiladflW 
phia, because the buyer was wiUm 
miliar with drawing room surround 
ings. 

In another case, after his picture 
had been screened, two reels with- 
out anything sensational happening, 
the buyer grabbed his hat, pleading 
an appointment, As he reached tlie 
projection room door two shots were 
heard from the screen. The buyer 
returned, flniaily making a deal for 
the picture. 

One of the most successful Indle 
producers sticks to the same foiv 
muls' for all bis- pictures^ Following 
the main title, the screen becomes 
dark. A scream rings out, and the 
picture opens with one of the chaiy 
acters laying dead on the floor. 
Throughout he stresses sudden 
death. He contends that the action 
interests the majority Of buyerSi 
who care little about story, sets ogr 
names, 

Indle film makers assert it is Ink* 
possible to get a, price for their pio^ 
tures unless the state righters are 
particularly interested. No matter 
how poor it Is In their opinion, the 
buyers might like It and the price 
it bririgfs for the territory goes up. 
Oh'the other hand, should it rer 
ceive national acclaim, if the buiN 
ers no like, it brings peanuts. 



Thompson-Andrews Will 
Direct One for Radio 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Del Andrews, who has been. preM 
production editor at Radio, will take 
time off from this Job. to cO-direcjk 
'Collusion' with Harlan Thompson* 
Latter gets a meg from Paramount 
for this fllhi. 

It's the flrst one Bartlett CormacK 
will produce With no cant yet seet 
lected. 



Two ^House* Adaptatioiui 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Nunnul.ly .lohn.son and Marty 
Martin have been assigned to make 
an adaptation of 'International 
House,' the Brant-Helflta origlnaV 
at Paramount 



34 



VARIETY 



Tuesdayt October 11, 1932 



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&irr6 C>^et^ Thre^ Hundred Continental Beauties 



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TURES OF 







:/ A Filmizaitibh 
Stjitably Toned Down fo 
Ihfernafional Sfandards 

Of tKe French Stage Hit by 

ALBERT WILLEMETZ 

From the Famous 

Louys Story 





COMPTOm 
FRANCAIS 
CINEMATOCRAPHIQUE 
PRODUCTION 

36 Avenue Hoche 

Paris; France 

Cable Address: CINECOFRANC-PARtS 



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Tu0»l#yr October 11, 1938 



PICT 



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VAXIETr 



BEHIND the KEYS 



Oakland Shifts 

Oakland, Oct. 10. 

The Pojc-West Coast took over the 
Orpheum this week and supplied 
ItseK with four, downtown theatres, 
controlling the first-run release 
here. Art Miller was moved to the 
Orpheum from the State, being re- 
placed hy Bryant Welst, lormerly 
at the Orpheum; 

Phil Phillips goeig from the. Fox-r 
Oakland to San Francisco, where he 
replaced Bob Harvey. Frank Bur- 
hans of 'the Warfleld ■ his taken 
pbarge of the Fox-Oakland. 



Uhrichsville. O. 
C. B. Wheland and J. iH. Guthrie 
ot Twin City Theatre Co; have an- 
nounced that A. Schwartz and J. W. 
Shulihan have surrendered the lease 
on the State here, which they have 
held for past year. Following reno- 
vation and new equipment, theatre 
will be reopened by new owners as 
now first run. 



Denver. 

Suit , of MGM against Sophie 
Critcher over unplayed pictures has 
been continued to Nov. 1. Suit in- 
volves films under contract wlien 
she sold her theatre In Pueblo to 
Sam Cain.' 

Five reopenings this territory: Co- 
lonial, Pueblo; Colorado, Aguilar, 
Colo.; Aladdin, Minatore, Neb.; 
Pastime, Springer, N. M., and Ar- 
vada, Arvada, Wyo. Four closings: 
Princess, Ault, Colo.; Manitou, 
Manltou, Colo,; Rialto, ■ Cheyenne 
WellSi Colo., and Alhambra, Ther- 
mopolis, Wyo. 

Fox West Coast has traded Its 
Grand, Rocky Ford, Colo., to Chas. 
DecTier for his Luna at North Platte, 
Neb. . ■ 



^ Canton, O. 

WB surrendered biJtion on Pialace, 
one of the two ace houses of Can- 
ton, and will devote entire attention 
to the operation of the Alhambra, 
now first run. 



Spokane. 

H. D. McBride, formerly manager 
of the State (Universal), replaced 
Edgar Hart as manager of the Or- 
pheurh for Fox West Coast, which 
has . taken over the State and Or- 
pheum.' James Ruhte, previously 
assistant ma.nager to Tom Olsen at 
the Fox, is managing the State. 



Steubenville, O. 
Olympic, secondrrun WB house, is 
dark, Warners giving up the lease 
and returning house to owner, who 
plana to reopen theatre soon. 

Jamaica, L. I.,. N. T. 
Skouras took over old Fox and re- 
named it the Ne'^ Jamaica theatre. 
House Is under direction of Harold 
F. Janecky, Skouras supervisor In 
Queens, assisted, by Nate Simons. 



Easton, Pa. 

Earle, Allentown, reopened with 
new policy, three changes weekly. 
Ne^ Western sound equipment. 

Wilmer & Vincent's State, Allen- 
town, reopened; hew manager. Jack 
Van. 



:ferboklyn, N. T. 
Prudential Playhouses, Inc., under 
presidency of J; M. Seider, which 
operates houses In Long Island, is 
adding two new houses — at North- 
port, which is nearing completion, 
and Smlthtown. 



Los Angeles. 

Meyer and Shapiro have bought 
th6 Owl, L., A., from Ray Rossen. 
Unique, L. A. grind, has been sold 
to l>ete Lasher by P. R. L. circuit. 

Herb Norrls closed the Airdomoi 
El Centro, Oct. 2, after operating it 
all : summer. 

William C. Ricord, Jr., has been 
appointed manager of the F-WC 
Embassy, reopening Oct. 13. 

San IVancisCo. 

Nasser Bros, spending approxi- 
mately $76,000 In dolling up nabor- 
bpod New Mission, including niew 
wiring. House will stay open dur- 
ing alterations. 

Aaron Goldberg's downtown Circle 
reopens next week after extensive 
alterations: 

Following changes in ownership 
recorded by Film Board of Trade: 
Gaiety, San Francisco, from J. W, 
Baker to F. W. Carbine. Royal, 
Stockton, from St;ephen Natall to 
Fred Mah. Century, Oakland, from 
Ervin Lee to Century Theatre Corp 
jby Dean Gross. 

J. Samls. owner of Hester, San 
Jose, will open the Sitn Jose this 
month. House, built several years 
pigo, has never been lighted. 
_Qtto Lochbaum is opening the 
New Regent, San Mateo, dark for 
■everal years. 



. , ■ Montgomery, Ala, 

Lloyd Towns, former manager of 
Academy, Selma, assumed manage- 
ment for Publix-Wilby theatres, 
Bucceeding Richard Kennedy, new 
district manager for theatres in eev 
^ral southern states. 



THURSTON 
KNIJDSON 

(STAFF OF K. H. J.) 

<Ci«»t«r of "MUlTIPtB BHTTHM" 
<A«th«Btio JodcIa Bhythm) 
Sole Acoompanlst (Tom Toms) 
fa Their tmgi« Daaee ^'TABIT' In 
BM Orannuui'B Prologue, "BAIN" 
By Bpeeiol BeqaesU-HnltipIe Rhytbm 
; ta "OOBCO,'' WAXTE» HUSTON 
M-G-M MCTtHRE 



A Natural 



Salt Lake City, Oct. 10. 

Local Orpheum dedicated 'A 
Bill of Divorcement* to the Lat- 
ter Day Saints. Church (Mor- 
mon) Conference visitors. . 

Church frowns officially upon 
divorce. 




axes 



Birmingham. 
Union walked out of the Alabama 
last week because of ' differences in 
new contracts after Wilby'-Kl.ncey 
took operation of house over "from 
Publix. New operators '■ informed 
cuts would be made, three operators 
and one stagehand being demanded 
instead of the Usu&l four and two 
arrangement. , 

, Tiger, at Auburn, reopened for the 
college season and scale cut to ^6c. 
Rlvpli, Talladega, taken over by A, 
j. Lukier and the name changed to 
Fox. 



New- Tor k. 
Arthur H. Jeffrey joined WB . as 
aisslstant oh exploitation to James C. 
Furman, advertising head of the 
Greater New York houses. 



Ft. Wayne. 
Jefferson, local. RKO elpot, re- 
opens Saturday (15), straight • pic- 
ture grind, three changes weekly. 



Des . Moines. 
Publlx reopened Paramount, Wa- 
terloo, Oct. 7. .. ■ . • \ 

Publix personnel changes In this 
territory take A. W. Baker from the" 
Paramount, Des Moines, to Indiana- 
polls, succeeded by William Mick, 
manager. 

Milton Simon to the Casino, Mar- 
shalltown, as manager, succeeded 
at the Strand, Des Moines, by K. 
A, Becker. Becker formerly man- 
aged the Marshalltown house. 

A. E. Wilson, former assistant 
manager. State, Cedar Rapids, to 
the Palac«f, Waterloo, as manager. 

B. Lw Whitney, Chares City, pur- 
chased picture house at Pella, la. 

Birmingham. 
J. H. Marcharid, manager of the 
Crown,. Mobile, made manager of 
Paramcjunt; Gulf port, Sliss., Bob 
Hampton, manager ■ Paramount 
shifting to the Crown, Mobile. 

Cedar Rapids, la. 
Emmett Lockard, now managing 
Publix State, coming here" from Co- 
lumbus, Neb., was formerly house 
manager of Paramount here. 

Denver, 

Gerald Whitney, manager of 
Tabor, and later the Orpheum, made 
F-WC city manager at Boulder, 
Col., over two houses, the Curran 
and lels. George Pappen moved 
from Boulder to Lonermont, Col., to 
manage the Longmont the&tre, suc- 
ceeding Millard Gettier, resigned. 

Des Moines. 
Community theatre opened at 
New Market, la., E. Bridgman, man- 
ager. 

The Iowa reopened in Cedar Rap- 
ids, after being dark all summer, 
Harry Holdsberg, manager. 

Quihcy, HI. 
The Orpheum and Belasco, closed 
during the summer, except for 
Saturday and Sunday night shows 
In the. Orph, reopened Oct. 2 for 
season. Colonial, other downtown 
house, opened week ago. Perry 
Hoeffler local manager for the three 
houses. 



'A: Houses $600 
On Equipment 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 
A form of taxation previously hot 
imposed' except superficially, has 
been invoked by the local taxlhg 
bodies against Chicago's 368 picture 
theatres. Close to $1,760,000 in ap 
praised values for 'personal prop 
erty,' medning equipment, will < be 
taxed for 1932. This works' out In 
actual cost to the theatres as around 
f700 for the Chicago, $600 for the 
Palace,j Oriental, Uptown and Tiv- 
bli, and $600 for McVickers, Stalte- 
Lake, United Artists, Harding, Pic- 
cadilly and others classified by the 
couhty as 'Grou\» B.- 
Chicago's, financial distress bas 
made taxes hard to beat or whittle 
down. 'Personal property' Is being 
enforced locally up to the^^ hilt. It 
adds: about $20,000 a year to the op- 
erating overhead v of Balaban &. 
Katz's 35 houses. >Maurice Leonard 
is handling the matter for B & K. 



Chicago Dumps Duals Almost 100^; 
Ease Public Back to One Feature 



-i 



L. A, State's 1st 25c Top 
In 10 Yrs. Meets RKO Fee 

Ijos Angeles, Oct. 10. 

Shift in policy, which put Loew's 
State, downtown deluxer, for F-WC, 
into a straight souhd policy Oct. 6, 
also brought the house into the 25c 
admission class for the first time in 
nearly 10 years, Low tariff Is in 
force daily, except Sundays, from 
9 to 11 a. m. 

Previous bi p. price of 85c from 
11 to 1 o'clock continues; then 40c 
until 6 p. m., and 66c to close. A 
10c extra fee from 6 to 11 p. m. 
provides free pitrklng at the i May 
Co. garage, two and a half blocks 
away. New gatd of 26c was de- 
cided upon to compete with the 
RKO, also opening at 9, with the 
two-bits scale ' effective at the lat- 
ter until 1 p. m. 



PUBUX'S SPOTUCHT 
TOENDB.O.GyPPERY 



After a noticeable increase In de- 
falcations in managerial and <iash- 
ler ranks during the past year, Pub- 
lix is beginning to throw the spot- 
light of publicity oh persons caught 
with the goods. This week the en- 
tire: circuit win be advised of the 
latest case of gypping to come to 

notice. i ' 

Presumed purpose in telling of the 
confession of Jacob Claar, assistant 
manager of Paramount, Newport 
News, Va., through house organ 
channels, is to place every manager 
on guard, with the subtle hint that 
in future anyone embezzling funds 
will not be spared, regardless. In 
the past when the industry uncov- 
ered thievery, tendency had been to 
soft-pedal names and details. 



Chi Help Wanted Ads 
Lead to Projedioii 
Schoot$350 Tuition 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Help wanted advertising in the 
local dallies is being used by the 
Callforhla Operators Traihing Asso- 
ciation, Room 906, 6 N. Clark J9treet. 
H. Paul McManus, In Interviewing 
applicants, offers to make them pro- 
ficient in sound projection engineer- 
ing, or theatre projection for $360 
tuition. , ; 

Full course is given in Abington, 
III., where the association claims to 
own a theatre. Film Daily Tear 
Book lists .no theatre there. Popu- 
lation of' Abington Is 2,771. ': It's the 
first name in the Illinois census. 

For those!, who don't waht to 
matriculate at Abington a corre- 
spondence course la available at 
$160. No promises of employment 
are made, but affiliation with the 
Associated Projectionists of Amer- 
ica is mentioned. 

Just how graduates could get into 
the I. A. is one of the omissions. A 
monthly bulletin called 'Souhd 
Track' is oh display for the beheflt 
of prospective pupils. 



PUBI 



Sioux City, la, 
Orpheum will rebpen Oct. 14 on 
three-day schedule. Omer E. Ken- 
yon, manager. Five acts with films. 



Davenport, la. 
Orpheum, closed past three 
months, will be lighted Oct. 14 on a 
three-day-a-week schedule, Charley 
G. Branham, Publix manager In Des 
Moines, supervising. Roy Kautz re- 



lEPT. SHIETS 

Len t>aly Is \cult and Virginia 
Morris has resigned, due to illness 
from thei Paramount advertising 
department. New York. Both 
worked on press books under Bill 
Danzlgef. 

Louis Harris, formerly with the 
Calderone circuit on Long Island, 
and H. C. Dianson, who was with 
Hy Daab at Radio, have been 
brought in. 



tiirhs as orchestra leader and five 
acts of vaudeville will be played. 
House managei; not yet appointed. 

The Spencer, Rock Island, second 
run, reopened Oct. 1. 

. E. L. Whitney of Charles City, la., 
purchased picture house in Pella, 
and will assume management at 
once. 

Los Angeles. 
Speed Borst replaces Al Hoffman 
as manager Fox Uptown. 



Newark. 

, Charles Mlchelson is assistant 
manager of Terminal-. He formerly 
ran the Butler, Butler, and the Co- 
lonial, Pompton Lakes. 

Dick Reilly manager of the re- 
opened Mosque. 



Woods, Chicago, Opening 



Chicago,' Oct. 10. 

Aaron Jones will again operate 
the Woods theatre on a straight 
picture policy. Prior to its adoption 
of burlesque the latter part of last 
season the Woods was so operated 
by Johnny Jones. Latter has since 
been operating a house in Highland 
Park and living there. 

Woods will make a new start Nov. 
1 buying product where and as it 
can. 



■ Chicago, Oct. 10. 
Chicago quietly dug a, hole and 
buried double features last week. 
By pr6arrangement the funeral was 
private. As far as possible the the- 
atres, acted like one . of those stern 
fathers who, having disowned an 
erring dftughter, pretends thwe 
npver was such i , critter. 

Also, shod with rubber heels was 
the other part of the city-wide 
agreement. It was hope"? that the 
public wouldn't hotlce that the 16c. 
cinema had been practically abol- 
ished. "The ISOc. minimum admis- 
sion, sneaked in as the extra fea- 
ture, sneaked out. Henceforth, 
iiouses charging less than 26c. will 
have to be patient. Their bids must 
wait until the 14th week of release. 

While these two major maneuvers ' 
were being accomplished with less 
thai! iO theatres In the area cling- 
ing to double features as their life- 
blood, most of . the larger houses 
scaled anywhere from 35-66c. were . 
clipping a nickle or a dime from 
their scale and throwing, all the 
emphasis upon the reduction in ad- 
missions. At the same time shorts 
were billed in great detail to make , 
the show look quantitative! 

Dailies last Monday ahd Tuesday 
were a mass 6t house ads; with 
prices in bold face dominating " 
everything else. That was the only - 
direct intimation the public received • 
that double . features were In Ge- 
henna. 

Confound Pecaimist* 

Film Row and the trade generally ' 
were surprised when the pact actu- 
ally went into effect. Previous .ef- 
forts to measure double features for 
a coffin had been defeated a,nd sim- 
ilar campaigns in other cities, as re- 
ported, did not furnish encouraging 
precedents^. However, when Chi- 
cago's coui> became a fait accompl) 
there was much congratulatory in- • 
terchange. 

Strangely enough, what grum- 
bling was heard during the first 
v^eet^ came from the circuits., indie 
exhibs. were uniformly ■ pleased. 
However, the circuits are morally 
obligated to give the single feature 
policy ,a fair .trial, which Film Row 
Interprets to mean until Jan. 1. 

Squawks, from the public were re- 
ported, but not numerous enough 
to frighten anybody. Managers 
agreed In advance that patrons 
would get over any peeve, espe- 
cially when they realized tiiat' the 
house around . the : corner was op- 
erating on a similar .basis. Most 
houses are -how offering a feature, 
one .two-reeler, three onie-reelefs 
and a newsreel. 

Chicago exhibitors have displayed 
exceptional unity and solidarity in 
putting through this reform and it 
is believed that after the first two 
or three weeks the necessary read- 
justments will be made and the 
single feature will be a boon to 
everyone; Including vaudeville book* 
era who have their fingers crossed. 



Hold 2 in Roger Shennaii 
Theatre, N. H., Hold-Up 

New Haven, Oct. 10. 

Leo Freiberger and John O'Brien 
and two women companions are be- 
ing held by the Cleveland police as 
suspects in holdup, of the local 
Roger Sherman theatre, New Haven, 
a week ago. 

Bandits broke into manager's of- 
fice as Sunday's receipts were be- 
ing counted and escaped with $1,450. 
Traced to Ohio by auto markers, 
men, are awaiting identification by 
local authorities. 



E. M. Loew's Indie Labor 

Worcester, Mass., Oct. 10. 

E, M. Loew, indie New England 
operator, has contracted to employ 
members of the Brotherhood of Mo 
tlon Picture Employes of North 
America, Inc., an Independent or 
ganization not affiliated with the 
American FederaCtlon of Labor. 

Loew's houses have been non- 
union operated for several years. 



Sue Theatre for Ground Rent 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 
Suit for $1,460, which represents 
rental on a ground lease since 1930, 
at $50 a month, has been filed la 
Municipal court by Stafford S. HaV- 
low against iHanseh Theatre Co., 
operating the Marcal in Hollywood 
blvd. 

Harlow is the assignee of C. F. 
Bvans, who owns the land on which 
the Marcal stands. 



RENA»'RATH6UN 

A PAIR OF "TIGHTS" 
This Week (Oct. 6), PoromoDiit,. 



FANCHON Sl MARCO Present 

SYLVIA CLARK 

In "HER BIRTHDAY PARTY" 

BOBBIE . KUHN at "UNCLC BOBBIE" 




MUENZER 



yiOLiN VIRTUOSO 

Has returned after four months of European tour and is appearing at Publix-Paramount-B. & K. Chicago Theatre, Chicago — as Concert 

Master of the Symphony Orchestra. 



56 VARISTT IButrfiy, Ololwr 11, 1932 

AGAIN 

F.&M.SETS 
NEWHIGHS 

FOR PROFIT ! 

Unprecedented success greets F. & M. 
de luxe stage shows everywhere 

Flo Ziegfeld^s 

WHOOPEE 

personally supervised by Eddie Cantor 

Opened to tremendous ovation 
Loew's State, Los Angeles 

L. A HERALD said,^^The opus major to date for Fanchon 6c Marco is achieved 
with ^Whoopee.' Tops all previous Loew's State shows. It is a grand production." 
L. A NEWS said,"*Whoopee' is the best musical show presented by Fanchon 6t 
Marco so far. F. & M. have done right by Flo Ziegfeld's show. It is a riot of laughs 
and music and pretty girls." 

® 

GEORGIA MINSTRELS 

A stn^sh hit colored revue! 

Busted the record set by ^^Irene^^at 
Fox West Coast Theatre, Long Beach, CoL 

The papers raved. L. A. NEWS said/^Tamous Georgia Minstrels' one of the most 
delightful $tage shows Fanchon 6* Marco ever staged." L. A EXAMINER said, 
^*How those boys are on the stage ! It's a grand stage show, and with all due respect 
to Messrs. Laurel and Hardy, and their current gi^le getter, the Georgia singers and 
dancers stop the program." L A HERALD said,/ A very imposing^ hot a»d 
tun^iil show." 

@ 

FANCHON & MARCO, inc. 

HGtt-LYWOOD • SAN HIANCISGO • SiAlTLl • MILWAUKEE • NEW YCMK 



These ate only two of the 
many de luxe Fanchon. & 
Macco attractions now on 
tour. Others getting' rave 
reviews and breaking box 
office records are: 

SALLY 

starring Maty Eaton 



with Kathtyoi CcawfbiRl and 
Bobby Watson 

THE DESERT 
SON6 

statring Petty Askam 

HOLLYWOOD 
COMEDIANS 

starring Teddy Joyce, Bea 
Tuipin, Snub Pollard, 
' Walter Hiers-, Lambetti 

FOLLOW 
THRU 

starring Joe Penncir and 
Olive Oisen ■ 

TED LEWIS 

and his Fanchon & Mateo 
Jubilee Show 



Tuesday* October 11, 19^2 



VAUBEViLLC 



VARIETY 



37 



6 RKO Vaude Weeb Out of Texas 
And Midwest, Leaving Only 13 



Further elimination pf vaudeville 
^ni take six more, weeks oft the 
BKO route by January 1. Districts 
irhere shows wlH drop out are Texas 
, and the middle west. Two and one 
baiic weeks for Fanchon and Marco 
are also elfected. This cuts the 
BKO book do^n to 13 weeks. 

The acts are slated to go out of 
San Antonio Nov. 3 . and by Jan. 1 
they will also be out of Dallas aiid 
Houston unless policies are rear- 
ranged before the new year. 

The F-M split weeks effected are 
Jn Akron, Cleveland and Omaha. 
RKO vaudeville also departs from 
these towns on the other halves by 

Nov. 1. ,' 

Charles Koerner, divisional direc- 
tor for RKO southern division, is 
currently In New York to isee the 
operating heads, H. B. Franklin and 
Herschel Stuart. Bill Raynor in 
charge of New England Is also in 
town to set the hew policy for F-M 
presentations at the Memorial, 
vSostpn. 



Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Qae Poster, Fanchon -Marco pro- 
ducer, left : here yesterday ( Sunday ) , 
for Boston where she will stage 
units in the RKO thedtre. 

These , units are separate from 
those put on at the .Metropolitan 
(Publix) there. 



COtUHBO AT N.Y. STATE 
DIRECT FROM CAPITOL 



. Russ Columbo and orchestra, at 
Loew's Capitol, New York,- this 
weelf, jump, direct tb the same cir- 

. cuit's other Broadway house,, the 
State, next week. 

■State will dispense with its regu- 
lar pit orchestra foi: the first time 
with .Columbo's orchestra doubling 
between' pit and stage. In addition 
to closing the vaudeville bill on the 
stage the visiting creW will accom- 
pany the rest of the bill from the 
trench. 

Following the Columbo week the 
house band returns. The Capitol 
has periodically repla'*,ed Its pit or- 
chestra with doubling name bands 
for some time. 



WHITEMAN FOR LOEW 

Playing Two October Weeks — ^^Back 
on Air for G. M.. 



Paul Whitemah has been booked 
for a couple of Loew dates. Opens 
for a week at the Valencia, Jamaica, 
this Friday (14) and follows this 
up with a week at the Metrdpolitan, 
Brooklyn. Salary is $6,000. 

■yVhiteinan returns to me air for 
General Motors during the second 
week (24), taking over the spot 
previously held by the G. M. 'Pa- 
rade of the States' program Mon- 
day nights. 



Heroless Cubs 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Brylsed and battered from 
their four straight defeats in 
the World Series, the Chicago 
Cuba disbanded withoiit any- 
one thrusting theatrical con- 
tracts at them. 

Balaban and Katz had been 
liikewarin before the Scries, 
but after Ruth and Oehrig left 
town the theatre boys just 
forgot about the matter. 



Albee's Will Ignores N. V. L and 
Gives 
Only 





Walters $36» 
$ Be(psl to Employee 



RKO Heads Overrule 
Agents on Oz Privileges 

Martin Beck and George Godfrey 
overruled the RKO agents' assooia-, 
tlon In the latter's barring of O. L. 
Oz from the booking floor. Oz, as 
the new agency partner of Jenle 

Jacob's, was given full floor privi' 
leges after the booking heads re- 
versed the association's previous 
decision. 

Miss Jacobs had been notified 
that the agents' board did not ob- 
ject to her partnership with Oz, but 
that the latter could not come on 
the floor. Oz was last on the floor 
In partnership with Phil Morris. 



Tho Biz Wasn't Bad 
Colored Show Folds 
As Geared Too High 

After a tough week of onenight- 
ere through Pennsylvania, Willie 
Edelsten brought in his colored va- 
riety road shpWt headed by Stepin 

Fetchit, last week. Caster-man- 
ager paid off everything. 

Colored troupe is deemed by 
Bdelsten to have been hooked up 
too high for a $1 top as biz wasn't 
bad. The nut was $3,600, of which 
Fetchit received $500 a week, with 
the company numbering 50 people 
including a 12-piece band. Outfit 
traveled by bus and scenery by 
trucks. 

Edelsten had Dave Lodge, Phila- 
delphia billposter, and Bill Horter, 
Philly printer, in with him orig- 
inally, but they bowed out. 

Ed Hutchinson, who was to have 
promoted the backing for another 
similar one night tour for a revue 
headed by .Mary Nolan, Jack 
Squires, Fre«i Hlldebrand and 
'Blackface' Eddie Nelson, failed to 
secure the necessary capital, and 
tedelstien's idea to send this troupe 
out is now cold. 



RKO Theatre Dept Steps 
On Ziegfeld Tab Deal 

RKO'fl theatre department's neg- 
ative vote called off the booking 
office's deal with Eddie Dowling by 
which the latter would have 

brought 27 Ziegfeld musicals into 
the RKO theatres' In tab form. 

Dowling obtained from BiUie 
Burke the tab rights to her late 
husband's shows from 1917 on', and 
commenced negotiations .With Mar- 
tin Beck through the Harry Fitz- 
gerald office. Dowling proposed to 
reproduce the shows with as many 
of the original cast members as 
possible. 



FLAN 'DRACULA.' AS TAB 

Bela^ Lugosi is planning a pic- 
ture house tour with .a condensed 
version of 'Dracula,' jtbe play iii 
which he would play the lead and 
produce it Ijimself. , 

Lugosi has opened negotiations 
with. Louis Cline, theatrical rep for 

Horace tiveright, who produced the 
play. 



Title Change, Layoff 

Hollywood, Oct. JO. 
F&M's 'Hi-Lights' has been 
changed to 'Spotlights.' Unit, laying 
oft. currently due to Loew's State 
policy shift to straight .sound, re- 
sumes its route at San Diepo next 
weekend. 

Walter Sachs in manager of the 
outfit. 



Kathryn Parsons and Band 

Kathryn Parsons, CBS suistaimnf.- 
i-egular, goe.H injo the Gates, Brook- 
lyn, Oct, 18, with a 13 piece band 
as the preliminary to a series of 
Loew dates. 

Miss Par.sons ban been on the 
network foi- the pa-st year, coming 
fi'om vaude where she h.id done a 
single. 



Revue Cast as Act 

A new act breaking In around 
New York includes Agnes Ayres, 
Bill Seabury, Ken Nichols, Lorena 
Wolcott, and Veres Deane. 

All, or.most, of the cast were re- 
cently in the co-operative touring 
revue, 'Merry-Go-ltound,' which quit 
after' being out about three weeks, 



SAILORS' HURRT CALL 

Three. Sailors iopened at the Pal 
ace. New York, Saturday (8) less 
than an hour after arriving from 
Toronto on a hurry call from the 
booking office. 

They replaced Hill and Hoffman, 
forced out at the last minute by 
illness. 



DOROTHY LEE AS ACT 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Dorothy Lee left here Sunday. .(Oj 
for Milwaukee where she opens Oct. 
14 for RKO. She is teamed with 
Billy Taft who appeared with her 
in ;the local musical, ' 'Kootlight.s.' 

Pair will use material from ihl.'^ 
production as their act. 



Mostly Conunish Squawks 
Among 14 Cases Up (or 
Arbitration by Agents 

Seven disputes over commission 
between agents were among the 14 
cases up for arbitration at the RKO 
agents' board meeting last week, 
in three instances the board re- 
scinded its own. previous decisions.; 

In on© reversal, commish from 
Sylvia and Clemence, for Indianap- 
olis and Louisville, was awarded to 
Ed Morse of Chicago. Previous rul- 
ing called for a.commish split with 
Weber-Simon. New ruling was on 
the grounds tha.t the bookings were 
niade prior to the present agreement 
between New York and Chicago 
agents. The board broke one of the 
association's rules by giving a rea- 
son for its decision. 

Nick Agneta was ordered to pay 
Najt. Sobel 6%- commission on the 
salary of Hollywood and Bartell, of 
'Radio Bogues,' for the life of his 
(Agneta's) contract with the team. 
Sobel filed the complaint. 

Richy Craig, Jr., was ordered to 
retain Harry Romm as his RKO 
agent. Craig had applied for a re- 
lease in order to sign a personal 
managemC|nt contract with Charlie 
Morrison. 

George Choos' request for com- 
mish on EJverett Marshall at the 
Albee, Brooklyn, was denied. Albce 
commish goes to Harry Romm, but 
Choos collects on Marshall's Palace 
salary this week. Romm cannot 
.submit the act further until matter 
of release from Choos & Kalcheim 
is settled. 

Complaint of Blondell & Mack 
against Lee Stewart, over commish 
from Jennie Goldstein at the Acad- 
emy, New York, was denied, but the 
act reverts to B. & M. for any future 
bookings.. 

Davis' Dual Split 

Jeff -Davis, Boston agent, must 
split commish with James Plunkett 
and Charlie Morrison on bookings 
for Norton and Smith and Harmon 
and Claxton. ■ In the Harmon and 
Claxton case a previous decision 
giving Davis all the commish was 
reversed. 

Weber- Simon voluntarily granted 
Claude and Marlon's request for re- 
lease, but the Max "Thellbn Troupe's 
bid for release from the same 
agency was denied. Also denied was 
Sybilla Bowhan's request for re- 
lease from Hari:y Seamon. 

Orville Stamm, Renoff, Renova 
and Bekefi, Seven Trojans, Barney 
Grant, Howard and Mack, Tarzan 
and Barto, Cunningham and Barto 
obtained automatic releases from 
Joe Sullivan, recently disenfran- 
chised. 

Application by Nat Sobel for per- 
mission to engage Shep Waldman 
as his associate on the floor was 
tiirned, down. Upon a request from 
Nick Agneta for a ruling as to the 
right of the William Morris office to 
submit one of hie acts for booking.^, 
the board ruled that the Morris 
office does not hold an official fran- 
chl.sc. 



Jewish Holidays Take 

Belle Baker Off Bill 

Declining to work on Yom Kippur 
(Monday), Belle iBaker made a last- 
minute decision to leave the stage 

show at Paramount, New York. 
Ruth Roye and . Frances Langford 
replaced. 

Miss Baker, at $4,000, played the 
Par last, week and .was to have, held 
over currently with the rest of the 
bill. 



Act Vacations on 
RKO; Arrived in N O. 
Month Ahead of Tnne 



Orowitx With Richman 

E. M. Orowitz will be in advance 
of Harry Richman for the MuhI- 
baum, Philly, reopening Oct. If!., for 
publicity pnrpo.seH, 

Orowitz ha.« latterly been in iho 
radio fl*-l(l. 



Blue Back for Allied Pix; 
Janney in 'Circus' Unit 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Monte Blue arrived here Wednes- 
day (6') to start at once on two fea- 
tui-es for M. H. Hoffman, for ' Al- 
lied release. , 

Actor withdrew from cast of F 
& M's 'Movie Circus' unit in Chi- 
cago, and will Join in three weehs. 
Leon Janney is replacing islue tem- 
porarily. 



Dallas, Oct. 10. 
It's costing RKO $50 weekly for 
four weeks to square a month's 
layoff by thie Three French Misses 
here, necessitated by a booking jam 
in the New York office. Act thought 
it was to open in New Orleans Sept. 
30, after a Week here, but foiirtd out 
that it got there a month ahead of 
time. 

After issuing the New Orleans 
contract to the French Misses the 
booking office gummed itself up with 
other bookings for that town and 
found itself unable to deliver the 
date until Oct. 28. 

The girls are spending a month's 
vacation here at RKO's expense, 
with the ■. remuneration to be allo- 
cated on their salary - for other and 
later RKO dates. 



MASTBAUM'S m NAME 
POLICY; 3 HEADUNERS 



Philadelphia, Oct, 10. 

The ' Ma^tbaum, , Philly's largest 
cinema and flagship of the Stanley- 
Warner chain, will reopen F*rlday 
(14), after being dark since early 
June. Relighting was promised 
several times before, but the infan- 
tile paralysis scare and general 
conditions kept the lioiise closed 
until now. 

FirjSt show has Harry Richman, 
Dorothy Jordan, and Benny Davis 
as triple headliners with the Three 
Diamond Bros., Marion Kingston 
and others on stage show bill. . Pic- 
ture Is 'Blondie of the Follies.' 
Milton. Charles will again be at the 
console. 



Trio Plan Act Based 
On Forhier Film Shorts 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Alberta Vaughn, Kit Guard and 
Al Cooke are preparing ah act 
written around their former series 
of two-reelers for F.B.O., 'The Tele- 
phone Girl.' Material is being 
turned oUt by Ralph Ceder, who di- 
rected these shorts. 

RKO is interested in the act, 
figuring Its patrons may remember 
the shorts which had their VeJ^ase 
In RKO houses. RiH Meiklejohn 
office is handling the trio. 



ANKA CHAITDLER'S SKIT 

Los Ajigelcs, Oct. 10. 

Anna Chandler is framing a ,sklt 
with Bobby Gordon which will be 
baaed on the picture, 'Blessed Event,' 
Gordon played In thin "WB picture. 

Act will break in for Sidney 
.Schallman in the F-WC on^ night- 
crs. 



Magicians Gather 

Syracuse, Oct. 10. 

Howa,rd Thurston, Mrs. Harry 
Hpudlnl and other names in riiaglc's 
realm will attend the annual : con- 
vention of the New York State di- 
vision of the Society of American 
Magicians here, Oct. 29. 

Other organizations to be repre- 
sented at the conclave will include 
the International Brotherhood of 
Magician.s, International Mentalist 
A.ssociation, Mystic Makers and In- 
ternational Magic Circle; . 



GOMEZ- WINONA FLY EAST 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Gomez and Winona left here Fri- 
day (7) by plane for New. York, 
where thc-y will play two weeks at 
the Capitol. Act finished :at Grau- 
! man's ChincJe Thursday if6). 
I Following this engagement team 
! I.s expected . to go into the Kddie 
! Cantor vaudc-revuo. Lyon.s and 
^ Lyons negotiated the booking. 



An estatie appraised last week at 
$3,837,614 gross and $3,L7i;0]2 net 
was left by the late E. F. Albee 
whose total personal wealth is es- 
tima:ted at $20,000,000. The rest of 
the $20,009,000, or thereabout.s, had 
been devotied to the establishment 
of large trust funds for immediate 
members of the family three years 
or more before the Keith- Albee 
president's death at Palm Beach, . 
Fla., on March 11* 1930 

Securities valued at $3,019,067 
coniprlsed .the bulk of the appraised 
eistate most of which consisted of 
holi^ings in the RKO corporation 
and its subsidiaries. Albee got 
$4,5X10,000 for the common stock in 
the company when passing control 
of the circuit to Joseph P. Kennedy. 

The family trust funds are said to 
contain the $5,000,000 received by 
Albee upon the merger of the Keith- 
Albc3 and Orpheum circuits, in ad- 
dition to the personal fortune com- 
piled by Albee during his , many 
years at the head of the then vast 
vaudeville interests. 

. Bequeats 
Mis. Laura F. Albee, the widow, 
was bequeathed the major share of 
the appraised estate, $2,067,612, 
which Included $1,000,000 In* cash, 
$45,951 In her husband's personal 
property, $176,000 in property at 
Mamaroneck, N. Y., and the resid- 
uary estate. Second largest bequest 
was a gift to J. Henry Walters of 
$362,807. Walters, a former State 
Senator and Albee's personal coun- 
sel, is with RKO In the legal de- 
partment. 

Edwin G. (Ted) Lauder, Albee's 
son -inrlaw and a former head of 
the K-A booking office, received 
$260,000. Reed A. Albee, son, re-r 
celved property at Larchmbnt worth 
$160,000. 

Other bequests to members of the 
family were a $100,000 trust fund to 
Edward Oakford, grand-nephew; 
life interest In $100,000 and $10,000 
cash each to P'ercy ' F. Albee, 
nephew, of Providence, and Grace 
Rose, niece, of Paris; $60,000 for 
life and $10,000 cash to Edna Kurd, 
of Narberth, Pa., anothef niece; 
$26,000 trust fuhds to Abbie Dickey, 
of Aliston, Mass.,. and Charles 
Page, pf South Braintree,: Mass., 
cousins; life Interest lii $36,000 to 
a sister- In-law, Millie Albee, Of 
Providence, and $10,000 in «ash to 
another sister-in-law, Mary E. 
Smith, of New York. 

The $362,807 gift to Walters was 
the only large bequest to an er-*- 
ploye. Other employes sharing were 
Phil Stern, Mae Woods, A. L. Rob- 
ertson and Harvey Watklns, $5,000 
each. Henry Chesterfield of the N. 
V; A. also got $5,000, as did BUI 
Mitchell,' a friend of the. deceased, 
Charlie Woodley, cblored porter In 
the booking office for many years, 
received $1,000. 

N. V. A. [griored — And Reasons 
The N.V.A. received nothing, be- 
cause, according to the will, those 
who succeeded Albee in the man- 
agement of the actors' club 'have 
summarily dispensed . with my 
services, support and. co-operation.* 
Instead, the N.V.A.'s. British equiw 
alent. Variety Artists' Benevolent 
Fund, received $60,000. Other pub- 
lic bequests were $26,000 to ^t. 
John's Episcopal Church of Larch- 
mbht and $100,000 each to the 
Percy W'llllanlis Ilpnie and tbe 
Actors Fund of America. It w4B 
known shortly after Albee's death 
that he had cut off the N.V.A. In tiis 
will. 

About $1,000,000 in municipal 
bonds, 4,405 shares of Keith-Albee- 
Orpheum Corp. stock, appraised at 
$166,288; -2,000 shares of Radlo- 
Keith-Orpheum, worth $74,250; 
$104,000 of BKO debentures; $77,- 
9fl4 in stock of the EFA Operating 
Corp. and B. F. Keith Corp. bonds 
placed at $90,600 comprised ihe se- 
curity holdings. 

Among personal 'effects were a 
$7,500 pleasure boat and two oil 
paintings appraised at $3,000. 



Harry Cbniey Bankrupt 

Jfarry .7. Conley, vaudevillian, 
filed a voluntary petition in bank- 
ruptcy with the U, .S. Court In New 
York. . . 

Liahilitics are listed as J6.0ltS and 
a.ssetH as none. 



38 



VARIETY 



VA U B E V I L L E 



Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



LONDON 'EVENING NEWS' 

"SomethLing new in va- 
riety is provided at the Pal- 
ladium this week by two 
jliyenile performers, OElt- 
ALDINE and JQE, who 
dance, sing and per fdrm 
acrobatics. These dancers 
had. a great reception, espe- 
cially with ' an A p a c .h e 
dance." 

^^THE PERFORMER'' 
"GERALDINfi and JQE, 

thfi^ latest i;hportation,. this 
t i'.raMe: j uveniles, ; : delighted" 
and ihtrigued Us all^ Th^se 
clever kiddies are startling 
^l^in their versatilities. They 
were a riotous success." . 

r'^:' v . T!^i ki 

\'i . ■■ •■;;;> ■ : 

; *yARIETY NEWS^ 
"GERALDINE and JOE 

playing their first week in 
E^iigland stopped thie .show. 
I^eir offering is ;;yery ver- 
I satil^. ' The: apfilad^e was 
tremendous." 

PAT 11. 



Booked Indefinitely 



DIRECTION: 



FOSTERS' ACENCY 



LONDON 



iEEDEN & SCHUITZ 



1} 



NEW YORK 

HENRI LARHGUE 

PARIS 



BLUMBERG'S CHANGES 
IN CHICAGO RKO AREA 



Chicago, Oct. .10. 
i Nat© BlUmberg, Chlcagi? division 
director for RKO, loft laat Thurs- 
day (6) with Phll^ Reisman, sales 
manager, to' visit Denver,, Salt Lake 
and Omaha. He -wlH' return early 
this weeic. Blumberg will spend 
about a month here on this trip 
and thereafter will divide his time 
between New York and Chicago. 

Pjlverslde, Mllwaultee, , resumes 
RKO Vaudeville. Oct. 15 booked by 
Bill Howard. At the' same time 
vaudeville is. dropped in St. Louis 
where the RKO outposts will re- 
turn to straight pictured. ' , J 
Blumberg ordered the Orpheum, 
Sprlngflpld, and the Orpheum, 
Champagne, to a Sunday .vauSillm 
policy.. Both houses will plky five 
acts bobked from Chicago by Dick 
Bergen. 

Meanwhile, Dick Hoffman, who 
turned ovei' his RKO hook- to 
Bergen, has worked out' a' deal 
whereby' he stays with RKO In' 
charge of :the club depaHmientv . 



(Jieveland State Opens 
Oct. 14 wiA Vaude 



Inside Stid^^ 



NBC has prevailed upon RKO to refrain filom any further attempts 
to make an exclusive tieup with one oi^ -ithe New ' 7ork ■ dallies In 'con- 
nection with the circuit's Opportunity Contests. RKO tried with the 
'Journal' (Hearst)- and was turned down; presumably because of the 
Metro-Loew relationship. By playing with no one newspaper, ti\e net- 
work, contended, better publiblty breaks al£ .around .could be obtained , on: 
the contest's'flnalii with the promoters free, to Invite radio polumnlsts on 
the various New York- papers to act as judges. 

Eliminations are stlU being I^eld at the RKO nabe houses with each 
of these tied up with som^ borough dally or weekly. Working along with 
the Fordham and Coliseum is this <Brohx Journal,' with the Madison and 
Flushing the! .'Brooklyn Times-Union,', with the - Albee, Brooklyn, the 
'Long Island Daily Star,'- with the Kenmore, Brooklyn, the 'Northshore 
Journal' and with the 86th, the 'Stadts.Zeltung.' 



.With all last halves filled up and no first half nearer than Wllkos- 
Barre to play, the paid-up members of the Friars, while sitting arouiid 
discussing the series, decided last week to pick what they considered to 
be . the all-time star players of baseball. 

A tew old- timers like -Paul Block, who formerly owned the Newark 
Bears, were on the picking board, soi It Wasn't strictly a younger genera- 
tion affair. The selections were about evenly divided -between players of 
the old and new schools. 

"Team as chosen by the Friars reads: <Hal Chase, lb; Eddie Collins, 
2b; Pie Traynor. 3b; Honus Wagner, ap; Ty Cobb, If; Trls Speaker, cf; 
Babe Ruth, rf; Mickey Cochrane, c; Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, 
Lefty QroVe and Qrrover Cleveland-Alexander, pitchers. 



•V.,,' Cleveland, Oct. -l(k 
;Wlth'.uni6n troubles finally Ironed 
out, LoeW'^s State reopens this Prl- 
dtiy (14) with vaudfllm. Reopening 
bt the Hipp (RKO) Oct. .8, as a pop- 
priced grind, gives towia ■ a - total 
nlimber of eight . first runs ■ w toih 
a -radius of three 'blocks^. '-i^' ■ 
■ First bill for State to include 
James 'Barton, Ann Penplng^on, 
ChUtpn;anc|Thoma,3, Cha^^ 
• Song-Wi-iters dn Parade' "and' Five 
SIglns, with 'June 13' (Par) as open- 
ing film. Myron Roman's is-plece 
bknd goes into the pit' ■ and . win 
broadcast weekly;.; 

"W'lth tjie idea of giving the next 
door P'aj^^!e (llkO) some mdre coTn- 
pcitlt'loh .' in the way o£ hovei'ties, 
State. 'is Installing a 'Florida- Sun- 
shine' room, on mezzaninet. . tTsing 
ultra-violet lights, a. sand' nursery.^ 
for chHdre^ and an ice plaiii junit; 
for the inAtilriee checking of femme*?. 
packages of perishable meats -and 
;grocerfes. ! / ; 

'H. M.,, Addison, division mana.ger 
of local Loew circuit, is to manage 
house.^, Arthur Catlln, from Stlll- 
iriah, , ai\d . Stanley Gosnell, from 
Pjenn, Pittsburgh, appointed: assist-! 
ants.. Ted' .Teschner, treasurer, 

Frank Hines, shifted from RKO 
Palace to Hipp as manager assisted 
by Foster Schell, from Denver, Ted 
Thomeis,..; former local RKO city 
manager, iias stepped Into Hines' 
post at Palace with Sam Shubouf 
assistant. 



f»lttaburgfh'8 'V'arlety'Ciub, founded ''oyer a table in ChlldaC in 1927, and 
which has since grown to nation wl^e prominence, will resume its famed 
'Tip Top* dlnher thls winiter aiter a lapse of ohe year. Dinner will be held 
Novi 13 arid Is; to be, In the" form" 0'f a testimonial to James Balmer,'club 
president: for the last two years- 
Annual dinner draws theatrical celebj'ltles from everywhere as well as 
the ^ck of the B09laV and t;lvic leadens .bt i'ittsburgh Club, which .ha,d 
ite iiicepfltfn vrith "^Jtihn H; "Harrl9,'b'f 'the iiarrls theatre family, first won 
attention when it adopted a foundling p|,cked .up in the lobby of the 
Sheridan Square theatre four years agp. "Ch'iid has remained the. .club's 
charge ever since. ' ' i 



Dropping of stage shows at Loew's.. btate,., Los Angeles, in ifavor of; a 
straight sound .policy.- marks the pas^lnlg of ^e longest contiiluous stage 
policy in southern,: California. Fan,chon &. ikarco were first brought 
soiuth from 'Frisco' late in 19"24 to introduce their 'Ideas' at this do\yntown 
deluxier. \ ] . ■ ' ■'i; ■ 

Units produced la L. A. were 'rotated' rt^i^'th .and east, and weire the 
forerunner of the 'coast-td-cbast 'F-lA " route w'iilch materialized a few 
-years'ago. ■ ' 



Newark Inifie St(Nuii8 
Up Booidhg Offices; 
Declared Opposition 

As the result of a combined 6ppo< 
sltlfn declaration by the major 
booking offices,, vaudeville acts are 
being cautioned' i by their agents 
about playing the Indle Shubert, 
Newark, which started, in vaudeville 
last week, with Jack Allen booking. 

Loew, RKO, Warners a,nd Publlx, 
all at odds with the Newark musU 
clans' union at the time, mutually 
agreed to, drop their stage shows 
there last spring. The town re- 
mained stageless until Allen and 
Leo Juskbwltz opened the Newark 
Shubert pn a percentage deal with 
Morris Schlesinger, the lessor. 
House was formerly a legit subway 
stdrid. 

Entrance of the indie into the 
wide-open spots riled the circuits, 
whose Newark theatres are obtUged, 
by agreement, to remain in straight 
pictures until unloii differences are 
settled. 

Ageiita are advising their acts 
that word of the ppppslsh declara^ 
tlon \vas passed to them by the va- 
rious booking offices. ' 

The Shubert is playing eight-act 
combination bills ' oh a split for 
apples. 



In order to fill a half- week engagement at the Academy . In New York, 
Mel.Klee juoapejoC ail.tiie way from th^ RKO Orpheum, Minneapolis. 'He 
closed ther^ on Jg'r^day. .nigh.t a.nd,openecl iat the Academy .Wednesday;' 
It is believed , to .iMrOiie of . the longest V£udevilie jumps on record ' for a 
Uiree-day^ engagement; After hiS:'I;iaIJt-week- at the Academy;- Klee| rejoins 
the Texaa.Gulqan act flit Rochester, N. Y.' 

^'Talking.. about fhovlng yaude.' into, the RKO- Kenmore, Brooklyn.- 
I Fanchon. & Marco units may go into the RKO EmbOyd, Port Wayne, 
oh spilt -week basis... . . " ■ ' 



Even acrp'b.ats .are beginning to condense their routines, and on their 
own, initiative, in an. effort tp make them appeal^ snappier to the bookers. 




K. 

a 

CARL 
FREED 

Material by' 
EDOENB CONRAD 

'Direction 
CDBTI8 ft ALLEN 



STAGE SHOW CHANCE 
FOR PUBUX-CAN; SPOTS 



MIDWEST BRIGHTENS 



Several ^Encouraging Omens Re- 
ported 



Chicago, Oct. 10.. 
Fresh vaude encouragement for the 
season which has been somewhat late 
in starting is reported from the 
William Morris office here. Fox 
Pla^sa, Kansas City, is slated for a 
full week to be booked by Sam 
Bramson. Paramount^ Des Moines, 
Publix, will be a last half. At the 
same time the Cecil, Mason City, 
[a.. Is ripe to resume vaudeville 
with Nan Elliott booking. 
- ' Peoria, open both halves, the 
Sheridan, Chicago, resuming' its 
stage' band, severiil lo-wa tbtvhs due 
to play RfCO yaude and..a. scatter- 
ing of more or less" hot prospects 
has the vaudeville fraternity perk- 
ing up. 



Publlx may. .open, up to stage 
shows above the border Ip the Fa- 
mous Players Canadian chain. Many 
of these theatres formerly played 
vaude regularly. 

J. J. Fitzglbbon, division chief of 
the . Canadian string, was in New 
York l8Uit week conferring on the 
matter along with other questions 
of policy and problems. Another, 
trip to New York will probably be 
made by Fitzglbbon shortly, at 
which time he Is expected! to go 
further Into details. 



SEATTLE STAGES LIGHT 



Due Next Week As Union Troubles 
Are Smoothed Out 



Vaude Back at Shea's Hip, 
Buff.; Century Stageless 

Buffalo, Oct. 10. 

Sta,ge shows at Shea's Century 
(Publlx) were discontinued this 
week, house going to straight pix. 

At the. same time, RKO vaudeville 
reopened at Shea's Hippodrome 
(Publi^t) ' after a year's absence. 



F-M's 'WhoopeeMnto 

RKO*s Frisco Gate 

San Francisco, Oct. 10. 
'Whoopee,' instead of playing the 
Warfield, San Francisco, Oct. 28, 
will be switched to UKO'.s Golden 
Gate. 

This Is upon iniiU'ucliona from 
Martin F.pck with the Horace Heidt 
band laying off that week. 



. 'Seattle, Oct. 10. 
: Stagehands and .nau'slclans. all set- 
tled In regard ta. hew contract with 
Fox West-Coast. Agreements 
reached between Frank . Newman, 
dlv. mgr.,- Easll Gray for stage- 
hands, and Wnilam Douglass for 
musicians. Means they go back on 
the job Oct, 20 or 211 

Probable 18 piece band at the 
Paramount, with Jules Buffano as 
leader, and FM units, with about 15 
piece band at" the Fifth Avenue with 
stage band presentation policy, Jack 
Cra-wford m.c.lng. 

Marks return of ' stage fare to 
Seattle, after four weeks. 




General &Kecutive Offices 

LOEWBUIIDIHC 

A N N E X 

leO WESX 46^ST* 

BRyant 9.7800 NEW YORK CITY 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' . ^^^^^^^mi^^i 

J. H; LUBIN 



OBNBRAL UANAOBB 



MARVIN H. SCHENCK 

BOOKIN<^ HANAOBB 



In by Plane to Book 

Units for Arkansas 

Hollywood, Oct. 10, 
Sol S. Harris, operator of the 

Arltau.sas theatre, Little BocU; 

came hero by plane today (Monday) 

to arrange bookings for Fanchon & 

Marco units. 
Han been, operating hla house for 

two years. 



DONATELLA 




I 

I'd*. 



"IN WAIT AND SEE'* 
This Weelt (Oct. 8), RKO PALACE, New York 

Direcikion BILLY JACKSON ' 



Taesday, October II, 1932 



YAUHE-BUBLESQUE 



VARIETY 



99 



RKO's State-Lake with 5 Acts on 
7-Act Budget Opposish to Palace 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 
First move to Bolve the problem 
o'f the State-Lake will be a tilt In 
price,' a. reduction In the number of 
acts and a hoped-for Improvement 
In the quality of the vaudeville. New 
flvc-act policy starts at once. 

' game budget, or perhaps stretched 
a bit, will buy thie five acts Instead 
of seven. House will up from '56c 
top to 76c. RKO believes that the 
cheap policy hasn't worked out aftd 

"points, further, to the fact that Mc- 
Vlckers and United Artists get 76c 
for ' straight • pictures and the 
Oriental with average istage shows 
no better than State-Lake gets 83c. 

Weakness of the State-Lake has 
been due to screen product. Altered 
policy Is not reported as contem- 
plating any diversion of the cream 
pictures from the Palace to the 
State-Lake, although the two 
houses now will be selling the Iden- 
tical type of shows and In compe- 
tition to each other. 

A: Name Weekry 

Op. the theory that the State- 
Lake has suffered In not having a 
headllner to 'sell' this deflclehcy 
win be remedied and henceforth at 
least one name will decorate the 
State -Lake marquee weekly. 

Both RKO houses will probably 
be equipped with permanent public 
address ampliflcaton systems. This 
Is because of the great number of 
radio acts booked by RKO and In- 
cidentally almost never seen In Bal- 
aban & Katz houses. Although 
many radio turns, notably the big- 
ger celebs, carry, their own mikes 
and an engineer at $100 weekly, 
other acts don't. In such Instances 
both houses have, had to rent p.o. 
equipment by the week and with 
disastrous results at times. 



MINSKYS ASK RECOUNT 
FROM COMM. GERAGHTY 



Hearing on the Mlnsky's requested 
rehearing of the Republic theatre 
license case, by License Commis- 
sioner Geraghty Is slated for today 
(Tuesday). Burlesque firm is ex- 
pected to offer new evidence pur- 
porting to show that the RepUtlic 
under Mirisky operation was not the 
detriment to 42d street that had 
been alleged; 

It was on tlie recommendation of 
Geraghty and the New York police 
department that the Republic's li- 
cense was revoked by order of 
Mayor McKee. 

The rehearing request is in lieu 
of an appeal from the Justice Shein 
tag decision, which gave the licence 
commissioner the right to close the 
theatre by revoking the license. 

Application by ' Max Rudriick for 
a license for his Eltlnge has not yet 
been granted by Geraghty. Rud 
nick's request differs from t.he Mln- 
skys' .in that the new ticket Is not 
wanted under the burlesque name 
Rudnick's proposed new policy Is 
musical stock under the title of 'El- 
tlnge Follies.' 



EMP. MAY CUT 
GUARANTEES 



MUWAUEEE VAUSE 

Milwaukee, Oct. 10. 

RKO , Riverside will resume vaud- 
111m Oct. 15. Concessions have been 
made by musicians and stage hands. 

Harry Bailey has returned as 
manager. < 



Norse Go for .Burlesk 

Stockholm, Oct. 1. 

Stockholm now has a burlesque 
show In- 'Tlttskapet.' twice nightly 
revue at the 360-seat Casino. 

Plenty of soubrette and beef trust 
with small chorus with smut given 
additional doses over the week-end. 
Show doing business and may last 
winter. 



RYAN »ii NOBL^HE 

Listen DE VITO and DENNY 

and DOT STEVENS 
"We Have Six Weeks Work" 



In order to keep the route Intact 
and the theatres in line, in face of 
a not very encouraging start, the 
Empire wheel Is considering cuts In 
guarantees below the present figure 
of $1,660 per show. Reductions won't 
be general but made only where 
business warrants local economy. 

With the regular guarantee down 
to $1,660 for companies of 26 people 
substantial reductions aren't, pos^i 
ble. The slices per sho w . probably 
won't amount to more than $200. 

Performers salaries aren't likely 
to be affected since they are already 
at bottom, with $60 and $75 for 
singles and $126 for teams the pres 
ent average In burlesque, wheel or 
stocks The difference will be car- 
ried by the wheel wherever cuts are 
necessary. ■' 

Further economies by Empire .are 
being attempted, one being in the 
transportation end. Troupes are 
using buses on the Pennsylvania 
one nigh ters and other short Jumpa 
where auto travel is possible, while 
the office is putting the shows on 
night boats instead of trains on the 
trips between New York, Albany 
and Providence. 



Upstate Chain Is 
Phying AD WGY 
Air Acts Available 



Schenectady. N; Y., Oct. 10. 
What may be the first case of a 
theatre chain booking a ra<4Io sta- 
tion's entire complement of acts 
available for personal appearances 
is that of the Smalley string in up- 
state New York. Smalley's Is pre- 
senting at its various theatres all 
the turns offered through the Art- 
ists* Service Bureau of WGY, Sche- 
nectady. Even. sketches are included 
In the batch. 

Artists are able to make automo- 
bile j'umps to arid from nearby 
towns without going off the air, but 
for the longer trips they are forced 
to drop broadcasting temporarily 
Most of the dates are. two and three- 
day affairs. WGY is giving the p. &. 
thing a strong pliig over the air. 



Must Curb Chiselers, Educate 
House Mgrs. if Vaude to Have 
Chance, Cbicago Bookers Say 



Show-House Mgrs. 
Pinched in Bidyn, 
But No Show Raid 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 
" If vaudeville has a chance In the 
Chicago district this fall reputable 
bookers are convinced that there 
must be an ethical code to prevent 
the chiselers, curbstone promoters, 
and petty "pirates from scuttling the 
ship before it Is launched. Such a 
code, although not formulate.d, 
would probably .have to contain 
these provisions: 

1— No home guard acts, hag beens, 
or. never wasits. 

2— Sell acts at a fixed price with 
theatre to pay^ .actors direct. 

3— Bookers take legitimate com- 
mission but discontinue practise of 
delivering a $100 show for $200. 

4^Theatre3 give as much pub- 
licity to vaudeville as to picture. 

5 — A fair trial for vaudeville to 
be considered not less than four 
weeks. ■ . 

Standai'^d bookers maintain that 
only tho worst kind of acts; can be 
cTellyered under the chiseling sys 
tern where the promoter buys his 
talent for one figure and sells It to 
the manager for another, Bookers 



Ed Ryan, as the manager of Em- 
pire wheel's 'Rarln* to Go,' and Har- 
old and ' Leonard Raymond, man- 
agers of the Star, Brooklyn, are oUt 

in $600 bail each| following their 
arrest. Wednesday (6) on Indecent 
performance cbargea. Hearing is 
set for Oct. 13 In Brooklyn magis- 
trates' court. 

Under the recently passed censor- 
ship lawt by which members of the 
cast are not held responsible, the 
arrests were confined to the front 
of the house. While Ryan and Ray- 
mond were arrested the show was 
permitted to go on. 'Absence of a 
raid on the show was the probable 
reason for the arrests escaping the 
attention of the dallies with little 
publicity resulting.' 

The arrests came as a surprise, 
since the Star had purified its 
shows, along with the other New 
York burlesque houses, following 
the Republic and Eltlnge scare. 



EMPKENOW 
HAS 14 SHOWS 



Empire Wheel 



Week October 10 

• P<g Rev— 'Worcester, Worcesier. 
Binplre QIpIb— L,. O. 
Facts, and Figures— Empire, Newark. 
Follies ot Pleasure— State, Bprlngfleld, 
Frivolities— Hudson, Union City. 
French Frolics— Orptaeum, Paterson. 
Gaieties of 1032— Capitol, Albany. 
Olrls From Dixie— Howard, Boston. 
Girls From Follies— Route .No. 1. 
Lalfin Thro— Modem, Providence. 
Legs and Iiaughter-rQayety, Wastatngton. 
Lid Lifters— Palace, Baltimore. 
Meriy W-hlrl- Academy, Pittsburgh. 
Rarln' to Go— Trocadero, Philadelphia. 
Step Lively, Oirls— Star, Brooklyn. ' 



•Frivolities' and 'Lid Lifters' are 
the respective titles of the twO new 
Empire! wheel shows recruited from 
the stock' companies In Paterson 
and Pittsburgh" as the opening wheel 
attractions In those towns. They 
increase the . number of shows on 
the wheel to 14. 

'Frivolities' cast Includes Shorty 
McAllister, Johnny Weber, Jyes La- 
Rue, lilarvln Harmon, EVely'n Whit 
ne'y, Vivian Sullivan, Helen Green, 
Jean Rose, Charlie Smith,'and Abe 
Shore. 

'Lid Lifters' has a3 Its principals 
Hap Freyer, Boots Rush, Roy, But- 
ler, Lew Petel, Mary Walton, Olga 
Petronn, Ann Mitchell, Four Merry- 
makers. . ' 



BEABINO OBFH'S CHANOE 

Reading, Pa., Oct. 10. 
Because of a more advantageous 
booking arrangement In another 
city on the Empire circuit, manager 
Ben Levlne of the O-pheum, has 
changed his two days, matinees and 
nights, each week from Friday and 
Saturday to Tuesday and Wednes- 
day. 

Thus far warm, attendance has 
been off. 



claim that managers are consist- 
ently hiornswOggled and get just 
about half the quality they Could 
obtain If the money went to the 
acta direct minus only the legiti- 
mate commission. 

. Lukewarm Managers 
it Is also pointed. Out that the at- 
titude of house managers and cir- 
cuits needs . educating. Vaudeville 
has too few well wishers and too 
many picture minded execs always' 
with the knife but. Vaudeville sel- 
dom gets a fair trial or the support 
it needs. Ads in the' dailies and 
signs on tho marciuee reading, 'And 
five acts of vaudeville' Isn't mer- 
chandizing; 

Most pilcture men. have the notion 
that putting a vaudeville bill to- 
sethei^ Is simple and that anybody 
can do It. When thelt curbstone 
buddies book in three .singles and 
two teams the . managers wonder 
what's wrong with the bill. ' In 
'ormer years when vaudeville was 
king a man spent half a dozen sea^ 
sons as an assistant befbr.e he was 
deemed qualified to book a vaude- 
ville bill, yet today any chiseler 
calls himself a booker and Is ap- 
cepted without challenge. 

Every time an exhibitor throws 
vaudeville out he spreads the poison 
against all- vaudeville. It's tough 
enough to break down sales resist- 
ance against the 'horrible examples* 
that the theatre managers points to 
say the bookers. 

Chiselers Cramp Move - . 
Fear that the chiselers will cramp. 
and ultimately freeze the present 
vaude outlook In this sector for a 
little business has the reputable of- 
fices grumbling. But they're not 
able to do much about It so long as 
.the picture men think only of cosi 
and seem unwlllintr to analyze 
vaudeville, Its good and bad points, 
its requirements In the;, .way of Ex- 
ploitation,' and the shofteightedness 
of doing It the wrong way. ' 

Willingness of the biggest cir- 
cuits, to deaL. with the ipluhks in the 
booking ranks Is the most, dlecour-^ 
aging element. This. Is explained 
as due to the picture circuits being 
by nature hos'tile' to vaudeville arid 
when resorting to it, doing so on a 
skimpy scale that dooms it to the 
failure most of the picture men ex- 
pect in advance and almost seem to 
hope for. ' 



DeVITO m DENNY 

Dud DOT STEVENS 

/Answering 
RYAN and NOBLETTE 
"—There you go bragging again" 



IN APPRECIATION TO MY MANY FRIENDS 





BARITONE 



Headlining Now at RKO PALACE; New York, fN//eek Oct 8) 
Metropolitan 0|K!ra--RADIO PHjHIREMadk^^ Scandals of 1931" 

10 MONTHS AT EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL, CHICAGO, NOW TERRACE GARDEN— LIMITED ENGAGEMENT 

CHAS. A6NEW and His Orclaestra 

PLAYING PALACE THEATRE, CHICAGO, THIS WEEK 
nHO.^DCASTING St'NDAVS— 1;30-2:00 p. M. <C8t),"TEA8TFOAM" PROGKAM— N.B.C. NAT10?iAl. HOOKlir 



40 VAXiETr VAiWE M#PSE WEVIEWS Tawday, OetobCT 11, 1932 




HIPP, BALTIMORE 

* Btdtl'more,. Oct. 7. 

The raude show here Is giving 
proof of the exceptional flexibility 
of variety entertainment. 

So much may be seen from com- 
parinflT the Blanche Calloway show 
with the Kate Smith unit the prevU 
oua week,, and observlner the switch 
in the type of audience. No other 
entertainment could be' so mobile 
and so definite In tta reaction at 
the front gate. 

lAst week tna bouse was the 
Mecca, fqr the family chrcle. Kate- 
Smith was their show. It was elenn, 
sentimental and sweet almost to a 
syrupy extent. This week the 
house demonstrates that there's an- 
other type of audience, and that 
thete's a show directly aimed at 
them. And that they'll come. Hero 
was ah audience composed almost 
entirely of nien, and at the .flrgt 
show, too. It was an audience came 
for the hotter; louder kind of 
variety. And the fact that this 
house can ; cater to and puU both 
classes and types in alternate and 
consecutive weeks is worthy of a 
couple of bows both for the theatre 
and for vaude. 

It mleht have been just a luclty 
accident, but somebody must'^t 
credit for putting: alongside of the 
Calloway act a trio of turns . that . 
bleiided in perfectly, both from the 
performance standpoint and the 
type of material. There's iio deny- 
ing: that Miss Calloway's turn is 
brlnerlng In a rougher clicntelo> and 
somebody's shrewdness preceded 
this act with turns that were up the 
alley for a brash and noisy audi- 
ence.-.. - 



ALEC B. FRANCIS 

.Talk 

9 Mins.; One (Orapas) 

State- Lake, Chicago 

Alec B. I'Vancis, the white-haired 
character actor, got a reception on 
the second show Saturday that 
woiiM surprise most trade observers 
and that many a Hollywoodite of 
supiJO&edly greater sex appeal might 
wi-'II envy. So cordial was this out- 
bu'.s; that it gave credence to 
Francis' claims for consideration as 
a 'name.' • 

Jumping to the StaterXAke after 
only a preliminary dog date in 
fjong Beach; Cal., Francis followed 
the same booking sequence as Jose- 

' phlne Dunn-Gene Morgan last week. 
At the same time, to Indicate how 

' prevalent Hollywood names are In 
the varieties, there*s Ben Turpln, 
Walter Hlers and Snub Pollard, also 
in Chicago this week. 

Francis Is an attractive . flgur,e. 
He handles ■ himself gracefully, re- 
members to talk loud at least 80% 
of the time, but he arrived at the 
State-Lake in a bad state of un- 
preparation. He has no act. After 
that welcome he treats his fans to. 
a dry discourse on pictures that is 
unflavored/by personalities and un— 
punched by gags. He needs ma- 
terial, and in a hurry. An old style 
1926 'personal appearance' just 
won't do. 

- Francis might sneak, by with five 
or six good giggles in a bunch of 
talk, but he hasn't even. that. He 
ma^' be partly innocent as his own 
desire to do a sketch was reputedly 
spiked by his agents, who, however, 
grave him nothing better,- Land. • 



, CWY ROBERTSON . 
Tenor 

14 Mint.: Ono (Drapes) 
Palace, Chicago 

.Although Robertson . has played 
one picture house date this is the 
first , time he's appeared In vaude- 
vllle. 'And any uncertainties 'on 
bis part or anybody else's, as to 
' his adaptability for the varieties 
was - wiped away by his effortleisB 
click. 

Robertson chose to work at the 
I>alace. as he did In a St. Louis 
picture auditorium, from the or- 
chestra pit. He presents himself 
on the stage, says a few words, then 
moves down and stays there un- 
til finished. Returning -to the stage 
for his final bows and a few re- 
marlcs. Robertson exits. 

There is ho reason why Robert- 
son should not work this way. : It 
has the advantage of being unusuaL 
It's vaudeville license. On the pth- 
ei: hand it's no more necessary than 
the microphone he uses and if 
either the position or the sound box 
Is inappropriate In any house they 
can be easily dispensed with. 

Always personable, Robertson 
kept his professional dignity with- 
out inflicting it On anybody. In 
other words he can wear a cutaway 
without prejudicing the balcony. 

A little persiflage, gracefully in- 
teriSoIated, divides '. Robertson's 
brace of numbers. His most ex- 
tended song is 'Home on the Range,' 
cowboy ditty. Robertson alluded to 
his being froni Colorado and ranch 
life. 

His fine tenor voice, as always. 
Induces waves, of endorsement.. This 
combined with poise and classy 
sartarial setup makes him a cinch 
de luxe single. Land. 



DOROTHY JORDAN (4) 
Talk, Dance, Film 
Capitol, N. Y. 

Metro contract player, making a 
personal app at the Capitol, is her- 
alded by film 6Ups of her MGM 
performances, with the ingenue's 
voice dubl>ed on a. sound-track, pre- ' 
sumably. spieling light commentary' 
on the osculatory buslneds as the 
various male leads-T-Novarro, Mont- 
gomery, Gable; et al.-— go into a 
clinch with her. One of the clii^s 
Includes a still of a Chester Hale 
grroup to recall that Miss Jordan 
was one of . the Cap's ensemble 
steppers four years ago, before go- 
ing into pix. I 

The last of the clips la an en- 
semble number from one of Miss 
Jordan's earlier mMsical pictures, 
and this arises into a stage group, 
,as she's flanked by four yonng men 
in tails and wearing dominoes. 
That's part of the atmosphere for 
'Masquerade,' the - male foursome 
and Miss Jordan doing aii ensemble 
waltz, each pf the boys cutting-in 
on the other for. solo snatches with 
her. There's also a spiel by Benny 
Rubin, who m. c.'s the current Cap 
show, that, not every picture i^layer 
can be so at 'ease oh the rostrum, 
in person, and that gets audible 
audience approval, which is the best 
answer to Miss Jordan's stage im- 
pression. 

. The screen ingenue, is one of the 
'sweet' personalities among the 
younger crop of f emme leads, and 
there's no disputing her sympathetic 
eye-appeal. 

: She's a satisfactory enough name 
for an extra added attraction, as at 
the Cap, and while no wow, iior 
yet of strong b. o. calibre for- vital 
pulling power, she does right well 
by herself and won't hurt her 
chances any. 

Her quartet of male aides ;ln the 
ballroom stuff are anonymous. 

AJ>el. 

BAVARIAN PEASANTS BAND (IS) 
Novelty Band 

20fAinB.;rull . 
Orpheum, N. Y. ^ 

Billed as from radio, unit looks 
like any one of those German bands 
that used to function in the Ger- 
man restaurants- along East 86th 
street and that gained some noto- 
riety by openly disprading regular 
beer until the drys blanketed them 
all. 

Wear German peasant costume 
that looks like Boy Scout uniform 
gone color crazy, play the umph-ha 
style of music characteristic of the 
all-brass (save a clarinet or two) 
technique, two women do gawky 
dancing and a hard working comic 
cavorts (Sepp'l Burger).- These and 
a dolled up tenor who yodels wake 
up the personnel. Conductor is Karl 
Weiss. 

This . German-born . .TorkviUe 
crowd loved 'em. For that' house 
it's a good local feature, but It isn't 
general vaudeville 'at all, . Rush. 

ANN PR1CHARD (3) 
Dances 

13 Mins.; One, Two and Full 
Orpheum, N. Y. 

Opens with a song and dance 
number against a special drop in 
'one,' which leaves small impres- 
sion. Flies to black house drapes in 
two with one of the two men who 
assist girl opening with a smart but 
not unusual tap number. She comes 
on and sings, going into a legmania 
and control which has class, but is 
wasted on the ..family trade. Other 
male dancer follows with a second 
edition of taps. 

Finale is full stage with an ab- 
surd bit of dialog and then Miss 
Prichard mops with a ballet dance 
that even those who cannot judge 
realize must be good. All the act is 
right in that spot, for Miss Prichard 
does a. ballet routine that will stand 
comparison very nicely with any- 
thing in a similar line. 

If she could reframe the specialty 
to do two ballet numbers, cut but 
the song and the oftcning and 
smarten the work of her support, 
she would have big time stuff. Big 
time as it is, but handicapped by the 
trimmings. Chic. 



MODEL BAKERS (2) 
Clay Modeling 
3 Mins. in Two 
Orpheum, N. Y. 

I^ew only in the senise that it is 
not recorded. Small drop used sug-^ 
gests they have been at it for some 
time and evidently in the smaller 
houses since the drop has to be sup- 
plemented by a house drape, hardly 
covering half the area required. 
Backing is a bake shop with a 
couple" of flour barrels to complete 
the local color. V 

Two modeling stands and the t\^^o 
men work at the same time, the 
elder going for comeidy while the 
younger does Shakespeare, Queen 
Elizabeth and Washington.* The old 
man is most of, the act, working 
quickly and getting his effects in a 
deft fashion with ftags that have 
been around since the first clay 
modeller. 

For the familv trade it makes a 
capital opener because of the 
laughs it packs and the sure fire ef- 
fect of the clay cartoons. Chic. 



PALACE, PEORIA 

Peoria, xil, Oct. %■ 
Whenever a major picture theatre 
in the middle west chooses to go 
vaudfllm on the scale Implied by five 
acts each iialt lira news. Right now 
the usual seasonal prayers for a 
vaudeville revival have a slightly 
improved i^hance for an answer. 
There is need -for stimulants, for 
sometliing to sell on top of the pic- 
ture, that added value to appeal in 
iiard times ioi the instinct for get- 
ting a lot .at moderate cost. 

Peoria Is the second largest city 
in minola. That means 106,000, with 
another 60,000 added for the popu- 
lace within Chevrolet distance. 
Peoria Is also ,far enough froita Chi- 
cago, 160 miles, to be independent 
■of any. influence such as is evident 
in towtis like Joliet. That gives 
Peoria a -self rsufflclency that is the- 
atrically helpful. On top of which 
one pleasant and exceptional local 
lioast is: Peoria has not had a sin- 
gle bank failure. 
Several natives of Peoria queried 



CHARLES AQNEW ORCH. (18) 
Musicals 

32 Mins.; -Ftill (Cyelorama) 
Palace, Chicago 

Charles Agnew's is primarily a 
Chicago dance band. He followed 
Paul Whlteman at the Bdgewater 
Beach hotel and just finished ^ 
lengthy .. engagement there. , Cur- 
rently he's, at the Hotel Morrison, 
close enough to double into the Pal- 
ace.- 

As an entertaining band it needs 
a little more , seasoning. Btit the 
things that need fixing are minor. 
In the es{wintlals Agnew . bas a 
dandy aggregation which, with com- 
paratively little i>ollshing, could 
offer itself for regular bookings. 

At the Palace there was a stage 
wait before the act got' going and 
several small mlscues along the 
path, yet these did not prevent a : 
solid hit. . Agnew's bunch as It 
stood the flrst show was better, than 
the average run of vaudeville bands 
that come through. 

Busty Rhoadea, drummer, has au- 
thentic data on the proper sales- 
manship of a song. He has uggh In 
his work, knows what he's doing, 
and slaps each syllable with round- 
ed clearness against the rear parti- 
tion. Ijess piinchy, more syrrupy, is 
the tenor <A Clarence Jacobs. To- 
gether they are the nucleus of the 
glee club activities. 

Various novelties of a .musical 
nature were given a change of pace 
by two girl specialists. ' First, Dor- 
othy Vaughan (name may be 
wrong) contributed a clever bur- 
lesque on a vampy miss of the gay 
90's. Her costumie Is swell and her 
poise unlnipalred by the rather weak 
and recently popular song that is 
the vehicle for her ladylike clown- 
ing. Given a "better number this 
would be a, classic. As it was, she 
blazed through easily. 

Fast and 'snappy was Prltzie, tap 
dancer, and one of the best in the 
ladies' field. Audience could have 
stood an encore and Agnew wanted 
to give It, but she was unequal to 
the emergency, and was a little less 
than willing. Or . so it seemed in a 
rather unintelligible speech she 
made begging off . because there 
were four shows to do. It was the 
wrong spirit for an opening per- 
formance. 

. Agnew personally pounded the 
xylophone at the getaway, and in 
general speaks up and out in his 
announcements. A little nervous- 
ness crimped a couple of his 
speeches, but not importantly. 

Land. 



KAM PAI TRIO 

Contortionists 

8 Mins.; Three (Special) 

Academy, N. Y. 

Loolcs like theise three are a 
break off of some bigger Oriental 
outfit. Act includes one adult male 
and two youngsters, boy and girl. 
The kids do all the contortionist 
stuff and most of the fancy platter 
Juggling on bamboo poles, while the 
adult male merely stands In. 

Back drapes and hangings are 
black with Oriental embroidery ef- 
fects sewed on. Xighting nothing 
to brag and not particularly atmos- 
pheric, which is where the act needs 
some coaching. 

The kids do bcu:k bends and twine 
arms and legs around in any shape 
and style, offering nothing new but 
working expertly. Too slow, in the 
first place, and offers a slow open- 
ing act for the lesser spots. Fair 
reaction here on five-act bill. 
' Shan. 



JACK SILVER AND CO. (3) 
Acrobatics, Dancing. 
7 Mins.: Full 
Gi O. H, N. Y. 

Two men and a Blri. who are 
adept dancers, while the two men 
are good at hand-to-hand stuff on 
their own. Opens with tho trio in 
a neat tap number, the men go into 
their routine, girl comes back and 
the trio works agralii nicely. . 

Trio is using full stage here, 
which gives them too much st'age 
space and serves to limit their ac- 
tion. Two-thirds stage, at most is 
plenty, while a drop wouldn't hurt. 
They're okay either enders, but 
ought to work , a bit more on their 
.staging, only depai-tment they fall 
down in. Kauf. 



by 'Yariety^s* reviewer were voaiil- 
mous in declaring' that thetofm liad 
been neglected and kept os a 
skimpy diet theatrically. ' One ex- 
pressed it; 'We've been neglected so 
Jong we're out of the theatre Habit.' 
This playing down has meant the 
freieseout of everythlntf . except 
straight pictures, rations that most 
of the smaller cities grumble a good 
deal about, although : apparently 
never enough' to disturb the coi^- 
posure of Great States, the circuit 
that did such a thorough jpb of 
freezing through Illinois and In- 
diana. 

Peoria does not think of itself as 
a bad show town. Natives remark 
that a stock company of some time 
back did good business, that thto 
WliS Barn - Dance mopped' up re- 
cently, that Peoria will spend when 
thei attraction is there; and that they 
fork np ^2 to beior a single opera 
singer in recital, which Joliet. Au- 
rora, Slgln,Rockford, et cetera, will 
not do; 

They didn't laugh very heartily, 
at the. Palace vaudeville, but, then, 
there wasn't much to laugh at. The 
first bill, was poor. Possibly the' 
town is i^sty, unaccustomed to 
flesh, and performers might class it 
as 'tough.' That Is Ihsufnciehtly 
supported by evidence. They cer- 
tainly did fancy Frank liibuae. 

Palace, Peoria's newest house, 
represents the later epoch In thea- 
tre building. It came after the royal: 
sumptuousness of the Rialto, Joliet, 
and other gingerbread dreams. It 
was built with an economy of .deco- 
ration, a measured use of anything 
more costly than stucco. It's su- 
preme* embellishment is a fancy 
chandelier, which when illuminated 
with small purple bulbs hidden in 
the heart of the cut glass, gives a 
certain flashlness otherwise lack-, 
ing. One of the smaller overhead 
lights in the balcony was hung with 
glass tassels which kept tinkling to- 
gether' in a faint breeze. Thls'dis'- 
traction was most annoying during 
the feature, Warners 'Big City 
Blues,' ~ . 

A peppy and capable pit orchestra 
of eight gra.ve the acts dependable 
support. Theatre is oblong and,, in 
consequence, proscenium measure- 
ments are narrow. It seems like an 
easy enough ho.use from the per- 
former's standpoint, although in the 
balcony Sibylla Bowan could 
scarcely be beard. That Is more 
likely her fault, liowever, than the 
auditorium's. 

. Coniedy weakness doomed the in- 
augural bill to meagre response. 
Monroe Bros, got pretty good laughs 
opening, but Sibylla Bowan was a 
letdown, obtaining only scattered 
giggles. After so lukewarm a single 
it was deadly to follow with Made- 
line Patrice, a straight soprano. 
Miss Patrice has a quivering voice 
of the type which can slam over one 
good number, but is a wear-downer 
as a complete act. . Her gestures 
and movements are stilted in style. 
She did poorly. 

• There was further sameness when 
Llbuse and his formally garbed 
femme stooge looked like more 
music at the start. Later the bill 
was closed with Roy and Romero, 
and again the style of feminine at- 
tire was. the same — satin' evening 
gowns. It was a bill heavy on femi- 
ninity, but not sufficiently assorted. 
Audience sprang to life with Libuse, 
but the concluding act was too weak 
to cap the program with any mem- 
orable punch. Lots of passable spe- 
cialties but no sock in the Poy ond 
Romero flash. Land. 



PALACE, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Oct. 8. 

Guy , Robertson and Charles 
Agnew's orchestra, both locally 
popular, give the name strength to 
an exceptionally well balanced and 
smooth playing vaude line-up. Rob- 
ertson and Agnew are playing their 
first dates in vaudeville and are 
reviewed under New Acts. 

Astonishing to find White and 
Manning opening a show, but as 
booked it was the only spot for 
them. Their success was not less 
notable for the move. 

White and Manning and again 
Billy House, who was fourth, are 
reckbnable names for vaudeville and 
anybody, familiar, with vaude would 
know them. Actually the only un- 
known quantity was Forsythe, Sea- 
men and Farrell, deucing. This is 
of odd rnembershlp, a male slngei*; 
an oversize kibbltzlng singer of 
Kate Smith girth, and a girl dancer. 
Together they make good vaude- 
ville. Man has a splendid voice of 
baritone-bass register. Heftlg 
ma:ma is full of sparkle and whams 
across a number in a manner that 
predicts expanding reputation in 
time to come. Girl dancer handles 
some goof comedy well and fiashes 
through in the end with de luxe 
pirouettes. She wears white. Black 
would be better for her colorings. 
Her costume is not attractive, espe- 
cially with the sloppy sash on the 
hip. 

Billy House was remembered and 
welcomed like a victorious football 
team. House Was always in clover 
here. He's still cheating on his 
missus but somehow the familiar 
set-up always seem fresh, maybe 
because House changes the scenery 
and the cast. 

Unlversal's 'All American' on . the 
screen. Land. 



The opening act was okay, though 
largely by-the-way. DcWolf, Mad- 
cap (it used to be Medcalfe) and 
Ford. It's two-glrl and one-man 
dancing organlzatioin that's dressed 
well, while the big punches are the 
contortion bits of the man and the 
challenge interlude at the close. The 
fact that both the girls are lookers, 
and onei in particular goes in ,for 
opera hose for her pony tap, made it 
OK No. 1 for the male mob in here. 
In the next turn were Brooks and 
Murray, who were an ui^iexpected 
show stopper on some cross-talk 
and songs. The two girls talk 
double-entendre for laughs and sing 
sentimentally, but loudi for ap- 
plause. It's an act with a touch of 
crudeness,. but for this audience it 
was great stuff , 

The Brooks and Murray turn has 
a swipe of burlesque fiayor, and the 
same goes' for Summers and Hunt, 
third and neixt to closing. That 
hoopskirt and gay 90's costuming 
gives these two a surefire opening 
Into innuendo comedy talk, and 
covered up a lot of bad-tasting 
stuff +'iat would have been brutal 
if (■ -.^. cd straight; But oft-color, 
indi^'j-edged or whatever, this turn 
got one of the best sessions ever. 
The more double meaning the 
louder , this house whistled. 



HENRIETTA'S AFFAIRS («) 
Dancing Flash 

IB Mins.f One and Full (Special) 
Academy 

. Henrietta is -an Ann Pennington 
type, but dances fresher. Maybe 
the same Henrietta who started 
with Gli Bpag's 'Almanac' some 
three or four years ago and since 
has teamed with partners in vaude. 
Here she heads a unit of six tal- 
ented dancers in a fairly fast mov- 
ing piece that offers a fit finale 'or 
middle number for outlying house 
programs. 

One particular piece of graceful- 
ness! and charm Is the back bending 
and slow acrobatic dancing of 
Gloria Lee, brunet with a figure and 
face. The girl does two numbers, 
isecond a high kick, but her charm 
and personality besides her grace- 
ful dancing go over big. Looks 
worth production consideration. So 
does Henrietta, who does a stomp 
number for a specialty and other- 
Wise announces the numbers. Cute 
trick affd knows her dancing. 

A striking piece and maybe new is 
the phosphorescent adagio numl)er 
by two girls and a man, a reversal 
of the usual adagio turn which may 
have two men and a girl. "They 
Jump and dance and are swung to- 
gether or single by the boy in the 
middle against opaque backgrounds 
and multi-colored patched cloth cos- 
tumes. 

Opening bit Is a rehearsal scene 
that's only fair but from that point 
the specialities by the sextet bring 
the act Put. Second man of the 
group does a Russian knee bend 
while playing a hand organ for a 
slight comic angle. Otherwise the 
act's devoid of laugh.s. Closed a 
five-art bill here to good apnlause. 

Shan. 



And then there, was Blanche Cal- 
loway, with a close-cut dress to 
emphasize the wiggling, the Harlem 
rhumiba, the torch ditties. . It's a 
loud act on the colored band order, 
and good in its class. It's hot and 
fast. The only trouble here on the 
first show was its overlength. Ran 
at least' three numbers too long, so 
that the audience started walking. i 

In the turn there's Pegleg Bates 
tor a surefire dancing novelty, and 
the Three Brown Buddies, who offer 
nothing new in the way of colored 
hoofing. 

It Is another detail of smart book- 
ing to find that the picture is 'Hell's 
Highway' (Radio), Richard Dix f 
flicker dealing with the horrors of ^ 
a road chain gang. 

Besides the feature the screen j 

had Pathe news clips and a Clark ] 

and McCuIlough (radio) ' short, a 

Business was good. J 



ALBEE, BROOKLYN | 

A case of mistaken booking at the 1: 

Albee this week. Lew Leslie's j 

'Rhapsody in Black," a tab curtail- fc 

ment of a legit musical with en- ■■[ 

tlrely colored talent, occupies the i 

stage end. It's not a vaude show, 5 

and doesn't fit in a vaude house, I 

but worse yet, the entire outfit | 

played at the Paramount, across the , 

street, only a few months back. Im- f 
mediate effect was felt at the b.o. 
Oh opening day, .with the evening 

performance Saturday night way off. ; 

It's a good picture house unit, this I: 

'Rhapsody in Black,' and has gotten t- 

nice results In most of the theatres : ; 

it has ■ played.- But it's too quiet, | 

too restrained an entertainment for il 

music hall consumption. 5 

Ethel Waters is at the head of the J 

show aind has things pretty much 7 

all her own way. The Berry Bros. i 

aren't allowed stage time enough to > 

do much, but in their one dance im- { 

press nicely, and Pike Davis' Con tl- • { 

nental Orchestra., dislies out some < 

sweet rhythms. Cecil Mack's choir | 

goes through several numbers ef- ! 

fectively. Some question of taste ^ 

in their choice of 'Eli Eli' as one of ' 
the songs, but it probably passes as 

a, novelty. ij 

Entire thing shapes up more like | 

a genteel concert of negro music j' 
than anything else, and that's i)rob- 
ably not what vaude house piitions 
pay to see. '"Vanity Slreoi' (Col) 
on screen. Kauf. 

•j 



Tuesdnf, October 11, 1932 



VAIIK HOVSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



41 



PALACE, R Y. 

Do new acts at the Palace thiq 
'««ek, but a fairly fast and pleasant 
Siow Just turning the hour by two 
ninutes. Film feature 1b 'Blonde 
Venus,' with that apparently the 
draw, for the house Is better filled 
than the names would suggest. No 
standees through Saturday after- 
noon, but most seats, occupied even 
en the suiEtper show and ready to 
use the riopea later. 

Kverett Marshall: Is headlining 
and getting oyer nicely with three 
pongs Ixf A aingle 10-mlnute routine 
and a ttiree-niihute encore. Singer 
not only has a good voice, but he 
■knows how. to use It iWhlch is still 
more important, but it does not 
aeem that he knows much about 
picking. With those pipes he. might 
profit by . making at least one num- 
ber a pop classic, *i3omething that 
win ?lve dignity to the B<%ng pro- 
gram. Plenty of time to catch theni 
later with the pops, but It would 
probably help to open up with a 
eingle hi- hat) Voice Is too good to 
be entirely wasted on the tinpan 
product. It has nothing to do . with 
bis voice, 'but the contrast between 
his hands and his facial make-up is 
almost irritating. Uses a deep flesh 
grease for his face land his hands 
look almost bloodless. It would 
matter less if he did not gesticulate 
so much, but he keeps hia hands 
breast high and the contrast is bad. 
. . The Three Sailors are> in again 
and over as usual. They still liold 
their own over numerous copy acts, 
and they, had the house Jn an up- 
roar. The applause hit. of the show, 
though the act runs about the same. 

Opener- la Bonetella Brothers and 
.Carmen; .with Ma. and Pa dragged 
In to coax the' encore. The old 
people • are : ..on too. mtili play-\ip, 
but audiences still fall for the hoke. 
An act by orphans -would be a nov^ 
elty. The Father makes a good Job 
on the musette and Mother l>eats 
the tambourine like an endman,*but 
It's not worth the five minutes taken 
except as a time filler, stretching 
the turn to IS minutes; Up ahead 
the three boys hold two sessions 
with a pair of piano accordions and 
a reed, first a clarinet and later a 
saxophone. Two of them do a dance 
«lth Carmen that Just about edges 
over, and ths. girl "alone does a con- 
tor tion-acro bit that is helped ma- 
terially by the costuming, since the 
tricks are routine. 

Number two Is Sunkist Eddie Nel- 
'eo:i, to distinguish him from the 
cork artist .of the same name. He 
gets off to a clo-.T start with the uke 
In an oversized guitar , case. Still 
gets a laugh, but has some people 
wondering why. Things brighten 
when he brings on a personable girl 
for a bit of hula, and after that they 
give him a hand in the hope she'll 
be back, but she does not even share 
the bow. Nelson gets his stuff over 
With l^zy good humor, but things 
drag. Speedier work would help 
considerably.. His 17 minutes is too 
long. 

Closing are John and Mary Mason 
In a skating act consisting chiefly 
of spins. Nothing not done by 
others, but Ihe smart work, careful 
coistuming and good timing get it 
over to a harid. In some of the spins 
the girl Is swung so Close to the 
floor that her nose seems almost to 
touch, but it never quite does. 
That's the main feature of the act. 
it looks like something big. All the 
bits are sold solidly. 

Not an outstanding collection of 
tocts, but It pleases. Chic, 

ACADEMY, N. Y. 

They're imitating Broadway's 
be.°t dressed man at the Academy, 
currently — Schnozzle Durante. Pro- 
fessionally the imitation isn't so hot 
but the crowd recognized the at- 
tempt of one of the Rio Brothers 
and went for it- No Durante is 
made, 

The Rios undoubtedly have 
started what.. may be; a; hew fad, 
and pretty soon. schnozzola blowing 
will .be the accepted pastime of 
America, especially as the . cold 
weather approaches ' and^ winter's 
coming. Every blow will remind 
of Durante. 

Despite, this Durante interlude on 
the current half at the Academy, 
it won't be long before this Skourae 
bargain show, spot becomes eligible 
to sling the marquee legend that 
. its show hails directly from the new 
Roxy, in Radio City. This may hap- 
■pen In about two months. Radio 
City opens then. 

Pive-acter . current offers no 
standard for comparative observa- 
tion, but. offers customers their 
money's worth. The opener and 
closer are wholly new to the flies. 
And as far as 'name' value goes 
remaining three acts, although in- 
dividiially. okay^ a,re not what the 
theatre "coulS call l. 6. lure. In- 
.. eludes the personable Rios, dlgnifled 
Joe B. Howard, and the comedy 
team Of Ross and ' IMwards. Here 
they stepped out in second, third 
and next to closing in the order 
named. All satisfied lustily before 
a capacity audience Saturday night. 
■ Ross ,and. Edwards panicked. 
Ross' funny mannerisms and Ed- 
wards' reverse English chimed 4 
hearty harmony of laughs for the 
east siders. 

Kam Pal Trio opens. Oriental 
contortionists and platter Jugglers 



working In 'full' with special drapes. 
Two ot the three are kids, » boy 
and girl, who do most of the work. 

That made a slow opening as 
none of the stuff* although expertly 
done, , was fast . or new enough to' 
evoke enthusiastic audience re- 
sponse. Show actually got under 
way with the Rios, who might have 
exchanged spots w.ith Howard. 

Show slings, along okay from this 
point, but Henrietta's Affaira (New 
Acts), which closed, had to open 
to slow reaction, being a dance turn 
mostly, and coming after the laugh- 
ing team of Ross a;nd Edwards. 
Talented group of four girls and 
two men working all parts of the 
stage with ah unusual nuniber in 
an adagio bit; 

Howard in the mlddlie spot starts 
off with a modem piece and then 
brings on a femme trib for harmony 
work. Howard also dramatizes 'Old 
Man River' and winds up with 
phrases and choruses from his own 
compositions of a decade and more 
ago. Pleasfint all the way , through 
and okay .with ' customers. 

'Bird of ParadiW (RKO) on the 
screen. Shan. 



GRAND O.H.; N Y, 



Vaudeville, LcrndtMi 



Afteir ope week of single features 
the G. O. H. is biack to double fare 
currently with 'First Year' (Fox) 
and 'Exposed*^^ (Eagle). 

Vaude alignment stays the same, 
four acts, with most of It for the 
first half of the current stanza 
strongly on the hoof. It'is tap danc- 
ing in .the second act, some more 
tap dancing In the third act and a 
still another load of it In' thel flnal 
frame. Not a below par exhibit in 
any instance, but altosether too 
much of ' the same thing to feed 
them at O: single sitting. 

Despite the return to the double 
feature, business was slightly off 
this Saturday matinee, particularly 
in so far as the kid representation 
was concerned^ Mild, sunny after- 
noon' may have had a lot to do with 
it. . On the other- hand, the old 
standby horse opera wasn't included 
in the celluloid brace. 

For - the Grand O. H. Stanley 
Brothers and the blonde and nicely 
curved Mile. Atree measured up j 
four square as an opener. It's an 
iron Jaw affair that still packs a 
thrill for any audience that likes 
Its excitement from the start. From 
a neat curtain -lighting butterfly for- 
mation, the trio went into a routine 
of. web and trapeze Jaw-to-Jaw 
swinging that kept the eyes intent 
upon them and the palms whacking 
with frequent approval.' 

Next threesome, "Wentworth, 
Mann and 'Wentworth, turned out 
a crhck hoofing act that was ; try- 
ing to. turn comic and -wasting a . lot 
of time In the process. Collegiate 
rough and tumble efforts on the in- 
troduction, with profuse slapping 
and kicking of the torineau the main 
source of the katzeh jammer stu|^ 
pidities, garnered little but sustained 
silence. "Wasn't until the two girls 
and the youth got down to f undar 
mentals and showed how adroitly 
their tootsies could be made to be- 
have that the payee interest 
perked up. Response from then on 
set them down as the applause top- 
mounters of the afternoon. Trio 
standout is the taller of the girls, 
who tQsses them expertly be it 
either a toe tap or an eccentric 
shuffle. . Other girl unlimbered a 
nifty assortment of stylistic tappery 
of her own, while the lad hit off a 
softshoe that helped build up the 
flnal lap to a corking exit. 

Rube Demarest with a mixed pair 
of youngsters held the next spot to 
fjalriy generous returns; It wasn't 
th6 comedy exchange that helped 
much in that direction. Seems that 
the miginsieur'S gags were old even 
to. the kids up in the balcony. Any- 
way, the laugh response was pretty- 
meagre from either adult or juve 
source. But when the big -boy 
switched his routine to a massaging 
of the piano keys and to a trotting 
but of that little looker with the 
nimble; tfeppeHed the act took bn 
life, time; and color. Youth in the 
act proved not only awkward on the 
gag feeding but too obvious about 
his faking on the violin. 

Closing exhibit had the aspect of 
being one of those things that didn't 
Intend to stay intact very long. 
Impression gathered was that the 
sister team, the mixed pair and the 
acrobatic tapster hooked up on the 
qulckj pending the arrival of some- 
thing better individually. Act car- 
ries nothing but a black eye, and 
it's quite possible that the hanging 
Is a house appendage, and a title 
that lends itself to the turn's tem- 
porary purposes, 'Danceland Revue.' 
It's less a flash extravanganza than 
a collection of talent that knows it's 
business when it comes to treating 
the eye and sense of rhythm with a 
variety of terpsy. Sister team has 
everything that should go with a 
neat package of synchronized high 
kicks and turnovers, the single lad 
does a snappy outlay of acrobatic 
taps on the staircase and the Davey 
Jones-Peggy Healy end of the act 
team up smartly . oh dishing out 
more diversified taps. Odec 



liondon, Oct. 1. 
The 'Vaudeville theatre la the lat- 
est In the "West End to succumb to 
the continuous policy idea, making 
the eighth theatre in this field. 
House is owned by Gatti Brothers, 
millionaires who made their money 
in.the catering business. . 

The "Vaudeville has had a few 
flops recently,', and the owners have 
kept the theatre closed rather than 
accept all comers as tenants, ais has 
been customary with most. West 
End theatre oWners. 'Waiting for 
a good tenant to come along has 
proved a wise move for the Gattis, 
as In Geofrey Hope and Vivian 
Palmer they have found them- 
These boys, who have toured shows 
in the provinces for yeairs, with 
Palmer formerly associated -with 
Albert de Courville, have got hold 
of a healthy backer, a young and 
wealthy man named Hamilton 
Earle, who has put |60,060 at their 
disposal. Including bver $33,000, 
which is a year's rent In advance, 
which is almost unprecedented, as 
four weeks' advance Is always 
deemed satisfactory for any house. 

Show is oiie of those tinpre- 
tentlous efforts comprising a string 
of Sketches and scenettes, inter-: 
spersed with several fair quality 
vaudeville acts. 

Some of the sketches are cleverer 
than a good many seen In several 
West End revues recently. One, 
Jtled, 'Deaf and Daft,' is a coh- 
verjBation between man and: woman, 
both deaf, at a theatre. Idea was 
originally done In an Earl Carroll 
show a few seasons ago. Here it 
has been done In a touring reyue, 
and also in- vaudeville by Mills and 
Bobbie, a couinle who played Amer- 
ica a year ago. Hal Bryan, the 
comedian ot the show. Is -"credited' 
with- the writing of this bit 

Outstanding among the vaudeville 
acts were Keith "Wilbur, the New 
Zealander, who has toUred Ameri- 
can vaudeville; twice, and was 
srreatly handicapped by a bout of 
muscular rheumatism^ from which 
he only Just recovered. 

Marie Dayne, with Pierre de Cail- 
laux at the piano. Is presumed to 
be an American, but Is really the 
daughter of Giis Dale, of Dale and 
O'Malley, an English standard act 
many years ago. Dayne has played 
for Shuberts in a 'Wheeler . and 
Woolsey musical, baa personality 
and can put over a number. 

Les Urrutys; hand-to-hand bal- 
ancers, using a trampolin, were ex- 
cellent 

Earle and Eddie Franklyn, loose- 
limbed dancers, were a take-off of 
a good many others, scored. 

First part of the show ran the 
smoothest. A pair . of continental 
adagio danojers in a Spanish setting 
were out of the picture. 

Denis O'Neil - and Pat Thayer, 
oldtlmers reunited, sing their own 
compositions, and take up a lot of 
unnecessary room on a small stage. 

Prices of admission range from 
20 to SO cents, which is at least 25% 
cheaper than any West End theatre, 
and with the advantage of the the- 
atre's location on the Strand a 
happy hunting ground for provinr 
clals and colonials, should reap the 
beneflt of Its low scale. 

Playing four times dally, house 
can gross around )2,Q0Q per day, 
and it cost under |4,000 a week to 
break even.. 

Hope & Palmer have taken the 
house on a three years' lease, with 
further options,, and not likely to 
lose. Looks like a steady Income 
for years. 



enough with comic lyrics, and prob- 
ably for that reason leans to senti- 
mental ballads, using a pai-tlcularly 
mushy one for the finish, Girl has 
developed a distracting manner of 
gesture and is innocent of poise or 
stage ease. In No. 2 she passed 
mildly in a spot that wept for a 
comedy sock. 

O'Dohhell and Blair, with their 
trick house riot 'The Plasterers,' 
furnished ah interval, of vigorous 
fun, but for some reason this mob 
responded only half way. Act lias 
been cut to about 8 minutes or less 
and in that time doesn't, build to a 
climax. Nearest thing to a cres- 
cendo comes with' the break-away 
finish, but that arrives too suddenly 
to get full effect. It's on and gone 
before .the mob realizes what's go- 
ing on. A shrewd stager would 
build to it for a smash, blow-off. ' 
. Prank and Peter Trade, comedy 
song and dance : male pair, might 
have ^a-ved the day in hext-tb-clos- 
ing. but weren't up to the assign- 
ment. Have a mild opening in a 
song with comedy incidentals and 
then go to talk which lasts too long. 
Gags are. naive and tangled talk on 
the .'I know I know I know' order 
la tiresome, ' although these boyis 
esteem It so highly they use it as 
a sort of billing trade mark. ' When 
they eec to their fast and varied 
stepping, they have something sal- 
able and canny planting of this 
specialty in comedy surroundings 
would raise them several notches in 
the variety scale. 

Bavarian Peasants closed the 
show with a 20-minUte session that 
served well enough here In a for- 
eign neighborhood, mostly of Ger 
ma;n background, but it would die 
elsewhere, , JtHsh^ 



STATE, N Y. 



ORPHEUM, L. A. 

It Isn't often that the Loew book- 
ers assemble as uninspired and un- 
inspiring a family time bill as this 
one, which is mediocrity from No. 1 
to closing, with the accent bn the 
closing, to wit, the Bavarian Peas- 
ant Band (New Acts). Feature for 
the first half does little to compen- 
sate .for a dull frame up, being 'The 
Sporting Age' (Col.). 

The Yorkvllle clientele has been 
educated both to better stage shows 
and emphatically better pictures, 
since the house gets choice of Metro 
and Paramount secqnd runs to start 
with and the cream of the -market, 
having nobody to bid against in the 
neighborhood but the RKO 86th St. 

Neighborhood bookers have wide 
enough license In their picking and 
at a price pretty much anything 
goes, but the unforgivable error is 
to frame bills short on comedy, the 
element in which this agsregatlon 
falls down lamentably, particularly 
at the openihg. May'be the ellml- 
natfon of the nearby RKO stage 
show has invited, a Loew Jet-down, 
though the house has always been 
a sort of orphan on the booking end. 

Opening is a rather old fashioned 
filled turn in Jordan and Grace, 
man who twirls a drum major's 
baton and other articles and woman 



This week's vaudeville show is 
typical of " those that preceded the 
recent advent of the State Into a 
policy of bills having at least one 
name. Some have had more. 

It's what , used to be an average 
State vaude outlay with a good' 

standard turn next to shut, the 
usual acrobatic opener, a- typical No. 
2 act a variety mixture third and a 
flash closing. 

Currently house Is depending on 
'Grand Hotel' (M-G), on screen as 
the puller. Anyone coming around 
probably win do so principally to 
see the film. And what's on the 
stage will be acceptable. A few 
weeks ago, when the State had a 
strbng- b.o. picture, it plunged on 
the vaude, although no draw was 
bielieved needed from the stage. 

This week Loew's does not do 
that.. Neither did Loew's shoot the 
works on the rostrum when 'Hotel' 
played the Capitol. Perhaps -the 
runbut on a name stage, show by 
Loew's had some folks deciding 
they'd Just as well wait until the 
picture got Into their neighborhood. 

That could happen at the State, 
With gross under anticipations, but 
it's unlikely with the house differ- 
ing greatly from the Cap In many 
ways. Including scale. Friday night 
at 9 o'clock it was S.R.O. 

Due to the lengtii of 'Hotel' the 
lights are up on the stage only 66. 
minutes, that necessitating cutting 
on show. 

An audience generous on applause 
from the Gilbert Bros., who. open, 
down the line, probably is making 
the acts on show happy, though they 
may feel trimming down, as most 
actors feel. Is hurting them. 

The Gilberts opened the gusher 
of applause, running away with a 
hand that was little more than 
equaled by Cass, Mack and Owen. 
Boys present in a very smooth man- 
ner a hand-to-hand and horizontal- 
bar routine. 

No. 2 Sylvia Froos failed to make 
a showing rating much above fail-. 
She did four numbers, one' ah oldie, 
during which a lot of people in the 
audience started to chat^ and a 
medley of air pops, latter closing. 

The middle-of-the-biU turn Is 
that of Dave Harris and Co., His 
group includes Prankie, a stooge 
with a face even a stooge can't look 
at; the Carroll Sisters, dancers, and 
Ethel Rhea. Latter plays assistant 
oh the magic bits for Harris, saving 
air else for a hula dance bit at the 
flnish. She seeins walsted that way, 
but Harris apparently figures there'is 
enough leggery from the Carroll 
twain and Frankie with his soft 
shoe. 

Harris did quite nicely, cramming 
.into his act a Jot of routine. It's 
the sort of attraction that's appro-, 
priate'to the State and will do okay 
most anywhere without being a 
panic. 

It was "10 minutes for Cass. Mack 
and Owen, who probably cut the 
least, if any. A surefire act oi its 



MET, BROOKLYN 

Lou Holtz and his cane are in 
Brooklyn currently,- but the cane is 
on a pension. Mr. "Holtz has dis- 
covered that he doesn't need to. use 
the cane. to be dirty. He now uses 
the cane for decorative ^ptu-poses 
only and gets all the dirt over by 
spilling it verbally. 

He doesn't bother with subtlety or 
double entendre. He .merely trans- 
lates things into Yiddisli; If you're 
not Yiddish, of course, and If you 
haven't been, around when a few of 
the idioms in that language \yere 
spilled, it may all be over your head. 
In which case you will simply wbn- 
der 'whia.t. it is about, which is an- 
other thought. 

On paper the current show at the 
Metropolitan looks strong, and there 
are some high- spbls of entertain- , 
ment but the thing Just doesn't - 
happen to . work out. Holtz la the 
master of ceremonies. Diike 'Elling- 
ton and band are in the pit and on 
the stage,- with the rest of the en- 
tertainment falling into the hands 
of Frances Williams and June 
Knight. Meaning that (including 
the Ivy Anderson in Ellington's act) 
the bill contains three singera of 
the husky throat type and (except- 
ing the Charleston and Brysoft of 
the same Duke Ellington act) there 
are no dancers whatever. 

Holtz opens with some gags, then 
introes Miss Knight ,who does one 
number with him. Then Miss Wil- 
liams does three nuihbers and Miss 
Knight Comes back -for one more 
song. If it weren-'t for the fact that 
Holtz is on and off frequently dur- 
ing, all this, it would be tiresome, 
but he almost manages to save 
things. Or would— that is, if he re- 
stricted himself to being funny In- 
stead of blue. ■ 

At this stage Ellington's band 
clambers out of the pit and onto the 
stage for 20 minutes of sheer- en- 
tertainment. How those lads can 
play and sing and dance la, of 
course, theatre history. The point 
here Is that they not only save the : 
show— they make It 

For a flnish Holtz "and his chief 
stooge are on to do a hlll-blUy imi- 
tation, which Hbltz has conie.to be- 
lieve is- surefire. It's a^ pretty gbod 
imitation, even ff the- song is Just 
on the borderland of the blues, but 
why it ..should, close a show Is a 
question. No reiason why Elling- 
ton's band, couldn't have calmly 
closed the show and sent customers 
away satisfied. 

'Downstairs '(Metro), the John 
Gilbert flicker, gets a first run with 
the show ,and hlz opening night 
only (air. Kauf.. 



who plays banjo and accordion. , , 

Pair are trim in appearance and I '^1"^' ^ullt up In a .showmanly way 
work with spirit but they have The De Marco.«i, billed as Antonio 
nothing to offer a modern audience, and Rcnec, did only three numbers 
Type of act may be judged by fact land off. While graceful ballroom 
the man's flnish is manipulating a , dancers, sure, of thoir technique, the 
serpentine strip which belongs in ■ forepart of the act i's inclined to 



the era of sand painting and paper 
tearing. 

Lydia Harrlis got some attention 



drag. It's due in part to the waltz 
opening and the rather long piano 
duet following. After that the act 



a few years ago for her bluce sing- | gathers momfntum.. If the De 
ing. She has the voice, which fs : Marcos switfhod the waltz to I;itor, 
strictly that of a. coon shouter and opening -^vUh som^thinK flse, tho r-- 
wlthout any range, but no knack . .s-ult w(>uld probfilily he li'-llP". 



DOWNTOWN, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Oct. (T. 

Stage show runs heavy on 
dancing this week, - with consider- 
able similarity in several of the acts, 
A few recognized names; ho.wever, 
provide suitable diversion. Opening 
day show was badly laid out, with 
four of the first five acts running 
solidly to dancing and the fifth 
doing a little stepping. There's hot 
rhythm, eccentric and acrobatic' 
stepping, with lots of coniedy" In- 
jected, and the handful of pay cus- 
tomers didn't seem to mind the 
repetition. 

Three Dark Clouds, two dolored 
boys and a colored girl, open with 
a singing and stepping routine, 
that's above the ordinary. Gertrude 
Fisher ,a contortion dancer, with a 
pleasing personality, does a lot of 
split i;olls, as well as some dlfilcult 
body maneuvers. She's cute and 
talented. 

Trey spot has Wilmot, Peters and 
Co., a. pair bf nimble eccentric step- 
pers and a girl hula wl?gler. With 
a hula interpretation also on. the 
screen (news reel), the customers 
had their fill of the Hawaiian 
pastime. Boys indulge In some good 
gagging while prancing, and follow- 
ing the hula number they put on a 
burlesqlie of that dance that's a 
mop-up. 

Don Cummins, comedy roper,' fol- 
lows. His rope manipulation is oke, 
but there's no. place in his routine 
for the Exposed shirt tall, which 
doesn't fit him a bit. Boy should 
stick to his onions. 

Another dancing act brings Ward, 
Pinkie and, Terry, two men and a 
girl, who are, of the knockabout 
type, and engage in acrobatic hoof- 
ing and nonsense. Their slow 
motion bit is funny. Topliner is 
Jue Fong, Chinese tenor, who- is 
still doing his customary routine. 
Pipes were in great shape today, 
and he clicked with each number. 
It might be good biz for him to 
substitute another and more timely 
number than !Mandalay' for his en- 
core. 

Closing 'spot allotted to the Three 
Rounders (male), comedy acrobats. 
They work hard and fast, antV wind 
up the bill satisfactorily. Sf'reen 
had 'The La.st Mile' (WB). Univ. 
News and Columnists Xew.s topics. 
Biz bad at Inltlaler. 



Carman, Philly, Drops Vode 
Philadelphia, Oct 10. 
George T. erax'cn.stine has discon- 
tinued the vaufl^'vlllo policy at the 
Carmnn, nabe. 
Coinff sti'iilght pjjc. I^tayos Pny'm 
only vaude house in neighbor- 



of selling herself. She does well 



Char. ,hood. 



42 



VARIETY 



WnM HOUSE REVIEWS 



Taesdi^, October 11; 1932 



eAPITOL,N,Y. 

9 

New Tork. Oct. 7, 

Just a so-so show at the Cap al- 
though punctuated with better 
names than last week, but the effect 
is eciuallv as sluggish. Irene Bor- 
donl Bind Dorothy Jordan, Metro 
contract player, are the femme at- 
tractions. Benny Rubin Is the hold- 
over m. c. and Buss Columbo and 
his orchestra and the Three Keys 
are two radio entries, 

oh paper It looks oke, but it 
doesn't work but that way some- 
how. Rubin worked hard, often 
perhaps a bit too hard, foiling with 
everybody. ■-■ . 

Presentation opens with Miss 
Jordan (New Acts). \. , 

The Three Keys - making their 
stage debut under NBC-Harry Le- 
netska auspices, after a preliminary 
air buildup, somehow didn't register 
as was expected. They're sizzHngly 
hot— no doubt about that. They're 
dlflCereftt" and could be a decided 
click but they missed Are on their 
Initial presentation. • • Main fault Is 
the wrong routining. . Numbers are 
In the same tempo of jazzique. They, 
should breaik it up with, the, sweet- 
'n'hot stuff, as for example -thil 
*Par<».dise' - number, which they have 
done so effectively on the air. 
Theirs, -at the Cap, is a rather mon- 
otonous succession of rhythm- num- 
bers. As. to their individuality. 



ROXY 

New York. Oct. 7. . ; 
Four specialty acts from the va-! 
riety field bolster up the house staff : 
this week and the combination 
makes for a satisfying, though 
name-less, efntertainment. Produc- 
tlonally everything's up to average, 
which means presence of the usual 
Roxy colorful costuming and niount-- 

inp. • , , 

The Diamond Boys. Dick and 
Edith Barstow, and liUciUe : Page, 
each with their own spot, and 
Capt. Willie Maiiss are the yiisiting 
talent. Mauss' complete revolutions' 
on a bike inoide a lighted wheel are ; 
used ;to close the. program spectac-; 
ularly. It's a . new spot : f pir : papt. 
.Willie who usually opens- 'em-.up- in; 
vaudeville. He'« following plenty of ■ 
color- here; but not - much action, i 
which gives the bike- -stunt; more: 
than its oustomiiry. edge. . : 

Miss Page, who first ctkme .io. no- 
tice in last ' year's; 'Vanities,'; .per- 
forms her -aerobatic routine, in .front 
of the house line as the tppper- in a- 
sightly production item; She : was 



he piut acrosa at least two oC thd 
three numbers he sanff. 

In corporatlnff lo their routine 
several hbko tricks that were new 
to professlonail observers, liowe, 
BernofC and Wemsley have a tough 
act, but as easy Butcess with It. 
Their atuH Is' certain to give any 
house full value oh the pay en- 
velope. 

An unprogrammed girl did In- 
termttteht solo hoofing: during the. 
production numbers. • And oke. 

Bxceptlonal publicity was ac- 
corded the return of Hans Muenzer 
as concert ' niaster i(flrst violin) of 
the house orchestra; He got* an 
eulogistic welcoti^e' In a trailer and- 
toQk a cadenza^ standing' up^ In: the 
midst 'Of -.•Caft>ri9e . Espagrtole'- : dl-. 
re'eted by 'Joseph lilttau; 'Muenxer. 
is classified' as 'something' of a 
matinee IdqV by Balaban '& Katz.' 
'° Recdgriitlbn- of ' the <musIcalCstal-; 
warts of thb '.Chlc^iso should; Include' 
Louis -Adrlcih.' the -reliIabI<B- -fiddler 
who steps -Ihtb the' leadier's Job' at 
those mbmehts when ' the spotlight 
Isn't on the hydraulic pit. ' Lilttaa 
db^s 'riot conduct ; the- stage ; show; 
Adrtah - 'does./ . And ..with plenty of 



the-leadlng . applause, grabber .at the 

-Friday evening performance. .Scene- assurance and ability.- 
leading up to this-specialty -includes ' 
phosphorized V costumes and - batik- , 
drop and involves dancing ; by the 
ballet, siiiglng by the house chorus - 
and: an old> time serpentine- '(tape 
swinging) bit by two men' billed as 
there's no gainsaying thit. That I Peterson and Xlvoff. 
guitarist is the hottest yet and the Joseph Griffin, staff tenor, and the 
warbler and pianist are ditto. They male chorus open the show with a 
could stay away from the mike a military strain, followed by the early 
bit more and thus dodge the too planting of one of the most Inter- 
forte amplification. Otherwise they esting production no.yelties- seen 
look nice In their mess jackets and .here In a long while. - The set is a,ri 
formal trousers. animal cage and the ballet girls are 

Miss Bordonl' spoke loo much be- costumed like a troupe, of lioris; 
tween songs. • She opened with They go through the paces to whip 
•Mardl Gras' r.nd then pulled an cracking by 'a male 'trainer.' Ganjou 
American flag introductory about Bros, and Louise Gay, which sounds 
her countryman, Chevalier, In pre- Uke an adagio, trio, were billed but 
lude to the Valehtlna' Impression. didn't show. The whip cracker 
Riiss Columbo and his orchiestra missed top often and from the half- 
closed. Apart from doing a bit too w;ay to the finish the audience ap- 
much, especially . after that long peared to be guessing whether he'd 
show, just why he needs the band crack the whip or miss the next 
Is something to think about. The time, which detracted from the girls. 

act Is all Columbo and whether the Better handling of the whip and a 

regular pit band, or an organist, for little more speed In the line work appearance than the usual male 
that • matter, accompanies him, or J- ouId have made this a tough num- chorus string. Holland and knight 
whether it's his. own musical ag- her for the rest of the show to fol- ©n for their first ballroom dance, 



. First iSTatlonal's ;Cablh Int the Got;- 
ton Is the screen piece, de resistance 
and bperiihg.- day trade ' presaged ' «i 
light gross, ' ; ; - Land. 

FOX, BROOiCLYN 

Brooklyn, Oct. 7. 
Jack Holland and Jutie . Knight 
head the F-M 'Night- Club' Idea- this 
\veek and hold their end tip well. 
Good support from a list of acts, 
but sho\v^ is , weak oh comedy. 

Production opens on a scene in 
the foyer of a French iilght club; 
with the six line girls as snappy 
maids checking the coats of the six 
boys v^hb form the other half of the 
mixed line. Go Into an opening 
dance punctuated by a comedy 
dance by a . boy. Then another line 
nun^er with the six boys, but along 
different lined. Boys make a better 



smoothly a,nd effectively done; Miss 



mWSREELS 



gregaUon, makes little difference. Jow. . _ ^ , . <,„.««ww, «^»,.v.,^., v.«..~. 

He could just do dust as well wUh r Diamond^ Boys have the next spot Knight Is extraordinarily graceful 
a pianist, or accompanying himself . with^thf full stage to themselves | and her long skirts add- much to the 
He evidences planlstic ability in one ajid their routine only slightly al- effectiveness of her steps. Holland 
Qf the specialties which includes tered. Sinall attendance refused to hg right alongside, and the pair get 
playing the violin, besides tlie piano S^"™„V'P^ the Diamond off to what constitutes a good hand 

although violin really is his Instru- knockabout work got 'em eventually ^^j. this audience. 

ment as it always does and at the fin- ' p v • 

For the Can engagement, of Ish the boys were In solid. As hard In -One, with a nondescript drop w 
coS. a sta£ band to dSe Into worke they set an example for ?nd the big song from 'PagllaccI' police graduation exercl-ses: balloon 
: ?riSt"ifitneV th^ scheme of U-n the Roxy theatre's two lines of by , Waly.. 

^h{^Ind^ldua"Tous^^^^ The Barstows, just back from Eu- action, and doesn't put the sock Into 

>«Sgency, ColuS 2s a radlS | rope. highlight the final scene With | . v"^, A**? 



EMBASSY 

Politics leads all at both newsreel 
theatres this week)' Coverage at the 
Embassy Is greater and more- com- 
plete. . . 

■^ere P-athe abbreviated the Gar- 
den show-tO a bull's eye of the "Tam- 
inany crowd a1»d- a few words from 

6'Brlbri',^ Po3?,-Hears't too'K. in a-ll-^de- 
J^Us .Iheludlng- the, reading of the 
entire. Walker . radlograni. ' , ■ , 

Luxer audience was>lmperyious to; 
the.- : Smltb^Ropsevelt. -handshake 
ljvhll» the Embassy fans; who.greet- 
ed-O'Brlenln -marked. sHehce.-'lauded 
this clip. , . • - s 
' .HooveyV In-' Des- Moines got - a vlir- 
tualf demonstration at^ the -Embassy. 
Fbx-Hearsf worked- In-, exclusiveis 
sat.', afternoon on Trubeie Davison; 
Wild 'Bill' Donovan,' and Al- Smith 
showing';- ; Sclimeling . the Empire 
buUd'Ihfi^ tower , .; . , * 

In. gienerai' coverage *of '.he.ws the 
Embassy program^ -was Indpresslve.' 
Probably the most Impottant horror 
scoop since Universal's exclusive on 
the Detroit solO flight, disaster w'eis 
P-H's ' view of- a crackrup on an 
English auto track. - Thiis clip was 
little short of a marvelous- exhibl- 
tioh of photographic technique. 'Sit- 
ting in the audience It would seem 
that the disaster had been staged 
for . the F-H ccimera. Lense . fol- 
lowed the. car around - the track and 
took- in every detail of the smash. 
3ody of the driver hurtling through 
the air and landing on the traclc 
was clearly perceptible through fly- 
Irig diebris. 

F-H -was a week behind Pathe on 
the Hutchinson family alibi and the 
former Kaisor at a beach resort, al 
tI)ough It covered both from differ 
ent aspects. 

Important scoop also was F-H's 
coverage of De "Valera's attack on 
the League of Nations. 

Other Embassy clips included 
Prince of Wales In Denmark; Mayor 
McKee pledging: support to national 
unemployment relief drive; Admiral 
Byrd on tax reduction flight; spawn 
ing salmon in Oregon; Bavarian 
bird doctor; Maryland horse race; 
amateur sluggers in IVIad. Garden; 



TRANSLUX 



All Saturday afternoon center 
aisle, the only one in the Luxcr, 
was congested. People were stand- 
ing most of the time .half-way to 
the screen. - 

Incidentally it's about, ^imc -tlio 
Luxer did one: or two things. With 
winter at the door .the Luxer's main 
title about ''a new ~imer program', 
is , getting shopwornv- . Also; . this - 
keeping people oh their feet for the 
.greater: part of an> entire program 
an4 , crowding the. place . until city 
regulatlohs .force the b. o.' window 
"to. close, could .;6e. remedied.-. There 
are another 2&0Mseats next door that 
have been cpllecting duet for the 
past lour . months. It seems that 
the overflow- . from the " surviving 
Ljui^er easily warrants " a- resurrec- 
tion of the disused half. 
.Aside from the political coverage 
there , is; little of note In the current 
hews program. . 

Universal's- views ' of Federal 
agents r destroying ; Newark liquor 
were. - seen at ■ the -Embassy last 
week;' • • . 

The voting for people in all walks 
of. life continues -to be intieresting 
as is Pathe's revival of the 'more 
jpbs' campaign which Universal in- 
trcduced. • 

With - a. little" more - evidence U's 
story of- the. sailor ' who now pre- 
sents himself as responsible for the 
'Fi-Isco' bombing,- and . not Tom 
Mooney, would be worthwhile. As 
it is presented- It doesn't register 
conviction. - 

The first Sing Sing football game 
of the: season Is .covered in similar 
manner .by both houses.- Tallcing 
reporter's cracks provide the Pathe 
coverage with more laughs. 

Pathe cameramen aiiout this time 
every year do a little mountalheer- 
ihg. Now .Mt Rainier is vaulted. 
Some couples will go to any ex- 
treme for marriage publicity. First 
to enter a lion's den for the cam-, 
era probably is the pair in Penn. 
caught by Pathe. 

Both theatres had iPremier Azana 
in Spain; some more about the Los 
Angeles stunt man. 

Other Luxer clips included: Mary 
Fickford ehtertaining child perform- 
ers; members of the DAR embark- 
ing for Europe; sinking of marble 
shaft for Mussolini- monument: teir- 
poon fishing in Mexico; Jewish Nev^ 
Year cbremonies; fashions. Waly. 



IMPERIAL^ TORONTO 



Biggest hand 



Toronto, Oct. 7. 
went to Maxine 



^oonerWlthTTlzeablT rep should It^^^^^^ *^*P^,?'/ «"una"c number for] 
, go. It alone. He. could do better ahead ©f Capt. Willie's wlndup. The ©"eot. 
that way In the long run, ho doubt brother and sister team boiled things Back to full stjage, but now In the 

As Is, the band, competent enough' down, to their stair number,., but it supper room, wlth.ojily a couple of Lewis. Customers couldn't get 
' and all that, is just a backer-upper was enougn. to give them, sock rat- tables oh ,the left, the space being enough of this petite torch singer, 
for the crooner. Only In one brief '"f, returns. needed for the specialties. Line Headllncir and m. c. is Charlie 

.eesslondo they get any scintillating * rank. Cambria s title for the opens 'with a waltz In the semi- Foy, who uses the Olsen- Johnson- 
opportunities. 5i .i® , !? Carnival.' The In- darkness, followed by Fritz and Murray formula of speedy nonsense. 
.. For the rest Rubin shifts In and J^^'dual production items follow Jean Hubert . In an acrobatic dance poy even has a stooge who does 
out, first In talis and then In tux, that theme with their striking back- which has something. Some of the the Milton Charleston jitters in 
He looks better in the dinner jacket srounds and wardrobes, girl's flips are much above '.average, cross-fire patter. 
He has some funny moments/ and '^'t symphony, led by DavId_Ross, including a couple of neat twisters Balalaika sexette open before a 
others not so funny. - went rather heavy this week to tise that would, be a credit to a male crazy set of cock-eyed dwellings for 
House has an attack of trallerltis second Hungarian Rhapsody for performer. King Brothers and Cully Russian medley as Olga and MIscha 
this week. Mebbe 'Smilin* Thru,' "JYerture. The tense attention on for the almost Inevitable nut for a waltz In Southern cos- 
.coming next week, Is aU that the fi^^^ overture by this audience, comic trio. They throw their hats tume, Incongruity of old time South- 
superlatives on the heralding trail- '"•'contrast to^ Its Indifferent atti- around and do prattfolls just like ern . dance marred by the use of a 

" "" Itude toward the stage proceedings, the others, but too mechanically Russian band. Four unbilled girls 
indicates that the Roxy manage- done to get the usual laughq. One lease on In 'one' for a seml-classic 
ment has cha,nged, but its custom- of the boys got a momentary break routine, silver costumes and grace 
rf^i- ^^ "^^^ **^*'"^t t° with a dance fragment but the turn of quartette drawing a warm re- 

ft f^r f'"^'*^ medium for a cll- is without lift and too formless. sponse. Foy and his sextette of 



ers alleged, but that sort of buUder- 
upperlng always makes one sus- 
piciousl 

. The John Gilberts-Virginia ;Bruce, 
(Mrs. Gilbert) is unofficially co 



starred— In 'Downstairs' Is the weak fJJ*®!® that's extremely partial to 

' the classical. Their odd idea of the 
best in light entertainment Is a 
Mickey Mouse or 'Silly Symphony' 
cartoon short, so they get one every 



feature attraction. The usual news 
reel rounds it out. Looks like a 
poor gross again at the Cap curr 
rently. Ahel. 



the classical ThelTdd^ iS^ „f tK« Holland and Knight back for a stooges back for more nonsense and 
tStt m light S!twSlrim^^^^ I number, better than the first | tbe headliner tralUng fj)r api^'i^" 



PARAMOUNT, L. A, 



Los Angeles, Oct. 6. 
Ed Smith, who operates this house 
for Par-Publix, never tries to skimp 
■on stage talent when he has what is 
.figured a strong picture draw. This 
week Marlene Dietrich's 'Blonde 



week. This time it's a 'Symphony.' 

'Hat Check Girl' (Fox), the pic- 
ture, wasn't drawing Friday evening. 

Bige. 



. Venus' is ^he screen magnet and ment is vouchsafed the Chicago 
Jans and, Whalen were brought in clientele this week by a " 



Mickey Mouse or 'SlUv a^nhnn^ with real applause going to a hot tlon of his late father that Is throat- 
onrfnnn ^Vtf\^ *u^^ Symphony' rumba and a ebln bv Holland carry- catching. The stooge sexette are 
cartoon short, so thev.^.t I [;j™grs pwt^r tha?s g^Tf^ all over 'the stage. Sometimes 

where. Rudy Kaye kicks in with a they're funny and sometimes they're 
burnt cork comic that Is mostly "ot^ Sandwiched In are dances by 
based on playing a clarinet while pt* Verne, Virginia Peck and Tudy, 
doing back bends and similar stunts, but Identities are lost through ppor 
Broken with dancing and bends announcing and the fast and 

' furious entrances of Foy s stooges 
Feature film Is 'Night of June 13' 
(Par). Usual fillers and Jack Aiv 
thur gesticulating with the baton 
In a revival of' grandmother's fa 
vorites. McBtay. 



CHICAGO 

Chicago, Oct 7. 
A reasonable amount of amuse- 



whlle carrying a glass lamp bal- 
anced on his head. Kaye probably 
would collect huore as an act than 
in a production, but they liked him 
Janice Walker starts to -wind 

. , . . ... . . I ^1 - biir that I things up 'with a Cinderella song 

to^add luster to the stage show, was rather tardily booked and had which goes Into a pantomime of the 
Latter pair draw heavy^coln. but to go for its headliner to Roy Bolger fairy story. Great stuff for the kids 
fail to show the reason why. "What who played the house about Ave on the story, and the grownups ap- 
may wow the eastern folk doesn 1 1 months ago with at least part of predate the codtumlng and routln- 



Gaumont 'Palace. Paris 



make an impression on the ticket his present routine 
buyers out. here, and the entire tenor Leon Lebnidoft skipped to Call 
of the turn hits belbw a smash, fornia suddenly on personal busi 
However, Whalen's nifty tapping ness. His absence is perhaps 
can stand alone in any company. | noticeable. The show id not 



ing. Different from the . conven- 
tional .Unale^ and better, for a 
change. Show ran 47 minutes. 
Rosa Rio billed for her oreranlog, | topping the bill, helps considerably, 
so I but replaced by Bob Hamilton at I After a newsreel, ' the stage show 



Paris, Oct. 1 
Gauhiont Palace is picking up, 
due to wintry weather setting in 
with no thanks to the feature, but 
a stage show, with Hal Sherman 



Milla Sonde, droning ^er recita- P^ettJ^ On the other hand It's fasten the keyboard. He works with a film comes Immediately 
tive dirge^ from 'Hullabaloo.' ^'i}-\^^°J^lf;^^ ^ tempo has on based on the familiar Idea of adap- This includes first 10 supposedly 

about the best reception of the bill, occa^^^^ all the zip of chilled tatloh of classical music for pop Viennese girls of very mixed origin 
which, Incidentally, Is longer oh moiasses. , . . , numbers and winds up with Cho- doing several dances at opening and 

lookers than any seen hereabouts Production department and Val pin's 'Valse Minute' done In less between numbers. Then comes Dar- 
for moons. Donna Grant is a tricky "asset fra.med a cbuple of attrac- than the 60 seconds, as shown by a lene Walders, American solo dancer, 
tappist who knows how to sell per- "y®.f """1°®", one a variation stop watch In closeup on the screen. I next booked for England and Italy, 
sonality, while Constance EVans on ^ *h« van-Can, another for the , Too much of this sort of stuff might whb gets a very good hand. Other 
does an acro-contortion number 1" ?"*i,!'.^^„,^2?^^^ sH- pall, but for a just Once It's effective, act ifi Alen and Evans, two acrobats 

front of the line. undtrt>.n^^ ^^k^^ Harlemesque sam Jack Kauffman back in form of exceedingly neat work, and well 

Unfortunately, Rena and Rath- undertones. .In between _Bolger kib- with a well-knit . medley overture, worth putting In a revue. Hal 
burn do a copy act of the Fritz and °"^®d and danced., getting most of wlth.Barro HlU doIng 'Eli ElL' 'With' 



Jean Hubert drunk dance, even h'^ laughs from a political bur- good taste '.Kaufrman does not work 
using some bf the same music. Jfsque and forgetting the point of him into the routine, as usual, but 
Toward the end it becomes apparent Si-l drunk stoty. He sells himself, follows with HIU as a special num- 
that using new material, this team With each appearance his comedy bbr. The sonorous melody would 
could go a long ways, since the elrl fjftf. surer, better. His dancing was not fit In well In a Jazz collection. 
Is comely and both have ability. r"^„f vS..^^ t> ^ . . and, entirely apart from its relig 

Eddie Stanley celebrates his sixth I ^f^-t .^ennedy from Ben Bernie's lous singniflcanco It gains more at- 
week as m. c. by digging up even o'^^nestia^cam^^^ In^or ^he week asjtentlon through Isolation. Just suits 
more ancient and feeble gags than " '^o 
before. He either precedes or fol- I 
lows each with an apology. 



a tenor soloist. He has what is i Hill's robust voice, and over like 

as a microphone' voice and nobodv'a business, 
there was no microphone for ^im ^ " * 



Sherman does his usual terp antics, 
with the usual result. 

Show is now produced direct by 
Erenthal, and could stand some 
technical advice as to staging and 
lighting to get the value of an en- 
semble of acts. 

Fred Mele's orchestra opens with 
Saint-Saens* Swan Song, which, 
coming immediately after the ballet, 
makes the audience also expect it 

After 



>ws each with an apoiogy. FrIdav That's another Wav nf qa-^ Film menu Is 'Chandu' (Fox), to be done on the stage. After 
House was capacity at^ open^ng " J^^- . '^"^"^ » comes Lohengrin's march 

How, but petered off for thb rest of ^^^nat^^^^^ Zanzibar, an Finally the feature, titled 'Amour. . . 

■xo. nftArnnnn. Snanlsh Overture f^"-**' a'a" i> .n»» ine Dig auauorium ' ^, . „„«j^_r *w«. -m^ -I™ a .<.kt«k i„ «^„<.^/n„„i„ t — i 



Se\fterrioon. ^ Spanish Overture \\^^^^ "Kenn^v hTe a^bovl'sr ne?? I 03wald°cartb^^ I Amou'r,'"wVlchirexceedln7l7 local, 

and Paramount News completed the ^?n"f*|y nas a Doyisn Per- Ohio. ' "*''—' 

pn^ram. Stage show ran 40 mlns. ' sonality that disarms criticism andlrelL 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y. 

New York, Oct 8. 
On Belle Baker's withdrawal from 
the stage show for the holdover 
week, Ruth Roye and France^ Lang- 
ford are added. Besides Miss Baker, 
the Three Rio ^ros., Donald Novis 
and Annette' Ames are missing, 
leaving it -all a. rather skimpy ros- 
trum portion. 

Possibly Publlx regarded the draw 
of 'Phantoni , President,' which 
opened sensationally strong, as 
enough on the holdover week, and 
In view of the fuss with Miss Baker, ■ 
who walked, paid little attention to 
the stage. 

Miss Baker wanted Monday (10) 
off to celebrate Tom Klppur, Pub- 
llx refusing to give her that time 
out, whereupon she declined the 
holdover week. On the first week 
she and :Borrah Minevitch topped 
the layout none too strong as it 
was. 

Currently, It's no stronger, if as 
strong. Miss Roye is spotted on 
top of the opening fullstage num- 
ber by the girls, which seems a lit- 
tle early for an artist of her quali- 
ties. The singing comedienne by 
sheer showmanship and a diction 
that may be surprising to some of 
the de luxe picture mob, caught on 
quickly Saturday afternoon and 
walked away with a good hand. She 
probably would have done even bet- 
ter farther down on the. showi even 
though closer to the balance of the 
comedy, wrapped up in Mlhevltch's 
act. t 
Miss Roye opened with 'Every- 
thing's Goin' to Be All Right* 
swinging into a special that lands 
a lot of plugs for nationally adver- 
tised articles. The German special 
is for the finish and like the others 
is sold with consummate skill. 

Jesse Crawford at the organ cen- 
ter stage separates Miss Roye and 
Frances Langford. Latter does 
okay, but fails to show impressively. 
She was spotted to top the Craw- 
ford number, singing a brace from 
the side of Crawford's organ. She 
might have appeared to better ad- 
vantage in 'one,' or at least a lit- 
tle farther downstage. 

Miss Langford hails from radio, 
where she's been undergoing a 
bulld-up procfess. She does not use 
a mike, which may be a drawback, 
although the voice has sufllclent 
power to chance getting along with- 
out it. The effect might be different 
with .the amplifiers, as for others 
from the air. 

In vaude recently she uaeJ a mike 
and seemed to shape up better. 
Numbers done down here are 'Toil 
Made the Night Too Long' and one 
(Continued on page 62) 



Tuesday, Octolwer 11, 1932 



VARIETY 



43 




NEXT WEEK (Octobisr 15) 
triliSi WEEK (Oc^ ^ 

Numeral! In oentiaotioi) yvith bills below inci.ciitd opening aay «f' 
' ahcwi vwhether full or split week 




MBW TOBK CITY 
Patoee (IB) . , 

Wlillam Hall 
■370 Ra Me ' 
' Tasty Teast Jesters 

Noble Slssle Orch 

(Two tq mi) 
'• • ' («). ■ • 
•Donatella Bros Co 

BddK Nelson 

■verett Marshall . 

3 Sailors 
' J & M Mnaon 
• • Academy^ •■ 
2d balf 

PbyllW Rae lie H ^ 

rra»lt Hunter 

Vincent liopez Co • 

: 2d 'half (12-14) - 

Violet Bay & N 

Seed, A .lipndpn 

Hadlo Rybes ' 



<«) 

Olson & John'spn 
.CI.BVBLAND 
Palnc« (15) 
Olson & Johnson 
. (8) 

f^orona Xnlmadcv 
Georse J.^asei 
, COLVMBVS: 
2, ..OHIO (IB) 
•White •& Manning. 
Benrty 'Ross •. ' 
Forsythe . S'rii'n & F 
Carpi, & Stuart . 
Herb .vvynilams . 
■ (8) 

4yo>tons 

Brut Wood 
Vanessl : 
Jack Mulhali; Co 
rtlltbn'Sls • 



TQM KENNEDY - 

■r.'VOBttO" , ATXBACTIONB 
J. -KBC.- .■Presents' . 

RADIpRUBES 

BKO Albany ahd.Actlidem;^ of Mawlc, 
New YorK 
(Week Oct. 8) ; 



811m PresBler 
•Hlmac'B -Oroli. 
DR001U.YN 
Albee (IB) 
Hill & Hottmaii 
Texas Gulnaii Rev 
(Oiie to All) 
(8) 

*Rb'ps'dy in Black' 
PrasiHMst 

let half (14-17) 
Circus Intern'l 

2(1 hnlf (18-20) 
4 Bonellys 
Pete 

Larry Rich Co 
Lee Fort & Dotty 
Allen Reno- Bd- 

2d half (11-13) 
O & P Magley 
Florence Cose 
Jack ■ Usher Co • 
Kram'r & Hamllt'n 
AKRON 
Palaco 

2d half (lD-21) 
Jack Qwynne Co 
Danny Small Co 
Billy House Co 
George Beatty 
Bftrney Rapp OrcU 

2d half (12-14) 
8l«ler & Wills 
Gaston Paljner 
Wally Sharpies • 
A & F'l^ke 
Herb WllllamB 

...ALBANY 
Palace ' 

1st half (16-18)' 
4 Bnieralds 
Uoyd Hughes ■ 
Joe Marks Co 
Chaz Chase 
Una Basqu^tte Co 
: 2d half (ia-2t) .- 
Mel KUe 

Henry Tobias Orob' 
<Three to fill) ■ ' 
2d half (12-141 . 
tirade Schenk 
B A M Beck 
Nick Long Jr Co 
t Sailors : , . 

F HctKlerson Orob 
BOSTON 
KoAton (IS) 
. Bert Walton 
. ^8) 

Clemens Belling Co 
Benry .Burblg 



' Aaixas 
' '«ei(h's (IS) 

3' French 'Misses 
Harry. J Conley Co 
Peaches Browning 
Moran & Mdck 
Paddy Cliff Orch 

• ; ■;• (8) 

: Marcus Rev . 
BUZAUCTH 
Keith's 

1st half (16-18) ■ 
Blllle Vallle 
Daphne. PollArd 
Lander Bros 
•Jerry Co 
: 2d half (19-21) 
Mickey Braatz 3 
Leon Kavaro 
Dave Harris Co 
Idol iSc Chanu 

2d half (11-18) 
Johnny Dove Co 
Roxy . La Rocca & N 
Rice Werner & Q 
Sanimy . Cohen '■' 
Beth Miller Co 
HEMPSTBAD 
BJvoU 

1st' half (16^18) 
Idol of Chaiiu 
Chas Althoff 
Lew White Co 
-Eaber & Ford 
J &. H Mason 

2d half (19-»1) 
Kitty Doner 
Chiz ' Chase 
Jerry Co 

2d half (lt-14|i 
3 Wllleye 
Steih ' & ' -Stem 
Dat>bne Pollard 
Lander Bros 
"Die- Toregoes 

■ .HOUSTON '. 

, Kelth'8 (IB) 
8 St John Bros 
Ryan &• Moblett'e 
Neville 'Fleeson Co 
.Jordan Woods 
(jene Dennis 
(8) 

Jimmy Burchlll Co 
Jacks'n & Gardiner 
Hobart Bosworth 
Barney Grant Co' 
Ingenues •' 

KANSAS CITY 
Keith's (14) . 
^osetta Duncan Co 



At tlie 

ROX Y 

This Week 
LUOIU^ PAGE 
WlLIJIt.JltAUSS 
Placed. l>y. 
LEDDY .& .SMITH 



Al Tucker Co 

Roy Sedley Co 

Grey Part ■' 
. Keith's (16) 

DonMclla Bros . Co 

Evaiis & Mayor 

8 Sailors 

BlacUslone . 

Colby & Murray R 
. Radio Rogues 

8ld Marlon 

A & M Havel 
' Nick Lucas 

Willie West & McG 
UUFFAI.O 
UipiMidroine (IS) 

P'Wlf M'tc'f & F 

HarriBon & Elmo 

Alex Hydo Orch 

Block & Sully 
. Willie .Mau'as 

• CoBsat-ks 
Stone & Oibbons 
George Realty 
Golden Ulondcs 
Buck & Bubbles 
CHICAGO 
Pula<!c (15) 
Rio l:ita 

(8) 

White & Manning 
rrsythe S'n & P 
g(iy Robertson 
Billy House Co 
Charlie Agncw Or 
. etiito liBke (1B> 
Gary Ford Fam 
Carleton & Deliew 
M Montgomery 
Weaver Bros 
(8) 

Jack 0 Wynne 
Jones Sc Rae 
■A-dolaldo Mall 
^eo D Pranole 
Werat & Stanton 
CINt'lNNAfl-I 
Albee (16) 
*hurst0B 



MILWAUKKE 
WlHconalii (IS) 

Ralph Olsch Co 
Brltt Wood 
Poia Negri 
Wills & Davis 
Dalton & Rose 
> KIINNEAPOLIS 
• Oritlienm - (16) 
Cherry Bioss'm & J 
WelDt & Stanton 
Dorothy Lee 
Senator Murphy ' 
Blanche Calloway - 
(8) 

Ralph Olsen Co. 
Dunn & Morgan 
I'ola Negri 
Wills & Davis 
Dalton & Rose 
NEW ORLEANS 
State (15) 
Jimmy Burchlll Co 
.Ingenues 
Hobart Bosworth 
Michon' Bros 
(8) 

Harris 2 & Loretta 
Donovan Sis & B 
Weaver Dros Co ' 
OMAHA 
Keith's (7) 
Rio Rita 

I'.VTKUSON 
Keith's 

1st hair (15-18) 
Do Toregoos 
Leon Navaro 
Any Fam 
■Seed & London . 
■Vincent Lopez Co 

2d half (19-21) 
B .& R Ooman 
Chas Althoff 
rickons Sis 
4 FIUBhors 
J & M M<a9on 

2d half il2-XM 
Mlas Dclvina Co 
Mel Klee 



Cliff Nazarro Orcr 
Gordon & Reed 
Roxy Theatre Ens 
PROVIUENCE 
Keith's (IS) 
Paul Petchlng 
Sid Marlon 
Colby & Marry Rv 
'Fatty' Arbuckje 
Princess Yvonne 
(8) 

Infl 3 
Mady . Co • 
Geo Broadhurst Co 
DO^wllng ' 6 Dooley 
Roye; & Mayie Re^v 
JIOCHESTBB 
Keith's (16) 
Tod Lewis' Bd 
'(8) . 
Texels Gulnan .Co 
SAN ANTONIO 
Kelth'8 (16) 
'Marcus Ro* ':' • 

• ;■(&) ■■. 
3 .St Jo;hn ,Bros .. . 
Ryan A'/Noblette 
Neville ''Fl'e^Bon ' Co' 
.Jordan St .Woods 
Gene Dennis ' - 
ST,. LOUIS 
Kieltli'8 (16) 
Gary 'Ford Fam 
Hfiria-n..' & St John . 
Grace I. Hayes 
Medley ,&.: Dupree 
Thonias '6 

TOBONTO' 
. Hippodrome (16) 
3 Cossacks 
WHl ^ Ward 
Golden Blondes. 
Bobby ' Pin cus 
F . Henderson Orcb 
(8) 

Daln!(y Ann Howe 



Whltey Roberts 
Mildred H Chaplin 
Ross Wyso Jr 
Alex Hyde Bd 

TRENTON 
Keith's 

. 1st halt (16-18) 
Morton Spurr 
B &: R Goi^an 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (19-21) 
J & B Willing 
Cookie Bowers 
Harmon & Cloxton 
(One. to fill) : . : 

.2d half (12-14) 
Nairo Lockfo'rd Co 
Shaw . & B'liune'tf. 
Frank Mellnb-Co' . 
Jerry Co 

TROY'.;,. 
Keith's . 

.1st hal< (16.-18). 
SWan LuclIle '£'C: 
Snooz'er Jr i 
Mel Kloe-^: •.•..(;:•. l i 
Henry Tobias Orch 
(One to Bin, . < 

•2d half (19-2iy- 

3 Rocket Tappers : 
Whltey R»)bertB: ; 
Joe Marks Co , ■ . , 
Lloyd Hughes'- ' 

4 Emeralds' ■ •:' 
2d bait (12-14) . 

Large ' & Mbt^gner 
B & J BroWine , 
Darihy Small . '■ 
Chaz .Chake ' 
LIna Basquette Co, 

WESHVOOD''-' 
Kelth'8 '(16)' 
Rio Smith & A : 
Harry Crawford C6 



Ibew 



NEW YOBK CITY 

Capitol (14) 
Abe Lyman Orch 
S Keys • 
Gomoz & Winona 
(Two to fill) 
BoDle^vard 

1st half <.14-17) 
Circus 

2d Half (18-2Q) 
Case Bros & V. 
Howard & Mack 
Sheila Barrett 
Harry Hlnes 
Lee Gall Co 

Orpheom 
let half (14-17) 

Case Bros & M 

Shelia Barrett 

Les^ G<»llls 

Rita- Royce Co 
2d half (18-20) ' 

Circus' 

PajradlM (.14) 

Bob itlpa 
Hariand DizoQ 
Molly 'Plcdn. 
Benny- Rubin 
Ca|lf Collegians 

State (14) 

Chapelle & Carlton 
Tates & Lawley ' 
June Carr .. . 
Edgar Bergen Co 
Mfiib; Kirk &'M 
RUBS 'Columbo Orch 
'Lefty' . Gomez 

■ BItOOIU.YN 

Gate*' 
Ist half (14-17) 
Tbelma DeOnzo Co 
Miss Onuki 
HanTon- Bros & . W 
J Frances Dooley 
Gordon, Reed & K 
2d half (18-20) . 
Stanley' Bros. A 
Rob-'Braiidle's 
Sully &' Houghton 
Ray Hughes & P 
Katb'lne Parson Co 

. AtetropoUtan . (M) 

,Yan Cello &; M 
Marty May.. 
fTh'ow Boat Rev 
ISmll BoreO 
Chas Ahearn Co 
Valencia (14) 
Obn ''CoUesino 



Sylvia Froos 
Carl Shaw Co 
Owen Moore 
Rosette. & Luttman 

■■: ASTORIA 
Triboro (14) 
Harriett Lee Co • . 
Paul Nolan Co 
Billy Wells :& 4 F 
BALTIMOBBr 
Century (14) 

Lya & Wolft 
Rogers Williams 
Irene Bordonl 
Carr Bros & B 
Jack Denny Orch 
. BOSTON 
Oiphennt ' (14) 
Juggling- Jewels 
May Joyce ' ■ ' 
Hilton & Garon 
Gold & RaVe' 
D Ellington 'Orcb ' 
ci^VBLANI>' 
State, (ii) ., I 
6 Elglns 

Chilton & "Phort^ 
Pcnn'ton' & Jnd^Vs' 
Jim Barton 
Song .Wrltero..,P ., 
.JEBSEV .CITY : 
.l4>ew's. a4), . 
Rae ElliB..;&.'j^ ' 
Baby Rose': M^ri^' : 
Irene Rldh ■ Co ' '■ 
Wm Demarest 
Lucky Boy«: 

MONTBBAXi 
lioew's (14), . 

Merril Bros ^ Sis 
Jos Pope Joj)es ., _ 
Nice, Florfa ft li . 
Harry Burns Co'i ■ 

'ROCHXSTER' 
Vowf a (14) ' 
Betty Jane Cooper 
Latbrop 6roB 
Furman Sh'key L 
James Kirk'wood 
Frisco, '' ' ' • ■ 
Kilcuta . Japs ' 

WASHINGTON 
Fox (14) . 

DupohtS . ' " 
Donla A MoNell . , 
Gracella & Theodore 
Ted Mealy ■ ' 
House Orch ' ■ 



WARNER 



EUZABETH 

; bhe 

' ist half (14-17) 
'Bryant Raines & 1 
LevAh & Bolcef 
(Two to. fill) 

i2d half (18-20) . 
Jerome Ryan 
(Pour to fill) 

2d half (11-13) 
Bert Smith Co 

HARTFOBD 
State (20) 
Peg Bates 
Hyde'& Burrell 
De Toregocs 
(Two to nil) 
(13) 

Williams & Cryor 
Harry Savoy 
Leviathan Oroh 
(Two to All) • 

LAWRENCE 
Warner (20) 
Perry Covan 4 
Levan & Boles 
Uriant Raines & T 
(Two to /III) 
(13) 

Barle Jack & B 
Allen &. Canfleld 
Poaso & Nelson 
ITarry Savoy 
Jones ft Lee 

PinLADtU^PHIA 

Enrlo (14) 

Clyde Hager 
Vonit-a Gould 
Paul Klrkland 
Harry Savoy 
MazKOne tt K'eene 



(Three to fill) ; 

2d half (7) ; 
Paul Nblaii .' 
Foster A Van ' i 
Harrison. & Fisbef 
Levan & Bol%s ' 
Eddie White ' .! 
Welcome .Lewis ■ | 
Collins & Vpttv^oif 
Hollywood Rev 

Mastbnnm (14) i 
Harry Richman 
Dorothy Jordan 
Benny Davis 
3 Diamonds 
Yascba BunchucH 

WASHINGTON . 
Earie (14). 

Al Johnston Co- 
Vic Oliver 
Nan Halperln 
Hal LcRoy 
MIlzl M.iyfalr 

(7) ; 

Mne Wynn 4 
Christy ft Nataro 
■VenKa Could . 
RJtz Bi'oa 
(Jracle Barrio 

WATERBURY. , 
Strand (14) 

') Vc.'jpera 
.Peg Bates 
3 McCann Sis 
Hyde & Burrell 
(Three to fill) 
(7) 

Phapello * Carlton 
KInif & Burnett ■ 
Leavitt & Ixiokw'B 
(.'bdc Hagcr 
Traccy & Hay 
Ray Hughes ft P 
Leviathan Orch 



FaiidHw & Maree 



BBOOKI<YN 
Fox <14) . 

'Blg .Tpp' I 
Jack Sidney* 
Nelson's . Elephants 
Flo Mayo 
Harrison's Co 
Beehee & Rubyatte 
Dolly Kramer • • 
AKBON 
Palace (14) ■ 
'School' Days' • 
Miltort Douglas 
Freddie Craig Jr 
Mary Price 
Ollle Morosco . 
Edna Sedgwick 
Charley Bernard 
Muriel Moran 
Arlette Toung 
T ft J O'Connor 
BuBter Kelm 
Sue ,St John 
Mary Dolan . . 
BOSTON ' 

Metropolitan (14)' 
.'Birthday Party' • 
Sylvia Clark 
Bill Telaak 
RUsso & Sarti' . 
'Bobby Kuhn 
•Sylvia Sharp ' 
Billy Brown 
Sally Payne. 
Sunklst Ens 

BRIOaEFOltir . 
Poll (14) . 
'Discoveries' 
Trlxle Friganza 
Stadler Rose 3 ' 
MOTO .& TacohelU ' 
Paul Howard 
Bunny Bronison ^ 
Mark Pei>per 
Keene 2 
Ken Syner 

' BUFFAIiO 
... Bnffalo (14) 
'Bughouse' I 
Charlie Poy . 
Maxlne Lewis 
OVga & Mlshka 
Balalaika 6 
Plaschctte . 
Tudy 

Virginia Peck 
La Verne . 
CniCA4]0 
Chlcafro (14) 
Bombay I 
'Flo Lewis 
'O'Connor' Family 
Gaylene. listers . 
Pasquall Bros - ' 
Bombay Sunklst - B 

TiTOll (14) . 
'Desert Song' 
Perry A&kam 
Tanzi 

Earl Askam 
Nennette. Vallon 
John Merkyl 
Chas Boyle 
Betty WlHl^ 
John Wagner 

Uptown (14) 
'Hollywood C 
Ben Turpln 
Teddy Joyce 
' Walter Hlers 
Snub Pollard , 
-Lambertl 
Blossom Sis 
Mary Mllee 
CA.thleen Bessette 
-Joyce ft- Gary 
OINCINNAIT 
Aibe« (14). . . 
Thurstori . 

CLEVELAND 
_ 106th St. (14> , 
'6.1rl Trouble' I. , 
Chester Frederlek 
Julia Curtis - 
Warren Jaobson. . ' 
Belong Sis --- 
Calif Redheads [' 
Joey Cey Ldn 
Ottllie George - 
S Tborongbbreda.'.i -. 
DETROIT >. 
Fox (14) , 
'Radio Btkrti' . ' 
Eddie Bruce 
Albee- Sis ■ , -■ ' 
BUI AronsoA -, ,. 
Leota Lane -■ ' 
Kay Fayre' 
Tony Fagllacel 
John Tie . 
Peggy Warde 

HARTFOBD ' 

'. 'Capitol (14). 
"Happiness Show*.. 
Elddle Pea'body. ,' 
Jessie Uraper ' 

Joy Bros 

Mary A Marge , - ■ . 
Martha Vaughn 
Tom & Hilhk ' 
J I^NO- .BEACH' 

West Coast (IS) 
''Long T Sam*. .Co. 

■ JJOB ANGEt£S • 
United Artists (18) 
'Mystery' I' . > 
A Du Val , 



■Wynn Wayne 
Sunklst Ens 
. MADISON 
Orpheam (14) 

'Star Gazing' 
^ally Vernon 
AtHenas 

Wallon £ Barnes 
Muriel Gardner 
Collonnette Ballet 
, MILiWAUKEE 
, Wisconsin (14) 
'Stltoh in Time' 
J & J McKenna 
Tonimy - McAuliffe 
Five Decardos 
Harriet Mortimer 
Ben Omar 
Torney Ens 

NEW HAVEN 
Metropollton (14) 
'Mallbu Beach'. 
Raqiiel Torre's ' 
Bornle & Walker 
Renee ' Torres 
Henri Therrien 
Tom Dick ft H 
Anderson & Allen 
Sunklst Ens 
.NEW ORLEANS 

State (14). 
'Tahiti' I • 
.Bernardo do Pace 
, Celine Lescar 
Bellet & Lamb 
Park A Clifford 
Gjis Elmore - 
Lloyd R MlUer' 
Sunkl&t ^ns 
OAm,AND 
Oakland (14) 
'Xla' Juana'. 
•Bert '■ Gordon 
F X Bushman Jr 
Bnrica & Novello 
Florence Hedges 
Bob Shaffer . 
John. Locke ". 
Vlrgiinla Crawford 
Sunklst Ens 
PHILADELPHIA 
Foi (11) 
'NIffht Club' I 
Holland & Knight 
F & J Hubert 
Wilton Crowley 
Rudy Kaye 
Petch & Deauville 
Janice Walker 
Sunklst Ens . 
PORTLAND 
ParamoonC (13) 
•Veils! 

zeida- Saintloy 

H Conrad Co 

Russell, M'cont & J 

Edna Errlco 

Madeline Schmld 

Merna Fort une 
- ROCHESTER 
RKO Pnlnco (14) 

'Jubilee Show' 

Ted Lewis 

Dixie 4 

'Snowball' Wbittier 
High Hat Ens 
Esther Pressman 
Doris Deane 
Mildred Gaye- - 
High Hat Bd 
SAN FRANCISCO 
Fox (14) 
-'Georgia Mlnetrelis* 
3 Gobs 

Tommy. Harris 
'Losses Brown 
Chick Beeman . 
Billy Mitchell' 
Nay Bros 
Jimmy' Miller 
Ndrvelle 'Reese 
Georgia Browns 
SPBJN<3 FIELD 

rm (14) 

'Rookies' I ' 
Johnny : Burke- . 
Nina Olivette 
Les' Bvbrsoh 
Irwin & McAvoy 
Dancing Dou'boys 
. ST.'IiOUIS 
Fox (14) 
TTbangl'' 1 
Gllda Gray 
Roy Cummings 
Crosby Bros- 
SunHlst Ens 

TORONTO 
' Imperial (14) 
FAM Britton Bd 
. VANCOUVER 

Orpheam (13) 
'Ort the Riviera' 
Red Donahue tc V 
Edwin George 
Lottie Mayer Jr 
Louise Glenn 
Sunklst Ens 

WORCESTER 
Poll (13) 
'Mickey ft M Mtfuse' 
Arnaut Bros 
Buster Shaver 
Olive ft Ceorge 
Monty ft Carmo 
Toots Novelle 
Mouse Ens 



Pictiire Theatres 



NISW YORK CITY 
Panunovnt (7) 

Borrah. MInevltob 
Frances Langford 
Ruth Roye 
Sammy ' Krevoft 
Abbott Ens 
Rublnoft 

Phantom Pres'' 

Roxy (7) 
Diamond Bros 
Lucille Page 
Peterson & Li'vbft 
Ganjou Bros 
Louise Gay 
D ft E Barstow 

Hat Check' Girl' 

BROOKLYN 

Paroinoant (7) 

'50 M'll'n P'chm'n' 
'Love Me Tonight' ; 

BUFFALO 
BuflTalo (7) 

Johnny Burke 
Nina ' Orivette 
Ann'. Judy & Zeke 
.T<es Eversoii 
Ir'win & McCoy 
'Phantom ' Prea' ' 



ClUCAGO 
Chicago (7) 

Roy Bolger , 

Pat Konntjay 

Kowe Bornoff & W 

'Cabin Jn Cotton'. 
Oriental (7) 

Ben Turpln 

Snub Pollard' 

Walter Hlers 

Lambert! ' 

Teddy Joyce- 
Blossom Sis 

Mary Miles . 

Cathleen Bossette 

Joyce ft Gary. 

'Tiger- Shark' 
Tlvoll (7) 

'Desert Song' Co 

Pprry Aalcam 

■The Crash' 
U)>to\vn (7) 

Ted Weoms 

Andrea Mai-sh 

CuUette Lyons 

'Back Street' 
DETROIT 
FIslier (7) 

waiter Dare Wahl 

A ft L-Covr 

Henry Loses - 

'The Crash' . 



Park Central. Hotel 
Harry Barrls Orcb 
Loyce 'Whlteman 

Boosevelt Hotel 
Guy Lombardo Or 

Rnsslan . Aria 
Joe Morantx Orcb. 
Renee & Laura . 
Nickolas Hadarick 
Barra Blrs ' 
Mlsho TJsanoft . 

8t. :Regl8 Hotel ' 

Darlo ft Diane 
Dick Goeparre Or . 

SaioU's Poradlse 
'Black Rhythm' R 
Nyra Johnson 
Meers & Norton 
3 Speed Demons 
Geo Walker 
Wm Spellman 
3 Palmer Bros . 
May Alex" 
Mabel. Scott 



Roy White 
Dorothy Turner 
Chas Johnson Orok 

Taft Grill 
Geo Hall Or'eh' 
The Csarda 

Karoly Bencae 
Zslga Bela 
Mmo Ilbna deThury 
Karoly Nyoray 

Village. -BoiB 
Joe Furst's Orch - 
Rollly & Comfort 
Townscnd ft Bold 
Sh-'rirt J'sh Medders 
B'shf'l H'k Warren 
Muriel Parker 
3 Dane Bros . 
Johnny Russell 

' Waldorf- Astoria 

Emll Coleman Or 
The Argentines 
Mischa Borr Ens 




Week of Oet. 10 



Canterbury M. M. 

1st half (10-12) • 
■B'way Boys & B. . .- 
Stanolll ft Edgae 

£d half (iS-iBV., 
Taps 'ft- Tempi) Co 
Vldeau ft KIrby " 
Kit Kat Club ■■■■ 
Harold Sander, Bd . 
Walllngton Sis 
TT-OiBO .& MandoI'TS 
Burke ft Head ' 
Giovanni. 

Taps ft Tempo Co 
New Victoria " 
Dave Apollon 
Vie Palooe 

Billy Ray Ptnr 
Tom D <3rey 
Sherman Fisher Co 
Eddie Collins Bd 
Clarkson Rose 
Lucarf ft Ash ure 
Hank 

Leslie Sarony 
Carlo Modlnl Tr 
Scott ft Whaley 
Maggie Tcyte 
BKIXTON 
' AHtoria 
Ann' Penn 
Co' as booked 
CLAPTON 
Rink 
M ft H Neabitt 
3 White Tiaflhes 
D,>VLSXON 
Picture Hoose 
8 7-lcefcld Girls ' 
Clare RoWe ft C 
EAST HAM 
Premier 
r<riull>ie Ward 
l'n>OWARE ROAD- 

Cirand 
John Myrrdln 
Vanda Vladimir Co 
nNPWI'llV PARK 

EmplM 
Layt'n ft Jotamrt'oe' 



Carl Lynn 
til Ray 
Norman Carrol 
Payne ft Hilllard 
Alma.. Victoria 
Allan ft Lavoie 
KIraku Bros 

UAMMEBSMITn 
. - Palace 
Human Voice Orcb 
n.FORD 
Snpor 
Pauline Ward 
KILBURN 
. Graaire 
John Myrrdln 
Vanda Vladimir Co 
. LEVTON 
Savoy 
M ft H Ncsbltt 
3 White Flashes 
MILE END 
Empire 
Tarano & H'rdw'kc 
NEW CROSS 
Klnema . 
Mtry ORourke 
Barber ft Stevens 
Regb 2 

OlM KENT ROAD' 
Astoria 

Par tiym Orch 
FALMEIUI GREEN 
PnJmadlom 

2 Gee Bee Girls 
Claro Rowe & C 
PECKIIAM 
. Pnlaco . 
Mary O'Rourke 
Barber & Stevens 
Ilego 2 

Tower 
Evelyn Hardy Bd 
9TAMKOBW -HILL 

ll4';fent 
8 ZIoRfi-ld . (lirlH . 
Clare Rowo ft C 

STR.A'ryorj) 

liroadwny 
Rarano ft U'dwJcke 



..Empire 

Win Hay . 
Flana^ai) '.ft Allen 
Geo Betton 
i Marines 
Jean Florlan 
Thompson .Sis 
Dovas - ~ -'. 
Cohe'y Islahdel's 
' STREATHAM 
- ' Astoria . 
Par . Sy'm Orch 



]^alace„ 
Georgescu Bd, . 
BUTTON 
Cotanty >Clu4«a 
Georgesoo -Bd 
.SYDENHAM 
Rink 
Evelyn Hardy' Bd 
. TOTTENHAM 

Palace . ' 
8 Gee , Be'e Girls 
Loranna ' 
LeoDOherty 



JACK POWELL 



S 



ERVING 
TI.MULATING 
ATI6FYINQ 
YNCOPATION. 



Thru LEDDY & SMITH 



PROVINCIAL 



Week of Oct. 10 



' BIRMINGHAM 
Grand 

NBC Contest " 
Kayne ft Kerval . 
Russ & GoOdwln 
Johnny Rlscoe 
Amita Edwards 
EMgar Benyon 
Dinks, ft Trlxle 
DUBUN 
Capitol 
4 White Flashes 

EDINBURGH 
' 'Empire 
Houston ' Sis 
Kjelth Wilbur 
Reso ^Sf ■ llcto 
Renee' A Godfrey 
6 ZiflatlciA 
'Vaur Larens 
Victor Morcton 
Coram 

OI^SGOW 
Empire ' 
Ted . Ray, : :^ ■ 
Bd.<;[le., Xiray ,. 
Nervo & Knox 
Toni Raglan ' 
B Happy- Boys 
Georges Durante 
Leon ft Lu cette 

- ' XEISDS 
Empire 
ChaS - Higglns ■ 



O'Oorman Bros 
Alverez Bros 
Rico Girl Bd 
Mary Halgen , 
June Ayr & Leslie 
Catallni 

Michel . ft Arnova 
MANCHESTER 
Paramount 
Par Tiller Girls 
Chas Graham 
B ft E Franklin 
Strel sky's':'- Cossacks 

. NOTTINGHAM 
Efeiplre 

Louis Armstrong 
Kllftdn Kab' Kids 
Jimmy Canipbell 
Ethel. Hook ' 
LoV' -Radford .' 
Hengler Bros 
Fyne &,Fur)ey 
Joe Peanut's ' 
SHEFFIELD' 
Empire . ' 
Esther. Ralston 
Gilbert ft ' X;rench 
Dare ' ft Yates 
Chris 'Charlton 
Xklwin -Lawrenoe 
VoIIlero, . . 
Po-vi^er ft Page 
Bobby -'Hensha'W 



OFFICIAL DENTIST -TO THE N. V. A 

DR. JULIAN 3IECEL 

1600 Broadway 
This Week: lionls Shnrr, Abe liatrtirogel 



Cabaret BiDs 



NEW YORK CITY 



Blltmore Hotel 

Paul Whlteman Or 
Jane Vance 
Red McKonzle 
Peggy Hcaly 
Ireiie Taylor 
Jack Fulton Jr 
Rampna,. 

CenttuI P'k Casino 

Sheila Barrott 
Veloz. ft 'Yolanda 
Eddie -.Duchin Or 

' Connie's' Inn - 

Cora Green- " 
Bobby Evans 
Jazzllps Richardson 
P ft B Meores' " 
Emma Smith 
Bessie' Dudley 
Lillian Cov/an 
Red ft. Struggle 
Blllle Maples 
Kaye Oarkei- 
Simms & Bowie . 
Louise Cook 
Willie Jackson 
Lucky Seven 3 
Don Redman Orch 

Cotton Clnb 

Alda Ward 
Henri Wessel 
Swan ft Lee 
Anise Boyer 
Roy Atkins 
Pcaohes ft Duke . 
Brown ft McGraw . 
Nicholas Bros 
T.eltha Hill 
Cab Calloway Orch 

EI Chloo's 

Durcn ft Moreno 
Lorenzo Ilcrrera 

El Flamengo 

Al Valencia Orch 
EI Ii'lamenf-lto 
.Vina ft Moreno 
Marl(|uila I-'Iurus 
Icnacio Riifflno 
Mnrta.do.M Torre. 
Accordion I.,Ul8 

El C;>rron 

'iJeor.T:! Tonl.-ina 
Anna I,u<liiiila 
Dclys ft (;iark 



June Knight , 
Leon Belasco Oroh 

. E] Patio 

Roslta ft Ramon 
Frances Maddux 
Endor ft Farrell 
Henry Rjlng Or 

ri'Iy'w'd B'staofant 

Olive Borden- - 
Nina Mao M'Klnn'y 
Fowler ft. Tamara 
CoIIptte Sis 
Frank Hdzzard 
'Blanche - Row ' .. . -- 
i Cllmas 

Isham ' Jones Orcb 

- Hotel Lexington 

Don Bestor Orch 
Art Jarrett . 
Hotel New Yorker 
Geo Olsen Orch 
Ethel Shutta 

lido Gardens 
Billy Arnold Rev 
Pearl Regay ■ . 
Jose Shellta : 
Lillian Barnes 
Ruth 'iMayoh 
Doris Lenahan 
D ft B EUmore 
Brian MacDonald 
Lillian Porter 
Herbert Rice - 
Mary I<ou 
liob Nelson 
Harry Carroll Orch 

Not Club 

Al Morrison's Bd 
Joe Lewis 
Lulu Bates 
Jerry Dergen 
Joe Plotsky 
Grisha 

Barbara MflcD'nald 
M.iurccn Whitney 
Helen Davis 
Kton Hoys 
Terry .SIh 

Joe- PeildiL's 

Paramount Orlll - 

K:\<]\o J.'if'l;>;f)n 
i(,..'i-;'^»t riii;i;irti 
.■-■oiJiie Tuilii.r 
Ozzie NclHon Orch 



CHICAGO 



Blaokhawk 

Hal Kemp Orch 
Deone Janls ■ 
Rose ft Ray liyle .,■ 
Patricia Storm 
Paul Sis , 

Clnb Alfibam 

Patsy JUcNalr - ' 
Edna Llnds'ey' '. 
FrMdIe Vlliant 
Mary Thorne '' 
Mildred Rose -.. 
Bernle Adler. 
Eddie : Maklns Orch 

Collcs,o. ^n .: 
Ben Bernle . Orch 
Sisters *G'- 
Jackie Heller 
Genevieve- Tlghe 
3- Orphans . - 
Pat Kenij.iedy ■ . 
Frank Prince-' 

i:roiic's;'. 

Al Shaynis' 
Olive Shayne 
Grant & Rosalie ." 
Joy Flnley- i' 
JJorotby. -Roy..; - 
Minnie Sherman 
Curry ft DeSyJVla 
Don Pedro Orch' 

Oi'aaada '-•-'. ' 

Jack Miles Oreh ' 
3 Marlnos ■ \ .,-.' 
Gladys .DeFos . . 
Keller Sis . 
Chicagoettes. 

KIt-kat Otab 

Bock. Sis 



Harry. Linden 
Joyce Jelke 
BlUce Lorraine 
Irene . Biarna 
Mae Golden • 
Rosalie Jclke , 
Sylvia Herron 
Anne Castle 
Dottle LeRoy 
XiOah Lee ■ 
Mary Lang-;-. 
Freddie Janisi O^eb 

'. Lincoln TavifitB 
F Trambauer ,Orcb 
Hal Redus ' 
Elinor Sherry ' ■ 
I ■ ■ \ '. 
Fanunbiuit. . . 

Sir Harry' Glyna 
Nellie Durkln.. 
Alvira Mdrton 
Alfk-ed Welis 
Lillian Drew ii ' 
"ShortyV', . 
-Mary. Duntley. ., : 
Anita LaPlerte 
Sid Long Oroh : 

. I'errace Oar^faa 

Chas Agne'w. iO>i;cb 
Stanley Jacobsdn 
Dusty Rhodes'^:' " 
Bnrilly DeSahrl.' 
Jack Bead 



yaalty 

Romo' Vincent 
A ft N Selby, 
Bobble Cqok 
Re^iee Bonnie 
. Jack Russell 



How Stahl Does It 



(Continued from page 2) 

on the screen,' continues Mr. StfibL . 
'They edit as' they read, eliminating 
from their imeielnatlonB the BOrdUl< 
ness and squalor of modern flcitfon. 
The iscreen'a reality ^ cannot , be 
glossed, o'v^er.' Ilarshiiess and,, bad 
taste iQust ^e blue-penciled by. the 
director,..'! i:....;. -.. i:-. 

Women' may- complain that liter- 
ary charactefs have • not 'aaways 
been reproduced accunitely "on' .l^e 
sereeii! It ' .they should • 'ever' "iiee 
those characters translating ,V^elr 
descriptions ' into -larBer-th.ah-)4te- , 
size huinian beings,^ they 'weidd.jrua 
miles from the theatre, I know., In 
my earlier days 'I, directed a plbture 
that had ;a theme; of basic femUUne 
appeal.. .'t..il<sglected to 'soifteii . Its 
characterzatiohe, to mitigate' sordjld- 
ness with compelling, romanc^. It 
was a>, terrific failure. - - . :<•. 

Mr,"StahI' believes that- emotional 
dramas ard becoming taior^ and 
more diffliiult to .prbject. Before 
the war there were inniimcirable 
class distinctions and socia,! barrierB 
that created automatic conflict. To« 
day those ta'boos have becn:.ea«t 
aside. 

'After' all,' ho explains, 'every 
flim bolls down to this: .what Ice'eps 
two' people apart? Is it clciss dis- 
tinction, racial prejudice, social os- 
tracism? There is' less and less of 
those in the world today. 

'The wealthy -boy wants to marry 
a chorus girL That's all rights let 
him. Many men of wealth haVe 
married' •' choruti girls. ' Precedent 
has broken the 8lgniflcance''''6'f a 
formula.' Today the. situation .'must 
be made manifest out of the envir- 
onment of its' characters. Tho«aine 
applies to -Other formerly accepted 
conflicts. They must be, presented 
as sp'eciflc, logically ' thought "out 
cases. That tnakes thehr more 'in- 
telligent, jpi&rhaps,' but ever so niiich 
more complei^ \. . : 

'More' complex because the ' pub- [ 
lie has been so completely educated 
to the' fleld of motion pictures that 
the piost casual theatre-goer has 
become a severe critic of the screen. 
'Woe to the director who allows a 
false note to creep In. A bit of. 
chest-heaving, or a line or a piece, 
of business that does hot ring true. 
Will cause a burst of derisive laugh- 
ter. Most of Us have had this, sort 
of thing happen on occasion. That 
terrible titter In the wrong place Is 
the subject of mo.<3t directors' night- 
mares.' 

To avoid audience ridicule BSr. 
Stahl carefully prunes the dialog of 
any action given to emotional exag- 
geration. 

'Never mind that line,- he'U suji, 
'Go right on to the next' 

By the time the scene has been 
siot^ a slxT'Stde part may-have -beeit- - 
f^iit down to two — but thos^ two 
:'j(l03 will carry the gl.<3t of the ap- 
lhor'.<i intention and be devoid ot 
laugh provoking artlflclality. i- 



VARIETY 



TINE $ $ Q 11 A R E 



Tuesday,. October 11, 1932 



East 



Mrs. I'Norence A. Woods, formerly 
Flo Ware, actreas, granted a divorce 
from liei- second husband last Aveek. 
(icts $10 weolcly duel the custody d£ 
their daughter. 



K. T. Marshall, of Marlboro, N. Y., 
awarded $363 damages last week. 
Case under the .worklngmeri's com- 
pensation law. Marshall had been 
employed by a theatre to do a man 
.monkey on an advertising float for 
a Jungle picture. 



John Mervine, Atlantic City night 
club owner, found dead with two 
bullets in his heart Oct, 3. ; Discovr 
ered sitting in a chair In his desert- 
ed club afteir neighboi's heard the' 
shots and called the police. 



Announced that 'Ballyhoo' revue 
will become an annual production. 



Lionel Bevans will stage 'The 
Good Fairy' for Leventhal & Wee, 



Federal Judge MoscowUz scolds 
prohib agents for wasting time on 
beer ca.ses. Tells th6m to iget aftei: 
sellers :0f whiskey and gin. 



Claiid Rains back to Theatre Guild 
and will play in 'Good Earth.' 



Van Droysen sisters flnlshed . with 
the Ringling-Barhum shows and 
sailed for Hamburg laist week. Spe- 
cial stateroom was fitted up. as one 
is seven feet four and the other a 
foot taller. . 



Bertha Kalisch to be given a tes- 
timonial at the Tlddlsh Art theatre 
Oct. 20. - Marks her 4Qth stage an- 
nlversar.v. 



Henrietta Crosman has sighed a 
Fox contr^act and will leave for the 
Coast some time this month. 



Transfer tax appraisal filed last 
week shows that the estate of the 
late E. F. Albe^ was $3,83'7,614 gross 
and $3,276,012 net at the time of his 
death. 



Government authorizes distilling 
of 2,000,000 gallons of whiskey for 
medicinal supplies for 1933. 



Jos. W. Engles, pres of projection-. 
Ists' Local 604, went to Mlneola po- 
lice station last week land applied 
for permission to remain in the sta- 
tion overnight. Said his life had 
beeii threatened by members of a 
rival union. Police investigating. 



|jiiiMMHMiiii«iiiBKJiii!iMywKhiiiH>i.vw»tki»ta9«aiiHlliiiHHltlKlHllHt mia^ 



News From the Dailies 

This department contains revoritten theatrical newy items as published during the week in the 
dail}f papers of Neii> Yorkt Chicago, San Francisco, Hollyv>ood and London. Variety takes no 
credit for these net»s items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 



'a5;L!a,:i:aoeic;;atias3a.:i,:agcnnKiip«ain< 



wants to ask about it. And while 
he's there she'd also like to ask him 
about hia income. 



Projectionists' Local 30G published 
last week an appeal from William 
Green, Federation head, for labor to 
sta'nd by 306 against the Empire 
State, opposing union in New York. 



Rosa Ponselie back for a short 
concert tour before thei opera sea- 
eon. 



Hector Chariesworth, Toronto 
music and drama critic, to heiad the 
new Canadian Radio co>n[imissioh. ' 



Dry agents raid Danbury. Conn., 
fair and seize two truck loads of glni 
Second such ceiziire at fairs lately. 



Mrs. E. C. Corson of Philadelphia 
planning an opera company since 
the old one is out. Scale will range 
from EOc. to $2.5'0. 



S. Hurok to import the Monte 
Carlo Ballet Russe. First to tour 
here since the late Anna Pavlowa. 



S. E. Price,, who has an office in 
N. Y., Is wrathy over the pinch of 
six salesmen whom he sent to Chi- 
cago to sell Short W;ave Television 
stock. Denies that he attempted 
any unethical devices and says Chi 
police have him all wrong. News- 
papei: . wire says that salesmen's 
phone bills from the hotel where 
they operated wero close to ^1,000 
dally. • 



Cincinnati jury holds that the 
Bronx cheer is no cause for arrest. 
Cop pinched Ben Stein for cheer- 
ing him, alleging disrespect for con- 
stituted authority. Stein got $600 
for false arrest. 



Eddie Dowling and a frie;nd in 
plenty trouble for a minute last 
week. He dropped Into Democratic 
headquarters in New York, parking 
hia car. The friend warned him he 
was liable to get a ticket and his 
offer to drive the car to a garage 
was accepted. When he came back 
with an overcoat over his arm, 
DowMng realized the frlei.d had 
Helen Menken flies a petition in taken the wrong car. When they 



$5.00.C bail in Philadelphia as result I watt fountl guilty by a jury in Su- 



ot a raid on Jack Lynch's nite club 
there: Booked as 'Mary Thompson,' 
but identity discovered. 



. CanUruptcy hearing reveals that 
United Cigar Stores lost $1,417,0.00 
in August. Of this $903,537 was lost 
in real estate transactions, $362,827 
on pale of securities and $155,804 on 
sin'e oiieratiori. . 



Bridge players to hold an exposi- 
tion at Grand Central Palace Oct. 
29 to Nov. 5. Showing of tables and 
accessories, bridge contests and lec- 
tures by Culbertsoh, Work and 
others, 



Arthui Hopkins to follow 'Renr 
dezvou.s' with 'There Was I,' for- 
merly 'High Noon.' Hope Williams 
to star. 



• Wiir Rogers is on. a three weeks' 
air trip to the Argentine t6 buy polo 
pontei). 



Ciiai-les Hopkins looking for a 
larger theatre than the former 
Punch and Judy. House seats only 
299. 



Grace Moore denies statement- 
that she will play the lead in 
'Du Barry' as announced. States 
that her Met. contract prevents 
other stage; work! 



'Cain's Sister' had one week in 
Newark and in for repairs. Only 
four of original cast will remain. • 



Survey of Greenwich Village ihade 
for Vassar College, reveals that 
there are 4,000 speaks and about 
2,000 stills. Liquor sold In every 
plac'e from a regular barroom to a 
fish market. 



Will Rogers elected honorary 
classmate of the Wellesley College 
seniors. 'Last yedr George Arliss 
enjoyed that distinction. . Annual 
custom, with the classmate doing 
the big speech at the class supper 
in June. . 



bankruptcy. Liabilities, at $20,000 
and no assets. Attorney says move 
was taken to. head off creditors who 
pursued her even at rehearsals, but 
that all debts will be paid eventu- 
ally regardless of legal cancellation. 
' In court as Helen M. Smith. 



got to the sidewalk ftolice and the when reference was. made to .'shorts' 
- — - «,r^,_ jj^j g^j^ jjjg general 



excited owner were looking for the 
thief and Dowling had a tough 
time explaining. 



Lilyan Tashman underwent an 
emergency operation for apnendici- 
' tis last week in New York. Was 
forced to leave the show at the Met- 
ropolitan, Brooklvn. 



. Ruth Tara, dancer, announces her 
engagement to Lt. Oeo. E. Fletcher. 



Court orders Arthur Hammer- 
istein to appear Oct. 29 for examina- 
tion before trial in the suit of his 
stepmother for $100,000 for breach 
of contract. She asserts he agreed 
to; support her during her lifetime 
she remained abroad. Came to 
the.U. S. at his. invitation and ex- 
pense and payments stopped. 



Rose Hobart geta a license to 
marry William M. Grosvenor, Jr., 
with . ceremony set for Saturday 
(15) at Mt. Kisco. 



'Carry Nation' Anally goes Into re- 
hearsal. Blanche Yurka will direct 
for Arthur J. BeckhaVd. 



Harry Rlchman signs with George 
White. 



Lillian Walker, one time Vita- 
graph film star, who has been hav- 
ing alimony trouble for a year or 
more, sends Charles E. Hansctn to 
the alimony club for $1,000 arrears 
She's running a dairy near Sara- 
toga, N. Y. 



Last week's decision reversed and 
court now rules" that landlords of 
speaks cannot be served in lieu of 
the prop. May open 1,000 padlockB 

•Daily News,' , N. Y. tab, puts its 
editoriar and circulation staff on 
five day week without isalary cuts. 



-Nassau Philharmonic society gets 
a charter. To give concerts in Nas- 
sau county. 

ilany G. ICosph, receiver for the 
RoiLy theatre, autfiorlzed by the 
court to seek re /aluation. Assessed 
at $4,700,000, a $200,000. boost over 
last year.. ■ ' ■ 



'Mourning Becomes Electra* to 
tour at $2.60 top with tax added 



'A Good Woman — Poor Thing' 
shunted over to ThanTtsgivlng. 



Cornelia Otis Skinner touring the 
midwest with 'Wives' and 'Eugenie 
Will come Into N. Y. In November, 



Gilbert Miller's 'The Late Christo 
pher Bean' slated for a trial open 
ing In Baltimore Oct. 24. 

Marguerite Finley flies a motion 
to examine Phil Plant before trial 
■of her $400,000 breach of promise 
suit. In his answer to the complaint 
he stated that she had signed a gen 
eral release for $3,000. She contends 
this ,was obtained through fraud and 



Referee Tinney in the divorce case 
of Helen Henderson, actress, against 
Charles Duryea reserved decision, 
but indicated that he felt that the 
woman found in the same room 
with husband was no lady, neither 
was It his wife. Referee at sea 



perlor Court, and sentenced to, two 
ro'naecutive life terms in San Quen- 
tin. -. ■ ■ ■ ■ 



. Jealoudy. is believed by Santa 
Monica, .C'al., police to haVe been 
responsibib for the murder of 
Agnes illtchings, dancer, b.v. James 
F. Fife, and the latter's suicide. 



Slugging , her companion, ;G. E. 
Moore, two bandits; forced Alice 
Warner, cashier, to return to, tho 
Critorion, Santa Monica, and open 
the safe, from which they stole $524. 



Suit lor $27,470 againac I>r C. B. 
Worthy, charging negligence in ex- 
tracting SI- tooth, has. been dropped 
in L. A. Superior Court by Sally 
Hurst, fornier chorus girl. 



Charging Gag Films, Inc., failed 
to pay tot developing of films. Con- 
solidated Film Industries has sued 
in Municipal Court, L. A., for $309. 



Bobbo Arnst granted a divorce 
from Johnny Welsmuller in Su- 
perior Coui-t, L. A. Swimmer- 
actor's conduct made her nervous 
and discouraged, musical comedy 
player testifled. 



Year and a day in McNeil Island 
pen was the sentence received In 
Federal court, L. A.,, by George Lle- 
berkranz, charged with, violation of 
the copyright law through the sale 
of pirated copies of popular songs. 



Howard Hughes is purchasing a 
iO-piassenger amphibian plane. !Cos.t, 
$75,000. 



Sid Orauman and Fox West Coast 
,are defendants in a $300 breach of. 
contract suit filed In L. A. Municipal 
Court by Avonne Gaylee, dancer. 
Charges .she was let out after, per- 
forming three days on a three 
weeks' agreement. 



and- BVD's, 
idea. 



Otto Kahn too iU. to go on the 
stand in the suit of Rosalind 
Morini, opera singer, against . him 
for $250,000 libel. ■ 



Bronx Grand Jury considering the 
theatre bombings. 



Arthur Bodansky, Metropolitan 
conductor, returning from Europe, 
says that the' Met must work out a 
self . supporting plan In order to 
survive. Points out it was saved 
for this year by the cuts taken by 
the! stars and hot the contributions 
of the backers. 



Max Soninb, son-in-law of Frank 
Gillmore, of Equity, to go to Italy 
this week. Has been a play broker 
here for five years. Now plans to 
settle in Florence and translate 
Broadway hits for the Italian stage. 



Peggy Fears changes 'Music In 
the Air' to 'Melodies In May.' That's 
the title, not the postponement. 
Opens In. Philadelphia next week. 



WiU of Smith Reynolds does not 
mi^ntion LIbby Holman. Will not be 
olfored for probate, until after the 
arrival of the expected child. Off- 
spring would have an interest in 
the estate regardless of the will 
under the state laws. 



Judge Levine, of General Sessions, 
last week reserved decision on a 
motion by Max D. Steuer to discuss 
Indictments for conspiracy against 
Sam Kaplan and 20 members and 
officers of Local 306 of the Projec- 
tionists Union. Steuer held that the 
indictments were illegal and based 
on hearsay and improper evidence, 
and on these grounds asked discon- 
tinuance. 



Bobby Connolly will 
dances in the new 
Dumpty.' 



stage the 
'Humpty 



Molly Picon; back from South 
America, will head , her own com- 
pany, to make 10 films. 



Mrs. Minnie Jamison, mother of 
the late Anna Christine Norman 
Booth, actress and playwright who 
committed suicide In 1930, piresented 
her claim before Surrogate Foley 
for $1,000 yearly from Mrs. Booth's 
estate; Claim is based on an alleged 
agreement to pay that sum to avoid 
contest on the estate of her first 
husbandi Andrew G. Norman, which 
was willed to the daughter. De- 
cision reserved. 



•Of Thee I Sing' moved to the 
46th St. yesterday (Monday) to give 
George KaufEman the use of the 
stage of the Music Box for .'Dinner 
at Eight.' Complicated settln'gs re- 
quire actual stage rehearsal. The 
atre will be dark, but busy, for two 
weeks. 



Republican Nat. Comm. reported 
to be planning to spend $2,600,000 
on radio time between now and 
election 



Mary Whitman arrested on a sus- 
picion of driving while drunk. Her 
husband, Phillip, film director, 
booked in L. A. on suspicion of 
being L.toxicated in an auto. All 
follows u three way collision. 



vacate her residence, now in tho 
hands of the financial concern, and 
pay rent dt $7.50 a day from Sept. 
20 wlien she was first given notice 
to move. 



Greta Nissen Is . seeking a mail 
divorce from Weldon Heyburn 
through suit filed in Nogales, Mex. 

Albert J. Cohen, tennis plainer and 
.story editor at Universal, must pay 
hl.s wife, pending ';rlal of her di- 
vorce suit, $35 a week alimony for 
the support of herself and their 
daughter, according to a ruling in 
L. A. Superior court. Mrs. Cohen 
charges her . liusbaiid was "too 
friendly" with COrllss Palmer, ex- 
wife of Eugene V» :Berwster. 



. Feds and L. A. police are out to 
throttle: Hollywood night', life, 
swooping down On the film colony's 
newest nocturnal spot, Bal Taborin. 
for a raid on its opening night^ 
The third place raided in a week. ' 



Alice .Toyce in Reno to. divorce 
James B. Regan, Jr., New York 
hotel man. • 



Dorothy Gulliver, screen actress, 
revealed that she and C. Winchester 
DeVito were divorced in Superior 
Court, L. A., last April. 



Louise Fazehda In Cedars of 
Lebanon hospital, Hollywood, with 
a minOr ailment. 



Charging extreme cruelty Mar- 
celle Gray, screen actre'ss, was 
awarded a divorce from Kubec 
Glasmon. writer, In 1* A; Superior 
Court. : ' 



id-West 



Fritz Kreisler and Serge Rach^ 
maninoff are this, year's- window 
dressers for Bertha Ott's series of 
recitals In Chicago. ICreisier starts 
the ball rolling Oct. 23 in Orchestra 
Hall. 



Two Chicago Negroes copped the 
prizes in the fifth annual Rodman 
Wanamaker Memorial contest for 
composers of that race. Florence B. 
Price and Margaret Bond. Cash 
awards of $500 and $260, respec-. 
lively. 



Moi-Ian and Jim, radio act, ex- 
tracted a pearl valued at $200 from, 
an oyster in the Merchandise Mart 
restaurant. Although Reinholdt 
Meyer, the waiter, ; was sick with 
jealousy, some suspicious folks 
tiiought It was publicity. 



Motion pictures said to refute the 
testimony of Mrs. Willie Burbank 
that she has been unable to move 
her head without the help of .her 
hands, and that she could no longer 
perform her regular work, were ex- 
hibited to a jury In Superior Court, 
Madera, CaK Plaintiff is suing J. 
M. Mclntyre there. for $10,000 dam- 
ages as a result of an auto crash. 



Arcadia theatre, St.- Charles, 111., 
donated Monday to the. municipal 
food kitchen and accepted food in- 
stead of cash for admission. Every- 
thing was then turned over to the 
kitchen by Lester J. Norria, owner 
of the house. 



Judgment for $7,340 returned 
against Gloria Swanson In L, A. Su- 
perior court, in favOr of W. Jay 
Sayior. Ltd., for furnishing for the 
actress' Beverly Hills Home. 



Production of 'Silhouette* postr 
poned by Abbott-Dunning. Casting 
difficulties alleged. 



•Stop That Clock,' Burr revue, 
with Beatrice Lillle, Is ndw 'Walk 
a Little Faster." 



Coast 



Lily Pons, opera star, denied on 
her arrival in Los Aiigeles? that she 
was divorcing her husband, . AuguEft 
Medritz, Dutch lawyer. . 



Frederic Mai'ch succeeds W. R. 
Sheehan as president of the Mayfair 
club, film colony dinner-dance or- 
ganization. Norma Shearer becomes 
vice-president; Carl Laemmle, Jr., 
secretary; M. C. Levee, treasurer, 
and Margaret Ettinger, assistant 
secretary. ■ 



Horace C. Klntner is near death 
with four bullet wounds, and Edgar 
R. Anderson is suffering from a 
scalp wound, as a result of a fight 
between the two over the affections 
of Clara Wallucks, actress. Ander 
son was arrested by L. A. police. 



Charlie Chaplin was confined to 
his home several days last week by 
ah illness resembling ptomaine pol 
sohing. 



Judgment for $895 against Aimee 
Semple McPherson-Hutton and her 
husband, David L. Huttdn, has been 
handed down in Superior Courti L 
A„ in favor of Attorney Lyndon 
Bowrlng for counsel fees. 



Evan Burrows KOnlaine. hold In 



Irwin S. Liner, L. A., picture pro- 
jectionist, charged with the murder 
of Edwin H. Clarke and his wife, 



Stench bomb thrown into the 
foyer of the Majestic, downtown 
grind burlesque hpuse, sent 75 pa- 
trons rU'jhlng for the exits. 



Suit for divorce has been filed in 
Reno by. Evelyn Law Janswick, for- 
mer 'Follies' girl, against Henry J. 
Janswick of Hollywood. 



Sylvia Sidney, Jack Warner, Jock 
Oakie, Fifi Dorsay and Eddie Can- 
tor are among the sponsors of the 
Stage and Screen Stars Spectacle 
to be held at the Shrine' auditorium, 
L. A., for the benefit of the MOunt 
Sinai Home for Chronic InvaHds. 



Failinir through a sitting mara 
thori in the bank where her hus 
band, Wayne A. Gahaday works, to 
force him to pay on a property sot 
tlement alleged to have been agreed 
to at .'.he tlmo of her divorce in 
1928, VlQla Daniel Casaday, actress, 
went to Superior <Ourt, L. A., and 
was owarded $3,240. 



Harry Weldon, Jr., charged with 
stealing articles from the Metro 
property department, where he 
worked, held for trial In L. A., on 
two counts of grand titeft. 



Marian Nixon and her husband, 
Edward Hillman, Jr., have identified 
'Buster' Bevlll, nOw serving time 
in Folson prison for forgery, as the 
bandit who robbed them of $7,900 
in jewelry and cash two years ago 
while aboard a Santa Fe train. 



Superior Judge Clement D. Nye, 
L. A., finds Nicholas Timchenko, as- 
sistant art director" in film studios, 
not guilty of contempt In falllnB 
to keep up payment of $60 a month 
to his former wife.. Nina, for the 
support of their child. Motion for 
reduction of allowance to $20 
month will be heard. 



Citizens Bank & Trust CO., L. A. 
has" filed an action in Municipal 
court demanding that Jocelyn I.ee 



Charles Hamill, president of tho. 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Asso- 
ciation, said the Idea of the assow 
elation making suggestions to Fred-* 
erlck Stock: as to what music he 
should play was 'incredible.' Thin, 
came up as a result of the war in 
C'hlladelphia between Leopold Sto- 
kowski and the guarantors over 'de- 
batable' music. Stock is absolutely 
unfettered in his choice. 



Ben Turpln recalled that in 1893 
he was head mop man for the Hotel 
Sherman, Chicago. Now he's 64, 
said the comic, and grateful for the 
phoney eye that made him famous 
an'l prosperous. 



Bank, receivership- has been .asked 
for the AragOn ballroom, Chicago. 
Bond issue of $1,100,000 is in de- 
fault. The Aragon is possibly the 
finest ballroom in America. 



Jazz music is packing the West- 
minster Presbyterian Church, To- 
ledo, p., on Sunday evenings. But 
meanwhile the old guard - is peeved 
and thinks Rev. Elwood A, Ro.wsey 
has done wrong. Pastor told them 
to stay at home If the services were 
too hot for them. 



Broken legs, arms, fractured 
skulls and other bruises were .re- 
ported with sieeming relish by the 
Stadium Rodeo auspices in Chicago. 
The mgre casualties the better the 
sliov/ must be, the rodeb managers 
boasted. Five cowboys went to the 
hospital in one da. v. Horses, liorseH, 
horses. 



Rube Wolf picked up an amateur 
accordiohlst, age 15, to present at 
the iOSth Street, Cleveland. 



Eddie Melniker, manager of State, 
Cleveland,' moved to Loew's, Roches- 
ter. . 



Roberta Dodd -Crawford, negro 
singer, sent to Paris by Chicago 
music patrons four years ago, 
copped herself a member of negro 
royalty in Prince. Houehdu of Da- 
homey. He's no longer playing at 
the prince thing since France 
grabbed his principality; 



Metropolitan Life In.surance Co 
was about to foreclose the Bl'Kk- 
stone hotel, one of the ritziest .spotH 
In Chicago. Drake propertie.s h.Tve 
(Continued on pace 461 



Tiiesday. Oetobw 11, MSi 



TIMES SQUARE— SPORTS 



VARIETY 45 



Unco] 



llllf 



on Chatter 

By Riitii MoiviB 



. A Chanqed Evalyn 

Bvalyn Knapp haa been the 
'^f^Migbter of wealth evwy tiipe ahe'a 
been the screen daughter of George 
ArJisfl. In 'SucceBsful Calamity,' as 
in other Arllas films, she has failed 
to take advantage of the things that 
money can. buy. Her fine feathers 
^id not make a fine blrdling vrhen 
with Arlids. They describe a quiet, 
fympathetio ingenue who paid much 
for meaningless costumes. : 

Miss Knapp does much better in 
«Sporting Age* as the impecunious 
daughter of that rough diamond, 
^ack'Holt. Mr. Holt brings uii his 
fuotherleas babe in the un'reAhcd at- 
inospheiro . of an Isolated army post, 
yet she has at her .comnniand the 
style wisdom that was denied the 
daughter to millions. Someone bh 
the Columbia lot dld_ awfully well by 
■ber. 

' She^s learned how . to , comb her 
hair into something shorter, softer, 
more .youthful. It's shaped, in back, 
net ioo' closely to hier head and. has 
H hairline that respec£s all sides of 
her saucily tilted, small hats. She 
uae^' to be absentVmlhded about her 
hc^tj;; liot. she laiipi/B. theni oh with 
decision and self .-confidence, . She's 
gjiven up fussy dresses for brisk 
frocks that have clearly deflifed: in- 
tentions and trimmings only where 
they can be.: pf .use to the main 
scheme. Her formal clothes still go 
a little wrong. They have good 
Ideas; unusual .sleeve, and shoulder 
tc^tment, carefully fitted skirts, 




a -70^ ALWAY5 A 
BETTER m'^cctmi 



J HELD OVERI 2ND WEEK. 

(JOHN BABKYMORE 

'A Bill of Divorcement' 

Willi KATHARINE HEPBURN 
•ad BILLIE BURKE 

' AA HKO Radio I*iotu 
of oouraet 
Dtlbr-t* s P^M.. S5»: 
, II r.m. to cim. 




monotone crepes, one motif Instead 
of many. But their bodices are too 
snugly moulded to be tasteful or 
worthy of costumes that could be 
worn anywhere but on the screen. 

A new makerup . completes the 
scheme: full-rouged Hps that steal 
plumpness from, a round face and 
eye-shadow artfully applied to, Im- 
prove pencliUng. aiid mascara. 



Roxy's Color War 

The Roxy can't decide which 
shade of red it prefers this weiak; 
so it puts them all together and 
calls them "Fete.* . 

Scarlet for the backdrop, flamingo 
for ISdith Baratow, and the Roxy 
ettes, orange-pink for the ballet, 
brick-red trousers and rose-red 
pumps for Lucille Page. -There they 
aria when the curtains close— ^all 
fighting together' like one happy 
family. 

. Both specialists do awfully well 
for themselves in spite of the con 
flict,. They are saved from oblivion 
by apjplause-coaxing routines— Miss 
Barstow toe-tapping up and down 
a flight of stairs. Miss Page hurling 
herself nonchalantly out of nip-ups 
into spIltS) high-kicks and cart 
wheels. ' . ' •. 



Qa tk* •««• 

, EVERETT 
'MARSHALL 
HILL and 
HOFFMAN 
OUmt RKO Ada 



Oi, tk« Mumm 
MARLENE 
DIETRICH 

Blonde 

Vehiia" 



D«iiir Hldiltkl Mm* rmtvi nttuf 
[(•■■l«4* MMaimt aiiM) erwy M. 




r« lExf AVf. 
W«d. to'Tri., Oct. ia-f4 

Cliva Brobk-Lila Lea 

... . .. . .... 

The Night of June 13th 

aido ' " u I t 

The PHANTOM EXPRESS /T 

'W«d. t* FrI., Oct. 12-14 

CliVe B^bok-Lila Lee 

The Night Of June 13th 

also 

The PHANTOM EXPRESS 







Mt.&Mt8. John GILBERT 
ill "pb\ivi:istairs'' 

with, Paul Lukas 
n Pereori — Run Ca|umbo, 
B«*ny. Rubin, Irens' Bor- 
donl. Throe Key*, and 

■ , Kxlrn Aitriic 
I Otrothy Jordon 



donl, Thn 

101° 



Canilni Frldty— "SmIIIno Through" 







«KfnON.«FRIH 

lOAM.T^NOOIll 

GRAND HOTEL 1 
with Greta G(rb>. ' 
John and Lionel 1 
' Dorry.Tore, 
il, Wallace Beery 
e Marcel; Case. Mack 
l^rrle & Co.; Gilbert 
ttrae.— Syfvia Frooi 



OXY 
HAT CHECK GIRL 



SEVENTH AVENUE 
AT 5011- .STREET 



with SALLY EILERS 

r^v^ll Cambria-Carnival, with Diamond Sroi., 
Jirillj Pace and ethers— Rexy Symphony Oreh.. 
ol ly .Cymphony Csrloon.' Tot Mo-i-lono Nrwi 
llej^nn'Rj Friday, "TinnTE'ri VCMCM." 
with Irene Dunne and RIcordo Corta^ 



Acta Nauahtee, Dreftsea Nica 

Irene Bordoni refuses tc let her 
costume take over part of her 'job at 
the Capitol. That job, as Miss Bor 
donl sees It, is to personify a 
'naughtee,' ever-so-GalUo flirt. Her 
costume knows no such thing. 

It might have had daring, rather 
tha:n modest, decolletage; It could 
have been fashioned In alluring vel 
vet, gleaming satin or cire; It should 
have had an extreme and dashing 
line. Mais non, as those French 
say. From Its tasteful dull crepe to 
its last conventional detail the dress 
wants just to be decent, pretty and 
refined.' 

It mia.kes a good entrance, smart- 
ened by a cape of rich silver fox, 
The fur Is caught under the arms 
with black satin bands crossing in 
back to tie In a tailored bow at the 
waistline. But- when the cape goes, 
striking style departs, top, leaving 
'naughteeness' to knowing winks 
and saucy pouts that strain viva- 
ciously across the footlights. 

Dorothy Jordan, back at the the- 
atre that knew her as one of the 
Cheister Hales, Is not the most dis- 
tinguished of dancing alumnae. She 
struggles bravely through a lengthy 
routine for whose static iq[uallty her 
dress must take part of the blame. 
It's white, It's cute, It's young, but 
It wasn't made for dancing. Crepe 
moulded with a' svelte Princess line 
can't hope to disguise the fact that 
Miss Jordan has been too busy In 
Hollywood to keep up with her 
dancing lessons. 

But she makes a charming per- 
sonal appearance — ^very : blithe, gay 
and unpretentious. Her second con- 
tribution, an informal chat, is 
brightened by rose silk outlining a 
simple dinner dress, ornamented 
with a brief bolero that has large 
bell sleeves of near-enough ohln- 
cbilla. 



Too Modest 'Check Girl' 

•Hat-Check Girl' gives Sally 
Eilers a miUionaire flance and very 
little else In the way of cinema 
glamor. For a real hat-check girl 
that would be enoygh, but for the 
heroine of a motion picture it's 
downright stingy. 

The producers might have thrown 
in one or two fetching costumes to 
wear at those parties that hat- 
check , girls -are always invited to. 
But. they decided to let Miss Eilers 
travel, on her. own personal charm 
and make the most of an average 
.wardrobe. A plain black and white 
dress here, a dull satin evening 
dress there, and general disregard 
for the weight Miss Eilers has put 
on since her last picture. ... 



The Style Parade 

Ginger Rogers' advocating snug 
costumes and a fluffy, loose bob, for 
the ■ half-hearted comedy relief of 
'Hat-Check Girl'. . .Christine Mer- 
gon, masquerading in the same pic t 
ture under a Harlem makeup, as- 
Slimed- for a floor, specialty. . .Vir- 
ginia Bruce, sweet knd frail In the 
peasant costumes and maid's uni- 
forms of 'Downstairs' . . .Hedda Hop- 
pei'i loyal to Hollywood halr-h.ats 
for European royalty. . .Baclanova, 
with her Interesting accent, brood- 
ing beauty and luxuriant gowns, an 
autiientic Baroness in 'Downstairs' 
. . .Bodil Rosing, contributing a con- 
vincing characterization of an Im- 
prcs;>ionablo Swedl.sh cobl<...Karyn 
Morley, appearing long enough to 
model her own very becoming ver- 
.'iion of the bang coiffure and a mot- 
tled chiffon, smarted with one large 
velvet bow. . .Rvelyn* Brent's 111- 
tempored. expression passing lan- 
guidly through the melodrama of 
'The Crusader*. ..Marcellinc Day, 
b.Klly in need of a builder-upper 
\n help her face the critical 
camera. 



Pakn Springs Season , 
Gets na Early Start 

Palm Springs, Oct. i<l. 
Winter season started here last 
weekrend, with the picture colony 
In attendance. El Mirador and Des- 
ert Inn both near, capacity. The 
Dunes also opened Its doors for the 
season. 

This is the earliest start the re- 
sort ever had, with hotels flgurlng 
that the popularity of the spot last 
winter with picture names warrant- 
ed an earlier opening. 



ANYHOW, BENNY Smt 
PACKS THE GARDEN 



By JACK PULASKI , 

Madison Square Garden opened 
its indoor season Friday (7) and it 
was packed to the rafters, the mob 
paying ?7.70 top to see Benny Leon- 
ard box Jinimy McLiarnin. Match 

was stopped Just before the end of 
the sixth round by Arthur Donovan, 
referee. Benny had shbwn some- 
thing In his year of come-back 
scraps but against Baby Face the 
truth came out— Leonard is just 
an exH^hamplon. He claims other- 
wise and alibied with a first round 
mysterious Injury. : 

The. former boxing Idol (Joe the 
Humphries was calling everybody 
an idol) was given one grand re-^ 
ception. Except for his. thinning 
hair he looked good at 150 pounds, 
about three pounds more than the 
Mick. Dan Parker had it right 
when he quoted 2 to 1 that Leonard 
would be knocked out. 

Hope Wa.a that Benny would stay 
the 10 rounds but that went glim- 
mering when he, went back against 
the ropes In the first, grogged up. 
He got the smelling salts as soon 
an he reached his corner; In the 
second Jimmy sent Benny down for 
a nine count with a left hook. The 
blow looked like a half push but 
the fans then figured the flght was 
on the up and up. 

From the fourth to the sixth 
Leonard steadily caught. He. also 
did some fancy ducking, so much 
so that the house applauded.: 
McLarnin kept thrawlng punches 
with both hands, missing more 
often than he landed, but Leonard 
jiist could not duck them all. As 
for offensive he frtiowed little— quite 
a difference thcui when he out- 
gamed Billy Towneend during the 
summer. 

Not Badly Hiirt 

Benny waa not badly hurt. . He 
was crouched peering at Jimmy 
with both hands to the face when 
the ref stepped In. He doubtless 
could have continued and he 
squawked over the finale, telling 
Donovan "plenty before he left the 
ring. 

Seemed for once, that McLarnip 
did not want to punish an opponent. 
He waa confident from the start and 
looked like he would make a quick 
match of It. After the second round, 
however, the blonde did not seem 
anxious for 'the kill;' Of course it's 
possible that Baby t^ace respiected 
Leonard's ability and . perhaps his 

sock. y ' 

Benny can and probably will con- 
tinue in the flght game to replen- 
ish his bankroll. The gate was $67,- 
000 and- his end about 17 g's. Mc- 
Larnin haid stated he Was through 
aft^r the Leonard match. Supposed 
to have plenty, of coin and is go- 
ing while the going Is good, appar- 
ently not interested in copping a 
title, although except Billy Petrolic, 
he's the most dangerous of the 
smaller men, Jimmy Is 26. Benny 
is past 36. That .and hi's long re- 
tirement .explains why Lebhard will 
never again be of title calibre, 

Thursday (13) Kid ChocoIa,te and 
Lou Feldman flght for the fealther- 
welght title at the Garden. Next 
important match after that, will be 
between Tony Cahzonerl and Pe- 
trolic, who .will argue the light- 
weight title .out. . Starting Friday 
the rodeo takes possession of the 
Garden and will be the attraction 
lor the balance of the month. Show 
goes on nightly except Sundays, 
when thefe will be afternoon exhi- 
bitions. 



Tm Telling You 

By Jcick Osterman 



REGISTRATION 



Registration for the Nov. 8 
elections takes place this 
week. 

Polling places In New York 
will be open for registration, 
of voters Oct. 10-14 from B 
until 10:30 p.m. and on Oct 15 
(Saturday), from 7 a,m. until" 
10:30 p.m. 

It you don't register, you 
can't vote. 



CASINO OGIB THEATHE 
NAMES A LA MAYFAni 



Central Park Casino is now in 
the field to attract weekly gathering 
of profiessionals, along the lines of 
the Mayfair and Pierrette. Latter 
two are opposed Saturday night 

functions, whereas the Casino an- 
nounces Sunday eveiiing ' dances 
starting at dinner time. Cost is 
$7.50 per person* for wliich dinner, 
mineral waters* and so forth arc 
served. , It is to be a membership 
enterprise./ 

The Casino function will be called 
the 'Music Box Sunday Dinner 
Dance.' Music will be suppMed .by 
Harry Rosenthal and the Don Jose 
tango bands. The billed board of 
governors for the dances is Irving 
Berlin, William Gaxtoh, Arthur 
Hammerstein, Arthur HQpklns, 
Arch Selwyn, George White, A. C. 
Blumenthal, George Gershwin, Sam 
H. Harris, Joseph M. Schenck, Ed- 
g^r Selwyn, Ed Wynn. First affair 
is next Sunday (16). 



Fans Go For No Limit 
Bone-Crush in Paris 

Paris, Oct; 1, 
AViesiling without any rules — 
called 'Pancrace' here — equi- alent to 
'catch as catch can,' Is getting a big 
break In Paris, fully as big as that 
of boxing. Two shows have already 
been given — second one getting a 
capacity bouse, and fine trade sure 
developing. 



MARRIAGES 

Zarah Leander, most popular of 
local torch singers, was married In 
Stockholm Sept. 23 to Vidar: Forsel, 
son of the director of the Royal 
Opera. After honeymoon In Berlin, 
bride will rejoin Karl Gerhard re- 
vue In Gothenburg as co-star. 

Flossy Gold to Mac Loew, Sept 
28, in Los Angeles. Bridegroom Is 
attached to National Screen .Serv- 
ice on the coast. Bride riinp a 
wholesale nut business In L. A, 

Naomi Andrews, dancer, to G. 
Gordon- Biggar, at -Marblehead, 
Mass., Sept. 29. 

Patricia Patterson, stage and pic- 
ture, . and Richard ,L. - Wiener,' 
Akron; O., Insurance salesman, were 
married September 30, In that city. 

Katherlpe Hawley to . Stephen 
Sleslnger, lately. Bride is one of the 
Elizabeth .Duncan dancers. . Gro.om 
an author's rep. 

Agnes Garrlgan to Harry Mills, In 
Hollywood, Calif.,. Oct. 7. Bride Is a 
former Fanchon & Marco, girl,, and 
bridegroom is dramatic, editor, of the 
Seattle, Wash., 'Star.' 

Muriel Asche, dancing teacher, to 
W. Ruff, non-pro, in New Tork, 
Oct. 7. . 

Pierre de Noyer, American corre- 
spondent of the French daily 'Petit 
ParlSien,' married Annie Paree in 
the St. Augustln Church, Paris. . 

Albertina Vitak, solo dancer In 
'Flying Colors,' to Wm. R. Kaelih, 
non-pro, Oct. 8, in New York. 

Lucille Moore to W. O; (Chris) 
Christensen, Oct 2, Agua Callente. 
Bride was former secretary to 
Christensen, Hollywood agent. 

Herman Kaplan, director of the 
Hollywood theatre- orchestra, De- 
troit, to Marie Herrick, non-pro, in 
that city. . 

Harry Warner to, Marcellne 
Emory in San Francisco, Aug. 24. 
Both are cafe singers. 

Charlotte Flxel, recognized by the 
courts as the common-law wife of 
the late A. L. EJrlanger, was married 
in Atlantic City, Oct. 7, to Benjamin 
p. Abramsj New York igarment 
manufacturer. The ceremony took 
place in the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
William H. Conger, jr., 10 Montpeller 
avenue. Itabbl Henry M. Fi.sher, of 
Beth Israel 'Pemple, officiated. 

The ceremony was brief and wit- 
nessed by a f6w friends of the 
couple, residents of this city. 

Both Milton, former 'Follies' girl 
and screen actress, married Oct. 8 at 
Agua Callente to Charles Belden, 
scenario writer. 

E. S. Hawes, BRPl representative 
in Lincoln, Neb., to LOretta Wack- 
er, nion pro, in Pueblo, Colo., last 
month.. Bride formerly theatre 
cashier. 



UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. 



Introducing the Manager 

We just signed a three year con- 
tract with Charlie) Morrison to be 
our exclusive manager. We have 
use of one of his offices— which will 
probably be good news to th6 
'Variety' muggs. 

We feel very happy about the 
whole thing because we have never 
previously laid off for Morrison. 



Quite True 

The wife remarks that she'd 
rather have Wlnchell toss her a 
scallion than an orchid. Ypu can 
eat a scallion. 



. Berle Gag No. 876 

Milton Berle told us. that he was 
ha.ppy to aittend the dinner given 
in honor of Mickey Mouse's birthr 
day. 

Milt claims Mickey Is one actor 
that doesn't accuse him of stealing 
his material. • 



Little Caesar Talks 
At the A. M. P. A. luncheon the 
other da;y Eddie Robinson was called 
on to speak. He said he felt some- 
thing like a stuffed fish he once 
saw mounted on the wall of a sea 
food place. Underneaith was the In- 
scription; f 

'I wouldn't be here had I kept 
my mouth shut.' 



. Anothap Ba«r Fact 

Bugs .Baer confides that McKe6 
is the first tiayot ever to be elected 
just for Indian Summer. 



Smart Crack 

And it was the late Grant Clarke 
who went up to our most hard 
boiled music publisher and said: • 

'Will you reach in your heart and 
get me a piece of Ice.' 



He Didn't Mind . 

Down on the stock • exctianige a 
little Jewish fellow was following 
in the foot steps of a big buyer. It 
he overhead him buy 20,000 of this, 
he'd put In an. order for 5,000 too. 

One day the plunger put in an 
order for 100,000 bushels of grain. 
The little guy. only heard the sen- 

(Cpntfnited on .s>age 63} '. . 



Mexico Rushes Border 
Highway for Tourists 

■ Mexico City, Oct. 8. 

Convinced that road projects will 
boost foreign- tourist traffic, F^d«<'ai 
government has modified its re- 
cently announced five-year . high- 
way building plan to concentrate all 
efforts upon early completl'tion. of 
the road from I^redo, Tex, to 
Mexico City. • 

As Mexico City-U. S. border high- 
way Is deemed to be of prime im- 
portance, government has decided to 
lei other roads wait until it is com- 
pleted and put Into service, and to 
that end lias arranged for financing 
undertaking by canceling contracts 
for road works of lesser importance. 

Government announces that work 
has been started on the Ensend.da- 
Mexlcall road and that it will , be 
continued until this tourist avenue 
is completed. ., Road will bfe asphalted 
its entire length. 



Garden Won't B'dcast 

Indoor Fight Shows 

Fights win not be radioed from 
Madison Square Garden this season 
unless the .corporation later changes 
its plans, Garden netted neat proflts 
f rbni the. air rights for the past sev- 
eral seasons and dlscontiniiance 
caused surprise. 

Theory is tha.t by not putting fight 
cards on the air attendance wlil be 
increased to an extent that will 
more than balance radio profits. 
From the fans' stiandpolnt flght 
broadcasts have never been quite 
satisfactory, principally because of 
limitations placed on the announcer 
by the State Athletic Commission. 

The Schmellng- Walker contest at 
the outdoor bowl was not on the air. 
Attendance wa,8 much better than 
anticipated .and the Garden manage- 
ment thereupon decided not to radio 
the indoor shows. ■ 



BIRTHS 



Mr. and Mrs. Thoinas Nceley, son, 
Oct. 2, in New York. I-'athcr is an 
NBC p:ofrram director; mother a 
former pro. 



46 



VARIETY 



TIMES SUM AWE 



Tuesdaft October 11, 1932 



Broadway 



Alex Gottlieb's llp-grrowth ?one. 
Doc Bender back from the Coast, 
Phil Adler around, but in hldlns. 
Russ Moon out of hospi and back 
«t RKO. 

Dorothea Berke back at ballet- 
staglng, after quite a layoff. 

'.Charlfes Pettjjohn made , a Ken- 
tucky colonel by Gov. Laffoon. 

Bob Faber erolng iii for amateur 
photography, doing his own devel- 
oping. 

, J. Albert Hirsch erot tired of up- 
town hotels and moved back to the 
Village. 

D i m 1 1 ri Tlomkin's ■64-year-old 
mother goes to', nite school to learn 
English. 

The Skolskyis' small daughter's 
nanie Is Nina, but they call her 
Congorllla, Jr., for short. 

Will Morrtsey . wearing dark 
glasses, covering up results df ire- 
cent automobile aiccident. 

Jake Wilk is laid up in the White 
flains hosp;; athlete's foot from too: 
much, ping pong, says a pal. . 

Albert Deane . says David Ross' 
voice on the radio is a.deoid rlpget 
for Irving Pichel. Or vice versa. 
• Leb Cohen of Loew's sleeping in 
rarlfled atmosphere; these nights in 
his hew penthouse at 46th and 
tiftli. 

Joe Guastella, the Algonauin hotel 
barb, nurturing a flock of juveniles' 
waning locks, with his hair-growing 
routine. 

Rosie Beaumont's New Hampshire 
home . adorned with • Lament's 
tdinous bulls &nd bears clock/. which 
cost 20 G's. 

Jack Curtis, disgusted with Broad- 
way conditions, decides to sail soon 
again. ' Cheaper for. him if. he be- 
came a purser.' ■ 

Dave Clark, oracle of tin pan , al- 
ley, opines that. 'Songwriters and 
neuritis are the same thing— they're 
"both nervous.' ^ • . , 

Ira Glucks^ian, Publhdte, lives Ih 
the same apartment building with 
Police Commish Mulrooney and 
Judge Barrett. 

After rave notices -for !When La- 
dles Meet,' Herb' Rawlihson .becomes 
exqlusiy^, deserts round table aiid; 
eats alone at Sardi's. . 

Sidney Skolsky arid Billy Rose 
.with their arm's around each other 
aurlrig L ' 'Americana' N Intermish 
looked 'llke a brother act. 
-■ iBlmer Rogers, former manager of 
the Palace, received. a watch last 
^eek from house employes who 
bold over fr6m his "regime. 
' -Al Boasberg has been elected 
Night Mayor 6f West End, N. J. 
Says he alsa r&n for - dog-catcher, 
ibut West JSnd. ran out -of dogs. 

Looking forward to the. holidays, 
a Broadwayite mentioned the Shu- 
berts, cracking: 'Maybe they'll give 
-away theatres for Christmas pres- 
ents' this season.' 

Forty-sixth street's Phil Coffee, 
'SUrroundfed by Cub fans at flnal 
world's series game in Chi, offered 
to; Jay three to one on "Yanks and 
spot ' home team four runs. No 
'takers. 

' 'Leona Leigh, sister-in-law of Lou 
'Goldberg, and secretary to Jim Fur- 
man in W^, underwent an opera- 
-tlOn for adhesions last week in 
White Plains hospital, White Plains. 
She's' rallying nicely. 




scenes ■ of Warners' 'Common 
Ground.' 

Ralph Blank, former manager of 
the Figueroa fof F-WC, has opened 
a women's ready-to-wear shop In 
Hollywood. 

New decorations on ceiling of 
Johnny Johnson's office at Unlyer* 
sal, due to one solid downpour and 
one leaky roof. . 

Leon Leonidoft. is here for a few 
days vacation; Hd leaves next week 
for New York to tctke up his duties, 
at Radio City Nov. 1. 

Harry Mines, assistant to -Eleanor 
Barnes of the 'Daily News,' goes 
to. New York to enter Professor 
Baker's player class at Yale. 

Arthur C^^esar, the last revolution- 
ist of iBohemla, addressing the 
Chamber of Comnierce at Laguna 
Beach, his present bailiwick. 

George Bowser collecting from the 
other . F-WC district managers, for 
having led the Los Ahgeles terri- 
torie? In the 10 weeks* drive. 

Samuel Soils, teaching bull flght- 
ing to Lew Ayers, can't speak Eng- 
lish, so Ralph DcLara, the inter- 
preter, tells Ayres when to jump, 

Joe Mankiewicz's sprained ten- 
dons has. he and . Claude Blnyon 
com^letinpr their Par assignment at 
JoeV bedside. And it's not a bed- 
time story, either. 

Agents, which is .an oifshot of the 
Theatrical Press Representatives of 
America, celebrated its fifth anni- 
versary with a luncheon at the Elks 
club. ' Cy Masters pt-esided, with 
Charlie Murray guest of honor. 

Former - Munchers, lunchroom at 
the Fox- Western 'Ave. lot, trans" 
formed, into aT public restaurant by 
knocking a hole.ih the Sunset Blvd. 
wall. C/iterlng mainly to 'the Fanr 
chon & Marco gang across the 
street. 



News of the Dailies 



(Continued from page 44) 

been Involved In all sorts of litiga- 
tion for the past year. 



Paris 



^Alice. Bond' in Forecloisureland' 
wa» the title- of a satirical play pre- 
sented by the Chicago Bar associa- 
tion. One of the' lyrics ran; 
Perhaps you'd iike a case to go 
Before d judge you slightly know. 
Arrangements can he made lor 
dough, 

For clerking's a grand old racket. 



Walter t»owell leaves the 105th 
Street pit orchestra in Cleveland to 
take a new comedy band on the 
road; Gets' going in late October. 



Charles Buckley back - from 
Fresno. • 
> John Marston left for New York 
by -auto. 

... Max Hoffman, Jr., here; so is. 

Helen Kane. . 
Sam Brlskin due back Oct. 16 

from New York. 

■' W. • Ray Johnston here on his 

semi-annual visit. • 
. Georgie Raft has a new contract, 

,cet.r and chauffeur. 

Charles- Ruggles to New York . for 

two weeks' vacation. 

' Col. Fred Levy of Louisville here 
. for .first visit in three. years. 
' ..Eddite Sta;hley again m. c'lng at 
. t,he.' Paramount; after week's lay- 

toff. 

""fiiid Ldlller to 'Fi'isco and Sacra^ 
. m'ehtb oh real estate matters for 
F-WC. . : . : 
, Bert Leyey booking offices moving 
■ to 1 ■ Warner Downtown - building 
Noy..l. " . .. . 

Bill Hardwick and Jack Dailey 
motored to Oakland for something 
or other.' 

. The Fredrlc Marches (Florence 
Eldridge) have adopted- a baby 
daughter. 

Troy Orr still talking of the days 
when he ushered at the Cohan thea- 
tre in :New York. . 

Maxwell Shane a . man without a 
country. Paterson, - N. J„ officials 
have no re<:orid of his birth. 

Charles Fairreil hosting the British 
t(?.nnis champs, Bunny Austin and 
Fred Perry; at his beach home. 

"Vlrgil MlUer, head of Paramoiint's 
camera department, has had his op- 
tion taken up for. another year. 

Ruby Keeler's two younger sisters, 
Gertrude and Helen, here from 
Long^- Island to ogle the studios. 
, George Levee, .brother of Mike, 
looking around the Tiffany lot to 
learn production froni Sam Blschoff, 
■ : Wilson Mizner acting as technical 
diriector on the' Bairbary Coast 



Jean LeFehr, chorus girl, operated 
on in Cleveland, but joined 'Hello 
Paree' in Akron a week later. 



Robert Montgomery, not the 
screen - actor, but cashier of the 
DKlly Racing Form,' was kidnaped 
in Chicago, They sought to force 
him to open the safe. Instead 
Montgomery escaped by a ruse and 
reported to his boss, George Pola- 
chek> 



Aaron Saplro, who glittered 
brightly for a while in the film biz 
as. an exhibitors' David, is now after 
a 'fair and uniform scale' on beihalf 
of the Chicago Laundry Owhers. 



Burlington. Railroad bought the 
old home of Buffalo BUI Cody in 
I.«C]ajre, Iowa, and will move it 
Intact to the Buffalo Bill Memorial 
Park, Cody, Wyoming. They bought 
the shack for $150. . 



Sadie. Schoengold opened . Yom 
Kippur .night as leading lady with 
the. Yiddish Players, at - the Lawn 
dale, Chicago, Her publicity agent 
identined her to fame as a friend 
of Paul' Bern. 



One of the. .German dancing 
Sisters O. current at the College 
Inn, wfiff badly cut about the head 
when a taxlcab .returning fropi.the 
world Series park stopped preclpl 
tately . and threw her f br^atd 
through the glass panel.' Her full 
name, is Karla G}utohrleln. 



DeWolf HoppeV addressed the 
Chicago Bar association. In Fritz 
Blockl's 'World 'Between' at the 
Adelphi he impersonates the ghost 
of an English barrister. 



By cohvjerting the Drake, hotel 
into a replica of the Paris Latin 
Quarter and throwing a gala ball 
the Architects' Relliaf Fund netted 
$7,500. 



Florence Eldredge arid Frederic 
March adopted .a baby from: the 
'Cradle,' foundling home in Evans- 
ton. Mrs. March took the baby to 
Hollywood, last week. 



Kenosha, Wis., had Its night club 
proprietor, Jee Mlnkowsjki, kid 
naped. He refusied to comment. 



Cecil King to London. 

Paul Sloane back in Parla. 

Lee Plahskby In I<ondon again. . 

Peggy Meehan back In Olverriy. 

Vivlenne Jackson In Montpar- 
nasse. ■ . ■,: ■ - 

Mistingueitte . trying to do a 
Gamby. , 

Arlette Marchal back" from the 
Rivieira. 

The Fiedelbaums weekiendlng In 
Deauville. 

Mrs. John Weld ; keeping an eye 
on rrahiti.^ 

Dave Souhaihl' getting rid of his 
old Talbot. ' 

Henri Rolland has a piece ih 'Five 
Star Final.' 

Steve Passeiir down south for 
three months. 

Rain marring the Montmartre 
open air gala. 

Charles ' Francis Coe a guest of 
Tudor "VUlklnson. . . 

'Bill O'Brien back to Fpiiquets 
from the States. 

Jack Campbell . slated for an of- 
flcial job in Paris. 

Paris motor , show on and bring- 
ing many tourists'. 

Maurice TourhoUr breiaking a rib 
in a mbtor accident. 

Mayor Jimmy. Walker losing his 
dog Togo on bQard .ship. 

Yvonne , Prlntemps in bed for 
three days \^ith a cdld. 

Maurice Chevalier imitating his 
own imitators at -his gala. 

Edmonde Qifjr denies she is to do 
the Folles Bergere revue... 

Metro office laying off another 
dozen employees for econbmiy. 

Emile de Ruelle trying to work 
French, labs at American tempo. 

Mrs. Ruby de Ruymer (Mrs. Ben 
Troop) in a Riviera motor accident. 

New scenes added to 'White Horse 
Inn' for production at the Mogador, 
French can-can quadrille scoring 
at reopening of Montmartre night 
club. 

Friends .of '. Janef Aubert glad 
Ballyhoo' receipts 'are "pn the up- 
grade. ' .■ 

Colleen Moore's cousin. Ruth -Her- 
bert, shown Paris 'sights by Bill 
Parker. . . . ; 

Tactlessness; of a waiter cost the 
Lido a chance to ' be visited by 
royalty. 

J. Carlo Bavetta with swollen 
eyes after working 40 hours at one 
stretch. 

Claire Madgett soon due to sail, 
but giving ain audition at the 
Chatelet. ' 

Albertlna' Rash and her girls led 
by Margaret -Earl landing In 
Boulogne. 

Dora Duby : announcing a recital 
of crude acrobatics before she turns 
highbrow. . . 

Mary Roger's portrait by Bertha 
Fanny Taylor reproduced ih the 
Paris press. 

English players doing a mixed 
program for the last week before 
going on tour. 

Lehmann. reviving Bataille's 25- 
year-old 'Scandal' at the Porte 
Saint-Martin. ' 

Gaston Graza, former local MGM 
publicity chief, -now driving a milk 
delivery wagon. ... 

Cast of Bouffes Parislens making 
no mjjstery of what they think of 
their owh show, 

GeoEges Bailly, musical director 
of Olympia, doing comedy in cos- 
tume in a prologue; 

Jules Gheret, 98; pttlriter and post- 
er expert, died In Nice after being 
blind for 10 years. 

Laudy L, Lawrence discussing 
Prenph propaganda with Secretary 
of State Leo Mistier.' ' . 

Maurice Livingstone's partner (M. 
Singer),^ attendlng'all parties of the 
Fontainbleau district: 

Mr. arid Mrs. Clarence F. Gould 
and Mr^. Thonwis F, 'Mahvllle all 
going back to A^merlca.' ...... 

Meg Lemoririler -telUriier a scion' of 
the Blumenthal Wh what she thinks 
of his gambling ability. 

Pamela MacDougall, . English so- 
ciety girl, and Sweetie .Roberts em 
barking on film careers. . 

Elizabeth Allen moving to M6nt 
parnasse after a ' last ' spaghetti 
spread in her Auteull 'flat. 

Edith Mera likely to Interest 
motorcar money in- -pictures via 
Renault's brother-in-law. 

The Pyrenees district of Andorra 
to be opened to tourists by funicu- 
lar lines and motor roads. 
' Ruth Putnam Mason reminiscing 
about when Ann Harding' left Jessie 
Bonstelle, and other things. 

Helen Thompson, ex-Gamby girl, 
breakirig a Paris American heart 
to follow Mlstlnguette's tour. 

Bo Dowling . keeping his lawyer 
working two nights running until 
5 a.m. to close that Halk deal. 

Pierre Curral of the daily 'In 
translgeant' now the most impor- 
tant private film' buyer in Paris. 

Cafe de Parliii' redecorated In blue 
tones by Chalom, reopened to capa 
pity and gives weekly artist's nights 
Benrio-yigny delaying a pleasure 
trip to Hollywood becaus^ busy 



financing 'arid derflnanplng syndi- 
cates. 

"A. F. Junker, travel agent, still 
hbld'ing the bag for the unussd por- 
tion of Cliff Fischer's ticket to Gerr 
many.' ' ■■ 

iSonhlfaclo , of the Opera, writes 
prospective backers on-, stationery 
describing hixn as Spain's, greatest 
dahcer. 

French version of 'Grand Hotel' 
carefully hidden . until sold, but 
'Petit Parlslen* to show the original 
version. 

Lartlgue writing from", hospital 
that there is no foundation in bis 
divorce story; and his wife at his 
bedside. 

Helen Park Cant's angry when 
she hears . her danghteir's . (Miss 
America) legs have . been ; photo- 
graphed^ 

Dol6res del Pilar to renPuhce 
'keep off stage' vows made on her 
wedding day to dance in Folles Ber- 
gere revue; 

, Lou Wolfsoh fllling Herman 
Cohen and Sol Zolondek with .all 
the beer available in front of the 
Moulin Rouge. 

Harold Lloyd's wife arid kids ex- 
pected soon by Mrs. Rockerby, who 
is back from visiting with Gehe- 
vleVe Tptiln In London. 

'Nina-Rosa' . Chatelet receipts 
jumping froni $600 to $1,000 per 
show when Andre Bauge returns to 
replace his understudy. 

Herr Thyssen of the steel- firm 
and of the Glarldge, Paris, vaihly 
attempting to get a piece In young 
Nebenzahl film financing. 
• Collette d' Aryllle's boudblr deco- 
rated with authentic, letters - from 
King Louis, .Quieen Marie Antoi- 
nette, Kapoleon and. others. 

Nadja (Walter Wanger's sister) 
giving : Margaret Severn, Dorothy 
Llttlefieid, Douglas Coudy, Cannon 
and Menaka- a leg up to Paris 
shows. . . 

William, Brady writes !There ■will 
soon be a . revolution in New YPrk 
against critics if they continue kill- 
ing a play every night for the sake 
pf wisecracking.' 



Loop 



Art Kassel back at Bismarck Ho- 
tel. 

Tom Fizdale doing night duty at 
NBC. . .. 

Gary Cooper dropped in on John 
Balaban. 

Jack Fisher, In from Hollywood, 
may promote some billiard events. 
It's his old biz. 

Harris, Grand, Erlanger, Appllo, 
and Selwyn are pledg:ed to eschew 
cut rates all season. 

George Keep, treasurer at the 
Grand, In Woodlawn hospital re- 
covering from appendicitis. ; 

Adolph Menjou, Kathryn Carver, 
Alec Francis, Edna Best, Herbert 
Marshall and Lawrence Tibbett hit 
Chi the same day. 

Carol Frlnk and Clark Rodenbach 
occupied Ashton Stevens usual 
seats at the Erlanger opening of 
'Whistling in the Dark.' 

Heririci's has a ■waiting line every 
night for dinner since 'Of Thee I 
Sing' came' to town. Restaurant Is 
doing the biz of the town. 

E.. V. Newman starts his 24th 
lecturing season at Orchestra HaLU 
Oct. 12 with five spiels on Somali- 
land, India, Singapore, China, Japan 
and Hawaii. 



Riviera 



By FRANK SCULLY 



London 



in 



Chevalier, leaving; 

Mike Arlen pencil-biting. . 
Hope finished a gangster. 

No oysters till Nov. Too hot. 

Dagmar Godowsky back 
Cannes. . 
• Best summer .ever, now; next tP 
closing. . ■ -. . . • 

U. a; Consulate doubling; as a cast 
Ing bureau. 

.Bpb E.row,n's 'Let There Be B.eer' 
was. written here. 

. . George Robey getting $2,500 week- 
ly in 'Don . Quixote,' 

Vlila Variety club house for Hol- 
lywopdr emigres again, 

GFFA studios expects to clear six 
pictures by Christmas, 
. George Antheil';3 deal with Arthur 
Hopkins on 'Candlde' off. 

CarltPn Bar holding Yo Yo Cham 
plonship— 6f Carlton Bar. 

Gwenn Le Galllenne wears a mod- 
est two-piece bathing suit, but It 
has holes In it. 

Challapin, starring In a $375,000 
picture, puts up at a $2 a day hotel, 
meiils included. 

Rex, new liner, stayed 16 minutes 
in port, but let ho scribe off for a 
final fine, a I'eau. 

Monte Carlo . Casino reporting 



chumps down In droves, 

Oscar Asche weighs 24 stone, 
which, when multiplied by 14 arid 
divided by 2,2, tells you his weight 
In kilos, . 

Only four Hollywood pictures 



Ann Suter around again. 

Nora Williams on the 'sick list, 

'Grand Hptel' playing to capacity. 

Four Admirals off to Italy and 
Spain. 

'Potash and Perlmutter' rehears-* 
als going on. ' ' 

Screen Golfing Society Dinner 
around, again. 

Jack Haskell likely to produce for 
J. Xi.. Sachs here. 

Everybody here expecting Martin 
Beck back shortly. • ' 

Harry Foster intends sailing for 
New York Oct. 12. 

Roseray, minus Capella, straying 
in. Leicester square. ; ' 

Victoria Palace, to .be In fashion, 
building stage runway. 

Louis Freear, old- tinie musical 
star, getting a broadcast. 

Not.'efenerjsiliy knowh, Metro has 
world's rights to. 'Merry Widow.' " 
Blanphe Alter returnlg to Amer- 
ica, but will only stay a few >eeks. 

Murray Leslie full of native 
Africa.. Says made a hit with the 
natives. '. 

Sir Oswald Stbll arid Lady Stoll 
at the London Pavilion, paying for 
admissipn. 

Ambassadors latest Vtheatre . in 
West End rumpred ' for continuous 
vaudeville. 

Palladium, getting ready another 
'Crazy Month,' starting middle of 
November. 

Queues surroUdi-ng the entire Pal* 
ace theatre to see 'Gfand Hotel,' un- 
precedented. ' 

Empire Mliing Jimmy 'Schnoiszle' 
Durante ab'bVe Buster Keaton in 
'Speak Easily 

Gracie Fields was submitted for 
Paris at 43,200 per week, offer of 
$600 came back. 

Shuberts wanting Evelyn Laya 
and Carl Bri^sori for 'Cyran^), da 
Bergerac' revival. . 

MacQueen Pope thinks he has a 
hit in the DUke of York's prospec- 
tive. 'Gold Slood.' 

Ewart Hodgson will revue legit 
shows for 'Dally Express' besides 
doing the film column. 

Sammy smith wants Gina Malo 
for British Lion Film, If they can 
get together on salary, 

Charles Cochran cPnveylng an ex- 
pression of 'It's better to have one 
smash than four so-sos.' 

R. H. Gillespie dickering with 
Fay Cpm'pton for 'principal role for 
Hippodrome pantomime. 

Gus Dale sporting his new car, 
a.nd' saying. Iris'urance business bet- 
ter than shpw business. 

Fallpw Sisters, , only Australian 
twin sister act, here, and likely to 
team up with Terry Kendal. ' 

T. H. Bostok off to Southsea to 
give 'After Dinner' reyue, due at the 
Gaiety shortly, the bhce over; : ' 

Cliff Whitley selling Ills 'Shoxr 
■Boat' for. $14,000, which will about 
bi'eak him even on his stunt. 

Despite many rumors, Victor Lux- 
embourg-leasing the Phoenix to ■ SU 
Alfred Butt for musical show. 

Luclen Sammett filling the Picca- 
dilly theatre with iauditlons of stage 
aspirahtSi and finding very littlfe.' 

When 'MPvIe Crazy' ppens' at thia 
Carlton, Oct. 7* Harold Lloyd will 
do a personal, for opening only." 

Second attempt to stage 'Step- 
ping Sisters,' by Jack Waller, with 
Dorothy Ward in cast, has fizzled. 

Condos brothers latest addition to 
Gaumont British 'Midship Maid' 
film, directed by Albert, de Courvllle. 

John Maxwell congratulating 
Julian Rose on his B. I. P. film de- 
but, with Julian wondering who ha 
is, 

British International after West 
End house, would consider leasing^ 
the . Apollo from Associated Thea.! 
tres. 

Marian Marsh turning down $1,200 
per from B, I, P. and asking $2,000 
per, free of Incpme tax, with deal 
not closed yet. 

. If progress of -'Casanova' con- 
tinues at Coliseum, cast will revert 
to full salaries Slfiortly. They ar* 
now minus 10%. 

European acts, bookied for RKO 
tour, . postponed . for. further, two . 
months, with some acts out of work 
through hayirig tunied' dbv^n dates. 

Geof rey : Hope and Vivian P^.lmei' 
cpuld have made $20,000: oh ^le of! 
their vaudeville theatre lease,' but 
prefer to operate theatre themselves. 



showing out of 26 currently on Nice 
screen, showing -where the foreign 
biz has gone. 

Edward Baud9ih,; Gould's Im- 
presario, tossed out of his car by 
slippery road, could only complalh 
to himself as a state councillcr. - 

Sydney ir.ox refused to take off 
her smoked glasses for a press pho- 
tographer, who then blank-plated 
her, only to appear next day as art 
extra in her picture 

Cheaper than lickerlng corre- 
spondents or hiring p. a.'s is new 
trick here of hiring -them as extras. 



. _ At the end of the day, stuck for 
losing streak has brought smaller vQppy,. they use studio stuff, 



Emil Jannlngs, doing a he-man 
of the sea bit in 'Rol Paiusole,' held 
up the scene by b.elng seasick, 
though the Mediterranean was as 
»mooth as the S. P. rails at th* 
time. 



Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



editorial: 



VARIETY 47 




Trftda Mark ;R«Klat«r«d 



raMWMd .Wc«ikly bt •J^KUen, lam. 

81d BllTcrm*!!. PrieildtDt 
^14 '••t'l BtriMt Kpm Tqtk Qty 



,11 Foreign. 



....17 



Centa 



yor. ips, 



No. 6 



arATElMDMT OF TBB OWNERSHIP. 

"MANAaBMBNT. CI R C U L A T 1 ON. 
' KTC.. RBQUIRBD BY THE ACT OF 
. CWaRESS.- OF. AUGUST 24, 1913. 

Of V*rl«ty, publiahed weekly at New 

'•Btite of New Tork, County ot- New 

'^Before me, a Notary Public Id and tor 
' tlie State and County ktoreBald, person- 
■Jly appeared Harold Brlohs, wbo^ bav- 
in/ been duly sworn, according to law, 
denokes and eiBiys that be 1b tbe' buelnesa 
Onager of Variety, and- tbat the fol- 
Ibwlng Is, to the best of his knowledge 
and belief, a true' j^tatement ot the 
owtrersMpf manageokent, etc., of the 
aforesaid pubUca^tlon tor tbe date shown 
in the above' caption, required by. the 
Act of 'August ^Z'f, '191'2, 'entbodled In 
flection postal Laws, and Regula- 

tions, printed on the reverse of this 
•fo'rm; to wltr • ' . ' . . 

1. That the names and addresses of 
the publisher, , editor, managing editor, 
and business -manager, are: 
Publisher — VaWely, Ihcj '»t West 46tb 

atreet. New York city. 
Sdltor— Sidne Silverman, 104 West 40th 
•'•etreet. New York- city, 
lianaglng 'Bdlt«r-^None.' 
Business Manager — Harold .Brlchs, 1S4 

W. 48th street. New York city. 

Thsit the owriers are: -Variety,- Inc., 
1C4 West -teth street. New York cIlV. 
Sime Silverman, 164 West 46th .Htreet, 
New. York city. Sldne . Silverman, 164 
v^est- 4«tb street, .New. York, city.. 

3. Thab.tl^e known, bondholders, .'mort- 
gagees and other security ' holders own- 
ing or holding 1' per cent: or more -of 
.total amount of < bonds,, mortgages or 
ivther sefiurities,' a'r.e: 'None. 
■ 4,' That the^ two paragraphs - next 
above,' giving ttte names -of the .owners, 
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15 YEARS AGO 

(From 'Variety' cntf 'Clipper') 



, Columbia • burlesque wheel was 
planning a series of theatres at the' 
.training camps with stock compan- 
.-les. There were 16 camps. Never, 
vent through. ' 



' Leo pitrlchstein, in an interview, 

(foreshadowed a cycle of plays de-, 
anandin£ 'reflection and debate' such 
as the economic Independence of 

-%omen; common-law marriage, the 
dignity of labor, patriotism and- 

. tenor. A sour guess. 



War was increasing the number, 
•t sister acts. Femmi^ end of mixed; 
learns doubled up when the men' 
.^ftre called. - - - 



Fox and Ward, celebrating thelri 
JOth year togiether, were given a! 
two year contract •'by the Keith of-, 
tee at $300 weekly. 



- . A . [Frisco . song plugger enlisted 
.•6 that he might wear -the uhifbrrn! 
_;%hlle doing ' a i-ecruiting specialty., 

Vndersfodd he. was" to be mustered 
-•ut after .that. Instead, he was ar- 

•ested as a deserter. 



Recent pric* boost in picture the- 
•tres to 35 cents was luirtJTig biz. 



. Dorothy Kegel gave out score 
«ards to the World Series baseball 
games arv^rtlsing her appearance 
4t the Keith, theatres. One of the 
"rst to use this now common gag. 



■ . .Pinal test of the war song com- 
petition at the Fifth Ave. gave the 
J^ad to 'Just Break to News to 
Mother,' a Chas. K. Harris holdover 
'rom the .Spanish-American ar. 



Two .shows on B'way Ayeie getting 
H 00,000 agency buys, Fred .Stone's 
^ck ©'Lantern and Al Wood.s' 
"Business Before Pleasure.' Each 
^y was for teight weeks arid It -was 
woods' .second serie.s, he having a1- 
.ready sold one similar pf^riod. 



hside Stii(f-4^ictiires 



(Continued from pace 2^ 

^^iiiiStJ'i^^J^A ^'"''^^ '''""•'^ rea««t4« employees 

wiinout a B, of A. Recount to open one. 

TvSrr^"''!- Wertera. Uaectnc to be aired in 
WUmington next month, will allege that 'interchangeaWllty troubles still 

pn^H-Srif S **** ""'^J^t" that BRPI bUU haa a clause In ita 

equipment licensee .which stipulates that in the event the quality of 

»^?f'«^/*S!™*"° ""^^ Its own, -WB producer licenses 

iirSP . permitted to serve that theatre with product until it installs 
a WE voice. . . 



Metro B 'Mask of Pu Manchu,' originally scheduled as a quick one at a 
cost of $200,000 or under, as proof that the studio could fctit down, la now 
in Its ninth week and has used up around fl460,0Q0 in production. Another 
100 ifrand is figured to go in before the picture is completed. 

At the rate it's going word has gone around the studio that it will 
emerge as a special. .. Story] has had several rewrite treatments during 
production. 



Studios are going to exercise their prerogative so far as the morality 
clause is concerned in the case of .in actress who recently completed 
a contract with a major company. 

Parent' company did hot want to take up its option on the actress 
but another- lot was interested. Pinal decision was that, the player had 
gotten herself entirely , too much notoriety and it might he better to let 
her drop out all around. ' 



Hays office will .tender Dr. James A. 'Wingate, former New Tork 
censor head.,,a. luncheon at Town Hall on Thursday (13), to introduce 
him as the Hays new production; code oiverseen Wingalte leaves for 
Hollywood to assume the film post a few days later. 



It was more than a weeit after .the-Hays' offlde had received vertiflca 
tion of the Washington ruling exempting critic's pasSes to thieatr^, when 
present to review shows, that Warners knocked off the chaiige. Other 
chains had fallen in ahead following •'Variety' story that critics had been 
ruled free from the tax. The Roxy, New York, had been the only hoiise 
on Broadway to pay the tax for critics prior to this edict. . • 
, Regular circuit passes remain subject to tax.- 



Owing to conditions generally, the circuits which hitherto (Contributed 
freely to ' local community chests, have decided this year to forego siich 
contributions. 

- Instead, the circuits ha,ve decided to run a 200-fobt trailer on all screens 
wherever the theatres caii aid drives for local community funds. Pre 
viously the circuits contributed cash and declined to run trailers, so the 
order is reversed. 



Investigation of a number of piker rackets at the studios has been 
started by Hays office and the P. Relief fund. 

One of the grafts being investigated is said to involve an assistant 
casting director. Claim is that extras asking . for the . health of the 
caster's baby at the studio received work. Idea is that tiiose concerned 
with the child's health are using a password and shoydng ai -v^lllingness 
to kick in for jobs. 



Several things prompted Sara Goldwyn to change the name OT 'Cynara' 
to 'I Have Been Faithful,' altliough it was figured 'Cynara' as the title 
meant something due to the long N«w York rim of the play. ' 

One of 'Goldwyn's reasons was; the feeling that too many peopile 
wouldn't pronounce. Cynara correctly. Another was that it might be- 
come confused with Cyrano. 



Inside Stiitf-Radio 



, lapping over of President Hoover's speech (4) into the Texaco niche 
left Ed Wynn and the rest of his cfist with nobody to broadcast to and 
with a^.capacity audience on hand. 

Idea oit dismissing the. 900 out tront ' was vetoed by the ad agency 
execs on the spoti . Instead, Wynnj was asked to step out for an im- 
promptu line of patter v^hile the Ijon Vorhees band provided a couple 
numbers.. Altogether the extempo performances lasted about 15 min- 
utes. Air proigram siieit'ed for .that 'night' was saVed .intact for the fol- 
l<)wlng week. First time an incident of this sort has occurred at one 
of these inviation broadcast affairs. 

Commercial carried the entire talent tap for this show.. Chain con- 
tract permits giving, precedence to public events or political broadcasts 
without obligation -to recompense ' pre-vlously scheduled accounts for 
signatured talent. . 



Coast radio stations are peeved at the manner in which KEJCA, one of 
the Los Angeles NBC .outlets, is endeavoring to secure the wave length 
of ICELW and KTM, two small stations in danger of losing their licenses. 

Local examiner, after a hearing, recommended that KEL"^ and KTM 
be dropped by the Federal Radio Commission.. 'Although almost a.11 of 
his previous recommehdatlons have been overrvileiS, and a. rehearing has 
been ordered, WECA Officials have asked the commission for the fre- 
quency. Other L, A. stations, favoring the underdog in this controversy, 
will go to bat for the two smaller broadcasters at the appeal hearing. ■ 



Kathleen Burke; 19, who copped Paramount's 'panther woman' contest' 
and becomes a fllni actress iii 'Hollywood by virtue thereof has been 
iaround- Chicago radio stations' and advertising agencies in various ca- 
pacities "for two years. She especially active at KYW and appeared, in 
dozens of promotional programs staged, by that , station on behalf of 
Hearst's 'Herald-Examiner;' 



Announcements of time, and reading of weatlior forecasts have been 
the favorite 'services' rendered by advertisers oh lO second to one minute 
shots, but Vapex has introduced a twist, a temperature rep.ort. 

Announcer gives the jpreyailing temperature of the city where station 
fs located, and then proceeds to plug the CQld ciitlnK remedy.^ . 

IiBide Stutf-Music 



; The currently popular 'Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan,' almost as 
well known as the 'Blue Pajania Song,' was originally written by Arthur 
.Schwartz and Howard Dietz for the first 'Little Show' three years ago, 
but taken out after being in the revue only a few times, owing to the 
wealth of song material in that edition of the intimate revue series, 
■ The 'pajama' angle; has been, considerably denatured, as a gesture td 
the radio plug, although DeLys and Clark, the Continental entertainers 
at the swank El Garroh Club, N. Y., who popularlzied the number, and 
to whom Harms gives niost of the credit for the song's resuscitation, 
utilized the more sophisticated original lyrics as intended for the >how. 
Now,, the sole reference to the night apparel Is in the second verse; 
perhapis as a- compromise ^or the parenthetic sub -title. ' 

"incidentally, this cleaning ;UP of song lyrics for radio has become a 
regular procedure with songs vtrhose theme is oft timed regarded as a bit 
too sophisticated for the iiomcrand -hearth co'nsurtiers. 



Former ' Coast picture agent, who took a minor technical Job' in a 
studio -when his agency folded, says he is ready for a nOw try at the 
industry's top jobs. His health has been regained on the dirty collar 
job and now hie wants to be. an executive. 

Says, howiever, he'll ; keep his present spot rather than a«ain beconie 
an agOnt. - 



For the year ending September,; RCA Photophone shows a total of 
2,600 theatre installations In the l>. S. or an increase of 600. During; 
September alone Photophone made 74 installations which is 22 niore than- 
for the same month in' 1931. ! 

. Installations during '32 are largely replaciements of . other equipment. 
About 90.% of the total number^of equipments are in independent theatrea 



: Some of the major circuits are adopting drastic measures to stop the 
stench bonib abuse. Most popular means is the retaining of private 
detective agencies. 

Warners, among the first firms, to do this, located a bomb hurler in 
Youngstown, 0„ .and paid the detective agency $26« tor' its -work. The: 
bomber drew a six months' stretch. 



If pictures booked for their houses merit extra exploitation and adver- 
tising, Publlx managers In future are to ask for permission to go ahead; 
In that direction; . ' .. ,. 

It's Milt Feld's suggestion to men of his division that they take this 

course^: < '■. , 



Federal government has. launched its investigation of the publishers' 
distributing combine, the Music Dealers' Service, Inc. : "The Investigators 
assigned from Washington have availed themselves of a copy of the 
bill of complaint in the $1,126,000 anti-trust suit brought by Max Mayer 
of Richmond -Mayer Music against the MDS and Its member-publishers, 
and are making the rounds of the jobbing firms In quest of information. 

Eaoh. publishing firm named in the complaint .^rid John G. Paine, 
chairman of the M.P.PiA. board. Included aniong the defendants,, have 
been served with a sumnibns 'and a copy of the Mayer restraint of trade 
bill and are expected, to 'file their notices' of appearances within th6 next 
two weeks. • '. ' . 



Requests coming in for Informati9n on picture celebs as a result of the 
'HpUywood.on the Air' Coast broadcasts shows an interi^st in Joan (jraw^. 
ford, Metro star, three -times greater, than . In any ;!otber Hollywood perr. 
sonality. .Sally Eilers,. of Fox, runs second. ; - 



Cai-y Crane, new leading man on the , Paramount contract list, hails 
from vaudeville where his monicker was Archie Leach; 

Grant starled by walking on stilts in the LOonils Troupe and later 
became 30% of the vaude comedy trio of Robinsoii, Janls and Leach, 



'Starfaice,' nearing its wihd-up on circulation in the .U. 8., will prob- 
ably never show anywhere in Kansas or in Cook County, lH. In Kansas 
appeal was made to Governor Woodring, who looked at the picture at a 
private showing in T'opeka and uplield the state's censor board's ban. 



Although Pete Wpodhull, past president of the M. P. T. O. A., is spend- 
ing a lot of his time around the organization's New York headquarters, 
attaches say his presence there indicates no change in the political 
set-up. 

Warner Brothers- Western Electric arbitration will not conclude the 
fourth year of its sessions until the WB's legal attack on WE's exhibitor 
licen.qe is settled in the Wilmington courts next month. 

On a re<ju£st from Fox, Radio i« holding off release of 'Shani Poo, the 
Magician;' burlesk short, until 'Cbandu, the Magician' (Fox) has played 
fii'st runs. 



Reduction in realty asBessmenlH on some 40 RKO theatres in Greater 
New York. has resulted in a saving of nearly $40,()()0 to the circuit in 
(ax cutH during the past monlh. 



Few. publishers not allied with the Music Dealers Service are selling 
to the syndicate stores at the same price charged by .the distributing 
combine, 16c.. a sheet. That's clipping It a penny bfelow the previous 
level established throughout the publishing trade. Jobbers have also 
come in for a reduttlon from the non-MDS members, with the call now 
17c. a .sheet. . . . 

One of the indie publisher-distributors is giving the chains an added 
advantage by prepaying the express charges, which, figuring the trans- 
portation at %c. a. sheet, delivers the music to the syndicate counter at 
15%<2. a folio. ' : ' . . , 

Publishers' point, oft repeated, that their old catalogs. are as valuable 
for radio use as the current and future output, is illustrated by the recur- 
rent popularity and continuous, use of stich ntiifnbei-s'iiT the ajr today as 
.'Dinah/ 'LImehouse Blues,' *St.. Louis Blues,' 'Py the. S6a,' ,'Avalon,' 'Poor 
Butterfly,* 'Japanese .iSandman,' 'Whispering,' My Buddy,' 'China, Boy,' 
etc., tiot to mention' the mahy opefreltas and other numbers suitable for 
thertia'tlcs.^ - . ' ,' .. ' ' - — 

Any number of radio .con|vn>ercIalB, for exarinp% 'u^e 'Beautiful l.ady,' 
particularly those featuring cosmetic or beauty preparations. A bathing 
suit exploiter can't .help but use a 'By the Sea' for a- theme or signature 
song, and so .on down the line. . - ■■■ ■ 



Pubs wei-ie dizzy with all. th,^' openings last week, including Paul White- 
tnart '4t 'tf»e down.3tairs supper room' of the Ho'tal Blltmore, and' Ozzle 
Nelson-Eddie Jackson at the Paramount hotel grill opening simulta- 
neously Wednesday (5). It had the songpliiggers on bicycles. 

Roger w;olfe Kahn, scheduled to have premiered at the Hotel Penn- 
sylvania the same night, wired that he's postponed the 'official* opening 
until tonight (11), regarded as a wise move and a llfesaver by the 
sensitive music men Who don't, want to slight any maestro— -especially 
if there's a radio wire in the joint. 



A revelaliyn to music students, yocal teachers and singers will be 
the short sequence, in -which IJonald Novls appears in Paramount's 'Big 
Broadcast' whorein he sings 'Trees.' Singer never changes hi.s posture 
or expression during the song, taking high C two times without any 
'apparent effort. 

In Coa.st radio stations, Novis was always exhib A for young slnpers 
to follow in the matter of breath control, teacher^ instructing their pupils 
to attend his broadcasts to improve their own breathing. 



A. all- 



Los Angeles Musicians' Union has been chcckint? on l^GF.T, L 
nightcr, since the latter threw out Its union 6i-chesti'a. V"' 

As a result of the union's alert ear, charges have been filed with the 
Federal Radio Commis.slon that the station plays records for an hour 
at a time, announcing the names of the orchestras but not that they are 
on wax. 



48 



VARIETY 



LECITIM ATE 



Tuesday, October 11/1932 



niREE NEGRO UtOUPS 
SET TO TOUR CANADA 



Toronto, Oct. 10. 

Forbes Randolph's presentation of 
•Porgy,' drama of South Carolina 
Negro life had the local drama 
scribes raying. Claim is that eight- 
een of the original cast are In the 
line-up. Sufflco to say th^t Rose 
McCIendon is playing Sere'na and 
Leigh Whipper the crabman. 

Plan is to play the production 
here for four weeks and then send 
ft across Canada, with Hamilton 
and Montreal the next Jumps. Ran- 
dolph, within the fortnight, will 
place 'In Abraham's Bosom' In re- 
hearsal with such of the original 
cast as are iat liberty. 

The Paul Green piece 'will then 
be offered here for as loner as the 
trafBc will stand but lii the meanr 
time, Randolph will be rehearsing 
'Harlem.' From 'Porgy' Indications, 
it seems lilcely that three colored 
companies will be working across 
Canada in presentations of Negro 
plays, a theatre angle) that is fresh 
up here. . 



Pfttsb'g Nhob Pibnefl 
Wsdk Oyer Work Terms 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 10. 

Walk-out oC Nlzon musicians 
necessitated cancellation oC 'Fori 
ward March,' Brown & Henderson's 
new one, scheduled to open next 
Monday (17), and Ijaugh Parade,' 
which was due week later. 'March' 
opens instead at the Forrest, Phil- 
adelphia, same time. . 

Nixon operating without musi- 
cians this week for 'Pure In Heart' 
and did same thing last week, for 
•Good Earth,' and may continue this 
policy Indefinitely with straight 
dramatic attractions unless stagie- 
hands eventually' walk, too. In a 
empathy move. 

Opening oC. Nixon season Sept. 
It with flop 'Humpty Dumpty' saw 
music boys continuing under last 
year's agreement and when a new 
pontract wasn't drawn in the en- 
suing fortnight, union ordered crew 
out. This they did when house re- 
opened Monday (3) with first sub- 
scription play. 

It's understood that the musi- 
cians isi,re demanding a guaranteed 
number of weeks for the season, 
with same number of men for mu- 
sical and dramatic shows alike, 
while Nixon is willing, to maintain 
last years' wage scale, but with 
dliferent number of men for dtfter- 
ent type shows and under a 'no 
work, no pay* policy. 



Shows in Rehearsal 



'Carry Nation' (Arthur Beok- 
. hard). Booth. 

'Music in the Air (Peggy 
Fears), Alvin. 

'Late Christopher Bean'. (Gil- 
bert Miller), Miller. 

'The Anatomist' (Prank Con- 
roy), Lyceum. 

'Dinner at Eight' (Sam H. 
Harris), Music Box. 

«V a n i t i « s' , (Earl Carroll) 
(road), Manhattan. 

'Nine Pine Street' (Ray & 
Hewes), Lyric. 

'Cyrano da Bergerac' (musi- 
cal) (Shuberts), Broadhurst. 

'Tell Her the Truth' (Mrs. 
Jos. Leblang), Cort. 

'Springtime for Henry' (Mac- ; 
goAan & Reedy) (road), Ritz. 

.'Mikado' (Milto Aborn), New 
Yorker. 

The Brawl' (Leonard Doyle), 
Times Square. 

'Chocolate Soldier* (Chas. 
Purcell) (road). 409 W. 47th 
street. 

'Forward March' (Brown & 
Henderson), Selwyn. 

The Passionate Pilgrim' 
(Howard Inches), Cohan. 
. 'Incubator' (Edison & Bur- 
ton), Royale. 

'The Giri Outside' (Alfred B. 
Aarons), Hollywood. 

'Camille' (Delos Chapel). 1 
East End avenue. 

'Dangerous Corner.' 'Black 
Sheep,' 'Peacock,' 'Criminal at 
Large,' Tell Hep the Truth' 
opening here or out of town 
during, the Week. 



BANK GETS MANSFIELD 
NEAR MORTGAGE PRICE 



SAME BOAT' CAST 
SUCKS FOR THE ROAD 



Charles Winnlnger is staying In 
'Show Boat' on a compromise deal 
with A. C. Blumenthal to accept 
1700 weekly instead of |900, drop- 
ping out one night a week, Thurs- 
days, when the 'Cap'n Andy' of the 
Ziegfeld musical pilots a new Max- 
well Coffee House 'Show Boat' hour 
over NBC. New program started 
Oct. «. 

Billy Kent succeeds Winnlnger in 
the operetta when it hits the road, 
and substitutes on Thursdays. 

Helen Morgan and Nomna Terriss 
are also continuing In the show for 
road touring. There was talk of 
Miss Morgan going Into the nQW 
Kem-Hanamerstelh operetta which 
Peggy Fears Blumenthal Is ready- 
ing, but she decided to stick. Miss 
Terriss is reported having been ac- 
corded 4% of the gross on tour. 
Dennis King also stays In the. cast. 



The Mansfield, which was orig- 
inally oC the Chanin string of the- 
atres, was sold at foreclosure last 
week. A bid of $1,000 oyer the first 
mortgage of $353,000 was accepted. 
Mortgage was held by the New York 
Title and Trust and the Nyanico 
Associates which took over the 
property is said to be a subsidiary. 

Actlbii was against Irving Lewlne, 
Inc., which had the backing of the 
][Jnited Cigar Stores. Letter group 
bought the house from the Chanlns 
who operated It for a time, but 
when they stepped out Lewine took 
possession. Mansfield' has been 
mostly dark for a year. Last spring 
the bank took away most of the 
miovable fixtures, some of which are 
to. be replaced. 

Bank has entered Into an arrange- 
ment with Edgar Allen, vaudeville 
agent, and Ray Bartlett to operate 
the Mansfield on a percentage of 
the gross. Last season Bartlett pro- 
posed to float a cut rate theatre, 
ticket proposition which dropped 
put of sight. . . 



Dnutiatists, Finished at 
Col/ East for Rehearsals 

Having completed two original 
'Stories for Columbia, Frank Cavett 
and Edward Roberts, playwrights, 
return to -New York, Tuesday (11), 
for rehearsal of their new untitled 
phiy, which Arthur Hopkins will 
■produce. Hope Williams will be 
starred. 

. Pair wrote 'Vanity Street' and 
'Fortune' for Col. ' 



COAST TTOHALIOir 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Shaw's 'Pygmalion' will be pro- 
duced by the Little Theatre of Bev- 
erly Hills late in October. 

It's the first regular production of 
the fall season. 



Switch, in 'Language* 

Chicago, Oct. 10. 
Laura Staub. replaced Patricia 
Collinge in 'Another Language' yes- 
terday (Sunday). Miss Collinge has 
been in poor health throughout her 
engagement with the Chicago com 
• pany. 

Miss Staub was originally sched 
uled for the Chicago company but 
was switched into the Manhattan 
company when Dorothy Stickney 
took sick. 



Goodman, Chi, Opens 

Chicago, Oct. 10 
Goodman theatre will be relighted 
after two years of darkness Nov. 
At that time a Ipcal venture will 
take the boards for three weeks 
with a cast of semi-pros. . 

'When Chicago Was Young,' by 
Alice Gerstenberg arid Herma Clark 
Is the play. 



CAST CHANGES 

Betty Hanna for Betty Starbuck 
In 'Dangerous Corner.' 

Ada Hclnmann for Georgia Calne, 
'Dinner at Eight' 
. Ba/by Cox has replaced Nina M,ie 
McKInney In 'Ballyhpp of 1932' at 
the 44th Street. Both formerly ap 
peared in Harlem's night spots. 



'TEE GOLEH' OH COAST 

Los Angeles, Oct.l0. 
Little theatre production of 'The 
Golem* opens at the Egan tomorrow 
night (11) foi^ two weeks. 

Benjamin Zemach, dancer and 
former Hablnia theatre player, has 
the lead. 



Aiiead and Bad[ 

Leon Spachner general "manager 
for 'Stop That Clock.': 

Charles' Gray switched to Hudson 
from Vanderbilt as treasurer, Allen 
Schnebbe going to latter b. o. 

Robert Stevenson, Sr., treeusurer 
of the Royale. 

Bob Ritz to be treasurer of the 
Alvin. 

Harry Snowden to handle the Ma- 
jestic b. o. 

Sid Harris now company man 
ager of 'Clear All Wires.' 

Victor Klraly will be back with 
'Show Boat,' on tour. 

Al Spinic, agent, and back with 
'I Loved You Wednesday.' 

Ben Slcin general manager of 
■ Forward March.' 

Lee Kugel, publicity, and back 
Wf'ith 'Rendezvous.' 

MUt Lazarous agenting 'Number 
Nine Pine Street' 

Leon Friedman ahead, Victor 
Kiraly back with 'Show Boat.' 

Saul Abraham general manager 
for 'Dangerous Corner.' Dick 
Maney agent. 



Coast Rights Jam May 
Force New B-C Lapse 

Los Angeles, Oct 10. 
bifllcultles in securing. Coast 
rights for New York shows is forc- 
ing another production lull on Be- 
lascQ & Currah, which has 'Cat arid 
the Fiddle' running at the Belasco 
here, and 'Bride the Sun, Shines 
On' set to open at the Curran, 
'Frisco, tonight, (10). 

Curran had to go dark a week 
ago wh©R "Fiddle' moved here. Un- 
less the flrm'a new play catches on, 
indications are the house will face 
another period of inactivity. 



Stage Director CKisted 

Lps Angeles, Oct JO. 
Pat McCoy, stage director for 
coast company of 'Intermission' was 
let out after the show opened at 
the Columbia in San Francisco, fol- 
lowing differences with the pro- 
ducers, Harold Berb and Jo Ar- 
nold. 

Oaylord Pendletbn, former Fox 
contract player, and in the cast, suc- 
ceeded McCoy. 



Fotare Piays 



The Girl Outside,' comedyi by 
John King Hodges and Samuel 
Merwin, Is to be Alfred E. Aarons' 
first production of the season. Now 
in rehearsal under Priestly Mor 
rison. "Tryout Oct. 17 and then 
into a Broadway theatre. 

•The Brawl,' a play by Henry 
Roschdale, goes into production 
under the management of Mack 
Hllliard. 

'American Dream/ by George 
O'Neill, taken by Harry Moses for 
eai'ly production. 

'The. Perfect Marriage,' rights to 
which were once held by George M 
Cohan, will he done by the Shuberts 
Play, bad a tryoiit in Showhegan 
last summer. 



(Continued from page 1) 
16,000 limit. If adhered to by the 
participants. Is reported regarded by 
the varioufl ' cirouits and booking 
heads aa offering sufflctont flexibility 
in the way of cpmpetotlye bid- 
ding to make a working agrreement 
on salaries practicaL 

For those acts which do not rate 
16,000 In the circuits' Joint opinion, 
salary reductions will be proportion- 
ate. These may include several acts 
to whom the ciroults are currently 
paying $6,000 or more out of what 
is believed to be necessity, but with- 
out regarding them aa worth it. 

In the circuits' opinion, from ac 
counts, no act can possibly deliver 
more than $6,000 wprth of business 
at the boxofflce. Entertainment 
merit is not taken Into account 
since- it has always ,been the gen 
eral axiom of bookers that up to 
$2,000 an act is paid for value, and 
everything above that can only be 
justified by thie business drawn. 

It Is possible still that exceptions 
may be made In rare Instances, but 
only by those theatres and acts will 
ing to gamble on percentage book 
ings. Under the reported agreement 
the participating circuits will voice 
no objectioiis to the size of the per- 
centages as iong us the guarantee 
doesn't exceed the $6,000 limit. 

On their own and when obliged to 
compete on bookings, the circuits 
say they are forced into setting ex- 
horbltant salaries on acts that often 
don't return the investment "fhey 
expect to eliminate the salary rise 
by choking the cause but without 
killing off booking competition. The 
history of the show business lessens 
the possibility of competing circuits 
ever getting together on the matter 
of salaries for acts. 

The accompanying box of names 
and salaries lists some of the $2,.Q00- 
and-pyer salaries paid to individual 
stage attractions by the variety the- 
atres in the past year or so. List 
shows 18 who re<!eive or have got- 
ten $6,000 or niore for stage appear- 
ance. 

Loew's.bpokihg of Paul Whiteman 
at $6,000, opening next we«k, is be 
lieved the first evidence of the new 
determination. Band got $8,500 re- 
cently at the Paramount (Publlx), 
New York, . 



hside Stuff-Legit 



Samul Insull, whom the irony of f8,t6. has 'changed from an industrifkl 
emperor to a fugitive from justice touched show business at two points 
during the heyday of his power in Chicago. First he dominated the 
Chicago opera iand everybody connected with It for 15 years. Second 
he owned station WENR, now the NBC key station in Chicago. 

Both as an opera impresario and aa a station operator Insull was a 
flop. He gave WENR, 60,000-watter, to NBC for nothing two years ago 
to get rid of It. His opera house stands empty and is likely to become 
the biggest white elephant this side of the National theatre, Mexico City. 

Insull built the opera house according to his own ideas, scorning all 
suggestions. Knowing very little about show business, the $10,000,000 
structure he designed contains mpre mistakes In building than a Soviet 
tractor. 



Attempt of the Shuberts to force Ted Healy Into working in 'Passing 
Show' cost them about $26,000 in lawyers' fees and other expenses before 
they decided to give up the flght. Shuberts failed to get anywhere by 
trying to tie Healy up In New Yorlc and then tried serving the comlo 
with papers in Chicago. 

Healy sent for his New York attorney^ Benedict Ginsberg, however, 
in sufficient time to start a legal battle iii Chicago with the result that 
the Chicago courts ordered Shuberts to put up $26,000 bond. 

The producers failed to follow through with the result the suit was 
thrown out of court knd all injunctions restraining Healy from work wer<k 
vacated. 



Explanation, of the recall of most of the newspaper tickets on the eve 
of "Nokia's' premiere was clarified by A. C. Blunienthca whose wife^ 
Peggy Fears, presents the show. 

Blumey didn't like , the way the tickets were alloted, having all the 
press' spotted in the cehtiar aisle seats. He wanted the critiai' locations 
more scattered. But after messenger boys scurried about town the very, 
ssune tickets were delivered to the newspapr bunch. 

Hereafter, Blumey will use his own plan for opening nighty Mexli 
will be 'MMsIc Ih the Air.' It's now in rehearsed. 



Mrs. Laura Butler Treadwell, who is to resume her theatrical oareei^ 
interrupted 20 years ago, at the Lyceum theatre. New York, in the cast 
of 'Men Must Fight,' is a prominent Albany (N. Y.) society woman, who. 
also was active ini politics here. She pcissed a successful screen test last 
July, a few months after the death of her husband,- Col George Curtis 
Treadwell, member of one of Albany's oldest families, but never sought 
film engagements. 

Mrs. Treadwell flrst went on the stage in 1901. Ten years later sh6 
was married to the late Col. . Treadwell. Two years ago she 
Republican candidate for Congress in this district but was defeated. 



Sensation in Scandinavian shpw world occurred recently, wlien Copen* 
hagen paper printed story that a leading Swedish stage producer and 
actor had been found getting cocaine by forging medical certlflcates. 
Press men in Danish capital called Stockholm and local papers admitted 
knowledge of fact but stated that due to actor's popularity, matter was 
not mentioned locally. 

Also pointed out that during last mysterious absence of actor from 
the city, he was really dolhg a term in Jail for this offense and that two 
Stockholm papers had given three lines to his release. 



Walter Hampden's bitterness against certain critics over the cool. If 
not hostile, reception tendered several plays he produced during recent 
seasons took the air 14st week. In the course of a radio interview con- 
ducted by the dramatic editor of an upstate (N. Y.) daily, the d.e. asked 
Hampden If the fact Rostand had a good story in 'Cyrano de BergeraeT-. 
was not an Important factor in the success of the piece. 

Answering the query In the affirmative, HamDden went on to tastlgate 
critics m that provincial town. New York,' for their iiittltude towards pl»y« 
with a real story. 

Getting to be a habit with BiU Brady to l^oport Buropean piaywrlght« 
when he produces their plecies. Started the season by bringing ovec 
Marcel Aehard for iJomino,' with Achard here in time to sui^ervlse th9 
last couple of weeks of rehearsals. 

. Same la now true of Jaques Deval, whom Brady brou«ht over to watch 
the preparation and opening of 'MadamoiseTle.' 

J. Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times,' is settinir somethbig of A 
standard Im reviewing flop shows. " Merely by the expedient of making 
but brief conunaent ... 

Three of Atkinson's notices this iaeason have occupied less than threo 
Inches of space. Daily's idea in printing the short reviews is merely tqt 
keep the record complete. 

Katherine Forbes-Leith, author of 'Bast River,' which Sigoumey, 
Thayer Is preparing for quick productloh. Is In private life Mrs. Baxtef, 
Jackson, wife of the executive vice-president of Chase NaUonal Bank. 

Before marriage Mrs. Jackson wm a concert pianiste and at one time 
she wrote poetry. This is her flrst play. 

Accounting of the estate of Irving Harris Niles and his father J. Harris 
Nilesi was flled recently In Cambridge, Mass. Residue of the «8taWfi^ 
valued at $725,000 is willed to the Actors' Fund, which has not received, 
any settlement from the executors, however. Estates are tied «P ™. 
litigation and while there will be some money paid in the Fund, tno 
amount will be small compared to the estimated totaL , 

Nlles had charge of his father's estate at the time of death. He wa^ 
always Interested in the stage, but was never connected with the theatre 

*"wiil S^H. V. Albee was also filed. One item is a bequest of $100 00» 
to the Fund. That money Is In trust and the income goes towaj-ds ba^ 
ancing the Fund's deficit Dan Frohman explained there Is always « 
deficit. - 



Nat»l Only Wash. Legit 
Undw S-E Arrangement 

Weishington, OoC lOi 
Capitol City beginning season 
with only one legit house for first 
time in years. . Tie-up between 
Shubert and Erlanger calls for- all 
shows to play the National, Shubwt 
formerly had the Belasco resulting 
In eaPh house being dark several 
weeks a year. 

Belasco has been on the spot for 
long time pending start of building 
by U. 3. of a new treasury annex. 
" • ' ' - j 

Prise Group Active 

Buffalo, Oct. IOl 
'Arms and the Man,' the second 
production of the Buffalo Theatre 
School (last yeai^ winners of the 
Belasco Prise oUpJi was (kut in re- 
hearatil by Dlreotor iTane. M. Keeler, 



Engagemenls 



Lesley Adams. Daisy Belmor* 
Mildred Natwitch, William Morris, 
Arthur Morris,, 'Carry Nation.' 

Eunice Osborne. Barlow BorlancW 
Audrey Ridgewell, Ralph Cullinan; 
Joe McOraw, 'Anatomist' 

Harry Rlchman. 'Scandals.'' 
Raymond Walburn, 'Tell Her thi 
Truth.' 

Cohort Strange, "Mourning Be*t 
comes Electra.' • 

Howard Lang, Royal Beal, Zamaa 
Cunningham. 'Nine Pine Street' 

Solly Ward, 'Keeping Expensed 
Down.' 

Leo Patrick, 'Girl Outside.' 

Hymaa Adler, Madeline Grey; 
Bert West Donald Ceunnpbell, Myr4 
<X Brook, Devil'a Daughter.' 

Leonard Doyle, Gregory Robbing 
Florence Ross, 'The Brawl,' 

Bdlth Barrett, Leona Maricle, 

HaroM Gould. The Perfect Ma«« 
riage.* 



Tdesday* October 11, 1992 



L EC IT I MATE 



VARIETY 



49 



Carrofl Tries to Reclaim the Casii 
Geo. White Reported Grahbii 



Bitrl Carroll may. move his 10th 
'.^Vanities' trbm the Broadway to the 
Cfusino, the elaborate theatre built 
for him and originally carrying hie 
name. D«al was hot early thla 
wMk when It was definite that 
.^how Boat' would either tour or 
^ose the end of next week. At that 
timet however, it was claimed that 
George "White would be the next 
tenant. White has two muaicala in 
proBfject. 

Differences over stajge hands re- 
sulted In indecision about the re- 
>rival's road plans. Prppos^ pojp 
price grand opera which A. C. 
Blvmenthal ; considered appears to 
liave been, definitely dropped. 
Blunienthal Is operating 'Boat' for 
the Zlegfeld estate. 

Fiflure $3 Top 8da1e 

Carroll started angling for the 
tiouse when attendance at . the 
Btoadway dived after a strong first 
week. Idea is to move to 'hli^' house, 
veduce the top price to $3 and with 
{iccompanylng ballyhoo i>ep up the 
tiuslhess. Present scale for 'Vani- 
ties' la ^OP* None of those 
tlokets usually on' sale at the the- 
atre, being alotted to agencies who 
nittke a buy. Carroll splurged on 
the $8 top matter when he opened 
.ihe new housie last season with the 
pinth' Vanities.' Both the Broad- 
way and Casino are bank-con- 
trolled, what with defaulting mort- 
gage Interest and receiverships. 
Broadway has 1,800^ seats, while the 
iCasino's capacity Is' 2,250. ' • 

When Carroll was dispossessed 
from the latter theatre he moved his 
show to the 44th Street. .Later he 
went abroad and during his absence 
a deal was made to take over the 
Manhattan, also bajnk-owned, on a 
Iiercentage of the gross. Then the 
Broadwiay became available and be 
(Dause of Its larger capacity, "Van 
Itles' was spotted there. A drama 
$alled 'Black Water' was announced 
for the Manhattan, but was with- 
drawn at the try-out. Arrange- 
ment Carroll has for the Broadway 
and Manhattan is not clear, but ap- 
parently he can walk out on both. 

White Is reported signing Harry 
Bicbman, who Is supposed to get a 
percentage of the profits In lieu of 
salary. Indications are that a new 
"Scandals' will be readied ahead of 
■chedule. 

'Show Boiat' Tour, Maybe 

Matter of touring 'Show Boat' 
lias been put up to the stage hands' 
union. Latter's rule stipulates that 
If a show be revived within flye 
years of its original presentation, 
same number of men must be em- 
ployed In the crew. , There have 
It^n 63 men' back stage at the Ca- 
sino, but the show management 
claims It can be operated with 33 
men. Nine stage , hands have been 
carried through the summer at a 
cost of |'900 weekly, although the 
management claims their services 
were not required. Three men were 
dropped by permission recently^ 

In seeking a concession from the 
anion, latter has be^n Informed that 
the show should play two years on 
the roadi but that It looks Impos< 
■Ible to. break even out of town, 
where the admission will be $3.30, 
'unless the crew is reduced. When 
out of town formerly the ticket 
scale was higher. Management con- 
tends It can travel with a crew of 
five men, while the union demands 
nine. Other men are engaged lo 
tally. - 

'Show Boat' will have played 23 
weeks when It ends Its engagement. 
That is a record for a revival of a 
major inuBica.1 show. Charles Wl^i- 
nlger steps out of the cast Satur- 
aay, William Kent going In as' Capr 
tain Andy.* Kent has been on the 
payroll for some time because of 
differences between Wlnnlger and 
the management. Kent went on at 
last Thursday's matinee, with the 
result that the switch wan decided 
•h. 



Pearl Os£rood Out of 
'March,' Opens in Philly 

•. Pearl Osgood is out of the cast 
of 'Forward March,' the Brown and 
-Henderson musical. Understood 
there were difterences over the ma- 
terial allotted Miss Osgood. 

Because of a labor dispute 'March' 
slated to open in Pittsburgh next 
Monday (17), is now booked for 
Philadelphia, same date. That gives 
Philly two musicals for the first 
time since the United Booking Of- 
fice started, the ether premiere be- 
ing 'Music in the Air' Peggy Fears' 
operetta. 



New Pieces Give Phila. 
Group Repertory qf 90 

Phildelphla, Oct. 10. 

The Hedgerow theatre In Rose 
Valley added "Wife to ia. Famous 
Man,' a Spanish play by G. Martinez 
Sierra, author of 'Cradle Spng' and 
'The Kingdom of God,' to its rep- 
ertory- Saturday night. It is the. 
90th prbductlon in this company's 
repertoire. . 

'The D. A.,' a melodrama by An- 
thony Veill«ir, son of Bayard Veil- 
ler, was given Its first performance 
last week. Critical response was 
rather unfavorable. 

Hedgerow continues to be watched 
by representatives of Broadway In- 
terests and two of Its plays are 
slated for Broadway production 
this season. One is 'Spring Song,' 
by Bella Spewack, and the other is 
Jean Ferguson Black's adaptation 
of Christopher Morley's 'Thunder on 
the Jjett: 



ABE AND IHAWRUSS FOR 
B'WAY UNDER ALIASES 



Dlmltrl Tlomkin's maiden legit 
production, "Keeping Expenses 
Down,' by Montague Glass and Dan 
Jarrett, and Glass', first stage writ- 
ing In seven years, comes Into the 
National, N, Y., some time next 
week. Exact date depends on the 
comedy's premiere showing at' the 
Majestic, .Brooklyn, last night (10). 

Solly Ward was a last minute, 
substitution for Phil White. Rest 
of cast comprises Liouis- Sorin, Joe 
Greehwald, William Tannen '(son of 
JuUus Tannen), Alice Burrage, 
Samuel Schneider, Bernard Gorccy, 
William B. Morris, Lewis Tann, 
Patrician Quinn'and Arthur Jai'rett. 

Instead of Potash and Perlmutter, 
the characters are labeled Fishbeln 
and Blintz In order to circumvent 
any cinematic complications, since 
Sam Goldwyn owns the silent 
screen rights to P&p, Because of 
the picture angle. Glass dubbed his 
characters with another label. 

Tiomkih, husband of Albertina 
Rasch, and better known as a com- 
poser, was a leading legit producer 
in Russia, but this is his first try 
for Broadway. 



Hosical Torgy/ Jobon 
Yen; After Guild Support 

Hollywood, Oct. 10. 

Al Jolsen has a yen to do the 
Howards' play, 'Porgy,' as a musical. 
He Is now endeavoMng to get the 
Theatre Guild Interested In it. 

Actor figures it would be good for 
several months during the winter, 
with several key city dates follow- 
ing limited engagements In New 
York and Chicago. 



Bobby CrawfoQd Turns 
From Music to Legit 

Bobby Crawford who took over 
the music publishing firm of De 
Sylva, Brown & Henderson, will 
ente'r legit show business. Associ- 
ated with him will be Stanley 
Sharpe, former general manager 
for the late Flo Ziegfeld. 

Sharpe produced a show or two 
on his own. Crawford has been 
interested in a number of Broad- 
way attractions as a silent partner. 
Last season . he represented Brown 
& Henderson's interest in Ziegf eld's 
'Hot-Cha,' which they authored 
along with Mark Hellinger and Hi 
Kraft. 



Denver's Legit Chances 

Denver, Oct. 10. 

Denver may see some "legit this 
winter. Oberfelder has given up 
Broadway, and shows booked by 
him will be presented at the Muny 
auditorium. He has the United 
Booking Offices, Inc., franchise, is 
using the city building for his con- 
cert series, and 'Mourning Becomes 
Electra' is booked for February. 

Metropolitan Amusement. Co. has 
since leased the Broadway and will 
renovate a.nd wire for both plays 
and pictures. This company Is com- 
posed of Louis Hellborn, former 
manager of the Orpheum here; Har- 
old Wilbur, C. A. Bailey and Arthur 
Jacobson. 



MdROSCO'S COAST STOCK 

Would Reviv* Troupe ai Preoideht, 
L. Aw— After House 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Oliver Morosco Is in negotiation 
with Mike Rosenberg, of Principal 
theatres, to take over the President 
theatre. 

House was originally the home 
of the Morosco stock troupe, being 
taken over by Henry Duffy when 
Morosco Quit. For the past two 
years, or since Duffy resigned the 
lease, theatre has been playing pic- 
tures. 

If the deal Is closed it is Mbrosco's 
Intention to reestablish his stock 
company. 



Say 



Shibert Squawk 
Figured in HirnNrV 
'Americaua' Editorial 



An editorial plug of a newly 
opened show, in refutation of^:what 
the critics negatively had to. say 
about it, was instituted by the New 
■fork 'Mirror's' editorial oh 'Amer- 
icana.' It appeared In the Issue of 
Oct. 8 and apart from panning <bne 
group of our present-day sophisti- 
cates, ihe dramatic critics (who) 
have failed to grsujp the spirit of 
'Americana'; they couldn't; it is 
that kind of a play,' it also put re- 
verse English on that tab's own 
critic-columnist, Walter Wlnchell. 
He panned it. 

A. squawk from the Shuberts' 
p.a., Claude P. Greheker. is reported 
to have Implied another bar on 
Wlnchell from Shubert theatres. A 
similar edict occurred three years 
ago against Wlnchell while he was 
on Macfadden's 'Graphic' Grencker, 
however, is. said. to. have denied to 
Wlnchell any .Intention- to deprive 
him of the usual press courtesies. 

Of the nine major - - newspaper 
critiques oh 'Americana,' five were 
favorable. The .'Post', unfolded the 
most severe pan, . 

'Americana' opened last week -at- 
the Shubert by the ^ Shubert re- 
ceivership. There was a sharp dif 
f erence of opinion right down the 
line including playgoers who wit 
nessed subsequent performances of 
the revue as against first nighters 
Show was reported sold oul ^tur- 
day night (8). 



TOMPKINS CORNERS' 
FOR THE STICKS ONLY 



Tompkins Corners,V first called 
'Real Folks,' rural stage comedy 
Sponsored by the National Broad- 
casting Company, will not 'be pre- 
sented on Broadway, Show Is strict- 
ly for the hicks and will stick to 
the sticks. 

Show was originally announced 
on the air rather as a test. Tele- 
grams suBking for bookings were re- 
ceived the next day by NBC and 
it was then decided to go through 
with the production. The .station 
Issued acceptances but when the 
route was examined It was discov- 
ered that some dates were a week 
apart. NBC then called In aid from 
Broadway, with Leighton and Lef- 
fler supplying the missing bookings. 
> 'Corners' opened In Wilmington 
last week and Is now playing Penn- 
sylvania one nighters.. Nearly all 
bookings are for one performance 
per stand. There are 26 players in 
the troupe. 



UeROeBooldngnanW^ 
But PriNlaciiig Weabess Hurtm^ 



Restaged 'Dumpty' Set 
For Broadway in Dec. 

with the book re-written, 'Humpty 
Dumpty,' the Laurence Schwab - 
Buddy De Sylva musical which was 
yanked back after a week in Pitts- 
burgh, will go Into rehearsal again 
Monday (17), New title is to be 
chosen, 'Two's Com pjiny' b^l^g one 
suggestion. Show will reopen in 
Philadelphia Nov. 17 and is due on 
Broadway ( Apollo) early in Decern - 
bei ■ 

Bobby Connolly will re-stage the 
dances arid numbers, with Edgar 
MacGregor mentioned to put on the 
book. Connolly was " originally 
slated for the staging, but was tied 
up with 'Ballyhoo of 1932,' in which 
he has an interest, and another 
stager was selected- 

Connolly will also put on 'Walk 
a Little Faster,' which brings Court- 
ney Burr Into the managerial field. 
Burr, formerly of Wall Street and 
Park avenue, represented Mris. Josh 
Cosden, who baicitcd 'The New. 
Yorkers,' which E. Ray Goetz' pre- 
sented and which iended deep in the 
red despite large grosses. 



B'WAY CUTTING SCALES 
TO MAKE ROUND SUMS 



Colored Chorines Seek 
'Black Cotton' Wages 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 

iBlack Cotton' lasted a week at 
the Orange Grove, collapsing Tues^ 
day (4) night. Following morning 
12 choristers appeared at the state 
labor commission, and filed unpaid 
wage claims totaling $198 against 
Lewis and Lane, who produced. 

Pair are lining up another irevue, 
this time all white, to reopen the 
Iiouse next week. 



Long's Alimony Jam 

Rochester, Oct .10. 

Mrs. Enda MacCallum Long* one 
of the original Tiller Girls, has 
started contempt proceedings 
against her husband, Harrison 
Long, stage manager for Earl Car- 
roll's Vanitieia. 

She claims he is behind In ali- 
mony and asks that he pay or go 
to jaU. 

They were married In New York, 
in 1928 and have a four-year-old 
daughter. • # 



Thei'e is a definite trend on 
.Broadway toward establishing even 
money prtces for legit shows re- 
gardless of the federal admissions 
tax. That is accompanied by a 
downward revision of the scale, 
managers in efCect reducing the 
prices. 

It is worked out rather simply 
and the playgoer is. not bothered by 
the annoying $3.30, $3.86 and $4.40 
payments. First show to install the 
hew even money scale is 'When 
Ladies Meet,' which has a top of $3. 
Actual price of the ticket is $2. "72, 
the government getting the 28 cents 
difference. The show is at the 
Royale, a bit larger in capacity than 
the average dramatic house and a 
gross of $18,000 weekly is possible. 

Same system has already been 
decided on fo'r the new Aarpns & 
Freedley musical which goes. Into 
the large Majestic at an even $6 
top. Price of the tickets will actu- 
ally be $4.54 and the tax will be 46 
cents, i'here will also be $4 and $3. 
on the lower fioor, similarly ar- 
ranged to absorb the tax. It is the 
only musical so far this season to 
attempt a scale of more than $4.40. 

It Is expected that the $3-85 top 
scale for musicals will be aban- 
doned for an 'even $4 top, that ap- 
plying to musicals which are not 
presented at $3. There have been 
four attractions already presented 
at $2.76 top and Where capacities 
permit It, an even $2.60 top will be 
offered. Actual price to the show 
will be $2.27 and the tax 23 cents. 



'The United Booking Ofllo.c is in 
better working condition at this 
time than anticipated at tho sea- 
son's start. It is handling 22 at- 
tractions oh the road which with 
the exception of one major key is 
okay. In the opinion of bbol^ing ex- 
perts. 

However, the produoinij: , arm 
which the U.B.O. expected to pro- 
mote, has not materialized. It was 
hoped to raise $500,000 for the pur- 
pose of putting on new shoyys, plan 
being to back leading managers 
who would be asked to acc^t a 
percentage 0|f the profits. 
. Chicago Weak l-iitk 
Weakest part of the Shubert- 
Erlanger ■ booking combination is 
the Chicago situation. There are 
but three attractions current^ most, 
of the Loop's legit theatres con- 
tinuing dark. While the U.B.O. 
figured on taking in only five of 
the . Chicago houses, others were In 
reserve if shows were iavailable. 
And until further bookings are in 
sight Chicago will continue to get 
little dramatic fare. Another reason 
for the present condition is the 
fact that several of Broadway's last . 
season's hits have already played 
Chicago with special companies, as 
for instance 'Counsellor at Law.' . 

Methods of the U.B.O. in book<i> 
ings Is said to involve strong-arm 
technique. .Independent attractions 
to secure break'^iris. must sign .to, 
play U.B.O. houses when going on 
tour, and also indie shows are called, 
on to play, either Erlanger or Shu- 
bert theatres on Broadway. Until 
there are more shows produced that . 
condition will likely not be bet- 
tered. 

There have been, several clashes 
with the bookers, however, and the 
producers concerned figure the 
U.B.O. will not turn down a hit 
when it comes to laying out a route. 
Another counter to the combo's 
scheme is to book Into ian independ- 
ent Broadway theatre before seekr 
ing try-out dates. 

Apparently the satisfactory busi-. 
ness enjoyed by the hits now on 
tour are to the credit of the 
U.B.O.'s holding to its principle of 
eliminating opposition . bookings. 
Best money is being drawn by two 
musicals, 'Of Thee I Sing' urid 'The 
Laugh Parade.' All doubt has been- 
dlspelled about 'Sing* on the road, 
on the basis of its Chicago grosses 
and on stands oin the way there. 



Vancouver's Rpad Show 
Plans Take Work to B. C. 



Los Angeles, Oct, 10. 

Cliff Work is in Vancouver, B, C, 
today, to confer with J. M. Frank- 
lin, Canadian division manager for 
RKO, regarding the reopening , of 
the Vancouver, dark all summer, 
for road shows again this winter. 
House is in Work's Pacific Coast 
division, and his plan is to replace 
the Publix exec, who has been op- 
erating the house In additioii to the 
publix sound house in the Canadian 
border city, by ah RKO manager. 

Work, traveling by plane, made 
stops in 'Frisco, Portland and Se- 
attle on his way to Vancouver, On 
his return, he flies to Spokane and 
Salt Lake, returning here Oct. 17. 



Royce Auditioning for 
'Ida' 'Rehearsals in L. A. 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 

Ed Royce is auditioning prepara- 
tory to starting rehearsals within 
the next week of 'Princess Ida,' his 
next production for the Mayan. 
Musical is an English stor^ and has 
had only one presentation in this 
country a brief engagement in New 
York some years ago. 

'Rose of Flanders,' Roycc's Initi.al 
Coast musical, is in its third week 
at the Mayan, 



FAILURE TO CET KAMES 
DEFERS ROSE PROJECTS 



Bud Murray came on from the 
Coast to. see Billy Rose about etag- ' 
Ing the Rose revue, but Murray will 
probably go back shortly as Rose 
has been unable to secure James 
Cagney or Lee Tracy for 'Great Ma- 
goo,' nor get the desired name tal- 
ent set for the revue. Rose wanted 
Harry Richman and Bums and Al- 
len for the musical, with neither 
available. 

Murray brought on with him the 
script of 'O Susanna,' an operetta 
which had quite a, run on the Coast 
two years ago. Franklyn Warner, ' 
promoter and dabbler In Cloast the- 
atricals, came east with Murray. 
Warner Is remaining In New York 
on a business deal. 

Murray is trying to interest the 
Shuberts in the 'Susanna' operetta, 
originally done in California with ' 
WarneriB backing. Albert Hustlick 
and Aubrey Stauffer wrote it • - 



Rodgers and Hart Coming 
East on B'way Operetta 

Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers 
will be New York bound towards 
the end, of the week, after a year in 
Hollywood, They've Just finished 
the music and songs for Al Jolson'e 
film, 'The New Yorker.' 

Couple have several legit ideas, 
outstanding being an operetta which 
they hope to have produced before 
the end of .the year. 



San Antonio Hopeless 

San Antonio, Oct, 10. 

A legit season for this town looks 
hopeless. Out of four tentative 
bookings two canceled, leaving only 
the road 'Scandals' and Walter 
Hampden set for dates. 

No U. B. O. houses here, but the 
city owns an intimate playhouse 
and a large auditorium. 



50 



VARIETY 



LE€ITIM/iTE 



TueBflaf, October 11, I932 



Plays on Broadway 



WHEN LADIES MEET 

Comedy drnma In three acta presented 
at the Iloyato Oct. 0 by John Golden; 
written and staged by Rachel Crothers, 

Mary Howard Frieda Ineacort 

JiMinile I.ee . .Walter Abel 

Mr.i. Uridgcl Drake. Spring Bylngton 

Walter Manncr.<i. Robert I^owes 

Ro'eera Wooaruft .Herbert Rawlinson 

Pierre. . Auguste Ararolnl 

Claire AVoodrulT Selena Royle 



The first hit o£ the season, away 
out In fi'ont of the other dramatic 
entrants, both as to wrltlnff and act- 
ing, 'Wiien Ladles .Meet/ is a di- 
verting evening in .the theatre. 

Rachel Crothers, • who xan gen- 
erally be depended upon to deliver 
arnusiiig plays about interesting 
wohien, Mas lifted her success score 
with he.r latest script. John Golden 
"presents t^ie new play, but he gave 
the ?iuthoress free reign with direc- 
tion and , casting, as he did two 
Reasons ' ago when her 'As Hus- 
bands Go' ran brightly. , It was 
evident then that this shrewd man- 
ager had walked out oh the clean 
plays thing; 

:. ' Not thaf 'When Ladies Meet' is 
haughty. But It is racy. Amusing 
llMes are. follpweii, by a situation 
Vdund ' to' 'atli'act adult interest, 
.handling the eternal triangle liew- 
ly arid cleverly 'brlhging the two 
^prneh Iri thie case face to face. 
, :l 'ti is th;.e frinkest, stage, discussion 
of a perennial problem. Miss Croth- 
ers has the intchding mistress meet 
th.e .Avlfe) .neither aware of the oth-J 
tjr's /identity. ' The ; girl has .written' 
thfe ' 'situatlpn 'in fier latest : book; 
She,. irii?ists ! that" the girl, Ijeciiuse 
/£fj\e layeii ..the, njari, would' go to the 
' ,w,ite' and/state -her. 'c^se. .The wife; 
t'h'inks riot, butvis siire of the uri- 
^5ippn,ka.bl$, .thjnga ishe would say if 
^th,ail hijp^jehed .to her. 
v.'Jji^yf.lpg this converisatlpn, which Is 
;.i.he,',t38'risegt.. scene in th© play, Mrs. 
(iClaJMs^Toodruff dlscoyers that Mary. 
.£iCoi,wiird, . cultured; brilliant writer. 
Is-,, jier^., husband's. . current flame, 
.^he haa sensed his other affairs, but' 
as soon ais she heard his key in the 
.lock,: somehow everything . seemed 
.,«^l',Llght. But now, having actually 
.'met the other woman, Claire's vision 
CDTOipletely ^ changes. She had told, 
Mary that all of Rogers Woodruff's; 
, Affairs -.were .just tjhat and that he 
;filwaijia.oame bacl^ home. Mary be- 
Jleyed ^he sreatly loved the man and: 
,that--.after>a time they would be wed,! 
he promising "to get a divorce. Wheni 
iM.arjr realizes :that she is just an-j 
■othftr ^donfluest,; her" relations wlthj 
♦ithe man-,are o»ef.- As for Claire she! 
rleaves her' :husband>. behind the elghtj 
ball with neither wife nor sweet-; 
i'hesrtv ■•■«>. ; ..•■^ .: . ■ j 

I'lThe lightei" . rtibmfents 'of - the play; 
^jioweverif seemed to^'stand out over! 
'ItW interfacing; sex treatment. Jim -I 
mie Lee, a newspaperman, Is Very! 
JmUdhln love' with Mary, Who thlnksi 
him . tot>- '•• pliacfd :for; -a husband.' 
From him. there are inacny giggles., 
^It .' 1& 'he who- • stirarables things> 
. ^ibfetween the women, i To Mary's 
^earlyi queryl -T. wonder If you are 
. capable ot'- .a. greatv -ptii^sion,' - he; 
answers: 'God, ,1 hope not.' For. 
blm: . 'Liking' i&. the: 'greatest emo-: 
■ . tlon;.because''it outlcists- every other" 
fetiiotjon.' • : , ■ ' 

i; The- comedy is .fairly -.well spread; 
throughout ;' the . play 'and is not 
limited to "one person. There is the^ 
'Widowed Bridgl0 D£ake who keeps", 
stalling, offi-ah. adntirer because he is; 
l:jO;;y^arfi her- junloi;. Three excellent 
.setsKhi^lp, one a. pleasant balcony at 
Mary's "Washington Squt^re apart 
tmsnt, and : the last sc^ne 3ridgie's 
country home, . reconstructed 
•bar.n/ -• ■ , -- . ■ 
■v,.:(The fine cast hap Frieda Innescort 
.a^-f^xryt trirn. of iflgure, pretty and 
a bit aloof. Besl;,a.QtiA? Jn s.easpns 
.by, ;§elo;(ia Royle cdn^js • in. herj por 
, tyaya,! ,,of the . w}(e. TJie; .bubbling 
,Slir4nar..Byihg.tojL :P.vits_over a fine 
•score as the, funny; Bridsle, the; 
,wldow.,_ who .cannot ,.iiia)tie. up "her 
.J7^1hd,as to. her conduct with m^n soi 
.}3 'di^icp'nsplatel'y decent.; "VVojUer 
Abel' is .excellent.»a8 j^It^mle^ .who ;isi 
smart enough to. step-in and capture' 
his., JWary . aftef;: all., .. Most . lik.eable! 
Ttlilnir.. he has .jioine ' lf\ rseasphs, top,! 
IjJe'rbert', Rawllnspn, is the ierring' 
li^i^D'axid, . npt a sypnpathejlc part. 
.Agii^te. Aramiril, amusing "jis ; a 
French biitleh 

•Wh.en,La|Jles Me^t' Is a deceptive 
iiile. ' Sounds like, a woman's dry 
club sessl6n. As .a, matter of fact," 
it is A swell show; . . . Ibee. 



AMERICANA 

Revue In tsvo acts, 21 scenes, written by 
J. P. McRvoy and presented by I,ee ShU' 
bert. Producllon lighted and deijlgned by 
Ali>ert R, Johnson. Book .itaged by Harold 
JolinsrU'l. Donees staged by Johnny Boyle 
oniJ Charles 'Weldninn. Music by Jay Oof- 
ney, . Herald Arlen and Richard Meyers. 
I.yrlcfl by E. T. Harburg. Opened Oct. 0 at 
the Shubert, New York; $4.40 top. 
■' CMf comprises. Qeorge Glvot, Gordon 
P.mtbh, Lillian Fitzgerald, I^loyd Nolan, 
Albert Carroll, Rex Weber; Prancctta Mal- 
toy. Georgle Tapps, The Musketeers, Bon 
Barclay. Ralph IjOcIco, Teggy Cartwrlght, 
Allah' Munn, Alfredo Rode's orchpslra, 
Charles .Weldman Dancers and Doris- Hum- 
phrey's 'glrl"'Ilne, . , 



The lew mom'ents of merit in thls^ 
new., revue unfortunately - ^lanhot 
ovefcome d preponderance pf mate-' 
rial that doesn't belohg on the ^dm&, 
block, let alone on the "same stage. 
And that's a shame- tPo^ liecause a: 



number called 'Brother, Can You 
Spare a Dime?' and the other mi-^ 
nority items ■ deserve much better 
surroundings than they have been 
accorded in this in-and-out mu- 
sical. The combination will have 
a tough time making a ijale at $4.40 
In'these items, and .that's Tiot over- 
looking the scarcity of bpposlsh on. 
the lepit ILst just now. 

The big mystery — what happened 
to J. P. McEvoy's book— is also, the 
biigr drawback. A revue minus com- 
edy, is almost as istrarigo as a Shu- 
bert revue , minus stripping. Tlils 
Shubert revue lacks both. But what 
happened tp McEvoy's book? Either 
it was manhandled by the producers, 
or that McEvoy rapier— Iceeh, satiri- 
cal insight into current affairs with 
the lash of a gaucho's whip — has 
dulled. There's nary a heavy laugh 
in .the wliole perform{ince, with the 
dialog either flopping outright or 
failing to advance beyond the 
snicker and giggle claas In results. 

Rex Weber, the Charles Weidman 
dancers, a puppelt sieiuence and the 
Dime*, song provide the few meri- 
tprious moments'. Weber, and the 
Weidmans are forced to oYerdo a 
good thing. At flrst- their ventrilo- 
quism and Impressionistic .danolng; 
respectively, are refreshing pieces of 
reVue. stage buslhess. But they re- 
peat and- they repeat and. they re- 
peat, 

"Wpber, formerly of Wilton , and 
Weber, is the unquestionable hit of 
the show, with ho other individual 
.(ev4n. threateninp to flhlsh. a . close 
sficond. So if it accomplishes npth- 
ing else, 'Ajnerica' will haye ushered 
ahoth'er vaudeyillian from tjie four 
or, more a day to the Broadway 
ranks.-: "Weber Is called, on, for.. too 
niuch time and effort, but he man- 
ages to shine sufflciently on two oq-' 
caslons to overcome the effects of 
unforgivable and nearly murderous 
overstaying. His flrst click Is the 
show's flrst, also, arriving in the 
fourth scene ^ after practically .noth- 
ing has happened. It lifts 'Ameri- 
cana' out of the doldrums for flve 
minutes, and that's .about as long, as 
it gets out of the box at any one 
time. ■■ ■ 

.Not lintil scene 8 does the per-- 
fpvipance again hit a fakt stride, 
and."Weber gets in on thls one, also, 
with his delivery of the 'Dime' song, 
backedl. by a n\ale singing chorus, 
an4:. the song itself becoming- the; 
mosti^emorable items in the enter- 
tainment. E. Y. Harburg wrote the 
topical lyric and Jay Gorney the 
strrlng. melody. 

A[;it»all^, .nf the depression, it's^ 
not::of. the. popular tyfee, but the' 
lyric's* tltrifeliness" arid thV tune's 
quality should make It a popular 
^aoitiist -"^eber handles It proficiently 
witte'thfe aid of a singing male .cho- 

The semblance of a plot, satiriz- 
ing the nation and its politics and 
taking the 'Forgotten Man' gag for 
a Sleigh'fide,- runs thrbiigh the show, 
"but between the opening arid closing 
nilmberd It isn't very niuch. in evl- 
dencei- Most of the dialog that de- 
pends on the theme for a motive Is 
delivered via' microphones and Is: 
6ften ti'nintelHgible. , 

•Between AVeber's- veritriloqulal 
sock in the fourth spot and hia re-- 
peat with the breadline number; the 
show Umps through a Series 'of un- 
distinsTuished skits and specialties. 
It Tevived -with 'Brothier, Can -Yoii' 
Spare a Dime?' and then reverts to 
what aeems-.to be type in this case, 
with, nothing more- eventfui than' a 
smart- lyrical ■ play on Jimtriy Wal 
kec-3 ►predicament— 'Let Me Match 
My JPiilyate Life With Yoirrs'= is the. 
title — by Albert Carroll to kfefep au- 
dleiice interest aliye.. - ■ ■ . 

lAlfreda Hode and His Royal Tzi- 
gane Orchestra, an Intiportationft^onn 
PailS, open ^up the • second part, 
playing r two numbers and>i;takirig: 
ahdub-aer' minutes to dO-4t, 'Rode, ai 
fiddling leader- In front-.of-a strong 
orchcfetm, .makes 'Blue . Danube'- ■ a 
12rio6urse dinner, in the European 
mantter.of extending everything, in-, 
eluding meals and music, beyond it's 
natural -length. There is quality be- 
sides, .novelty burled -In-this group of 
musicians, but it's hard to. find. 

The puppet show, arriving toward 
the flriish,. is the second, part's high- 
light. Figures of Al Smith, Hoover 
and John t>. RockeifeHer afe cleverly 
riianlpulated to offstage, vocal ac 
companlment. The lyrics are the 
libretto's nearest approach to the 
grade of satire McEvoy has written 
in the past, but -which is present 
nowhere else in this show. 

The Weidman dancers; probably 
from the concert field, were at the 
Roxiy for a week s.ome time ago and 
rtpcat two of their pldture house 
routines herein. Comprising ' three 
men and two women, they're fol- 
lowers of the modernistic, futuristic 
dance school, that teaches jumping 
about and the description of angles 
with the elbows, by way of symbol ' 
Izlng the machine age. They're a 
novelty for awhile, but the stager 
forgot when to let them off. Same 
fatilt is- to be found Ayith the Doris 
Humphrey girls whose 'dance* on 
linoleum. In which they interpret 
^eat -waved caressing tlie shore is 
okay fdr the first -few rippleS, but 
after that a i>»»». Tfwy wear skin . 



tight fleshings, but Albert Johnson'a 
lighting effect ratta all the credit for 
the element of suspense. 
. The veteran^Linitin Fitzgerald: ha^l 
little to do' In thQ proceedings, . b.ut| 
she's as eprlgbtiy . as ever and a| 
cheering: sight for those with mem 
ories. Albert Carroll does only "the 
Walker take-off arid thSn goes' eVei-i 
nlng gown- as Lynn Fontanne in! 
'Reunion In Receivership,' In which! 
the script kids the producersV^wn! 
predicament, but rriot virlthout drag.-| 
ging lb Erianger's and the Theatre! 
Guild. It always looks like Carroll; 
is' enjoying himSelf morS. than the; 
audience Is enjoying' him In this 
nuhiber, and that doesn't demand' 
much enjoyment on his part, either 
George Givot does his Greek mon- 
olog In balcony box, which he ought 
to have ! dropped '..by . now, and his 
Harry Rlchman imitation, but ot-hn 
erwlse disports himself favorably. 
He's, been knocklrig . around in nu-; 
merous shows and looks about due 
for a good one. Allah Mann a,p^' 
Georgle Tapps, the latter from: 
vaudeville and the picture houses, i 
handle most of the solo dancing and' 
very neatly., Francetta Malloy isj 
the singing Ingenue and passable.: 
Gordon Smith and Peggy Co;rt-i 
wrlght are the Juve leads In the 
s. and d. numbers and also fair to" 
middlln.' Miss Cartwright,- an.Eng-j 
lish importation, slings a heavy ac^ j 
cent. - - ■ • ■ -,.■= 1 

Don Barclay is weak In the com'-j 
edy lead.jwith the piroducers equally 
at fault In borrowing his old-time' 
moving picture re^el for the script,! 
The film 'with Barclay's side com- i 
ments has been .done to death .byf 
Others In vaudeville and elsewhere. 

Costuming throiighout : IpQksl 
above average for a Sh'uljert revue 



NONA 

Farce comedy. In threie acta. Presented dtj 
the Avon Oct.' "4 by Pelggy Pears. ■Wrlttfni 
by Gladys Urser.. I/enor» Ulrlc etan>ea.] 
Arthur Margetson- featured. jStageid- vbyj 
Burk SymtNi. . ., ii> ! 

Joe... IMIlUrd P. Mitchell! 

Otto Vogel........^..^ Hans HanWehj 

Miriam Bkld well.....; v.... Patricia. Calvert; 

Mr Compton... . . ........... . .Dudley H^vleyl 

Dolly Armartronff , ....■<.,....... .Franc ' Hale I 

Anna Jane Fet-rel 

Henry Cad». ............ .Arthur Marg6tson: 

Man frltli a lV>ui>ee...«w. . .John McCloskcy 
Nona. . i .V ^. .>..., . . .Lenore - Ulrica- 

Roeco. ;.Arl8tlde9 De Lepnll 

Lyle D. Armstrong Russell HIcIcS: 

An Old Lady... '....Genevieve Dolaroj 

Pliotographer Bernard Susman! 

Handsome Young "Man Warren Stei-lWgl 

Pullman Porter. . . . , V . • -.-^ • • Oscar Polk; 

Sta.tlon Master m.... .Harlan' Brlggs*. 



The October crop of new' legits; 
holds a lot more promise of ^orth-i 
while diversion- than September's 



wobbly burich-T^that Is, bn pajJeij, 
'Nona' Is 'b«tteir tliisuii most of th'^ 
earlier entrants, and. should last 
about 10 weeks. ■' • 

'Nona' . Is thS Sfscoiid presento^tlon 
of Peggy Fears, who made lier debut 
as a manageress last season with 

Child of Manhattari.' Her plaiiS S.r6 
ambitious, and a third attraction IS 
in the maklng-r^'MusIc. In the Air.' 
ah operetta. . " .! 

Best thing abotit 'Nona' Is LbnOre 
Ulrlc, one. of the , ihore alluring afc"- 
tresses on thei ' ' American sta^'e'. 
When she Is oil, the shoW. sriati's 
along. At other" times It is gabby 
and rather meaningless: 

First act seemed a, welter of chat- 
ter by other ch'alr&cters, biit the s'ec- 
ohd act Is very good-^in fact,, ,1s 
nlost 6t 'Nona,' because the' third 
act Is principally appended romance, 
the story having already been con- 
cluded. ; .^urtslh- .linp was not as 
bright ' as ' intended: In , fact, lt| 
seemed, on the borderline. ' Produc 
tively the show was okay with lAck-i 
erman settings. > Directionally the: 
the dialog, was hurried in. act ■ one); 
wheire there waa.not enough.'editing. 
Staging was by Burk Symon, former 
aide to the Idte David Belasco. , .. , 
Miss Ulrlc Is 'Nona,' an emottonk)^,'. 
temperamental Contlhsrltal .' ">v^e}s 



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Pliiys lhit of Town 



. . PURE IN HEART- 

. I , ' ■., Baltimore, Oct. 4. 
'Drtoia Ih three -a'ots;-iBlx scenes tiy Jobn 
Howard I>awaon. Presented by the Thea- 
tre Guild under auspices of the Amefloan 
'I^eatre Society. Directed by Theresa Hel- 
burn, ' Setting designed by "Woodman 
Thompson.' At th'e Maryliind, Baltimore, 
Oct. 3. 

Annabel- Sparlc0.v>'*«»Mi:k<. . ■ . JuAe Walker 
<Tohnnle Spal^ka. «•'•>« «n....Cbdrles Powers 
Ma' Sparks .*>•«»•*.•..;•..... Eva Condon 
Pa Sparks. . .-v^w.vo^ . . . .Erskine Sahfonl 
Abo Schullz... ... -..-:...,,. Robert .C. Fischer 

Homer Edwards .«.,. .« .-John Eldredge 

Eddie! . , , ,...•' I .. . > . ■ Alan Baxter 

Joe ..','.,, .,...-.,...;'....'.'...,'.. Ella .Kazan 

Fdlth McCartil'<.y, ....... .'Ruth Chorpennlng 

.^tage. -Manager,, .«.,., ...... .James'. JoUey 

Doctor Goshen; ......Osgood Perkins; 

Al Del Motte'.'....^.V.;. .'.Edmund Zlman' 
I^trry .Oordon. , . ,..'.. , . . . .. i. .Paul Kelly. 

Edwlnno. Raleigh , . . .'. . . .Helen Flint 

Junius B. 'Mellon; ..F< Thurston Hall 
Spanish Dancer. ...'Nalda Narde. 

A 'Comedian.',,;.. ;..,.-..l,e6 Curley 

A Ghoi-ua- Girl : ; .... -. Mary Howard 

'Wilkes ..a Detective)., '....'..Arling Aiclne. 
Q U9. ,>,.,<;., V • t,< • ' •'• .Robect Shayne 



Bill . . • . 



.Leo Curley 



. That erratic ecrlbblet; Howard 
LawSoh. is giving 'nbticiS that he's 
leaving the Intellectuals and the In- 
tMlleentzia flat; He^s tTirough with' 
Greenwich Village and the 'newer' : 
arl^Ws' In playwtlghtlh'firL That 'ap- 
p'eatA' tb be the -back^trpund^for the- 
vi/i^litliig ■ of this play. ' Bit "LaTlifspn,- 
irL ^hls 'evident eff6rtla-;to .f r;^ o' hirri- 
yeif of the old . radical ' Writing fever, 
has leaned backward';" s'6" tar back- 
ward; he's giving the theatre the. 
same stuff as they got .ih the 10-20- 
30 days.'-* " ■' ". ? ."• ■ ' 

And . In .presenting this play the 
Theatre QuHd .Stai'ts Its local sea- 
son off with a unrelieved weak one. 
!Dh'P; subscription "Ide^ this year is] 
ipiigh! enough arid a|.^okiEjy| melo-' 
dtt|jii|fa' 1sri*t gping. (fo'i maks' It any' 
'easier. 

There's enough actual material In 
this play for a quartet of more' 
calmly written shOws. Lawson has; 
evietytlillng In it; gtinmen, washed-up; 
sex»en . - actr«sses, ^k-^ducet's, - song- r 
iwrit^si th6 old -homesteadi sweet; 
oldi-mothers, loy.e, seduction, mur-| 
ders, gun battles; philosophers. The- 
entlre outlay gives only a jumbled 
impression, and the thought that 
Lawson wasn't so sure -himself what; 
he was -driving at,- T\--- .. 
' filtt's a stbry:of a stage-stt-uck girl; 
who auits her upstate home .to crash; 
the .t)lg light ' district; '.-.Everything; 
goes before, her desire to get: her- 
self l^ehlnd the foots. ' But that she's 
good.; a heart at least Is revealed: 
wl>en slie falls for a gruninan mur 
deret, and she ' leaves' '\t^v, 't»Iif ..OP 
ijortiiriity to go with liitii '\v;hen he'sj 
dri'th'6' larti from th'i' pdllcV.' .As a! 
SoH! ofkntl-^eilrtiAx, O^ftotJd, t'erkins- 
1h th'e last kcene''tiririi;^e^''to tflll the 
rfesf '^f'the- cist ^'and tHe'-.'audlehfcei 
thatf the g^al &hd hef- b6!y: f rtiiia' W^re 
gl'^eh liarpS by ii pollbe sqdda. Why 
LaWsdn- left out that jblt-'pf'-'plctotlal 
efforts -after having shb'wn th|& aiii'- 
dience everything eisfe, IS U' question; 
• '■ Cast is superior* ' '• to ' -the : 'Script. 
June- Walker has- thei'fa,t liWes and 
hahdies . them Well," -getting hics 
shSdlhgs 'In her ' dellheailioiN -Of a 
stage-struck lass-v^hb;' thoU'gh 'a bit 
goofy and not tPP bright; Ijs 'd -mihe 
of determination; Osgood Perkins 
in utterly wasted ■ in his ' i>dr£,' of - the 
doetor-associate prodilcer, the phil- 
osophical failure. The prid ' bit Of 
weakness in the castihg'tirkis Robert 
C' Fischer as Abe SchUltz, the' pro-> 
ducer. Fischer handles -the dialect 
•badly,- more than'^ bfjCeh' 'forgetting 
about It, and occasionally ' fiwltch-; 
lire; the. nationality; '.'.'-.-- '■ ■ > • ■' 



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MADEMdlSE^ttE 



touring America In dance recitals, 
She travels in a private car, carry- 
ing a retinue. Including secret-iry, 
manager, pet musicians, and so 
forth. In her.'„rc(9mS"oft the st^igc 
at Symphony Han, 'Philadelphia, she 
flres.the Italian accompanist. Henry. 
Cade,, wealthy and well appearihg, 
steps into the job. ' He had come to 
be presented i)y>Hl3 Sister f rom Den.T 
ve'r, whose liusband'; Is on the make' 
for. Nona. , . -.- '■ ■ . 

Sij having variiped, Cade Iri' k 
flash sees In Noria the woman pf . his! 
desirS; He assuriies the name of 
'Mr. Finale,' and, she later reminds 
him, he is 'npt the whole damn or- 
chestra.' Nona had had her ; Ro- 
mance, with a titled German, and 
declares herself through with love 
A condition she sets forth in engag- 
ing Finale is that he must not m.-ike 
advances to her. 

'i?he manner in which the tempes- 
tuous dancer goes after hec man 
and the teasing way that he covert- 
ly leads her oh, then reminds her pf 
their agreement, provides the fun in 
'Nona,' Most of It Is set in the liv- 
ing room of her special Pullman;; 
No sooner do they clinch than they: 
quarrel. He finds a' check for 50 
G's from that Denver guy, brands 
her as every kind of dame, then 
hops off the trsiln. which has been, 
stalled In a snowdrift somewhere- 
west of Chicago. Later, in a, 
humpty-dumpty railway . statiori;! 
there ore Sxplan&tions— the morieyl 
CContinue^ on pabe 53) . " ;", ' ! 

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■': 'j?hna^i^ij(^j^/Q|Ct.;4o,. \ 

f . .^IJ.lji^im 'A; .Brady - ftppeacs'ito ha.v,e 
Iri this riCw" comedy a far letter 
prospect thaA 'Domino,' although 
'Mademoiselle' also suffers from a 
translation jthat is not always in the 
splDlt;;ipf ! the original French piece 
byij'iJ^ca'jesi.Deval which has been 
a Paris hit. 

With Grace George, Alice Brady, 
A'. E, Matthews and a youngster 
naipe-d, Pelggy Conklin who. *optrlb- 
utesi'a''- ftrtfe 'i!i"ertol'ma.'hc^;''.^Made- 
mplselle'/has ,,^1, .i:ui)^ii.lnj5,.^tart. To 
be sure, nonie of the"se 'pliyers can 
be..isatd;-to oaptur.e'ithe Gallic mood, j 
but their -yery personalities, , lend, the: 
pliy'^'iri ' i'ritdti'st "thit 'Va's' liixJkl'ri^ in 
*DOn*inb.''i' i i':;!' j ..:;i:- I 

. . .Th«| story,, which hn,Si a, nw^l^r of 
j:^lcky and delicate. . angles'. Is an 
exceptionally interesting' brife, the 
only danger being the possibility 
that American . audiences will not 
understand the motives of certain 
characters D:nd the': Continental 
viewpoint of the author In one or 
two spots. 

The play concerns Lucien Gal- 
vosler, a successful French lawyer 
and his wife, as irresponsible arid 
turbulent a pair as could be im- 
agined. The husband is a}>sor)jed 
in his practice; the wife . In . her 
social activities, and they airily dis- 
miss their parental duties to a ID- 
year-old daughter by hiring " gov- 
ietnesses; 

The daughter, however, is not as 
safe as they believe and at the start 
of the play, a newly hired ,.gb'vern- 
eSs arrives In the household juSt iri 
tinie to discover that her ChatgS Is 
e'x^pectlng an illigitirimte "bAby, Said 
'gpverhess. (played by Miss . George) 
is a 'doiir and unprepossessing Old 
mhlid. fronj whom .one iwould'.hafdly 
i^xifteCt 8e,ntlniept ot" syn^^athy.' but 



she agrees to help the girl keiap her 
secret from the mother ahd father' 
^ In the second act, two months 
later. It becomes necessary to take 
some decided action it the ap- 
proaching motherhood is to be con- 
cealed and so the governess brings 
In her brother, an eccentric inven- 
tor, and persuades him to pose.aa 
a doctor and to. prescribe - a rest 
cure in the 'country for the girl. 
• The. governess then explains her 
motives in the case; A- confirmed 
man-hater, she has always had a" 
longing for a child and she sees iii 
this arrangement a chance to sat- 
isfy: her maternal, cravlnes. • The 
parents, always self -centered and 
completely, blind , to the real Sltua- • 
tlori, allow their daugliter to go 
away for several months.: 

The last a.ct shows her return 
and thelt; elaborate welcoriie for her; 
The baby has been born, but the 
girl shows ho. isreat feeling about it. 
Accordingly, the governess assumes 
the parenthood of the child, which 
considering her old-maidish appear- 
ance, is' a cause of great astohish- 
raient and some amusement to Mme. 
Galvosler. At any rate, off goes 
'Mademoiselle' to devote her life to 
the up-brinprlng of the youngster 
while the real rinother ' prepares to 
re-enter the social swim. . 
. Grace George, In an almost gro-- 
tesque make-up that includes horns. , 
rimmed glasses ahd the severest of 
clothes, plays the Governess on ah 
even plane of- subdued .repression. 
There are- sbme who believe that 
her two scenes in whicli she explains 
her child-lovlhg complex, should be 
more emotional, but that is really 
not the way 'the character has been 
conceived; • 

Alice Brady dominates the per- 
formances w4th a high comedy per- 
formance as tlie young mother that 
Is 4iftecent. frohi anything she has 
attempted. . . The : contrast to her 
Layini.a in. .'Mourning Becomes 
Electra' makes her fluttery nicely- : 
pointed interpretation all the more 
remarkable. Matthews, who is as 
French as Trafalgar Square, is im- 
mensely amusing as the preoccupied 
husband. His role really includes 
very little that is clever In dialog, , 
but he 'niiiggs' the part so neatly 
that he wins many laughs. Miss 
Conklin, save for one . fa}ss scene 
towatds th^'eiid of the play, Is. capi- 
tal as the' daughter. Hers is a tough 
-fble and she deserVes airthe credit 
Ih the world for her playing of it; 

'Mademoiselle' is nicely set and 
nicely dir'BCted; As before noted, 
the translation which lis often far 
from Frehch ih ^plrlt. Is its biggest 
dfawbaok.' Hoyevek'," It should stand 
tt, irery; good chance. ' Wdters'^ 

HARLEM 

HOllywoodjf Oct T. 
Drama In three acta by -William J. Rapp 
and'.Wallace Thurman, -' Produced by Rob--- 
ert Levy.. Directed ^y Edftar Forrest. All- 
Negro cast. At. the, -Music Box .theatre. 
Hollywood. Oct; 7.. $1.60 top. 

. As with- all -Negro dramas pro- 
duced here, .this one suffers from 
lack of experienced players. Every- 
one In the. Cast Is prone to overact. 
Direction has little to. do with this.' 
as the players are . Impossible . to 
hold down. 

.Robert .levy's production . is well 
framed, but stands llttlo chance of 
getting [kny money. With a cast of 
66 In a..900-§eat-hoQse at $1.60 top. 
thei:e*s. little opportunity . for profit. 
T.hen, . ,^o.o, , .the ..colored production 
Is 'o^lIn^lted.app^aU Coast audiences 
like colored, musicals, b.iit outside of 
the biacK liielt,' dramas haive never 
received -a: break out here; . - ' 

;Qe the, lengthy cast, Mai>ceo Shef- 
fleld'-as .the police sergeant turns in 
the... best; performance. . New ;herB, ; 
he -.should-! :attrac;t attention - from 
plctMr^OvProduQers who And it dif-^ 
flcyit to .:gst: ;goo.d cqloried players* 
'^lier^sa ; .f^rr Is: ; , . and . , : , Lawrence . 
Criner in the leads chew scenery, 
witli the,,f.oriper,the worst offender. 
(Charles' ,9ldeni. ap .the "West Indlojiv 
ifegfo, ^tfalhs , ' tPO Itiard; with hi{» 
03<fordla,n, EngflisH.. ., 'Negroes from 
the Isiands use a peculiar English 
twang on a few words, but most of 
their lingo is a picturesque Jargon 
of their own. ; i 

Clep' ' Desrtiond, ..Georee . Jleea, 
Harvey Brooks, Cliff Ingraham, 
Charles Hamilton, ; Arthur. Ray, 
Charles Moore and Helen Conway 
are satisfactory in the main assign- 
ments. 

Piece is in fOF two weeks, with 
hope of more. If sold as a novelty 
it may get a little money, but tho 
chances are all against it. Call. 

ABSENT FATHER 

Philadelphia, Oct. T. 
This comedy by Francis D6 Witt, 
produced by the new flrm of Kenney 
& Levitt, reopened the Broad Street 
theatre for a single week's engage- 
ment. 

After a first act that showed some 
promise, although ihcllned tO talkl- 
ness, 'Absent Father' went consist- 
ently to piecesi It is another of 
those yarns about^thS -Vourig gen- 
eration' and its alleged wlldness. 'A. 
few years ago when • eveiTbody was 
talking about the flappers' follleS 
and the - fla'sk-totlng, parked-car- 
(Cpntln'tied on" page 00) 



Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



LEGITIMATE 



VARIETY 



91 



mademoisefle Does Fair $10^ 
In Plly; 'Absent Father' $4,000 



Philadejphla,* Oct. 10. 

• Next week finds four' leglt houses 
open in PhiUy for the first time this 
Reason, and indications are that a 
flfth, the Shubert, will Join the ranks 
111 a month. 

So far, the new season's shows 
iiave been nothing to boast of, but 
littendarice has been .promising. The 
iiylng need now Is for one or two 
Biiiash hitis. 

' With the Forrest dark last week, 
rtje best trade was reported at the 
Chestnut, where the Arnerican The- 
atre Society's second subscription 
■offering, 'William Brttdy's Madeniol- 
Eelle,' was the . oJf erlng. : Matinee 
eeilbuts helped the biz there im- 
m'enseiyi but a, surprising weakness 
4evel6ped In ' the ' balcony- and gal- 
lery, contrary . to the case of ; the 
other shows here this, year^ With 
the '$4,500 subscription nucleus, the 
show grossed about $10,600 on the 
\^eek. That Isn't comparable to this 
figures of 'Tho Good Earth,' . but it 
jwasp't .bad at a $2.60 top, with $2 
isubscrliptlon 'prices. 

. The .GJarrick and the Broad both 
fared badly. Rajah Kaboid, magl- 
olan and mind reader, was. a bust at 
the Garrick." Opening the previous 
Thursday, .Rabold never got started, 
and he left after. Wednesday night's 
iBliow with a deficit. - 

. 'Abjsent Father', was equally dis- 
astrous at the Broad. Oiie good no- 
tice out of flve didn't help, and even 
a number of benefits couldn't build 
the week's^gFoss over $4,000. 
: This week's show ars 'Dangerous 
Corner,' Harry Moses' production of 
J: B. Priestley's London hit, at the 
Broad, and Sva t^e Galllenne, pre- 
senting 'Camllle' and 'Lilibm/ at the 
Forrest. Former had a $3,000 ad- 
vance— quite good; - Le Galllenne 
bad a fine upstairs advance, but 
orchestra' buy was disappointing. 

; The Garrick Is dark this week, but 
flights Monday, with 'Music in the 
Air,' ne\Y Jerome KernrOscar Ham- 
merstein 2d musical play, presented 
l>y Peggy Fears. It's in for two 
.weeks. ; . 

' U. B. p. have suddenly switched 
In 'Forward March' at the Forrest 
as competition for Garrlck's Indie 
iattiaction. Brown-Henderson musi 
cal Is. scheduled for only, one week. 
.The Chestnut has 'Man with a Load 
«if Mischief,' with Jane Cowl as 
third American Theatre. Society 

On* the 24th 'Vanities.' at the For- 
fest, 1b the lone entrant, with 'Cy- 
siara' at ' the Chestnut and 'Nine 
Pine Street,' Ina ' Claire vehicle, at 
the' Garrick, on the 31st. 

Final agreement on the Shxibert 
lease !■ tixpecte^ this week, and a 
couple, of musicals are mentioned for 
this house, which will get U. B. O 
ahows, though not directly under 
the Shubert-Erlariger Vnerger man 
•gemenf . 

• 'Humpty Dumpty,' booked for 
Kovember 7, will come either to the 
IBorrest or Shubert. ' 'Counsellor at 
Law,' the Irish ' Players, ; Cornelia 
Otis Skinner, both the dramatic and 
the muislcal 'Cyranos,' 'Reunion In 
Vienna,' and 'Good Wpman-T^Poor 
Thing' are November booklngis. 

Estimatca for' Last Week 
'Absent Father* (Broad, one week 
«Kly). A bad confiedy and bad busi 
nesB. Not over $4,000. 'Dangerous 
Gorner* In this week for a fortnight. 
- Rajah Raboid (Garrick). Closed 
Wednesday night after slit wretched 
, days. Under $2,600. Hoiise reopens 
.next Monday with 'Music in the 
Air.' 

' 'Mademoiseile' (Chestnut, first 
. ireek). Not what was expected, but 
. managed, to get $10,5'0<>, which was 
fairly good. Jane Cowl next Mon- 
day. 



Bainbridge Just Fair, 
'Blessed EventV $3,200 

Minneapolis, Oct. 10. . 
'Blessed Event' proved Just a fair 
card for the Bainbridge dramatic 
stock company iat the Shubert, 
grossing, iaround- $3,200. Rainbrldge 
Is giving the folks the beet of plays, 
having opened with 'As Husbands 
Go' and offering 'The Animal King- 
dom' currently, and he has a goOd 
cbmpany. But, despite the low 
scale of 83c top, including tax, the 
response thus far hais been disap- 
polhtlng. 

'Stepping High,' United Burlesque 
attraction at the Gayety, also did 
light business, the takings being 
only around $2,400. Shdws are much 
better than the house has been of:- 
fering in recent seasons. They are 
clean. 

Metropolitan opens its season this 
week ■with Lunt and Fontarine In 
the Niew York Theatre Guild's pro- 
duction of 'Reunion in Vienna.' Ad- 
vance sale good. Engagement l& for 
three nights and a matinee. 



Petite Jimmy and Carroll 
Split Arfoitration Decision 

Arbitration between Petite Jimmy 
and Earl Carroll was decided partly 
in favor of the French actor. 
Jimmy was among the foreign con- 
tingent engaged for the new 'Vani- 
ties,' but not used. Like the others, 
he ' was guaranteed six weeks by 
Carroll who, although willing to pay 
his salary, thought Jliiimy should 
remain here during that period. He 
desired to salll home. 

Award igiave Jimmy the full 
amount but rejected his claim for 
return transpprtation which was not 
provided for in the contract. 




IN 4-SHOW CHI 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Four-show Chicago enters jnld- 
October unrecognizable to old 
friends, unencouraged by the pros-, 
pects ahead. A feeble flicker of ex- 
citement Is the best that can be 
sustained when the flow of oxygen 
is limited to one week of Walter 
Hampden's 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at 
the Ajrallo, a season of $2.60 grand 
opera at the Studebaker, and two 
semi-pro enterprises occupying the 
Goodman and the Women's Club 
theatre for short runs. 

Estimates for Last Week 
'Another Languaoe/ Harris (CD- 
1,100; $2.75) (Bth week)— Just fair 
since start, despite rave notices. 
Local showmen feel $2.76 too high 
for light attractions such as this in 
present era $2^20 would be nearer 
the public's taste. Around $8,000. 

'Of Thee I Sing,' Grand (M-1,366: 
$3.86) (3d week). Originally booked 
for four weeks seejps a' pipe to 
double, and possibly treble, that 
booking. No abatement in > $29,000 
capacity stride. Most encouraging 
thing that has happened to a dis- 
heartened town In ifionths. Cheap 
ducats sold out right ^hto Novem- 
ber are being filled by mail order 
only. 

.'WhistHng in the Dark,' . Erianger 
(C.-l,318; $2.76)— rErnest Truex pop- 
ular- here. Piece liked and notices 
strong, although frothy show Incon- 
gruous . under its Theatre Guild- 
Drama League auspices. First week 
between $10,000-$11,000, not bad in 
these, times. 

'World Between,' Adelpht (CD- 
900; $2.76 (4th week). Doubtful that, 
this one ' can. be forced much longer. 
R. G. Lydy, the angel. In the hole 
$10,000. Cut-rate coupons give $1 
off on $2.7fi ducats, 76 cents off on 
$2.20, etc. Last week gross not 
$2,000. 



Jaae Cowl at 

One Item m Boston's 
Continaed Strength 



Boston, Octi 10. 
. Locar legit houses continue to do 
fine business, to the surprise of 
Boston managers. 'The Green Pas- 
tures,', now lii its sixth week at the 
Colonial, is still holding up to near 
capacity, $21,000, and promises to do 
as well during last weeks of run. 

'The Cat and the Fiddle,' at the 
Shubert, is doing well at $21,000, be 
low high mark set by Ed Wynn's 
'Laugh Parade' last month, but very 
satisfactory.. 

Jane Cowl, at the Plymouth in re 
vival of 'The Man With a Load <jf 
Mischief,' surprised by doing $13,000 
last week and giving indications of 
holding up almost to that this week 
'Mikado,' put on by one of Milton 
Aborn's Gilbert and Sullivan cos, is 
expecting iisual hearty response 
herie when it opens tonight at the 
Hollis. : 

Next week the Wilbur will be 
lighted for first time with Eva Le 
Galllenne with 'Llllom' and 'Camllle 
The Majestic, housing twb-a-day 
showing of . 'Strange Interlude,' took 
$16,600 last week, and contniues in 
high. 



STILL TWO IN FRISCO; 
MISS FREDERia, $8,500 



B'way Has a Hit, 'When Ladies Meet' 
$15,000; Canities' Droops to $25,000, 
'Americana Seems to Have Chance 



San Francisco, Oct. 10, 
One opening and one closing 
keeps local legits to two. 'Bride 
Sun Shines .On' gets under way to- 
night (10) at Belafico & Curran's 
Currian with a fair advance- sale. 

Pauline Frederick doing nicely for 
Henry Duffy at Alcazar. Latter has 
tilted price two bits to $1.60. Mat- 
inees big with many women, and 
nights., okay, first week getting 
around $8,600. 

'Intermission' bowed out of Er- 
langer's Columbia after two weeks, 
last 8ta,nza getting less than $2,000, 
very bad. House has gone film cur- 
rently, playing 'Explorers of World' 
while preparing operetta seasoh to 
open about Nov. 1. 

Gieary still dark. Both Homer 
Curran and Ralph Pincus reported 
negotiating with Eddie Lambert in 
Hollywood to do a new ^how slm- 
lltir to '9 o'clock Revue' he staged 
here last year. ' 



First unquestioned hit of the 193;2- 
33 season arrived late last week at 
the Royale with 'When Ladies 
Mee^t,' drawing 100% , favorable no- 
tices and hitting capacity imme- 
diately. Indicated gross judged.from 
first four performances will better 
$15,000— excellent money at this 
time. 

A mid-week entrant, 'Ainericarta' 
at the , Shubert, was viewed with 
distinct difference of opinloni but 
strong ticket demand Saturday in- 
dicated a chance. Other, new shows 
last week look doubtful. 'Nona' got 
close to $9,000 In seven times at the 
Avon, not so good for a star name 
attraction: 'Old Man Satan,' a col- 
ored casV<li'a''''>a. Bot less, than $3,- 
500 its first week at the Forrest, 
while 'The Other One' got next to 
nothing at the Biltmore. 

Broadway's business slipped last 
week with no alibis to explain the 
droop. 'Vanities,* which got oft to a 
big money start, hit the toboggan 
the second week. That put the long 
staying 'Of Thee I Sing' back in first 
place with a gross of $25,000, since 
'Flying Colors,' another new revue, 
found the going slippery too. 

Counting seven new attractions 
coming in this week last list ho'w 
totals 26 shows. There were two 
abrupt closings . last Saturday, with 
at least three departures carded for 
this week. That will take five pro- 
ductions out of the running, most 
of them having been among Septem- 
ber's record weak crop. 

'Here Today,' which was thought 
to have a chance, stopped at the 
Barrymore, while 'Lilly Turner' sim- 
ilarly rated closed at the Morosco. 
Definitely out this ' week: 'Beat 
Years.' Bijou; 'Bidding High,' Van- 
derbilt; 'The Stork Is Dead,' 48th 
Street. 

Due in next week: 'Dinner at 
Eight,' Music Box; 'The Good Earth,' 
Guild; iMademolselie.' Playhouse; 



'ViennaV $21,000 

Detroit. Oct. 10. 
Coniplete sell -out after the open- 
ing night brought in a total of $21,- 
000 at the Cass for 'Reunion In Vi- 
enna,' with Lunt and Fontaine. 



'Good EarA' Oem % 
$18,000 in Pittsburgh 



Pittsburgh, Oct, 10. 
After taking it on the chin with 
a pre-season opening of the 'Humpty 
Dumpty' fioppoi Nixon relighted 'last 
•week with Guild's 'Good Earth' un- 
der sut>scrlption auspices of Ameri- 
.ean Theatre Society and mopped up 
fet $18,000. Two sell-out mats brought 
figure above expectations. Nazln<- 
ova figured as a b. d, magnet. 
. Edwin Vail Players opened at 
rnt at the same time with 'Bride 
the Sun Shines On,' giving Pitts- 
burgh its first stock in more than 
iwo years. Four mats weekly at 
40 cents top and evening scale 99 
cents. Slim takings for initial ses- 
P>on, but bad weather and stlfC «p- 
,Posltlon from Nixon, hurt. 
. Vall company includes Shirley 
«ooth, Alden Chase, Kathryn Mes- 
hyl. Baker Moore, Sam Flint, Ella 
Ethrldge, Sylvia Manners, Henrj- 
Richards and Roy Elklns. 



Plays Abroad 



WHITE HORSE INN 

(8wedieh Production) 

' Stockholm, Sept. 26. 

The Stockholm production of the 
Erik Charrell Berlin-London smash 
Is noteworthy, because it proves 
conclusively that, devoid of the 
spectacle proportions in which It 
was done in England and Germany, 
this show has. very little to offer to 
American theatregoers. 

New York producers In Europe 
this year have been talking of doing 
it in some house of the N. T. Hip- 
podrome size, while others have 
tried to devise means for an Inex- 
pensive outlay. But the show doesn't 
hold. There is no story, few laughs 
and a score without a song hit. It 
is given liere without the 'Garde 
Ofilzier' number taken from a Ger- 
man film for the London showing. 

Even with the local favorite, 
Gosta Ekmart, the show folded after 
two dismal weeks. . He tried to pro- 
duce it on a shoestring at the tiny 
Vaisa theatre, seating only 78«, and 
found It Impossible. Also in the 
cast was Liliebel Ibsen, grand- 
daughter of the playwright, 'who was 
engaged for New York two years 
ago by Horace LIverlght, but who 
never heard any more about It. 



YOUKI 



Paris, Oct. 1. 
A comedy In thre« acts by Felix Gan- 
dera. Coat; ' Aqulstapace, Paul Bernard, 
Falau, Parleys, Cbrlstlane Dor, and oth- 
ers. Froducin? credit , given to Max Dan- 
set as the administrator, and real pk'o- 
ducer remaining anonymous. Athence, 
Paris, ■ Sept, 27. 



Play might easily be compressed 
into a 30-minute one-act sketch, 
and under its present form looks 
like a very short engagement locally, 
and nothing at all elsewhere. 

The story has to dp with an old 
provincial guardian of a college boy 
attempting to ha.ve the boy break 
an affair he has with a Parisian 
actress. . To this end he goes to 
Paris and offers the actress money 
to break with the b.py. He unwit- 
tingly causes h,er Japanese lover to 
part with her and make^ good by 
giving her the same allowance as 
the Oriental. After nearly falling for 
her himself, he understands that 
youth must have its fling and per- 
mits the college boy to continue his 
affair. He retiirna to his. province, 
■from whence he will send monthly 
remittances. . 

To this short sketch, which could 
be done with three main characters, 
It was unnecessary to add two in- 
troducing acts and a lot of extra 
characters. 

Play opens In the guardians' pro- 

' ,<Continaed on page 53) 



LlfllTSHIGa 
4 NEW SHOWS 



Los Angeles, Oct; 10. 
Four legits opened last w^ek, and 
another's scheduled, to get started 
tomorrow (Tues), which will give 
the town its high for the past elx 
months. Belasco & Curran's coast 
company of 'Cat and the Fiddle' got 
a^ay to a good start last Monday, 
after nine weeks in San Francisco. 
First week tabbed slightly over 
$16,000. Piece is long off the nut, 
and is on the way to show B. & C. 
their first black ink venture this 
year. 

'Harlem,' colored production with 
Robert Levy, formerly of the Lafay- 
ette Players, got started at the 
Music Box Friday. First two days 
were light, with less than $1,000 In 
the till. 

'Rose of Flanders,' co-operative 
musical at the Mayan, got the ben- 
efit of the ovefflow from the Be- 
lasco, and did a little over $6,000. 
Satisfactory at that figure. , 

Henry Duffy's 'The. Marquis' sur- 
prised the locals by staying close to 
the opening week's take at ' $7,700/ 
above average for the El Capltan. 

'Young Ideas' opens at the Holly- 
wood Playhouse next Tuesday. Wal- 
ter Brown has taken the house for 
two weeks, and hopes to drag the 
run but. Morgan Wallace staged 
the piece, and is starred. 

Estimatea for Last Week 

'Harlem'— Music Box (1st week) 
(D»965-$1.65). First three perform- 
ances got $850, which is not an opti- 
mistic start; 

'Rose of Flanders' — Mayan (3rd 
week) (M-l,492-$1.65). Satisfactory 
at $6,000 estimated, most of which 
comes from the Belasco's overfiow. 

'Cat and Fiddle' — ^Belasco (1st 
week) (M-l,103-$2,75). belasco & 
Ciirran's first musical production 
started strong ait $16,000. Advance 
heavy for next y/eek. • • 

'The Marquis' — El Capltan (2nd 
week) (C-l,571-$1.65). Better than 
average at $7,700. Blllie Burke and 
strong cast getting the credit. 



'WIDOW' TORONTO CLICK 

Toronto, Oct. 10. 

Bob McLaughlin's Cleveland stock 
company, playing here in a revival 
of 'Merry Widow,' with Donald 
Brian as. the lead, will .split an ex- 
tra week here. . 

So satisfactory has been tho 
Toronto stay, lutfrnlf) fii'tafjonient 
will be put bacli throe days. 



'Th'e Passionate Pilgrim.'. 48th 
Street; 'Absent Father,' Vanderbllt; 
Vbbey (Irish) Players, Beck; 'Singa- 
pore,' mentioned for the Fulton, and 
'Keeping Down Expenses,' not def- 
inite. 

Estimates for Last Week 
'Americana,' Shubert (2d . week) 
(R-l,396^$4.40), Rating In con- 
troversy; notices shifirply opposed 
for and against; opened middle of 
last week with Saturday night big. 

'Another Language,' Booth (25tb 
week) -~(C-708r$3.30)i While , no 
longer leading comedy group. Is 
still inaklng good money; aronhd 
$10,500. 

'Ballyhoo Of 1932,' 44th St. (6th 

week) (R-1,325t$3.85). Eased off ~ 
like most other shows last week; 
gross around $18,600 about even 

'Best Years,' Bijou (6th week) 
(CD-616-$3.30). Final week; exr 
pected to do better on tour liv sub- 
scription housed; averaged less 
than $4,000 weekly. 

'Bidding High,' Vanderbllt (3d 
week) (C-771-$2.76). Final week; 
estimated under $2,600; ,' Absent 
Father' will follow in next week. 

'Black Sheep,' Morosco (1st week) 
(CD-393t$3.30). Presented by El- " 
mer Rice; authored by him; opens 
Thursday night (1%). 
. Gain's Sister.' Withdrawn alter 
a week's try-out in Newark; may 
go on later; produced by Shuberts. 

'Clear All Wires,' Times Square 
(Bth week) (C-l,067-$3). Corrected 
estimates place avera;ge grosses ' 
around $9,000; mostly lower floor; 
deal with agencieis should better 
pace. 

'Criminal at Large,' Belasco (Ist ' 
week) '(D-1,000-$3.30). Presented 
by Guthrie McClintlc; written by 
late Edgar Wallace; opened Mon- 
day. 

'Flying Colors,' Imperial (5th 
week) (R-l,446-$4.40). Based off 
for some reason; not smash but 
figured in the money; about $2S,000 
last week. 

'Here Today,' Barrymore. Taken 
oft Saturday after playing bit under 
five weeks; rated having a faSf 
chance, but failed to climb; around 
$6,000. 

'I Loved You Wednesday/ Hsrri* 

(Ist week) (C-l,061-$3:>0). Pre^ 
sented by Crosby Oalge; . written -by 
MoUy RIcardel and WllUan^ 3)U 
Bols; opens tonight 

'Lilly Turner,' Morosco. Closed 
Saturday; played three weekd; plc> 
ture rights sold. 

'Men lyiust Fight,' Lyceum (Ist. 
week) (D-967-$3.30).. Presented by 
Joseph P. Blckerton, Jr.; written by 
Reginald Lawrence and S. K. Lau- 
rens; opens Friday (14). 

'Nona,' Avon (2iid week) (D-830- 
$3.30), Notices mixed; first seven 
performances -got close to $9,000, 
strong premiere figuring; better line 
on chances indicated this week. 

'01' ' Man Satan,' Forrest (2nd 
week) (D-l,0l6-$3.30). Colored 
drama claimed to better 'tha;n no- 
tices indicated; starting pace about 
$3,500, but v/Ul remain for expected 
betterment. 

'Of Thes I Sing,'. 46th St. (42nd 
week) (M-l,413-$4.40). Moved here 
Monday from Music Box, whicli gets 
'Dinner at Eight' Oct, 22; prizo 
\yinner got $26,000 last week; ahout 
topped the musicals. 

'Peacock,' 49th St. (1st week) 
(D-708-$3.30). Presented Independ- 
ently (George Fawcett) ; written by 
Leonard Ide; opens tonight. 

'Rendezvous,' Broadhurst (Ist 
week) (l>-i,118-'$3.30).'Presented by. 
Arthur Hopkins; written by Barton 
MacLane; reported favorably out oC 
town; opens Wednesday (12). 

'Success Stcry,' Elliot (3rd week) 
(CD-924-$2.76), Extra space ads to 
some improvement; estimated 
around $4,000, which may be even 
break; Group readying another 
show. 

'The Other One,' Biltmore (2nd 
week) (C-l,000-$3.30), Looks hope- 
less; after critical paniilng very lit- 
tle trade; under $1,000. 

'The Stork Is Dead,' 48th St. (4th 
week) (D-969-$3.30). Closes Satur- 
day after three weeks, two days; 
not $3,000 last week; 'The Passion- 
ate Pilgrim' next week. 

'Vanities,' Broadway (3rd week) 
(R-l,800-$4.40). Dived after strong 
start; estimated around $25,0.00; dis- 
appointing, figure, considering size- 
able agency buy. 

fWhen Ladies Meet,' Royale (2nd 
week) (C-l,118-$3). Off to great 
start; opened Thursday (6) selling 
out thereafter; oh ba^ls of four per- 
formances should top $15,000 week- 
ly; first hit. 

Other Attractions 
'Show Boat,' Casino (22nd week); 
revival in flnaj two weeks. 

'Couhaellor at Law,' Plymouth; 
repeat dolntj very weak; $12,000. 

'That's Gratitude,' Hudson; re- 
vival moved here from WaldOrf. 

'The Great Lover,' Waldorf ; re- 
vival opens tonight. 

'Belmont Varietjos,' Belmont; 
blopped suddenly; may resume. 



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laedchen in Uniform' a Stage Hit 
In London; 'Roadhouse' Looks Good 



London, Oct. 10. 

•Children In tTniform' at the 
Duchess theatre la a stage adapta- 
tion of the Germtin film, 'Maedchen 
In Uniform,' which has already 
played here. Piece waa highly 
praised hy the critics here aa an 
artistic accomplishment, all the 
papers pointing out that the play 
is free from morbid suggestion. In 
Parld, also, a stage play was made 
from .the filni, 

Toarlei As Comedian 

'Roadhouse' at the Whitehall la 
another in the Walter Hackett. se- 
ries of comeldles with a melodra- 
matic bacKground. Play features 
Marlon Lome, who Is supported by 
Godfrey Tearle and Gordon -Har- 
ker, all London favorites. It's the 
first time Tearle has appeared in a 
frankly comedy role. Play has to 
do.with the fortunes, over a period 
of years, of a once famous hostelry 
In Surrey. Opening night found the 
playgoiers.' Iii a receptive , mood and 
the play was cordially received. It's 
an almost certain hit. 

•Dizzy' at the Westminster Is. a 
new play on the life of Disraeli. 
It's generally well acted but has 
nothing outstanding. Unlikely to 
get anywhere. 



VARRA SHOPPIKG FOR 
A MUSICAL IN LONDON 



4 Budapest Premieres 
Given on Same Night 

Budapest, Sept. 29. 

Optimism of Budapest producers 
was proved when four theatres pre- 
sented new plays on the same night. 
"Two of them at least are hits. 

One of these, 'Lieutenant Kom- 
ma,' first presented at the Burg- 
theater in Vienna last yea.r, and 
due on Broadway in thie course of 
this season, is authored by a Hun- 
garian girl. Dr. Itose Meller, who 
concealed her Identity under the 
pseudonym 'Elrank Maair,' but re- 
veals her identity at the perform- 
ance in her home town, BudJipeist. 

The piay here had almost the 
effect of a. new one. so differently 
was it staged and directed. What 
was a bloody satire on Tsardom 
in Vienna, here became a pretty, 
playful, giy parody with plenty of 
music. Altogether a delightful per- 
formance. 



CHETAIIER'S HIGH PAY 
AROUSES LATIN WRATH 



London, Oct. 1, • 
Henri Varna, of the" Casino de 
Paris and Palace, Palris,. is still In- 
terested in 'Oyer the Page.' the re- 
named Murray Anderson 'Fanfare' 
revue. Varna prlglnally wanted to 
take the show oyer iiitact, when it 
flopptsd at the Prince Edward, three 
months ag:o. He still has the in- 
tact' idea:. . 

Sir Oswald Stoll is ready to let 
the show go to the .Casino de . Paris 
around the middle of November, al- 
though Varna talks about a month 
earlier. The ilate difference can be 
overcome but not the monetary 
difficulty. StoU wants 200,000 francs 
per week» eight weekit^ gruarantee, 
trensportJ^tlon and pay for rehearsal, 
to which the Frenchman would not 
agree. ■ 

A less costly deal is the one pend- 
ing between Varna and Laddie CllfC. 
This is for ClIfTs revue, 'Rhyme and 
Rhythm.' currently at : the Winter 
Garden, to go to the Palace, early 
January, Cliff la prepared to. bring 
the entire conkpitny ove^ on a 60/40 
basis, ,w.^ith actor to get the -b{gger 
peirQentage. ' Siiovr will have two or 
tliree French comedians who' will 
play sketches, in French, with Lad- 
die also playing in French. Arrange- 
ment is for two weeks,^ and if show 
does not succeed after that, the en- 
tire company to be sent baok at 
Varna's expense. ' ' 



Milan, Sept. 29. 

Jingoism or exaggerated national- 
Ism made Maurice Chevalier's Milan 
visit go blah. He had been engaged 
to sing at the Odcon theatre at 4S,-; 
000 lire for one night Prices were 
raised to n to (6. When filled to 
capacity the Odebn can hold only 
66,000 lire, and since' the expenses 
run to 12i000 lire^ there was a prob- 
lematical gain of 5,000, which, how - 
ever^ was not realized. 

Just before the theatre opened a 
crowd of youths and young men 
gathered and began to boo and later 
became, so threatening that the caf- 
abinieri bad to be rushed up. Rea- 
son for the demonstration was that 
Chevalier , was 'being paid too much.' 
As a result of this hostile reception 
he has canceled his engagement for 
Turin. 

His program was made up of Ehg- 
lish and Frendh songrs and Unlta- 
tions of imitators of himself. Two 
of the best received songs were "Mon 
peUt Tom' and 'Dites-moi ma mere,' 
both new for America.- 



Dr. Bdchaiian 



London, Oct. 10. 

'After Dinner Revue,' sched^uled 
for the Gaiety next Friday (t4) is 
off for doctoring,, with Jack Bu- 
chanon called In to fix things up. 

Understood the promoters have 
found themselves a new bankroll 
and now want to make sure of their 
show. 



See BVay Prospect, in 
New Stockholm Play 

Stockholm, Sept. i9. 
First Swedish play to have Broad- 
way possibilities in many seasons 
was 'Kanske en Diktare' at thaVasa. 
By Ragnar Joseplisohs it Is the tale 
of a cloak room lad who lives, in a 
world of make-believe^ 

His dreaming get him Involved In 
a domestic quarrel between a hus- 
band and wife with the result he 
goes to Jan for the wife's shooting 
of her mate. She waits for him and 
then promises to do anything to 
make amends.. 

In. present version he commits, sol- 
clde and audience left to believe she 
will do likewise, giving, a weak finish 
which critics panned. But with 
complete overhauling, . the germ of 
a rstrong melodrama for a Glenn 
Hunter type of 9Ctor, remains. , 



Mex. Bars Amateurs 

To Aid Jobless Pros. 

Mexico City, Oct. 8. 

Civic government's diversions de- 
partment has taken action to get 
Jobless professional vaude and re- 
vue performers engagements in 
local cabs, and to that end has 
ordered Its Inspectors to report 
floor shows composed of amateurs. 

Profesh hais kicked that many 
cabarets engage crude amateurs be^ 
cause they work for next to nothlnef. 
Civic government promises to im- 
prove cab shows' quality by insist- 
ing upon employment of profes- 
sionals. 



Fossil Secure in Post 

Berlin, Oct. 10. 

President Fossil of the Variety 
Artists' Association Is not likely to 
be recalled or dropped. 

At one time reported that there 
were some internal difficulties In 
the organization with the president 
likely to be asked to resign, but 
everything is serene now. 



'Dominp's' Costly Flop 

Paris, Oct. 1. 
'Domino' failure in New York still 
echoes here. It is understood Brady 
had been offered .$26,000 by Fox for 
the picture rights, and more than 
enough to cover the stage cost from 
other fiM>arces before the play 
opened. 

So confident was Brady of a hit 
that he refused both, offers, with 
resulting heartburns from those who 
would have had s cut in the deaL 

Despite the New York frost, Gil' 
bert Miller says he will produce the 
show in London U Leslie Howard 
or Herbert Marshal can be obtained: 



Hot Stepping Diva 

, Stoekholm, Sept. .29. 
At her second performance since 
returning from Metropolitan Opera 

success, Gota Ljungberg surprised 
her audience. Including the King of 
Sweden, by sii jing 'Salome' in Ger 
man with l:est of cast warbling in 
Swedish. 

Diva wants to do this at the Met 
and guarantees a real 'dance of the 
Seven Volts' fov r''>.'.ti-Caza2za. Was 
a big success hero. 



Vienna Critics* J^nrn-Up 



Budapest, Sept. 28. 

Viennese critics are peeved 
because most of the successes 
on the Vienna stage are by 
Hungarians. Now three Ger- 
man names claim a place on 
Vienna posters. Critics tri- 
umphed. ' 

But it turned out that Frank 
Maar was a pseudonym for 
Rose Meller, .lihnxnz Kammcr- 
loher fpr Nandor UJhelyi, and 
Peter Hell for Sandor Brdei, 
Hungarians all. 



LOUDSPEAKER 
ASIDESFOR 
PARIS PLAY 



Paris, Oct. 1. 
Loiid speakers, similar to screen 
sound-equipment, will be used In 
legit for the first time in Ruth Put- 
nam Mason's play, 'Happy Easter,' 
to express the inner thoughts of the 
characters at such times as they 
remain silent on the stage. IHx- 
pressing thoughts of principals by 
means of a ghost chorus .had al- 
ready been done on the screen by 
Rene Clair in .•^^iiII.ion,' and also by 

Jean Cocteau in some arty reels. 

Ruth Putnam Mason's play — a 
three-act comedy^ — ^will be done in 
London by Hill Mitchelson, son of 
the Pavilion former owner. He saw 
the play when Miss Mason was re- 
hearsing it ,on the Riviera, and had 
Lionel Wallace buy it for him. 

Miss Mason first intended to pro- 
duce it herself in France, and even 
obtained working: permits for . her 
company of 10. Other difficulties she 
experienced, made her give up the 
idea, and temporarily turned to 
writing stories end verse. Her Jail 
ballsids will soon be published. 



LONDONERS NO LKE 
AMERICAN 1|FT BANK' 

. London, Oct. 10. 
Closings Saturday ■ night (8), In- 
cluded Ivor Novello'fl play 'Party,' 
and Elmer Rice's 'Left Bank.' 

Tarty* had a nice ruit and was 
bought by Metro. Londoners didn't 
care much for Elmer Rice's Ameri- 
can conception of artist life In Paris. 
It lasted only two weeks. 



Geraldine-Joe Stopped 
By British Age Rule 

London; Oct tO. 

Geraldine and Joe, sclieduled to 
open at the Holbom Etaipire today 
(10) are out of the show on the In- 
tervention of the British educa- 
tional authorities. Authorities say 
they have proof that Gtoraldine is 
under the legal stage age. 

Ruling affects h6l only the Hol- 
bom Empire, hut t^n more vaude 
weeks. 



U. S. Theatre Totters With Capital 
System; Prof. Dana Sahres Soviet 



Paris World Premiere 
For Romberg Operetta 

■ Paris, Oct. 1. 

First Romberg play to have Its 
world premiere in Paris will . be 
'Roses of France,' a romantic oper- 
etta In throe acts, which Maurice 
Lehmann will pi'oduce at the Chate- 
let, to follow ^.Nina Rosa.' Book is 
by Mouzy-Eon and Alfred Wille- 
mctz. If shows the Versailles dif the 
.Louis period. American rights, as 
usual for Lehmann shows, are held 
by' Irvln Marks. 

Willemetz, who will thus draw 
royalties from the Chatelot, is hlm- 
sfelt part owner of the Bouffes 
Parlsiens. 'Nina Rosa* grosses, 
which averaged $600 a show when 
Bauge's part was played by a sub- 
stitute, Jumped to (1,000 the minute 
Baiige went back, so opening date 
for 'Roses of France'., is still in- 
definite. 



*S0CIALI3!ED THEATRE' 
RIHNS LATIN STAGE 



Rome, Sept. 29. 

The competition of the Sitate with 
private theatrical and operatic com- 
panies is making itself felt more and 
more. The so-called 'Thespian 
Chariot' companies, of the State or- 
ganization, known as the O.D.N. 
(Workers' Spare Time Movement), 
though not actually subsidized, have 
all the influence of the State behind 
them, and the millions of lire annu- 
ally subscribed by the.. 1,500,000 
Fascist members of the 6.D.N. in 
Italy. Of ^hese millions of lire, they 
only receive .a small amount, but 
they look like running the privately 
organized traveling, theatrical com- 
pany out of business. 

The ofQcial figures published for 
the summer season of the .'Thespian 
Chariot': three traveling dramatic 
companies show that 203 perform- 
ances were given 'in 131 different 
towns and villages in 63 different 
provinces of the country. . 

The chief - object of the Thespian 
Chariots' is to Interest the working 
class In the theatre by bringing it 
to their doors and offering it at very 
small admission charges. But, in- 
cidentally, though this Is not what 
they are aiming ..t, they are giving 
the old-fashioned touring company, 
already struggling for life, the final 
blow. 



Paris Light Problem 

Paris. Oct. 1. 
Lighting is still the hlggest heact- 
ache In Paris for producers of In- 
ternational standard. There is 
strictly no native, ligiiting expert. 
Eric Charrell, currently staging 
'yirhite Horse Inn' at the Mogador, 
arranged for Gibbons to come from 
London and advise on the spots and 
floods. 

Had Francis F. Mangan,. ciMxent- 
ly busy in London, i>een in Paris at 
the moment, efforts would have been 
made by Charrell to have Para- 
mount ask him to help. 



London Show World 



Rex Ingram Himself 

Rex Ingram's latest picture, star- 
ring Rex Ingram and called 'Baroud,' 
was trade-shown in London Sept. 

28.- ■ 

No members of the' critical press, 
other than local trade papers, were 
invited, the general release of the 
picture not falling due until well 
into next year, and the renters ar- 
guing no good purpose could be 
served by national publicity. 

Hotels Fix Rates 

Duriner the worst of depression 
last summer the leading London 
hotels offered drastic inducements 
to prospective gtiests — so much so 
none of . them profited by such 
throat-cutting competition. 

They have now gotten together 
and agreed upon a minimum rate 
for standard accommodation. 



Lyceum Relighting 

The . Lyceum, ■ which has been 
closed since Cochran's production of 
'The Miracle' folded there, reopens 
Oct. 11 with an Archie de Beiar 
revue caIled"Here We Are Again!" 



Berry Qyit 'Widow' 

After considerable friction at re- 
hearsals for the Hippodrome revival 
(Continued on pago 6S> 



CZEROWS TALEHT HUNT 

Michel Czenow, of UniVersum 
Agency, Paris, Is spending a month 
in New Tork on a talent hunt. 

Czenow is looking over acts tot 
Rritish Oaumont and other variety 
theatres on the other side. 



TOK FATBICOIA SAHS 

Tom Patricola, with Louise Carr 
and the Wheeler Twins, all la bis 
act, sailed for Paris, Oct. 8. 

They'U play the Continental capi- 
tals and' London for almost two 
months. 



Mina de Cock Diss 

The Hague, Oct. 1. 

Miha de Cock, 49, the Dutch 
revue star, died In Amsterdatn. She 
was discovered by the late Frits 
van Haarlem, who for years was the 
leading Dutch vaudeville-manager. 

She appeared in the Hall and 
Rldo revues and was not only' pop- 
ular with the public but also with 
co-artists. 



Leningrad, Sept. 2. 

American theatre is on the down- 
grade and its speedy decline is just 
one. more symptom of the impending, 
collapse of the whole capitalist sys- 
tem. A large and festive Russian 
audience, including the cream of the 
Soviet theatre world, was given as- 
surances to this effect by the only 
American speaker. Prof. H. W. L.' 
Dana of Cambridge, Mass. 

The occasion was the iOOth an-i 
niversary of the Alexandrlnsky 
Theatre, now known as the State 
Theatre of Drama. The Commissar 
of Education; Andrew Bubriov, was 
on the stage among the theatrical 
personnel,, which ranged from post- 
revplutlonary youngsters to octo- 
genarians. 

The speech of the evening waa- 
the Commissar's. Comrade Bubnov! 
spoke over two hours. It took the 
celebration days to get over it. "Then 
Prof. Dana was summoned to the 
stage in behalf of the foreign dele-- 
gations. Having come, from Amster.. 
dam where he took part in an anti-' 
war congress, Prof. Dana began by" 
telling them that he 'has gladly 
come five thousand miles from New 
York to Leningrad to attend this 
jubilee.' Then: 

All Good But U. S. 

'I have recently studied the drama- 
of the chief theatre centers of vari- 

(dontinued on page^2) 



NEGRO OTHELLO, WHITE 
DESDEMONA IN MOSCOW 



Moscow, Sept. 21. 

Two of the 22 Negroes who came, 
to Russia to help make a motion 
picture which never came oft will 
remain here for some time for pro- 
fessional engagements. 

Wayland Rudd will play Othello 
with an aU-Russian supporting cast. 
He will speak his lines, of course, 
in English while all the rest of the. 
characters do their Shakespeare in - 
Russian. One of the most gifted of 
the younger actresses, Clavdla Mlk- 
htdlovna Poliovakova, until recently 
of the Ma,li Theatre Studio, has been 
cast for Desdeimona. Rudd has ap* 
peared in several Broadway produc- 
tions. After the Othello perf orm« 
ance he expects to return to New 
York. 

Sylvia Garner, whose forte is 
Negro Jazz and folk songs, has been 
engaged for a series ot concerts in 
Moscow. 

Several of the other Negroes are 
remaining likewise but to do, work 
outside the. ainusement field; unless 
the only English newspaper in Mos- 
cow — where: several will work— may 
be considercHl 'amusing enough for 
inclusion, in that category. 



Retrenchment Hitting: 

French State Stages' 

Paris. Oct. 2, ' 

Opera Comique once more in fln^ - 
anclal trouble, resulting in Manager ' 
Masson resigning, following the res- • 
ignation of his partner a ^i^ear ago. ° 
Theatre gets a state subsidary, but. 
management is tied up by all sorts : 
of strict by-laws, which mean run- 
ning at a loss. 

Appointment of manager is made 
by the Minister of Fine Arts. R^l. 
trouble Is that too much highbrow 
stuff is hieing insisted On by critics, 
and that the French paying public 
really ivants music less pretentious 
and more tuneful. Rene (Jadane Is 
acting pro-tem for 'the government 
as a kind of unofficial receiver. 

Comedie Francatse, also state . 
subsidized. Is likewise in financial 
trouble. Appropriations for reserve 
funds have to be cut, and some of 
the company let out. 

Alhambra, big nabe vaudefilm 
house, is closing for one week, but 
because it is preparing to revert to 
straight vaude policy. 



Hensen Turns Comic 

London, Oct. 10. 

For the first time in his lengthy 
career Leslie Henson will assume a 
comedy role in the 'Dick Whlttinp- 
ton' pantomime which Julian "VVylle 
will produce in the London Hippo- 
drome on Christmas day. 

Fay Compton has the title role. 



tuefl Jay V October 11, 1932 



1. E C ■ M A T E 



VARIETY 



53 



NONA 

1 (Continued from page 60) 

ivae for her pet chat'ity, inuisiciane' 
orphanage. 

■ Mias Ulrlc has the sort of l ole she 
does best — sexy, passionate and 
tyrannical.. Chief In support is Ar- 
thur Margetson, an English player, 
and a good choice as Finale. Mil- 
lard P. Mitchell as props got some 
laughs, calling Nona 'f rauleen/ Hans 
Hansen, impersonating a fat 'cellist, 
not as good as his butler in 'The 
Social Register,' with Miss Ulric. 
Patricia Calvert, sort of a pest as 
the star's secretary, but who saved 
lier from affairs with 'two violinists, 
a press agent and a basso prof undo.' 
There is a colored player, Oscar 
Polk, amusing as the train porter, 
ciipllar to the part he played in 
A)nce In a Lifetime.' . 

Some German lines got across, 
Jjiss Ulric speaking Jiers very well. 
Her personal draw should carry, 
fNbna' for a tiniie, but more so on 
tour. Ihee. 

QU MAN5ATAN 

Morality play, with incidental mualc by 
Donaia Teywood. Presented by Shlllwood 
I>n)duotlonfl, with all-colored cost at the 
Voneet, New York; Oot. -3, $2.50 top^ 
Staged and directed by William A. Shilling, 
eeventy-flve players are listed by- name and 
. there Is an olIstaKe choir sftld to number 
CO more. 

. Satan. ....A, B. Coniatheire 

Saul. 1 .Pan MIohaels 

Peter Ll(>nel . Monagas 

' Va Jackson. . ,Mme. GeorRette- liai-vey 

Gabriel...; Mike Jackson 

Moses....'..;..,.... Ldiirence Chenault 

Nooh Hayee L. Proctor 

David , ...Walter Rlchardmn 

Becky .Mary Jane Watklns 

. Jezebel > Florence. Lee 

Public response to this newcomer 
as an inferior No. 2 'Green Past- 
tires', is inevitable. Narrative deals 
with the rise and fall of Satan as 
the legend Is recounted by at negro 
Inammy to her pickaninny babe. 
Author is a British West Indian 
wliX) also wrote the score which 
provides the whole piece with a mu- 
Bical background. 

Musical side of the piece is vastly 
better than its literary substance, 
for, this real, negro, morality play 
altogether misses the tender naivete 
that made the prime appeal of 
•Pastures.' Scenes are talky and 
nolntless and instead of. the gentle 
humor of the Marc Connolly play 
It has nothing better than an oc- 
casional comic twist. 

Understood the production is 
hooked Up economically despite its 
enormous personnel, so that it can 
Irun on a gross of about $5,600 a 
week.; The house is 'in on' the at- 
traction and will do everything to 
Encourage it. For which reasons It 
is'difflcult to gauge its stay; There 
are probably sufflcient special au- 
dience circles from which It will 
draw and these may keiep it going 
for some weeks, but there is small 
chance for the piece with the gen- 
eral public on its merit. 

The religious siifle may attract 
kome people and the singing of the 
Colored choir Is almost worth a visit, 
but as literary product and for en- 
tertainment, it's a weak sister. 

History of how the piece came to 
l)resentation is interesting. It all 
began as a project for the Lafayette 
In Harlem where the cast was as- 
bembled. Next stage was the use 
(Df the Forrest for rehearsals. Op- 
lerators of a hotel chain, of which 
the Forrest hotel in the same build- 
ing is one, saw the rehearsals and 
gave the producers encouragement. 
William S. Shilling, connected with 
the film bu.sirie.^s, liked the prospect 



and bank-rolled it through prepara- 
tion. 

People concerned in the play gave 
It remarkable devotion, many of 
them walking to rehearsals from 
Harlem when funds were low dur- 
ing the five months or so it has 
been in preparation. Settings and 
costumes were acquired . through 
mii-acle,"? of economy and the elab- 
orate equipment of lights arid such 
accessories were provided by last- 
minute financing. 

■ Play opens on a stage divided in 
half, left side a cabin dporyard and 
right Interior of a negro cabin. 
Curtain is split, and masks the dark 
half while the action goes on in the 
other. Same device is used at other, 
times, but some scenes are on full 
istage. Opening episodes have to do 
with Ma Jackson's children going 
off to camp meeting, leaving one 
small boy at home with Mammy, 
who begins to tell him the story of 
Satan as the actioii fades into the 
visual playing of the 'legend, 

Similarity to 'Pastures' is obvious, 
but the likeness ends with the struc- 
ture.. Play Itself is merely a series 
of .Jerky. Incidents having to do with 
the plottings of the Devil for the 
dOA^nfall of .mankind, using such 
ready instruments as Pride, Greed, 
Ihtempera.nce, Jezebel and the like. 
Much of the acting is stilted and 
unreal and almost all the writing is 
crude. 

Best moments of the evening are 
those given over to the singing of 
the back stage ensemble and the 
high light is the singing of Walter 
Richardson concerned in one epi- 
sode about the Devil's plotting 
against David. 

Finale Is a rather good bit of 
spectacle staging, but it falls short 
principally because the musical ac- 
companiment for the incident is 
weak. Devil, having failed to 
achieve the downfall of man by his 
manifold plots, sends hordes of his 
myrmidons on earth to preach con- 
flicting doctorines, thus to confuse 
the True Belief. 

Stage is filled with a Jumbl<$d 
crovvd in dim lights, as the differ- 
ent preachers rise here and there in 
the garb of all nations and urges 
each his special creed, the little 
groups and their leaders being illu- 
minated for a moment by a brilliant 
sjDot. Out of the confusion there 
gradually develops a single religious 
chant, presumably symbolizing the 
True Faith, Germ of an effective 
idea is there, but it requires a 
spirited musical expression to clinch 
it. This was missing in the score 
and a strong idea went glimmering 
for its lack. Rush. 



YOUKI 

(Continued from page 51) 

vlncial home. Then the second 
.stanza shows a bar in . the actress' 
house in Paris. After that the play 
really begins, when the third act 
takes place in the actress' bedroom. 

However poor the play, there is in 
it an idea that could be xisetl for a 
short screen sketch, or even adapted 
for a stage curtain raiser. Produc- 
tion is of the cheapest kind, . and 
dresses are dowdy. 

Parisys, veteran eccentric actress, 
tops the bill in the part of a young 
actress. She overacts. Leading man 
is done by Paul Berrialrd as the so- 
so college boy in a sb-so way. The 
part which from the acting point of 
view Is satisfactory from end to end 
is Aquistapace, as the guardian. He 
is of the bulky type, somewhat sim- 
ilar to Raimu, and gives an Al per- 
foritiahce. Mdxi. 



Girl of Good Family 

('Jo hazbol valo unlany') 

Budapest, Sept. 28. 
A comedy in three acta by Janos Vaazary. 
Hrst presented by VIeszlnhaz on Sept. 25 
1M2. In the cast: Marelt; .Dayka, Terl 
Fejee,. Csortos, Rajnay, Kerlesz, Hajmaas 
and others. ■ 



THE OTHER ONE 

Drama in three acts presented at the 
Blltmore Oct. 3 by Thomas Kllpatrlck; 
written by Henry Myers; Helen Ford fea- 
tured; staged by Harold Winston. 

Jim. .George Baxter 

Doctor Frank Andrews 

Martha.... Llda McMillan 

Claire Helen Ford 

Mrs. Flood..., i. Florence Vroom 

Mr. Flood. ...... .George Nash 

Grandfather: ...Fuller Mellish 



The author had an Idea in writing 
'The Other One,' but picked himself 
a tough assignment, starting with 
a death and having the shadow of 
the departed In evidence throughout 
the play. He calls it a romantic 
ghost story, but it's rather an un- 
comfortable night in the theatre and 
destined to eclipse. 

Jim Is an only son of the Floods, 
father being wealthy and not much 
on art. Boy makes the' mistake of 
marrying Christine, who Is passing 
to the beyond as the curtain rises. 



Hilariously funny, this new play 
gets the auditorium rocking : with 
laughter, recalling the old days of 
risque French comedy. Janos Vas- 
yary has studied the style of 'La 
Dame de chez Maxim's,' 'Cohtroleur 
des Waigons-Lits' and other naughty 
French classics, biit he has entirely 
modernized it and made it young 
and exhilarating again. He has a 
happy sense of comic situations and 
knows how to exploit, them. 

The story is pretty naughty, but 
Vaszary has varnished- it with a lit- 
tle philosophy. The half-serious at- 
titude does not fit in well: with Vas- 
zary's usual style, but he discards 
it after the first act, to plunge into 



Her twin sister, Claire, ari-ives 
shortly afterward. 

Chris is everything to Jim. She 
had taken poison by mistake, and his 
grief is boundless. His father never 
went for Chris very much and con- 
nives to have Claire woo the lad. 
Claire being so like her sister. It is 
hard to tell them apart. But there 
is a difference. Whereas Chris was 
gay . and adored colors, Claire is 
sober-minded vengeful and goes in 
for black. 

Proximity to Jim while he is 
making a new statue to replace that 
of Chris' which is smashed, ends in 
his proposal of marriage and dec- 
laration of love. Before the cere- 
mony Claire tells Jim's father that 
It was she who switched bottles In 
the medicine chest, and therefore 
really murdered her sister. Claire 
violently states her case, saying her 
sister was always ahead of her, 
even to taking the man she loved — 
Jim. 

The off-stage ceremony . goes 
through. Then Claire pleads with 
Jim to take her away on a honey- 
moon at once. She feels that Chris' 
soul is present in the house, and 
for the same reason he refuses. 
There is a clouded finale. Whether 
the figure with Its arms extended is 
Claire or Chrlssie is a guess. 

Helen Ford, heretofore known In 
musical comedy. Is featured as 
Claire. George Baxter is Jim. 
Gebrge Nash, a leading actor of 
other days. Is present, but the play- 
ing generally le enervating. liee. 



frank and joyous burlesque, where 
he is at his best. 

A good little girl who has lost her. 
Job is in the direst need. In her 
despair she an.swers the advertise- 
ment of a doctor who requires, for 
the purposes of medical research, a 
girl who is going to h.-tve a baby. 
He keeps her in his house for con- 
stant observation, takos tlie utmost 
care of her, surrounds her with 
things pleasant to look upon, while 
the poor girl, in mortal fear lest she 
should be .found out and lose the 
splendid job, manages to put off an 
examination from day to day, and 
learns the necessary symptoms by 
heart but, of her benefactor's medi- 
cal library. 

The tension ;xnd the all-too-tender 
treatment get on her nerves, and 
She allows the kind, unworldly doc- 
tor's gay friend to take her out to a 
night club to have a good time be-^ 
fore she is found out. They have a 
night of mad revelry, but the girl is 
.still incorrigibly innocent when the 
doctor discovers her. After sundry 
misunder.slandings, he has the great- 
est disappointment of his Hfe upon 
discovering, that she ia innocent, 
but since he' has in the meantime 
fallen in love with the object of his 
experiment, he makes the .best of a 
bad Job and marries her. 

A brilliant performance, with the 
actors obviously enjoying them- 
selves a.s much as anybody, did a 
great deal towards making the new 
play a big hit. Played less lightly 
it might jar, but as it was every- 
body laughed too much to be 
shocked. Besidej Margit. IDayka, 
in the part of the girl of 
good fahiily who has the mis- 
fortune of being innocent and must 
pretend to be bad, most of the hon- 
ors go to Rajnay, In the part of the 
doctor, Csortos, in the very funny 
part of an eldierly great actor who 
must pretend to the ardour of 
Romeo on the stage but is scarcely 
able to do so in private life, iand 
Terl Fejes, who plays a naughty 
girl with bubbling temperament. 

KAROUSSEL 

<'Merry Go- Round') ; 

Paris, Oct. 1. 
A Russian . production, i Produced by 
Raoul Audler. At the Fotlnlere, Paris, 
Sept.. 20. 

A Strictly vodka show on lines ex- 
actly similar to. Nikita Baliefl's 
'Chauve Souris,' made up of about 
15 sketches. Company numbers 12 
on stage and a pit orchestra of 
eight, led by Vladimir Apdreeff. 

Production is by Eugene Karous- 
sel, who m. c.'s before the curtain 
between numbers. Some of these 
would benefit by compressing con- 
siderably, most of them presenting 
nothing especially original, but soine 
of the music Is very tuneful. Much 
use Is made of screiens with a space 
cut out to permit an actor to In- 
sert hl.s face and sing from behind 
a painted shapcr— one of these mak- 
ing him act the part of a parrot. . 

Two specialty Russian dancers, 
th© Koudriavtzeff, are okayv Best 
numbers' are one where four actors 
in four niches give an Impression 
of a marionette thieatre; and one 
where Schun^ann's 'The Grenadiers' 
Is sung by three men— two in Napo- 
leonic Grenadier costumes singing 
Grenadier lines; and one In period 
costume opens by singing the In- 
troduction. 

Show is iti the Potiniere for a 
limited pne-month engagement, and 
if Bufliciently advertised should, get 
enough caviar lovers to the 300- 
seater for that duration. JUdxi, 



MANOLITA 



Budapest, Sept. 26. 
Operetla In three acts. 'Hook by Imre 
Hnrmuth. Muslo by Sznbolcs Fenyes. Pre- 
sented by the Fovarosl Operetta theatre 
Sept, 21. In tho oast:- Honnah Htmthy, 
Nu.sl Somtigyl, Rntkay. i^olth.v, D'Arrlgo, 
Kalman Lntnltnr, Oily Szokoloy. 



Jlore a revue than an operetta. 
All the attraction there was about 
this much-talked-of new musical 
lay in the production. As local 
standards go, a lot of money was 
spent on sets repreisentiiig a ball at 
the Paris Opera, a rose festival at 
Nice, etc, and on Hannah Honthy's 
beautiful clothes. There is no say- 
ing whether 'Manollta' will have a 
career abroad, because It is all pro- 
duction ; and no play. , , 
'■- What plot there Is centers round 
a beautiful opera singer, Manollta, 
whom one of ;her admirers, a super- 
annuated marquis, presents with a 
priceless family jewel. This 1;3 
stolen from her, the burglar being 
none other than the marquis' eon, 
who resents the old man[s lavishness 
in sliedding family heirlooms upon 
lovely opera singers. In the course 
of burgling, the son also falls in 
love with Manollta, and Vice versa. 
There is a happy end. The opening 
performance last fully four and a 
half hours. 

Szabolcs Fenyes is a very young 
composer, who showed promise of 
original talent in the score of 'Maya* 
last year, but he has not inade good 
with 'Manollta.' Book and, score are 
overlong and often tiring. 

First night success was mainly 
due to Hannah Honthy, who Is a 
very clever actress, always in good 
taste, and knows how to make her- 
self beautiful. 'Manollta' will prob- 
ably have an average run, though 
money spent lavishly on the produc- 
tion calls for more than that. 



^.Five Star* in Swedish 

Stockholm,; Sept. .29. 
Royal Dr'amatlk Theatre has ob- 
tained rights to. 'Five Star Final* 
and 'Domino,' which will be done 
late this season or as openers for 
next year. 



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"News" 
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BROOKS ATKINSON 

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"World -Telegram" 
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'A motion is in order to rename 
the show' 'Rex Weber's Revue', in 
honor of this man who stepped 
upon tho stage and saner a song 
with hie lips motionless. NM only 
is his freakish singing amusing, 
but his straight singing of a de- 
presalon thent« song, 'Brother, Can 
Tou Spare a Dime,' made, the big- 
gest hit I've ever heard' on the 
revue stngo." 



"There Is a, . tuneful melody 
called 'Brother, Can .Tou Spare a 
Dime,' and another named ''WJiis- 
tllng .for a Kiss.' The latter num- 
ber helped Rex Weber, recruited 
from vaudeville, to garner the 
show-stopping orchids." 



"A sizable iuA, vaa scozed by a 
modest .veptrlTo<|atat' - natned Rex 
'Weber who ba49, tbey tell me, be*en 
ei^lbUing hia motionless lips and 
throat control Tolee In vaudeville 
for years." 



" 'Whistling for a Kiss* • by. 
Richard Ueyera bas, a way with it: 
particularly when Rex Weber de- 
votes to tbe bout vchtrilotiulsm' 
this oolumn ha4 Mtudled for many 
a -year." 



"Rex Weber to the hiRhllghl of 
the show."' . 



ARTHUR RUHL 
"Herald Tribune" 
FOR 



JOHN MASON BROWN 
"Post" 
FOR 



ARTHUR POLLOCK 
"Eagle" 
FOR 



KELCEY ALLEN 

"Women's Wear" 
FOR 



BEN WASHER 

"Telegraph" 
FOR 



"Rex Weber, who took the solo 
part in 'Brother, Can Tou Spare 
a Dime,' was a comparative 
mountain of strength with bis 
clever and really amusing ven- 
trlloqul.sm;" 



••Rex Weber is a versatile per- 
former looking at one minute. like 
Harpo Marx and. at another being 
able to put his comc<Iy behind him 
and ' make the most of a good 
thumping song." 



"Tou win discover a new come-, 
dlan named Rex Webor, who sings 
with bla mouth motionless and 
does other tricks besides, but is at. 
the same time no exhibitionist but 
a sincere and humble fellow with 
shining eyes who can pur over .a 
song like "Brother, Can Tou Spare 
a Dime' ea if a dime were the one 
thing In the world he neoded." 



"The individual who carried off 
■111* comedy honors Is one Rex 
Weber. H« Is a valual>ic asset to 
'Americana.' He is not only a fine 
comic, but, unlike most of thein, 
he cnn sing well. Why Weber ban 
not hfcn seen in our better-class 
theatreK before Ibis Is one of the 
mystcrici' of the theatrical busl- 
hesN" 



" 'Americana' brings Ilex Web- 
er's yenlrilorjuism from vaudeville 
to the legitlmato the.atre. Tt Is a 
canny voice manipulation and ex-, 
cellent cntc-rtftlnment" 



And Thank You, Mr. Lee ShtMbert and Mr. Joa. M. Gaites, for GMng Me My Opportunity in "Americana,** Shubert Theatre, New York 



54 



I. ITER AT I 



Tu<;a.di[i7, October H, 1932 



Golumniats on Wane 

Whether the Broadway column; 
Is^s are slipping 6v not,- wl)ich seems 
to be a -fifrowiner opinion, their- care 
lessncss' an^- manifested ',graye' In 
accuracies may achieve that'.nes*- 
ative ol>Jectiv6. Taking long chatices 
is no .secret in the columnlzing rou- 
tine, btjt the-manner' In which they; 
carelessly bandy names and places 
h^s become so obvious that with 
it has come an evident loss in in 
terest. Besides which there Is the 
number ot cpliimnlsta' both in. and 
out of New Tbi'k, and " this multi- 
plicity can also be blamed. ' 

The peep-hole appeal of the av- 
erage Bro^way column ;m'ay be loa 
in^ its grip becauise top many blat' 
ant errors have occurred, with the 
result It's shaking confidence in the 
generar authenticity of the gossip, 
Eavesdropping or keyhole pefUing la 
only good so long aa it packs a 
wallop and fortlifled, In the main, 
by a modicum of fact. But when 
the facts go awry,' the 'kiok' Is 
gone. ' >. •. ■ - . . ■ 

Alreiady there are, ; rumblings 
among the journalistic cognoscenti 
as to whether or not the rft'ont epl- 
dekhib of books, Ulins ttnd pliiys con^ 
cerning. the jcolumnist hasn't done 
much to chill public interest in and 
By^lpathy for the personality cbl- 
uriin conductor. ^ 

. But having its greatest nefcative 
eftect is the general thinness of/the 
"news,' and the staleness or gen- 
eral' insipidness of ^spme of the 
items. This haa become^ so . notice 
able during the past few weeks that 
mahy^who avidly peekjed over their 
favorite columnist's slioulder ■ for 
an inside eyeful^of what's going, on 
are , now. totally . disinterested pr 
blase abput it; - 

Thi? newspaper buhcli that knppks 
arovlird Brfjadway i^npws how de- 
.pen,dent are some. -of. the printer'a 
ink gosslper^ on th^Ir]fr}ehcliy altle? 
fot. tip-off stuff. Such allies do not 
exclude ptess , ^ige^nts ^ \yh6 retaU 
gags 'Jind sundry; ad^6hda in ex- 
chahge for a friendly rnention, or 
the use . of a personality's naihe in 
conneotioh. That these p. a.'s' haV* 
been crossing, some oi the column- 
ists' jby siipplhg 'em' slmultahebus 
newa, .so thalt it appiikra eoincideht- 
sM^' Xn tWo or moVe coliiinhs, ' has 
been another -setback tor th'6' col- 
umn' conductors. "While . It's triie 
that .once they're bitten, the col- 
umnist is 'oCC. an unriBllttble source, 
that . has happened, from , divers 
sbut?ces, quite a bit of laite. ' 

Irr ' a -measure, 'apart from the 
p. a;^s; the'rti are Certain volunteer 
ueWs tipsters wlio ttang around the 
nlte spots, '.sptiaki^, laandwlctaerles 
and' restaurants where the column- 
ists- teiake their nocturnal rOur.db, 
and too- often the same aulp or gag 
or ibife .of gossip is tetalled to soy- 
eral people In the course of the 
same session^ or same evening. As 
a result, more than .one profes- 
sional gosslp-collectop' encounters 
the same items; , 

Perhaps the paucity- of BUfficI^nt- 
ly 'live' info has been another deter- 
rent. But all' in all the columnists 
have been reaching so wide, and not 
being pfivtlcular about what they 
spt^r, that there Is the matter of 
two columnists 6n ,o'ne pagre with 
ona. Baying 'yes' and the other 'no' 
on .the same, item the same day. 

The greatest detractors of the 
col-', mnists appear to be the people 
whom they mention, usually in a 
favorable light. Though flattered, 
these individuals go out Of the way- 
•to let everybody know about It and 
hp^ far from fact is the fltory. 



imously to turn oyer the major 
lemgue scoring in '33 to niembers 
out of work: 

An amendment to the Associa- 
tion's rules was necessary to effect 
the change and has the approval of 
Commissioner Liandls and the pres-^ 
Identd lOf ' both, major leagues. The 
scorers usually are Chosen by the 
club presidents in cb-opsration with 
the Writers' Association. Their 
salary la paid by the league, which, 
in ;turn, collects dues from the in- 
dividual clubs. . 



Kreuger Still There 
Je^s Kriieger Is still writing for 
the, Chicago .'American,* ellthough his 
oblumn Is out. It was previously 
reported that he was les^ving that 
sheet. 

In another six months Kreuger 
-Will have been with Hebrst aS years, 
trnderstobd that elimination pf his 
ootuhin may only -be temporary. 



Bbftt Sellers 



(■•' Bast Mller* jFor tihe w«ak'ehdin|)'tOot;.8, as rapoi^sd by the 
' ; - . American Nows Co., Inc. 

' ■ ■• ■Rfctioh 

' 'Sons' ($2,601) 4 > >;...'•!;..•...•>.,'.....'., . .By Pearl S.>.Buck 

'Sheltered Life' ($3.50) .Bjr BUen Glasgow 
•The Fo.uritaln' ($2.60). ......,......;........... By Charles Morgan 

'Inheritance' (|2.GiO) y, .... .By Phyllis Bentley 

'Peking Picnic' ($2.60) .V. By Ann Bridge 
•Three Sheet' ($.2,60) . . . . ,V. . . ......... . . . .By Tiffany Thayer 

; Nbh'- Fiction 

'Death In The Afternoon' (3.60) ............. By Ernest Hemingway 

•March Of pemocracy' ($3.50) By James Truslow Adams 
•More Merry Go Round' ($3.00) . . ........ . . ... ........ . . .Anonymous 

•Epic Of America' ($S.76).. ............ ..By James Triislbw Adams 

•Van Loon's Geography' ($3.76) . . . . . .By Hendrlck WlHon Van Lbon 

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' Hli! Own Book Ageht 

Albert : Sitevens ' Crpckett ' wrote 
Old tValdorf^ Bar' Days,' a histol-y 
of the famous bar including 491 
cocktali and mixed drink recipes. 
It was published a year 'ago. 

Crockett Is how out with' a" cir- 
cular in which he tells that- he ob- 
tained a judgment against the )jub- 
llsher for' royalties but was un'aibile 
tb cpHect because there, W4S no 
ca8H...>' .fite Is" offering the $3.50; b.pok 
for $2 in the hope of being able 
i;b sell a sufficient niimher to be able 
tb collect the -judgment, Previouis 
books were 'Peacocks On Parade,' 
•When Jaines Gordon Bennett w:as 
Caliph of Bagdad' and 'Revelations 
of LoUlse.' Says he' has another 
t)ut wpn'rtell the title lest that be 
taken' -before' he can arrange pub-* 
llcation. - >. 



. . Liquor Recipes - 

: On^ of the -most practical likker 
recipe books of Its sort is the More-. 
rae-Sihith company's publlcatibn of 
The ' Art of Mixing' (76c, by 
James A.; Wiley, in collabo^tlon 
with iXelene -M. Griffith. It's, a sim-. 
ple and concise booklet listing 235 
recipes and it's as simply explained 
as it's breezily written. 

It's designed for the home di-ink 
mixer .iand not the professional bar- 
tender who never wants for the va- 
rious props, 



London Critic Bowa Out 

Dudley Leslie, one of the youngest 
stage' critics, left the 'Sunday 
Dispatch' film and theatre desk 
Oct, 1, to take a trip round the 
world for a year. Leslie's health has 
not been good, and he has literary 
contract^ which require attention. 

His desk on the London 'Dispatch' 
will be taken by Cbnnery Chappell, 
who did the fllm page (^n the paper 
the previous year, giving it up tor 
a copy' tray. Last named, who was 
with . 'Variety's' London office for 
some years,, has a flrst novel just 
coming out 



Review Dr. Mayer's Book 

Following is the bobk review 

irom the New York- 'Times' , (9) 
on Dr.- Edward Mayer's •The Cu- 
ratfve Value of Light,' D. Appletpn 
& Co., $1.50. Dr. - Mayer is In 
charge of th^ National Vaudeville 
Airtlsts* sanatorium at Saranac 
Lake, ,N. y. v . J . 

'.'This small but .authoritative 
booic comes at a timely moment 

;and ought to exercise l^ . whole- 
some influence in the controlling 
and' the subjecting to reason ahd 
knowledge of tho craze for sun- 
bathing, sun-tanning, sun-lamp 
treatments, nudism and the al- 
lied fads that are sweeping. . the 
country. Dr. Ma,yer, who is 'di- 
rector of two Adirondack san- 
atoria and connected as consul-^ 
ttint in his specially ' of light 
therapy with; several important 
hospitals^ began .studying this 
subject and experlmcntlnpr , with 
sun and . light treatments twenty 
jrears ago and jias ^continued the 
work ever since,; lie, is tjie author. 

.of a comprehensi-ye ind technic-' 
ally .sc.ientiflc book on 'Clinical 
Application of Sunlight' and of 
an account o£ 'The Present Status, 
of Light Therapy.' When a' man 
$0 well quallfled to give advice on 

. ihe curative -yalue of . light writes; 
a book about. It/for popular read- 
ing it is surely, time, for the peo- 
ple who .have .been brbnzlhg 
themselves at, ^ the seashore an)l 
are now examining . the sunr 
lamps for sale eyerjrwhere, with 
thoughts ■ of purchase, to ' stop, 
look and read. ur. Mayer puts . 
his sclentlflc . f ao.ts.. Injto a sim-< 
pic, - concise , M.nd.! readable style, 
that, neverliheless, ..does ^ot lessen 
their autbpritative'. character. He 
sets forth the^ yalue and the 
clangers ef the jsun^lwtb, explains 
the action pf sunlight on. the body 
tind discusses . tlie effects to be 
gained by the ^.un-ilampi He in- 
quires into . the . value of light 
treatment in certain diseases, has 
a ciiapter cn -yltamlns and an? 
other Pn ' irradiated substances. 
In a, section ,on the sun-lamp 
versus sunlight he deals in detail 
with the sun-lamp, describing the 
construction of the various kinds, 
their values and dangers, dosage 
and manner . of : application.- 
Throughout the book he stresses 
the. advice- that the reader inust 
understand what he is doing and 
must not forget the possible 
dangers of light unskillfully ap- 
plied. 



mags -already claimed to be con- 
traoted fdr the sorylce,/ 

•Monthly . Literary .Service' will 
take contrlbs from outsiders If - ki 
keeping with radloa;! 'thought Nb 
payment; hQwevepj.tjie- contrlbs ijeV 
Ing. strictly In aid of ^ the cause. . ' 

It's also the p}an of! the Revolut- 
tlonary. Writers' Federation to holp 
In the formation of similar groups 
in other large centers throughout 
the country, the aim being 'to co- 
ordinate proletarian literary, actlvl- 
tlbs.' ■ ■■• . „■ ' ' . 

.A break for the •proletarian scrib- 
blers,' if the Revplutibnary Writers' 
Fed can make them realize it. .And 
a decided impetus f Or 'the ' cause.' 



;City Drops Winchell Matter 

Waiter' ^[Inchell wis in ' some- 
thing of a jam p'ver a piece In his 
column which iricbd Licence Cpih- 
mls;^ibner Geraghty, ' ahd '/which 
fetched a summons f^m that de- 
piirtment for Winchell to submit to 
examination, as to the_.squrce of his 
nformaitlon. . , ' .. . 

Betnii: a municipal matter, it was 
taken up with Arthur J.' 'WT Hllly, 
the corporation counsel of the City 
of New York, who tore up the sum- 
nions-^nd that ended that. 



^' Dahhy Ahearn Connects 
Danny Ahearn's newspaper story, 
'Picture Snatcher/ has been ac- 
cepted for publication My Vntnt 
and I^lnehart. Due In book form 
about Jan. 1. George Bye did the 
contacting. 

Story tells of the extremes to 
which papers go to secure photo- 
graphs and . some other inside not 
heretofore in print 

■JTarn is unusual In haying been 
first submitted for pictures before 
A try being made for publication. 



Delayed By Illness 

Continued illness of lOeneral. John 
F. Dahlell la holding up that pro 
posed 'The Journal ot Fair Play,' 
plans for which he had been pre- 
paring before his sudden removal tb 
the hospital. 

Understobd that the. magazine 
was to voice the sentiment of the 
Army and Navy Club, of which 
General Danlell is one of the big 
gunst on such subjects as the bonus, 
armament and like matters in -^hlch 
the military and navjr men might 
be Interested. 

In view of General's illnesSi Un 
likely the mag will appear before 
the new year. 



Baseball Writers' Break 

Following the lead taken by the 
New York chapter of the Baseball 
"VVrlters' Association In selecting 
William Hennlgan, of Macfadden'a 
defunct 'Evening Graphic,' as bf- 
ilclal scorer for the receiit World's 
Series on the New York end, the 
parent prganlaation, at its annual 
meeting in Chicago, voted unan- 



German Papers Merged 

Milw:aukee 'Herold,* German daily 
suspended Oct. 1, has merged with 
the Sonntagspost and will be op 
erated as a weekly beglnnlnis: Oct 
9 by National Weeklies, Inc. The 
'Herold* was 72 years old. 

It suspended once before when 
the whole staff went to the Civil 
War. 



Schaffer Sues Smith 

Suit has been filed in New York 
by Rosalind Schaffer, coast writer, 
against Frederick J. Smith for 
$620.80. 'Writer Charges this Is due 
her for material used In Smith's for 
publlcationi 'Screen Weekly.* 



O'Neill P. A.ing Dems 

Joseph Jefferson O'Neill, former 
ew York 'World' reporter, who 
handled th^ pubUdty on the. Ford, 
Peace Ship expedition, Is now con- 
ducting the press on the Coast for 
Roosevelt and Garner. O'Neill, at 
one time with the Hays organiza^ 
tton, was recently one of the star 
men on the. L. A.. 'Examiner.' . . 



A Pout, After 14 Years 

Blanche Coltoii. Williams not too 
kind to O. Henry ' upoa her retire 
ment from the ohttirmapshlp of the 
O. Henry J^emorlali A'waird Commit 
tee after 14 yeaVs in the post. 

Although giving as her reason her 
desire to work bn a biog of George 
Eliot, with the result that she can- 
not And time to supervise the selec 
tlons of the ' pieces. In the' best 6. 
Henry manner tor . the Doubled.ay, 
Doran annual "anthology, Mrs. 'Wil- 
liams, upon stepping out, calls Q, 
Henry 'dated.'. . , 

Benohley Returns ■ 

Robert Benchley returned to New 
York Friday (7) from Hpllywood for 
another season a r dramatic critic of 
the 'New Yorker.' 

He had J[>een on the Coast acting 
and writing for Radio, flnlshlng, 
with Bartlett Gormack, a script for 
John Barrymore'8 next at that stu 
dlo, just prior to leavlngr. 



Radicals' Syndicate 

More flery members bt the John 
Reed Club, the group of radical 
scribblers; Rebel Poets and a num 
ber of similar organizations he,ye 
formed, the Revolutionary Writers 
Federiation. Idea la to get out what 
will bo called a 'Monthly Literary 
Service' from poetry to Action, sup 
piled pn a syndicate basis. Around 
60 'proletarian' newspapers and 



Frame Ups 

William - G. Hpsle puts a. Kick : in 
his story of a <buban gli:l made' tlie 
victim of the vice squ4d. Eva 
Garcia, heroine of 'Sold' (Macaulay), 
hha a tough . time of It. Decoyed 
from Cuba by a white s'laver, she 
Is put in bondage in a factory tOwh 
near Harrlsburg, Escaping, she 
comes to New York where she gets 
a job in supper cliib.s, but she falls 
a victim to a fake raid and goes 
oh probation. After, the third arrest 
she gets in a jam -vylth a tough ring 
and Is shot to prevent heir. from tes- 
tifying after she has aided In the 
arrest of some of the. gang. / 

A sordid story but , tpld with a 
sihiiple power which grips. No pyro- 
t^olhnical protests against thb sysr 
tejth. Story gains its strength chiefly 
from the simple, graphic .recital of 
apparent facts. Rather .out .of the 
ordinary. 



Sinclair Connects 

• (Gordon Sindafr^ "S'botloose- in,: 
India": spld but on Its Arst edition 
o<, 2,500, (published by Doubleday 
Dpran -icnd .i(3undjr) In Toifontp- tfeai 
first- day. • . sacpnd .printing Wai 
sold before. 'i^e presses Ija'd ati^rted 
tot xun.; - 

Reason is' the ; publicity . given 
Sinclair's travel articles which have 
been front paged in. 22 Canadian 
dailies. Sinclair had been staff re- 
porter on the Toronto 'Star' and 
corrospohdent 'lor 'Variety;' After 
four years on the 'Stair' ho' was" 
sent to Labrador and later to Eng< 
land on assignment. Fed up with 
routine palaver, he decided to write 
the way he' would for 'Variety,' the 
home folks fell for it and he's been 
travelHiiir 'ever since doing- 200,000 
miles in, 4(1, countries; 

Sinclair is now. the highest paid 
I'eporter in Canada and leaves for 
the South Seas In December. His 
'^potlpose' is one of the few books 
to get: mention on Hearst's Inter- 
lifitlonal News Service leased wires 
this, season. . 

Hlgest book sale ever recc^'ded 
Iri Canada 'was "AH Quiet on' the 
Western Frbnt;'^ of which 60^000 
wiere sold. Every copy was Imported 
from England. 



Miller's Studio Leave 

Max Miller, author pf 'I Cover 
the Waterfront,' and currently Un- 
det' contract to Columbia, is on a 
six weeks' leave of absence from 
that studio to complete his new 
novel, 'He Went Away for a While.' 
It's the story of a reporter who had 
to write as the advertisers dictated. 

Miller Is doing his writlhg at San 
Diego where he formerly was ship 
news reporter for the 'Sun.' 



S-H Coast Switches 

Allah C. Bartlett "has left San 
Francisco (Scrlpps-Howard) 'NeWs' 
as m. e. In favor of editorship of 
San Diego 'Sun,' also S-H. Frank 
Clarvoe promoted from assistant to 
m. e. Job on 'News,' while Chris 
Lykke moved up from city ed's chair 
to . asst. m. e. Morton Sonthelmer 
new city ed. 



Mortimer On Telegraph' 

Lee Mortimer, former "Mirror' 
columnist moved Into the pages of 
the . 'Nbw York Telegraph' with a 
chatter column. 

It'll' be the first time, the 'Tejer 
graph' has used this type of column. 



; . DibII's 5c Piilps . 

: Tho,9a, t.'wo new-aeparture mags 
sponsored by. Dell, details of which ' 
hnd b&en carefully guarded so' tfiat ' 
they would not be headed off, bow 

this week. A couple of pulps,. ' 
chilled 'All-Western' and 'All-Detec- 
tive,' their arrival will occasion nb 
little' interest in, the publishing fleld 
lii view "Of the fact that they .will' • 
sell -for. a nickel. 

' Price Is a new, low for pulps, half 
the price, even, of the chain store 
niags one of whose strongest' soil- 
ing arguments have been .their price 
— i-a dime... ..r. ; 

No tjuestion but that the Dell 
nicker mags 'will Effect the bther ' 
piilps;* Ten cent price of the chain-- 
store magazines brought many of 
the others down tp the same price 
level, and the new actipn Is virtu- 
ally certain to be repeated by the - 
pulps now selling for a dime and . 
even more; ■ • 

That Dell^ move will cause the • 
other pulp ' publishers to - grumble 
goes without' savmg. The sales " 
money is the pulps' subsistence, and . 
whether less specialized organiza^ . 
tlons tha.n . Dell- can niake their., 
mags go at a . nickel is a question. : 
Or, If they , can, it may be slim pick- . 
Ings. 

Den expects its nickel mags tb 
go Over In a biff way, so much so . 
that preparations are set to convert 
the monthlies Into weeklies. In shorjb:> 
order. Carson Mowire, who Is edit- 
ing the two mags, has sufficient - 
material on .iTi.-'.-l this purpose. ' 

Crops Saetion 
William . Faulknei;''s new book. 
'Light, in August' is offered oh the ' 
Jacket blurb .as. 'less brutal than V 
Sanctuary.' It is, to a degree, but 
it is a grim, realistic recounting of 
southern episodes In which the male 
and female . protagonists are a white 
woman and a. mulatto who never . 
meet. More character analysis than 
plot, but vividly told in Faulkner's " 
peculiar, style which achieves such . 
compounded words as 'hollerwhls- 
perlng' and 'darkcaverneyed.' 

It does not, follow the usual pat- 
tern of narration but relates several 
intermingled stories. It Is a cross 
section' of life in a tiny southern 
town rather than a novel in the 
accepted sense. . Published by Har- 
rison Smith and Robert Haas. 



Hart's Revival 

Petcie W. E; Hart,' !Who. used to, 
get out a serled - of-: small books, < or 
'narratstles,' on divers subjects, un- 
der the imprint of The Bibelot 
Brothers, has resurrected that pub- 
lishing concern. 

His first publlcatibn is a full 
sized book, a compilation of his own 
pieces previously published by him, 
under the new title of 'Long Life 
and Happy.' He . will reprint many 
other old works which he formerly 
published. 

Hart is best remembered for his 
'Hart's Yarns,' published back ' In 
1901 when he founded The Bibelot 
Brothers. At the tim^Ji^ also pub- 
lished a mag called 'Ease.' 



Writes of 'Casey' 

Guy Fowler, of the Harvey Ad- 
vertising Agency, Is doing a bio- 
graphical story of C. S. 'Casey; 
Jones, to be titled 'Transport Pilot 
No.. 13.' ' 

Simon & Schuester will publish, 



Why McCarde'l Waits 
. Roy McCardell tells Inquirers that 
the fui-ther' adventures bf his Aunt 
Angle and IJncle Oswald will not be 
related until people again start 
bTiyinff, books .at book prlces. 

He . argues thait all and sundry 
knbw; that he can write a book and 
he , does ! nof'see 'the necessity for 
giving further gratuitous demon- 
stration. Says further that' only the 
ambitioue are writing books now, 
since there Is nb money and little 
honot In being hawked over a drug 
store counter for less than It costs 
to manufacture the volume". ' 



Chamberlain's Fiction 

Arthur H. Chamberlain, west 
coast publisher who Issues non- 
flctlbn books^ In addition to a couple 
bf> mags, also of a non-fiction 
nature, Is adding fiction to his book 
list First of his novels, to appear 
this week, Is a tent show tale, by 
Maurice L. Kusell and M, S. Merrltt 
called 'Marquee Ballyhoo.' 

Under his new set-up, Chamber- 
lain will divide his book list for the 
next year equally between fiction 
and non-flctlon. Typeu of stuff 
(Continued on page 53) 



Tuesday^ October 11, 1932 



VARIETY 



55 



RADIO WANTS OWN MUSIC 



Canada's iStatioBS Placed Under 






to 

Restnct Adv, Among Reforms 



. Ottawa, Oct, 10. 
Cbalrman of the New National 
Radio Commission, which has been 
established under federal auspices 
to .engage In the business of radio 
broadcasting and to regulate and 
control the programs of all stations 
In Canada, Is Hector Charlesworth, 
editor of 'Saturday. Night' and a 
veteran theatrical critic and essay- 
• 1st'.. Vice-chairman Is Thomas 
Maher, French-Canadian editor of 
Quebec, while tl e third member is 
Lleut.-Col. W. A. Ste.el, director of 
Badio Research, National Research 
Council, Ottawa, who has been at- 
tending the International Radio 
Conference at Madrid ' a:s Canada's 
delegate. 

The commission will be asaistied 
by Major Gladstone Murray of Lon- 
don, England, loaned for the purpose 
by. the British Broadcasting Cor- 
poration. It is . anticipated that 
Canada's national system of broad- 
casting stations will be largely pat- 
terned after the British organiza- 
tion. 

Preliminary to the establishment 
of the Canadian body was the report 
on the radio situation throughout 
Canada by a committee headed by 
Sir John Aird, which recommended 
a national chain, reduction In prl- 
. vately-owned statlonsi deletion of 
much radio advertising and restrict- 
ed commercial time all along the 
line. The Aird committee recom- 
mended the appointment, of a na- 
tional commission, the members of 
which should perform their duties 
without reniuneratlon. The gov- 
ernment appointed the commission, 
but the salary of the chairman is 
$10,000, while the two others re- 
ceive $8,000. 

Considerable opposition was given 
to the scheme by private broad- 
easting stations In various Canadian 
cities and protests were forwarded, 
to Ottawa. On the other hand, a 
Canadian Radio League was or- 
ganized some months ago to agitate 
for direct government control of 
broadcasting in th.e dominion. The 
president of that league, now ihac- 
tive, was Graham Spry of Ottawa, 
formerly national secretary of the 
Canadian Clubs, but he has not re- 
ceived a commission appointment. 
He is now In the newspaper busi- 
ness. 

Opposition to the plan developed 
among this commercial stations be- 
cause of the admitted Intention oh 
the part of the. government to can- 
cel the operating licenses of various 
broadcasters and the establishment 
Pf . government stations in key lo- 
cations, a large appropriation al- 
ready, having been set aside for this 
purpose. The situation! was such 
that several important stations did 
not proceed with mechanical an^ 
structural improvements, as well as 
proposed .Increase In wattage, be- 
cause pf the probability that they 
would be put out of business. 

Chairman Charlesworth has long 
been a student of the theatre and is 
known to have a broadminded atti- 
tude toward the stage and the 
screen. One purpose of the iommis- 
Bion ie .to encourage Canadian tal- 
ent, but Charlesworth has already 
stated that Canadian writers gen- 
erlly have a long way to go, par- 
ticularly with radio technique. His 
l>lg Job for the present will be the 
cutting down of commercial time 
and other restrictions on advertls- 
|] Ing over the air, 

The government already has the 
»>ucleus for a chain of public broad- 
casting units in the stations of the 
Canadian National Hallways, the 
state-owned rail system. There are 
11 of these stations from coast to 
coast, but they have not been a suc- 
eess. 



Some Fun 



Current radio season flnds a' 
new high In the number of 
married couples working .on 
the same programs. Most of 
the spliced teams are doing 
comedy acts^ 

Among the commercial 
teams are George Olsen and 
Ethel Shutta (Canada Dry), 
Frank Crumlt and Julia San- 
derson (Blackstone Cigar, 
NBC, and Bond Bread, CBS), 
Burns and Allen (Robert 
Burns), Jaick and Sadie Benny 
(Canada Dry), 'Easy Aces,'- 
Goodman and Jane Ace (La- 
yoris) and Fred Allen \ and 
Portland Hpffa (Linit). 

Among the better known 
sustaining hub and frau acts 
are Breen and DeRose, NBC, 
New York, and Lee Sims and 
nomay Bailey, NBC, Chicago. 



CUBAN DIALERS REVOLT 
AGAINST RADIO TAXES 



Havana, Oct. 5. 

The most unpopular tax ever 
passed by the Cuban Congress Is 
the! recently approved radio tax 
which charges for the use of the 
receivers from .|3 to $12 annually, 
according to number of tubes. 

When the law was' passed it was 
intended to tax all the receivers in 
use and those disconnected wduld 
be sealed by government Inspectors, 
but tbe people made known its 
protest and the secretary of the 
treasury ordered all radio sets, 
whether in use or not, taxed. 

The radio dealers complain sales 
have stopped and besides, all those 
who bought radio on the Install- 
ment plan have returned the sets. 

To own a radio In Cuba Is a real 
luxury. It is the most taxed object 
in the country. The list of taxes 
on radio are as follows: 6% as con- 
sular fee on the Invoice, 28% duty 
in the custom house, 10% of the 
total duty extra for the public 
works fund, 1^ % as Importing fee, 
1V6.% on the gross sales tax, 2% for 
all money collected, 6% . as luxury 
tax, 4% for outgoing money, which 
In this case is the money sent to 
the manufacturers and, besides tax 
stamps, total about $2, which are 
pasted on the documents. 

The last day for the voluntary 
payment of the radio tax has 
passed and now an army of gov- 
ernment Inspectors are after the in- 
surgent owners. 



COUNTER BIDS TO 
HSCIIP ffltMBEnS 



Out to Break Up American 
S o c i e t y — Would Hand 
Out $1,000,000 in Con- 
tracts for iSelf-Controlled 
Music Rights for Public 
Perf omianoe — Guaranty 
Offers Double Incomes 
from ASCAP 



LOOKING AHEAD TO '35 



KNX Annouiicer jtpaned 
To KHJ at Top Salary 



Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 

Emulating the picture studios, 
radio stations here are now borrow- 
ing one another's contract talent. 

Stuart Buchanan, announcer at 
KNX, went to KHJ to play the lead 
in the new CBS nation-wide serial, 
'Omar Khayyam,' oh a loan. 

He's getting $75 for each appear- 
ance^ a record price for an air actor 
hereabouts. 

Buchanan was manager of KHJ 
three years ago, for two weeks. 



Murray's Spot Open 

From current Indicationg Wil- 
liam Murray, who held the title of 
director of popular entertainment, 
will not be replaced in the NBC 
artist bureau. Assignment was 
originally one of those carved out 
by Murray himself and sold directr 
ly to George B. McClelland. 

Oflices formerly occupied by 
Murray are now the quarters o£ 
Mrs. Rockefeller Kihg and the bu- 
reau's club department 



With the radio interests making 
strenuous efforts to create their 
own performing rights combine and 
generally offering a guarantee of 
close to twice the income derivable 
through the American Society of 
Composers, Authors and Publishers, 
ithe directors of the Society are do- 
ing everything they cari to expedite 
the signaturing of their own new 
10 year agreements with the pub- 
lishers and songwriters. 

Broadcasters' plan of copyright 
organization -holds out a definite 
scale of remuneration for both pub 
lishers and songsmiths. This scale 
is founded upon the current year's 
returns from the Society. . 

Radio men have set out to bring 
Into the fold six class A publishers 
to whom they will guarantee $60, 
000 for each firm's performing rights 
the first year of the contract; three 
class double B publishers are guar 
anteed $45,000, and three of B or 
.CC rank are assured an annual pay 
ment of $30,000. 

Under the present mode of split 
up prevailing Jn the American So 
ciety, the class A firms for the 1931' 
32 term will obtafn around $32,000 
each, the class double B music 
houses $124,000, and the B classified 
publishers, $16,000 each. 

For their project the broadcasters 
are fiigurlng on collecting a mini- 
mum of 40 top, or close to top-rat- 
ing songwriters with 26 of them to 
be guaranteed $16,000 for the first 
year; 10 writers, at $10,000 annual- 
ly, and five at $6,000 a year. 

By the time they have this organ- 
ization launched radio estimates it 
will have passed, around something 
in the neighborhood of $1,000,000 in 
contracts, effective over the first 
year, with both national networks. 
NBC and Columbia, It Is understood, 
doing underwriting. 

Broadcasters deduce that they 
will get half of this back from fees 
collected from such sources as the- 
atres, hotels, cafes, dancehalls, for- 
eign rights, etc. Deal given the pub- 
lishers and authors will allow them 
a percentage from this latter Income 
In addition to the guarantee. 
Society's Drive 
Faced by this competition the 
heads of the American Society are 
putting on a concerted drive to ob- 
tain the signatures, on the new 10- 
ycar contract. Circular letters, per- 
sonal solicitations by the directors 
themselves, and other methods are 
being emi^loyed to quicken the pub- 
lisher-members into line. The com- 
posers and a,uthors in turn are be^ 
ing, subjected to special appeals 
from the officers of the Songwriters 
Protective Association. : 

Malcontents 
. Chief among tiie signature hold- 
outs are . publishers discontented 
with their classlflcatlons. These 
ha,ve taken the attitude that any 
extension of their contracts is out 
unless the Society has passed upon 
their applicatlbns for reclassifica- 
tion. It is upon the members of 
this recalcitrant group, particular- 
ly those with extensive and valu- 
able catalogs, that the broadcasting 
coterie has concentrated its atten- 
tion. , 

Approaching reps from radio de- 
clare they're not Interested in go- 
ing into the publishing, business. 
All they want is to gatiier into a 
copyright society of their Own 10 
or SO publishers with catalogs that 
cover a wide and varied field of 
popular and semi-popular music. 
With the libraries of these long- 



GoMen Dreains of Chicago as Radi^ 

Centre Haven't Jefled; 

sEdge 



ProductM 




Set to Bolt? 



Reported that one of the 
biggest of the big -10 music 
publishers, controlling, one of 
the most extensive and valu^ 
able catalogs in the business, 
is pracltcally set to Join the 
broadcasters' performing rights, 
combine. 

Details of the contract are 
still being gone over by at- 
torneys from either side of the 
deal, with the exchange of sig- 
natures anticipated within the 
next two 'weeks. . Publishing . 
.firm Involved Is controlled by . 
Interests outside the music 
business. • 



REPORT HEARST AFTER 
KFAC FOR $100,000 



Lios Angeles, Oct. 10. 

William Randolph Hearst Is re- 
ported negotiating to buy^ KFAC, 
local 600 watt staltlon, at price 
said to be $100,000. Station Is cur- 
rently the tle-ln. unit for the 
'Herald-Express,' local Hearst after- 
noon paper. . 

Hearst has been In the market for 
a Libs Angeles station for the last 
two years, with deals falling 
through to acquire KMTR and 
KMPC. , ; • 



standing' publlsning houses, - pips 
the non-copyrighted niuslo In -the 
public domain, to draw upon, they 
figure they will have enough to 
cover their needs. • . 

Guarantee Double Income 
.In addition to specjal plug con- 
cessions the broadcasteirs are of- 
fering 10 -year agreements, dating, 
of Course, from the expiration of 
radio's current threcryear contract 
with the Society, on a minimum 
basis for the first year of twice the 
Income the publisher obtains for 
the 1935 period of his ASCAP t;o.n- 
tra.ct. Terms for the subsequent 
years are to be individually worked 
out. 

Several of the approaches to pub- 
lishers have come from the NBC 
legal department. Spokesman here 
usually calls up with the query: 
'Have you signed your new agree- 
ment yet?' If the answer is in the 
negative, the publisher is advised: 
'Well, then don't until you talk to 
me first. Call me up when you're 
ready to ta.lk terms.' 

When the negotiations on the re- 
vised music tax struck a serious 
snag early last August the broad- 
casters discussed the possibilities' of 
organizing their own performing 
rights combine from among estab- 
lished publishers. Word of this 
got to, the Society, so that imme- 
diately' after the new contract was 
approved between the broadcasters 
and . ASCAP, the latter's directors 
unanimously adopted a resolution 
authorizing the .Society to proceed 
to obtain from each of the .mem- 
bers a 10-year extension of the 
present agreement, which- expires 
Dec. 31, 1935. 

But it wasn't until the third week 
in September that the new con- 
tracts were mailed out to the mem- 
bers. Form of the . latter docu- 
ment is worded the same as the 
previous assignment except for the 
Insertion of . what is numbered as 
Clause 11. This clause provide,"? 
that should the Society at any time 
'voluntarily or involuntarily divest 
Itself of any of the rights in a mu- 
sical work. , . ,in the abaeijce of an 
agreement between the composers 
and authors of the' work, on the 
one hand, and the publi8her«, on 
the otlier, specifically altering their 
right.s hero, such rights shall be 
owned and any moneys dorived 
thereof fthall be divided ccjually 
between the writers and the pub- 
lishers. 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 
Chicago has failed to become the 
important radio production center 
that was visualized two years ago 

when NBC sunk $1,000,000 In the 
sumptuous quarters it occupies In 
the. Merchandise Mart. Yet five of 
the seven most popular NBC com- 
mercija.1 . programs iand two of the 
most popular CBS . commercials 
originate in Chlcaeb. - 

Psychological barriers operate 
against Chicago as a production 
centre and until these are beaten 
down New York will continue to 
have, two-thirds of the network 
commercials to Chicago's one-third. 
San Francisco Is a negligible alSo 
rail as a radio production center. 

Favoritism shown New. York even 
by western advertisers has been de-r' 
scribed aptly as due to the prefer- 
ence of industrial tycoons to be 'an- 
gels' for a 'Broadwa,y production* 
rather than the bankrollers of a 
prosaic Chicago program. Soine- 
thing like that is an important part 
of the psychological barrier Chicago 
must undermine. As a matter of 
plain fact and simple logic Chicago 
Is as- well equipped to stage any 
sort of a radio program as is New 
York and with the theatrical s.ltua- 
tlon what it is today talent Is pre- 
pared to move to Topeka if neces- 
sary when a good commercial ac- 
count Is involved. 

Chicago's Good .Points 

There is no sidestepping the solid 
r^Iity that . 60% . or. he$it6r qi na- 
tional advertising. Is placed through 
'New York. Yet from the standpoint 
of dozens of advertisers with head- 
quarters in Chicago, Detfdit, Minne- 
apolis, St. Louis ieind other western! 
bitles the convenience %f clcintralls- 
ing radio production in Chicago Is 
obvious. 

Right now NBC in Chicago has 17 
network clieiits and 18 local com- 
mercials. Columbia originates 13. 
network programs in Chicago and 
has 42 locals, of which possibly 16% 
are rfldio discs. : ' 

But while the hoped-for ' proml' 
nence of Chicago as an origination 
point has not yet come, the local 
broa,dcasters still hope to achieve 
parity with the east by increasing 
their present approximate 36% on - 
network commercials to 50% of the 
national total. 



HINK AND DINK WALK 
AND MINSTRELS CLOSE 



Columbus, Oct. 10. 
Hink and Dink (E. K Hinkle-and 
G, N. Gordon, respectively) of 
WLW radio . minstrelsy fame, did a 
•complete fadeout here last week 
when they appeared as features of 
the Dixie Mlnstrfels. 
..The' boys were to; get $760 for 
the Wednesday to Saturday ein- 
gagement and claimed they were to 
be paid in advance. They got their 
first night's pay in advance, but the 
management, Harry Schwartz and 
the company refused the advance 
on the second- night — result the 
radio boys did a walkout without ; 
appearing at that performance. 

The show which was the second 
of the season at the Hartman did", 
only $130 gross for the two nights. 
Schwartz tried to k^ep the show on 
despite the Hink arid Dink walkout 
h\it announced, late Friday that all 
other showings had been cancelled. 



X Sisters' Shorts 

Three X Sisters, who made their 
ether debut on the Tydol program 
over CB.S la.st week, are making a 
.■short for Parnmount at the Astoria 
.studio. 

Contract, handled through the 
Ci3.S Arti.st.s .Service, gives the pic- 
ture company an option on two to 
follow. .Sisters arc a trio of Eng- 
lish imports doing harmony. 



56 



VARiETY 



TliMdaj, 0«loli«r U, 1932 



Little Bits from the Air 



Hondrik Van Loon and Heywpod 
Broun prooenttd a pretty study In 
accontfi ovc'c WOR V/ednenday night 
Broun was dolns a' book re- 
view with Voh Loon on the latter'^ 
'Von T.-,on'3 Geosrrai)hy,' Surprise 
was that Van Lpon's voice came 
over with a heavy Dutch accent, 
ninkins him almost impossible to 
uri(l'>ratand. ■ ' - - ~ 

^^'h6n Van Loon went over to his 
hom^ town of Veere-aih-Zee, Hol- 
lan '. several years ago to live for a 
wiil'o. he si)o::e pure unaccented 
English, but seems to have gotten 
the burr back with the native sun. 

Broun's voice also showed ^ome 
stranjre accentuation, the broad ah's 
of tclow Dixte mixing- with what 
soundod suspiciously like Boston 
culture.- 



Few arrangomenta. halve been 
better conceived, orchestrated and 
exocuted than the dance Interprer 
tation o£ Victor Herbert's 'March of 
the Toys' as played by Freddie 
Rich's Columbians. 



Joaeph DSskay, Hungarian tenor, 
formerly in vaude, a,nd until a year 
ago a regular over KNX, Hollywood, 
staged an air comeback Sunday 
(25), when spotted for one number 
in the outdoor L. A. park board con- 
cert. Choosing a partlculai'ly ro- 
bust number, he was forced to give 
two encores before the band con- 
cert spectators would allow the pro- 
gram to proceed. His second and 
third were Hungarian folk songs. 
Diskay, who sings in tl different 
languages, Is set for future KNX 
spotting aa a result. 



15 minutes of a. m. entertainment 
on behalf of Oxol with their vocal- 
izing and xylo-banjo musical 'ac- 
comp. The Oxol ad spieling, while 
by no means unostentatious, isn't 
the worst brand of ad plugging on 
the .air, and particularly at that 
hour of the morning, with a direct 
appeal to the housewife, the detail 
Isn't out of order. 



Nujol'a quarter hour of 'Johnny 
Mart in Hollywood' may pick up in 
interest when Johnny Anally gets 
there.' Right now, aftier the fourth 
episode, ; he's farewelling on- the 
choo-choo, hei\ce It must have been 
a slow progression to get Johnny 
3tarted for the Coast. 

On WJZ for 16 minutes at 7:45 
p. m., EST, Thursday night. Dr. 
Royal S. Copeland, U. S. Senator 
from New York, is the topper-offer 
with his medical bally on Nujol's 
medicinal qualities. 

It's tough' to grip the Interest, 
however, up. to that point. 



Gordon, Davo and Bunny, other- 
wise the Funnybbners, have a bright 



THREE LITTLE GIRLS 

OF RADIO LAND, 
THREE SINGING GIRLS 
WHO HARMONIZE GRANDI 

DO-RE- 



ON 



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Coaat 



FrUiof. > P. M.— AaMrMf. f.lS P. H. 
Sominr, s p. M., with WHMm V. Hair 

with,' 

RAY jSLOCH 

Planbt-AmUKer 
"HKANNO IB' BEtiEYINe'^' 



Radioes Dpfeaitt Olrl 

Aliee Joy 



HKADUNING 



"The Dream Girl Revue" 



AT THD 



State Fair 



DALLAS, TEXAS 
I 0«t. S to«S ' 

I ICesomlnc ComaMrctal BroadcoAt 
■WTAH, CliEVlaCAMD, OCTOBER 21 



Young Dava Bigelow and Jack 
Less, Gus Edwards' protegees, did 
oke for themselves on an .exploita- 
tion sunt at Saks furniture store, 
from where WMCA etherized some 
sort of a prize presentation shin- 
dig. Edwards and his discoveries 
were extra features, the star-maker 
himself clicking with .a corking 
medley of his song compositions. 

The kids, in a sort of Street Sing- 
erish voice and accordion combo, 
with Bigelow tenor ing and young 
Less on the ace, registered effec- 
tively. Edwards for his contribu- 
tion had his musical conductor, iBen 
Schwiartz, officiate for him. 



i 



JACK DENNY 

AND ORCHESTRA 



Waldorf-Astoria HoM 
Victor Records 
Lucky Strike. Dance Hour. 
Whitman Candy 
(Oct. 27) 



Management . M. C. A. 



Jane Grant's Stcero quarter hour 
of a morning on WEAF.ls another 
in the giveaway series of radio pro- 
grams which seem to be on the in- 
crease. The something-for-nothing 
Idea is apparently growing In favor 
with the commercial sponsors as a 
means to determine audience -'circu- 
lation.' It's also a good introduc- 
tory of the product, even if rather 
expensive. 

Still, some aver, not all who write 
for something for nothing would 
buy that something. That may be 
30, or not. 

One wonders furthermore as to 
the whyfore of so many comrtter- 
clals having .givea"ways on- both 
chains, as witness the Barbasol 
programs, on rival networkia, and 
each- making a free offer. One an- 
swer to this is not so much to weigh 
the relative drawing powers of this 
or the other artist, as it's a guar- 
anty of 100% coverage. It's fairly 
well esta,bllshed that each station 
and chain , has its own following 
regardless, similar to certain news- 
papers appealing to. certain types 
of the public, arid the advertisers, in 
an endeavor to insure full coverage 
are not averse to make a 200% in- 
vestment for facilities on both 
chains. 

To return to the Steero program, 
Adia Kuznetzoff and Zinalda Nico- 
lina, Russe singers (who also preside 
at their own Kretchma nite club), 
furnish the excellent vodka songa- 
logs to balalaika and guitar accom- 
paniment, while Miss Grant extols 
on Steero. '■ 



Ban ott BencU 



Among the new pollcle* go- 
ing Into effect with the ln« 
aujguratlon o£ Richard C. Pat- 
terson aa NBC active admlnis^ 
tratlve heiad Is one putting a. 
curb on f roe bending of the 
elbow. 

TeAddncjr haa been re« 
sponsible for a series . of. outa 
In recent months and partlcu-' 
larly for such situations that 
culminated In the exit of a 
minor exec only a week ago. 
Latter < case, however, .lad one 
of those Ironic twists, with the 
employee taking the rap for 
something be 4rieid to keep the 
higher-up from doing while iii 
the throes. No ban Is befng 
put on entertaining the; icus^ 
tomers, but the network exec 
doing the entertaining is ab? 
Jured to keep his end Of the 
tossing within bounds. 




New % Nick WiD CiTe 
ASCAP $75,000 fron 
L A; Stalioiis' Grosses 



Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Local radio stations will contrib- 
ute more than (76,000 this year to 
the American Society of Authors, 
Composers & Publishers under the 
new 3% arrangement on commer- 
cials. 

Regular fees for the year, which 
will be paid as usual in addition to 
the gross tax, have been changed 
but slightly ' over the tab of last 
year. In some spots they were low- 
ered, while in others they were 
boosted. 

Indications are that the locals 
will gross better than (750,000 on 
commercia,! business during the en- 
suing year, with the ASCAP ta,k- 
Ing 3%. The additional set fees 
for the various stations are: KFI 
and KECA, $16,000; KNX, $10,000; 
KHJ, $6,000; KFWB, |6,000; KMTR, 
$2,760, KFAC, $2,760; KMPC, $2,200; 
KTM, $2,000, KGFJ, $1,000; KRKD, 
$2,000. 

Decision was reached this week 
by the local broadcasters' associa- 
tion to compel the advertisers to 
pay the added tax. Uniform stamp 
on bills .will advise commercial ac- 
counts . that inasmuch sis the 
ASCAPs are taxiing all programs, 
whether or not there Is music on 
them, it Is mandatory for state- 
ments to be 3% higher. 



KAPIO CHATTER 



Etit 



Jean Fay, lpipoi:ted as Jean Boas 
from WL.W, Cincy, ter Tommy 
Rockwell, goes on NBC building 
Thursday (1$). 

WLiBW moves Its station, and 
transmitter from OH City to Brie, 
Pa., Oct.' 16. ,, 

Funnyhonera take on a Saturday 
night period this weekend, making 
It three sustaining sessions a Week 
on Columbia. 

Johnny Marvin collecting & book 
of yodel songs. 

WTAM. Cleveland, trying to get 
Hildegarde of the Gus Edwards Re- 
vue to fill the Alice Joy commercial 
(Flscherchaln stores) and sustain- 
ing spots while the latter Is vaca- 
tioning In Texas. 

Tom Terrls^ the shorts director, 
doing an audition of a new sketch 
before the NBC program board. 
Calls it The Mysterious Mummy 
Case.' 

The two household, experts of 
WGY, Schenectady, a;n»wer to the 
niames of Sylvia Winters and Anna 
Summers. 

Walter Eberhardt today (11) Is 
telling about his book, 'A Dagger in 
the Dark' over the 'Meet the Author' 
series' on WINS. 

A. O. Coggeshall, senior an- 
nouncer of WGT, Schenectady, is 
on pins and needles when his young 
son faces the mike on kid programs 
from that station. 

Richard Hilferty, former radio op- 
erator for the New York 'Times,' 
has taken up his residence at May- 
nard, Mass., to engage In radio ex- 
periments. 

WTAG, Worcester, Mass., has Its 
own police broadcast, with Chief 
Foley Inaugurating 'True Police 
Dramas,' ' stories of actual cases 
taken from the records. 



TONY WONS 

(AND HIS SCRAP BOOK) 



R YOU LISTENIN*? 



WABC 
DoUy at 0:30 A. 31. 
I'm UitnMlaclu* 
"A Pair of Red Heads" 
Peggy Keenan & Sondra Phillips 



R YOU WATCHIN'? 



Thare are quite a few corking 
morning entries which' somehow or 
other areii't as well known as they 
should be, chiefly because of the 
early hour. Some rate night spot- 
ting' and some achieve it, as Peter 
De Rose and May SInghi Breen, 
for example. 

There's John Fogarty, however, 
a tenor, at 8:46 a. m. on WJZ, with 
Irving Miller accompanying him, 
who rates better than earlyblrd 
spotting. 

At 9:30 a. m. on WJZ and 10 a. m. 
on WEAF are a couple of regular 
sketched. 'Vic and Sade,' yclept 
Van Harvey and Bernardine Fiynn, 
from the Chi NBC studios, do their 
stuff every morning with their typi- 
cal man-and-wlfe routines, while 
on the sister link,: Jane. Dillon does 
onie of those protean routines, titled 
'Thru Lighted Windows,' playing 
every character herself. Both are 
on linilted networks. , 

Then there are Muriel Pollock and 
Vee Lawnhurst, the musical 'Lady 
Bugs,' With their twin pianologing 
at 9:15 a. m. as early morning 
cheerer-uppers. 

Donald Novis at 6:46 p. m., with 
Harold Sanford's orchestral back- 
ground. Is more fortunate with his 
tenprlng, and . Is getting a corking 
buildup opportunity, Novis Is fast 
developing, although he's yet to 
achieve that ethereal fame which 
some of his contemjporarles enjoy. 



I 



GENE and GLENN 



(JAKE and LENA) 
QUAICKR OATS COM PA NT 

Dally 8 A. M., NBC R13D NETWORK 
STANDARD Oil, COMPANV 

Daily C:-ir) P. M„ E..S.T., WTAM— Cr.KVEI.AND 
Dally 7:15 P. M., E.S.T.. Wf.W— CJINCINNATI 




Radio Tax BUI Up in 
Ala. State Legislature 

Birmingham, Oct. 10. 

A bill placing taxes on broadcast- 
ing stations is pending in the spe- 
cial session of the Alabama legisla- 
ture, having been Introduced last 
week. Bill levies a 5% gross tax on 
receipts of stations and places a tax 
of $100 per year on announcers and 
$26 on engineers. 

Representatives from practically 
all the stations. in[ Alabatha met at 
Montgomery last week and prepared 
to fight the bill; 



KOMO-KJR Merger 



San Francisco, Oct. 10. 
KOMO and KJR; Seattle, will 
combine this' Week or next. Both 
are under NBC banner, with latter 
owned outright by network and 
former owned by Fisher Flour 
Mills Co; 

Deal will be similar to that re- 
cently Swung by NBC here when 
chain's KGO took over KPO, ex- 
cept that in Northwest the afflliated 
station wlU do the absorbing. 

Bert Fisher, now managing 
KOMO, probably will have charge 
of both broadcasters with no def- 
inite berth mentioned for Bert 
Bryant, KJR manager. 



NEWS SPOTTtNO PEEVE 

Rochester, Oct. 10. 

Gannett ofllclals took a burn 
when WHBC, llochester; put on the 
Hearst 'Journal' news broadcast 
Just ahead of the 'Times-Union' pe- 
riod over WHAM. 

Result — 'Democrat & Chronicle' 
night news broadcast was shifted 
from WHEC to WHAM. 



. Pace Takes WCOA 

Birmingham', Oct. 10. 

John Pace and .as!3oolates have 
t.aken over WCOA, Pensacola, .Fla., 
and are operating the station for- 
merly owned by the city. 

New equipment has been installed 
In the studio. 



Mid^West 



to bat at aucceedinff hearlosa in 
favor of KTM keeping lt« Ucense. 

Th€» Radio ' Commission granted 
station KQQF permission to move 
from South Cofteyvllle, Okla.. to 
CofCeyvllle, Kan., and to increase its 
power to 500 wa.tt8 for night. 

Nineteen students at the Unlver> 
slty of Oklahoma at Norman have 
been chosen for the symphony or- 
chestra of WNAD, the university 
radio station, and were heard in 
their flrst program Ocfc 4.' 

L. A. Chamber of'CiSinmerce hates 
to admit this, but KNX -^irlli resume 
the broadcasting of frost warnings 
Nov, 16. 

Announcing spot vacated' by G W 
Vogt at KPAB, Lincoln, filled by 
Lyle de Moss. -former studio slnser' 
Vogt to KFBI, Abilene, Kans. 

Dolores Seal, Working both KDYL 
and KSL, wins. Salt Lake talent 
quest prize and gets free trip to 
Hollywood, 

After discontinuance by local x>a- 
pers of radio programs, KDYL 
popped out with a weekly news and 
program sheet of its own. 
■ O. W. Towner, Western Electric 
engineer, arrived to supervise final 
installation details of KSL 60 kw 
transmitter. 

KSL and KDYL tra:de of networks 
on September 1 pulled space in pa- 
pers the country over. 



Irene Kirchcr Is inaugurating 
'Sweeney Skyhawks,' new, for 
WMBD, Peoria, 111. 

KYW, Chicago, gets two new disc 
programs, 'Penrod and Sam' and 
Stevens and Son.' 

J. Walter Thompson Agency has 
Installed a private telephone wire 
between its bailiwick and the Chi- 
cago NBC headquarters. 

Ernest Oswalt, boss of Campagna, 
sponsor of 'First Nlghter' • and *Fu 
Manchu,' participated In one of his 
paid broadcasts to say a word for 
National Pharmacy weiek. 

Grace Wilson and Bill O'Connor 
are teamed on behalf of Kitchen 
ICIenzer over WLS, Chicago. 

Robert Ball will give his 'Shut In 
Program' for Invalids on Tuesdays 
and Thursdays over WGN Instead 
of Saturday only. 
: Donald I. MacDonald appointed 
ofllce manager for WLS, Chicago. / 
Republican National Committee 
in Chicago was keeping Coolidge's 
talk Oct. 11 a big secret. So big 
that only newspaper and radio peo- 
ple knew about It and they only 
told, their friends. 



West 



Ben McGlashln, owner of KGFJ, 
L. A., has turned in his old yacht 
for a 90-footer. 

KHJ's new staff male quartet 
con\Pi^lses Fred L. Harter, basso; 
Cecil Wilcox, baritone; Richard 
Davis, second tenor; Glen Rabe, first 
tenor. 

Richard Le Grand has left KYA, 
Frisco, to- Join KQW, Portland, as 
announcer and dramatic player. 

KNX, Hollywood, Installing an 
organ. 

Henry A. Bellows, vice-pres. CBS 
and generar manager WCCO, Min- 
neapolisi In Denver visiting KLZ. 

Fifteen-foot letters are being 
placed, on towers of KLZ, Denver. 
Opposite new golf course. 

E. L. Thomas, production man- 
ager KLZ, Denver, in collaboration 
with Chauncey Thomasi historical 
expert, wrote 'Buffalo Bill Rides,' 
which will be sustaining at KLZ. 

Mrs. W. D. Reynolds, owner of 
KLZ, Denver, and KVORi Colorado 
Springs, has taken up golf and has 
gone below 80— for nine holes. I^kes 
the game. 

KECA, one of two Los Angeles 
NBC outlets, has applied for the 
wave, length of KTM, which Ex- 
aminer . Yost has recommended 
should be taken from this station. 
An appeal has been taken from 
Yost's recommendation, with most 
of other L- A. stations ready to go 



South 



KTRH, Houston, will broadcast a 
twice-a-week Hollywood gossip 
column, with Lecta Rider, theatre, 
critic of 'The Chronicle' as the com- 
mentator. 

Lois Walker has left WAPI. Bir- 
mingham. Succeeded by Ed Kolter 
of-KnoxvIIIe, Tenn. 




Sunday! 
•t It P.M. 



A Piano • A V oice » A Gu itar 




RICHARD and LENETftKA 
1560 Broadway. New YMfc 



BADIO'S 
WBLCOSIE 
BBLATION 



UNCLE DOH 




On 

WOR 6 P.M. 
Every 
Evening 
Except 
Sunday . 



Ishain 
Jones 



Currently at the 
Hollywood Restaurant 
New York 
Indefinitely 



ABE 



LYMAN 

ANLi HIS 

CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 
Columbia Uroadcastififf Syntein 
PHILLIP'S DENTAL MAGNESIA 
Toes., Tlinrn., Sat 8:15 (East) 

COAST-TO-COAST 



TWA B 



^■■^Hi^H TIIOSR TIIRRI<: tJOMSX.Y VOICKS 

^^^■i^Wi IN 1'J!RIi-P:CT HARMONY 

KELLER SISTERS and LYN^H 

III 5th MONTH— Vyo'n^S TIMES WEEKLY 

7;1S F. H., Moniluy— '.,V liioHiIuy— Satnrdaj- 
DIrntlon PHIL TVRELL 



Tuesday, October 11, 1932 



RAD I • 



VARIETY 57 



jWajor Networks Nearly Sold Up 
On Evening rinie, 'Cept Saturdays 



"With the exception of Saturday i gett'a Cream, etc.),, which moved 



nlgbtB, both the, blue CWEAPX^nd 
the red (WJZ) links of NBC have 
their evening periods pretty well 
, gold upi Taking Into aiccount . thfe 
"flock of new accounts contracted to 
hit the alrlanes the next two weeks, 
•the WEAF and WJZ webs' Jointly 
vUl by the ' end' of that time show 
close to 90% of the week's available 
■night-time frames filled by commer- 
cials. Columbia's current sales rhart 
indicates that a similar sponsor per- 
centage will prevail on. that network 
' around the middle ot October. 

The evening periods on NBC are 
rapidly being sewed up, but the net- 
work's time schedules show that the 
call for the morning and afternoon 
stretch are way Oft as compared to 
a year ago this time. Wide open 
daytime spaces are in evidence on 
both the WEAF sind. W3Z charts,' 
although the former can boast of a 
wide edge over its sister link In the 
count-up of the before 6- p.ih. pe- 
riods already blocked oft commer-. 
cially. 

Tlisse daytime spots may not be 
getting as heavy, a play as -they- did 
a year ago, but from the show angle 
: this is counteracted by the fact 
that few commercials are venturing 
Into the afternoon spots without 
Y first arming themselves with Strong 

' entertainment. This trend toward 
a better class of network show dur- 
ing the day has been Impressively 
noticeable the past four weeks. iBv- 

. Idently the ether' merchandisers 
have come to realize that the house- 
wife now wants her cooking recipes 
aiid Imparted beauty secrets spiced 
up' with . good entertainment. 
Whereas a year ago a daytime 
sponsor was content to toss in a 
just-so warbler or string trio with 
a lecturer, and call It a program, 
the current tendency, is toward 
elaborate shows of the. evening va- 
riety. 

Fewer Fiye-Nighters 

Selling the' five or six-nlght-a- 
week clockings Isn't as. easy as it 
was a. ye&t ago. Only one has been 
added to the NBC list so- far this 
fall, and that's Stanco (Flit, Dag- 



yesterday (3) from a weekly half 
hour schedule to a quarter-hour 
slot five evenings a week. Same 
condition of sales resistance on the 
part of the advertiser holds true In 
connection with the daytime field. 
. As has happened in previous 
years, the evenings that came in for 
heavy demand fjrst and now prac- 
tically gone are Thursday and Fri- 
day. Dropout of Pontlac last week 
left the blue link with a half-hour 
at 10 o'clock, and outside of the 7 
to .7:30 frame, incidentally under 
option, there's nothing available out 
of WEAF the latter night. WJZ 
link for that night is sold . solid. 
From 6 to 11 Thursday evening the 
commercials have it . Intact across 
the board on both red and blue, 
while .on Monday, Tuesday and 
Wednesday . nights there's nothing 
left on this stretch but a- 7 o'clock 
half -hour on WEAF. 

On WJZ Sunday evenings there 
are only four quarter-hour bank 
rollers, with the repriesentation on 
the blue network sopiewhat better. 
Headache night for -the sales de- 
partment has always been Saturday' 
and still Is. Outside of the Lucky 
Strike round of the hour WEAF can 
show as filled only two quarter 
hour periods and WJZ, taking away 
the Amos 'n' Andy program Just 
two IS-minute shots. 



Opposisfa 



Eddie 
Leoinard 

(The Beloved 




Mfittrel) 

and 




Em 

Leonard 

(The Livable 
Sieger aid 

CoaipMy) 



New Head NBC 
V P. Meets The 
OlherOV.P's 



Agencies Ponder Trade 
Restriction Angle in 
Music Tax CoUecting 



Any proposition. suDmitted by the 
M. P. P. A. that wljl relieve the 
advertising agencies of the respons- 
ibility of collecting the music tax 
on recorded programs is okay with 
the commercials' reps, as long as 
there isn't a possibility of the agen- 
cies being implicated . in restriction 
of trade litigation; Kadio Commit- 
tee of the Four A's has eo advised 
John Paine, chairman of the M. P. 
P. A. board. . 

Paine several weeks ago informed 
the ad agency organization that he 
was willing to pass along the liar 
blllty for the collection of the tax 
to the stenclUers if the. agency will 
agree to do business only with those 
recording companies designated by 
him as financially bona fide. Other 
wise, he held, the. publishers will 
loiok to the agencies for the pay 
mcnt of the fees, all of which would 
necessitate doing a lot of probing 
into the agencies' books. 

Four A's radio committee replied 
that the exclusive angle holds an 
element of risk In so far as the re 
sti'aint of trade statutes were con 
cerned. Counter suggestion offered 
by the committee was that the 
agencies be permitted to deal with 
/whatever recording companlesthey 
preferred, with the understanding 
• that if the . disc Outfit was on the 
M. P. P. A. approved list Paine 
could look to this source for his 
money, and If not the agency be 
hind the stencilling job would be 
held directly responsible. 



''TheVoiceof 
Experienced 

WOR Daily at 12 Noon 
Also Saturday 6:80 to 7 P.M. 



An unusual series, running the 
entire gamut of human emotions 



Manarement 
KT>MKa A. BOOKBS . 
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HEVLIN- 

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Featured on the Sweetlieaii Soap 
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SlanaKoment of 
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SYiC Per Inquiry Paid 
Radio by Col. Phonograph 

Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Columbia phonograph is offering 
Independent radio stations a series 
of recorded programs featuring Hoi 
lywood names. It's a sales etlmu 
lant idea on Columbia's part with 
stations asked to merchandise on an 
inquiry basis. In other words the 
stations play the records, which run 
four minutes, arid announce that the 
records can be bought through the 
station for 25c. Stations keep 8V4 
of every two bits they garner un 
der this system. 

Edmund ■ Lowe, Wheeler and 
Woolsey, William S. Hart and Lil 
yan Tashman are the first four 
names released. Wheeler and Wool 
sey have a snappy climax of which 
some Indle radio stations have been 
afraid because of their family audi 
ence. 



San Francisco, Oct. 10. 

Pair of local furniture stores 
are competing in entertain- 
ment field. One Mission dis- 
trict s%fa seller arranged a big; 
anniversary affair, t.odking 
talent from KFRC, and idyer- 
tislng extensively. 

Neighboring bedroom suite 
magnate immediately got busy 
with NBC and booked an even 
more impressive list of talent 
for a big shindig in his store 
the same night. 



WMBI). Peoria, live Talent; 
'SmaD Time Angle in Radio 



All the NE<; vice presidents were 
gathered Into the home offices for a 
four-day session with the network's 
new actlvely-in-charge executive 
Coi; Richard C. Patterson. 

Opening of the get-together had 
M. H. Aylesworth introducing the 
new chief v.p. to the other nine 
v.p.'s in a speech. Ool. Patterson's 
emarks of greeting advised the 
other v.p.'s that the broadcasting 
business wt^^ entirely new to him 
and that he was th6"re to listen and 
learn. 

Salary Cut Discussed 

One topic that came up, during 
the latter part of the" discussion was 
the matter of rescinding the 10% 
salary cut put into effect last cum- 
mer. It was suggested as a probable 
means of stepping up. the personnel 
and. InJect.nR optimistic vigor into 
the organization. After it was 
pointed out that the network's in- 
come of time sales through Sep- 
tember showed- a 6% drop from the 
previous -year, the proposition was 
tabled, with the understanding that 
it would come up for reconsidera- 
tion should the improvement in bus- 
iness the next month or two pave 
the way. 

Attending v.p.'s were A. I». Ash- 
by, general attorney, John W. El- 
wood, in charge . of mechanical 
operations, George Engels, artists' 
service, ftoy C. Witmer, sales, 
Frank Mason, publicity, John Royal, 
programs, Frank M. Russel, Wash- 
ington Enireau, John E. Oilman, San 
Francisco branch, and Niles Tram- 
mel, Chicago branch. 



Peoria, 111., Oct. 10. 
Contradicting the Impression that 
provincial radio stations depend 
largely upon phonograph records or 
so-called electrical transciptions is 
Station WMBD here. In a city of 105,- 
000 population WMBD puts on about 
30 commercial programs a week, of 
which 80% use live ta'.ent and only 
20% are radio discs made in Chi- 
cago or New York: 

In further illustration of the set- 
up at AVMBD there are. at present 
21 sponsors, of which 23 are strictly 
local. Ida Bailey Allen, fed from 
the Columbia network, is the only 
outside commercial altliough the 
station last year had Chesterfield, 
Camel, and "Tlme.v 

Wr.IBD mr.'.Oo a jyood case of the 
Independent station. Despite Its CBS 
afilllatlon it's primarily supported 
by its own community and is local- 
ly owned. Additionally it has the 
reputation in radio circles of smart 
management and what Is beinjer done 
in . Peoria may be taken as a fair 
gauge of what l,000-^yatt stations 
throughout, the country can do, or 
ire doing. 

Radio's Small Time 

It's the small tlnie aspect of radio. 
In Peoria's case a. thriving small 
time with sizeable profits. Edgar 
T. BI!1, formerly station manager of 
WLS, Chicago, has made WMBD 
In the past 18 months by applying 
big time radio ideas and assembling 



GOVT. VS. RCA TRUST 
SUIT GOES OVER MONTH 



New Bill Opposing 
So. Conference Radio 
Ban Starts a War 



a staff of experts. He h;is with him, 
most of them recent appointees: 
Vivian E. Carr, sales manaser from 
Henri, Ilurst and McDonald adver- 
tising agency, Chicago; Pete Lund, 
former WLS continuity writer and. 
previously Aylth Tony Wons; Harry 
Ludeke, chief announcer brouGrht to 
Peoria from NeW York; Ivan Streed, 
program manasrer, frorti Galesburg; 
and Gomer Bath, musical director, . 
local. ^ 

Talent Is plentiful around Peoria 
and- seems to be a minor worry to 
the station. Quite a fe\y retired 
vaudevilllans and minstrel men live 
licre and make pinch hitters of 
considerable versatility. One of the . 
most popular local attra.ctlons is 
the Peoria Little Theatre which is 
on the air twice a w.eek, sponsored 
by a dairy. Leading spirit and di- 
rector of the amateur actors is 
William Oakley, whose father owns 
the 'Star,' Peoria's morning daily. 

All programs are built by the sta- 
tion and although no actual bah ex- 
ists commercial copy and price 
mention arc ca-.criiUy rlayoJ. down. 
In this WMBD follows big time 
ideas and the local merchants have 
been educated to sidestep that 
deadly type of sales spiel that 
makes the average 1,000-watter a 
pest. 

Fait of the upbuilding is at- 
tributed to the prominence the 
station gives to local atltletlc con- 
tests of any kind and to keep- 
ing the station local in tone and 
spirit. . 

Columbia feeds 32 sustaining pro- 
granis each week to WMBD. Little 
Jack LlttZe Is the biggest mall- 
getter, with StoOpnagle and Budd, 
Tony Wons,- and, Ann Leaf also 
popular. 



K U Z N ETZ O FF 

and N I CO LI N A 

. 318T CONSECUTl^TE WBEK 

STEERO" Program, Wednesdays, 10:t5 a.m., WEAF 



Wilmington, Del., Oct. 10. 

Government's anti-monopoly suit 
against Radio Corporation of Amer- 
ica and 13 other defendants, due to 
come up in Federal Court here for 
hearing today (Monday) was post- 
poned for about a month by Judge 
John P. Nields because of illness. 

No date set when hearings will 
start, but Judge Nields said this 
would be within the next three or 
four weeks. Suit was filed a year 
ago and charges defendants pooled 
about 4,000 radio patents to control 
90% of the ■ Industry. Although 
broadcasting figures lairgest, wire- 
less and telephonic communications 
are Included. Expected hearings 
will require four to six months. Jur- 
ists here regard it one of the larg- 
est anti-monopoly actions ever un- 
dertaken, probably surpassed only 
by the Standard Oil case. 

Government charges Ihfiuence of 
the combine reached its heights in 
1929 And included Europe and South 
America. 

Heading the prosecution Is War- 
ren Oiney, Jr., special assistant to 
Attorney General Mitchell. Hun- 
dreds of experts In all phases of the 
Industry will be called to testify. 

Postponement caused a jam; In 
preparations. News services had 
leased rooms in Hotel Dupont and 
.suites of rooms had been provided 
in office buildings around town for 
•ittorneys on both sides. Trial is 
•ttracting attention among feature 
•. l iters, plenty of which also ex- I 
f-cted.- . ! 

Suit regarded the big reckonlnfc ; 
of the radio Industry after the boom ' 
period. i 



Birmingham, Oct. 10. 
War has . broken out between 
radio stations, newspapers, politi- 
cians, chambers of commerce, foot- 
ball coaches and. colleges over the 
banning of the broadcasting ; of 
football ganies In the Southern 
Conference, particularly in Ala^ 
bama. 

It started over a bill introduced 
in the Legislature which would re- 
quire state-supported schools to 
grant radio stations the privilege 
of broadcasint football games; The 
bill Thursday (6) passed the House 

80 to o; . 

As soon as word of the passage 
of the bill reached A. H. Armstrong, 
secretary of the Southern Confer- 
ence, he made, a statement that 
visiting college football teams with 
games scheduled In Alabama would 
be entirely within their rights to 
refuse to play if the games were 
broadcast. 

The Conference, with a member- 
ship made up of the largest colleges 
in the South at the annual meeting 
last fall decided to ban broadcast- 
ing of football games entirely. 




STUART HAWKINS MISHAP 

Injured on Eve of Leavina N. W. 
Ayer Agency 

Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Stuart Hawkins, head of the radio 
department at the N, W. Ayer 
agency, took it on the chin last 
week in the form of several stitches. 
Hawkins chauffeured himself into an 
automobile smash-up and was quite 
badly cut around the face. He 
missed several days at the ofllce. 

.Hawkins Is about to' step out of 
N. W, Ayer to gratify a yen to get 
some writing done personally. 

'Mike' McGuire will succeed him 
at Ayer. Accident probably will 
hasten Hawkins' date of departure; 



DUMB 
CRACKERS 

• ROBERT 
BURNS 
PANETELA 

WABC 

Eveiy 

«t S . 



BURnS^ALLEN 

Dir.: \VM. SIOBSK AOENCT 



HAROLD 
SANFORD 

MUSICAL DIRECTOR 

'Two Seats m t|ie Balcony^ 

Wednesdays, 4 P. M. 
Red Network W.E.A.F. 

ALWAYS WELL RECEIVED! 




RUTH ETTlNa 



GLORIFYING POPULAR SONG 

(OLUMBIA'COAST'KHOAST NETVVORK 

WED. 10 P.M.— SAT., 9 P.M., E.S.T. 

Management 

THOMAS G. ROCKWELL 

70a Srvonlli- .\vc.. Now Vork 




58 



VARIETY 



r ^l d i o reports 



Tues^j, October 11, 1932 



MAXWELL HOUSE 'SHOW BOAT' 
With Cha«. Winninger, J ulas Bled- 
soe, Hall Johnson Choir, Lanny 
Ross, Mabel Jackson, Annette 
Handshaw, January and Molasses, 
Von Voorhees Orch. 
COMMERCIAL 
WEAF, New York 

This, elaborate Maxwell House 



NESTLE CHOCOLATEER8 
With Phil Spitainy 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 

Phil Spitainy on taking over this 
Friday evening frame set put to 
break away from the stereotyped 
mode of instrumental and song 
presentation and to give them 



FLEiSCHMANN HOUR "ARCH OF TIM** 

With Rudy Vcllst and His Con- Dramatjo Newa 

necticut Yankees. Greta K?!'?'' SM*^^"!^ 

Block and sully, Lou Gehrig, WGN, Chieaao 



♦Show Boat* program was widely something different. Result orhls 
heralded with the above costly cast, first effort was ."^ffe than au 
inspired presumably by the appeal clous. - That »n»"al pro|rani set 
of Zlegf eld's musical production, down Spitainy aa a musical figure 
although the similarity ends there, of the a,lrlanes on the wfty^to being 
However, Charles Winninger. the classified with such ace batpneers 
popular Cap'n Andy of the Kern r as RapCe, Shllkret, Pasternack, ,etc. 
Hammersfeln-Ferber musical be- Getting, away frpm the standard- 
came Capt. Henry for the Maxwell ized routine of alternating orchesr 
House coffee people, alnd also, in- tra numbers with full . ' VO'^?* 
cidentally, hais arranged to bow out choriises, Spitainy uses the mem-, 
of the Ziegfeld production every bers of his warbHng ensemble .only. 
Thursday night in ordelr to do his where they can be brought In to In* 
Btuflt for the WBAF-NBC chain, at tertsify, round out and add color to 
9-10 p. m. EST. the harmonies of the instruments. 

. Unfortunately, as elaborate as the At one point the voice or voices 
Idea was, somehow it didn't quite may be woven- In for only a phrase, 
click on first Impression.. Perhaps, at another for oiily two or three 
after It hits its stride. It'll shape lines of the chorus. Only trouble 
up better. (That, incidentally, has here is that Spitainy in his pioneer- 
proved to be the case of the Lucky j ing efforts Is swinging a little too 
Strike 'Baron Munchausen' series), much to the extreme. Instead of 
But as is, whether It was the un<- eliminating the full chorus alto- 
certalhty of . the continuity, or the gather, one shguld be Inserted here 
sequence of nunibers, It didn't ring arid there to take care of the tastes 
the bell, although 'much was na- of that large percentage of listeners 
-turally expected from It. That In accustomed to the old mode and 
itself is -a handicap. who like to hear a catchy lyric from 

There's an attempt at a pletlet beginning tb end. 
trhich itiay be the handicap. lanny | his opening show Spitainy 



Rdndall Sista^ artd Oti« Skinnar 
Variety Revua 
COMMERCIAL 
WEAF, New York 

With this variety show, the 



A year ago this program was a 
trail-blazer. Today the naargln be- 
tween 'March of Time' and other eluded a: treaty with Kast and 
representative samples of radio Dumke whereby the erstwhile 'sis- 
showmanship has been narrowed, ters of this; Skillet' undertook to 
This rather arbitrary . statement make Armour's radio activities co- 
Flelschmann Houc. now rates as. ^he I should, of course, acknowledge that Inclde with U^e trend of . the times. 
blKKest radio orogram on the aln the newness Is rubbed off and that That trend Is comedy. Never bo- 
lt haa all the elements for mass ap- the listener knows what to expect. fo» has Armour had experience 
Deal as Is the Intention of any J But essentially It's meant aa a com^ . with spoofing and It launched Its 
varlety^htertalnment, and It Is can- 1 mentary on the general Improve- J new ^gram with a certain timld- 
nnv Prists by one o radio's ment In radio production and not as Ity. Was It untrue to the higher 
most nrollfic and generous users, a clipping of credit from 'Time' culture In dropping seml-classlcal 
Bnelaehmainn'fl which by" now has Which Is still a fine program. . music after, three, years or can more 
Sablv OTbved^o iM tha^ Hilf of .the Jp}>. Is In selecting pork. saueage be purveyed to Amec- 

probawy proved to itseir xnai many | ^^.^^^ newsi which lerid.l lca via tomfoolery?. 

This delicate question will be an- 
swered' as - the lihrollinig vista of 



ether. 



Ross, tenor, and Mabel Jackson, so- 
prano,- as the daughter of Capt. 
Henry (Wlni^inger), furnish the 
romantic. Interest. Jules Bledsoe Is 
a. pseudo-deckhand, etc;, as a meantf I 



picked an impressively varied iand 
balanced collection of nuritbers, with 
the arrangements and interpreta- 
tions given them ranking with the 
best heard on either of the net 



to .label the chatacters, perhaps fer L^orks. Only Jarring moment In the 

entire session was the use of the 
"^I5^!5? mayhaps had much tambourine In the 'New Moon Med- 



to do with the Irregularity of the 
sequence. The show opens with the 
conventionar calliope stuff and the 
Inevitable 'Here Comes the Show 
Boat' fast p.op song opener. Ross' 
' tenorihg of : 'Deep In Your Eyes' Is 
.the first specialty, 



ley/ Sounded flat and like so much 
pounding on toneless wood. 

Standout In the warbling depart- 
ment yraa the. Russian basso pro- 
f undo, an Item on the bill that's due 
to gain special attention. Girl trio 
and the male quartet each unveil a 



oaruone aoes spirituals, January K^^^^^jj effectively with a crack In 



• and Molasses, minstrel team (other 
wise Pick Malpne and Pat Padgett) 
do morahandihackish comedy; Miss 

'Johnson sopranoes 'I Saw Tour 
Eyes' (that's the second 'eyes' num- 
ber) ; Annette Hanshaw's blues are 

. plenty oke and the fastest thing in 

, the llrie-up; the Hall Johnson Choir, 
which came to Attention In 'Green 
Pastures,' does choral stuff; Ross 
and Mlss ' Johnson' duet another 
number: . the Don Vorhees band, 
seasoned jazzists, fits In satlsfyihgly 



strumental organization. . Odec. 

'OMAR KHAYYAM' 
With Raymond Paige's Orchestra 
(35), Stuart Buchanan, Betty 
Webb, Lee Prather, True Board 
man, Kenneth McDonald 
COMMERCIAL 
WABC, New York 

This half-hour program, first of 
a series of 13, emanates from the 
enough for the musical accomps: I Don Lee studios on the Pacific 
and In between Winninger Is giving Coast (KHJ, Los Angeles, is the.kex 
out, 'you ain't , heard nothing yets ' station of this Intra-coast chain oi 
and '1 knew you'd like Its.' That's the CBS) and hits New York via 
the e?ctent of his m.c.'Ing. WABC Thursdays at 9:30-10 p.m 

. That's the long and short of the E.S.T. First was on Oct. 6. Spon- 
personnel and Its style. Patently sors are the California Walnut 
their , possibilities ate limitless for Growers' Association with the spot 
It's a versatile aggregation Indeed Ws^t ads in the east, and also the 
In which Maxwell coffee has In- announcements, especially featur 
Vested. But It's a matter of better ing the Diamond brand 



Bcrlptlng, It may hit its strTde 'lii I 
the second chapter. Aiel. 



tONE WOLF TRIBE' 
Indian Lore 
COMMERCIAL. 
WBBM, Chicago 

This Is Vrlgiey's 'othep program.' I derived from the sultan's\ dancing 



It may be that In Its second or 
third episode this series -^III hit Its 
stride. It packs a lot of promise 
for glamorous, musical, romantic 
color, which Ray Paige's musicians 
already evidence on the Initial 
broadcast. 
There's lots of atmosphere to be 



T6e. one nobody over 12 listens to. N'rlB and the Intriguing adventures 
A post-klntergarden sub-prep dido himself. Khayyam Is 

Intended for the more excitable P^^'nted as quite a swordsman and 
kids. Don Juan as well as philosopher 

Purpose of the program Is to ai^S^^Poe,*' * * * ji* 

teach American youngsters to re- There's an elaborate list of credits 
spect country, flag and Sunday 'o"^ special book and music besides 
school; to obey parents, teachers P'^^y*", being devised by the creator 
and policemen; to accept the wis- o' the 'Chandu' series. The Paige 
dom of all adults, and to chew "'^'^hestra Is the key unit of the Don 
Wrigley's gum. The last should be broadcasting system on the 

first. . . Coast and Is already known nation 

All good little boys and girls can L*"y through the California Melo 
Join the club. Only the clUb Is PrPSram which he has ether 
called a tribe. This Is a more de- '^e* trom L. A. . \^ ^ , 

lectable privilege than mere lodge Vera Oldham Is the co-autho^ and 
membership. There are spearhead producer of 'Khayyam, with SJtuart 
buttons to wear and mystic Indian P^'^chanan playing the lead. Betty 
words to gargle. It is doubtlessly r^ebb Is Omar's sweetie, and Lee 
very fascinating If you're still in Prather, True Boardman and Ken- 
the third grade. neth MacDonald are prominent In 

Wrigley has designated a guy suPPort. Miss Oldham has had 
named Wolf Paw to be sachem of Hollywood studio experience as 
the chicle Indians. Wolf Paw la scrlptlst, and Buchanan, last 
forever proclaiming himself 'your ''^'•'^O* Witnesses,' has been in pic 
chief.' He becomes 'your chler on tures. Miss Webb is from legit, 
receipt by his clerical staff of six ] The cast is competent enough and 
wrappers from Wrigley gum. That 1*^6 general atmosphere sufficiently 
Is open sesame to all the tribal fol- I colorful to suggest it'll be a tip-top 
derol 

Program Is clumay In the way it's 
built and handled, and the stories, 
deisplte sound effects that- arouse 
expectations, seem hardly tp satisfy. 
Althpugh npt a new program. It's 
always been troublesome to the 
auspices. . Land. 



ARMOUR HALF HOUR 

With Eaat and DMmka, Roy Shields 

• Orth. 

COMMERCIAL 
IWMAQ. Chicago 

Armour after many huddles con«. 



-tlzatlon technique; ' KMn diiscflm 



.Its, a c<wklng.entertalnm6nt, as jjjatibn, a sense for bbscUre human ^ Fridays opens out. The new com- 

wa3 . dl8<^^ Thursday nigh^^M well as . the topical edy program- started Oct. 1, and was ... 

8 .p, m., E-.S-T., -.oyer .^jjapBe ,Wf»V ''musts' Is .notable In' this prograiri reviewed' on the • second, sample a 

chain, feixianatlng from^WEAP, New U^h^^h the edlt6r(al .'staif. of 'Time* week later.> , It's a half hour pro- 

York. Valleo flrst set the pace with .p-pQ^jjee^^^^ Columbia network gram frbm 8:30 to. 8, Chicago time. \ 

a pat ispeechlet which: again eW- ^su^talnimff d a Off hand It fieems as If there fa 

dences the bandleader s ease , at the later date when- the magazine will too much East and Dumke, They 

mike, a -repose and areiuance that again pa:y the bn^ have entirely forgotten the harmony 

exceeds any other public . performr I • Laist week' th<a Items Included' the singing that . started their -vaudeville 

ance he has essayed. ." • innocuous .flirtation of the Prince of partnership . .aiid .. later - their first 

"With the heralding of the variety IWaleia'' arid Slgnorlna-Cecille Krauss radio activity over WGN, Chicago, 

motif of the new Plelschhiahri- pro-' In ."Vfepice, Italy. ' That, provided, ro- That'seenis a pity. Deliberate choice ' 

grams, Vailee played a college' arid ihance. • Later: there was' traigedy in oh their part, Is 'no doubt due to a 

frat song medley which also estab- the freight 'train whose crew and cbhvlctioh that In comedy their de- ' 

Hshed his collegiate musical motif: two hoboes were wa:shed to their velopmerit was potentially greater. 

Followed FraulelA Greta Keller, death -when 'a cloudburst trapped rThey , have '^become -. progressively 

whom Vallee Introduced as a new | them In a ravine. Making the Lytton conversational; until within the past 

find with a voice that's a cross be- I report on Maitchuria palatable was [ year the , vocal department was dls- 

tween Ruth Etttng and Marlene a matter of using a series of voices banded altogether. At the same 

Dietrich. As heralded, she pang each fbllpwlng the ether with shert, time! they have specialized Iii 'a 

with a slight accent, but a -most Plthy excerpts ' climaxing ' with the form of comedy, exaggeration raised 

engaging one liApressIng - more M^Paneser declaration that the; re- to the. borderline of lunacy, that 

Dletrlchlsh than Etting, and readily PO":' Jhe diary of five .men on l^s^^certalnly^ the ^^^^^^ mood to 
establishing herself as a corking a fortnight In the Orlent.'^^^ , r'''Al'^f„°'th2 

entry for the mike. She possesses the | ^ Viscount Snowden's Xvlthdrawal ; - As to ^^he talents of East and 
viennegA allure Which the brellin- Ramsay MacDonald's support .Dumke there is. and can be, no 

7na?y iMucforTes tend to^^c^^^^^^^^ ^^fni'^'^'^'i^^ *° ^",1 ?^^rr?hev'v?b«eS^t^«r'r J^r^,^^^^^ 

for h«r and noncra such aa 'Elne ^^'^ and thence to the present. Well more, they ve been there for a long 

Klelne ReW (whicr CoM^^^ staged . thrpughout. time. 'They , are wholly relaxed and 

dlttv Incidentally should s""*" concern and smacking sagacious examplars of the fun cult, 

ditty, »ncIdentally^_should^tch on I j^g^^jjjj^^^^^ ^^j^^^ j^^^pj thi « the Armour program Is bver- 

publisher, -was a scenb of slight East and, Dumked this reaction 
dramatic value taken from the springs from a sense of getting 
resurrected memolrs of ah obscure J vei^y little else. There , was no par- 
composer lonii < dead and" little | t*eular criticism to be made of their 
kno-wn. .These memoirs have just '"^.terial. Much of it was gpod, 



in America) and Herman "Hupf eld's 
new 'One More Night,' also of a 
sort of Continental vintage, are I 
made to order for her. . In the lat-- 
ter, Vallee dueted with Miss Keller, I 



the crooner again substantiating the u""""' hiTai^^^^^ k„ 
popular consensus that yoicel^^^^^^^^^^^ ^y^^^ ^^^^^ , 



has Imprbyed. 

A RublnofI arrangement of : col 
leglana was split up Intb two por 
tlons, the first halt of which pre 
ceded Jesse Block and Eve Sully's 



none of It was bad. 

Roy Shields orchestra Is . held 
down to a few straightaway nuni- 
bers, mere pauses as was likewise 
a male quartet, between East and 



Moines was minimized and Hoover's | 
receptions along the rbute smart-r 

eneij up quite a bit. Piece de re- . - , , . ^, , 
sistence was the hand clasp worth P'"'"'^® ^■^"'"hling dialog; 
. a million Votes between Al Smith From report what Armour's had 
advent. That this team has been and Roosevelt. Actor Impersonating M" ™*"^ ""'''■''. *he Pepplng up of their 
doing the same type of Burns and Smith wias perfect." 'Purge' became P''!'*^'^*'^™ through East and Dumke. 
Allen comedy In vaudeville — ^wlth | 'poige' in unexaggerated fidelity to ^°y^ wfere to be the ketchup to go 

the original. Land. 'w^lth the pork sausage. Yet the 

sample as taated seemed mostly' 
ketchup. Essentially the program 



the same author, Al Boasberg, writ 
Ing for both— Is, of course, some- 
thing which the average auditor 



ining wmcn me average auaiior < |AU|j|k|v u a pt im uv^i i vufnAnr - r.*^* viv/b>ci.t.. 
isn't expected to know. The analogy Sf^^.^'Ski/^- I '"^ ^ast and Dumke Instead of 



to B&A Is Inevitable, and while the 
styles are the same, that wouldn't 
be so bad It Block and SUlly's ma- 
terlal were better fortified. That 



being the Armour program -with 
East- and Dumke. That's hair- 
splitting^ perhaps, but Important. 
What needs to be done Is to get a 



In 



feature as it develops, although the 
start was rather alpw. Abel. 



COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York ' 

When the weekly halt-hour mix 
'Hune Ind ^iytype"orBBiBe"^e\^^^^ ^to ""IwHoS I balanced, less one-sldedVo- 

must be familiar by now to many, ^"""ff'i^i'^,^,^"^" ^ram 

. , . i , *o serial idea on a five-evenlng-a- If t...„.„^.„ „ b--— 

Lou Gehrig was^ appropriately week clocking, retaining the central instead ot a half hour practically 
heralded by T^e Me Down to the character of the previous session, everything that haa been said would 
Ballgame as a theme. Gehrig was ifs the vaude performer, who, in be Invalid. There Is probably a, 
okay, although he sounded either the new continuity spasm. Is slated valuable hint In classifying the 
In love with Babe Ruth or his press- for a series of adventures In Holly- Armour prbg^am as It stands as 
agent. H6 certainly put It on about wood. an entertaining 16 minutes ot East 

the Babe, but that was an right. First quintet of episodes has him and Dumke stretched over 30 min 
too» on the way to the picture colony, | utes. , Land. 

Soma more ot Yallee's Cbnnectl- surrounded by his manager-p.a. and 
cut Yankees with their cblleglana, an oldtlme character actor, doing ai ueDcniTu wii bam BA^in 
and then a rather unusual harmony stooge assignment. With the In- 2^,I5iiijl„ wii.»ofi band 
trio, the Randall Sisters, Shirley, tent of the story obviously comedy, I wJZ Nftw YopIc 
Ruth and Bonnie. They're from these first five scripts not only Im- r^„lJ7 ir-fl,,lll_f_i .^,.*fi* „-( 
Tennessee and their drawl comes pressed as a washout In that direc- i„!l°^*?"^^ 
over the air In great style, and tion, but. gave little promise of ^ 

smacks the auditor right off the popularity possibilities as far as the ^iBnenaih^ aw/iim^^^ 
first syllable. It'^s quite appealing, theme selected was concerned. I^d P,"°'Vf,-?^^^^ 
besides which their harmonics are playing the manager-p.a. part in- l^^^^ outfit following the ee^^^^ 
ultra. Paul Whiteman heard them Jects a lot of excitement Into hla L.outine of the average dance pro- 
from a Memphis station and lines, but most of this sounds forced —^m But there's nothing com-' 
brought them to New York. Val- because there's nothing about the' ■» 
lee mentioned Whiteman In this I plot and the general ado to get ex- 
connection, 'I elted about. 

'Dodo* Hupfeld, as Vallee, f am- Each episode takes ten minutes ^ _ _ 

lUarly calls the songwriter, again and the balance of the quarter-hour dance bands lack. In fact Wilson 
came In for a name arid song plug segment goes to Dr. Royal S. Cope- but further eniphaslzes what seems 
with a novelty, 'Anybody's College formerly air salesman, for to be avowing difference between 

Song.' Then followed Otis Skinner, Cream of Wheat and PUlsbury AtlantliTand Pacific orchestras. The 
who mentioned his recent 'Merchant I Flour, for testimonials on the J line of demarcation is that the boys 
of Venicb' tour with" Maude Adams 1 Stance products, Mistol arid Nujol. on the other' coast are trying, 
of 30 weeks this past season, as "What the Senator has to say sounds There's ample evidence that com- 
prelude to a snatch of Shake- authoritative. Odec. merclals will sooner or later find 

' — ■ — this out.. It's to be particularly 

MUSIC DOCTOR noted in the case ot Wilson. 

Josef Hornik. Orch. | . Copibinatlon is obviously com 

Sustaining I posed ot competent musicians, be 

KGO, San Francisco sides which their arrangements are 



monplace about the renditions. 

Originating In San Francisco, * 
these orchestrations - come cross-, 
country with a lilt that most radio 



a prelude to a 

speare, preceded by a bit from Booth { 
Tarklngitori's 'Mister Antonio.' 

In between all this, besides the | 
Vallee music^ the Flelschmann med- 
ico authorities spieled their stuff I 
In dialect- and otherwise, with 
ghost- voices personating the Vlen- | 
nese savants or New England testi- 



SINGING GROCERY BOY 
COMMERCIAL 
WGY, Schenectady 

New thrice-weekly 16-mlnute 
morning broadcast sponsored by a 
chain-store concern. Grand Union. 
Consists bf songs by an unnamed 
tenor, and food talks by Mrs. Alice 
Lee Underwood, -with advertising 
spiels by Announcer Chet Vedder. 
Tenor has a good voice. Better 



TED MACK'S ORCH 
Sustaining 
KOA, Denver 

A newcomer to NBC, Ted Mack 

holds a 30-mlnute spot with his. , ^ .„ ^ - « » 

Brown Palace orchestra and the erade ballads are backbone of pro 
Harmonettes (Lefholts Sisters). 1 eram. 
Girls are what their name Implies 
and noticeiably different from the 
general run of femme trios, 



Ma.ck vocalizes several numbers 
with the orchestra dim in the back- 
grbund and in this sticks to his 
usual quiet, unaffected -way that has 
made him a favorite with theatre t 
goers locally. Lorn Wallace, Bill 
Blakely and Larry Duran give their 
combined interpretation of a senti- 
mental number and help to round 
but a nicely balanced program. 
Orchestra suggests an air of refine- 
ment In dance rhythm. 



Mrs. Underwood, who gives the 
usual information on recipes, etc., 
has a pleasing voice, and is without 
that brassy manner noticeable . in 
some veteran household experts 
Her talks are brief. Offers to send 
listeners recipes, or they can go to 
the stores for them. Asks for sug- 
gested topics. 

In addition to a theme plug open- 
ing and closing, there la quite a lit 
tie direct advertising, including 
mention of prices, by announcer 
Program, however, carries a quiet, 
class atmosphere. 



In Joe Hbrnlk NBC has not only a Intricate and tuneful without fall- 
baton swinger, but the posseissor of ing into the error of over-orchestra- 
a mighty funny dialect. Through tion. Kennedy is a pleasing tenor 
the loudspeaker Hornik's thick who slips in for a chorus or two 



monlallsts, -whp expound on the yjennege brogue Is good for plenty on about every other number, 



yeast. Vallee also made a brief 
mention of being rushed into a pic 
ture, this probably as a squarer for 
his n.s.g. 'Vagabond Lover' RKO 
picture, 

Withal, it's a pip radio hour. Per 
sonallties will be shifted weekly, ac 
cording to Vallee's announcement, 
he, and not Graham McNamee, do- 
ing the m.c.'lng In the main. With 
the dropping of Olsen and Johnson 
also went McNamee on this pro- 
gram. Idea Is to bring to the mike 
people in the news of the moinenti 
hence the cbmlrig-next-week variety 
talent isn't set until a few days 
prior t6 each broadcast. AieL 



did. 



Ruth Betz Back at WBBM 

Chicago, Oct, 10. 

Ruth Betz after three months at 
ICMkDX, St. Louis, returned last 
week as Steve Tnmibull's assistant 
a,t WBBM. 

Dorothy Gardiner, who pinch hits 
In the' Interlum, wlU do tre» lanoe 
continuity worth 



In 'Music Doctor' Hornik Is sort 
of a. musical Beatrice Fairfax, 
answering mailed queries with mu- 
sical numbers. It's a play on titles, 
Jerry Kllgore, announcer, feeding | 
the questions, and Hornik answer- 
ing with tunes following. It's the.i 
doc's dialect . that sells the half | 
hour. Boch. 



BABOLENE BOYS 
Songs 

COMMERCIAL 



THE WILLOW TREE' 
With Charles Wakefield Cadman, 
Nellie Richmond Eberhardt, 
Muriel Wilton, Fred Hufsmith, 
Veronica Wiggins, Theofortf 
Webb, Ceaare Sodero's Orch. 
Opera 
Sustaining 
WEAF, New York 

At 10:30 p.m. E.S.T, Monday night 
(3)— it was 9:30 p.m. in Chicago at 
the time, from whence the composer 
and librettist spoke— the world 



WRR, Dallas 

This trio is making a pretty Job.l , ^i'^'-^^ ie^^^ 

of the Mills brothers' style, Includ- P'-^^'^^r^ it 

ing orchestra effects. Go on *or I*"'^''^' ^^^^ '^^^^ import 

brief 15 -minute Sunday spot with I J'Jf^ ^ «ttV.„Htv 
=rii,.if„<ii<. than m actuality 



pletLsing assortment bf spirituals 
and pops, plus guitar accompani- 
ment, 

Program footed by Babcock Bros., 
auto supplies, and annbunber re 
moves ia.ll doubt thereof. Cuts In af 



Charles Wakefield Cadman com- 
posed it and Mrs. Nellie Richmond 
Eberhardt wrote the libretto, such 
as it was. Muriel Wilson, soprano; 
Fred Rufsmlth, tenor; Veronica 



moves all doubt thereof, cuts m ai-- wiecina contralto and Theofore 
o£ entertalnnient, ■ RuOg. I (Continued on page «0) 



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pii 1iM,aiir f<6t ,flie flnt time, or ^rainiiig oomffiercfftHy' 

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■ , TBTOAT; OCT. W 

'Elgin Adventure Club' , (N^C). 
Slglh Naiioii^al Wiktcl^ Co. ttJi'esents 
•$1oyd Olbbbna Itbr/ll Wet^s over k. 
iiopkup taking th'd bacilc red, the 
- inorthwest, southeast, eptitli-ilientral, 
jioutb>7est mountain ,and orange 
UnkB and EFI>S and KTAR. . Origr 
Inatine: from WJZ", N, "Si, f rijih 10.80 
ip 10.45 p. nil., EST. , 

SUNDAT, OCT. 1« ; : 
- 'Fond .Recollections' (CBS). Dr. 
Miles lAlioratorles (AlkaSeltzer) 
ftponfiors this one. with Frederic 
Jiandls, the 'Hbosler Editor/ Oer- 
triide IiUtBli BOprano; Four TJorse- 
men Quartet, and a studio coinbo. 
-Originating WBBM; Chicago, 8.46 
Jo 4 p. m., CST. 

. SUNDAY, OCT!; ?? 

.'Fred Allen's Biixh Tub . Revue' 
(GBS)t Lln^ sponsors ,thlp Aev, se- 
ries over 60 stations; with Fred Al- 
Jcji, his wife. Pprtiand Hofta and 
IjOuIs Katznian's . orchestra. Origl- 
Tiatlng from WABCk N. ;T., 9 to 9:80 
• p. m., EST.- I. ■ ■ ■ • 
; THURSDAY, OCT; 27 

'Whitman's MeTodiers' (CBS). Jack 
Jperiny's band and' vQfiallsts spoh- 
■eored- by 'Stephen' F.' Whitman & 
Son, 'candy maiViifacturers. Orig- 
inating from WABC, N, T., 8.46 to 
9 p. m., EST. 

■ iSUilDAY,' OCT. "SO ' 

'Qanada Dry Revue' (CBS). Can- 
ada Dry Ginger Ale debuts Its show 
on- this network with Jack Benny 
and the Ted Weems band, over 
the basic . network and outlets In 
Montreal, Toronto, Minneapolis and 
Atlantic City. Originating from 
"WABC. N. Y., Sundays from 10 to 
10.30 p. m. and Thursdays from 
.8.16 to 8.46 p. m., EST. 

Reilly New Sales Head 
For Don Lee Coast Chain 

Lios Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Frank " J.- Rfeilly, . former vlce- 
prosldent of the now defunct Amerl- 
.can Broadcasting Company, hajs 
been appointed general sales man- 
ager for the Don I^ee Coast CBS 
chain. He will operate from KHJ 
here. 

Previous to . his ABC . afflliatlon, 
Beilly was attached to . the adver- 
tising ofllces of . the New York 
fTlmes* and Brooklyn . 'Standard 
Union.' 



Mex. City Air J.am 

Me.xlcp city, Oct.. 7. 

Ministry of Communications and 
Public Works has started to- en- 
force recent regulation that' local 
tiroadcast stations must plaice their 
totudlos outside the city limits. 

Numerous complaints were ter 
celved of static resulting from too 
many broadcasts at th6 same time 
In a limited and crbvirded. ^ea. 
Various radio ent^rprlijek hav$ ap- 
plied to district courtViiFor injunc- 
tions against Ministry's -action. . . 



17 Anhounpt^s . 

San Francisco; Oct. 10. . • 
Bringing the list of announcers 
up to 17,- liewls Xacey and Dresser 
Dahlstead" were .add€;d .to . iNBC's 
staff this week. '■. '. ^ '■ ■. ■ 
.. Laccy. formerly: . managed KYA, 
later .doing a program on KFRC, 
and Dahlstead was- p*e"^Iously KYA 
spieler. ■ 



WHITETSVLEUtKON OWN 

Chliago, 0<it. 10. 
Radio pi-od action partnersjiip be- 
tween Bob WhitJe' and^.!An^reaa•Sul- 
kirk formed last J^iiiuary will, be 
eevertd Nov. 15. At- that time White 
will establish a separate - office and 
BulUlrk will continue, to- operate Ra- 
dio Prbgrajn Service. ' . 

Sulldrk "handles llousiiiiold 'Fl- 
. nance. White has 'Brown Stoiie 
Front' and 'Cy and Mlrandy,' both 
tor standard Oil, and 'Roses and 
Drums,' - the. Union Central radio 
• program. 



Bobby Brown Fit Again 

Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Restored to normalcy after ?. 
nervous breakdown Bobby Brown 
is back at WBBM here. He let the 
tension relax for seven weeks. 

Brown returns as stage director 
for the 'Myrt and Marge' skit which 
he launched over CBS. Brown is 
not working at his otlior .«!!<1eline of 
announcing. 



GUMAN, SAXTON EAST 

yan Francisco, Oct. 10. 
■ Don Gili>iftn, V.p. and western 
manager of NBC, and A. H. Saxton, 
chief engineer, are spending Octo- 
ber in New York. 

After series of cohCerenocn and 
plan, inspections there they will re.- 
turn. here Nov. 1. 



RADIO AUCTIOM 



Minneapolis • station's Ether CMin* 
- terpart of Theatre Idea 



' Minneapolis, Oct. lOt 
.' -The 'theatre auction;' promotional 
stunt In many a theatre, has "been 
adapted by WRHM here, indie 
broadcaster operated by the Minne- 
sota Broadcasting Corp. It'.s a tie- 
in with local merchants who issue 
'WRHM Prosperity Money, in the 
form of scrip with purchases at the 
Icical stores. It is ■. not a means for 
the station to raise money for Itselfi 

WRHM, of which L. B. Miller Is 
manager, does not conduct the aud- 
tlon. It's done under the sales main- 
agement of whichever- Urm pur- 
chases time over WRHM. Station 
has nothing further to do -with the 
scheme, it being strictly a local 
merche^nd igln g and promotional idea 
'although :Wbhm lends its facilities. 
In general co-operation with the 
mierchants for its regular comm^r.. 
olal rates.' 

Auctions are held twice dally apd 
hit-ve been In force since Sept. 122 
and to - run, until Nov. 22. . The sbrip 
is used like, cash In bidding for, the 
articles. 



Rival L A. Statkns 
JaDi Up Each Other ; 
And Themselyes, T(Hi 



Washington, Oct. lOJ • 
Two Los Angeles stations may 
lose their . license^ as a result of 
efforts to oust each other, from the 
air. Report of the chief examiner 
to Radio Commission, unique in the 
Commission's history, is part of a 
determination to drive astrologers 
and soothsayers oft the ether. 

KTM and KELW, sharing the. 
same^ wave length but commercia,! 
rivals, submitted simultaneous pe- 
titions for full time, each claiming 
other's service was unsatisfactbry. 
Examiner heard both arguments 
and recommended that neither re- 
quest be granted. 

Testimony developed . that both 
stations- were using soothsayers and 
were off. the. air periodically. Rie- 
sult was a recommendation that 
each be refused renewal of liceni^e. 



Mexico Wire Cos. Ask 
Niews Broadcast Ban 

Mexico City, Oct. 7.: 
Mexican broadcasting stations -will 
be prohibited frona Including news 
dispatches in their nightly pro- 
grams if Federal government ap- 
proves a petition made it by Na^ 
tlonal Telegraph Lines. Lines com- 
plain that radio' cuts heavily Into 
its k-eyehu'es as newspapers here "and 
in the provinces' eliminate tele- 
graph tolls by getting, tbeir: stories 
via ether. . ■ 

The government reportedly favors 
Lines and as press messages ai-e big 
factors in' enabling Lines to be self- 
supporting, it is . deemed likely that 
labdQ . will so go on radio . news 
bulleti^is. .... 



Ban Francisco, Oct. 10. 
lf«twork radio exec stepping 
Into a new Job last week got a 
bunch of dahlias- froih an as- 
piring group- of Instrumental- 

.IStS, . . jj^^; -., 1 • 

Accompanying card bore the 
mesf^ge: 

'Congratulations. And don't 
forget -Uio best trio On the 
Coast* • 



Coast Broadcasters 
^ Aid to 

Fiien|ly Candidates 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Local radio stations are going into 
politics, with the intention of sup- 
por'ting oAly those conjgressiohai and 
senatorial candidates :wh6' will work 
for- radio's interests .at Washing-: 
ton. ■■ . ' ■ ■ ■ 

.Through the Broadcasters' Asso- 
ciation,- all candidates are being 
asked to define- their stand on pro- 
posed ether leglslatioh. Intent is to 
da,mi>aign pve): the radio; just before 
el4ctlohi plugging . tho^e. candidates 
-whom the sta,tlon owners feel are 
friendly to the ^ir, : . 

While Individual stations are re- 
strained uiider the Federal Commls- 
8i6n'e rules from Entering thid fleld, 
no objection has. been encountered 
to an organization, such as the local 
broadcasters' society, from going 
political oviBr the air; 



N6C Lmded Ujp with Vocalists, 
Palming Tm Off on Orchestras 



KELLOGG'S VOLTAGf 

3 • Way . Campaian Centered 
Peoria 



in 



NBC WANTS WMAL AND 
SOHEpCKACnON 

Washington, Oct. 10. 

Having failed In its effort to talk 
business with WMAL, present local 
outlet for Coliimbia, NBC is giving 
up negotiating for the. station, un- 
less terms are right. WMAL goes 
off CBS Oct. -20 when that network 
opens its new 10,000 watter, WJS'V',' 

NBC, seeking second outlet here, 
has a -standing /offer of straight 
lealse to WMAU; ''■'?l*lari is to operdte 
two stations frdm' .one set of stu- 
dios at a- 26% Increase in overhead. 
WMAL wants to keep its manage- 
ment and its present studios, mere- 
ly taking NBC's blue, network stuff. 

WMAli . hoped to make a go of 
Independent operation by picking up 
local clubs and hptiels at nominal 
rates, but NBC took these away by 
paying all «Iin» . charges Itself on 
these accounts. . 

Local atipposltibn Is that WMAL 
may have to accept' NBC terms un- 
less an arranigement can be 'made to 
buy and spot' the station as a Dixie 
network outlet for Columbia, 



Chicago,. Oct. 10. 

kellpgg's Corn Flakies conducted 
a nierchandizlng experiment t-. In 
Peoria, 111., for three days last ^eek. 
Objective was . to see if it coyld 
clean out every grocer's ahelf in the 
town- oVer the week end. ' 

. Special radio programs- over. 
WMDA, Peoria, were (augmented .by 
IQO nepn signs shipped .to the 'to\yn 
and thriee full pages in each of the 
dailies, 'Joiirnal - Transcript' , :and 
'Star.' For bait Kellogg's .offered 
thi-ough WMDA a 'jungle book'' cal- 
culated to appear to kid's. ' 

' P.ebrla experiment w;in (guide Kel- 
lpgg's in. formulating its.' radio.: pro- 
gram for the future.. It's one -of the 
most high-powered merchandizlni^ 
projects in some time and It fraaned 
to use all mediums of e^cploitatlon/ 
including tie-ups. Any rivalry- be- 
tween radio and newSpajiers' is 6b- 
via}.ed by .making them allies. ' . . 

Denied Slice of A^ 
All Coasters But KFl 
Refuse P^s f(Hr Opera 

, Los Angelesj Oct. 10. 
. Claiming discrimination in its ad- 
vertising, all local radio stations, 
with the excepti»/i : of KFI, have 
agreed to refuse etherizing the 
usual plugs . for the Los Angeles 
opera season, which opened last 
week. 

"Last year, stations say, they gave 
free blurbs to the opera, -With the 
understanding that this year they 
would receive a slice of the adver- 
tising. .Spending $1,200 for ] news- 
paper space, opera promoters re- 
fused- to :.abide by the former prom- 
ise and >kick <ln $600 to the Broad- 
casters' association fund. Which 
Would have meant plugs on'all sta- 
tions. ' 



Whiteman for Bnich 



Paul 'Whiteman returns to a com* 
nierc/al spot on NBC Oct. 24. Spon- 
sor, again is General Motors, but 
this tlm.e the program's plug will 
be tied up with Bulck. 

N^W Monday night clocking will 
run from 9:30 to 10, with the con- 
tract both for time and talent call- 
ing for a minimum of 13 weeks. 



WOKO's Artist Bureau 

Albany, N. t., Oct 10. 

WOKO, local station, has added 
new department, an ajtists bureau, 
to book entertainment for clubs, 
societies, etc. 

Station takes one hour on the 
air at night to advertise the bu- 
reau. 



BEABD B07S BACK 

'Trade and Mark' return to the 
NBC network Nov. 13 with Billy 
Hillpot and Scrappy Lambert.again 
singing on the Smith Brothers ses- 
sion, with Nat Shilkret and a 10- 
plece setup furnishing the musical 
background. ' . 

Contract specifies a 12-sta.tion 
hookup each Sunday evening over a 
period of 20 weeks. 



Pohtiac's Own: Program 
On NBC for 26 Weeks 

Pontiac, the first of the General 
Motor group to play network away 
from NBC, starts on Columbia Jan. 
6 With a half hour-program framed 
around Colonel . Stoopnagle and 
Budd, a 26-plece ' orchestra under 
Andre Kostelanetz and a mixed 
chblr of 16 voiced. 

Contract, setting aside a. Thurs- 
day evening . niche running from 0 
to 9:30, guarantees the network and 
the talent on the. show a minimum 
of 26 weeks. Stoopnagle and Budd's 
previous commercial assignment 
was for Procter & Gamble. 



French Radio Imptorts - 
Under Trade Control 

Paris, Oct. 1. 

Import of American radio equip- 
ment in France Is only permitted 
on specia.1 licenses which are issued 
in haphazard fashion. 

An American icohferehce here has 
just adopted system by which dis- 
tribution of licenses among Amer- 
ican manufacturers will be regu- 
lated according to definite principles, 
thus preventing future abuses and 
trafllc in licenses by unauthorized 
persons. 



WIVIRJ Loses License 

Jamaica, L. I„ Oct. 10. 
Federal Badio Commission has re- 
fused to renew.5the license of WMRJ 
hp)-e. .Station Is owned 'by Peter J. 
Prlnz. 

ricason for denial 1« that station 
failed to keep its equipment in 
proper condition. 



Frisco Daily Selling v.! 
. Program Lasting Aids 

' . San Francisco, Qct..lOi. 
' Dally 'Chronicle' is out, after, dis- 
play .Bjpace to make its radlp. section 
a paying proposition. . Sheet i bias 
laid out Its program listings to. in- 
clude . one- inch -announcements, by. 
stations and sponsors. Priced at 
13.06 ah inch. 

'Chronicle' formerly was part 
owner of KPO, which -was . sold to 
NBC. several moiithij ago. Daily's 
radio department is limited to pub- 
licity notices on forthcoming pro- 
grams, with no art -work accepted. 



Confronted Xvlth the difficulty of" 
finding enough sustaining spots to 
take care of its contract vocal tal- 
ent, NBC's artist service has de- 
cided to farni out the singers to 
bands on the network's pickup 
schedule. Through this alternative, . 
the bureau' figures, it will fulfill its 
buildup obligations to the artists 
and at the same time gtye the ac- 
commodating orchestra a chance to 
cut - in on the singer's future in- 
come.' . . . .. 

With the available sustaining 
frames, becoming scai'cer as the 
cpmmierclai selling season advances, 
the network finds 'itself , loaded up 
with singei's of 'all descrrptlons, but 
ho spots. ' "I , . 

One com-se o.f,,the jam has jbeen 
the con\pe1;itiqn betwecLn the. chain's 
artists' service and program - de-r 
partment in ' ptcking thjem. Each 
department 'seeins to be put to dis- 
cover the i^ext Vallee dr Kate Smith. 
Thrdugh the' ; pas,t. summer when 
t^here .was Uttie to' dp but hold an» 
dltions for promising material, both 
the program .falction: and the- art- 
ists'- ser-irlce 'signatured one candi- 
date for ether famel after another, 
with practically, ^l these coqtractfs 
putting upon the. network the bur- 
den pf finding* a- sustaining release. 
■ tfrchs Cut 
Proposition wltli Which the net- 
work is now approaching ' band 
leaders, assures these combos so 
.many pickups from their hbtel or 
cafe spots a night or week as long, 
as the. NBC warbler novitiate stays 
with the orchestra. As for salary, 
the arrangement will be strictly be- 
tween the singer and the network, 
unless the orchestra makes a sepa- 
rate d^l for the use of the warbler's 
services while .not on tbe air. It 
return for tlii^, -favor to the net- 
work and. candidate the orchestra 
leader will be entitled to a percent- 
age of the vocal talent's income 
from air -or stage o-yer a period of 
a yeai*..' : : i ' ' ' ■ \ 

Same- tiling is. being done with 
s6me oi.the vocal, contractees whoi 
hiave already, garnered -some riepata- 
tion on the air and who arei aiudoild 
to get iwck t& a- national l)o.6lnip. 
First to b6 plabed under thje special 
NBC Artli8tiB'!^.".'S!5J'vice plan, .fr0m 
among the alrieady known contin- 
gent is Art Jarrett, who has jgone 
with the Don Besto'r band. 



Chevalier at $4»000;Per 

The Hague, Oct. 1. . 

Dutch broadcaster AVRO gave 
the dialers three nights of features: 
Chfevalier's performance a,t ' Tus- 
chlndky theatre, Martha Eggerth, 
the German star froni iCursaal, in 
Scheveningen and Emmerich ' Kal'- 
man, thet German operetta- composer 
from Concertgebouw at Amsterdam. 

Ttischinsky is the promoter of. 
Maurice Chevalier's short ' Holland, 
tour (one day at Anisterdam, one 
at the Hague). It is stated t'tijat he 
got $4,000 ifrom- Tuschlnsicy, ' $4,000 
from Impressarto at the Hague and 
$1«000 from AVRO. Event created 
a furore; ' 



WYUE MANAGma KGB 

San Diego, Cal., Oct. 10. 

Cameron E. Wylle is the new 
rnanagcr cf KGB, local Don Lee 
CBS station. 

He succeeds Richard- M- Rlckard, 
resigned. 



Bob French With WCAH 

. Columbus, Oct. 10. 

Bob French, Globetrotter for the 
Columbus (O.) 'Dlspatcii' for more 
than a year and a popular radio fea- 
ture in Central Ohio, has been re- 
placed at the mike by 'Tod Raper, 
radio editor of the 'Dispatch.* 

French, who was also head of pro- 
motion at the newspaper, has signed 
up with station WCAH, CBS chain 
member, .and will go in for continu- 
ities and broadcasts of major events. 
Raper takes over the Olobotrotter 
title. 



WYNN RENEWS 



'. Ed Wynn has renewed with Te*' 
aco. for 26 w>eeks more at $6,000 * 
program, the present figure. Bxtm- 
slon is effective' from the Oct 26 
broadcast.. J . ' '■ ' 

Graham McNamee will continue 
as Wyiln'a straight, the atiiiouQcer, 
for convenience, tp travel with 
Wynn's iJaugh Parade' troupe; De- 
tails of the program's musical "bacto- 
ground are to be~worked but.' 

Comnferoiail 'habh't niade up Its 
mind whiether to useiocfil s£udi'6 or-. 
chestraS or ^bntlilue the Don. Vor- 
hees. unit ori a . dbiible loop .out o< 
New' Tork. / •' . . 



Frank Buck's 13 

/ Frank Buck will dp his adventure 
narrative iact on jSTBC for A. C." Gil- 
bert, toy manufacturer,- starting 
Oct. 30, - . 

It's a Sunday afternoon Coast- 
to-Cbast hookup on a quarter-hour 
clocking for 13 weks. Episodes will 
be dramatized and carry incidental 
music. 



Lyman at Large 

Abe Lyman's orchestra works on 
the Blackett-Sample-Hummert ad 
agency programs on. a wholesale 
basis. . 

Lyman is prolifically employed to 
fit Into the B-S-H air routines, the 
band being engaged oh a more or 
less club basis to work In as the 
ad agency requires. 



La66e6 on Ether 

Birmingha;m, Oct, 10. 
La:3.sC'S Whits Of the minstrel stage 
ii,"!s in.iu'^urated a sustaining pro- 
gram over WSM, Nashville. 



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MU$I€-NITE CLUBS-RADIO 



Radio Reports 



(Continued frpm page 58) 

stuIT irom atop the Niew Amsterdam 
tlicali-c, otherwise known as the 
Times Hq. studio of the NBC, In 
New yo;k, before an invitation 
audience 

ThD cnilnent Caidman and his col 
laborator bespoke of mucli promise, 
in their pat little speechlets from 
the ^Vln(ry City. Mrs. Eberhardt 
deftly skeletonized the libretto, 
mentioning the simple love story of 
the millionaire and the working girl 
But after that somehow it missed 
fire. 

The singers warbled their solos 
and duets competently enough; but 
from the total Imprejfsllon the con- 
clusion must be tHat Interest in 
opera via the radio, whether ex- 
pressly written for it or not, seems 
rather limited. Abel. 



'SECRET THREE' 
Boy Detective Series 
COiVIMERCIAL 
WGN, Chicago 

'I never go out on a ease without 
my whistle!' 

This disclosure was made over the 
air by Snoopie, the boy detective, 
age 13; during the comment that 
followed the capture of the naughty 
hoboes who were haunting a house 
for a fee. Shoople got that brain of 
hla from bating Three Minute Oat 
Flakes, which he recommends to all 
the- other boy detectives in the 
country. 

It becomes a nice point whether 
programs of this sort inculcate the 
sort of notions that most , parents, 
In sober reflection,, would care to 
have their growlnjg boys, possessed 
of. Carried to their natural devel- 
opment, Snoopie habits could be- 
come an- unmitigated nuisance. 
Booth Tarkington once wrote a 
story about a lad who developed 
sleuth-ache and followed a myste- 
rious stranger for days, and finally 
traced him to his sinister, lair, the 
T. .M. .C. A.! , ' 

■ iSmart . aleck tendency which . Is 
eenerally suppressed in growing 
boys, 'Secret Three' makes its hero 
quite the most frightfully Inflated 
juvenile paragon since Lord Faun- 
tlerby wore out his first pair of vel- 
vet breeches. 

For a while that villain that was 
keeping Snoopie a prisoner in a box 
car sounded like Jlmnjy Durante. 
And when Snoopie finally turned 
the tables. on him, was he mortified? 
This brilliant capture ,was accom- 
plished Incidentally by the simple 
boyish stunt of tripping the villain 
as he ran. 

Although wishing to throttle 
Snoopie by delicately expelling all 
the ozone from his lungs, the vlUaln 
refrained from this radical measure 
that would have ended Snoopie 
and the radio program. Snoopie 
has such a reputation all over 
the country that to murder him 
would bring every policeman in tlie 
U, S. A. on the villain's trail, and he 
trembled at the thought. 

Three Minute Qats stands ready 
to exchange the shells of two car- 
tons for one of those whistles. Thus 
equipped any kid can go out on a 
case. Lond 



MAUD AND COUSIN BILL 
With Vivian Block, Andy Donnelly, 

Edwin. Wragge, Ruth Wooster, 

'Georgia Burke 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 

Even with the Booth Tarkington 
name it is doubtful whether this one 
will bring the mothers and the kids 
consistently clamoring to the loud- 
speaker. Written with a keen un- 
derstandih!? of kid behavior and 
overtones of whimsy, the seri&l has 
a flock of appealing elements, but 
these are squeezed dry of dt'amatlc 
and humorous possibilities by inept 
production. Responsible for the di- 
rection of this Wednesday and .Sat- 
urday morning contribution by the 
A. & P. stores is Winifred Lenihan, 
actress and director of the Theatre 
Quild Dramatic School. 

Not- only does it show a bad case 
Of miscasting, but that the director 
did not give the script a distinctly 
mike interpretation. With the ex- 
ception of the girl in tlie Maude 
role (Vivian Block) the children In 
the cast race pell mell through their 
parts. • stumbling over the lines, 
mauling up the words and generally 
giving the impression that the ver- 
bal cascade poured into the mike 
means nothing to them but a chore 
that must be got over with as 
quickly as possible. It's not thei 
sort of stumbling that comeis from, 
conveying natural kid excitement, 
but perhaps from the director's 
failure to instill in the players* some 
clear conception of what it's all 
about," Among other things, the 
diction all arouiid and the. pacing 
of the dialog could stanSi a lot of 
improvement. 

Miss: Leniiian could perhaps gath- 
er some idea of how kids can be 
eftectively handled before the mikef 
by:tunlng In on one of the 'Skippy' 
series. . . 

Episodes of the Tarkington aflCair 
run 10 minutes. Remaining slice of 
the session Is taken up with the 
'Judge Gordon' and 'Colonel Good- 
body'- exchange of recipes and 
chatter on current A. & P, count- 
er specials, Odec. 



HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT 
with Frank Hazzard, Nina Mae 
McKinney, Blanche Bow, laham 
. Jonea Orch. - -r 
16 Mina, 

WMCA, New York 

Snappy quarter hour of institu 
tlonal plugging for the Hollywood 
restaurant, with Frank Hazzard, 
tenor, doing two numbers, and Nina 
Mae McKlnney and Blanche Bow 
each contribing a sizzling hotcha 
ditty, Isham Jones orchestra mere- 
ly accompanies, as this CBS-booked 
band has its' innings in more dis- 
tinguished manner over another pe- 
riod oii CBS, - . 

The WMCA announcer goes in for 
a little spieling on behait of the 
Hollywood but it's not overdone and 
the four numbers Just about rounds 
out a quarter of an hour. Abel. 



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Not InkpoMible with' This Catuloirue 
riwVY, FIDDIiE, PLAY 
X'IRB IN My HEART 
TOM THUMB'S DRUM ' 
\\F,\,l.-E OF nARCELOMA 
3II.S.SISSIPPI RIVER 
(Keep oil Croonlh') 

Mew Vanoe OrcIiestrutionH 
40c Each; Any 3 for $1,00 
.No Free Copies 

Edward B, Marks 

3IUSIC CORPORATION 
8«« W. 46TH ST,, NEW YORK 



JACK DUNN 

and HIS OBCHESTRA 
8Sth Week, Bainbow Gaydens 

lOS ANGELES, CAMF. 



INSPIRATION PROGRAM 

Violinist and Talk 

COMMERCIAL 

WCAO and WFBR, Baltimore 

This program Is an example of 
the new trend in radio, that of 
doubling programs over two net- 
works, more than one station, in 
order to get more complete cover- 
age. Advertisers arei treating the 
air just as they did the publications. 
Just as they advertised In more 
than one magazine or newspaper, 
so are they ridiiig on more than 
one networlc, or more than one sta- 
tion In one city. They are, realizing 
that each station and network h{^s 
Its audienfee, and, therefore, if thiey 
wish to reach as large a potential 
audience as possible they must 
make use of these other outlets. 

Thus the local Regal Laundry is 
on >WGAO twice weekly, and 6n 
WFBR twice weekly, making It on 
the local ether four times a week at 
15 minutes jper shot. The first 
named station is the CBS afllliate, 
while the latter is on the NBC red, 
network alignment. Both' station, 
however, draw the same performers 
and same program. 
. Program is headed by Frank Git- 
tleson, one of the violin instructors 
at the local Peabody Conservatory 
of Music, and Herbert Schloss, who 
provides the inspirational talk 
which gives this program its title 
Glttleson Is an expert violinist, 
and his work Is strictly classical. 
It's l^lglv class fiddling, aimed at the 
high-tuned mob for their laundry 
biz. 

Schloss is known as the philoso- 
pher and, the poet, with the word 
'home-spun' preceding eitber tag. 
Tlie home-spun philosopheir, who 
wrinkles the ether with soft-spoken 
phraslngs and platitudes about such 
general titles as 'Laughter,' 'Love,' 
'Life,' etc. To most of the listeners 
It will pass as deep thinking and 
'my dear, so true.' Aimed right at 
the type of radio listener who thinks 
Edgar Guest is a great poet and 
Brisbane a philosopher. Schloss la 
assured of an audience locally. 

On the whole, however, a better, 
grade Of radio •pro'rram, aimed at 
the better class homes. And even 
if tlie homilies of Schloss are a bit 
piilpity, the Gittleson fiddling will 
hold them. 



THE SHADOW 
Mystery Sketch 
COMMERCIAL 
WEAF, New York 

Through a tie-in with Street & 
Smith, .publisher of 'Shadow Maga- 
zine,' the Delaware, Lackawanna & 
Western Coal Co. has the basso 
pipes with the sinister chuckle ,back 
on thfe airlanes along the feast coast 
only, to help scare the kids around 
the bedtime hour. It's the same 
old 'the shadow knows!' folderol, 
but backed up this time, judging 
from the debut script, by a weak 
collection of mystery storie.s. 

It is assumed that i31ue Coal in 
starting off the series picked out the 
best of the scripts it had available. 
First plot dealt neither with crime, 
crooks, nor Kanpstor.s, but, appar- 
ently to be oriKln.'il, picked on a 



shabbily and loosely written war 
story. In which the 'Shadow's' 
menacing Intrusions ho more fitted 
than the introduction of a Rasch 
ballet into a 'What Price Glory' 
trench scene. This initial projsram 
had an ear- tickling cast of players 
but the almless.i poorly paced and 
punchless story must have. left 
tlicm wondering what it was all 
about. 

For the use of 'The • Shadow" 
character, mention of Street & 
Smith and their mag. by that title 
is given in the credit copy. One 
'John Barclay,' described as. the 
'Blue Coal heating - engineer;' 
shoulders the plug assignment with 
a none too lengthy spiel on the 
proper way of oaring for the fur 
nace that 'gently leads tip to the 
suggestion of how the best results 
to that end can be obtained. 

Same commercial Is supporting a 
Sunday afternoon musical show on 
a CBS eastern hookup. Odec. 



ART JARRETT-DON BE8T0R 

ORCH. 
Songs and Miisie 

Suistaining . 
WEAF, New York 

This is a novel spUt-up of a half 
hour, at ll-il:3(> p. m. EST on 
WEAF as caught Oct. 6 with Art 
Jarrett, 'America's sOng' stylist,' -ac- 
cording to James Wallingford, the 
announcer, taking the first quarter 
of an hour, and' Don Bestor's nifty 
prk doing its stuff as a unit oh the 
second 15 minutes of the half hour 
allotted them. Both Jarrett and 
Bestor are Joint attractions at the 
new Silver Room of the Hotel Lex- 
ington which east islde hostelry is 
thus being put on the radio map,- 
thanks to. Its entertainers. 

Instead of Jarrett and Bestor al- 
ternating, the tenor haa'his innings 
for 16 mins., with Bestor unosten- 
tatiously accompanying musically, 
and then Bestor gets his crack at 
the ether waves for the other quar- 
ter hour. 

Jarrett has a nice thematic in 
'I Can't Tell You Why.' to self - 
guitar accomp, besides doing stuff 
like 'Beautiful,' 'Underneath the 
Harlem Moon,' etc Abel. 



MRS. VVALLACE REID 

Sketch 

Sustaining, 

KTM, Los Angeles 

Mrs. Wallace Reld displayed an 
adaptability to the mike in this 
Russian dramatic skit, which ema- 
nated from KTM, Her intonations 
were clearly defined, as wiere those 
of the rather too large cast which 
supported her. 

It was the latter phswe which was 
faulty. An overloaded cast In an 
etherized sketch becomes confusing;, 
for there is to6 little dissimilarity in 
voices to 'distinguish charabt«>rs. 
'The Scarlet Dawn' had 12 speaking 
parts and a mob. 

Clearness of reception and musi- 
cal Interludes were beneficial fea- 
tures of the broadcast of the sketch, 
written and ' directed by Edward; 
Lynn. 

ABSENT FATHER 

(Continued from page 60) 

petting of the youngsters, 'Absent 
Father* might have had an' outside 
chance. Right now it will not only 
meet .with yawns from the critics, 
but It will find small interest from 
the casuals. 

The plot concerns three young 
people, children of divorced, remar- 
ried parents. One of these par- 
ents, a gay blalde judging by all the 
references, never appears, but many 
cables from htm telling of his esca- 
pades in Paris serve to describe him. 
Another parent, a Princess by a 
second marriage, appears in the 
second act and she. too, is depicted 
as a frivolous and frolicsome in- 
dividual. 

The youngsters are presented as 
irresponsible kids suffering ' from 
their turbulent upbringing and ap- 
parently inclined to follow In the 
footsteps of their uhconve.ntional 
parents. One of the boys, 'whose real 
romance is seemingly to be . thrown 
on tlie rocics because of the horrible 
parental example, proceeds to go 
out and get pifflicated and ends the 
night by marrying a cabaret girl.- 

■The family Is horrified, biit he re- 
fuses to accede to their requests 
for a divorce because he has seen 
all the unhappiness and trouble that 
divorce has brought his own family. 
The girl in the case is perfectly 
willing to settle — for cold cash — :but 
he won't have it. The solution is 
reached, in a ludicrous third act 
scene, when the young bridegroom's 
brother, not so much through a spirit 
of self-sacrifice as through ia per- 
fect willingness to enjoy a brief in- 
terlude of love-making, takes pos- 
session of her. After that, quite 
naturally, the older b"rother con- 
sents to the divorce, the girl takes 
the cash and the original romance Is 
renewed. 

Bad acting does not help 'Absent 
Father,' although it is hard to see 
how the finest^ performances in tlie 
world could have redeemed the play. 
Edward Crandall is satisfactory as 
the boy who deliberately sets out 
to go to the dogs, and Lea Penman, 
as the Princess, has a few good mo- 
ments. Clyde Fillmore, Barbara 
Weeks, Patricia Barclay, Kathryn 
Oivney and Joseph Gotten have the 
other roles. 
'Absent Father* was staged by 



Loyal Maestro 



Chicaeo', Oct. 10. 

Ben Bernle was so loyal to 
good old Chicago he bet on 
every Series game> ' and when 
the New York mob got to the 
Loop he begged- to be taken. 

When it was ail over Bernle 
was so much in the red It waia 
visible through • his sunburn. 



STAN SMITH'S COUVERtS 
ONLY AT L A. BUTMORE 



; Los Angeies, Oct. 10. 
.Stanley Smith, picture and stage 
Juvenile, goes Into the isiltmore 
hotel, Nov. 1, with a 10 piece band. 
Combination is the first set-in for 
the KHJ talent booking bureau 
headed by Tom Lee, son of Don Lee. 
Blitmore was fonherly an MCA 
a,ccount. 

pe.al for the band is for, the cover 
charge only. He guarantees the musi- 
cians' union the men's acUaries, and 
win take the loss if any. Jimmy 
Greer's combo, current at the hotel, 
moves to the Hotel Adolphus, 
Dallas, Nov. 6. 



PARAMOUNT GRILL 

New York, Oct, 7. 
While Lou Clayton may be hop- 
ping golf courses and Jimmy Du- 
rante is nosing the Hollywood 
cameras, Eddie Jackson, who used 
to be the middle linker of the trio, 
retiirned to single here as the top 
name in this, dinner spot's show, 
which is tuned in with Ozzle Nel- 
son's CB^. band. . 

There's* a lot for the money here 
with no convert in sight. Whether 
the customers take to the $2 or $JS.60 
table de botes or not. they get 
plenty of show. Unlike the other 
dinner spots aroiind town, the un- 
clad stuff has a limit here. 

Before and after the show the 
Nelson band in the accustomed 
manner dishes dansapania and Nel- 
son's music attracts a full floor. 
Harriet Hlllyard, platinum and 
plenty s.a., aids Nelson croon some 
of the music, besides spotting a 
number or two of her own on the 
floor.. Nelson malces a likable m.c. 

Two shows nightly, one at 7:30 
and another at 12:30, calculate to 
take care of two classes of cus- 
tomers. The Cr rill's third successive, 
and continuous season. Nat Harris 
and Tony Shayne, latter a vaude 
agent, operate the. place for them- 
selves, although It's located in the 
Paramount hotel. Hotel originally 
started the. spot, but couldn't make 

it go. . ; 

•Floor show has 20 girls, about 14 
of whom make up the chorus. Their 
numbers are of the production type 
and include hip work and semU 
classlcal stuff, arranged by Flo 
Kelly, 

It may be strange for Jackson to 
be performing without his two part- 
ners and maybe stranger that he is 
performing without the convert at- 
mosphere, but his stuff hits theni 
en tliusiastically. 

Show .running around an hour, is 
plenty variable, and includes, be- 
sides Miss Hlllyardr Sylvia Slmms, 
dramatic singer; Gloria Gilbert, The 
Phantom Trio, Jackie Green and the 
Paramount Horse. The horse num- 
ber coihes from the Coast, and 
Jackie Green, -who does choice Imi- 
tations of Je?flel-Ca,ntor-Jolson, all 
In one or singly, are particularly 
bright bits. The Gilbert girl rates 
a good hand for her spins, and the 
Phantom Trio does a neat adagio. 

Room is well appointed and at 
capacity can seat 900. And it's not 
uncommon to see the place filled. 

Shan. 



PRES., S. F., DBOFS STAGE 

San Francisco, Oct. 10. 
Sam Harris, unable to get a re; 
ductlon from four operators cost- 
ing $400 weekly, ousts stage shows 
from his President Oct. 13. Going 
into 20c grind policy until the fight 
is ironed out. 



FUCK AT OFESA CLUB 

Harry Puck is. going to Chicago 
to take charge of the Opera Club 
there as a greeter and general con 
ferencler. 

Puck Is being given a third in- 
/te'rest in the swank club. 



Opie Cates and Calif ornians into 
the Cafe DeWitt, Syracuse. 

Tow Brown opens with an aug- 
mented combo at the Lido cafe, San 
ij'ranclsco, Nov. 1, succeeding Wilt 
GunzendOrfer, there for past year. 



Lionel Bevan without a great deal of 
imagination. ' Yellenti designed the 
rather attractive set. All .in all, it's 
a pretty bad play whose chances of 
reaching Broadway are poor. 



BIZ BAD, FAIR 
IS CAFES' HOPE 



. - ' 

Chicago, Oct, 10. 

Although the Dells, Lincoln Tav^ 
ern, and one or two other roa(iq 
houses did Very well over the sudm 
iner, the cafes in Chicago itself ai^ 
doing very little biz. One of th^ 
key spots dldii't draw a singly cinw 
tonier one night last week./ 

As bad as things are and as dvta 
dloua as the outlook remains, thflt 
cafes are clinging to the hope thalj 
their innings will cohte next spring 
with the World's Fair. It's the 
same hope that's buoying up the 
legits who are proportionately as 
bad off EUi the night clubs. 

Ciif es In general have kept theip 
prices at pre-slump levels and with 
the spenders, including 'the mob«. 
sters, thinking twice about expenisea 
where fornierly they were indulgent 
about such details, the patronage 
has become pitiful. 



Pitt Goes Gay 

Pittsburgh, Oct, 10. 

Wllilam Penn hotel, long a staid 
dance place, going cabaret this wln« 
ter, with a floor show and all the 
trimmings. Old Pirate Hall is being 
entirely remodeled by Jose Urban 
and is to reopen as the Chatterbox, 
with Lloyd Huntley's orchestra^ 

It'll be the only hite spot in town 
gathering a convert,, with $1 on 
week nights and $1.50 on Fridays 
and Saturdays. 



JOE IS wAiTma 

San Fra.nclsco, Oct. 10. 
Musicians' union had a sheriff at 
the Roof Garden Cafe the other 
night when the night spot didn't 
have over $600 to pay Joe Wright 
and 10 musicians. 

Place didn't open so Joe's wait'* 
Ing for his dough. 



June Knight in Club 

June Knight, who's been, playing 
vaude with Lou Holtz, . opens to> 
night (Tuesday), at the El Garron 
Club, l>Iew York. De^te waw ar- 
ranged by Joe Rifldn of Leo MOr* 
rison's eastern office. 

Negotiations are proceeding with 
Metro for a film try on the Coast 
for Miss Knight. 

Georges'' > Fontana, - formerly of 
Moss, and Fontana, and Anna Lud- 
mila, Deslys and Clark and. lieoni 
Belasco Orchestra also open at the, 
Garron. Ramon and Rosita, tha.; 
dancers, operate the spot. 



"Undcnieath the Harlem 

Hoon" 
"We're Alone" 
"Ah, But IVe Learned" 
"When rm Sippin' a Soda 

With Susie" 
"Who'd Believe" 
"I Cannot Tell You Why" 
"You're a Symphony of love" 

DeSYLVA, BROWN 
& HENDERSON, Inc. 

745-7th Ave., New York 



VOC DIAr,B0TICIAN8t 

Liet«n to the German Band 

(By Oordoii and Ravtl) 
■ A itrat comedy fong— easy to- loftf"— 
'otsr to put 0T«r— suro flr» In uif epot' 

MILLER MUSIC, INC. 
es Went 15th St, N«w Tork City, W.V. 



Tuesday* October 11, 1932 



S I c 



VARIETY 



<(1 



«r LAST WK. 
lEST IN 2 m 



' gtaeiet music bueinosiB went. Into 
^ fubatahtlal upward apur t last 
week, produclnsr the 4rst real op- 
timistic a,nd bulliali apirit among 

publiflliing and jobbing ranks 
■ftw tlie paat two or three years. 
Dealers that had let their stock rfjii 
jfown during the summer suddenly 
brought their order books into 
hfiavy play. Flock of hit songs- on 

market is likely accountable In 
im^e measure for the hefty Jump 
lii salea. 

Over the counter trend is further 
Bfibstantiate'd by the way several of 
the top sellers have been holding 
OA B.nd clicking oft surprisingly 
Uqrge increases from the call angle. 
JlIso the rapid headway being made 
by suoh newcomers to the blue-rib- 
bon six aa 'Say Tt Jen't So' (Berlin:^, 
^nd 'Let's Turn Out the Lights' 
(Hai'Riia); 'Shahtytown' la still selling 
ajtrong, while 'We JUst Coul'dn't SAy; 
Goodbye,' which nudged ' the lieitter 
oat of first place with the turning 
of the current month, is piling up 
4 probable sales record for the year. 

Ten best sheet sellers for the 
week, ending Oct 8, gathered from 
reports of sali^s - made by leading 
Jobbera, were: 

'We.. Just CouldA't Say. Goodbye' 
(JCielt-Engel). 

'In Old Shanty town' (Wltmark). 

•Say ItVlsn't So' (Berlin). 

Tut Out the Llghtsl (Hdrrts), 

•Masftuerade* (Pelst). 

•Strange Intei'luU^' (Mlher). r; , 
• 'Love Me TonighV (Famous). 

Til Never Be the Samte' (Rob- 
. bins). 

'Always the Same Sweetheart' 
(Alorrls). 
'Three's a Crowd' ("Wltmark). 



THOMPSON'S ADVENT 



Canadian Publisher- Di^trib. to Add 
Berlin ' and DeSylva 



Gordon V.. Thompson, Canadian 
publisher and distributor, is due in 
from Montreal this week to work 
out a deal for the Berlin and De- 
Sylva, Brown & Henderson catalogs. 
■ Thbihpsoh's present operating 
plana c&IIs for limiting himself to 
Ave American publishing houses' 
songs. . To date he's taken oyer for 
reprinting across the border a 
flock of 'numbers f^om Teist, Keit- 
Bngel and Donaldson/ Douglas & 
Cumble. 



. CiBtpitors Two 

' " " Washington, Oct. 10. 

Only two nite clubs will run in 
town this fall. Michel, sole repeater, 
epened Sept 23, in Thomas Circle 
■pot. Chainticler in same building, 
eperated last year as private dub, 
will be used to take care of over- 
flow from Michel. 

iR'udy Vallee will oiMh.the isilver 
Slipper, new effort located In'' Old 
Montmarte, playing three nites. 
Club sunk- $3,000 in decorations only 
Ip buck against city's tight Are law. 
Wrangle is still 'on with authorities, 
but opening is advertised for Oct. 17 



The Banans' Charges 

Salem, Mass., Oct 10. 
. Harry j. Banan of Haverhill, 
baiid leader at New Kngland dance 
resorts, has, .hit back at his. wife's 
accu.sation that he was friendly 
with other women by, filling a cross 
petition against her, .charging her 
with misconduct. Banah seeks cus 
tody of their 14-yea:r-old son. - 

.According to his wife's answer to 
th^, suit.y Banan openly boasted of 
his conquests with -women: She 
says - she found lipsticks and hair 
pins in his aMtombblie. The cou- 
ple Were married in 1912. 



MEXICANS GET KAIE ' 

Los Angeles, Oct 10. 

State labor commission succeeded 
tn getting $1,350 salary due 26 Mex- 
icans who played at the L. A 
County fair. Money had been at- 
tached by a creditor of Ann Demp- 
ster, who. booked the band. 

Charles F. Lowy, attorney, for 
the commiBsion,- filed a preferred 
claim, releasing the .sum due the 
musicians but leaving the $300 that 
Miss Dempster was to get under 
the plaster. 



Louis Connor Orch., after seven 
>n6ntl^^ at the Rice hotel, Houston, 
slated for a six month stay at the 
Kansas City Club, K. C. 



Pluggen Merge 



Detroit Oet. 10. 

In an effort to keep the boys 
off the streets this winter some 
of the local music publishers' 
representatives, c o m m o n 1 y 
called 'aong pluggers' have 
taken an office together. Each 
pays |2 a month. 

Those participating are 'Will 
Collins, ^Famous; David Silver- 
man, Shapiro, Bernstein; Julian 
Harris, Davis, Kelt A Bngle; 
Bob Miller, Feist; Harry Guy, 
arranger, and Buddy Fields and 
Gerald Marks, song -writers. 



JOE SANDERS AND WIFE, 
BANDMEN, IN BUS CRASH 



Chicago, Oct 10.' 
Joe Sanders, his wife and a couple 
of boys in the orchestra were 
badly injuredi and burned in a buis 
accident (6) on the Grant highway 
between . Stockton and Woodbine, 
111. Bus in which, they were riding 
crashed into a produce truck, over- 
turned apd broke Into flames. Most 
seriously burned of the foursome 
was William Paley, druirimer and 
cousin of the Columbia network 
prexy of the same nam'^. Faley Was 
removed to a Dubuquej la., hospital. 

Sanders and his wife were treated 
In a nearby physician's ofllce, while 
the., other members of the band? Who 
suffered only. slight injuries, went 
on to play a LaCrpsse, Wis,, date 
booked for that night. , 



SOULFUL FIDDLER BACK 

Hans Muenzer Returns to B&K, 
Chicago 



Chicago, Oct. 10. 

Sex appeal has been restored to 
the Chicago theatre symphony or^ 
chestra. Balaban & Katz has hired 
Hans Muenzer, the soulful fiddler, 
to resume as concert master. He 
has been in Europe for some time. 

Muenzer was the reason so many 
women fought for downfront seats 
in former times. He operates fiddle 
number one with a spotlight as 
often as possible. And do the dames 
sigh! 

Meanwhile, Joseph Lit tau remains 
as conductor on a more or less per- 
manent basis. 'He is still themaew<.ro 
of -the Omaha Symphony, but 
Omaha is having a lot of trouble 
getting mohiey aind until the funds 
to carry on are' forthcoming Littau 
will earn an honest penny with 
B&K. 



Disc Reviews 

By Abel Green 



VALLEtSCRIBE FEUD 
GOOD FOR PACE ONE 



Paul Whiitem.an 

A flock of corking stepology by 
the maestro lit the 1932 manner , of 
dansapation with the tunes up-to- 
the-minutes. Victor 24140 couples 
the current rage, 'Let's Put Out the 
Lights and Go to Bed,' a clever odd- 
ity by Herman Hiipfeld with a nifty 
lyric, and 'You're Telling Me.' Lat- 
ter is by Gus Kahn and Walter Don- 
aldson, an old songwriting partner- 
ship just renewed — and they're good, 
too. It's tiptop foxtrot material for 
the Whiteman manner with Ra- 
rhona and Her Grand Piah'O featured 
in 'Lights' and the P. W. Rhythm 
Boys doing their stuft in 'Telling 
Me.' 

Victor 24141 is distinguished by 
Irving Berlin's No. 2 hit of the fall 
season, 'How Deep is the Ocean 
(How High Is the Sky),' equally ais 
good as .'Say It Isn't So,' which Jack 
Fulton -vocalizes in between the 
symphonic rhythmpatioii by the 
Whltemanites, Til Follow Tou,' on 
the reverse, .is a fitting companion 
piece. Red McKenzle handling the 
vocal. 



Victor Arden-Phil Ohman 
Ohman and Arden and their w- 
chestra, but most particularly, feat- 
uring their twin planology ih the 
dance arrangements, give out the 
popular 'Hold Up Your Hands in 
the name of this Law of Love' and 
•What Did I Get in Return?' Frank 
Luther and : I^wis James doing the 
tenor vocalizing On Victor 24127. - 
No. 24133 couples tunes ffcom 
'Smiling FYices,' the short- Ji-cd 
Shubert-Fred Stone musical com- 
edy, selections being 'I StUnib.lod 
Over You and Fell in Love," with 
'There Will Be a Girl' on the re- 
verse. Luther solos in both. They're 
played in the usual sprightly 
Ohman -Arden manner. 



MAYER'S 100% 



Owns Pioneer Paul Co. Outriioht- 
Still 50-50 On Jobbing Outfit 



Max Mayer has taken over the 
complete ownership of the Paul 
Pioneer Publishing Co., whose cat- 
alog confines itself to the school 
trade. Outfit became his with the 
purchase of Maurice Richmond's 
half Interest 

Although operated through Rich- 
mond-Mayer, the Paul Pioneer Co. 
is a separate corporate entity. May-^ 
er has several more months in 
which to ilnd a partner to take over 
Richmond's half interest in Rich.- 
mond-Mayer, or if failing on Mils 
score, to liquidate the company's 
assets. 



Cleveland, Oct. ,10. 

Rudy Vallee, making personal ap- 
pearance' at RKO Palace, went on 
a rampage for two days looking for 
reporter who allegedly .. misquoted 
him. in an interview,, but left with- 
out .carrying, out his threat to 
blacken both of the offending 
scribe's eyes. Feud made front- 
page news here for thrte daiys, al- 
though it had the. smell of a pub- 
ilicity gag to insider?.- Anthony .C. 
DeCola, courtroom .reporter for 
'Cleveland Press,' covered the 
crooner's .arrival; and his reconcllla- 
Itioh with Fay Webb. 

Another reporter , claims DeCola 
asked Vallee oiily' one question dur^ 
ing'the Interview: what the Vaga- 
bond Lover thought of Russ Colum- 
bo. Crooner is said to have burned 
and cracked back at the mugger, 
who" retaliated with a scorching 
story. • , 



Freddy Martin 

This maestro from a Brooklyn ho- 
tel favors the melody foxtrot type 
of pop song, 'Three on a Match' and 
'Nightfall' are in that category. 
Martin's men liandle 'em both well 
on Columbia 2708, with Elmer Peld- 
kamp on the Vocal solo. 



' Isham Jones 

The songwriting - bandsman is 
aiibther who's proiifically recording 
for Victor, with the idea mainly to 
get' the. newer tunes on th*. wax 
pronto So thalt ' they may ride to 
popularity with the radio plugging. 
Of the following sextet, but one this 
time is by Jones arid his collabora- 
tor, Charles Newman, but their 'I'll 
Never Have to Dream Again' Is one 
of the Reason's better waltzes. 'Be- 
side the Sunset Trail' is the foxtrot 
backer-upper. Victor 24134. 

Victor 24118 is 'Everyone &ays 1 
Love You' from the Maisx Bros, pic- 
ture and 'Always in My- Heart'; 
Victor 24129 is another waltz-fox- 
trot couplet, 'Someday We'll Meet 
Again,' and the appeialing foxtrot 
ballad, 'Twas Only a Summer 
Night's Dream' by the talented Giis 
Kahn and his wife, Grace LeBoy 
Kahn. All have vocal refrains and 
all are distinguished by that fetch- 
ing rhythmic bass tempo, plus all 
the other niceties usually associated 
with an Isham Jones dance arrange- 
ment. 



Geyferj Writer of Red 
: Anthem, Dies in Paris 

.Paris, Oct. 10. 
Pierre do Geyter, 86, who com- 
posed the music of the Communistic 
anthem .'Internationale,' died in a 
hospita,! in- St Denis. 

He was bom in Lille in Northern 
France, lived as a workman, but 
later when; visiting Moscow was 
given a home in a palace by the 
Soviets as one of the fathers of 
Communism. 

Pew countries ever paid him roy- 
alties,- though his tune is univer- 
sally used by the Reds of all na- 
tionalities. 



Arrest Order foi" Lew 
Conrad in .P. A/s Suit 

: His failure to appear for exam- 
ination in: conriectibn with a judg- 
ment obtained by' his. former press 
ag'ent has resulted Jn a body attach- 
ment-being Isisued against Lew Con- 
rad, mike warbler. -Order for arrest 
was signatured by Judge Schimmel 
in City Court following a motion 
for contempt of coihrt made by the 
lawyer for the p.a„ Estella H. Kam. 
iludgment on > her salary claim 
amounts to |663. 

Conrad had been served t« appear 
for quefEitidnlng in supplementary 
proceedings Sept .27.. .W<trbler 
opened at the Statler Hotel, Boston, 
last Friday (7), . 



POWERS, SOLO 

S.ammy Stept Out of Muaic Pub. 
Partnership 



.Sammy Stept has stepped out of 
his patlnership with Dick Powers. 
Publishing' firm's name will remain 
Stept & Powers, Inc., with- Powers 
in complete control. 

In quitting the partnership one 
understanding . is that Stept will 
be. paid out of the profits accruing. 
He and Powers^ have been operating 
together since last February. Stept 
succeeded Arthur Freed in the firm 
whi.ch was originally Freed & 
t^owcrs, Inc. 



MOIUSON BALLY 

Decca plionograpli i-cc0rds of Lon- 
don is planning an internationai 
ballyhoo for 'Bravo Jim,' dedicated 
to James A. Mollison, the. English 
transatlantic flyer, when he gets 
back to New York with Mrs. Molli- 
son (Amy Johnson). 

Peter Maurice Music Co. of Lon- 
don publishes the eohg which is 
by Joseph Geo. Gilbert. 



Art Schwartz, Arlie MehlinRer 
and Luclty Wilbur, Hollywood mu- 
.sic representatives, will (ly to J-.ii- 
las Nov. 4 to attend the opening of 
Jimmy Gvier'fJ orchestra at the 
Adolphiis. 

Plantation Grill of the Muehle- 
bfich, Kansas City, reopened Oct. 7 
with Gus Arnhelm s Coconut Grove 
brche.-jtra as the feature. 



Max Steiner Acting 

Hollywood, Oct 10,' 
'Max Steiner,. Radtp. . mu.isic chief, 
puts his pan in front of the. cameras 
in 'Phantom Fame,-, playing an or- 
chestra conductor, without lines, 
but with closeups^ 

He's now referring to himself as 
'Clark' Steiner, and says if he gets 
any offers:, to ptey in westerns, he's 
going to change his name to 'Hoot' 
Steiner. 



.Osborne's Lpew Dates 

Loew has a six weeks' option on 
Will Osborne and .band following 
that singer's current four weeks' 
booking at $2,750. 

Osborne started in Jamaica, L. L, 
]a.st week. Charlie Yates agented. 



HWE AND THERE 

Organists, absent from the RKO 
Palace and Loew's in Rochester are 
back respectively, Tom Grlerson 
and J. Gordon Baldwin. 



Paddy Cliff orchestra breaking 
jump from RKO Orpheum, Minne- 
apolis to RKO, Dallas, by playing a 
week at the S. D., Corn Palace. 



Berniee Petkere, songwrltereas, 
out and about after a serious siege 
of .sickness. 



Herman Cohen, New Haven boy 
wonder, under the wing of Eddie 
Wittsteln, N. H. maestro, crashes 
tin . pan alley with, a song, 'Ever 
Kince I First Met You,' introduced 
on air by "Street Singer* Arthur 
Tr.'ify. , 



Al Evana, more than a year or- 
RaniHt at (he Fox, Allanl.i, h.'» ■ 
shifted to the Pa,ramount console. 



Oebroy Qomers — Savoy Orpheana 
Imported 10-lncher Sn Columbia 
2712 of "Good Night Vienna,' tango 
foxtrot from the foreign-made U.A. 
picture, 'Magic NIghV by the De- 
broy Somers Band. It's coupled 
with 'Voice in the Old Village Choir,' 
of American lineage but British 
copyright, played by the ' Savoy 
Hotel Orpheans. 



Don Bestor 

This orchestra leader has been ro- 
tating all over the country^ spotted 
at the various class hostelries in the 
principal keys, and doing all right 
on the. dance band situation.. He 
certainly should have a pretty good 
conception of the country's varie- 
gated dance tastes in the various 
sectors, and his sample of foxtrot- 
ology on these Victor recordings ev- 
idences a catering to the popular 
taste. Bestor is now in New York 
at the Lexington hotel on- the fash- 
ionable East Side. 

On Victor 24136, 'Sweetheart Houi' 
and 'Contented,' th^ latter Bestor'^ 
own composition, should go well 
with the dance - hounds, aa should 
No. 24136, coupling another brace Of 
foxtrots, 'I Guess It Wasn't Meant 
to Be' and 'To the Rhythm of the 
River Rhine (in Tulip Time)', which 
latter reunites Al Bryan-Fred 
Fisher as a pop songwriting team. 
Fisher has been Inactive for quite a 
while. 'Meant to Be' is another new 
Kahn-Donaldson ' number. In "^ll, 
Neil Buckley of the band vocalizes 
the choruses. 



Frank Traumbauer 

Straightfor^vard dance music, sans 
fancy frills^ by the. mu^cianly 
Frankie Traumbauer and his sizzl- 
ing band. 'Business in Q' Is a dance 
mufiieian's delight although having 
little .other appeal than for the de- 
cisive rhythmanla 'of the Traum- 
bauer instrumentalists. 1 Think 
You'ire ja Honey' is another straight- 
forward foxtrot competently per- 
formed for the- primary rhythmic 
purpose for which it's originally in- 
tended. Columbia 2709. 



Louia Armstrong 

With the dusky trumpeteer and 
rhythm sliarp on a European tour, 
'Body and Soul* and ^Shine' are 
probably holdovers from past re- 
cordings;- They're in the usual Arm- 
strong manner of heated syncopa- 
tion and very hi -ho on the maA- 
mannered vocalizing. As foxtrots, 
they're very Inspiriting on the hoof, 

Leo Reisman 

Reisman is the class inaestro on 
the Victor label. He gets those big 
show tunes assigned most often, 
this time doing the outstanders 
from 'Flying Colors,* by Howard 
Dletz and Arthur Schv/artz. 'Shine 
On Your. Shoes' and 'Alone Together'- 
serve Reisman well and he does well 
by 'em in turn. Victor 24181. 

From the pop catalogs two Car- 
men Lombardo tunes, 'After To- 
night' and. 'As Long As Love Lives 
On, both foxtrots, are likewise ex- 
pertjy dansapated under the Reis- 
man baton. Victor 24126. 



George Olsen 

The Olsenites are others who 
aren't permitted much spare time 
seemingly, what with their Hotel 
New Yorker, radio and prolific Vic- 
tor recordings. No. 24139 couples 
^Please' from the soon-to-be-re- 

^^Tn^^'^X *'*''' 'J''® Broadcast,' 
and It's Gonna Be You,' a pop. Bob 
Borger and Fran Frey air their ton- 
sils respectively here. 

•Say It Isn:t So,' the new Berlin 

fhi' ^"1** '■V?'^® Tonlghf (not 

the Chevalier sonc of the same 

l^V ^'^.r, Vlc^tpr 24m, S 
Small vocalizing; and No, 24138 

backs up 'Pink Elephants' and 'Pu^ 

Iccze! Mi:. Hemingway!* both in the 

novelty mianner, 'Elephants' may 

become another 'Horses* for Olsen 

arid 'Hcniingway- is one of those 

.4illios that may also catch on, par- 

lif'ujurly With its rnelody reminis- 

(:on;;o f r 'i:vci-ylK)(]y .Love.s a Uaby,' 

Fiey again officiates on this couplet. 



Mildred Bailey- Wayne King 

This old vocal-waltz coupling of a 
songstress and the King orchestra is 
explained by 'Forbidden Love,' the 
waltz, being more of a concert piece 
rather than for orthodox hoofing 
purposes. Not that the King ar- 
rangement isn't practical, as'tbe.Cld . 
l>andleader substantiates bis rep as 
the 'Waltz Xing'— as is his punninr 
appellation — but It's Just as .effective 
for parlor vaude purposes.. The tune 
is by Enric Madreguera, who virtu- 
ally single-thandedly 'made' bis own 
composition by plugging it on hia 
broadcasts from the Commodore hor 
tel, N. T., where Madreguem's own 
ork holds fcrthi / 

As for the Mildred Bailey, assign- 
ment 'Dear Old Mother Dixie,' not 
every songstress could boast of hav- 
ing Paul Whiteman and his orchies- 
tra to accompany -her. Whiteman's 
name is thus relegated on the label 
and Miss Bailey's ballyhooed as the 
soloist, although the Whiteman 
Rhythm Boys also pitch in oji the 
accomps. And not every maestr* 
would aecede to such relegation, 
but it's apparently in line wltli 
Whiteman's - desire not to handitiap 
her, as was more materially - evU 
dcnced when he released her from • 
personal contract so that she cas 
earn more on her own. Victor 24137 



Rudy Vallee 

Having since gone over to Coluote 
bla at more per 'side' and for better 
solo ballyhooing, this is a holdover 
Victoi- release by the Valleeites, dol- 
ing two march foxtrots, 'The Sonfk 
of the Navy', and 'To the Legion.' 
They'll never become •Maine Stein 
Songs' or 'Anchors AWeighs,' but 
they're certainly very spirited foxes 
under the Vallee baton. He also 
contributes vocally, aided by a male 
quartet. Haven Gillespie and Byron 
Gay- (where have both these former 
prolific eongsmiths been so long?) 
fashioned 'Navy,' and Vallee, with 
Hugh Mooney and Slim Letford, get. 
billing credit for the 'Legion' com- 
position. 



Radio Show Out, L. A. 
Stations Will Plug Sets 

Los Angeles, Oct. 10. 
Los Angeles wlH forego its radio 
show this fall, despite It has been an 
anntial event for eight years, con- 
ducted under the auspices of the 
Radio, and Music Trades associa- 
tion. ^ 

At , a meeting of the members ot 
the association, which comprises all 
branches of the radio industiy. It 
was decided that better results can 
be obtained by using Us own 
medium, the air, to plug its busi-: 
ness. 

A radio .set .iclliiig campaign wUl 
be organized, with fitting programs 
.'iriani<cd to go oyer all local sta- 
tions. 



62 



VARIETT 



Taee^Ay* .October 11, 1932 



and Lo8 Angeles 

"VarlrtyV Offict, 6282 Hollywood Blvd, at Vina St. (Taft BIdfl.) 
Phona Hollywood 6141 



Fanchon & Marco has changed 
title oe 'Desperate Sam/ Bert Gor- 
don unit now In San Francisco. 
From now on It's 'Tla Juana.' 



Judgment for $400, and $100 In- 
terest, wais given H. C. Llchten- 
berger, property appraiser. In Muni- 
cipal court, against Noah Beery, for 
services rendered, In 1929, 



F. li. Relnmuth suing Howard 
Seller and his wife, Marlon Hopper 
Brown Selter, for $96 worth of mer- 
chandise In Municipal court.. 



Home . theatre and David Hunter, 
manager, target of a $157.60 Munici- 



pal court action brought by as- 
signee of Ad- Vance Traiiler Service. 



Ja;ck, Gbldstone of New York 
awarded a $1,200. judgment against 
Felix Young In Municipal court on 
a note olainied signed by .Young 
when he was producing 'Top o' the 
Hill* at the Mayan. 



Frank I* De Padquale, who just 
opened the Bal Tabarlh; Hollywood 
night club, haled before /'the state 
labor commission for alleged fail- 
ure to pay $76 salary to Arthur 
Levy, press agent. . 



Ada Mae Moore, singer, filed a 
salary claim for $60 against Jack 
Martin, Hollywood vaude booker. 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y. 

(Continued from page 42) 

With a faster tempo on which the 
diction proved faulty. 

Minevitch and his Rascals .wind 
up, the Merrlel Abbott Girls dress- 
ing up for the finish. 

It's^ only Minevltch's thoroughly 
Bhowmahshlp-manned and enter- 
taining -act, plus Miss Roye, that 
saves the stage show from being 
the poorest down here In a long 
time. 

: RublnofE, with his exaggerated pit 
direction of ^'Victor Herbert Melo- 
dies,' held over,, and there are four, 
clips on the Paramount News In the 
ifiole between feature and presenta- 
tion. 

Pir seems to have greatly over- 
doiie its trailer on 'The Big Broad- 
cast' (cbnilng In Friday (14), spliced 
^as usual Into newdreel. Business at 
capacity Saturday afternoon. Cftdr. 



mildly funny stories, riddles, and 
Jokes, some of them: not so new, and 
Miss Carol played the dumbbell, a 
la Grade Allen, with moderate suc- 
cess. 

''Renoff, Renova and BekeA close 
the show with a pretentioiusly staged 
dancing act. The attractive Sin- 
clair , Twins, wearing bizarre and 
much-revealing costumes, supply the 
jazz dartclng and slhglng to vary the 
more classical fare of the Russian 
trio. The whirls and adagio work 
of the two jnen and woman are far 
above the ordinary. Both tnen give 
startling exhibitions of strength. 

'The Most Dangerous Game,' a 
real draw; Pathe News and a com- 
edy on the screen. Good business at 
this la.te evening show. ' Rees. 



help of an Ingenious flat of four 
characters with the faces cut out. 
Beatrice Howlett also got over 
nicely with a Well done series of 
imitations. 

Lioretta Derinlson combines a lot 
of talent, being a looker and a red 
head .and also & performer 6n the 
clarinet and xylophojie. She does a 
nice tap dance- , while flaying .the 
'phone and also acts as nalstresa of 
ceremonies: capably. 

Hlte, Kenny and Casey complete 
the talent and also get over as a 
trio of dancers. Dressed nicely. 

Business fair. Lee. . 



OLYMPiAi PARIS 



Alone,* heavier than his usual type 
of pop stun, and drew nice hand. ■ 
Bis good at ^this matin$e,. Norma 
Shearer in 'Smllln' Through' (M-G) 
the feature. Book, 



LONDON SHOW WORLD 



(Continued from page 62> ' 

of The Merry Widow,' W.H. Berry 
resigned part , he creiaited 26 yeara 
ag^o, claiming it Was so curtailed 
practically nothing |9tt. 



. Paris, Oct. 1. 

Olympia .is doing very good buslr 
ness due - to putting in the Natan 
:smash 'Les ' (3aletes de TEscadron' 
dt. the precise . moment when' : the 
weather is turning cold, vacations 
stop, and rain is driving crowds in. i pened. 
.' After a mixed newsreel of Natan 
and Eclair, Paul Osca'rd presents an 
excellent though' short stage show 
titled 'Fountain^.' It is really more 
like an abbreviated ballet by bis 
new line of . 16. girls, With a number 
injected by the Marcelle adagio trio. 

Settings of drapes and proper use 
of lighting show new Ideas are set- 
ting in French presentations. Then 
comes a very good 'Silly . Symphony,' 
animated cartooon, which gets a big 
hand, and before, the film comes 
another stage prolog— rthls time very 
military in idea, as behooves a 
barracks story feature. 



Jane Baxter Widowed 

Jane Baxter, young, actress,, wid- 
owed through the ' death, at, iSro'ok- 
lands Sept. 24 of Cllve Dunf eel rac- 
ing mot6rlst. For the first time in 
legal history the. Movietone News 
film , of the race 'waa shown at. the 
inquest to shbw how accident 'hap- 



Off to So.. Africa ' 
Archie Parkhouse,. American or- 
ganist, brought from the U. S. A. 
by Hyama Brothers for theli:. picture 
houses, . has accepted a coiitrttct 
from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to 'play 
at their house in Johannesburg. He 
leaves England 'within a month. 



Maude's New Plan 

Cyril Maude has been Itching to 
return to the stage, for some time 
now. A few months, ago 'Variety's 
London ofnce stated he contem- 
plated a return with a production 



ORPHEUM, MPLS. 

Minneapolis, Oct. 6. 
Boasting three film 'names,' . the 
current Orpheum' bill provides sat- 
isfactory, if not exceptional, enter- 
tainment. The sh6w contains : a 
goodly amount 6f comedy. While 
not the best of the recent offerings. 
It 1? a long way from being the 
poorest. 

Th6 trio- from the - screen com- 
prises Sue Carol and Nick Stuart, 
headlining, and Daphne Pollard, 
featured in the runner-up spot. 
Curiosity on the yo.unger set's part 
to' see Miss Carol and Stuart prob- 
ably accounted for some trade. 

James Evans, foot juggler and 
f>alancer, opens mildly. He per 
forms a number of- difflcult stunts 
which win applause, but his rouliine 
lacks sufP.cient variety, being just a 
straightaway' exhibition. The act is 
well dressed ahd its equipment is 
ieovered with vari-colored metals to 
make for good effects when the 
spotlights hit them. . 

The Vanderbllt Soys get by nicely 
with their lively melange of singing, 
diancin& and comedy in the No. 2 
position. They do an amusing radio 
burlesque and effectively intersperse 
clowning with vocal efforts and 
stepping. The audience liked them. 

Daphne Pollard worked energet- 
ically and efficiently at a fast clip 
eaii received plenty of laughs. In 
her familiar cokney garb she . Was 
funny as usual, and her comedy 
songs and eccentric glides and 
dancing' went over nicely. With the 
assistance of two men and, a park 
bench, she. acted out a scene from 
one of her comedy shorts In which 
she endeavors, to ensnare a police- 
man. It was good for laughs. 

Sue Carol and Nick Stuart don't 
do much of anything, but they are 
good to look at and a personable and 
pleasant pair. The audience took 
them to heart and gave plenty of 
evidence of liking them. In an inti- 
mate sort of way they told a few 



FOX, FRiseo 

,• San Francisco. Oct. 2. 
'Hg.t Check Grirl' on spreeri iahd 
tab version of 'Sally' on stage ap- 
parently sending Fox to best gross 
of past several weeks. 

Larry Ceballos' staging of. 'Sally' 
ran 76 minutes here,, considerably 
shorter than . in previous dates. 
Pace this Sunday night pretty slow, 
nearly all participant's showing; the 
strain of four long shows dally. 

Mary Eaton .6ka:y as lead. Bal- 
ance of cast, equally capable, in- 
cluded T. Roy Barnes, Hal Young, 
Jock Eagan, Jack Duffy, Jack Wal- 
dron. Miss Harriett, Harry, Stafford 
and George Guhl. Mel Ruick ba- 
toned the orchestra. 

Walt Roesner's overture was com- 
positions of' Salnt-Sacns; being a 
colorful arrangement, skilfully con- 
ducted by Roesner, who has been 
here, excepit for , few months, since 
house' opened three years ago, and 
has built up a healthy following. 
Reception on these classics much 
better than that accorded the pop 
orchestra reyerted to few weeks ago, 
when press and public alike re- 
quested a return to class music as 
done by largest theatre orchestra — 
36 men — on Coast. r 

Herman Kersken had another of 
his swell drama trailers, this one on 
next week's 'Congo,' with tom-tom 
group performing behind scrim as 
trailer unreeled. Bock; 



The band, dressed in uniforms, is. of 'The Return of Peter Grimm.' 
shown on a publte square of a gar- Nothing came of this, and it Is 
risen town, and plays under a kiosk, definitely settled he will appear In 
while the Olympla line, of girls, a comedy 'Once a Husband'"at the 
dressed 8,3 French soldiers, parade Haymarket, with Owen Nares and 
on the stage as the listening crowd. | pay Compton appearing with him. 



JThere is a bit of comedy injected, 
necessitating George Ballly, or- 
chestra leader, himself in the cos- 
tume of a military bandmaster, 
coming to the front and participat- 
ing, which Is a far.throw from his 
highbrow classical activities tor- 
mer days. 

This Is followed by the film, with 
the first sequence, on a: . scrim, 
'(^aietes de I'Escadron' keeps them 
happy until the eiid of a 140 -minute 
show. MaiA. 



The role is a comparatively, small 
one for so Important a st Ar. 



MICHIGAN, DETROIT "ah company 



Tourists in Endlaind 

Foreign visitor to England during 
August numbered 29,460i, of which 
[40% were 'Americans. ' 

* "Left Bank^So So ; 

Elmer Rice's .'The Left Bank' wai 
produced at tho - Ambassadors, 
Sept. 26, and it doesn't look as If 
it will . get over. 

The ..types- are not overly well 
played by an , almost entirely Eng- 



FOX, DETROIT 



DOROTHEA ANTEL 

Mft W. 72d St.. New York Gity 

The Suhahine Sftopjpe 

New AHMrtmrnt ol 
GREETING CARDS 
For All Occasions 



RKO STATE.LAKE 

CHICAGO • 
RKO — .V.\irDEVILUS — . RKO 
Alec- B. Francis, Adelaide Hall, 
VVest A Stanton, Jones & Rea 
and others. 

■ — On tho Screen — 

"THE SPOETING AGE" 



Detroit, Oct. 10, 
The first stage show in this house 
for over two months, with • labor 
troubles' the difficulty. Town will 
be glad the difficulties are over If 
the show this week Is an example 
of what may' be expected in the 
fiitur^. Frank and Milt Brltton and 
band with four additional acts in 
the stage show and the overture 
with Russ Morgan and the Spar ton 
Singers. All this coupled with 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox),' newsreel and' 
Mickey, Moude cartoon spelt a' lot 
for 26c mats and 60c' evenings. 

House seating 6)100 is the. biggest 
locally, and that's a'handicap. Stage 
showis are so far away from most 
of the audience that the sight acts 
are easier to a;ss)mlla'tei than others. 
This week* the handicap is definitely 
surmounted. ' , . 

■ Fox made a good' choice in Buss 
Morgan as director of the orchestra 
and master of ceremonies. ' This 
week lie confines his activities to 
directing and singing. : Morgan was 
formerly m, c. at the State for Kun- 
sky-Trendle and more ' recently on 
station WXYZ for the same firm. 
One of the best arrangers in thesie 
parts, he shows his ability, in this 
week's overture called 'Meeting the' 
Boys.' In addition to. his own vocal- 
izing Morgan has the Sparton Sing- 
ers from radio to nelp out. 

Of the acts on the stage Chic 
Kennedy has been seen before at this 
same house. Top number is the four 
part 'Ain't Done Right by Little 
Nell' skit, done all alone with the 



Detroit, Oct. 10. 

This week's show is a good, one 
for one sure reason and' several 
others that can be merely .guesses. 
The certain k-eason is that It's so 
far better than last week's th^,t the 
comparison alone puts it in the 
success class. One of the others is 
that the opposition house, the Fox, 
resumes stage shows this week 
with an outstanding array of talent 
and at a 650 top, compared to 76c 
here. • . .• 

Opening show runs 73 minutes 
and not too long for entertainmeht. 
Later cuts in routining, etc., may 
have been due to tlie show running 
over. Cuts didn't help much, if at 
all. Suffering mostly is Bobby Pin- 
cus and do., the co. being a Frenchy 
brunet. This is a niaw act for Pin- 
cus and one that won't do him any 
harm, 

Al Wohlman . was evidently 
broUght In .as m. c. becaUse a title 
was needed. Using 'Manhattan 
Modes,' Wohlman was chosen as the 
nearest available metropolitan-look 
Ing m. c. Wohlman also doesn't do 
himself any harm stopping the show 
on his own, 

Chilton and Thomas are on late 
and work right into the flnale. This 
act has something new every time 
they cbfne around. Doing a tap 



Not Box Office 

'Strainge Orchestra' was produced 
at the St. Martin's, Sept. 27, after 
having been tried out at the Em- 
bassy some months ago. It was 
not commercial then, and still suf- 
fers froRi the same complaint. 



Pat Tonr Act Over In a TUg Way with an Attractive Staice 
Setting SkUIfqlly Executed . with Chnmoter and Individuality 

LPS ANGELES SCENIC STUDIOS, Inc. 

I,OS AKOEIiES, CAIjIFORNIA 

• For the 
Stage 



Modern 
^Creations 



SCENERY 



Pavilion Band Dates 

Harry Roy and his RKOllans, 
looked upon as a pernianeixt Lon- 
don Pavilion feature, terminate end 
of October. Harry Reso. famous 
for having lifted the entire Hal 
Sherman act, goes, there for all 
November, with banXli after which 
■he will be replaced by Billy Cot- 
ton and band of 18. 



Weir Quits Maurice 

Lew Weir, who gave up the po- 
sition, of general manager with 
Lawrence Wright to go with Peter 
Maurice, .in same capacity, is out, 
and replaced by Jeffrey Clayton. 

Weir has an idea, of formln'g his 
own publishing company; With the 
music publishing business being at 
,its worst, another company will not 
make any difference. 



Says Prof. Dana 



(Continued from page 62) 

oua countries. I find in the theatres ot 
those countries certain excellencies': 
in the 'theatre of London' a certa,)n 
British restraint and respectability 
of F'arls, a certain French bright- 
ness -and lightness . of touch;, of 
Berlin, a certain .German, weight 
and ; depth;, .of ' yienna, a certain 
Aiistrlan dellcoite indelicacy. 
. 'But I do not 'Arid in the. cities of 
other cbuntrles; the ra'nge, the vap.^ 
iety, the -richness, the appeal to the 
whole peoWe' that F find in the thea,^ 
tres of Moscow and Leningrad. - 

"The last 16 years have been re- 
markable In tiie''thea;tres of my' own 
country 'in- America.' The Theatre 
Guild, the Provlncetown Players, the 
Civic Repertory have achieved a ■ 
certain s^uctjess and a certain pres-' 
tige all over this world. The plays 
of EUgehe O'Neill have been acted 
all oyer the world. 

. 'Yet today the number oi^- theatres 
acting regTilar plays.ln New York has . 
diminished from 76 to 26;and those 
open are only half, fUll. Half the 
American, actors: are unemployed; 
•The work df the ; actor is hampered 
by always having to act the .same 
role or the: same. type. The scenic 
designers . are discouraged f ronn 
making: any experiments; The sys- 
tem, of acting is . the samis in all 
theatres and - becomes monotonbuB; 
The range of . play^ is limited to 4. 
few subjects: chiefly! sex. 

Tor Idle Rich' 

'At best the. theatre offers aii af- 
ter dinner, .entertainment for a feW 
idle rlcii. It Certainly falls to reach 
the great masses of the peaple. The 
decline of the theatre in Amorlci, 
is biit an Indication of the decline 
and collapse of . the whole capi- ; 
tallstic system. 

■ In the Soviet Union, on the. con,- ' 
trary, this American professor found 
'a healthy state of the theS'tre that 
reflects a healthy state of affairs lii 
the ° govenrment as a whole.' He 
toid the Russian theatrical people 
that the 'Russian theatre: has been 
set free.'. All the censors applauded. 

Although the formal celebration 
was dull and the speeches intier- 
minable. the Albxahdrlnsky is a 
splendid theatre. The actual samples 
of its work proved this. Be- 
sides revival of old things, ln« 
eluding an act from 'Prince Poz- 
harsky' as produced at th<e open- 
ing 100 years aga, there was, a new 
version of the . old classic 'Sorrow 
from Wisdom' by Griboyedov. 

In fict, the arrangements for the 
jubilee were the first theatrical 
failure that can be charged. against 
the Alexandrlnsky in all its century. 



Outside . Dates Conflict 

Ray Fox, brought over here some 
three years ago for the ibafe de 
Paris, as' the 'Whispering cornet 
routine with four miniature hurdles 1 tlst,' and for the last two yeir? at 
and special lyrics, they . top with the Monseigneur with his own band, 
the trl-pedestal dance that still kills is quitting Oct. 21. This is result 
them. of" row with Jack Upson, director, 

Remaining act is Cardinl, in 12 due to Fox having several vaude 
minutes of prestidigitations, using vUle and picture house date? lined 
cards, billiard balls and clgarets. | up. 



Hollywood 



(Continued from page 6) 

finished. Kubec Glasmon and Jane 
Murfln are now working only a feW 
minutes ahead of the fllmln:g. 



Working without audible comment, 
Cardinl did the nearly impossible 
by 'getting over in a 4,000-seat 
house. 

Lou . Forbes . its oh the stage for 
his orchestral nUmber, using. 'Harle 
mania.' But the topper is the 'Four 
Horsemen,' composed . of . Forbes 
and three' other boys from the. band 
In a trio of . numbers. Working on 
the pit platform, the quartet stopped 
them cold, 

Lambert bios contributed some 
nice line work thit^t- rounds but a 
good show. Picture, 



Balk on English Money 

Marie Manewit^, professionally 
Marie Mallory; in the Joe' Morris 
acti sailed on Olympic,' Sept. 28. 
McB, Mallory , wois .dissatisfied with 
salary, which was paid' in English 
pounds. Joan Fr.ed Bniney,,. Eng- 
lish, 'replaced. 



G. T.'s Eight Weekfc : 
With . the Alhambra, :'Parls. re- 
opening,' Gdnet'&r Theatres can now 
offer eight - consecutive weeks to 
Phadtom i| medium priced American acts. 



President' (Par) and biz good. - 

Lee. 



WARFIELD, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Oct. 7. 
Al Kvale . la the new m. c. here; 
bringing a long Chicago and a 
shorter Hollywood rep with him 



They are two .weeks - Palladium, 
I one week Holborn Empire; three 
weeks in English provinces and two 
weeks at the Alhambra; Paris. 



Billions in Beta 

Report from betting committee, 
I held at the ho&rd of trade, reveals 
turn oyer of 600 million pounds on 
all forms of betting in England an - 



Credits for 'Parade' 

Eight Radio writers who worked, 
on 'Sport Parade' held , two meet- 
ings before they decided that Corey 
Cord and Francis Cockrell get the. 
screen credit. 



Jowett with Bow 

Anthony Jowett has .been bor- 
rowed from Metro by Fox for .th« 
Clara Bow picture, 'Call Her Sav- 
age.' "Ho goes into the part orig- 
inally slated for David Manners. 



LETTERS 

vnien SendlDK-lor MaU to 
VARIETT. Addreu UaU Clerk. 
roSTCARDlS. , ADVERTISING ^ or 
CIRCriJ^a LBTTBR8 Will- NOT 
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LBTTBRGl' AD VBRT'iSED W 
.ONE - ISSUE ONMf 



ijeniietl" Nontnan ' • 


Palmer' & ' Doreen ■ 


Qpnssales Maria 


R«phell L 
Royce' C J 


Mayriard Harrx B 


Sllyey Texas 


HCSweeney C T 


"ifhurman Cliio 



Apparent that Kvale will get along nually, 
with Warfleld patrons, as he dis- " But this does not Include street 
played enough muslcial versatility bookmakers and numerous "West 



to suit them^ a pleasing style and 
stage deijortment, and an okay per- 
sonality. His Initial bow was made 
with 'One Man Band,' in which he 
played several instruments, and 
over nicely. 

Peggy O'Neill's stage show moved 
fast, with La Faye^tte and La Verne. I 
doing a rough apache. Nelson and I 
Knight, here often, had some new 
material, but much of It was fa 
miliar stuff. 

Capp Brothers and Sist^rS: mixed 
foursome of hoofers, okay. Joaquin 
Garay, in fourth week, chanted 'One 



End clubs; -which opemt© under 
cover, and are not legalized. This 
easily brings the total up to 800 
million pounds. 




OOOKLCT ON MOV/ 
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INSTITUTION 



INTERNATIONALS 



Shofs for the Stage <tnd Street 

SBOWFOLK'S SHOESaOP^lSS2 BROAD WA.Y* 



Tuesday, <>clober 11, 193^ 



H U T BO O H S 



\AR(ETY 



63 




O B I T U A R Y 



JOHN R. ROGERS ' '; 

! ,. Jo^n. .B. ^oeera, 82,. was :found 

iflead In the bath tub .o(E ^hls ; apart- 
ment in the Soitiei'set HoteU 'New. 

(York, Oct. 7. He was •struck: by* 
an automobile a couple of weeks 

.ago and this is believed to have 
ln^n the Indirect cause of his 
death. 

. Ppgrers was oiie of the first, if not. 
,th9 flrst, to adopt; spectacular met^-: 
ods In puttlne over theatrical sIioy^s, 
ialwieiys, of course, exceptine P.;.T. 
j3arn.)ini> He had been in the £;hpw 
business for more, than 70 years and; 
created Mary Anderson, a star by 
adroit schemes,: ip.cludlng: the iiitlr 
matlon that she was, a daughter. .of 
Gen. Anderson, of Civil War fame, 
tjater he" took 6ver Mirihie Palmer 
iiiid builfher Irtfo a stir of the iirst 
ihagnltiide;. hdldlng her iri'thiit po'sl- 
'tibn for many ye'ai's. 

Ohe bf his exploits was the fake 
■flght with a duttiniy in '.fhe" roof, 
•'thi-owtng over an advertising bd'ri- 
nfer whieii the supposedly, desperate 
!^ght had drdwh the desired crowd. 
He was resourceful arid 'fieasoh after, 
'season kept the cbiiritry 'stiri'ed 
up about 'My • Svffeeth^rt' ■ whifch, 
tras her- personal 'isbubirtquifet as 'w'eli; 
as the title of 'h*r most popular! 
lilay. When he fll-st. became her 
inanager. they signed an agreement: 
/.that neither, was to .jnarry , within 
a Ave year . period, i)ut this was 
. brbkeii when ' they were secretly 
;narrled. Rogers h ad . traveled 
aroutid thie world on eight different 
'tours find ...boasted ,he. had crossed 
the Atlantic 118 times.. 

.For the piast few. yearis. he has 
been inactive in theatricals,, but 
.was a familiar ilgure along Broad- 
way. At the tlnie of hip death he 
was wptklng on his iiiemoirs, fin 
earlier manuscript having been de- 
stroyed by fire. • ' 
' While his age was offlcialiy given 
us 82, he has • been enijpiloying that 



flgur;e ,. for.;:a, number .^f years, and 
frpm. eight .to , 10,, y j^rs mlgljt ,1),^ 
a^ded. . His. lUft advance work was 
ahead' of ;"yh'9. Trial, of Mavy. Duga.^ 
about four year? ago, for: Al -Wbodp 
Bogers was known as 'Yours 
merrily' and habitually used that as 
Ills, slogan. 



ALPiNI BUTCH • 

Alpini BiitcTi, 40, died at Rich- 
mond,' Va/, Oct. 9. ■ She' v^as found 
dead in her quat'ters..on''the. State 
fair ground where she had been'.ejc- 
hibltlng. Wet weather compilcated; 
a severe cold, frpm which she hadj 
been, suffe^rlng. . Well kiiown jto side; 
sho.wg. Shie weighed ' 7,33 1,p6iinda. ; '' 



6f 'Bppe to Spare,' thie Crime Club's 
selection for October, it's another 
.Cfethryn story by Philip MacDonald, 
iOfC -ta a slow start but soon gains 
speed and difficult to lay the book 
dpWn Unfinished. 

■ ' 'It is . obvious that only' a smalj 
group can possibly !be concerned In 
the .d^eaths, Isut .Macpohald weaves 
>hlg' story in" .skillful.' pattern and 
keeps • the reader ' changing his 
guesses until the final cleanup. 
Above the mui'der mystery .average. 



Shade*' New Monthly 

Shade Brpthers, of Philadelphia, 
are I. getting oul; a new monthly as 
,a, ;9pmpanlan mag to their. 'Paris 
Nights;' Title of the new one is 
■Qayety.' Makes its debut with ai 
November issue. 
; Pierre Dumorit supposed to be 
-cdlting'the new niaig in addition to 
'HVis' Night.' . 



.RICHARD H. COLEMAN > . 

Richard H. 'Coleman,' 70, died in 
Weehawken, 'N; J., 'Oct.- 4'. ■' He was a 
well known ihlhst'rei end' man 'wliiii 
Primrose and West, Dockstader and! 
other jrpujp.fes! . 'V.-... i 

Survived", by ',hl:S . .widow, ,'J,twtf 
daughters, and. .two sons. , ••, r-i 



Graham L. Rice, 74, died, Sept.! 
28, in Hollywood. Deceased was -a 
veteran ■newspd.per man, public of - 
'flcial and diplomat. He es.tabltshdd 
.the 'first daily newspapCT in; ^S^ 
■peripi'. "j^is-V 4'nd during the . resim© 
oif Preslde?it Rpose.velt was commls'-i 
sioner .of .immigration in Porto Bico.: 
Widow and two daughters survive.. 



:\: Scrappy Soribet 

' Charles Wagnei% ; legit p;a., Is 
wi'i'ting a book " titled 'Fighting 
Journalists', . dealing with the live» 
and carieera of newspapermien who 
:iiay;e made histpcy by their battles. 
, .Separate chapters on the various 
journalists ■ Involved will ruii se- 
rially fli-st in 'Newsdom.' 



Ringling-B^B Shew in - 
Quarters for Winter 

Birmlnshani, Oct. 10. 

The Ringling Show in making. 
Jacksonville", Fla., and Tallahasseo, 
ran into plenty of tough luck, "At 
Tallahassee it rained and as a resuU 
the show' was d.elnyed by niud. . 

Booked for Jacksonville the next 
day, the show, failed to arrive not 
only too late for (he evening per-, 
formaiice, biit a:so niissert in4 matl-. 
hee. The show" .went on, however, 
but patrons that had bought tickets 
had to wait until 10 minutes past 
midnight for the evening show. 

The show is now in winter quar- 
ters in Sarasota. 



Thfc ; (Brandfather, ; 84, of 'Dor-' 
othV Burgj^s's; screen .player,'"|lled. 
Oct, 1, in Uos Angeles. Piohecr 
merchant • is survived by,; widow, a 
.son 'and .thi-ee daughters. ' 

Mrs. Edmund Wilson, 36, wife 
of the associate editor.- of , the 
''New Republic,' .New York, died 
Oct. 1, in Santa Barbara, Calif. 



Mother of Will Rockwell, prof; 
mgr. . of Harms, died in New .York; 

Oct. 4,^ • 



Literati 



(Continue from i>age 54) 
sought by the publisher in both fic- 
tion arid npn- fiction classes i.f| wpst- 
«rh. Mags published by . Chamber-' 
lain ar6 'Overland Monthly', and 
>Out West.' 



Cleveland Papers' Deal 

'Cleveland News,' independently, 
owned for 20 years, last week was 
bought out by the 'Plain Dealer,'- 
through .a new hpldlng. company 
kriowri as the Forest City Publish- 
ing Co., which now owns all stock 
In both newspapers. .. 
. The . two sheets will continue to 
,'J)e ppierated separately and "iVlth 
eame policies and officers, accord- 
ing to announcements, with 'News' 
as a Republican organ and 'Plain 
JDealer* as Democrp,tic. Uncon- 
flrmable rumors say that after na- 
tional elections the .'News' will drop 
■its Sunday paper,. Which will be; 
taken over by the 'P. D.'- Under- 
stood that the 'P. D.' bought its 
rival chiefly to keep Hearst from 
.entering, the Jijcal newspaper field. 
'. Hearst, , .incldentaHy, ., was . in 
Cleveland for niore thaii .week to 
undergo an . operation at -Dr. Q.'rW" 
Crlle's Clinic, but would not make, 
'any statement about his Illness or 
^newspaper bUslriesdi 
I; Whether .. the 'P. .T)^ may later" 
movfe Into the 'News's' more modern; 
jjlant, tenttng its .own ■highly valu- 
;able" property, is problgmatlcali but! 
there, are rejports that such might 
happen if conditibns better. •' 

Officers of the riewly formed For-' 
est City Publishing .Cpi. ^re .B.. P. 
Bole, president, with George " M.; 
Bogers, John S. McCarr^ns, Dan B. 
Hanna, Jr., John A. Hadden, .G. S. 
Holden and i. F.. Freiberger, Oirec- 
"tors. 



Gangster's Second 

Al Hill, self admitted gangster, 
and in pictures for several years, 
)ias-had his second noVel, 'Banished 
Man,' accepted for publication' this 
fall by McCauley. Book 'Will have 
a preface by William Qibbs Mc- 
(Adoo. 

. Hill's first Writing effort was 
'Easy Plcklns,' published last fall. 



Afternoon 'Mirror' Rumors 

Some more reports in newspaper 
circles last week that the New York 
'Mirror' might switch to the af- 
ternoon field. At one time, before 
Macfadden'g 'Graphic's' demise, 
there was talk of the 'Mirror 'and 
'Graphic' merging In order that the 



Hearst . tabloid . could get Into , the 
afternoon field. 

Conferences; on the subject were- 
due to be held last week, but ac-i 
cording . to the ' stories, Hearst's ol>-i 
eratlori' Iri Cleveland put th^^e' 
aside. : ■.'.'■ 



War Correspondent, in Action 

. aiargit Veszi, only Hungarlahj 
woman war correspondent, is 'di-; 
yorclng h^r second husband, Baronj 
Mantlca, in .Budapest. 
. Miss Veszi's first husband wasi 
Ferenc Molnar his first of three' 
wives. ■ '• ■ ■•■■ ."! 



Keith's Second ! 

. CarlPs . Keith has done a second 
book, 'Horns for His Head,' ■which 
will probably be published by Viari- 
guard. Same house brought out his 
'Four "Wives.'. 

'Wives', "was the only bPok last 
summer .In the |2.60 retail class thatj 
reached five editions. , . I 



Wood Pulp Cycles 

Wood pulp mags are complaining 
along the same lines about'! which 
Jack Warner, in a late issue of 'Va-j 
riety,' complains to the Hollywood; 
produpers-^the overdoing ' of cycles.' 

As soon as an adventure or a- 
detective or art ait story periodical! 
batches on, all. other wp<id pulps, or; 
the "syndicate.' publishers them.-; 
selveb, , f;'et butja fibck of the san^e: 
^tyle of magi ' . .i .. i 

The reason for one pub housej 
duplicating /its -own stylfe is to keep! 
the duplicated -clrculationi to itself,; 
if It rmust be copped. 



. . : ,.. ! 

, .fch.aliapin's Own- ... , i '• 
Knopf, wiil publish Chaliapin'sj 
autobiography In .the spring. The^ 
eminent' Bussian basso has beftn 
working on it for a long time, dur- 
ing his travels. 



Radio's Meld 

Bernarr Macfadden . subsidiary, 
Teck PubllcatlonSj which publUhes 
'Badlo News,' has bpught 'Radio 
Call Book.' Intention is to merge the 
'two.' 

Mergers or failures steadily less- 
ening the number of radio niag.s, 
very plentiful at Pne time. 



.F. & R.'s 'Greenbanks' 

Farrar & Binehart is taking oy$^r 
the work of Eric Linklater arid 
publishing Dorothy Whipple's 
'Greeribanks,' the English Book 
Society's choice for Sept, 



Three Corpses 

Two murders and a suicide form 
the chief properties in the petting 



Chatter 

. . James W. Fitzpatrlck, one-time 
vaudeville author-actor and later ia 
dtJtrtiatic critic, has a short story, 
'O'Flaherty, D. s: C.'; in the cur- 
rent issue of 'Cdlumblai! Courtenay 
.Savagfe, play wright, ie. the author of 
!Thcre'3 Magic, in ,W6rd8.' 

.Lew Ney, publisher, of poetry and 
pioneer in ...the presentation of 
Poetry !Bxhibltio'ns, lield the first 
soiree of the Fourth National Poetry 
Bsfhlbitlon last week. 

Kenneth M- Bills, radio author, 
is working, op .the history of the 
Six Hanlon Bros., pantomlmlsts and 
'aerlallsts of half a century ago. 

Harry Mills, Of the Seattle 'Star,' 
is In Hollywood to marry Agnes 
Garrlgan, Fanchon & Marco dancer. 
Mills is dramatic, picture, church, 
aiito, vacation and school editor of 
the 'Star.' ' • 

■ . Michel Kralke, Konrad Bercovlcl's 
sec, is dping a novel himself. Call- 
ing it 'Sensual God.' 
• Francis Yeats -Brown here from 
.^ndon. 

, .Elsie McKeogh 'yvrill handle Harry 
Stewart's first, book. . 

Knopf has Robert Nathan's 'One 
More Spring,' 

'Faith Baldwin and Margaret 
Widdemer around town. 
. A. B. W. Mason's 'The Three 
Geritlienien,' and Arthur Styron's 
'The Three Pelicans! both were pub- 
lished on the same day. 

Isaac Don Leyine tea-ed. 

Mazo de la Roche doing her new 
book In .Scotland. 

Irmengarde Bberle is the new 
book picker for Alfred H. King. 

Clemence Dane . coming over to 
lecture. . 

Janyce Steele' gets back from 
Russia next month, and will go to 
Chicago. 

Mrs, Alfred A." Knopf sailed for a 
rourid-up of scribblers abroad. 
. Mark Van Doran has gathered .a 
heap of poets In a riew a.nthology, 
'American Poets.' 

Simon & Schuster expects a new 
hook from Ogdeh, N^ash in the 
spr^ing. 

C. T. Revere- Is; a Wall Street 
broker again, now that his novel is 
eft the press.' ' 

Bessie Clarke Drpuet autograph- 
it^ her new book for purchasers. 

Wilfred j. Fiink, Who is a pub- 
.Ushcr, lets others publish the books 
.he. writes. . ; . ' 
; Was^ the .publication date of 
•UWula Parrotfs new novel post- 
poned because of her divPrce action? 
, ' Ben Hecht and ' dene Fowler's 
'The Great Magbp'; will be published 
before It is stage produced. 

John Xi. Splvak was once a news- 
paperman himself, too. 

Margery Latiriter did npt live to 
see her short stories collected in 
book form. 

Pearl is. Buck will stay In Ithaca 
for a ' year before returning to 
China. : 

C. C. Nlcolet becoming quite a 
figure in bridge. 

Paul Galileo, New York sports 
^yrlter, is being offered to picture 
studios, to start after Dec. 1. 

Florabel Mulr is now clicking the 
typewriter on her " second yam. It 
will not be a tale of the film colony. 

"Walter Irving, fprmer film trade 
paper editor, .now running the 'Pe- 
troleum and Mining News' in 
Hollywood. 

Bill Crouch, just returned fi'om 
a round-the-world cruise, goes with 
the L. A- City News Service to <" 
a daily picttire column for 20 So. 
Cal. piapers. He made the trip as a 
deck steward^ 



Fm Telling You 



(Continued from page 45) 
tencp'up to 'bushels' so told the main 
to buy him 10,000 bushels too. 
'Bushels of . what?' the clerk asked; 
'Just bushels,' he excitedly answer-, 
ed. 'Grain, wheat, or rye.?', inquired; 
the clerk. And the little Hebrew 
an.swered, 'Mix 'em up.' 

:'■'■■" 'A- Cinch ■■ :' 

A lot of actors .should have had 
no trouble fasting this year. Moat 
of 'eni.. have .been re.hearslng . for It 
all Slimmer. . • 



READING FAIR'S FIRST 
DEFICIT IN 18 YEARS 



• Novelty 

Martjf^'May reports" about' the 
stew l^artlng over an open riian-hole 
talking to a fellow who . evidently' 
had fallen In. The guy was yelling; 
for help so a nearby cop sent fori 
the rescue squad. Upon arriving, 
they , found nobody down below. ; 

They : arrested the intoxicated, 
gentleman, however, when ,they! 
realized he was. a drunken ventrilo- 
quist. 



Irony 

And nobody has mentioned the 
Irony of George Cohan appearing in 
a' picture which has a plot slmilsir. 
tp 'Of "Th^e I Siiig' produced by 'Samj 
H. Harris, formerly of Cohaq and 
Harris.. 



Reading, Pa., Oct. 10. 
Attendance figures that .-showed 
paid admissions at the- Reading 
Fair, largest annual county iexhl- 
bitions in Peiinpylvania^ ! Were . al- 
most equal this year to the 1931 
mark. . : • " 

Receipts were $62,507.65, with 
some small amounts still to -be re- 
ceived. When all bills are paid 
there will be a deficit of $3,000, 
the first deficit! in -this associa- 
tion's 18 years' hlstpry. 

Last* year, with gross receipts of 
$86,000, the association .finished 
over $6,000 to the good; 

The attendance figures Tuesday 
to Friday inclusive -\vere ' satisfac- 
oi:y, - and ..various economies in- 
dicated that the -fair would stay out 
of the red, but Saturday booted the 
show into the wrong coluriin. The 
fair officers themselves supplied 
the reason. 

. 'Three autompbiie racing meetings 
and. a motorcycle race meet during 
the summer at this track left the 
.public here 'fed up' on riiotoi: rac- 
ing, Pre.sident \ A. S. Dei'sh#r "ihu " 
Secretary Charles, W. ^Sv.-pyer s%ld. 
The final day of the fo.lr, Saturdii,y, 
devoted 'to automobjle i-aclng, 
proved- a colossal fiop. The eurar 
mer auto and motorcycle races wefe 
privately promoted and did n<jt 
help the fair treasury. 
■ '.SSvoyer Is'/'secretarjf of the State 
Association off County Fairs. . Re- 
ports he received .show that every 
fair in, -Pennsylvania thus far this 
year has resulted in loss. i - • 



■ Oster mania 

Layoffs have switched from in 
front of the iPalace to .the Shubert 
Alley . . . The . Bond Bldg. elevator! 
boys are. dressed like. Sing Sing: 
convicts ... Molly Picon informs . that 
only Hebrew and English' sire alrj 
lowed spoken In Paleqt.ih'e...NPi 
Yiddish allowed, therefore . . sha 
skipped It on her highly successful' 
foreign tour. . .Lots of sentimental- 
ists stayed away from the Leoriard-i 
McLarnin fight, . i and ' why do.o't 
they let the Jean Sargent take a! 
bow in 'Flying Colors?'. . .We're Just 
asking. ' 

ABE; YOU BEADING? 



ASHVULEmCH . 

Ashevllle, N. C„ Oct. 10. 

Charged with . being ' Indecently 
clad as hula dancers, Bffie Prultt,; 
Edna Hlgglns and . Frankie . Bell,: 
along ".with Jack . Dotty, their , man - 
ager, are tinder $60 bond each.; 
Pinch came Saturday (8). ' . 

They are members of the 'Oolden 
Rule' shows playing here undef- aus- 
pices of a negro fair last week. 



Ted Mack's orchestra, and enter-' 
talnersi at the Casanova nite club,. 
Denver, • has a. male trlir and the 
Lefholts Sisters. NBC is using the 
group for a sustaining half-hour 
over 22 istatlons. 



Carnivals 



(For. current week, Oct. 10-"i6) 

Bes, P. H.. I'usciintlbla. Ala. ' 

Bloom's 'Qald. Modal, Calhoun, .MlAV. 

CoVema^; Bros., Ptaffortl Hprlng."», 
.Crafl's.Gronter, nichm'ond.' 

Davis & Son's, Marliii. 

Diamond .Sif<., T.,cwiNton. 

Dixieland, Man.')<l«ld. 
. Empire City, I^oulsvlllc, MIhh. 

Falrley,' Koble C.. T'lK.c;(>;t. 

Florida Expo., Carllihge. . 

Caller, Hunlsviljs. 

Golden Ilulp, <jrccr. (', 

Grecnbure Amni., Manfium. 

Ilames, Hill H.. l^onjjvlcw. 

Henry, Low, Hclcl.svllle, N. <'. 

Krause GrMter. Hickory. • 

X.,andes, J, I.,., Wlnflcld. 

I.eBffCtto. C. XI,, Alu'.bcrry. 

Mlw Valley, .San AiiRusllne. 

I'agei J. J. Expo.. Uai'llntiioh, S. C. 

RulJl.^ & t.'horry, <'o]umbus. ■ . 

.Sol's Llbf-rty, Corinth. 

•Southern ExrKi.. <'or.'.'lo,'ina. 

.Slrayor, J. H., Mot .'••prlnK". 

TIdwcll, T. J., Iowa l>;irl;. 

Valley, r.lhrrty. 

Wade, W. G., I.afiranfe. 

'WoKt, W. ,'-'nyil<'r. 

Wn-xurn. .7. U'.. .Sliolhy. N. 'f. 

Zolgf.r, c. K., <iuym<'>n, Ok!!i. 



Grand G^cuit Angles ; 
For Dates on Coast 

Los Angele-s, Oct. 10. 
Effort Is being made to include 
Los Angeles In the horse trotting 
Grand Circuit, 

, Tom Stout, pne of, the circuit opr 
crators„ .l8 here . looking 6ver sites. 
Plan is to stage an annual meet 
h2Tf in February. 



PennaiieDt Wasik She 



Washington, Oct. 10.' . 
' Negotlatibns are under way tp get 
the first i^ermainent circus space 
here. Melvln p. Hijdreth, attorney 
for circtis owners and Circus- Fane 
Associations, laid a plan before Col. 
U. S. . Grant, Director of Public. 
B.iilldings and Parksi to secure the 
Patterson tract oh Florida Avenue 
as a regular site. . 

Circuses and carnivals, have been 
shunted about Washington,, gradu- 
ally working, further out of center 
of town. Hlldreth'8 idea is tp set 
up locale which wPuld be deveoped 
into year - rptind playground by 
rental fees from tent shows. 



Rain Hurts Danbury 

Danbury, Oct. 10. 

Attendance, at the Danbury Fair 
was about 8,000 behind last year's 
figure for the first four days. Tlie 
fair opened Monday (3) with a drop 
of more than 600 In attendance iand 
rain Ph Wednesday and Thursday 
cut deeply, into the. figures. 

In spite of the igniall attendance 
on the first two days . the crowd 
was spending fnoney and show and 
cpncession ' owners . were . lookinE 
forward to Danbury being orie 
bright : spot in the poor season. 
Their hopes,, however, were washed 
out with the 'Fain, a number of 'the 
places not even bothering, to; open. 



They Picked a Racket! 

Springfieldi Maa j., Oct. 10. • 
Four .amateur- rackeieara were 
sentenced to jail for one year in 
Superior Court liere after they had 
confessed to a charge of conspiracy 
to extort money frpm Mr. and Mrs. 
Ralph Decker, owncr.s of a oavnlval, 
last May. 

'rhoy- had sought. liioncy from th'e 
Deckers and various ('(rncep.sioh- 
nalro.s and had received it under 
threats. . 



Circuses 



Hagenbeck- Wallace ' 

< III.. 1.' ■ , :i; II. :!• i .II-..: 1 . . .'.-i- 

l.ri; 1';. i .. '■iiiKli: 1! n nr..-. llv ili< , J.V 
''iiiiw;iy; 17, Mf-riiplt^:,'. 



LIONS LOOSE AT FAIB 

Ka.ston, J'ii:, Oct. 10. 
I'lcnly excitement at Doylt.stown 
j Kiiir la.st week. Two lions escaped 
I from cage on . one of biff (lay;? and 
iilmo.st broke u|) the rai'cs. Ji« they 
ran afro.ss IMC of riife track and 
«f'nt him<lrc().w .seeking cover.' . ' 

ivion.s o.scaped while boing trans- 
■^•ri'Crtl from one raffe to another. 
.Mlf-ndanl.M had little . Oifnculty in 
U'('.'ij)liit'ing' them. 



VARIETY 



Taesdayt October 11, 1932 




important sine* tha tqibits: kav* 
so increased th* number of 
close-up*. I always use Lux 
Toilet Soap to guard my skin-^m 
it is a lovely ioapt ' 

Garolb Lombard 



If you want your skin to be gloriously young 
and smooth— take lessons from the screen 
stars . . .They haye learned how! 



OW does she do it?" you gasp, 
when the camera brings her fault- 
less iface near to you in the close-up— 
the lovely laughing face of Carole 
Lombard in Columbia's thrilling hew 
production, '^No More Orchids.' 

/'Smooth sloin is one of the most im- 
portant assets a screen star can have,' 
declares Carole Lombard. 

It is also one of tiie most important 
assets any woman can have ! If you want 
success in life — happiness— make sure 
your skin is smooA and youtig and 



attractive. Take lessons from the screen 
stars — they have learned how! Use the 
same gentle care they do-^re^u/ar/y/ 

p out of 10 Screen Stars 
use Lux Toilet Soap 

Out of the 694 important actresses in 
Hollywood, including all stars, 686 use 
white, fragrant Lux Toilet Soap. It's 
the official soap in all the big film 
studios. 

Begin today to keep your skin smooth 
and youthful with this wonderful soap! 
Get two or three cakes today t 



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VOL. 108. No. 6 



NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1932 



56 PAGES 




SHOW SALARIES 



flenty d Air for Hotel Lobby 
Pests Thru LA. Anti-Chitter Law 



Los Angeles, Oct, 17. 
Restingr. the tired dogs on a' hotel 
'lo.bby rutr and the hips in a soft 
jcbair put in Los Angeles, This goes 
ialong with drumming UP business 
among the potted palms and dec- 
ocatlng local hostelries without the 
management's permission. City 
council has unanimously voted to 
'iadopt an antt-clutterlng ordinance, 
"inaklng hotel lobbies safe from non- 
jpAying sleepers, touch-seeking 
■Sentry and solicitors of all kinds. : 
■ . Souther Cailfoirnta Hotel Associa- 
rt^n has bnen after the city paters 
'tor Over a year to step on lobby- 
Soiunglng and have at last gotten 
isome teeth for their house dicks to 
iipe In ousting the stationery-bor- 
rowers, not to speak of the real es- 
.^ate salesmen, sure- thing boys, will- 
ing women and lowans sittinjg 
around aijmlring the weather. 



DEPRESH SONGS CUCK 
IN ENGLAND AND U. & 



. ,'Somethlng epochal (n the click of 
f^rother, Can You Spare a Dime,' 
which glorifies the breadline In 
''Ainericana,' new Broadway xevue, 
and the success in England of a 
similarly veined soiig, 'Under , the 
Arches,' written, by Bud Flanagan, 
lOt Flanagan and Arlen, who are 
playing in, the English vaudeville 
faousea.. 

.The .'arches'^ refers to the spans 
Underneath the London . Bridge 
.Where London's vagabondia and 
homeless And nightly repose. For 
i\merica this same song is being 
tevamped cm 'On the Benches' to 
epnvey the same depresh Idea. 

.-'Arches' has become the theme 
ibpng of the. British layoffs but para- 
doxically it is also a commercial 
Click in that it's in the same rol- 
licking vein as was 'Hallelujah! I'm 
a: Bum.' Harry Woods, American 
songwriter abroad, will fashion the 
American version of 'Arches.' 



DIARY OF A STOOGE 
TAKES REVERSE TWIST 



. A stooge in a vaudeville comedy 
ti'ct a month ago, Sam Fokrass Is 
hpw being hailed in music circles as 
'that brilliant young composer' for 
his' 'Cyrano de Bergerac' score. His 
Is Broadway'tf latest success story. 

Two years ago the Shuberts Im- 
t>prted Pokrass from Europe where 
Ire had gained a rep as a composer. 
He got little more than the boat 
*Ide out of that proposition for he 
Was quickly dropped by the legit 
t>roducers. Pokrass, however, even- 
tually obtained a Job in Jack Pep- 
Ver's act, in which he doubled In 
comedy while taking the slaps as an 
anonymous stooge. While stooging 
he -composed 'Cyrano' on the side. 
And now he's back with the Shu- 
berts. 



Wouldn't We All 



Hollywood, Oct^ 17, 
Former screen big shot try*, 
ing to keep up appearances 
on a flat pocketbook was 
visited by a friend, who, on 
leaving, tipped the servant |6 
for brushing' him off. 

IVeek later the friend called 
again, and this time, the host 
gave him the whiskbroom 
routine. 



Press, Baiiiiiig, Prints 
Political Gab Radio 
Gets Paid to Spread 



Chlcaisro, Oct. 17. 

Politics has sharpened the dislike 
of newspape^rs in the middle west 
for radio. During the present cam- 
paign dailies as a matter . of public 
necessity report speeches verbatim 
and devote columns. piC space to 
politicians. All' of this is free. Yet 
at the same time ^adtp is ' selling 
time to broadcast the very political 
speeches that the press 'must print 
as news. . . 

Favoritism Is consistently stiown 
radio as against the dailies, by the 
politicians themselves In realiza- 
tion of the vivid reality that whole 
families will gather arpuhd. the 
radio to hear a speech that, in text, 
only a few persons proportionately 
will read, , 

Starting from the Roosevelt nom- 
ination in Chicago early in July and 
continuing' right up to Nov. 8 there's 
no doubt radio will have made the 
political despatches in the- dailies 
seem stale hash-overs. This is re- 
flected in circulation figures of the 
dailies. Usual campaign pick-up is 
absent fhis year. 

Even more serious than hurting a 
newspaper's advertising is the 
hurting of its circulation, the 
rock bed of its strength in every di- 
rection. Radio unwittingly has been 
guilty of this result. 



Femme Preacher Fails 
To Connect in N. W. 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 
' The Ethdl Duncan, local radio 
preacher-mystic, failed to click on 
a personal appearance tour in the 
northwest. 

Femme preacher was being 
booked by B. M. Craybill, Eureka, 
Cal., house operator who had pre- 
viously handled tours of the Ari- 
zona Wranglers, radio cowboy war- 
blers. , • 

After two one-night stands In 
picture houses to poor •business, 
Crayblll withdrew from the Dun- 
can deal. - Pastor, however, intends 
to continue tour on hier own, stag- 
ing her questions and answers in 
hails and auditoriums in competi- 
tion, with picture shows. 



mEPIYSITS 
OPPDSISH Tf S 



Radio Names Gat 5 to 10 
Times as Much to Draw 

. to Theatres^ as to Keep 
People Homo Via Air— 
Winter Aerial. Programs 
Which ThoAtres Must 
Face 

2 MAIN AIR NIGHTS 



By ABEL GREEN 
Show biz's outstanding present* 
day paradox is that • theatre pays 
five to 10 times as muoh for ■ radio 
star, to. set peopU Intp the theatre, 
whereas ^t one-fifth tp ona tenth 
of the stage salary, thf same per- 
former is paid to keep psopla out 
of tha theatra via a microphone. 

An act that gets $750 or $1,Q00 for 
radio' commercial fcr a aingla 
night is. being paid up to $B,0i90, and 
cometimes morf, for a waek'a en> 
gagement in a theatre. ■ 

Figured by time and dollars the 
theatre 'may appear to.be giattlng 
. ; (Continued on page 30) 



RadioScrip^ 
noodiiiak 
Film Scenarios 



Trying to crash the agencies with 
a radio script has become about as 
hopeless' ad a>etting consideration for 
an .unsolicited scenario from a ma- 
jor' picture , company. Despite the 
chllijr attitude of the advertisers' 
reps, the manuscripts continue to 
pour in at a more voluminous rate 
than ever. Some of the first rank> 
Ing agencies active in radio receive 

(Continued on page 10) 



Harlem Side Shows 



Getting to be quite the thing 
for the- ultra - sophisticates 
to nose in on those Harlem 
rent parties. The ofays like 
to chisel in oa tha Colored 
stomping sessions held os- 
tensibly for the purpose of 
collecting a kittjr to pay off 
the landlord. 

Th» palefaces have been so 
liberal in their contributions 
for the bathtub gin, etc., plus 
the' local color, that It's now 
l^rderlng on a staged racket, 
like the 'Apachea in Paris' rue 
du Lappe. 



R Y. Class Niteries View with Marm 
Spread of Membed^ 



$1 Sprees 



Apartment parties at which 
the guests can't spend nipre 
than tl are becoming New 
York's depresh nite clubs. !For 
a lone dollar, ia custoiDaer gets 
all he or she wants to drink 
and as hiahy sandvriohes as ' 
they can. hold. 

The Ilauid served ih most of 
the spots is called punch." 
Prlnelpal Ingredient is bathr 
tub gin' and the 'puneh' Uvea 
up to Us name. 

Entertainment. Isn't paid tor 
but is usually Insured by.' the 
on-tbe-dufC attendahce of' aia 
many profbsslpnala aa .ibe 
'hPst' can dig- up. The party, 
apartments are called 'studios.' 



Gravy for EledioB 
Bamboo Via Radio 
Disappomts Chains 

;Both parties' exchequers aren't 
too healthy, for radio ballyhoo. The 
ether chai us state they're being con- 
traoted for time and facilities about 
as fast as both: of. the major :candi- 
dates'' sponsora obtain campaign 
funds. 

There were network hope* of radio 
campaign costs running to a million 
but right how it's nothing like it. 
The average netv.-jrk charge - on 
either chain, for a station hookup 
per half hour, has been only around 
$5,000. 

The stations, liowever, are- now 
Insisting that both the Republican 
and Democratic parlies must take a. 
full schedule and not split the net- 
work regardless of whether or not 
(Continued on page 10) 



With .the click of (he 'Mayfalr for 
several seasons at the Ritz, and the 
recent Insurgent, sdcial dansants of 
the Pierrette, further opposlsh to 
the regular New Tork niteries has 
fiprunk up. 

' Petiar Arno Is how the moving 
spirit of a new Saturday night sup- 
per club at the Pierre hotel, wherp 
the' original Pierrette started (it'«< 
now. at the Waldorf),^ and Charlie 
Journal has the Sherry's Saturday 
Supper Dances getting under way 
Oct.- 22 at Sherry's. 
' Ih addition, the .Central Park Ca. 
stnP started a Sunday nlte series of 
supper dansants to an inclusive 
$7.60-per-head le^ this past week* 
end. (16), 

The .Sherry's sessions under Jour* 
nal will , be,'mord social than the 
semi-stage; atmofiiibere of the other 
clubs. Among the patronesses are 
the .Mesdames . Lucius Boomer, ISU' 
gene .Ong, Henry L.'Doherty, Hpw- 
?ird Chandler Christy, Valerie L>ang» 
eloth,' 0.".ver Harrlman, Qriswold 
ThompQon, Cornelius. Kelly, S. Stan> 
Wood Menken,: Theodore "Washing* 
ton. Stentmler, Jr., Harmon Smith, . 
Fullertott. "Weaveri ; Lyttleton Fox, 

(Continued on page 30) 



Comics Fr«l Buriey Mgrs. 
More Than Strippers 



Burlesque managers In New Tork 
are constantly on edge these per- 
formances as a result of the new 
law which absolves actora Of all 
guilt and holds the management re- 
sponsible in case of raids or pinches 
on Indecent show charges. A few 
of the strip women have proved 
troublesome but the comedians are 
the chief worry, say the managers. 

Managers' contention Is that cerr 
tain burlesque comics will say or 
do anything on a stage to draw 
a laugh and that the new law al- 
lows them more freedom than ever 
for they don't have to take the slap. 

Besides admonishing the comics 
in advance, several of the New York 
theatres are spotting a houHO em- 
ploye In the audie.nciit at every show 
in case somebody ad-llbn a gag 
that might possibly call for tH" 
wagon, 



CHI RIVER SHOW BOAT 
ONE BLOCK FROM LOOP 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 

Long In the converaatlonal pos- 
sibilities for Chlcae^o it now looks as, 
if the mysterious show boat from 
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, will become 
an actuality here on Nov. 12. EMI 
"Wappler of the -Bla'ckstone theatre, 
has succeeded Ralph Kettering, of 
the Adelphi theatre, as showman-iiT- 
charge, , Kettering , toyed with tha 
cnterprlsta as far. back .as two years 
ago. 

Show boat Is .a .lake vessel re- 
condltionod . at Sheboygan and now 
finally floated and financed by a 
syndicate, which has hired Wappler 
as gencraliesmp and Capt. Ralph 
Emerson, - Ohio River showboater 
and actor • of- 30 years experience, 
to introd4Jce a genuine river troupe. 

It Is planed to tie the showboat 
in the Chicago river at Dearborn and 
Wacker drive, one block from the 
Harris and Selwyn theatres. There 
are 1,058 seats and $1 top Is pro- 
posed. ■ 



A 20% Melon! 

"Waukon, la-.-Oct- lt • 

Chalk this- one up. • 

Directors of- the Allamakee County 
Amplthcater- company, at their an- 
nual mcetinf?, voted a 20% dividend, 
the molun- repro.'iPnllnfr summer sea- 
son'.i pro/ita. . 

John DotHt'th was named prefll- 
<U-iit. 



2 



VARIETY 



P I C TH R E S 



. Tuesday, October 18, 1932 



Audiences Are Too Smart and Films 
Must Be Great, Not Good-rTbalberg 



Irving Tlialberg wouldn't know a' 
boxofRce recipe If he saw one, Pic- 
tures are made by ideas, not. rules, 
declares Metro's production execu- 
tive. If the ideas are tenderly nur- 
tured they grow to compelling 
themes, if the. themes are artfully 
played upon, they reach, not one, 
but many levels of audience appre- 
ciation. And there you have it: hale 
and hearty bokofflce, dependent on 
no rule except the apjplicatlon of in- 
telligence and sympathy to the in- 
dividual presented by every release. 

'You have a feel for that sort of 
thing, or you haven't,' is Mr. Thalf/ 
berg's way of putting it. 

Though he refuses to discuss (fon^ 
Btruction on the plea that . it :wpul.d, 
take him . JO days to uhburdeni him- 
self t Mr. Thalberg says this: that 
1933 will be one of the most strenu- 
ous years in the pieture influstry.. . .. 

Audiences are no. longer .made up 
of gullible babes, enthralled, by ele-. 
mentary ' entertainment. . Moving 
pictures have grown up. So have 
audiences. ■ They've .be.6n to high 
e<jhoQi and college^ . .With > more gen-> 
ei-al enlightenmient has come a crit- 
ical attitude • toward ' life, = Us! probi-'" 
lemis. and diversions. ■ • ' 

Can't Underestiinate' . 
'The audience Is too darned smarti'- 
Bays " Mr. Thalberg. ^ 'The" <Jhap" who- 
puts gasoline V in your ^utomoblf^ 
has a < colTege- degt^ee. Tou' can^t 
offer him. a high priced star and al 
glamorous publicity : camp^lsn and' 
expect him - tp .call : that entertain-' 
nient. Tou have to pfeiJare' a jStotry 
for him that does iiol undei:'estlmat'e' 
his IntelUgehcfe.'. It's not - enough tof- 
dra^ him to the thtetre. Toil. must; 
send him out proclaiming the merits 
of the film' he's jUst witnessed.' ■ 
Silent films could aim at the low- 
est mean of intelligence and attract 
the majority film audience. ..Panto- 
mime .was simple and direct, - it 
conveyed ideas that the patron In- 
terpreted according to' his taste and 
vnderstaridihg. 

The Introduction of dialog ha^ 
lessened the cliieiha's possibility, of 
finding a coimmon denominator. The 
poorly educated man is hot permit 
ted to supply his o^wn interpretation 
of given, a^qtion., Re must accent 
the dialog writer's conception. If it 
does . hot concur with his own, .he's 
uncomfortable^, irritated, prone to 
boredom. . Simllarlyr an increasing 
number of educated patrons are es 
tranged by films directed toward 
strata ' of intelllg|ence lower thdn 
their own. , . , 

Thus, the once large potential, au- 
dience is segregated in groups. To 
appeal to the largest numbers of 
these groups is ever the objective. 

The deductions Mr. . ThQ.lbetg 
draws from his analysis of the box- 
office tell him that films, for the 
next year at least, cannot just be 
good. They must be great to force 
the public to buy admissions with 
money that it would rather save. 



APPROPRIATE 



'Nagana,' Sleepino Sickness in 
African GaMsing U Headaches. 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
in work /or six weeks, and with 
esveral more to go, 'Nagana' is 
causing headaches at Universal. 
Picture, with Melvyn Douglas and 
Tala IMi cll in' the cast,' is already 
over the budget. 

Ernest L. Frank is directing 
'Nagana,? ; which means 'sleeping 
Ickness' In African. 



Buiiiaiik, WB Goes 
Into '33-'34 Films 



' lioliywbbd, Oct 17. ' 
The Warner Burbank plant will 
hot close down this winter' accord- 
ing to present Tilans;-' Although pro- 
(a.ucing three months ahead - of re- 
lease, studio will start swinging into 
1933-:'34 product is sb.on'^ as the. cur- 
rent lineup' is completed. ■ , . •, ^ . 

Bight now about $d,600,600 in uh- 
reieased product is . tied up '«,t the. 
.studio. Last .summer, .when^ WB in- 
ceiptedl .the selling,, season, finished, 
product .;atll| 4o -,.l5ie;!eet iJrw.-r.elefls.e. 
rati-higlier than: that,,. or. |3,.600.000. . . 
'. ^Average cost of ''production is now 
ditvin to, aroiund i;26.0,6o6i, some Ba,y 
i;2!)0,p00, with WB leeilng..1tha;t the 
fabt'.'that It 'was I'fii^'jmoht'hs ahead of 
otKer studios In e.iashlng overhead 
is redounding to its benefit ' that 
much faster. 



Nio Immiediate Spot$ )^ 
'. 8 on Par Loaii--Out List 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Unable 'K) spot .them for immedi> 
ate productions, Paramount is try- 
ing to farm out Adrienne Ames, 
Richard Bennett; "Charles Starrett, 
Ftorine McKlnney, Kent ' Tftylor, 
Gordon Wefltcott fiihd Susan Flem- 
ing.' Gail Patrick, ' Birinlnghain, 
Ala., 'Panther Woiiiftn' Contest 'wlh- 
ne;r, though still without a picture 
to her credit, is also, on the list. 

|m1ss Ames and ^Uirr^tt - have 
beien on the. studio's loan list for 
four months. ' . 



Hedda's. Personals 

Hollywood, Oct. 17, 
Hedda Hopper left here Frlda.y 
(14), Metro giving her a four Weeks' 
■vacation. 

: Possibility ' of the time' beihg ex 
tended, with the studio trying to 
I line up some personal appearances 
for her in the east. 



INDEX 

Bills •.........««•«••••'•• . 36 

Burlesque ....'....<.••.•« .31 

Ohfljtter ,..••••»..»••••••«• -38 

Editorial .,....••.•«•*«•• 4Q 

Exploitation .17 
Film House Reviews. .»». 33 

Film Reviews.... 14 

Foreign Film News.M*** 11 
Foreign Show News...*** 44 
Inside — Legit ...... «^*.**« 40 

Inside — Music .*•««« 63 

Inside— ^Pictures .«u.**** 23 
Inside — Radio 61 
Inside — Vaude .mmm^. 40 
Legitimate .•.••*»«•*••«. 41-45 
tiiterati '46 
Music «. a ••••••****•*«** •62-53 

New Acts. 32 
News from the Dailies... . 36 

Nite Clubs. '..•...••••*•*• 52 

Obituary .....*.«.***•»*.• 65 

Outdoors ««*.» >«!»»*♦«>»»*« 65 

Pictures * 2-26 

Radio »>>*****.*.47-51 

Radio Reports. ...... ••♦V 6.0 

Sports •.....••<• ^ «•••••-• . 37 

Talking Shorts •« 14 

Uncommon Chatter/ .. v . . 39 
Va:udeville' .... . . . . i .... .27-31 

Vaudo HOu.-ie Reviews. . . .32-34 




WILJj MAHQNEY 

The Boston "Travels" said : 
"The audience wient wild with en- 
thusiasm and tiie° show ' stopped 
de^ after Mi*. M9^(>ney's' pei^foirm- 
ance dt ,the Metropolitan. Nothing 
could" go' dh until he appeared 'with 
one of his dizzy' and iunny curtain 
ispfeeches;" 'MiJioney' is a sensation 
and. ho mistake;"^ 

Direction 

RALPH G. FARNUM 

. 1560 Bropdway 



MMATE $50,^ WORTH 
aFREIMESFOR W 



: i : ' HbUywbod; 'Oct. 17. ■ \ 

Radio Pictures fllmlzatlon :Of W;' 
W.j . Jacobs' story,. 'The , Monkeyls 
Pajw,' which failed to click after 
tw'D' previews, la "to' be . remade - by 
Er|ieBt C. "Schodesack. . Figured that 
abtiut half ofi.the original nega,tivQ 
caii be 1-ecained- with new scenes 'for 
the remainder. ' 

i' tlctu're was 'brought' In for alround 
$20.0>o6p^l Reta^es^wlll, boost- the fig- 
ure ;nbt mote 'than ^60,00.0 it is be- 
lieved.''.! ';■ ; ■ ■ 



i BOACH rOJtCED DOWN 

1 Pittsburgh, Oct. 17. 

iHal • Roach, flying, back to the 
Coast from N'evr "Tork, was forced 
jdpwn by bad weather at Johnstown 
last 'week and ' came 'on here ' by 
train suffering from a severe cold 
He^ went to bed under a jihysi- 
cljan's bare, but 'was 'well ehough 
to resume his journey a day later.' 

Producer was accompanied by 
his personal pilot, 



MetrV Watite. Capra 



Hollywood, Oct; 17.^ ■ 
Louis B. Mayer Is trying, to. iiii- 
duce Harry Cohn, of- Columbia, to 
loan'him Frank Capra to direct an 
M-G'picture. ■ . 

Cohn is willing to make the loan 
if Metro %ill throw a name player 
into the bargain; 



Outfitting Arliss ; 

. • Hollywood, o'ct, IT. 
PauA Greeia Im doing an original 
on the life of Voltaire for Warners 
as a possible next for George Ar- 
liss who arrived here from Europe 
Oct is. 

Other stories being prepared for 
ArllsB are 'Adopted Ilather* and ah 
original by Ernest Pascal. 




)l)00, Bat Coin 




CHICKEN OR EGCi 



Metro and : Radio in Huddle to Der 
;. I oidit oh 'Dupe .Yarns 



1 



Hollywood, Oct 17. ; 
Metro and Radio execs are sched-. 
uled to get together tills week and 
decide y/hether 'The Lady and 
the Prize Fighter' witii Nbrma 
Shearer, or 'World'^ Champion' with 
Constance Bennett, will reach the 
screen. • . • 

• ' Stories are said to be almost. Iden- 
ticial. Former was written by 
Fi^hcbis Marlon ' and ; tH'e -later •by 
Adela Rctgers ' HyleCnd:. ' •" ' . ^' 



His Who Has Been 
I There tfHigest' Ha^ 
Bestest Furnkdi^e' 



' IfiAfi BAY'S DEBUT 

Hollywood, Oct. IT. 

Leah Ray, Cocoanut Groye song- 
stress, makes' her cinema debut in 
Pox's 'Handle -With Care,' in which 
shie will warble two numbers. 

Girl is the niece of Artie Jtfehl- 
Iniger, Harms Coast rep. . 




of Semi-Niide 
Native B^uties Helps Travel to Bali 



• i '' .. . Holly wbod^Oct. 17f v 
j^ature ,'in ' thfe riw' is'the' manner 
In ; i. which execs, , 'di^ecWrsJ" ' - an'd 
writeris ' on major lots await 'the' 
bunting of one of "thei'r cohtenipo- 
raii'fes in order to grab off the furn- 
ishings of the dep«^r^Ing .attaciie's 
of^ce.. .'...■ '', \' '. • .' 

lAs a ' rule studios furh'lsh ' the 
ofiQc^s'<s^.a^')ey. " IfaVtlculir^i^- lis this 
tri^e 'bf witiers 'yvho' 'jfet' li'ttle nibre 
from the' studio than a typewriter, 
chMr and, desk. . -But as ^oon: as it 
is jnoised around that a scribe Is go- 
i|hg' to leave the' Wt, bellow %ritbVs 
smfafiH'- do'wn on ,hl$ .bffice tb . see 
iprhat they c^.lift. All'assuine a 
•I'l^aW it 'first' manner. ' The'.bbst' 
furnished bfflce on each lot Is ui^u- 
&lly.tha,t o.f the writer' who hate been 
there the longest. .. ,/ [ 

Veteran 'writers point with pride 
to th'elr ' acquisitions. ' "The recltjEil 
lii^alljf: fiini': 'P. G.'' W.bdehouse sat 
liv this . very ' chair,' Rupert Hughes 
used' that typewriter', ElIiior Glyri 
once owned that couch.'. .'.' 

Younger w.rlters stand little chance 
bf! getting more In' their office than 
a prisoner has in' a cell. They stand 
ih, ^ye of the older- and' feettef fur- 
nished scribes .who ipipresft by re^ 
cajlllhg the . former associ'aitibns of 
coat . hangers, cuspidors and such. 
;It|ta;kes' the youhgsters aixJUt a year 
to: get a famous cushion, , ' ' ' ^ 

Jinimy Hall Faccs^ W 

i^on-Support Charge 

■ . New Haven, Oct; 17. 
Jimmy Hall, of. the screen, and 
whose real name, is James Bro'wn, 
was arrested in Los Angeles last 
week oh non-support warrant is- 
sued by the local city attorney. , 

Mrs. Irene Gardner Brown, for- 
naer actress, and of this city. Is 
suffering, from tuberculosis, claims 
to be. destitute and states, she is 
Hying in a rooming house at ex- 
pensj», of f rle^ids. 

Hail, formerly known as James 
Hamilton, maintains he has sent his 
wife $200 monthly since their sep 
aratlon six years ago. 

Local police . may ask fpv tra 
^^tion papers. 



^ Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

iSteamshIp, and tra.vel companies 
ate givinfe credit for the ' growing 
P9pula;rlty of Ball; South Sea island, 
to pictures. During the past few 
months four novelty features have 
been released, extolling the virtues 
of the island, its people and climate. 
Most of this footage has been 
loaded with s. a. in the form of un- 
draped femmes. 

Two years ago, Tahiti was sup- 
posed to be the garden spot of the 
Pacific. Now that Island gets sub- 
billing to the niore publicized Bali 
in travel literature. 

Cunard, Hamburg-American, Mat- 
son and Dollar Lines all feature 
Bali and its seductive femmes now 
in travel cruise propaganda. 

The travel agencies claim that 
Bali is the, main topic of Interest 
from the a. k. travelers who go for 
the winter trips. Before they get 
far into the subject of Itinerary, up 
pops Bali. Agencies are requesting 
m;ore photos of the Island and sug 
gesting that the s. a. be prominent 
ly I displayed. 

'Travel belnfe what it is, the sales 
man even throws in a wijik w two 
Avhen'metitibhina the IslandJ 



F<« 'Man Eater* Unit 
Sails for Malay Oct. 19 

Hollywood, Oct. 17, 
Acting and directing staff of "Fox's 
'Man Eater,' which will be made in 
Malay, has left to sail from New 
York Oct. 19 on the 'Berangaria.' 

Leaving here by train were Clyde 
ElllCtt, director, and Kane Rich 
mond, male lead. Marlon Bums left 
later by air. They Join James O. 
£lpearlng in New "york. Richmond 
Is on a term contract with Fox. 



S£FF TO PAB 

^anny' Seff, co-author of the 
legit play, 'Blessed B'verit,' has 
been given a Pafamount three 
month paper, although 'WB filmed 
his play. Seff leaves for the Coast 
Nov; 8. Leah Salisbury agented. 



JONSBUD FOE UETRO 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
' Metro is bringing Harold Jons- 
rud, who wrote the plays 'Down 
ft^Jl* and ^rt Gallery,' from New 
Y^rk to do prtglhals. 



SAILINGS 

jNov. 7 (San Pedro, around the 
wjorld), Mr.' and Mrs. Eddie Janis 
tpresident Pierce). 

lOct. 30 (New '.York to Southamp 
tbn) Mr. and Mrs. William K. How- 
ard (Bremen). 
' Oct. 24 (Los Angeles to Havana) 
David O. Selznick (President Cool- 
i«jge).. 

Oct 20 (New York to Berlin), 
'Vilbomte' Alain de Leche (Bremen). 

I Oct. 19 (New York ' to Cher 
bburg), Clyde Elliot, -Kane Rich 
mond, Marion Burns, James O. 
Spearing. (Berengarla). . 

Oct. 19 (New York to Gibraltar) 
Mark HelUnger (Rex). 

Oct 18 (New York to London' 
Kimberley and Page (Leviathan), 

Oct. 16 (New York to Panama), 
Carl MacDonald (Panamerica). 

Oct 16 (New York to Los- An 
geles) Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lodge 
(Virginia). 
: Oct IB (New York to Havre) 
Mary Lawlor, ^andy Roth (Laf 
ayette). 

. Oct. 14 '(New York, to London) 
Rose Franken (Majestic); 

Oct 12 (Paris to New York) 
'Louclla Parsons (Bremen). 

Oct 12 (Paris to New York) Mau- 
ri|ce Chevalier (He de France). 

Oct. 12 (London to New York) 
Hiirry Foster, John V9,n Druten Clle 
de Frahoe).. 



By RUTH MORRIS 

Talking pictures will recapture 
the glamor of silent films whe^t -ex- 
pensive ^ei^'ases'vlsiialiy' represent 
the- money 'tbat has gone Into their 
construction. 

'Production . costs,^ says Walter 
Futter, 'are now monopolized by in- 
gredients that the audiehcc cannot 
fiilly appreciate. A silent film that 
bost $800,000 . was constructed to 
impress spectators with its visual 
excitement and splendor. It pre-- 
sented^800,P()0 worth of eye-flllliig, 
bDx;ofl|ice. inspiring,, spectacle. 
■ ''The $800,000 'film of ', today rep- ^ 
resents, large.ly,, hioney .thsit Vb. spent 
behind the. screen to pay for high . 
priced, ,. directors, dialog .'yyiriters, , 
fabulously expiehsiye stars. It buys ' 
at. great cost sbiriethiiig Vof which ' 
the, audience is only vaguely aware. 

That's ..because, 1 in, Mr. Putter's 
estiijiate, , fllnjg forgotten that 

they're' primarily a'" medium "ot 
sight 'entleftaihTh'ent; Secondarily of 
sound. ' V They've • . developed . their . 
aiidlblq appjealr^lpipprted,' : at great ' 
expense, stars and directors who 
cpujd cope 'w;ith" the new medium. 
Cortcent'rktI(fti ' oh the making o'f 
good talfeers-'has fbrgbtte'n' the daysi 
when b.'b;' • rtecbrds ' were ' .smashed 
with plctii'res ' that w^ breath tak- 
ing' in' is'cbp'e^''exbtieism, magiiifl- 
cehce; when"' 'production- costs w.re 
put on the.dcreeh for the audience 
to see and.«^x9lj^lm over.. 
- In sirgul'hg; for . iavish spectacles 
' oivifiry the b^nyentlpnal talker out- 
put; Mr^' .lFu^ler doesn't advocat^ 
eiiorm'o'tis ]^r<^d'uctlbh expense. He's 
one .to save a dime 'where ai dime's 
to- be"sa,ved." !H6 slihpiy says": in- 
cite audience interest with a pic- 
ture that' look's as' though It' had 
cctst $3',0d0i000 'and do it for bhe- 
tenth of that' amount 

- Ignoring, Real Drama ' 
The ca^'^'ra' iised to be. '^^a''box 'of 
magic ^^nchahtlneht; it' has ' been' 
subordinated' tb' microphones.' Talk- " 
ers ' have concentrated oh inbred 
plots ahd' Ignored the drama that' 
can be filmied' in the far corners of' 
the earth. '■ .• 

Life produces- these scenes at no 
expense to <■ picture studios. The 
sets' 'are bulltr the 'extras' don't 
have to -be paid. . They're there to 
be filmed by the alert camera man/ 
Mr. Futter illustrates these scenes 
with exttmples of . the sequences that 
have been, sent back to hini by his 
troup ^of scQutIng . camera men. At 
present be controls seven, members 
of geographical and research expe« 
dltions, 'felipivi^s^wlth a fiair for the 
dramatic ai^d appreciation of human 
interest, who, em bark, on their t.r|ps 
In the hope. of. encountering un- 
usual,' spectacular entertainment.^ 
Oftener than not, they get their 
wish. 

Life puts on good shows that en* 
rlbh the Futter archives with start- 
lingly different, real-life _ scenes. 
Some of these shots, if reproduced 
in Hollywood, would entail prohibi- 
tive expenditure. The best copies 
could only hope to duplicate actual 
scenes.. Many could not be repro- 
duced at alli Where, asks Mr. Fut- 
te'r, and for .how much, can you hire 
16,000 Devil v Divncers; 18 ancient 
sailing vessels engaging in the 
yearly grain-race between Australia 
and England; 4C camels wading in 
snow; 62 .(Elephants caparisoned in 
Eastern ; spf.endpr? Mr. Putter's 
filrh compilations over the .years 
gives him one 0|f the most extensive 
celluloid libraries , ever assembled. 

.It remain^ for, Hollywood, having 
sent its caniera crews to film these 
real scenes, to Ihcorporate, them— ^ 
through camera processes— into the 
action of a stoi-y. The audience ia 
none the .wiser.. Transparencies and 
ground-glass projection perfect the 
deception. The important points tb 
Mr. Futter are that the audience is 
swept away by novelty, dramatic 
Intensity and authentic splendor, 
filmed at little cost; that picture 
product breaks away from the bore- 
dom of conventional cycles by re- 
capturing all the potentialities of its 
moving, Arabian Nlghis, camera. 



EATH HEFBTJBN'S PEBSONAL 

Katherlne Hepburn may personal 
appearance kt the RKO Palace, 
Broadway, In conjunction with 'Bill 
of Divorcement,' Oct. 22. Miss Hep- 
burn appears in the film with John 
Barryniore and Blllie Burke. 

She arrived from Europe Oct. 144 



Testing Heyburn 

Hollywood. Oct. .17. 
Weldon Heyburn is t-alcing a test 
as a candidate to play opposlfe 
Mary Pickford in 'Shanty Town.' 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



FILM NAMES 




STOCK 



Al Wouldn't Scrain Out on a Pal; 
Just the Breaks Between Retakes 



Al Jolson decided that three days 
In New York and a whole week 
ftway from Riiby Keeler Jolson was 
enough, especially with the frau 
phonlngr at 7 a. m. coiast time to 
^me home, and so the mammy 1st 
Boramm'ei .back to California; Sim- 
day night (16). 

On Saturday morning Jolson, at- 
tended " by Nathan Burkan, signed 
with the Campbell-Iiiwald advertis- 
ing agency for at least eight weeks 
on the Chevrolet program com- 
nericlng Nov. 18. There are four- 
week options, but Jolson doesn't 
think h^'ll go more than eight weeks 
las he hears Florida, calling him al- 
ready. Besides which he must be 
back after the first of the year on 
the. Coast for a new picture" 

Two More For U.A. 

Joseph M. Schenck wants Jolson 
for two more, via United Artists, 
one to he made this year. Jolson 
says he's amenable, especially 'be- 
cause I need the bucks.' The come- 
dian has been working for nothing, 
he says, since last April, and the 
fact that Schenol: has yet to get hla 
back is, of course, something else 
iagaln, JolsOn admits. The mammy- 
lat was paid for 'The New Yorker' 
twoj years apo when he was first 
Blgned to do 'Sons o' Guns' as a mur 
Blcal talker from the late Jack Don- 
ahue'ii Broadway musical comedy, 
but. t h a,t. never materialized, 
6chenck finally, fitting Jolson into 
ithe present release. Jolson has been 
paid $500,000 for his end of It alone, 
plus .a percentage of the net. 

Stories from the Coast were that 
f Olson and Schenck, who are pals 
ias weir as business associates, were 
iiammed through the comedian 
Bcramming east as soon as Schenck 
left Hollywood on his aeronautical 
[visit to the President of Mexico In 
ffexico City. This w&sn't so, as 
<7olson took a quick trip easlt during 
the Schenck party's sojourn in Mex- 
ico, and felt he wasn't holding up 
1th© necessary retakes, for which 
purpose he returned Sunday night. 

Academy Award Dinner 
Is to Be Speechless 

Hollywood, Oct 17. 
. Little or no speech making will 
feature the annual award dinner of 
the Academy Nov. 12. Instead, com- 
mittee Is working on a program of 
entiertainment by stage and screen 
names to enable a national air 
hookup of the event. 

Lionel Barrymore will preside and 
present the awards. All political or 
Induistrlal orations of the formal 
type will be barred. 

Walter Wanger has been selected 
ias vice-chairman of the awards 
committee, pinch hitting for David 
CX Selzhidk, chairman, who is going 
to New York. 



Reverse Twist 



'Going Hollywood' can mean 
many things. A twist con- 
cerns a stage director. 

When this lad went west six 
months ago, on hia first .trip, 
he was deemed one of the best 
egoists on Broadway. He al-- 
ways managed to mention his 
'genius.'. 

After making one picture 
but there, he's back now. But 
he's quiet, restrained and 
cowed, says he Isn't important, 
and doesn't want to be inter- 
viewed. He just wants to 
work. 



Ethd Barrymore's Eyes 
Prolong Metro's ^Rasputin' 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Duo. to eye trouble, Ethel Barry- 
more was only able to work six 
hours last week on 'Rasputin' 
(Metro), with the result she has 
liot left for New York.. She will 
Remain here another week, Arthur 
Hopkins having agreed to postpone 
tehearsals on her play. 

Finishing date for 'Rasputin' Is 
how Nov. 15. Original schedule 
Called for completion Sept. 1. 



$205,682 DEBTS IN 
M'GUIRE BANKRUPTCY 



Iios Angeles, Oct. 17. 

Liabilities of $205,682 and assets 
of $C,050 are listed in the bank- 
ruptcy petition filed by William An- 
thony McGulre in U. S. District 
Court here. 

Among the several hundred; debts 
listed are: Joseph M. Schenck, J19,- 
000; John Consldine, $10,950; Robert 
Newm-an, $31,722; Fredric March) 
$600; Harms, $1,500; . Thomas Nip, 
$675; Mrs. Hanry B. Harris, $600; 
U. J. (Sport) Herrman, $16,006; Vin- 
ton Freedley,$l,00O; Universal, $2,- 
000; Joe Laurie, Jr., $1,514; Ameri- 
can Dramatists, $416; Century Play 
Co., $3,000; Newam Theatre Corp., 
$1,251; W. O. Meiliah, $4,608; Joseph 
Urban, $1,000; Equity, $1,275; Al 
Jolson, $2,715; and Max Hart, 1,- 
550. 

Also tabulated were bills for the 
production of 'Bad Penny' here and 
If I Was Rich.' in New York. As 
assets, McGuiro listed a number of 
plays that ho authored. 

Writer's attorneys, Brand, Zagon, 
and Aaron, applied for leave to 
amend the petition If other liabili- 
ties are found in New York. 




Studios' Spanking of Own Bad Boys 
Fweseen in Acadeniy-1^ Probe 



Proteges Now Featured ill 
Pictures or Directing 
Thein Include Pickford, 
Lyon, Harding, Colbert, 
Stuart Walker, Edgar Sel- 
wyn and Others — Film 
Names 50% Legit 



JESSIE BONSTELLE DIES 



HOLTZ-SCHULBERG FILM 



Proposition Up With Possible Film- 
ing in East 



Lou Holtz Is considering an offer 
from B. P. Schulberg to make a 
feature picture. He has been given 
a script of a story entitled 'Birth of 
the Blues.' 

Should a deal be made, Schulberg 
might make the picture at Para- 
mount's Astoria, L. I., studio In 
close proximity to the Broadway 
talent on which he would draw, for 
casting. , i i. 



Stardom for Durante 



GLADYS BLAKE'S FIEST 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

First picture spot for Gladys 
Blake, vaudeville comedienne, is op- 
posite Harry Langdon In 'Tired 
B^ot,' Educational comedy. 

Formerly of the team of Gresham 
ftnd Blake, actress was spotted by 
"»e Gardner-Vincent agency. 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Metro is sroomlng Jimmy Durante 
for stardom with his next part to 
be In "The Rear Car,' adapted from 
E. J. Rathia play by Chuck Relsner 
and Robert Hopkins. Relsner will 
direct. 

'The Bed Light' will be the re- 
lease title of 'Rear Car.' 

Studio may try to write in a part 
for Buster Keaton. John F. Goodr 
rich Is doing the screen story. 

Durante Roes into 'Car' after com- 
pleting 'Pig Doats.' 



HUBEE BUILD-UP 

Hollywood, Oct. 17, 
Warners is grooming Harold 
Hubor as another member of the 
'Valentino' fraternity and has given 
him a tGrmerj.:-None of his work in 
front of the lens has boen releasfed 
yet. 

Huber is from the .stage and New 
York imported for. 'Central Park.' 
and since then u.sed in 'Common 
Ground! and 'Parachute ' 



Hollywood, Oct 17. 
Actors reach the stage from all 
walks of life and there is no desig- 
nating an exact source. Particu- 
larly is this true . of picture players, 
a great many of whom pop up ap- 
parently from nowhere. But about 
half of the featured players now on 
the screen have come to the. studios 
from the stage and of this num? 
ber a goodly, portion have been 
trained, or have at some time 
worked, for the late Jessie Bon- 
atelle, head of the Detroit Civic 
Theatre. 

Miss Bonstelle had been operating 
stock companies for the past 80 
years, and at various times she had 
produced plays on Broadway. Once 
a legit star her last appearance 
In a Broadway production was In 
'The Lady from Oklahoma' In 1916 
for William A, Brady. Miss Bon- 
stelle was also a stager for Brady, 
having done -Little Women' In Lon- 
don for that producer. 

Three Prominent Proteges 

In pictures perhaps Ann Harding, 
Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon and 
William Powell are Miss Bonstelle's 
best known proteges. Her early 
training of such performers as 
Melvyn Douglas, Kenneth McKen- 
na, James Rennie, Neil Hamilton, 
the late Robert Ames, Frank Mor- 
gan and Alexander KIrkland Is 
considered as having done much 
for their careers. 

Other screen luminaries who 
worked with Miss Bonstelle on the 
stage are Giladys Hulette^ Mary 
Plckford, Josephine Hull, Edna 
Torrence, Lester Vail, Glenn And- 
ers, Gavin Gordon, Minor Watson, 
Robert Fraser, Oscar Apfel, Paul 
McAllister, Alan B 1 r m I ngham, 
Franklyn Pangborn, Alan Bunco, 
Frank McGlynn,. Bertram Gransby, 
Douglas Gllmore and Kent Kilmore. 

Another actress developed by 
Miss Bonstelle Is Katharine Cor- 
nell, daughter of Peter Cornell, 
Buffalo doctor, who also managed 
the Star theatre there. Miss Bout. 
stelle operated a stock company at 
the Star for : 17- yearo and during 
which time Miss Cornell played 
leads '^with the company for some 
time before reaching New York. 

Bonstelle's A.B.C. Pupils 

Stagers who learned the tricks 
with Bonstelle companies, and who 
are now . directing pictures,' are 
Stuart Walker, once prominent as 
the director of the Portmanteau 
theatre, Indianapolis, and now with 
Paramount; John Cromwell, Edgar 
Selwyn and Guthrie McClIntIc, who 
is the husband of Miss Cornell. 

Miss Bonstelle's contribution In 
personnel to the stage . and who were 
taught their thespic a.b.c's In either 
her Buffalo, Detroit or Providence 
troupes, include: Alice Brady, 
Helen Menken, Winifred Lenihan, 
Sylvia Field,: Joan Lowell, author- 
ess of 'Cradle of the Deep'; Maude 
Howell, Norman Hackett, Halbert 
}3rown, Edward Robbins, Hugh 
Dillman, RoUo Peters, William 
Shelly, Bertram Harrison, Arthur 
Allen. Wilfred Lytell, Calvin Thom- 
aa and Guy Standing, Jr., Howard 
E.stabropke, Radio studio exec, and 
Norman Bel Geddes, New York 
btager, are also Bon.stelle grad- 
uates. 

Recently Metro brotight Miss 
Bon.stelle to the Coast with the Idea 
of establishing a local repertoire 
theatre for the training of players 
Cor pictures. The studio and Miss 



Too Good 



Hollywood; Oct. 17, 
Darryl Zanuck wants the ; 
U.S. Polo Association to re- 
duce him from a two -goal to 
a one-goal handicap rating. 

Warner production 'exec pre- 
fers to be a lesser malleteer. 




WB in Lombard 
Walkout on Pic 



. : Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

As flrat cooperative movie between 
istudlos, Paramount took Carole 
Lombard oft salary October 14 for 
her failure to play the femme lead 
opposite James Caghey In Inside.' 
formerly called 'Bad Boy.' Para- 
mount gave as the reason that they 
read' the script and thought the 
role was excellent for her, a,nd that 
the studio would not embarrass 
Warners by tolerating players* In- 
difference and refusal to function 
as they thought best. ' . 

Miss Lombard had* been loaned 
to Warners in exchange for George 
Brent whom Paramount is using in 
'Luxury Liner.' It's likely Para- 
mount may ask the Academy Con- 
cUatlon Committee to uphold them 
in the matter. 

Mary Brian, instead of Miss Lom- 
bard win play opposite Cagnfly in 
'Inside' for Warners. 



RAFT-SIDNEY 



Par's Plans For - Co-Starring — it's 
Not Via Schutfaerg 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Sylvia Sidney and George Raft 
will be co-starred by Paramount in 
'Pickup,' Vina Delmar story of 
which Courtnay Terrett and James 
Storm are writing the treatment. 

This is not the production which 
B. P. Schulberg is planning with 
Miss SIdneyl 



New Extra Peak 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Top seven day period for more 
than a year among extras saw 
8,621 day checks passed out last 
week. This is twice as many as 
the previous sfeven days.. 

Tuesday (11) with 2,345 place- 
ments, was high day for Coast ex- 
tras since talkers arrived. Biggest 
set was also on that day, when 720 
players gathered at United Artists 
to watch the Can«or bullfight for 
'Kid From Spain.' 



Hollywood, Oct; 17. 
That producers intend to use the 
conciliation machinery of the Acad- 
emy to spank its bad boys and girls. 
Is seen in the filing of a complaint 
with that body by Radio pictures 
which seeks $10,000 punitive dam- 
ages, from Lee Tracy. Company 
charges that his failure to appesur 
at the studio on five different oc- 
casions during the filming of 'Pht*^"- . 
torn Fame' cost It that much money. 

Action is taken as an indication 
that the producers are not going to 
allow their own creation, the Acad- 
emy, to be only a one-sided affair— 
a court for disgruntled employees. • 
Radio was paying Tracy $1,500 a 
week, and $3,600 Is being withheld 
from him awaiting the Academy 
verdict. Of this amount. It is said 
payment On a check for $1,600 has 
been stopped. 

Adjustment Body Investigates 
Case Is being Investigated by the 
actors' adjustment committee, com- 
prising Conrad Nagel, Frederic 
March, De Witt Jennings, .Claude 
Oillingrwater and Hallam Cooly, and 
if . the findings of this body do not - 
satisfy both parties the matter then 
goes to the concilliatloh board for 
a formal hearing. Under the proi- 
ducers' agreement tho contestants 
must abide by the Academy 
findings. 

According to the Radio charges, 
Tracy failed to put In appearances 
on the set on time and that on two 
particular days he stayed away en- 
tirely. Damages are sought as a re- 
sult of the delays caused and the 
holding up of the company due to 
necessary changing of schedules. 

Tracy ajso staged a walk-out on 
Radio's 'Hollywood on the Air* jiro- 
gram the night of the day the . 
charges were filed by Daniel O'Shea, 
the company's attorney. Actor was 
scheduled to read part of his lines 
from the Columbia picture 'Waah- 
<ngton .Meirry-Go-Rouhd,' but failed 
to show. 

Apologies were made over the air 
with the statement that Tracy wa« 
confined to his bed with illness. 
William Gargan was put into th© 
spot to pinch hit. 



'Hofly wood OB Air' Going 
For Improfflptn' Idea 



Holywood, Oct. 17. 

'Hollywood on the Air* moves oft 
a Radio PItcures studio stage Oct. 
27 to the Cocoanut Grove of th*. 
Hotel Ambassador. 

Program will feature Phil Han-Is^ 
whose hotel orchestra has a,lso beea 
used recently In a Radio short. Fan 
appeal will be the Introducing of 
screen celebs from the tables to do 
their stufC before the mike. 



Bonstelle failed to get togOther, 
however. 



Detroit, Oct. 17. 

Jessie Bon.stelle, director of the 
Detroit Civic Theatre, died at her 
home here Oct.. 14, after a week's 
struggle with a bad cold. Financial 
reverses of her recently formed 
Civic theatre had worried her con- 
siderably for the past few months 
and sho Insisted on handling busi- 
ness affairs until a. few days before 
she was stricken. 

Miss Bonstelle was one of the 
oldest members of the American 
stage, haying been on the boards for 
cIo.se to 50 years. She operated 
.stock companies, mostly, that 
branch appealing more to her than 
new play production, and from her 
various companies, came some of the 
biggest names on the legit stage. 

Miss Bonstelle's age was a mys- 
tery at death; though understood 
she was about 65. An obituary no- 
tice appears elsewhere In this Issue, 



Mae West's Jool Robbery " 
Draws Newspaper Splash 

Hollywood, Oct. I'j'. 
Conservative Los Angeles 'Timet^ 
unbent last week and threw a 
streamer across its front page on 
the reported theft of $16,000 In Jew- 
els and $3,400 in cash from Mae 
West. 

Actress was robbed Sept. 28 but 
publicity was Withheld to^ permit an 
undercover Investigation by the dis- 
trict attorney's office and police!. 
Valuables were taken by a stranger 
who demanded them at a point of 
a gun while Miss West was seated 
in her limousine In front of her 
apartment. 

Authorities believe it was an 'in- 
.sldc job.' 



Former Mrs. Kent Dies 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Funeral serrices for Mrs. Mabclle 
Evelyn Eaves Kent, 36, divorced 
wife of Sidney R. Kent,, were held 
here Oct. 16. 

The former Mrs. Kent died Oct. 
14 after a month's Illness. She was 
divorced four years ago from Kent 
and Is survived by a daughter and 
two sisters. 



VARIETY 



p I cm RE s 



U. S. vs. Electrics Sdt Due Nov. 15; 
May Call Roosevelt 4 News Wires Set 



Wilmington, Oct, 17. 

Federal ..anti-trust action against 
Radio Corp. of America and 13 
oth^ defendants, postponed last 
weelt, Is now slated for hearing 
Nov. 15.' Date was set by Judge 
Nlelds In Federal Court here after 
conference with representatives 
from the Attorney General's office 
In Washington. 

Understood the hearing will go 
straight through without interrup- 
tion for the GTP-Duovac anti- 
monopoly action against Western 
Electric and subsids. letter suit, 
however, will get the unprecedented 
early hearing here at any event. 

Co-defendants' of RCA in the 
action are General Electric, Inter- 
national General Electric, Westing- 
house Electric & Manufacturing, 
National Broadcasting, RCA Com- 
munications, RCA Photophono, IICA 
R^idibt'ron, RCA ' Victor; ' American 
Telephbhe '& Telegraph, Western. 
Electric, General Motors Corp;, and 
General Motors Radio Corp. / All 
charged with yiolating Clayton and 
Sh'ermah acts. . 

Practice of 'cross licensing agree- 
inerits' in .tying up 4,000 patents, is 
ajt the center of the action, govern- 
ment charging this- set up a giant 
trust that Tvas extended into Eu- 
rope .^nd South America by agree- 
ments with English^ German and 
French companies, 

Rooseyftlt as Witnesa? 
■ This International phase gtves 
the suit a broader, aspect than any 
other anti^ trust action lirevlously 
filed In any field. Even without the 
international ; complication, the suit 
is- regarded siecond only to the 
Standju'd Oil anti-trust litigation. 
In addition to hundreds of experts 
from everywhere, report was cur- 
rent here that Franklin D. Roose- 
velt would testify shortly after the 
presidential campaign. Roosevelt 
figure^ since he was Assistant Secr 
retary of the Navy under Josephus 
Daniels in 1919 and was in close 
touch, .with the situation when the 
Radio, Corporation was started. : 

Government charges .that RCA'^ 
Income from licenses alone. Is more 
than. $7,000,6do each year. Also 
Ch^rses . that RCA exacts a mini- 
mum royalty, of $100,00.6 for each 
license, to manufacture receiving 
sets and )60,00() a year for manu- 
factutie and sale of vacuum tubes. 
Government also charges that, since 
the beginning of the suit, RCA has 
relaxed these .requirements.; 

Hearings wlll> require an entire 
floor in the Federal Building, be- 
sides the court room. Carload of 
equipment exhibits will be stored 
in the corridors and grand jury 
rooms.. Four news services have 
arranged for hotel rooms and atr 
torneys have set up headquarters 
in two- office buITdings. 



Par Now Wants Rogers 
To Make 12 Features 

Hollywood, Oct 17. 
In line with its Intent of assign^^ 
Ing more production to independent 
units. Paramount is negotiating; 
with Charles R. Rogers for four ad- 
ditional pictures this year. 

These would.be in addition to the 
eight Ropers has already contracted 
to do. 





Exclusive Totals 

' . • ■ ■■ . ' * 

Are Disappoiiiting 



With the adding of more tlieatres 
to the 'exclusive' theory neutral fllrn 
observers declare that the dlstribu- 
tdrs, themselves, are finding receipts 
disappointing and,; in many in- 
stances, ,^conslder ably less than the 
total aggregated when subsequent 
runs were served. 

In eight cities where the experl- 
naent Is being made, 122 subsequent 
runs are affected.' Each of these 
subsequents averages a rental of 
$25 per feature, or a total of $3,050. 
If a company plays 45 features In 
thede towns on ah'' exclusive' balsls 
an approximate rental of $162,500 is 
autpmatlcally cut off by the poUcy. 
If it is further maintained that the 
exclusive theatres in these cities. In 
order to offset the loss at these sub- 
seiquents must take in not less than 
$12,600 per feature on this specified 
ratio.' ■ , 

The deal whict United Artists has 
made with 16 Loew theatres is not 
considered because it has not yet 
become effective. ; The cities . and 
the approximate number of ostra- 
cized theatres, where the experi- 
ment has had sufficient time to 
afford material for study and com- 
parison, or the first practical slant 
on the exclusive theory. Include: 
Wilmington, 4; Harrlsburg, 5; Kan- 
sas City, 40; Houston, 15; Indian- 
apolis, 25; Atlanta, 26; Middletown. 
and Waterijury, Co.nn., 8. 

Theatres in the Connecticut towns 
are affected by the deal Fox made 
with Harry Arthur. . • . 

In Atlanta, Paramount tried two 
of Its pictures on an exclusive basis. 
Ldew two 'weeks ago opened a new 
house announced as permanently 
exclusive. 




Tuesday, October 18, 1932 



Uoyd-Hughes Are hdpositioiied by 
MPPDA Distrib for Program^arii^ 



CHARLIE McCarthy 

sUll with 

EDGAR BERGEN 

have just completed seventh ven- 
trlloquldl short for Warners 
Now at' Loew's State, New York 
Mr. Bergen is now writing 
"Make Mine the Same" 

Direction: 
JACK MANDEL, Loew 
WEBER-SIMON, RKO 



ERPI Denies 

Denial of all allegations that Its 
license is Illegal and is in viola- 
tion of Federal anti-trust laws. Is 
made by Electrical Research Prod- 
ucts. Copies of the ERPI answer 
were received yesterday (Monday) 
by the three plaintiffs, Warners, 
General Talking Pictures and Duo- 
vac. • 

A number of independent exhibi- 
tors will probably be called by the 
plaintiffs to testify as to their- deal- 
ings with ERPI In connection with 
service on equipment. 



% From 1st DoHar 
For W in N. Y. and L. A. 



Kahaiie's Sunrey 



Hollywood, Octi 17. 

B. B. Kahane has had made for 
his personal information a survey of 
the country so that he might be in- 
formed of conditions and the de- 
Blres of film theatrie-goers. : 

Siirvey was made by Tamar Lane, 
former film trade paper editor, who 
got back here this week after do- 
ing 12,000 miles visiting exchanges 
and mingling with patrons in all 
types of theatres. 



'No Man' Is Al Lewis and 
■ . Ruggles Par Initialer 

Hollywood, Oct 17. 

Initial supervisory duties on the 
Paramount lot for Al Lewis, newest 
Associate producer, •will be 'No Man 
of Her Own,* Clark Gable And Mir-, 
iam Hopkins :co-siArrer. ' 

Picture is also the first- for 
Weisley Ruggles under' his new Par 
s6t-up following purchase of his 
contract from Radio. 



Terms under which 'Kid from 
Spain' goes into the p'alace. New 
York, and Warners', Western, Holly 
wood, are 60% straight from the 
first dollar. These are the same 
terms tinder ■ttrhlch Chaplin sold 
'City Lights' under grind policies on 
both Coasts. 

'Kid' opens east and west on a 
twora-day $2 basis Nov. 10 with 
Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti and 
Sidney Franklin doing personals for 
the N. Y. premier. 



M^rthy PicldDg 
Films for Fahce's 
$2 Schedole in K y. 



Jeff McCarthy . Is at present on 
,the- boast viewing 'Kid Fi'om Spain' 
(Gold wyn- Cantor), with the intent 
of a twice daily routine for the pic- 
ture at $1.60. and $3 prices both 
here and abroad if everything Jells. 
However, McCarthy will not entire- 
ly devote his 10 Hollywood days to 
gazing at 'Kid' alone. 

While west McCarthy has been 
oonimlssioned by H. B. Franklin 
ta P0ek at other film possibilities, 
already in the can or making, as 
regards their suitability for the 
new twice daily policy as announced 
for the New York Palace. With 'Kid- 
to lead off the middle of next month, 
and coming m under a six weeks 
guarantee .for the house, , further 
prospects at this time are believed 
to be 'King Kong' (Radio), 'State 
Fair' and 'Cavalca'de' (Fox), 'Sign 
of the Cross' and 'Farewell to Arms,' 
both ' Par, and 'The Masquerader' 
(UA). In the case of the DeMllle 
picture, 'Sign of thb Cross,' it may 
be that Paramount will be unwill- 
ing to hold this one back for Man- 
hattan until .H can bo spotted at 
the Palace. 

Before leaving for the west 
Mc Carthy is undierfstood to have 
rescaled the' Palace for RKO 
and its $2 film effort. The the- 
atre will have a weekly money 
capacity of slightly over $31,000 ex- 
clusive of standing room. House 
seats 1,764 with a full depth of side 
boxes on the lower floor • and two 
balconies which also have their ac- 
companying side boxes. The vaud- 
eville high for the Palace is $41,000 
during a holiday week (New Year's) 
with extra shows. 



Picking Best Shorts 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

In addition to awarding trophies 
for the best feature pictures of the 
year, best acting, etc^ Academy 
will give certificates of honorable 
mention for the best short subjects. 
There'll be three classes— straight 
comedies, animated subjects and 
novelties. 

Committees of five names each 
will nominate three films from each 
class with final selections to be 
made by the three committees act- 
ing as a whole. 



Grainger's Coast Stay 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 
J. R. Grainger, Fox v. p. and sales 
chief, is due here today (17), after 
stopping at 'Frisco on his Jump 
from New York. 

This is Grainger's first vlatt west 
in six months. He will be here sev 
ieral weeks. 



Metro tanks 'Gun Moll' 
As Title of Harlow's Next 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Metro figured title of 'Gun Moll' 
for. Jean HartoWs next -waa open 
bait for the censoris so have toned 
down the Anita liewls monicker to 
'Nora.' 

Rowland Brown will direct. 



A. J. Balaban in 
Qii; May Resume 
BMStagePost 



Chicago, Oct. yi. 
No drastic changes .are . contem- 
plated within the. Balaban A^ Katz 
orjganization either as to.- jteraonnel 
or policy.. :. This. afflrmatlQn comes 
from John Balaban, who last, week 
arrived here after an absence of two 
years to resume aa dlriector of the 
B&K division. 

A. j. Balaban . arrlveid almost 
simultaneously motoring; here from 
Quebec where his ship docked from 
Europe. With him is his entire 
family. ;who have been livingr In 
Switzerland. It is stated, that A. J. 
is 'vvlthoUt plans and is Vtlll miakine 
up his mind as to what he 'wants 
to do. But it seems pretty certain 
that he will resume his supervision 
of all B. & K. stages. Balaban. 
states that several propositions to 
get him- back into harness have 
been made but he's still uncertain 
about his plans. 

John Balaban brought only his 
secretary and Sol Braggen, film 
booker, from New York. Braggen 
will book the Canadian Publix 
houses from Chicago as he did prior 
to switching .to New York. 
More Stage Units 
An engagement of i^ctivltles and 
a possible expansion in personnel Is 
likely for the B&K. production de- 
partment now that it is decided to 
limit Fanchon & Marco to one week, 
the Oriental, in . Chicago, Units pro>- 
duced locally for the Chicago the- 
a.tre will move to the Uptown and 
'Tlvoli on a fixed schedule. During 
the summer a haphazard booking 
system obtained. 

Greater prominence for ' Balaban 
& Katz as an entity and playing 
down of the word 'Piibllx' was re- 
ported but minimized by John Bal- 
aban as 'nothing new.' Institutional 
value of the B&K trade name has 
never been forgotten." 

Chief result of the new seitup is, 
cf course, that decisions have the 
immediate stamp of authority in- 
stead oiC having to mark time. pend- 
ing the delays of referring problems 
to New Yo^k. This will be a con- 
venience for the organization. 



WB Contemplates Detheatre Plan; 
IMVC Take-Ov^ on Coast Is Off 



Warners lis contemplating a pol- 
icy of detheaterlng to rid the chain 
of undesircd houses. Idea follows 
similar action by Fox, Publix and 
RKO. 

Warners now operate around 460 
houses, many of them grouped in 
certain cities, with others of lesser 
note stretching out In the hinter- 
lands. Presumption by WB is that 
if the company turns over certain 
houses to independents these the- 
atres will still take the WB-FN 
product, giving the company satis- 
factory outlet. Or, as Publix does, 
long term franchises may be includ- 
ed in deals unloading theatres. 

For some time Warnerltes ha.ve 
folt that the company is forging 
ahead satisfactorily on production 
and distribution but is being held 
back by an ovor-theatered condi- 
tion, as exists with other majors. 

There is no indication as yet what 
houses or In what territories ef- 
forts will be made to detheatre. WB 
operates in the east and central east 



as a'condpact zone, and also oh the 
Pacific Coast, mostly in California. 

Fox West Coa-st and Warners 
have mutually agreed to call qtt 
their proposed pooling deal whereby 
WB Coast houses and Warner' the- 
atres around Milwaukee would have 
gone under FWC operation. Among 
the causes chilling the proposed 
pool is reported the present Govern- 
ment suit against FWC brought on 
by California indie operators. 

Warners is said to have felt there 
was a possibility of its own houses 
coming into the circle of . inquiry 
were the pool realized, and WB was 
unwilling to subject its houses to 
this possibility. 



Shagrin as Agent 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Max Shagrin, former general 
manager of Warners' coast thea 
tres, has gone into the agency busl 
nesfl with Sol Sollnger. 

Latter has left the Jerry Mayer 
agency. 



A new deal with new angles la 
helng considered hy Harold Lloy^j 
and Howard HugheA /whereby theij. 
would virtually become partneraj 
with a national distributor whqi 
is a inember of the Hays organiza^ 
tlon. The same proposition was at* 
fered Jesse Lasky, but it is believe^ 
Lasky has about decided to go Fo3^ 
Acceptance of this propositioi^ 
would mean Lloyd's severance fron^ 
Paramount. 

The proposition, reported looked 
upon . favorably by Lloyd ait<j| 
Hughest revolutionizes distributi6)V 
practices. It would' cut the^ t\f^ 
producers in not only on the proM 
ceeds , of . their own pictures . . but 
those ^firnered by each other andt 
the entire program released' hy th'ifai 
distributor.. . The distrib, in turx^ 
would get.fui extra percentage of thi^ 
LloydrHughea films to compensated 
The standard practice of majoi^ 
distrlbs ; who handle star lndepea'< 
dent material is to declare the piio*) 
ducer in on only vrhat his own plc^ 
ture realizes. Many in this produce 
tlon. class have repeatedly .com<* 
plained. ' The nucleus of the coni'^ 
plaints has been that their Individ^ 
ual revenue has been retarded andl 
curbed <b.ecauBe of the major dis- 
tribution custom of block selling ini 
which their- pictures have been .ln« 
eluded; - ; . . 

Distrlb's Angles 

If the proposed deal goes through,, 
and the' distributor is confident that 
It will, tlie position of this exchangjbe 
owner is expected by him to leap tQ> 
front-line Importance. " Confidence- 
of this is based by the distrib om 
major companies generally produce 
ing fewer pictures and more thea«> 
tree being returned to the indepen^ 
dents. ,In,ttils respect the Hays of^ 
flee count of affiliated theatres,., 
those producer- controlled, does noli 
exceed 1,700 today. Because of th» 
Increasing number of indi<» boxol|'«> 
flees this distributor sees' an eaft 
cellent chancellor well-niade tea-- 
tures properly released but not oil 
the major hrands getting their 
greatest chance for first-run book- 
ings. ' ' ' ' 

In order to maintain a quality in 
keeping with the product ch&racn 
terlstlc of the producers with whonii 
he would effect a merger agreementt 
the distributor la Question alread^. 
Is Insisting upon merit among thc^ 
features which he Is now handling. 



READE GIVES DP HIS 
IDEA FOR N. Y. HIPP 



Walter Reade has changed his 
mind about taking over the Hippo« 
drome. New York, from Fred 
French and the City Farmers Loan 
&. Trust, Co. This leav.es the biff, 
house without a prospective tenant 
and means its flnlsh unless ' one 
comes along. RKO, whith stepped 
out upon :expiratlon of its lease In 
September, has no Intention of tak- 
ing the Hipp back. 

Reade had . arranged .to assume 
operation: of .the Hipp on a three- 
year lease and planned; a musical 
stage policy without films. Asso- 
ciated with, him in the deal was Joe 
Plunkett. Also Involved, as booker 
and producer, respectively, were 
Pally Markus. and I. H. Herk. 

RKO and the Farmers Trust, to 
which the French Co, has assigned 
the rents in lieu of mortgage obli- 
gations, have settled their difTel-ence 
of opinion -over ownership of the 
Hippodrome's equipment.- . It <went 
to RKO. 



KRASNA COHN'S ASST 



Fornner P. A. Moves Up — Exeoe' 
Eastern Trip Delayed 



Norman Krasna has been named 
assistant to Harry Cohn at Colum- 
bia. Krasna, was a p. a. on the 
Coast Warner lot last year when 
he wrote 'Louder, Please,' legit 
show produced in New York which 
kidded press -agentry. On the 
strength of this play he went to 
Columbia as a writer, which post he 
has held since. 

Ki-asna and Cohn, with "Walter 
Wanger, were due to leave Holly- 
wood yesterday (Monday) for New 
York but the trip has been post- 
poned. ' Departure date is now In- 
. definite though due this nionth. 



Toesday, October 18, 1932 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 




CONCILIATION BOARD 



Lasky'dns. McCarthy Join Fox; 
Both Men Await Par Setlleinents 



Authoritative Ihforniation is that 
fin asreemeiit has been reached by 
which ^esse L. Lasky and Charlea 
J^cCarthy wili Join Fox, Both men^ 
iifB awaiting: settlement of their 
Paramount contracts. 
' ' Lasky will produce! siic or eight 

. pictures ' independently, through the 
company he has alre&dy chartered 
lb California,, with release 'through 
Vox. While official announcement of 

. signing.^ of contract is expected 
this week, it is dependent on Lasky 

■ settling his contract with Par. 
Agreement ' had . two years and a 
month to go when .be resigned. 

Lasky has been In New York three 
weeks. When first arriving reports 
were divided on deals between Fox 

- and United Artists. Latter negotia- 
tions are now believed off. 
McCarthy will be back from Ber- 

. muda by the end of the. week, it is 

. expected, he may Join Fox as early 

• as Oct. 31 providing he is clear to 
elsn a contract. McCarthy* who was 
with S. R. Kent In" Par as director 
of public relations and also sat In 
on Kent's sales cabinet. Will come 
Into Fox as general publicity con- 
sultant, it is said^ 

Glen Grlswold is reported switch- i 

. Ing to the theatre operating end 
but will remain in his present post 
of publicity director. He Is a Harley 
li. Clarke appointee from the flnan- 
"tlal-newspaper field and holds a 
contract. '■ ' 



Around Hays' Stove 



Hays organization directors 
are threatening to stay away 
from meetings if there is any- 
more reminiscing during these 
, sessions; The fanning bees are 
said to have dominated the 
last few meetings. 

Two of the directors are held 
up as the. chief oftenders. . Pair 
are credited with ignoring 
gentle gavel raps for order and 
an effort by the chairman to 
get to the business to be passed 
upon. 

Members of the board say 
they are forced to rock back 
and forth impatiently in tholr 
chairs while the boys hark b8u:k 
•over the old days.- 



GRAUMAN SIGNS FOR 2 
YEARS WITH FOX-WC 



iOBBONS' $1,000,000 
DEMAND EOORS FOX 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Refusing to meet Floyd Gibbons' 
atlpulation that 'The Red Napolean' 
be given a 11,000,000 production 
budget. Fox has turned down the 
war story. 

Gibbons has come down conslder- 
iably from his original asking price 
ot $140,000 for picture rights to the 
yarn, but he Insisted Fox adhere 
strictly to the published -story if 
produced. 



THALBERG SAYS NO 
^ UNIT PLAN FOR METRO 



Metro will have no unit produc- 
tion system, declares Irving Thal- 
berg. Metro studio head, now in 

New York, considers, the present 
studio system adequate and in need 
of no change. 

' Thalberg expects to return to the 
<:!oast the middle of this week. 
Norma Shearer (Mrs. Thalberg) 
will return west with her husband. 



Selznick on Way 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Going by steamer, plane and rail- 
road, I>avid Selznick win arrive in 
New York Nov. 4 for a two weeks 
Stay. 

Radio production head sails from 
Los Angeles Saturday (22) on the 
President Coolidge. At Havana he 
takes a plan for Miami, f rohi whence 
he goes by rail to New York. 



Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 

Sid Graunian on Saturday (15), 
signed a two yekrs contract with 
Charles Skouras . to operate the 
Chinese theatre for Fox West Coast. 
At the same time he signed an in- 
definite contract as managing di- 
rector of the Pantages, United Ar- 
tists and Loew's State Latter deal 
was held up until he could obtain 
his release from his 10-year con- 
tract not- to operate theatres in 
L. A., unless he built 'them. Cancel- 
lation was made by Paramount after 
contract had been observed for nine 
years, and five months.^ 

The Cliinese is expected to re- 
open Nov. 9, with either 'The Sign 
of the Cross' or 'Silver Dollar.' 




Explains Delay on Indie 
. Masa Meeting* — Propose 
3 Keys on Council from 
Affiliated, Indies and Dts- 
tribs ^ Ezhib Leaders 
Warn Distribs This Is 
Last CM 



ON 5.5.S LINES 




lan, 

May Include City and House Managers 



CHAUVE SOURiS STYLE 
IN SHAUER R. C HOUSE 



The Roxy, the smaller house in 
Radio City, will probably have a 
'Chauve Souris' style of entertain- 
ment, in addition to its pictures. 
S. L. Rothafel has been talking to 
Bmlle Boreo to handle this style of 
entertainment. 

Ferde Grofe is under Roxy re* 
tainer to compose a special feature 
for the inaugural of the Riadio City 
houses and also to orchestrate espe- 
cially for Erno Rappee's baton. Lat- 
ter win be the musical maestro. 
Alfred Newman, United Artists' 
studio musical director, has also 
been made a proposition to come 
east and baton for the theatres. 



From a move being made jointly 
this week by distributor and ex- 
hibitor leaders, is expected to crys- 
tallize a permanent board of con. - 
eiliators through which all future 
disputes within the industry will be 
threshed out. 

Impetus was given the Idea, 
which amounts to a perpetuation of 
the 5-5-5 committee, at last week's 
session of the Hays' directorate ad- 
dressed by members of Hays' legal 
staff. It was since pointed out that 
a round table committee would re- 
duce litigation, now at the highest 
peak it has ever reached, by almost 
90%. Approximately 20 exhibitor 
actions now charging the majors of 
the Industry with trust law viola- 
tions, could be handled by the 
council. It is maintained. This 
would save Hays members legal 
expenses which are conservatively 
estimated at $500,000 should all of 
the present Federal actions reach 
trial. 

Materialization Of the council will 
mean, it is admitted by all sides, 
that exhibitor activity for Federal 
regulation of the industry will be 
halted and, if the board proves sue 
cessful, eventual and cdmplete 
shelving. 

Mass Meetings Postponed 

Delay of the exhib mass meetings 
until late next month and Decem- 
ber are wfth the hope that a satis- 
factory agreement can be mean- 
while worked out by all factions 
within the industry. This means 
the proposed councU. 

Formation ot the council would 
be such that lawyers, who until now 
have played a dominant part in ex- 
hibitor conferences, would be liter- 
ally excluded.; The set-up, as 
planned, would include three repre- 
sentatives for affiliated theatres, 

(Continued on page 21) 



Franklin's Trip 



Harold Franklin will probably 
leave for the Coast this Thursday 
(20); the day following RKO board 
meetings. Franklin is going to look, 
over the Coast theatre situation and 
expects to be gone two weeks. 

Franklin will be accompanied by 
his secretary, Al Rackin, who _ will 
remain on the Coast. Rackin • will 
become assistant to Eddie Eckles in 
the Radio studio publicity depart- 
ment. 



Spitz '8 Chi Trips 

Leo Spitz left /New York last 
Thursday (13) for Chicago and gets 
back today (Tuesday). He made 
the same trip the previous week In 
maintaining a closer contact than 
during the summer when making 
periodic week end trips. 

Spitz has an extensive law prac- 
tice in the Windy (pity, numbering 
among his clients the Marshall Flield 
estate, and states he'll maintain this 
practice repardless of hia Publir 
activities. _ 



Successor to , McCarthy 
Waits on Mayer's Return 

Until Arthur Mayer returns to 
New York, delayed on the Coast by 
carbunclei trouble, no successor to 
Charles E. McCarthy pa the pub- 
licity end will be chosen by Para- 
mount. 

Advised of McCarthy's departure, 
Mayer ordered that Earl Wingart 
contlniie to. handle Paramount pub- 
licity. A successor to McCarthy is 
being considered. 



L. B. Stumping 

Hollywood, Oct. IT. 
Louis B. Mayer starts his iStump 
ing tour of California for President 
Hoover on the return of Irving 
Thalberg from the east. 



Dressing the 'L' 



RKO is reported to have 
persuaded the transit company 
that painting of the 'L' struc- 
ture along Sixth avenue would 
be in keeping with the opening 
of Radio c;ity. Hence, Miardi 
Gras day for the 'L' is apt to 
start any time. 

The theatre company is also 
supposed to have induced a 
change of name from 63rd 
street to Radio City for that 
particular station. 



PAR RENTALS 
UPPED16% 
IN SEPT. 



September saw Par^s film rental 
income do an' unprecedented hop 
that boosted the weekly average 
fully 16% over August, adding. 500 
new accounts for the company and 
putting its film end In the blacif 
for the first time in months. Cur- 
rently the net weekly film income 
of Par is running from $50,000 to 
$126,000 .above the same period last 
year, probably the biggest Jump of 
all compa.nies. 

Par's accounts are figured now 
to run between 8,000 and 9,000. The 
new account^ added with the new 
season were not previously on 
Par's books. 

Last year the seasonal jump, In 
September as over August, was 
only 12%. The present net weekly 
gain, therefore, runs to around 4%. 
The a,verago net weekly gain over 
last year is figured at $50,000. 

September gave Par's film end 
a profit of nearly $250,000. 

The gains in the film end are, 
however, not yet enough to offset 
the theatre end's decline in receipts. 

In July and August, Par's rentals, 
as compared to cotresponding pe- 
riods in 1931, were as much as 
$200,000 off per week. 



Publlx will shortly inaugurate a 
profit-sharing plan to probably and 
eventually take iii city and house 
managers as well as division heads. 
It will probably go into effect as 
soon as the present localization 
move, returning men to the field, is 
completed and will start in by al-. 
lowing a percentage for diy. man- 
agers and the div. film buyers. It 
is designed and reported being vigr - 
orously pushed by Leo Spitz. 
; While details have not as yet 
been worked out, pending readjust- 
ment of man-power under the new 
operating setup, the profit sharing 
will be based on the net shown with 
a percentage divided iEimong. the 
operators responsible. Exact amount 
of the piercentage has not been des- 
ignated, nor has it been decided 
how the splits in each territory will 
be made. 

Accordlnsr to plans it will be up 
to division managers to figure out 
In which way district, city and 
house managers will participate in 
the profit sharing scheme. 

Sam Dembow left New York 
yesterday (Monday), accompanied 
by David J. Chatkln,. and will first 
visit * Minneapolis, among other 
things setting up the profit-sharing 
machinery for the northwest. On 
Dembow's return to New York,- the 
plan will be placed in operation in 
New England as the second sector 
to figure in on the scheme. 
Ad Men, Too 

Later on district managers, as- 
sistant division managers, city and 
house managers .will figure in the 
profit sharing where there are 
profits if plan carries.. It . may be 
that division advertising men will 
also be Included. - 

Within Publlx ranks enthusiasm 
over the profit sharing scheme is 
high. It is doubly so in view of the 
fact that no salary cuts are Incurired 
through getting in on the 'plan. 

A year ago Ptiblix gave some 
consideration to a proflt-sharlngr 
proposal but dropped the idea. 



Pars Prod. Budget of $20,000,000 
For 65; StiD Trying Chop, Pix Costs 



Paramount'a fUm production 
budget for the current season will 
run around $20,000,000. The com- 
pany Is set to produce 66 pictures 
of which 18 are already released. 
By Jan. 1, the firm hopes to have 
released . 30 pictures. 

This means that Par is committed 
to an average cost of $300,000 per 
film. 

The flgiire la patently tentative 
although virtually set. Efforts to 
lower the production costs are still 
in swing but not fully realized. The 
ultimate aim of the company so far 
as per picture cost goes, is to at- 
tain an average cost ot between 
$200,000 and $260,000. This also goes 
for whatever producers Join the 
studios on its indie production unit 
plan. 

Few of the fllma so far released 
by Par have been within these flg- 
urea One of these that's known la 
the current 'Madison Square Garden' 
which was produced for Par by 
Charles R. Rogera at around 
$200,000, 

This picture and others which, 
though slated em programmers, 
emerged to better reception, may up- 
set Par's reoeatir acoeikted policy 



of planning two types of Alms 
mostly. Specials running into big 
production costs ranging from 
$600,000 and programmers at $200,- 
000, was the original dope. 

The proquction schedule will un- 
doubtedly be one of the principal 
points of discussion with company 
heads when Sam' Katz returns this 
week from the Coagt, 



KATZ-COHEN HUDDLE 
PRECEDES RETURN EAST 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Following arrival here Saturday 

(15) of Kmianuel Cohen, Sam Katz 
went into a series of confabs with 
the studio exec on coast matters, 
preparatory to leaving yesterday 

(16) for New York. 

Katz Is accompanied east by Ar- 
thur Mayer, head of the advertis- 
ing department, who has been here 
several weeks. 

Conflicting report.^ on when Katz 
win return here. One aays Dec. 1, 
the other aft(»r the ChrlHtm.iH )ioIi- 
days. 



REPORT WOBBER MAY 
BREAK WITH PARA. 



Information is that Herman Wob- 
ber may sever his ties with Para-. 
mount-Publlz to concern himself 
with the Louis R. Greenfield-Con- 
solidated circuit in California and 
Honolulu. Wobber, who has been 
interested in this chain for son^e 
time, has been handling it for the 
widow of Greenfield and the Green- 
field estate. 

Wobber may even take over this 
circuit it is said. He left New York 
Saturday (15) for the Coast, via 
the Canal, and is believed planning 
an early trip to Hawaii to look into 
the group of Ave houses situated 
there. The G-C chain has three 
houses in 'Frisco. 

While reports have been pertinent 
for some time that Wobber might 
break with Par, before leaving New 
York, he scoffed at these rumors. 

Reports are also, current Wobber 
may become personal representa- 
tive for S. R. Kent on Coast, con- 
tacting . Fox West Coast on , opera- 
tions and .the. Fox studio on pro- 
duction- 

. Wobber has always made his 
headquarters, in San Francisco. 
When Kent resigned from Par, Wob- 
ber was offered general sales man- 
agership of Par but promptly turned 
it down. He is a Coast enthusiast 
and anything but a booster for the 
east. 



Murdock's Moose 

J, J. Murdock, recently arrived 
from the Coast, lingered but long 
enough in New York to look around 
and then trek acrass the border to 
Canada. 

He left last week trailing a de- 
.sire to bag himself , a moose and 
.some fi.sh before returning to the 
city. As a moo.so is no chump, Mur- 
dock fifjure.s it- will be four or .Ave: 
wooks bofore he hears about sho^ 
bu.slnftss ;igain. 



6 



VARIETY 



P ICTH R E S 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932i 



Conn Bankruptcy Plea, Spirit Broken; 
Prov. House Stripped of Fumisiiings 



Providence, Oct. 17. 
Closing of Jacob Conn's new Met- 
ropolitan theatre a week, ago, slgr 
nalizlng the collapse of his $2,000,^ 
000 theatrical and real estate^.eh- 
terprise, had Its aftermath In Fed- 
eral Court here Friday (14) when he 
flled a voluntary petition in bank- 
ruptcy. 

Petition was accompanieid by no 
schedule of assets, and liabilities, 
which need not be filed for 10 days. 
Conn, his health and spirit broken 
by the crash of his ambitions, has 
been In retirement since the fiasco: 
It is understood that bankruptcy 
proceedings were fox-ced on Conn 
by creditors after many claimants 
had stripped the Metropolitan- of its 
lavish furniture when the theatre 
closed. The creditors have I'eached 
no decision concerning further op- 
eration of the theatre. It is said, 
however, thalt Conn will be given an 
opportunity to manage his other 
house, the Olympla, which was 
swept from his possession by the 
failure of. his downtown venture. 

Several exhibitors have been 
looking over the Metropolitan, but 
belk at taking it over because the 
expense of reopening is placed at no 
less than $76,000, largely brought 
a,bout aa a result pf the damage, 
done to the interior when the rush 
was made .to strip the theatre of its 
furnishings. 



Stiimett-Cliariunsky 
M Settted by Par, 
Report Amount $25,000 

• . Pallas, Oct. 17. 

Betrial of the monopoly suit 
against Pararaqunt brought by Ray 
Stinnett arid the late Si Chamlnsky, 
former operator^ of the Capitol, 
Dallas, under the Texas anti-Trust 
laws, goes by the -boards. Par has 
settled with the proponents o£ the 
a<;tlon for the reported sum of $26,- 
000. Settlement is said to have been 
miide around- two weeks lack. 

In the original action the pletlntlfC 
won a judgment of $d27,Q00 iagainst 
P«gr. That was in 1028. Par, how- 
ever, appealed and the oaae, after 
travelling the course of the higher 
state CQurtSr was reroaipded foir re- 
trial. .'Attorney Johir-P. Maroney, 
also coy^l t<)r th^ RKO Hobllt- 
zelle IntetfiBiti in Texas, represented 
the. plaintiff^;.; . 

At the tUn* pf the bringing of the 
action. Par c'bntrolled three houses 
here — ^^the Melbourne, Palace and the. 
Old Mill. Charges by Charnlnsky 
and Stinnett were that Par, through 
operation of these houses, was op- 
erating contrary to the anti-trust 
laws of the state. 

Since filing of the suit, the Capi 
tol theatre, which Chamlnsky and 
Stinnett owned, was. leased to Unl 
versal and currently is under the 
RICO banner. Latter circuit took 
over the house when the U lease 
ran out. 



^Masquerader^ Is Last 
For Goldwyn Thfe Year 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
'Masquerader' will be the last 
picture for Sam Goldwyn until 
next March, as he does not con- 
template doing an Anna Sten fllra 
for the present. Goldwyn leaves 
here ih December with Arthur 
Hornblow, both probably . going to 
Europe. 

Bayard Veiller is on the adapta- 
tion of 'Masquerader,' it being also 
his last picture for some time. 
He was on and off the Metro lot 
for the past 10 years but is how 
anxious to get to New York to pro- 
duce an unnamed play of his own 
writing. ;■ 

Richard Wallace is to direct Ron- 
ald Colman In 'The Masquerader*^ 
for Goldwyn. 

Ellssa LAndl will play in the 
femme lead. 



YA. CONCERN QUESTIONS 
WB'S VITAPHONE BOND 



Warner Bros, bonded the $200,000 
attachment of Elmore D.,Hetns, Sun 
Investment Corp., and National 
Theatres; Corp.,. In their suit against 
WB Pictures," Inc., by putting up a 
$400,000 bond secured by Vitaphone 
Corp. bonds. 

Attorneys for the plaintiffs, Roan- 
oke, Va,, thieatres owners, are mak- 
ing a' mptioit to set aside the bond 
on the ground, that a corporation 
can't put up its . own securities for 
the purpose of bonding an attach- 
ment against itself or an alSllate. 

Heine, et al., are suing for $600,- 
000,. alleged loss through depreda- 
tion when WB failed to take over 
its four theatres in Roanoke. These 
are now being operated by Heins, 
Sun and National Corp. 



2 Meggers on Indie 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Use -of two directors on a picture 
has extended to the Indle lots. 

Coiirtland Van Dusen has been 
engaged by Kenneth Goldsmith as 
dialog, direotor with Charles Hut- 
chinson on the states righter, 
'Bachelor Mother.' 



That 'Unusiiar Weather 
Costing Studios PI»ty 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Continuance of that 'unusual' 
weather is raising havoc with pro- 
duction schedules. A report from 
United Artists Is that a second, 
heavy rain and a number of cloudy 
days have added plenty on the cost 
sheet for 'Kid from Spain.' 

On several occasions mobs were 
assembled for bull fight scenes on 
this picture, but were finally dis- 
missed because of the weather. 

Unudual state of 'unusuality' also 
evidenced at Fox where a group of 
extras were given -weather permit- 
ting" Jobs on 16 successive days for 
Tess of the Storm Country' before 
exterior scenes could be filmed. 



ls| Runs on Bro«^^ay 



(Subject to Chane*) 
Week Oct. 21 
Paramount — 'AU- American* ■ 
(U). 

Qapitol ~ 'SmlUn' Through' 

(Metro) (2d week). 

Strand— 'One Way Passage' 
(WB) (2d week). 

Mayfair— 'Washington Merry 
Go Round' (Col). . 

Rivoli — 'Rain' (UA) (2d 

Winter Garden— 'They Call It 
Sin' (FN). ' . ■ ^ 

Rialto — > 'Madison Square 
Garden' (Par) (2d week). 

Roxy-^'Slx Hours to Live' 
(Fox). 



Week Cot. 28 

Paramount — 'Night After 
Night' (Par). 

Capitol— 'Faithless' (Metro). 

Strand-^'Three on a Match' 
(WB). , . 

Mayfair^'Washington Merry 
Go Round' (Col) (2d week). . 

Rlyoli — 'Rain' (UA) (3d 

Winter Garden --f 'Scarlet 
Dawn' (J:N). 

Rialto — 'Madison Square 
Garden' (Par) (8d week). 

Roxy — 'Once in a . Ijif etime' 
(U). 

92 Pictures 

'Strange Interlude' (Metro) 
(Astor), (9th week). 

'Maedchen in Uniform* (Froe- 
llch) (German) (Criterion) (Bth 
Week). 

Foreign Films 

'Lulse, Konlgin von Preus- 
sen' (German) (Porten) (Bu- 
ropa) (3d week)i . 

'Couteriere de Lunevilie' 
(French) (Par) (Fifth Ave) 
(2d week). 

'David Colder' (French) 
(Vandal and Delac) (Little 
Carnegie) (19). 



MINN. EXfflBS ADVOCATE 
BOYCOTT ON PAR-METRO 



Minneapolis, Oct .17. 
Unable to reach an agreement 
with Metro and Paramount for 
1932-'33 product, a gi'oup of local 
indie exhibitors has si^xrted a 
movement to boycott these distrib- 
utors. 

Although organized boycotts are 
Illegal these exhibitors are said to 
have signed an agreement to re- 
frain from purchasing any M-Q or 
Par pictures. The agreement is; not 
to be binding, 'however, until three 
hold-out exhibitors come Into line. 
Thus far this trio have balked at 
the Idea of a boycott. 

Present plans are to' try to ex- 
tend the boycott to Independents 
throughout the territory. 



Devine and Barnett 

Get Summeryille Yam 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Following treatments by several 
sets of vcrlters for an army camp 
feature comedy f^r Slim Summer- 
vllle, idea will now be Incorporated 
In a complete new yarn for Andy 
Devine and Vlhce Barnett by Uni- 
versal. 

Earle Shell, formiar U writer, re- 
turns to this lot to turn out the 
new storv. In coUdboratlon with H. 
M. Walker. Kurt Neuman will 
direct 



St. Glsiire- and Brokers 
Form Producinsr Company 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Bi'lnging two stock brokers into 
the picture business, Arthur St. 
Claire, agent, has organized Asso- 
ciated Pictures Corp., to produce 
six films for states right release. 
Headquarters are at Tec-Art. ' 

St. Claire, who headed the Asso- 
ciated Management agency, has Ar- 
thur R; Robinson and Charles Q. 
Robinson, brokers, taking care of 
the financial end. A. Wlllard Ditt- 
mar, formerly with Cardinal Plc^ 
tures, is also a partner. 

Outfit will produce 'Breakfast In 
Heaven,' on a separate deal for Cliff 
Broughton and Mayfair release, 
starting in February. Story is basec) 
on novel by Robert Q. Carroll. 



$2 or 2 Houses fw 
WB'sTiigidTe'inN.Y. 



Warners is mulling whether to 
roadshow 'I'm A Fugitive' or give 
it simultaneous showing at two 
Broadway theatres. , * 

Under the latter idea film would 
go Into the Warner and Hollywood 
or Winter Garden. WB is holding 
meetings this week-, on the matter. 



Gladys Lehmaif at Fox 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Qladya Lehman has been borrowed 
from Universal by Fox. 

She is working on the script of a 
five and ten cent etpry for James 
iDunn and Marian Nixon. 



Few New Films 

•Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

New low in production is reached 
with only five new pictures going 
Into work this week. 

Radio and Fox each have two 
starting and Internatlonad one. All 
other lots are without new activity. 



OS"I>£ATE KISS' 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

'The Death Kiss,' Madelon St, 
Dennis' novel, is next at KBS. No 
directorial, or writing assignments 
have been made. . 

Bela Lug'osi will have the lead. 



Oalde 's Time Oat 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
KBS suspended production on 
'Uptown New York' at Tiffany Sat- 
urday (15) noon to enable Jack 
Oakie, Its star, to return to Para- 
mount for retakes on 'If I Had a 
Million.' KBS expects him back on 
the 19th. 



L. A. to H. Y. 

Lupe Velez. 
Akrthur Mayer. 
Sam Katz. 
Eirnst Lubltsch. 
Reggie Pasch. 
N. Brewster Morse. 
Hedda Hopper. 
Ken Murray. 
Dave Selznlck. 
Constance Bennett. 
Marquis de La Falaise. 
"Vlcki Baum, 
Marian Spltzer. . 
Mrs^ Richard Rodgersw 



Hollywood 



Briefly rewritten extracts from 'Variety's' Hollywo'od Bul|«tin, pr||||«c| 
each Friday In Hotlyvfoodi and placed as • wrapper upon the reavlail 
weekly 'Variety.' " 'J. 

The Bulletin doss not circulate other than «n tha Paeifie Slope. • ' 
News from the Dailies in Los Angeles will be found in that cuetoman* 
department. ^ 

Carr's Yiddish Playi 

Alexander Carr will revW« thd 
Jacob Gordon series of Tiddly 
plays in Los Angeles; First is M 
be The Stranger.' 



Combine Two for Mae 

Compromising with the Hays 
office on its opposition to 'Diamond 
L.11,' Paramount is combining mar 
terial from this play and 'Bowery 
Olrr for Mae. West's next picture. 
'Queen of Diamonds' will be the 
title. 



No Pic, Hobart Out 

After three, months at Paramount 
as an associate producer, Henry 
llubart left -without doing a picture. 
No suitable story could be found 
hy him. 



Garnett Recovering 

With' Director Tay. Garnett re- 
covering from a bronchial ailment. 
Universal plans to stat-t 'Destina- 
tion Unknown' Monday (24). 



Charles Chase Megging 

Charles Chase will meg the next 
SSasu Pltts-Thelma Todd pic at 
Uoach, while James Morton, play- 
ing email parts, has been given an 
actor-writer contract by the soime 
studio. V 



Hecht Adapting in East 

Reversing the usual procedure, 
Ben Hecht is remaining In New 
York td adapt and dialog Radio's 
Topaze.' Director Harry d'Arrast 
Is east to work with the writer. 



Bolton Paid in Full 

With live weeks tp go on his 
t^iree- month writing 'contract at 
Warners, Whitney Bolton, brought 
from the drama desk of the New 
York 'Telegraph,' .has been relieved 
of his duties, paid in full, and re- 
turned to the east. 



Brown Adapting 'Fury' 

Karl Brown is adapting Edmund 
(louldlng's 'Fury* for Metro. First 
JSational previously produced the 
tpry. . 

Lutz, the Lion Man 

Paramount is. bringing Nick 
Lutz, wrestler, from the east as the 
li' n man In 'King of the Jungle.' 



Saal Here Several Weeks 

William Saal, KBS executive, 
here from New York, will stay sev- 
eral weeks, for confabs , with Sam 
Blschoffi and Burt Kelly. 



Haussmann at Col 

John Haussmann Is at Columbia 
to adapt 'Careers.' 



Another On-Off Script 

Karl Brown and Laird Doyle have 
handed in the latest script on 'Turn 
;o the Right,'. Metro's on-and-off- 
the-sbelf story. 



Exercise on Taylor 

Paramount has taken up an op- 
tion on Kent Taylor. 



Back at Par 

Anthony Coldeway is back at 
J'.'ii-amount and will adapt Zane 
Grey's 'Mysterious Rider.' 

By Keene, for Keene 

Colunvbia is loaning Keene 
Thompson to Radio to write thrill 
scenes into 'Land of the Six- 
ShOQter,' Tom Keene western. 

Remake for New Title 

'Happiness Ahead,' produced by 
Flist National with Colleen Mooro, 
will be remade by Paramount to fit 
title, 'No Man of Her Own.' Clark 
Gable and Miriam Hopkins to be 
co-starred. 



Buys Green's Contract 

The six months remaining on 
Howard J. Green's writing contrafct 
at Warners has been purchased by 
Fox. His first assignment Is 'Giant 
Swing.' 

Metro Writers 

Edith Fitzgerald and John Mahin 
were given new writlnig contracts 
by Metro, 

Towns- Baker's Third 

After buying 'Billion - Dollar 
Scandal' and 'Strange Bedfellows' 
from Gene Towne and C. Graham 
Baker, Charles R. Rogers has now 
taken an option on the team's 
'Phone Bryant 1164.' 



N. Y. to L. A. 

Al Jolson. 

Mrs, Paul Whiteraan. 
Norma Sh earer. 
Irving Thalberg. 
Harold Franklin. 
Al Backin. 



Davies* 'Texas Babe' 

Marlon Davies' next for Metro 
win be 'Texas Babe,' original by 
Lew Llpton. Ralph Graves will 
supervise. 



Hudson Loaned to Indie 

. Rochelle Hudson has been loaned 
by Radio to Burton King for tlia 
!ndie film, 'Roar of the Jangle? 
Harry Fraser is directing. 



Par's 'Cold Cream' 
•Cold Cream,' by Faith Baldwin^ 
is Paramount's newiest story Vitfi 
Lester Cole is adapting. 



Genevieve Tobin-Fbx 

Term contract' at Foy tor Oene^ 
vieve Tobin; Just back from Ihirop«« 



La Cava on *Ur.£.-med' 
Gregory La Cava will direct 
'Three Came Unarmed' at Radio, 
with Joel McCrea and Katharine 
Hepburn topllned. 



Lukae-Karloff Co -Starring 

Paul Lukas. is co-starring wltK 
Boris KarlofC in U's 'Invisible Man,* 
starting eiarly in November. Jamea 
Whale directing. 



Recovering from an appendix* 
snatching, Allen Rlvkln, Fox wrlteiv 
is at the Cedars of Lebanon hos« 
pitol. 



B-C Want Playhouse 

Because of the expected run of 
'Cat and the Fiddle' at the Belascok, 
Curran and Belasco are dickering 
for the Hollywood ' Playhouse in 
which to spot their "Bride the Sun 
Shines On,' now at the Curran, San 
Francisco. 



Kohner Remains Abroad 

Carl Laemmle, Jr.. has arranged' 
for additional production assigiAi!-. 
ments In Ehirope for Paul Kohnev/^ 
now supervising 'The Rebel' ther0 
for Universal. Kohner will remali9<i 
abroad two years. , „, 

Dr. Wingate Hera Oct. 21 

Dr. James Wingate arrives hero 
Oct. 21 to succeed Col. Jason Sof 
as the Hays ofQce studio censor 
contact. ' In six weeks Joy will turirt . 
the reins over to Wingate and go 
to Fox aa a production exeo. . 



Wyler Due Home 

Robert "Wyler returns f rom Ba^ta 
Nov. 1 to direct for Universal. For- 
merly Wrote for U. 



Palmer Adapting 

Stuart Palmer is adapting 'Pigmy' 
for Radio. 



Fox Picking Up Scenes 

Fox is preparing a story called 
•Wooden Cross,' which will use war 
scenes from the French 'Croix de 
Bois,' produced W Nathan. W. R 
•Sheehan bought picture and rights 
10 Roland Dorgeles' novel while in 
France. 



Fox's Fighter 
Fox has spotted Frank Morgan, 
former heavyweight fighter, M 
•Pier 13.' 



Votion- Hawks Agency Folds 

Jack Votldh-Wllllam Hawliii 
agency has > folded, with Votion ne-* 
gotiating a return to Joyce-SelSiW 
nick. Hawks will resume the busf'' 
ness management of picture people. 



Rubin Directiifg Dix 

Rlcahrd Dix's next at Radio, The 
Ace,' will be directed by J. Wailter 
Rubin. 



Dot Hall and Columbia 
Columbia now Wants Dorothy Hall 
to play her stage part in screevt 
'Child of Manhattan.' Fox Is alsd 
after this legit actress. 



Goldstone's Foreclosure 

Phil Goldatone flled foreoloeura 
proceedings in Superior court 
against the Bess Schlahk building 
to satisfy a $175,000 mortgage on 
the Hollywood blvd. building, exe' 
cuted in 1927. 



Lighton Undecided 
Louis .D. Lighten, F'airamouht as« 
sOciate producer, leaves for a alx 
weeks' vacation next week. Not 
decided whether he'll spend it In; 
New York or make a fast trip td 
Europe. 



Beaudine on 'Grootman' 

William Beaiidlne will direct 9hd 
Grootman Case,' German play, for 
Paramount. Picture, retltled 'Crime 
of the Century,' starts Nov. 16. . 



Jessel's Mgr. on Coast 

Robert Melford, George Jessel'd 
manager, is here to confer with 
John Clein on the production ot 
'Wonderbar,' which will star Jessel, 
and Norma Talmadge. Due In tw0, 
weeks. 



Shelve 'Bodyguard* 

Paramount has, shelved 'Body* 
guard' as the next George Raff pic- 
ture following 'Undercover Man.' 



Akres-Handock Divorce 
Lillian Akres, fornier Broadway 
dancer, has divorced Hemple Han* 
cock. 



Tuesdaf, October 18, 1932 



PICT« RES 



VARiETY 



KNELL OF CHAIN OPERATION 



3 Main Keys 9.25% Above August 
12% Under Sei»L, '31; Chi Worst Spot 



FUm boxoQlce receipts in t^o of 
the three main keys have definitely 
moved up. since the opening of the 
new season, or Labor Day. Sep- 
tember receipts for a majority of the 
circuits even jumped ahead of the 
usual seasional expectation of a 10% 
increase after Labor Day. Business, 
however, showed a. tendency to slow 
down as October got under way. 

While the New York Broadway 
theatres In the aggregate moved up 
In September and the Los Angeles 
flrst runs also rose, Chicago was still 
ailing and under; Compa.rative fig- 
ures from the weekly grosses in 
•Variety* on the principal flrst runs 
In these territories show Chicago for 
last month dropping 6.3% below 
August, whereas L.A. gained 11.36% 
and Broadway climbed .17.1%. 
Hence, the three biggest keys as a 
whole show a 9.26% gain over Au- 
gusi. In upstate New York and 
over in New Jersey thWtre heads, 
however, say that grosses are 26% 
and more under a year ago. 

, The average grosd drop for each 
of: these three keys is 12.13% for 
September of this year as against 
September of li)31. Broadway's big 
gain of 17.1% and the Coast's leap 
of 11.35% in September, as over Au- 
gust, nets the three keys an Individ-, 
ual Jump of 7.35% for this monthly 
I>|Ejrlod. 

.i^^he current monthly gain for 
Broadway, and L.A. may Indicate a 
generally rising b.o. with a normal 
blti. possible. The two 'Ifs' are 
product and general conditions. But 
Chicago still remains one of the 
Industry's tough theatre problems. 



ESSANESS ARCHIVES 
EMTED IN CHICAGO 



Chicago, Oct 17. 
Believing the. shorts market on 
the upgrade Spoor and Ahbe, who 

control most of the old ISSsaness 
t>rlnts, as well as the Essaness 
Btudio on the north side, are edit- 
ing a series of 15 burlesque shorts. 
iPllm previously supplied much of 
the footage in the Chesterfield and 
Paramount 'Screen Souyenirs' se- 
ries. 

Sid Fagan la leaving for New 
jTork this week to set the release. 
Meanwhile, Pat Barnes, local, radio 
entertainer over NBC, Is recording 
a comedy line of gab to be synced 
Into the old time metiers for giggle 
purposes. 

Spoor, of the Spoor-Ahbe firm,. Is 
a brother of George K. Spoor, who, 
with Bronco Billy Anderson formed 
the original producing partnership 
<of Bsnanay, 



Ihteriude' at Apollo, Chi 
As $1.65 Roadshow 

Chicago, Oct. 17. 

Metro's • 'Strange Interlude' will 
open as a road show picture in the 
Apollo, Shubert house, Oct. Zi, for 
a week run. It will be scaled at 
$1.65 top, 

Apollo Is one of the five legit 
houses In town belonging to the 
U.B.O. combine of Erlanger-Shubert 
interests. Two of the five houses 
have been dark all season to date, 
including the Apollo. 

Last' spring Metro spotted 'Grand 
Hotel' In the Woods and squeezed 
out 12 weeks. 



Wampas Planning Awards 
For Best Ad Campaigns 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

If theat.reg and studio cooperate, 
the Wampas will annually award 
Prizes for outstanding theatre pub- 
licity and advertising campaigns by 
theatres. Also slated are trophies 
.for the best still photographs and 
studio p. and a. copy. 

It's all part of the Wampas' re- 
juvenating program to pep up the 
Xitess agc»it3' organizations. 

May $2 Taithfur 

;'The fourth Ronald Colman plc- 
tjlle in a row to be given a Broad- 
w;^y $2 display Is apt to be 'I Have 
Been Faithful.' It will probably go 
Into the Gaiety which housed 'Ar- 
rowsmith' for Sam Goldwyn. 

. .While picture Is completed, it will 
hot have its opening until Christ- 
mas week. That also is its release 
date. 

'Condemned,' 'Bulldog Drummond' 
and 'Devil to Pay' are the other 
ff'lman films to have twlfe dallied 
in N«w York. 



OFFSETSTAGE 
SHOWS WITH 
WBSHORTS 



Warner Bros, will try to stand 
off the elaborate stage shows the 
Broadway picture houses have been 
using, through names on film shorts. 
These shorts are to be carefully 
picked and spotted to give WB 
names to feature in advertising and 
other campaign mediums. 

First experiment will be "in con- 
nection with the opening of 'They 
Call It Sin' at the Winter Garden, 
New York, this Thursday (20). Ad- 
vertising is feattiring the number of 
big najnes which persons can see at 
one sitting. There will be three 
shorts which include In personnel 
Hal LeRoy, Mitzi Mayfair, Jay C. 
Fllppen, Aunt Jemima, Johnny Mar- 
vin, Bill Hall, Baby Rose Marie, 
Lonibardo and Lannln orchestras, 
Charlie Chaplin, Jack Dempsey and 
Douglas Fairbanks. Latter three 
are in a special short showing them 
as they were 10 years ago. 

A similar shorts lineup is being 
assembled to accompany 'Three On 
A Match' at the Strand, New York. 



WB-RKO ALBANY POOL 
BEING MUUED OVER 



Warners and RKO are talking 
about a pool for Albany. Under 
present confabs, RKO would take 
over the operation of the Warner 
Strand on a straight rental basis 
for orie year. 

Deal would hand over choice of 
Warner, RKO, Universal, United 
Artists and half of the Paramount 
film program to RKO operation 
there. 



CIRCUIT TREND 
TOLOCniMCMT. 



Publix F o I lo w • FoK in 
Breaking Up Home-Office 
Theatre DirectioB --- Sun- 
dry Advantages Offsets 
Group Film Bujring Pow- 
er^ — An Aid on Labor 



WB MAY FOLLOW 



The finish of chain tlM«tr« op- 

erafion as conceived about five 
years ago is seen in the localized 
operation of the Publix eircuit. 

In the midst presently of break- 
ing up home ofQce operation of 
many of Us houses In favor of ter- 
ritorial direction and partnerships, 
Publix follows Fox on such a course 
through Its operation agreement 
with the SIcouras Bros, and may it- 
self be followed by Warner Bros, 
which wants to cut down Itfl chain 
length of 540 houses. 

Nearly 10 years ago Publix 
brought on the chain fever as* the 
theatre adjunct of Paramount, but 
it wasn't until about flv« years back 
that this and other circuits com- 
menced amassing the concentrated 
film buying power from which they 
now seem to be withdrawing. 

Since localized operation means 
localized film buylngr power, the 
greater the number of partnerships 
the smaller the chain buying power. 
Virtually by the same token, film 
buying from division In the field, 
rather than from home offices, as 
Publx plans, Is away from concen-^ 
tratlon of buying-booking power, 
now held as not any longer needed. 
50% Overhead S1i«« 

Publix Is said to flguro that It 
will reduce its homo ofSco overhead 
against theatre grossea from 12% 
to S%%, or more than hal^ through 
localizing operation at a distance 
from the home offlco. 

in future, It la calculated, b.o. 
overhead will be 1%% and field 
overhead 4 

Other factors, declared favoring 
the localization moves are the profit- 
sharing plan for division men and 
probably managers later (as ia re- 
counted in detail elsewhere in this 
issue) and the question of unions, 
which have been handled more from 
the field Jn the past year than pre- 
viously with all union deals In Pub- 
lix towns negotiated ' locallj^ The 
(Continued on pa.ge 23) 



Camera Time for Cors 
W-W Twice Usual Sched. 

Hollywood, Oct 17. 

Longest shooting schedule for a 
picture on the Columbia lot since 
'Dirigible' is allotted to 'That's 
Africa,' the Wheeler and Woolsey 
nim going into production this week. 

Schedule calls for 34 days, which 
is nine more than were allotted to 
'The Bitter Tea of ; General Yen' 
and just double the time given any 
regular production on that lot. 

Picture got under way today 
(Monday), without Raciucl Torres, 
femme lead. She is. not due to ar- 
rive from the east until Nov. 2. In 
the meantime scenes will be shot 
around her. 

Harry Cohn is planning to put 
three numbers in the Wheeler- Wool- 
sey picture. Producer approached 
Kalrher and- Ruby to do the tunes 
but they declined the offer because 
of their assignment on the Marx 
picture at Paramount 



WB REPEATING TRADE 
SHOWS IN 35 SPOTS 



Stock Volume Off to Scant Million; 
Prices Give Way; Public Won t Fall; 
Loew's Near 26; Others Unchanged 



A ihid-seasoh exhibit, of new 
product, similar to the trade show- 
ings last summer, will be held by 
Warner Bros. In 3^ spota, inostly 
exchange centers, shortly after the 
first of the year. 

January, February^ and March re- 
leases, which WB hopes to have 
completed by Jan, 1, or a total of 
14 pictures, will bo shown. 



Kansas Passes Hak' 



Kansas City, Oet 17. 

'Rain' (UA) waa reviewed last 
week by the Kansas censor board 
and passed without a out. 

The play had its censor troubles 
at various points In this Statow . 



STILL TAPFim 'WIBES' 

'Clear All Wires' Is stlU bein«r bid 
for by all but one of the major film 
companies. This Is tbo Herman 
Shumlin show which reached New 
York a few weeks ago. 

The price Shumlin is asking Is 
jiot known nor is there an indication 
at this time which studio will obtain 
final possession. 



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EMPIRE IS NOW 
MULLING A 
NAfLPLAN 



Ambition of Empire, whose battle 
with Sam Kaplan's 306 union In 
New York has the theatres in be- 
tween them, how Is to blanket the 
country through a natioral organi- 
zation. Intent is dependent on the 
outcome of the Manhattan situa- 
tion, but Is being given considera- 
tion by Empire in the hope of win- 
ning out eventually against 306. 

The Kaplan union Is the most 
powerful operator local In the en- 
tire I.AT.S.B. and is conceded as 
being In a better position through 
that fact and financially to resist 
Empire than the other locals. 

Empire Is a New York union 
chartered by the state for functi.on- 
Ing only within its borders. lii set- 
ting Itself up nationally, similar so- 
called rump' operator unions would 
be formed in other states. Ohio al- 
ready has a rump operators union. 

State charters for rump unions 
can be obtained In any other part 
of the country now excepting New 
York. Since Empire obtained Its 
charter in N. Y., the laws permit 
ting rumps In any Industry have 
been repealed. 



Canton, O., Oct. 17. 

Suit to restrain picketing in front 
of four Canton theatres has been 
filed here against the I. A. and 
Local 671. Mozart Co., Relnhart 
Amusement Co., and the Botzum 
Theatre Co., are the plaintiffs. 

Four theatres on Sept 1, after 
union operators refused to accept a 
reduction In pay, employed non- 
union operators. 



By Al Greason 

Maiket session yesterday was 
without sighiflcance, except perhaps 
as indicating the aloofness of the 
public. Volume dropped to a scant 
million shares for the first time 
since the summer up- swing. 

Prices were oft from fractions 
generally to more than 2 points^ the 
Dow Jones average for the close 
standing around 62. 

Selling convergred . upon, Loew 
among the amusements, fair volume ' 

coming out as prices . ease^d more 
than a point to 26 *A from bctt^^r ' 
than 27. Dealings were generally in 
fair sized lots. RKO appeared to ' 
be under pressure, losing ^ to 3%, 
but dealings here were on a small 
scale. 

Ticker advices were that buying 
had dried up at oiit of town sources, 
notably tlie west, suggesting that 
the outside element declines to be 
lured Into the market on bulges 
such as those of last week. 

Bonds did well, averages for that 
department being unchanged to 
slightly better. Wheat waa un- 
changed, while cotton was slightly 
reactionary. Call money was plen« 
tiful at the new minimum of 1%. 

Looks Like Trading Range 

In the ab.sence of any positive 
news in the amusemient field, prices 
promise to move narrowly, actuated 
by technical considerations, prin« 
cipally the efforts of professionals 
to catch minor turns. 

The • chart pattern of the market 
was satisfactory to the bullish ele- 
ment. The decline ran Into a sup- 
(Contlnued oh page 26). 



WOMAN EXHIB GIVES 
REVUE, FILM FOR 25c 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 
Florence Paley, Chicago's only 
woman exhibitor, is establishing a 
stage show policy at the Imperial 
on West Madison street. Colored 
talbs will alternate with white 
vaiide, each playing three days, 
Sunday-Monday-Tuosday, but sep- 
ara,tely. 

Colored shows are staged by 
Percy Venable with an average of 
36 people. Plus a feature picture 
this quantity entertainment is sold 
for 26 cents. 



Adams on 'Tarzan' 

Hollywood, Oot. IT. 
Frank R. Adams l.< at Metro do - 
in.qr 'Tarzan and His Mate."' 

This is the next Wpissmuller 
story. 



No New York bufe 
Will Desert Empore 
For 306-0'Reiny 

Not one New York Indie exhibitor 
is pulling away from Empire dnd 
if major circuits resent their swing 
from Local 306, because of tnc pick- 
eting. It's Just too bad. That's 
Charlie O'Reilly's version In speak- 
ing for the Theatre Owners C^bam- 
ber of Coinmerce. 

The contracts with Empire are> 
ironi'^Iad for the next five years 
maintains O'Reilly. He points that 
reports of a loophole, whereby the 
indies could swing back to 306 tlie 
second week in OctoV>er, have no 
subistance. 

Major circuits in New York are 
known to be peeved over the. indies 
declaration of Independence from 
306 and Kaplan. With the excep- 
tion of the Skouras interests they 
all pay dues to the "TOCC. 

Regarding this ' attitude O'Reilly 
denies that the TOCC, as an organi- 
zation, had anything to do with the 
break with 306. Exhibitors simply 
could not meet Kaplan's demands 
and refused to further submit to 
a booth dictator, declares O'Reilly. 



'Arms' as Special 



Paramount has. taken 'Farewell 
to Arms' Off the general ■rclca.se li.st 
and is preparing it for two-a-day 
showing^ Undecided yet what New 
York house the film will play, but 
it is being .talked pf for either the 
Criterion or Palace at $2. 

No plans will be consummated for 
the film until after its private show* 
ing in Washington tomorrow (18) 
before the Italian Embassy. Par 
has promi.sed the Italian govern- . 
ment not to attempt release of tho 
picture until okayed by Its - repre« ^ 
sentativca. .StAry has Italy ad its > 
locale. 



VARIETY 



P I CTHBE CROSSES 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932 



Only Five First Runs in L. but 
Trade h Spotty; 'Broadcast' Best, 

$28,500;'^^ 



F>: _ — . 

T^os Angeles, Qct. 17. . 

Weather conditions favored ex- 
cellent business over weekend. 

Though only five first runs, are 
grinding away this stanza, trade, 
however, Is nothing to startle. Para- 
mount again leads the field with 
'Big Broadcast,' and should hit big 
128 500, biggest house has had in 
long time. 'Smilin' Through' at the 
State crowds the house on _the 
initial performances, but night 
trade is none too heavy; looks 
121,000. „ , 

'Cabin In the Cotton' at the Hol- 
lywood has not the auspicious pace 
expected for a Barthelmess picture 
and 'Phantom of Crestwood* at the 
BKO is nothing to brag about. 
Estimates for This Week 

Downtown (WB) (1,800; 25-70) 
'Tigar Shark' (FN) and vaud. Off 
to fair gait and should come in with 
very good $11,000. Lia%t.week 'Last 
Mile (World-Wide) bigger than 
figured at $10,800. 

Hollywood (WB) (2,756^ 25-75) 
•Cabin in the Cotton' (FN). Maybe 
$14,500, okay. Last week 'Succesis- 
ful Calamity' (WB) , just what \vas 
expected; close to an even $17,000. 

Paramount (Publix) (3,595; 36- 
$1.10) 'The Big Broadcast' . (Par) 
and . stage show. Looks for big 
$28,500, leading town. Last week 
•Blonde Venus' (Par) came through 
to tune of $19,900. 

RKO (2,950; 25-55) 'Phantom Of 
Crestwood' (RKO).' Natives hot 
greatly excited; $8,600 Is only fair, 
liaat week 'All American' (U) 
slipped up last couple of . days with 
count being $8,600. 

State (Loew-Fox) (2,024; 25-66) 
•Smilin! Through' (M-G). Off to 
corking start and with low tariff 
lor stralglit sound profitable, week 
diie, around $21,000.' Last week 
'Grand Hotel' (M^G) fell below 
studio expectations with around 
$18,0OO, 



LLOYD'S $8^ TOPS 
. SEATTLE; ORPH, 16,000 



Seattle, Oct. 17. 
Fifth Ave. again leading the town 
with 'Movie Crazy.' This house 
chalked up -an okay gross with 
.'Grand Hotel.' held for nine days, 
Instead of the originally booked 
eeven days. 'Hotel' made a Gar- 
rison finish, $13,200 tor the week, 
and $16,2C0 for.the nine days.. This 
cn top of .road show for- an $18,000 
week at the Fox a. few months iago. 

Coliseum Is also up on Its night 
business, but due to a different rea- 
son. It's ithe new attractive front, 
that shows up nifty at night, that 
proving the lure. 

Estimates for This Week 
Fifth Ave. (FWC) (2,300; 26-56), 
•Movie Crazy' (Par).. ^Mlrth, of 
course, stressed In heavy explolta 
tibn; for good results. Looks fair 
at $8,600. Last week 'Grand Hotel' 
(MG) landed $13,200 for week, and 
$16,200 for filne days, big. : 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 26-66), 
•Crestwood' (Radio), dividing with 
another horror plx, 'Doctor X' (WB) 
at the Music Box, looks to reach 
$6,000. Last week 'Bill of Divorce- 
ment' (Radio), only fair for less 
than $6,000. . 

Fox (FWC) (2,100; 26-65), 'The 
Crash' (FN). Chatter ton and Brent 
out as 'great lovers' and 'newly 
weds,' means some special interest; 
however, $3,000 is slow.. Last week 
•Phantom President' (Pat) didn't do 
much, $3,200. 

Liberty (Jehsen-vbn Hcrberg) 
(2,000; 10-15-25), 'Boiling Point 
(Mascot) and 'Those We Love' 
(World Wide), double header. Good 
$4,500. Last week 'Exposure 
(Tower), $4,400. 

Music Box (Hamrlck) (900; 26 
66), 'Doctor X' (FN). Big cam 
palgn helping this one; expect a; fair 
$4,000. Last week 'Crusoe' (UA) 
showed there is some draw in Doug 
yet., okay at $5,100. 

Coliseum (FWC) (1,800; 25-36) 
•Painted Woman' (Fox) and 'Wash 
Ington Masquerade' (Fox) in split 
week. Nice $2,700. Last week 
•Heritage of the Desert' (Par) went 
along the whole week to good $3, 
300. 



W'nC; LLOYD, 8G, 
'CRESTWOOD,' lOG, N. O. 



New Orleans. Oct. 17. 
Rain' is transcending all else lo- 
cally with Joari Crawford magnet. 
Will get bver $17,000 at Saenger. 
Harold Lloyd in 'Movie Crazy' very 
floppo at Loew's State with nouse 
running into the red currently. Ho- 
bart Bosworth in person is drawing 
above the feature, 'Phantom of 
Crestwood,' at ,the Orpheum. 
Chandu* doing something for the 
petite Tudor. 

Estimates for This Week 
Saenger (3,400; 25-36-50)— 'Rain' 
best b. o. card of the week, $17,000. 
L^ist week 'Cabin in the Cotton' 
(WB) grossed $11,000. 

Loew's State (3,200; 60)^'Movie 
Crazy' (Par). Lloyd not so hot 
here, will get around $8,000. Last 
week 'Phantom President' (Par) 
drew but $9,000. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2.600; 26-35-50) 
—'Crestwood' (Radio) and vaude. 
Hobart Bosworth headlining. Will 
do nice $10,000. Last week 'Okay 
America' (U) helped by the Weaver 
Bros, went to $12,000. . 

Tudor (800; 35)— 'Chandu' (Fox). 
Helping this small house to $3,000 
week which means nice profit. 



'FREHeMMEN/ TAB, $8,500 



Playl<*d wMi *Chiindu' In 
Iftnvn— Biz Okay 



New 



Ham' $21,000, Big 
In Frisco; 'Garden' 
$25,000, Fox Finale 



'Sanctuary' Is Listed 

For Miriam Hopkins 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Following 'No Man of Her Own, 
which she will be co-starred with 
;C]ark Gable, Miriam Hopkins will 
'4lo •Sanctuary,' novel by William 
Faulkner ; ftnd rec.entiy bought by 
|>aramouiit. 

•SoBsr ot BongB,* previouflly lii 
tended as a follower to Vo Man, 
|(M0 toto ih9 third Bpo«i 



New Haven. Oct. IT. 
Poll la holdlne: Its admlsh to half 
a buok on the tab 'Frenchmen' this 
week and should get some nice blz. 

Paramonnt did surprising gross 
on midnlte preview of 'Big Broad- 
cast,' pIugglDg showing as first time 
in America. Football weekend will 
help show blz locally.' . — — ^ 
Estinfidtefl for This Week 
Paramount (Publlx) <2,348; 40-60) 
— 'Madison Sq. Garden' (Par3, and 
unit Looks to good $11,000. Last 
week 'Phantom President' (Par) 
$12,000, also big. 

Poli (Arthur) (3,040j 35-50)^ 
Chandu' (Fox), and tab, 'French- 
men.' Indicating good $8,600. Last 
week 'Smilin' Through' (M-G) built 
to swell $9,200. 

Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200; 35- 
50)— 'Crash' (WB), 'Crestwood' (Ra- 
dio). Around falr_$5,000. Last.week 
Tiger Shark^ (WB), and '13 Wom- 
en' (Radio) picked up nice $6,800. 

College (Arthur) (1,666; 30-46)-r 
Okay Ainerica' (U), and vaude. 
Headed for fair $3,000. Last week 
Sporting Age' not eo hot, $2,500. 

BIG GRID GAMEIiAKES 
COLUMBUS A B. 0. GEM 



San Francisco, Oct. 17. 
Reversal of Warfield policy to 
hold over 'Smilin' Through' for a 
deuce week, limiting of 'Movie 
Crazy' to one' stanza at the Para- 
mount, and setting of attendance 
records on 'Rain,' for the United 
Artists reopening, outstanding oc- 
currences of this week. ' ' 

Meanwhile, 5,000 seat Fox Is pre- 
paring to close Thursday night (20). 
Even wltl\ poor pictures house has 
been hKting an average of . $23,000, 
about - highest gross on the coast, 
but 23 grand Isn't enough to ;get 
over the $30,000 nut. . Closing, oupht 
to booi?t other houses. • 

Sam Harris tossed stage shows 
and first run films out. of his Presi- 
dent last week, running theatre on 
a 20-cent grind. Many rumors that 
Warners will close but nobody In 
Frisco, .including house manage 
ment, hajg' any authentic Info on It. 
Reopening of Orpheum still Indef . 

Reopening at -60 cent top, and 
promising exclusive run In S. F. 
county 'Rain' played to more people 
first week than since house opened. 
The $21,000 here is just about ca- 
pacity. 

Estimates for This Week 
Columbia (BrIanger) (1,700; 66 
83) 'Exfelorers of Wprld' (Raspln) 
(2nd week). Very poor at less than 
$1,0.00. Not much more than, that 
on * flrst Tt^CGlCa 

Fox (6,000;" 50-70) 'Madison : Sq 
Garden*! (Par) and. stage show. This 
runs In .all. of a sudden, despite 
billing and plugging of 'Payment 
Deferred.' House's final week and 
fair at $26,000. Last week very- bad 
$19,000 on 'Kongo' (M-G). 

Golden Gate (RKO) (2.844; 30-40 
66) 'Crestwood* (Radio) and vaude. 
Reissue of early Chaplin short 'Easy 
Street,' helping to good $16,000, best 
in weeks. Last week's 'Divorcement' 
(Radio) a nifty $15,200. 

Paramount (Fcx) (2,700; 30-40 
65) 'Big Broadcast' (Par). With 
Saturday opening this one was sud 
denly announced on Friday with 
'Movie Crazy' (Par) getting the sur 
prise gate'after one week. Looks to 
fair. $13,000. 'Crazy' got fairish $12,- 
600, new low prices bringing more 
people but not moi'e dough. 

President (Harris) (1,410; 26-40) 
House now 20 cent grind. Last 
week with 'Hell's House' . (Atlaa) 
and stage show pulled poor $3,000 

United Artists (1,400; 26-35-60) 
•Rain* (UA). At $21,000 isn't house 
record but new prices, reduced from 
previous 65 cent top, bringing more 
customers than before. An 'exclu 
slve' showing. 

Warfield (Fox) (2,672; 66-65) 
'Smilin' Through' (M-G) and stage 
show (2nd week). Breaking house 
policy to hold It over and $16,000 
expected. . First week over $22,000 
smash.. 

Warner* (1.360; 36-55) 'Cabin In 
Cotton' ' (WB), At $8,000 fair 
enough. Last week's 'Successful 
Calamity* (WB) drew $6,000 on sec 
>ond stanza. 



Columbus. Oct. 17. 
A big theatre week for this : town 
ot under .way with a bang IViday 
and Saturday due to the Influx of 
crowds and, crowds for the Ohio 
State-Michigan football ganie. This, 
plus a leftover crowd of Knights 
Templar state conventioneers, here 
last week, meant a mighty heavy 
opening at most houses. The K. T. 
also helped last week's grosses 
plenty. ■ 

Palace with vaudfllm and Ohio 
with 'Smilin' Through' are getting 
the biggest play and both will be 
well out of the red for a change this 
week. Palace bill well liked and 
Phantom at Crestwood' radio bally- 
hoo helping plenty. Other houses 
expected to hold their own or bet- 
ter. 

Estimatea for This Week 

Palace (RKO) (3.074; 86-B6)— 
Crestwood' (Radio) and strong 
vaude blU. On way to neat $16,600. 
Last week /Divorcement' (Radio) 
failed to hold up any too well but 
got fair enough -$11,800. 

Ohio (Loew^UA) (3,000; 26-40)— 
Smilin' Through^ (M-G). . Undoubt- 
edly the dasB billing of . the week 
and oft splendidly. Should garner 
strong $13,000. last week •Kongo' 
(M-G) failed to dick and lucky to 
take $7,000. . 

Broad (liOerw-UA.) .(2.600; 26-40) 
'Night After Night' (Par). Heav- 
ily ballyed bat. hardly, diie to better 
$10,000. good;- last "week 'Movie 
Crazy* (Par) hisoe BUisiir at $12,400. 

Grand (Hetta) (MOO; 2B-40)— 
Crooner* > (B9I). . Not oUcklng too 
heavily at opening but should, get 
fair enough fO.GOO. Last week 'Tiger 
Shark'' (FN) none 'too forte but in 
the money at $6,800. 

Majestic (RKO) (MOO; 26-86)— 
Okaiy Amefioa' (U). Sh6uld' click 
at this honsa and looks good enpugh 
to do neat ^2,600.- Last week 'Con 
gorilla* (Fox) lair at $2,000. 



MastbauBis $S5,000 
Kg Noise; 



IsPinnys 




HAT CHECK,' $14,000, 
BEST IN DULL BUFF. 



> Buffalo, Oct. 17. 

Business generally sluggish, but 
'Hat Check Girl* headed for big 
$14,000 at Hipp. . 'Phantom of 
Crestwood' also okay; 

•Venus' at Buffalo, has house 
away down for second week in a 
row. ■ ■ 

Estimates for This Week 
Buffalo (Publix) (3,600; .30-40- 
65)," 'Blonde Venus' (Par) and stage 
show. Looks to no more than $16,- 
000, only fair. Last week 'Phantom 
President' (Piar) and stage ishow 
got over that only by $800. 

Great Lakes (Publix) (3,400; 30- 
40-66). 'Movie Crazy'; (Par) around 
$11,000, okay. Last week 'Smilin' 
Through' (MG) soared to big $16,- 
700; 

Century (Publix) (3,400; 25-35), 
'Crestwood' (Radio). Maybe $9,000, 
up a little for house. Last week 
'Tiger Shark' (WB), $8,100, average. 

Hipp (Publix) (2,400; 25-36-65), 
'Hat Check Girl' (Fox) and vaude. 
Indicates " strong $14,000, perhaps 
better. Last week 'Pack Up Your 
Troubles' (MG) and vaude, man- 
aged good $12,000. 

LafayeHe (Ind) (3,400; 25), Is 
My Face Red?' (RKO) and special 
added radio audition stunt on stage. 
Going big for a corking. $9,000. Last 
week 'Ameri?!an Madness' (Col), 
good at $8,600. . 



TM $32,000 k 
2 Wks4 Wash. Honse 
Changes 'Oby' Billing 



Political Air Palaver 
Keeps. Fans Home, K. C. 

Karisaa City. Oct. 17. 
Ciurrent -week does not promise 
much. Political speecbef? are keep 
ing potehtlcU customers home and 
starting this week Is the annual 
charity , drive .thlS 'tlnie with 6;p00 
business ituen and their -helpers in 
the field to raise $1,662,800. This 
is always ai blow to local theatres. 

Malnstreet has the widely adver- 
tised 'Phantom 6t Crestwood.' while 
the Mld.land has' •Kongo* and.' hopes 
it -won't go- too low; 'Night After 
Night.* at the Newman, may build 
as George Raft has caught on here 
and picture is getting nice word 
of-mbuth. 

Estimates for This Week 
Liberty (Diiblnsky) (860; 16-26) 
—'Radio Patrol' (U). House con 
tinues to hold its ewn against other 
first runs. Bargain prices popular 
with shoppers. This we^ should be 
around $3,000. fair. Last week 
'Painted Woman' (Fox), $2,800. 

Midland (Loew) (4,000; 26-36-60) 
—'Kongo? (M-G). Same picture 
made silent some years a^o by the 
late Lon Chaney under title of 
'West of Zanzibar.' Sordid trailers 
believed to have hurt here rather 
than heli>ed. Will not get over 
$12,000. poor. Last week 'Smilin' 
Thru' (M-G) got $19,600, pretty 
•good. 

Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; 26-36 
40-60-60)— 'Crestwood' (Radio) and 
unit. Rosetta Duncan added stage 
feature. Looks like close to $17,000 
good. Last week 'All American' (U) 
and 'Follow Thru,' unit, $18,000. 

Newman (Publix) (1,800; 26-36- 
50)— 'Night After Night' (Par). Well 
received by regulars. Should get 
near $10,000, good. Last week 
'Phantom President' (Par), although 
given sweet publieity, only showed 
$7,000. not'so good. 



Washington, Oct. 17. 
RKO started something locally. 
For some time this house has paid 
little or no attention to the regu- 
lar ordained Friday opening day. 
If a . picture hasn't clicked it was 
pulled as quickly as possible. 

Now Warner Bros, have fallen 
Into line and currently are y pull Ing 
'The Phtmtom President' today 
(Tuesday) on its second week and 
substituting 'Ldfe Begins' tomorrow 
(Wednesday). 

Same day RKO opens 'Washing- 
ton Merry^Qo-Round.' 

Surprise of this week is 'SmIIIn' 
Thru' In a Second week at the Pal- 
ace. . Film Is expected to turn In 
the biggest repeat week In history 
of house under its straight picture 
policy. 

RIalto, faced with 'Okay Amer- 
ica,' immediately following 'All 
American,' 'did some quick thinking, 
and swapped title for 'Kidnapping 
of Mary Drake.' Move' probably 
saved b.o. .as It not only prevented 
similarity, of titles froiti confusing 
public,' hut obviated' using line 
which Met splattered all over town 
to ballyhoo 'Blessed Event' three 
weeks ago. 

Exploitation running wild this 
^eek with both RIaito. and Fox bat- 
tling to see. which can scatter most' 
tab handbills, gag -which Is begin- 
ning to lose Its punch'-thrbugli' over 
use. 

Estimates for This Week 

Earfe. (Warner) (2,424; 26-36-60- 
70)— 'Blonde yenus' (Par) , and 
vnude. With Dietrich piilling ' hus^ 
bands bill should -eee $18,000. LAst 
week 'June 18) (Par) came through 
\i 1th $16,000. 

Palace (Loew) (2,363; 35-6.0-70)— 
'Smilin* Thru* (M-G). Dofng sec- 
ond week to sock trade, especially 
homefolks ' who revere the play. 
Probably $12,000. Last week same' 
film, $20,000. 

Fox (Loew) (3,434; 16-25-35-60)— 
•Crusoe' (UA) and stage show. Fair- 
tanks still drawing kids. "With Ted 
Healy on stage should see good $22,- 
000. Last week "Wild Girl' (Fox) 
and Jack Denny turned in $19,700. 

Keith's (RKO) (1,830; 16-26-36- 
60) 'Crestwood' (Radio). Getting dial 
fans and with 'Washington Merry 
Go-Round' (Col) opening Wednes 
day should do good $10,000. First 
five days of 'That's My Boy. Bring- 
ing In 'Phantom' and revival of 
Chaplin comedy helped pull week up 
considerably, $6,600. 

Rialto (U) (1,853; 25-35-50) 
'Okay America' (U). Billed here as 
Kidnapping of Ruth Drake.' Ought 
to get $7,000. Last week 'All Amer- 
Ivan' (U) against another grid show 
at Keith's, sneaked through with 
$5,600. 

Met (Warner) (1,583; 25-35-50-70) 
— 'Phantom President' (Par). Plenty 
of publicity carried show to second 
week, but Is being pulled today 
(Tuesday) ; 'Life Begins' coming in 
Last week showed $11,000, nice. 

Columbia (Loew) (1,232; 15-26- 
35-40) — 'Ride 'Em Cowboy.' Another 
wild west which will keep house 
open wJ.th $1,200. Last week 'Es- 
capade' (let Div.) got by with $1,100 



Philadelphia, Oct. 17. 

Business last week hit very close 
to predicted figures whilch means 
that while there were no real 
smashes, several houses topped the 
average gross standard and nearly 
all of them were close to It. 

: The Fox enjoyed very nice trade 
with Schumann-Helnk on the stage 
and 'Wild Girl' as the film. Nearly. 
$21,000 was grossed. Cohan's 'Phan-* 
torn President' with $17,000 at the 
Stahley was also okay. 

This week Should see plenty of 
action with the Mastbaum back in 
on the open list. A stage show 
topped by Harry Richman, Include 
ing Benny Davis and his company 
and Dorothy Jordan, is flanked by 
'Blondie of the Follies' on the screen.' 
House put on a big advance cam- 
paign for its reopening and opening 
days saw terrific business. "With , 
ordinary breaks this week, this first 
show should pull in $65,000 and 
maybe better. , 

This is almost , certain to aftect 
some of the other houses, especially. 
In that neighborhood. 'Phantom 
President' has no closing date men-. 
tioned In the Stanley ads but 'Movie • 
Crazy.' is likely to open about Wed- 
nesday. 

Morton Downey Is attracting 
plenty of attention at the Fox, more 
in fact than the film, 'Six Hours to 
Live,' , and there Is a good chance 
that- last -week's $21,000 gross may- 
be heateri by about a grand and a 
half. 

. The Karlton has 'Back Street* 
which had a good first week at the 
Boyd and then dropped with a 
thump. Arcadia expects big things 
with 'Love Me Tonight,' figured aa 
an ideal film for this exclusive little 
Chestnut street house.. 

The Earle has *The Sporting Age* 
on the screen and eight acts of 
vaudeville Including Barto and 
Mann and Venita Gould. Figured .. 
for an average $16,000. i .. 

. Estimates for This Week 

M a s t ba u m (4,800; 40-66-76> 
'Blondie of the FoUIes' (MG) ah* : 
stage show. Big reopening with ani'l'.' 
extensive campaign proceeding ii, ' 
Figured for a possible .$66,000. 

Stanley (3,700; 86-65^76) 'Phan^ 
tom President' (Par) ■(2d week). 
Unlikely, to stay beyond 'Wednesdayv 
as Lloyd picture being 'advertised. 
Cohan pic hardly llkely'to get more 
than $12,000 If It does stick a full 
second week. Last week, $17,000, 
good. 

Earle (12,000; 36-40-66) 'Sporting' 
Age' (Col) and' vaude. Average 
$16,000 figured. Last -we^, 'Okay 
America' fend vaude got a few hun- 
dred dollars ' over $17,000, pretty 
good.. . 

Boyd (2,400; 36-66-76) 'Successful 
Calamity' ("V^). Arliss picture not 
as sti-ong .as expected; not over 
$14,000; 'Back Street' (U) dropped 
to $ll,000; ln second week. • . 

Stanton (1,700; 86-40-66) 'Crest- 
wood' (Radio). Looks pretty good'r 
$9,000 Indicated. Last week 'Night 
of June igth' (Par) got swell notices 
and pulled $3,600, good. 

Fox. (3,000; 36-40-76) 'Six Hours 
to Live' (Fox) and stage show. 



Downey »h bill Is showing great 
strength. May boost gross to $22,- 
•OOO... Last; week, 'Wild Girl' (Fox) 
and Schumanh-Helnk on stage took 
$21,000, eicellent. ■ 
i^Karltprt: (1,000;- 30-40-66) 'Back 
Street; (U). Moved from .Boyd 
where It slipped after good start; 
$4,200 Indicated. Last week, 'Big- 
City Blues' (FN) $3,800, under aver- 
age. 

Arcadia (600; 30-40-55) 'Love M« 
Tonight' , (Par). Odght to get a 
strong $3;300. Last week "Guilty ad 
Hell', weak $2,400. 



LINCOLN LAGS 



'Movie Crazy' Tops With So-So Sft«, 
900— 'Cabin' N ice $2,600. 

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 17. 
Biz slumped at close of pirevlousf 
week and looks weaker tlian usual 
on the current opening. Warm 
weather making all the b.o.'s suffer. 

'Movie (jrazy,' at the Stuart with 
'local boy makes good bally' will be 
top, but weak. 'Cabin in Cotton* 
will trail closely. 

Estimates for This Week 
Lincoln (Publix) (1,600; 10-30-40) 
—•Cabin In Cotton' ("WB). Nice 
$2,600. Last week 'Blondie' (M'-G) 
went to fair $2,400. 

Orpheum (Publix) (1,200; 10-20- 
30)— 'Heirs Highway' (Radio). Good 
for $1,250. Last week 'Divorcement 
(Ivadio) a fair $1,050. 

State (Indie) (500; 10-25-36)— » 
Those We Love' (WW). May climb 
to $1,300, fair. Last week 'Congress 
Dances' (UA) suffered at $960. 
Stuart (Publix) (1,900; 10-25-35- 
50-60)— 'Movie Crazy' (Par). Dd 
well to reach $2,900. Last week 
'Phantom President' (Par) slid loy* 
to $2,800. 



fTueeday, Octol>er 18, 1932 



PICTURE € 



S S E $ 



VARIETY 




FddtbaO Slows Chi; 
State-Lake, $13j 



Indian 

%ht Mayor,' 
'Rita' Tab Plus Wwood,' 18G; So-So 




Chicago, Oot. IT. . 

Indian $ummer arrived oh the 
prairie iFrlday of the current flacal 
yreHL and on Saturday the fine 
l^eeather Mroa coupled to football. All 
ipf \?hlch &ave the: loop dmporluma 
^low starts and the promise of In- 
ipl«ferent grosses. 

StateiLake changed its policy to 
^semble the Palace more closely. 
But the change was kept quiet, It 
tefiftg the policy to ease the new 

Jirlces and programs over with as 
Ittle publicity, as regards. admAsslon 
as possible. , . ' 

State-lAke, holds Its/ 3Bc price 
tintll 3 p. m. In an effort to hold the 
cheap trade. Palace Is 40c to one, 
5« to five. 
' .. Eatimate* for Thi« Week 
Chicago CB&K) (3,940; 40-65-83) 
*-^Nlght After Nighf (Par) and 
^tage show. Lots of names in the 
cast and film drew pretty good com 
jnent, but not the oomblnatloti to 
open the public purse ttt these 
prloes and in this kind of glorieus 
October weather. Anticipate JSO.OOO. 
About the same flgute told the'stoty 
of last week's session with 'Cablh In 
the Cotton' (FN). House .Is being 
rlt^ed up in such matters as semi- 
claasical overtures with Interpolated 
tabreaux. Sunday - morning organ 
feclfcals by Ruthe Parley also a de- 
parture, with a view to an early 
etart on the Sabbath. 

McVicker* (B&K) (2,284'; 36-56- 
i76)-^'Grand Hotel' (M-Q) (3d 
.week). Making a nice engagement; 
look for $1C,000. Second week 
pegged $23,00*. 'Smllin' Thru' (M-Q) 
Collows. 

Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 40-65-83) 
>-<Madison • Square Qardiei>' . (Par) 
bifll'stage. Sporting theme deemed 
{attractive to Oriental clientele, biit 
bouse wiU not climb over $20,0<KI, 
although probably better than last 
'^^k's uncertain $18,000 for 'Tiger 
Bh^k' (WB). House now committed 
.to x^giilar Fanchon c& Marco units, 
.trfilch ' ho longer play the Chicago 
fit all. 

Palaee (KKO) (2,533; 40^66-83) 
ncrestwood' (Radio) and: 'tabloid 
iutisItiaL Stage attraction currently 
in the Louie K. Sidney compact ver- 
jtilon of 'Rio Rita,' which playp.Loew, 
{tKO, Fox artd Wariier houses on a 
^oute that runs 45 weeks. No names 
t>o sell and nobody billed, making it 
kn unknown quantity. Remains to be 
iaeeh how much the radio ballyhoo 
helps 'Phantom' on the screen. Fig 
.iirji around $18,000. Last week good 

Sude lineup plus U's 'All American' 
elled $21,200. 

State- Lake. (RKO) (2,756; 35-66- 
55)— 'Night Mayor* (Col) and vaud^ 
'Only four acts this week through 
(tVeaver Bros, and Elvlry counting 
jas, two; This contrasts numerically 
With the seven acts house has been 
running since July. Looks like an 
other light week, although boost; in 
^cale may mean $13,000. Last week 
ilSportlng Age' (Col) around $11,000; 
plenty of red. 

United Artists (B&K) (1,700; 35- 
65^75)— 'Phantom President' (Par) 
week). Looks to do okay $14,- 
©w aa follow-up on $20,700 opener. 
Wain* (UA) next. 



IHSG,' lOG; 'CR'WOOD.' 
i $3,200 OK IN INDPLS. 



Indianapolis, Oct. 17. 

The vaudeflim Lyric seems to be 
eut in front of all houses this week, 
pils Is a vaude town, an<^ house 
.nas been pulling steadily since re- 
opening two weeks ago. Indiana is 
.yi f or a sbod week with . 'Madison 
Square Garden.' . Loew's Palace 
likewise should have a good time 
>ith 'Smllin' Thru.' . 

"Walter Hampden will be at BJng- 
itoh's two days, Oct. 19-20. 

Estimates for This Week 

Apollo (Fourth Ave.) (1,100; 26- 
86-50), 'Cregtwood' (Radio). Will 
get around $3,200, good. Last week 
•Hold 'Em Jail' (Radio) not so hot, 
around $2,000. 

Circle (Skouras-Publlx) (2,600; 
S6-35-55), 'Crash' (FN). Drawing 
Consistently and should get $6,600. 
LaAt iJveek 'Phantom President' 
(Par) fell to unexpected $6,000. 

Indiana (Skouras-Publix) (3,300; 
86-36-65), 'Madison Square Garden' 
iPar). Should get around $10,000. 
Last week 'Life Bfegins' (WB) good 
wr $8,600. 

Loew'e palace (Loew) (2,600; 25 
J5-50) 'Smllin' Thru' (MG). May 
09 good lor $7,600, but will have to 
«ulld. 'Kongo' (MG) last Week hit 
around $4,400. 

^.J-yio (Fourth Ave.) (2,600; 25-36- 
B0(, 'Okay America' (U) and vaude. 
ffUl get around $9,000. Last week 
\\vlld Oirr (Fox) fair at $7,600. 



BROADCAST'S' $7,000 
AS P'LAND BOISTERS 



Portlahd, Ore., Oct; 17* 
Fox-Paramount has b r o u g h t 
'Grand Hotel' back and. is clicking 
for Tilce biz, while the Fox-Broad 
way has 'Big Broadcast,' and is also 
okay. 

Biz in generar has been decidedly 
oft, but weather has turned cooler 
and signs of. a pick-up are in sight, 
Nothing currently is hitting the big 
stride, but the general b.o. situa 
tlon . ls iirmer. Nabe trade Is up, 
and doing better In general than the 
major down town spots. Low ad - 
mlsh is the big Influence, that way, 
Estimates for This Week ' 
Paramount (Fox-Parker) (3,000; 
25-66)— "Grand : Hotel" (M-G) and 
unit. Looks good for fine $16,000, 
Picture road showed one week pre 
vlously. Last week. 'Cabin. in Cotton' 
(FN) just fairly for $10,000.; .... 

Broadway .(Fox-Parker). (2,00.0; 
25-55)— 'Big Broadcast' (Par). Okay 
$7,000. Last - w«ek .'Movie .Crazy' 
(Par) $7,500 in 10 days,, bad. 
, Orpheum (RKO) (2,000; 25-40)—. 
Crestwood' (Radio). A fair $.6,000. 
Last week 'Divorcement' (Radio) 
$3,800, ofe. 

United Artists (Fox-Parker) 
(1,000; 25-35)-^'Madlson Sq.. Garden' 
(Par). Going fairly for about $4, 
000. Last week 'f>hantom President' 
(Par) $4,600. 

. Oriental (Hamrlck) (2,600; 26-36) 
—'White Zombie' (UA). In line for 
moderate $3,500. Last week 'Blessed 
Event' (WB) did $4,000. 

Rialto (Gamble) (2,Q00; 26)— 'Last 
Mile* (W-W); Getting attention 
and $6,000. Last week 'Explorers 
of World' (Raspln), with admlsh 
upped to 60 cents, $4,300. 



So-So on 

Each ih Bdti^ 



L'VILLE LULLS 



Wild 



$7,000, Ditto 



Loulsyllle, Oot. 17. 
Qbdd pace after the excitement of 
pbt. 11 when National's 'Truth 
About Married Love' stage attrac- 
tion -was closed by police because 
one of memberis oC City Health De- 
partment .disagreed with the lec- 
turer on value of Sex information 
and sex booklets being displayed. 
Manney Lewis, mgr. of the show, 
had previously advertised film With- 
out mentioning 'For Women Only,' 
merely.relying on word of mouth at 
biqxoffice to keep male sex out on 
opening day* Police investigation 
followed and Lewis was ordered to 
clean up before reopening, Columbus 
Da.y.. 

Hialtp is faolng bitter battle with 
vaudeville. J. J. Musselman, mgr., 
doing best to book both good film 
and stage shows,, but finds it bard 
to make ends meet ChaAces are 
people haven't got do-re-ml as 
Lawrence Tlbbett's recital Oct. 10 
drew only about halt the crowd he 
got last year at Memorial Auditor 
lum. . 

Strand's week will be small as the 
theatre will be closed Tuesday and 
Wednesday Willie the Masons are 
in session. ^ 

Estimates for This Week 
Loew's (3,400; 25-35-50) 'Robinson 
Crusoe' (UA). Fair $7,000. Last 
week 'Kongo' (M-G), poor $5,700. 
' Rialto (Fourth Ave.) (2,800; 25- 
35-65) 'Wild Girl' (Fox) and Jack 
MuUhall in person. Latter helped to 
$7,100. Last week Barney Rapp's: 
Orch. and .'Phantom President' 
(Par), $6,500. 

. Strand (Foui-th Ave.) (1,786; 26 
35-60) 'The Crash* (FN), Ave days 
only,. Ott at $2,100. Last week 
'Movie Crazy' (Par), $6,900, okay. 

Brown (2,000; 26-36-40) 'Crest 
Wood* (Radio). Good for $3,300. Ltwt 
week 'Divorcement' (Radio), $3,000, 

Alamo (Fourth Ave.) (900; 16-26 
40) 'JNlght After Night' (Par). Good 
$3,100. Last week 'Tiger Shark' 
(FN), $2,500. 



NEW'K ANEMIC; 'CABIN' 
$11,000, XR'WOOD' 7G 



Baltimore, Oct.. 17, 
BaItimo:re continues unexclted 
arohnd the!l>6x bflloeB for a second 
week, though the general .tqhe of the 
trade is more sanguine than that 
of the previous session when tliere 
were sbme spots before the .eyes. . 

'There's no question tbat the big. 
roll win come from Joan Ctawford 
at the Stanley In 'Rain.' The Stan- 
ley has oeen having ah up ^nd down 
time of it for the past few months, 
particularly flabby on matinees, buj. 
with the newer product it looks like 
a happier season for this big-se9,ter. 

Chasing 'Rain,* the ace Loew's. 
Century stage show spot, where thfe 
business be about .equally di- 
vided by Doug Fairbanks In 'Robin- 
son/ Jr.' and the Jack Denny musi- 
cal aggregation on the stage,, with 
the latter probably the stronger. 
It's a tipoff for this public when 
Fairbanks ,is allocated to the stage 
show house rather than tfye run 
spot. ' . ' . 

For the flrst time In months the 
Hippodrome is depending . upon . its 
picture rather than the vaude for 
the draw. 'Phantom of Crestwood* 
is starting out nicely but not uh-- 
usually strong. 

Est ihiates for This Week . 
Century (L6ew-UA> £3.000; 25-!36'- 
65-66-75)'^'Roblnson Crusoe' (UA) 
and vaude. Fairbanks lead- is 
being headliniBd in conjunction with 
Jack Benny orohestra; the; latter 
drawing. the heavy exploitation.; In 
combo they'll help to hlghly satlefy 
ing $18,000. 'Crash' (FN) on the 
previous: session was solemn, and 
Ted Healy on the stage was ho help 
at $15,200. ■ . 

Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2,600; 
25-35-66-66-75)— 'Crestwood' (Ra- 
dio) and vaude. Nothing strong on 
the vaude side, only Welcome Lewis 
as arbitrary headllner, management 
considering the picture as sufficient 
strength for profits. It Is, at $11,- 
000, and a mystery that's surprising 
by bringing in the . f emme trade, 
due to the ether pi-e-nlugglng in 
serial form. Last week fair enough 
at $9,800 for 'Hell's Highway' (Ra 
dlo). 

Keith's (Schanberger) (2,400; 25- 
30-40)— 'Once In Lifetime' (U). Hav- 
ing trouble about the ladles, who 
still are undecided whether they 
really care for comedy of this sort; 
will garner $7,000, however. 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par) depended 
largely on the carriage and better 
class trade last week for Its ' tine 
$7,900, 

New (MechanIo) (1,800;- 25^35-40- 
60)— *Six Hours to Live' (Fox) 
House is going along on compara- 
tively small grosses, tne close -hand- 



Rain.' Over $40,000; 'Broadcast; 
Nifty 60G; 'Smiling Thru,' 55G's; 
^hssage,' $25,000,6 way's (HwBiz 



Better theatre weather with Sun- 
day's rain continuing through yes- 
terday (Monday) will Stimulate bus- 
iness, but, with, poor starts all along 
Broadtvay, the flhlsh still doesn't 
look , unusual on . the . whole. 

Outstanding exception Is the Rl- 
voll, where 'Rain,' with Joan Craw- 
ford as draw, has a chance to better 
$40,000. 

The Paramount continues In nice 
luck, with every opportunity for 
reaching $60,000 on 'Big Broadcast,' 
very nice business. Belief Is that 
Broadcast* will have greater draw 
away from Broadway, elnce many 
of the ether names In picture have 
played this, and other houses in 
New York in person. 

Norma Shearer, In two B'way 



Newark, Oct. IT. 
As there's nothing In town to 
pufl strongly, the Shubert, will 
probably draw more with Its vaude 
film. Otherwise nobody expects 
miuch and the over-seating problem 
is going, to loom again. 

Estimates for This Week 

; I'Brahford (WB) ' (2.966T 16-20-25 
30-40-55-65), 'Cabin in the Cottoh 
(FN)'.. Nothing terrific but on hine 
da^s should iapproxlmate $li;O0O, 
Last week 'Successful Calamity 
(Wfi) .. pulled ' after five days and 
drew itiany kicks from prospective, 
customers. Not so bad at $6,100. 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 12-26-36«. 
50), .'Last Man' (Col) and 'Blondle 
of t^e Follies' (MG). It's always 
$6,000 at these double features and 
will stay hear this figure this week, 
liast wieek 'June 13* (Par) and 
'Painted Woman* (Fox) okay at 
$5,100. • 

[Little (Cinema) (290; 60), 'Troika* 
(Russian). Heavily advertised in 
foreign language press and may 
rfeach $1,200. - Last week second of 
'Isle of Paradise* (Pollack) and 
'Ijiatln Love* (Syndicate) fine at al- 
most $1,600. 

Loew's State (2,780; 16-20-25-30- 
40-55-65), 'Troubles* (li-G). Lautel 
and Hardy don*t mean much In a 
feature and probably not over $8, 
000:. Last week second of "Grand 
Hotel' (M-G) n.s.g. at $9,00Q. 

Mosque (WB) (^,281; 16-20-26t 
30-35-40-56), 'Life Begins' (WB) 
and 'Sporting Age', (Col). Will have 
to" be Satisfied with $4,000, pretty 
weak. Last week 'Love Me To- 
night' (Par) and. 'Bird of Paradise' 
(Radio) poor with Only $4,500. 
. Newark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 16- 
20-25-30-40-65-66), 'Movie Crazy' 
(Par).' Ought to mean something 
but. didn't open /Strong. Will hardly 
beat weak $6,500. - Last week 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par) not hot at 
$9,000. 

. I Proctor's (RKO) (2,300 ; .16-20-26- 
30-40-56-66), 'Crestwood* (Raidlo). 
Only $7,Opo will about be the story 
here. Last week 'Divorcement' (Ra- 
dio) ' surprise^ '.by building' from 
mild opening to over $10,000. 

Terminal (Skburas) (1,900; 16- 
20-26-30-40-66); *Hat Check Girl* 
(Fox).- A weak $6,000. Last week 
'Chandu' (Fox) only $5,700. 



DENVER STRONG; DENY, 
lOG; 'CRESTWOOD' IIG 



Denver. Oct. IT. 
Grosses good at all de luxers, the 
Denver and Orpheum showing a 
bigger het 'profit than when using 
stage Shows and vaude. ' Standouts 
are 'Phantom of Crestwood,' pop 
ular with the thriller fans, and Die- 
trich Is also pulling steadily. Laurel 
and Hardy comedy igettlng a good 
play, and Rialto will have good 
gross on spilt week. 

Estimates for Thi» Week . 
Denver (Publlx) (2,600; 25-35-40 
60)_'Blonde Venus'^ (Par), Very 
nice $10,000, Last week 'Phantom 
President' (Par), $7,600, fair. 

Orpheum (RKO-Huffman) (2,600; 
25-36-40-50)— 'Crestwood* (Radio). 
Strong $11,000. Last week 'Blessed 
Event' (WB) did a good $9,500. 

Paramount (Publlx) (2,000; 26-40) 
—'Pack Up Your Troubles* (M-G), 
Fair $7,000. Last week 'The Crash 
(FN) $6,200. 

Rialto (RKO-Hufeman) (900; 20 
25-40)— 'Hat Check Girl' (Fox), and 
'Okay America' (U). four days each. 
Fair $3,000. Past slXvdays 'Once in 
a Lifetime' (U), fine $3,000. 



Thurstoii, liniose Hand/' 
$25,000, Big, in Cincy; 
Chapfin Rivals "Venns^ 



ed operating pealing out profits. The 
peerless drop-in spot for weary 
femnie shoppers is the reason. Cur- 
rently "maybe $4,000, satisfactory In 
view of the past few weeks. Last 
Week 'Wild Plrl' (Fox) was a mat- 
inee picture at $3,300, so-so. 

Stanley (Loew-UA) (3,400; 25-35- 
45-55-66-75)— 'Rain' ' (UA). House 
currently snaps back Into the high- 
ho figures after having wilted dur- 
ing the previous session on 'Life Be- 
gins' (WB), when that picture was 
almost unanimously adjudged by the 
timid ladles as too strong for their 
hearts. 'Begins' drew only $10,100,. 
very disappointing In view of the 
excellent notices. 'Ralri' on the 
Crawford punoh la careening to high 
$18,000. 



. Cincinnati, Oct. 17. 
Current cinema biz oke bAt a lit 
tie slower than last .week, which 
l^enefited from the Columbus Day 
holiday. Saturday aiEternoon patron- 
age felt opposition from fall racing 
meet at Latonia, Ky., opposite 
Clncyi 

Thurston is the big box office 
noise, this town always having been 
one of his best money spots. And at 
top prices he's overcoming depresh 
competition. 

Estimates for This Week 

Albee (RKO) (3,300; 36-8«)— 'By 
Whose Hand' (Col) and Thurston 
Fast start and heavy juve trade in 
dlcates very good $26,000. Last 
Week 'War Correspondent' (Col) and 
Olsen and Johnson, $22,800, oke. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 30-55)— 
•Crestwood' (RKO). Hefty billing 
for Chaplin's 'Easy Street' revival 
in absence of names for feature alt- 
traction. May get $12,500. good. 
Last week 'Blonde Vehua' (Par) 
$9,200, fair. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,286; • 30-56)-- 
'Smllin' Through' (M-G). Pulling, 
very good $9,000 in 'second week, 
after $12,100 for first iseven days. 

Capitol (RKO) (2,200 ; 30-55)— 
'Hat Check Girl' (Fox). Indicates 
$7,000, oke. Last week 'Chandu' 
(Fox) $6,100. 

Keith's (Hbson) (1,500; 25-40)— 
'Sporting Age' (Col). Looks like 
fair $5,500. Last week 'One Way 
Passage' (WB) $6,800, good. 

Grand (RKO) (1,550; 15-30)— 
'Robinson Crusoe (UA)* second run, 
and 'Congorilla' (Fox), split week, 
Fairbanks film pulling good, and 
extra advertising on 'Congorilla' ex- 
pected to annex a good $3,600. 
Last week 'Love Mo Tonight* (Par) 
and 'Big City Blues' (WB) $2,200, 
slow. 

Family (RKO) (1,000; 15-25) — 
•Heritage of Desert' (Par) and 
•Widow In Scarlet' (Fischer), split 
week. Former picture a nice draw 
and likely to hold through week for 
very good $3,000. Last week 'Ava- 
lanche' (1st aiv) and '.Sporting 
Chance' (Hollywood) $4,400, very 
good. 

Ufa (40O; 30-40)— 'Two Hearts' 
(foreign). Pull confined to Gormahs; 
$1,600, fair. Lost week 'Doomed 
Battalion* (U), $2,000. 



spots, Capitol and Astor, is disap- 
polhting at former in 'Smllin' Thru,' 
Indications are for only $65,000, 
which makes a holdover dubious. 
Unless it picks up greatly, h. o; is 
highly improbable, Loew ads are . 
playing Up the Aster's 'Strange In- 
terlude,' also with Shearer, heavily 
this week, along with her Cap pic- 
ture, and that may be drawing some 
potential Shearer customers away 
from the weekly changer. 

Strand looks to do a little better • 
than average with 'One Way Pas- 
sage,' which, with the rainy weather, ■ 
may approach $25,000;, Planned to, 
hold It another Week, then bring in 
'Three on a Match,' slated for two, 
weeks also. 

Francis -Powell team, which helped • 
their 'Jewelry Robbery' when at 
Strand, plus a smart eye-getting . 
front: on 'Passage' is figured help- 
ing. • 

Strong potentialities Of 'Phailtom , 
President,' reflected In its two weeks 
at the: Paramount first run, are re- 
tained by picture on its second run . 
at Palace. With a stage show of 
adloltes, but stage not stout on ' 
draw. 'President' will run house 
<ilos6' to $20,000. . 

The balance of the street not so 
forte. The Roxy's 'Thirteen Worn- • 
en' will have to spurt to top $43,000. ' 
Lowerlhg of admission here to t 75c.- 
top makes house struggle tor greater ' 
volume. 'Whether other de lux^rs 
will follow suit problematical,- ' 
Mayfalr's possibilities are for $18^,^ >■ 
000 on 'Phantom of CreStwoOd,'- 
while 'Madison Sauare' Garden* fails 
to start out big at $22,000 at iSlaUo;" 
Picture was rushed In here after 
first having been booked for a week 
at Paramount. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aatoir (1,012; 88-$1.10-$1.65-$2.20) 
—•Strange Interlude' (M-(3;) (7th. . 
week). Has the Capitol to worry ", 
about on the Shearer competleh. . No '' 
date as yet as to possible departure 
but 'Rasputin' tentatively' In mind 
as successor. 

Capitol (5,400; 36-72-83-tl.lO- 
$1.65)— 'Smiling Thru* "(M-G) and 
stage show. ..J<lot up to expeota'- 
ttons with takings probably not 
more than $55,000; this makes hold- 
over on Norma Shearer's latest 
doubtful. Last week, . 'Dowhstairs' 
(M-G); Irene Bordonl, Benny RublH;-"' 
Rubs Columbo and Three: Keys ' on ' 
stage,, only $47,000. ■ ■• /•> 

Criterion (878; 26-40-83-$l.lj6^'! 
$1.66) — 'Maedohen In Uniform* '> 
(Krimsky) C4th we^k). -Word • of - ' 
mouth, plus the good reviews that 
started It. pff^ Is holding this Ger* 
man-tongue talker up neatly; 

Mayfair (2,200; 36-72-88)— 'Phan- 
tom of Chestwood' (Radio). Fair-' 
$18,000 in sight for radio mystery'-- 
thrlller. Last week; second of 'Bill' ' 
of Divorcement,' big $2d,40O on eight '.' 
days. Washington Merry-Go-Round' 
(Col) comes In the 20th. • 

Palace (1,700; 80^40-65-83) — 
'Phantom President' (Par) (2nd • 
run) and vaude. George Cohan- ' 
Jlnimy Durante picture bringing-: 
house close to $20,000 m&rk cur- ' 
rently. All-radio show on stage. ^ 
'Blonde Venus' (Par) last week . 
brought In $18,500, good enough. 

Paramount (3,664; 40-72-94-$1.10) 
—'Big Broadcast* (Par) and stage.' 
show. Names this week are In the '' 
picture, many of whom have played-. ! 
this hou6e on stage; picture without " 
big rostrum array currently to help, . 
hitting the trail for a swell $60,000 ' 
and may hold over, 'Phantom Pres- 
ident' last week (Its second) sur- 
prised the town by holding to $67,-* 
300. On Its two weeks It thus 
dragged down $126,200. 

Rialto (2,000; 40-56-72-92-$l.lQ)— i 
'Madison Square Gafden' (Par), 
Fight picture, ono of the. Charles R, 
Rogers productions, not doing what 
was expected of it at a $22,000 pace. . 
Final week (fourth) for 'Movie 
Crazy' $11^900, red^ 

Rivoli (2,200; 40-55-72-94-$i:.10)— 
.'Rain' (UA). On initial seven days 
prospects are to exceed 40 grand, 
very good; big $9,000 opening day 
(Columbus Day) and rain over week 
end, aiding. Last week of 'Crusoe,' 
which lingered only three weeks, 
$15,200. 

Roxy (6,200; 36-55-83-$1.65)— 
.'Thirteen Women' (Radio) and stage 
show. Admission down, which 
forces Roxy to play to larger num- 
ber of customers for $43,000 lii sight 
currently. Last week 'Hat Check 
Girl' (Fox) did better than that, 
$48,900, a profit. 

Strand (2,900; 35-56-83-94-$J .10) 
-'One Way Passage' (WB). Might 
touch $25,000 on its first week and 
hold for a second. 'Cabin in Cot- 
ton' (WB) on its h. o. week $15,800, 
quite a drop from the $29,700 tally 

Winter Garden (l,'n8; 35-56-83- 
94)— 'Tiger Shark' (WB) (4th 
week). Coos out tomorrow night 
(Wcdne.sday) on a $16,000 week, .oke. 
Third for Ed Robinson wm $21,000. 
'They Call It Sin' (WB) opens 
Thursday morning (20). 



PICTUBE CROSSES 



Tdesday, October 18, 1932 



nfiim. Pkks Up; 
3 Lead Houses 

Will Do m 




Minneapolis, Oct. 17. 

High ipowered attractions that 
Bpell box office are bringing, prosses 
out of the doldruiiis this week. To-, 
tals •will be profitable, but far be- 
low normal conditions. 

Standouts are 'Smilin* Throiigh,' 
•Phantom of CrestwOod' and 'Heri- 
tage of Desert.' With 'Smilin" the 
State is enjoying its first big busi- 
ness in weeks. The Orpheum, cele- 
brating its 11th birthday. . has 
'Crestwood,'. which seemingly is a 
magnet as a result of its radio tie- 
up. 'Heritage' is a tip-top booking 
for the Lyric arid signs point to 
a much better than average week. 

• First break in admission prices 
has come with the Public announce- 
ment of a slash at its Uptown, ace 
nabe, from 55 to 40 nights and 35 to 
25 matinees. Business had been 
very poor at this theatre, but the 
lower scale may be the tonic. 

'Reunion in Vienna,' stage attratr 
lion at the Metropolitan, drawing 
capacity at $2.75 top the first half 
of last week, undoubtedly, cut into, 
film trade . last week. .' . 

Estimates for This Week. 

State (Publlx) (2,200; 55)— 'Smilin' 
Through' (M-G). Very well Jiked 
and with its cast names looks' like 
very big $17,000. Last week 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par) ?9,100» light. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,890; 55)— 
'Ci-estwood' (Radio) and vaude. 
Dorothy Lfic. In person,' but radio 
advertising aipparently makes pic- 
ture a card. House birthday well 
advertised. Should reach .$12,000, 
good. Last week 'Sporting Age' 
(Col) and Pola Negri in person, 
$11,000. 

Lyric (Publix) (1,300; 35)— 'Heri- 
tage of Desert' (Par). Westerns go 
over well at this house and this one 
finding plenty of favor. About $4.- 
600 indicated, pretty good. Last 
■week 'June 13th' (Par) nice $6,000. 
Grand (Publlx) (1.100; 36)— 'Love 

• Me Tonight' (Par), second run, and 

./Dark Horse' (FN), first loop run 
but previously shown uptown. Looks 
like $1,200, light. Last week .'Down 
to Earth' (Fox), second runi and 
*S*aseport to Hell,' first loop run, 

. $2,000, pretty good. 

.• Aatep (Publix) (900: 25)^'Rich 
Always -with Us' (WB), and 'Bring 
'JBm.Back Alive' (Radio), split, sec- 

. pnd loop runs. Should top $1,200. 
.i'retty good. Last w6ek 'Roar of 
Dragon,' 'Winner Take . All' and 
'Skyscraper Souls,' $900. 



Montreal still nice; 
'venus,' cap, both 13g 

Montreal, Oct. 17 
Boost that started a month ago 
Is still being maintained, thanks 
mainly to standard of pictures, be- 
ing ishown. There Is no let-up cur- 
rently and with advent of cold 
weather, with slight snow flun-Ies; 
attendance should hold up. His 
MajeiBty's is running de luxe week 
•with 'Too True to be Good,' which 
will make sonic inroad into film 
grosses. 'Blonde Venus,' 'Pack Up 
Your Troubles' and 'Phantom Presi 
dent' at Palace, Gapltol and Loew's 
will have a good play, with Loew' 
In the leai-l. Princess repeating 



UFE BEGINS' 17iG, 
LLOYD 13iG, PITTS. 

. . Pltteburgh, Oct. 17. 

Outlook a little better this week 
after one of the most disastrous de 
luxe sessions In some time^ Last 
week a vlftual washout all along the 
line save at Penn, where 'Smilin' 
Through* crashed through for a siz- 
zling $25,000, apparently sewing up 
all the trade In town. 

Current standouts appear to be 
Life Begins' at. Stanley and 'Movie 
Crazy" at Warner. Obstetrical film 
is figured a natural for the femme 
mat ti-ade, with nights taking care 
of themselves. Looks like a neat 
$17,500, with nice advance campaign 
also drawing some credit. Lloyd 
picture, while not the standout the 
bespectacled comic has been in the 
past, should do a fairly impressive 
$13,500, great for the average prod- 
uct, but Just- ordinary for Lloyd. 

Million' Dollar Legs' building 
steadily at the Fulton and should 
round out the . session with a nice 
$4,500, a grand better than previous 
week, while Penn having tough time 
selling George Raft, with 'Night 
After Night,' $9,000. Davis; after 
one of its worst sessions in history 
with 'Miss Pinkerton,' doing some- 
what better with 'Okay America,' 
although $3,200 presages a declining 
interest In the columrilst cycle, ' 
. Estimates for This Week 
Davie (WB) (1,700; 25-30-40)— 
Okay Anierlca'. (U). Picture .here 
for w.ecicand being day-and-dated 
for three days in East Liberty; at 
the Sheridan Square. Ayres not 
sfrong b. o. and . columnist cycle 
looks washed up, with just a fair 
$3,200 in prospect. Last week 'Miss 
: Pinkerton'. (WB) brutal at under 
$2,00*. 

Fulton (Sh^a-Hyde) (1,750; 26- 
30-40)— 'Million Dollar Legs' (Par). 
Nutty comedy seenis to be what 
they like around here, and this one 
looks nutty enough to claim a fairly 
decent $4,500. Big opening despite a 
heavy rain. Last week 'Those We 
Love' (W-W) plenty on the outside 
at $3,100. 

Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 25-35- 
50) — 'Night After Night' (Par). 
Trying to sell Raft no go; looks 
like a drooping $9,000, if that. Last 
week 'Smilin' Through' . (M^G) a 
clean-up at $25,000, again kicking 
the pants off the theory that re- 
makes from silent hits are poison. 

Stanley (WB) (3,600; 25-35-50)— 
Life Begins' (FN). A natural for 
the women, and big spurt in mat 
trade expected to account for almost 
double last week's gross. That 
means around $18,000. Just about 
half that last week for 'Tiger Shark' 
(FN). 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 25-35-&0)— 
'Movie Crazy' (Par). Swell comedy, 
one of Lloyd's best, and no account- 
ing for its failure to hold up with 
previous Lloyd releases. Looks like 
$13,500, a good figure here, but only 
ordinary considering the star's im- 
portance. Last week 'Phantom 
President^ (Par) fell off after a good 
start, winding up rather disappoint- 
ingly at $8,000, 



Waring Jaoes 
'CabmV for SfaroBg 
127,000 in Detroit 



DetKrtt. Oct. 17. 
AU housea reversed themselves 
slightly «nd enjoyed better open- 
ings than any week In the last four. 
The only holdov^' picture, 'Bmilin' 
Thru/ started building ellghtly, but 
not enough to warrant holding 
over two weeks, with 'Big Broad- 
cast' starting Wednesday (19^ at the 
U. A, [■ Warlng'a Pennsylvanlans, 
coupled with a weak picture, opened 
up much better than the week pre- 
vious and looks to $27,000. 

The Fox went into Its isecbnd week 
of .stage ehows with a poorer pace 
than previously but shotild build 
with a good Btase. show and fair 
picture. The - Downtown pulled 
Once In' -a Lifetime' after six days 
and Into the weak 'Phantom of 
Crestwood.' With a fair opening 
the radio bally on this one was 
held to iaean something but not 
much. 

Last week all houses went Into 
the red with the exception of the 
Fox which made a few bucks at 
: 120.000. 'Smlline Through^ at the 
U, A. had a ftilr week at $14,000 but 
not considered suitable for a picture 
rated so welL 

Estimates for This Week 
Michigan (4,046; 16-36-72-76)— 
Cabiq In the Cotton' (FN) and 
Warlng'iB Pennsylvanlans on stage. 
Headed for >iB $27,000. Last week 
'Phantom Pres' (Parj . weak at 
$18,000. 

Fox (6.100; 16-26-36)— "Wild Girl* 
(Fox) aiid stage show. Maybe $18,- 
000. Last Week 'Hat Check Girl' 
(Fox) okay at $20,000. 

Fisher (2.666; 16-36-72-76) — 'Mad- 
ison Square Garden' '. (Par) and 
stage show. Poor $11,000. Last 
week The Crash' (WB) weaH at 
$11,700. 

Downtown (2.760; 16-26-65)— 
Phantom of Crestwood' (Radio). 
< 18,500, okay. Last week 'Once In a 
'Lifetime' (XT) weak In six da:ys at 
$6,000. 

United Artists (2,0lS: 16-36-56^72- 
76)— 'SmlUng Throu^' (M-G) (2d 
weaJc). Disappointing on low $13,- 
000. Last week suffered along with 
the riBst at $16,000. 

Paramount (8.448; 16-26-56)-^ 
Sporting Age*' (Col), away off at 
$2,600. Last week "He. X" (FN) was 
stlU lost at $6,106. 



'Robinson Crusoe' after good gross 
last week. Nabes in good shape 
over most of city. Adniish prices on 
main stems , sliashed 20%.- 

Estimates for This Week 
His Majesty's (CT) (1,600; 75- 
;2.5Q) 'Too True to be Giood' (legit). 
First legit of season should gross 
around $12,000. French operetta 
company last week took In $5,000. 

Palace (FP) (2,700; 60) 'Blonde 
yenus' (Par). Dletrjch a fav here; 
nhould get $13,000. Last week 
'Movie Crazy' (Par) did well at $13,- 
BOO. 

Capitol (FP) (2,700; 60) 'Pack Up 
Tour Trouble.3' (MG) and '13th 
Chair' (Monogram). Should be one 
of the best weeks of the year with 
$33,0.00. Last week 'Back Street' 
(U) arid 'Igloo' (U) grossed $11,500. 
•Loew's (FP) (3,200; 65) 'Phantom 
President' (Par) and vaudc. An- 
other gooid picture and up to average 
vaude will gross $14,500. Last week 
•Night of June 13' (Par) and v.aude 
clocked $15,000. 

Princess (GT) (1,600; 35-60) 'Mr. 
Robinson Crusoe' (UA) and 'Almost 
Married' (Col) (2d week). Liable 
to gross $7,500. Last week these 
pictures did fine biz at $9,000. 

Imperial (Franco-Film (1,900; 25 
40) 'Gloria' (iPathe-Natan). May 
gross $2,600. Last week 'L'Aiglon' 
retieated got $2,000. 

Cinema de Paris ^Franco-Film) 
(600; 25-50) 'Nuit au Paradls' 

./<y,-y $1,200. 

i . . . ;■; .• . ; : i. 



Tacoma Is Tipsy with 
4 Big 'Uns; All Doubles 

Tacoma, Oct. 24 
An' still it's the more the merrier, 
with TacOma being treated to four 
first runs downtown and liking It 
Town is settling down this week to 
normalcy after two 'grand open- 
ings,' one not so grand, but fair at 
that. 

For a burg of 100,000 people It's 
getting to be a real picture center. 
Estimates for This Week 
Broadway (FWC) (1,400; 25-40)— 
'Back Street' (U) and 'Tiger Shark' 
(FN) in split week, 'Street' wsed for 
five days. Fair $3,000. Last week 
'Grand Hotel' (M-G) and 'Hold 'Em 
Jail' (Radio) In spit, fair $3,400, 
Roxy (Jenserirvori Herberg) (1, 
300; 15-20)— 'Sign of the Four' 
(World Wide) one o£ the Sherlock 
Holmes series, first half i then 'Boil 
Ing Point' (Mascot) and 'Bachelor's 
Folly' (World Wide), double fea- 
ture, to finish week for fair $3,000. 
Last week 'Blonde Captive' (Col) a 
wow for five days, then 'The Man 
Called Back' (Tif) big gross, with 
'Captive' especially hot, opening 
bigger than last week. Half block 
long lines were something new for 
this town, $4,800- 

Music Box (Hamrick)— 'Two 
Against the World' (WB). Poor 
$1,700. Last week 'Robinson Cru- 
soe' (UA), better for $2,600. 

Rialto (FWC) (1,200; 25-35)— 
'Crestwood' (Radio), 'Downstairs' 
(M-G), split week. Indicated $2,000, 
slow. Last week, 'Life iEegins' 
(WB), 'Divorce in the Family' 
(M-G) and 'Chandu, the Magician' 
(Fox) slow at $2,100. 



'6 Wm&: GILDA GRAY 
$14,000, FOX, ST. L 

hi ; ■ ^ 

St. Louis, Oct, m. 

Again nothing startling . around 
the box oflUces with films only so-bo 
and stage entertainment In only 
two bouses. 

Ravie revleiws may help put over 
'Blonde Venus' a.t the St. Louis, but 
departure of viaude from the house 
is bpund to hurt isome. Fox Is do- 
ing fairly well, due more to OUda 
Gray than to the picture; Otherwise 
things are pretty calm. 

Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (WB) (3,00; 26-86- 
55) — fOne Way Passage' (WB) and 
unit. No better than the last few 
weeks, which was nothing extra, 
about $12,0(10, fair. Last week 
'Cabin In the Cotton' (FN), same. 

Fox (Fox) (6,000; 26-36-66)— 'Six 
Hours to Xilve' (Fox) and Gllda 
Gray and F-M unit on stage. All 
Dltractlons building up to good $14,- 
000. Last week 'Wild Girl' (Fox) 
$12,000. 

Loew's State (3,000; 26-36-66)— 
'Kongo' (M-G). Little off, but etlU 
doing falrly. well at $10,000. Last 
week 'Smilin' Through' (M-G), very 
big $23,000. 

Missouri (RKO) (3,600; 26^36-66) 
—'Crestwood' (RKO)i Doing only 
fairly and is last single picture bill, 
house reverting to double bills next 
week; about $9,000. LAst week 'All 
American' (U), $4,700 on six days. 

St: Louis (RKO) (6,000; 26-36-60) 
— :'Bloride Venus' (Par). Vaude out 
sd pic going alone for around $9«000; 
okay. Last week 'Hold 'Em Jail' 
(RKO), $11,600. 



'4 



Eiection Gravy 



Maxine MarX^S" App. Op. 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Maxine, 14-year-old daughter of 
Chicp Marx, was rushed to the 
Cedars of Lebanon hospital early 
this (Monday) morning with acute 
apppridlf'itin. Opi^r.aUon was sue 



(Continued froin page 1) 

party concedes that certain ter- 
ritories are lost to the other side. 

This came tb light when Senator 
(Major) John S. Cohn, publisher of 
the Atlanta (Oa.), 'Journal,' fran- 
tically phoned George McCelland of 
NBC to tack on his station WSB, 
in Atlanta, to the Hoover campaign 
speeches, on the theory that the 
public would blame the Senator- 
publisher for political partisanship 
at the expense of throttling his 
'Voice of Atlanta' broadcasting sta- 
tion, whldi Is ^ powerful, ether.out- 
!et in 'that tes^ltory. The Sen. argued 
they'd never believe that the Presi- 
dent's party, conceded that part of 
the country and.flerured It was little 
use to speind funds on broadcasting 
faollltles In a Democratic sector. 

Hence the new NBC rule that all 
candidates must provide for a 
nation-wide coverage. 

Of the coin already expended by 
the National Republican and Demo- 
cratic campaign conmilttees the 
amount taken In by the Columbia 
network shows ia substantial edge 
over the NBC gross. Though the 
chains are getting an even split on 
the evening time expenditures, most 
of the political daytime money is 
going to CBS, due to the fact that 
the hookups desired, the campaign 
managers have. found, can be bought 
more cheaply on that network. 

Either party is booking its net- 
work time on practically week to 
week notice, the. buys depending on 
how the contributions come in. Both 
political factions cure In hopes there 
will be enough money in the cof- 
fers for each to hit the network 
airlines every night of the last week 
of the -campaign. If there's a sur- 
plus each party will apply it that 
week tor as many afternoon hook- 
ups as possible, with the appeal 
here directed at the femme voter. 

By the end of the current week 
the Democratic party will have ex- 
pended close to $100,000 on CBS, 
around $76,000 on NBC, and slightly 
above $26,000 for spot broadcasts. 
Practically all of the last are disc 
recordings. 

Republicans Vffll have passed 
around close to |26V,000 between the 
two chains, with Columbia getting 
about 20% the better of the divvy, 
the latter being' accounted for by the 
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Brooklyn, Oct. 17. 
: Loew's Met and Paramount are 
doing the business this . week, with 
Strand close behind. 

Estimates for This Week 
Paramount (4,200; 2^-36-60-76-86) 
-'Big Broadcast' (Par) and stage 
show.' Picture,* although panned, 
getting, a play from the shoppers 
who want to see their ether stars. 
Figured for a good $46,000. Lcust 
week 'Love Me Tonight' (Par) and 
'Fifty Million Frenchmen' en the 
stage brought in & strong $42,800. 

Fox (4,000; 26-36-40-50-65)— 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox) and stage show. 
Picture Is based on the novel by 
Rian James, local columnist' now in 
Hollywood, with some attendance 
due to the Broadway angle.' Stage 
show so-so and figured . arqund a 
mild $10,000. Last- week 'Chandu' 
(Pox) a fair $12,000. . 

Met (3,600: 26-36-60-65)— 'dnollin' 
Thru' (M-G) and vaude.. Emile 
Boreo. beads the bill. Picture is get- 
ting a; good break and should bring 
in a dandy $33,000. Last week, 
'Downstairs' (M-G) did $27;400. 

Albee (3,000 ; 26-36-50-66)— 'Crest- 
wood' (R) and vaude. Guinan head- 
ing the bill and a definite draw here. 
Around $22,000, good. Last week 
'Vanity Street' (Col) a mild $18,000. 

Strand (2,600; 26-36-50)— 'Tiger 
Shark' (FN). Bpbinson In this one 
and going strong with . the audi- 
ences; a good $15,000 and may h.p, 
Last week 'Successful Calamity' 
(WB) a weak $11,600. 



hnproTideiit Prov. 
IVess Shrffos Fob. 
On Arbiickle; Par, 6^ 



. Providence, Oct M. 

The RKO Vlctoty, sniallest qih»« 
ma In town, playing 'Hell's Hlgh'^ 
way' along with 'Age for ConsentV 
second run, Is giving this town 
something to. talk about, and 'WIU 
probably be the only , spot here not 
in the red' this week. 

Crashing here on top of sweet 
newspaper breaks on Florida 'sWeat 
box,' the Dlx opus will be about the! 
best thing In town In the straight 
picture class; 

Others are feeling the stiff oppoi 
sish of stage shows at the Albee 
and Fay's. Fatty Arbuckle is dolns 
a personal at the Albee on same bill 
with 'Phantom of Crestwood,' and 
going Is okay. Nick Luca.s heading 
Fay's vaude, and house is whooping 
It ..up.' ■ 

Estimates for This Webk 

RKO Albee (2,300; - 16-56-66)'^ 
'Crestwood' (Radio) and Arbuckle 
on stage. Both plugged heavily, but 
publicity on Arbuckle was tabooed 
by newspapers, ppening okay, but 
house figures on bulldrup for last 
half to $11,600, good enough. Last 
week 'Divorcement' (Radio) and 
E<ddle Dowling on stage; combina-i 
tlon strong for a neat $12,600. 

Fay's (2,000; 16-66)— 'No Living 
Witness' (Mayfair) and Nick Lucas 
headlining vaude.. Radio star doln^ 
all the pulling, which is plenty. 
House has. built up Lucas strong^ 
especially with . Italian theatregoers. 
Looks like a home run at $8,000. 
Last week 'Cropked Circle' waa 
pulled out of hole by 'Rolllckers' on 
stage; good at $7,000. 

Loew's State (3,700; 16-56)— 'Pay- 
ment Deferred' (M-O). Critical 
rave about performance of Charles 
Laughton, but house is weeping, as 
few takers at the box ofllce. All 
sorts of ballyhoo, but lack of names 
big drawback. Not hoping for over 
$7,000; off. Last week 'Kongo' (M-' 
G) was also off, $6,100. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 16.-65)— i 
'Cabin in the Cotton' (FN) and 'Ek> 
posure' (Towers). Another one with 
no takers; can't go over $7,000. Last 
week 'Life Begins' (FN) and 'Pari- 
sian Romance' was a headache at 
$6,000. 

Paramount (2,200; 15-66)— 'Madi- 
son Square Garden' (Par). Getting 
the sport fans in town, but there's 
not many of them around in these 
parts. Chances for a. slim $6,600. 
Last week 'Phantom President"! 
(Par), Cohan's' home town, kind of 
soured on the turnout; so-so at 
$8,900. 

:RK0 Victory (1,600; 10-20-30)— 
'Hell's Highway* (Radio) and 'Age 
of Consent' (Radio). This little old- 
time house Is showing up the other 
spots this week. With the edge of 
nice publicityk this one looks a win- 
ner for at least $4,000, despite faot 
that second picture played at the 
Albee very recently. Last we^ 
■Hearts of Humanity' (Majestic)] 
and 'Isle of Paradise* (Pollock) un- 
impressive at $2,400. 



BURNS-ALLEN WITH 
'NIGHT/ 30G, BOSTON 



Radio Scripts 



(Continued from page 1) 

as high as 260 scripts a month from 
uninvited spurces. 

Several of these offices make it a 
rule of returning the works Im 
mediately with a note enclosed ad 
vising the author of the agency's 
policy toward pot-luck contribu 
tions. Some agencies use the con- 
ventional rejection slip, to the effect 
that the thing has merit but no 
sponsor for it is available, while 
still others explain they limit their 
script preparation to their regular 
writing staff. Motive for returning 
the sketch or serial as quickly as 
possible in several of these instances 
is founded on the qualm of becom- 
ing involved in plagarism charges. 

Success of a certain type of script 
show, the agencies report, is invari- 
ably followed by a flood of copy 
stories from these outside sources. 
If there's anything an advertiser 
shies away from, it's that of leaving 
himself open to being tabbed an im- 
itator of : another's merchandizing 
Ideas. He may imitate the prpdiict, 
but he'll sidestep the originator's 
mode of sales campaign. This ac 
counts for no two network script 
commercial shows auspicies ajp 
preaching a similar plot and ehar 
acter pattern. , . 



that network. Spot time purchases 
by that party to date ' comes to 
around $30,000, with practically all 



Boston, Oct. It 
Improvement continues all along 
the lino here, as houses build up 
gradua.ny to winter grosses. GkKtd 
vaudeville with more headliners 
than usual helping ouV a run ol) 
only average films. 

The Met surprised last week with' 
a take of $38,600 for 'One Way Pas- 
sage' on screen and Ted Lewis on 
the stage, and Indications are that 
■the jump lb seasonal and the good 
biz likely to continue. 

Similar upturn last week for 
Keith's, which took in $26,000 with 
'All-American' and vaude, and stlU 
iiolds up during current week with 
•Phantom of Crestwood.' 

Estimates for This Week 
Met (F'ubllx) (4,300; 85-55-76), 
'Night After Night' (Par), aided by 
Burns and Allen at head of stage 
show. Going okay at about $30,000. 
Last week surprising $39,400 grossed 
by 'One Way Passage' (WB) and 
Ted Lewis on stage. 

Paramount (Publix) (1,800; 2BI- 
30-65-66), 'Big Broadcast' (Par) 
going well at more than $12,000. 
Last week 'Phantom President^ 
(Par) highly advertised, sagged 
badly during last days to only a 
fair $11,200. 

Keith's (RKO) (4,000; 35-60-83). 
'Crestwood' (RKO) on screen, bilieid 
as 'Mystery Week' with Blackstone» 
magician, . heading vaude. Doing 
well and should hold up to $19,000, 
Last week 'All- American' (U) and 
vaude did a very good $22,300. 

RKO (4,000; 25-36-55). 'Night 
Mayor' (Col). Banned from Boston 
while Jimmy Walker was still Irt 
ofllce, is now permitted and doing, 
very well at $12,000. Last week's 
fine take on 'Hell's Highwiay* 



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^MM Australian Theatre Deal 
Fox m Command, Resented in U. S. 



Sydney, Oct. 17. 
Details on the proposed merger 
^£ Greater Unloa Theatres with 
Hoyt's have been Ironed out and 
the ipapers si«;ned. About $26,- 
000,000. In theatrlca? property is in- 
volved in the deal, which will malce 
Australian theatres Into a sin- 
gle' chain. 

While there has been consider- 
able talk of the probability of such 
H deal for a long time It was direct 
fustion by Sidney Kent, president of 
JPox. in New Tork, which made the 
iihing possible. Fox controls Hoyt's* 
: Under t©rn»9 . of the new tieup a 
pew ' company Is formed to be called 
General Theatres Corp. of Aus- 
tralasia, Ltd. Stuart G. Doyle, head 
pt Greater Union, and Charles 
Munrb, of Hoyt's, will be joint 
-managing directors of the new 
company. 

Starts Jan. 1' 

AlthouBh all set now,, the new 
company does hot become active 
until Jan. 1. 

All tr. S. film companies have 
.been closely watching developments 
In a possible deal of this sort for 
0ome time and hoping It would not 
go through, despite Sidney Kent's 
constant - efforts to makei it fact. 
Fear is held in the offices pf major 
U.S. companies that the deal will 
serve to smother whatever compe- 
tition stilt remains in the Aus- 
taralasian market, making booking 
.there almost impossible except 
under the terms dictated by the 
■. pomblne'. ■ 

Foreign execs of all U.S. home 
offices still hope something will 
happen to change the set-up and 
have expressed themselves as ready 
to fight the combine. Only hope 
Temainlng, from their standpoint, 
and 'that a slim one, la that the new 
company, when .completed, will 
nevertheless retain two or more 
blearing houses for films instead of 
(Centering all activity into one trade 
channel. 



Spanish Producer's Son 
Getting Info on Sound 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

M. Marquina, son of Eduardo 
Marqulna, liead of the Spanish Mo- 
tion Picture studio in Madrid, is 
coming to Hollywood to study fiound 
recording. He hppes to get first 
band information on the technical 
Bide of talkers from local studios, 
for ap -jlication la his father's plant. 

Spaniard Is expected here this 
week. 



Rule Against French 

Co, in Duplicate Sale 

The Hasue, Oct. 8. 
The Dutch Biosnoopbond had io 
give a. decision in a ticklish cor- 
troversy when two importers of a 
film both bought the sole rights. 
Tills film, 'Kikl.- was sold by the 
French Vandor Co. on July 29. 1932, 
to van Duinen & Co. and on August 
3 by the German Cinema Film Ver- 
triebsgesel!schaft to the City Film, 
Ltd. 

Both firms acted in good faith 
in their purchases and the one did 
not know f rdni the other that they 
both had bought the same thing. 
Bloscoopbond decided that French 
Vandor Co. should take steps to can- 
cel sale, van Duinen should get in- 
deninity from the French firm, 
which sold rights to Berlin concern 
and shoull have taken care that 
this firm was advised of negotia- 
tions to sell also to City. 



German Closeups 



Among the curious publica- 
tions going the rounds of for- 
eign film offices in New York 
Is a copy of a German nudist 
mag devoted entirely io*' tlie 
l\lm business. It's a paper re- 
cently started pver there and 
devoted to the nudist thing but 
only from the film trade stand- 
point. Plenty au natural 
photos of Berlin film execu- 
tives sprinkled throughout. 



iVon Bolvary-Stolz Over 
For Metro by Feb. 1 

Geza, Von Bolvary and Robert 
fitolz have been taken by Metro. 
They are due In Hollywood Feb. 1 
on one-year contracts. 
' Von Bolvary Is the (German oper- 
iBtta director and Stols the Viennese 
composer. They generally work as 
a .team as for 'Zwel .Herzen' and 
.llona Lisa,' both German films. 
This is their first trip to the U. S. 



Exhib8 StUl Hope 

Mexico City, Oct. IT. 
Civic government has under con- 
Mderation an application made by 
an unnamed enterprise reportedly 
backed by Mexican . capital for a 
eoncesslon to build and operate nine 
tnovle theatres here. 
, Houses, which will be modern in 
•very respect, will be mostly .nabes. 



FEBU BANS <4irO£IS' 

Peru, Oct. It. 

Local slovernment has banned 
Cell's Angels' (UA), on request of 
the German government. 

Makes the umpteenth spot In 
Vhich the film has met with head- 
itohea. 



Mady. Christians' Role 

Berlin, Oct S, 

Mady Christians who co-starred 
*fith Conradt Veldt In the Ufa film 
Der Schwarae Husar* now plays the 
iead In the Franz Lehar film 
*Friederike' of which an English 
Version also will be made. 

Miss Christians will play the lead 
fee well in the Franz Molnar play 
*DaB Marchen vom Wolf (THfe Fairy 
Tale of the Wolf), with which Eugen 
Roberts win open the Deutsche 
Kunstlertheater beginning o< Oc- 
tober. • 



METRO WINDS UP LAST 
OF ITS FOREIGN PROD. 



Hollywood, Oct, 17. 
Metro's foreign production de- 
partment formally passied out of 
existence Wednesday (12)? with the 
filming of the last scenes on retakes 
of the German .'Sins of MadelOn 
Claudet.' 

Besides sending back during the 
next week the Import players, two 
sound crews were released for do- 
mestic productions, and other tech- 
nicians and clerical help were either 
let out, or transferred to. other de- 
partments. 

Studio encountered no opposition 
to making settlements on players' 
contracts, with all willing to settle, 
figuring on probable future work for 
Metro In Europe. 

Those departing for home this 
week are Claude AUaln, tbe French 
John Barrymore, and his wife 
Helene; Madeline Vlalar, the Norma 
Shearer of the same language; Rene 
Fleur, French Lionel Barrymore, 
and Alan de Leche, writer. 

German contingent leaving are 
Anna Gperling, voice substitute for 
Marie Dressier; Bertel Spainer 
(Helen Hayes); Gertrude Faerber; 
Ernest Rotmund. (Lionel ' Barry- 
more) ; Hilda Helnrlch; Hildegarde 
Kelnert (Joan Crawford), and 
Henry Kahn< writer. 



CANADIAN INDE 
DISTRIBGETS 
CHARTER 



Franco-Germdn Preference Proposal 
Held to Foreshadow a Breakdown 
Of AU Fik Trade Quota WaD^^ 



Hollywood, Oct 17. 

Reported here that Warners will 
follow Metro's lead and open BtU7 
dlos in France to produce there. 

Concern Is how trying to obtain 
people here to send over to estab- 
lish a personnel. 



Bernstein Would Stop 
Release of Film IMelo* 

Paris, Oct S. 
Henri Bernstein Is . vainly at- 
tempting to obtain a court order 
enjoining the French Pathe-Natan 
and the German Malklator-Tobls 
company from releasing the film 
they made from his hit 'Melo.' 

The German version Is done by 
Elizabeth Bergner, and the French 
by Gaby Morlay, Bernstein claims 
that his play has been mutilated, and 
filming would damage his name ar- 
tistically. 

Max Maurey, president of the 
legit managers, calls fllmlzatlon of 
legit plays 'unfair opposition to the 
stage.' 



Meets Own Backyard 

Carl MacDonald of the Warner 
Brothers foreign department left 
Saturday (16) for a three month 
survey of South America. 

MacDonald will cover all ter- 
ritory on both the east and west 
coasts of the oontlnent .It's his first 
o. o. of the territory of which he Is 
chteL 



Par's Calcutta Branch 
Paramount has opened an ex- 
ohange in Calcutta, India, with 
Charles Ballanca in charge, 

He represented the company in 
that territory previously. 



Ufa Takes U. Complete 

Berlin, Cot 8. 
Ufe has booked the whole pro- 
gram of the Gterman TJnlversal for 
the new season. 



Ottawa, Oct 17. 
A Dominion company charter has 
been issued to Empire Films, Lim- 
ited, to carry on the business of dis- 
tributing films in Canada, for which 
a chain of six offices in key centers 
of the Dominion has been estab- 
lished. 

The president is Oscar R. Hanson, 
for eight years general manager of 
Canadian Educational and more re- 
cently genieral manager of Allied 
Exhibitors, and of Associated The- 
atres, Limited, both Independent 
theatre organisations. The general 
manager of the new company is B. 
F. Lyon, who was Canadian general 
manager of Warner Bros, for seven 
years. 

Empire Films, Limited, will han- 
dle product from the United States, 
United Kingdom and Continental 
countries. It as announced, 70 fea- 
tures having been secured for the 
Canadian market , 

The company has been appointed 
the Canadian distributor for Brit- 
ish International Pictures, and As- 
sociated Radio Pictures, Limited, of 
London; Majestic Pictures Cor pi of 
New Tork, and Mayfair Pictures 
Corp., New Tork. 

Contracts call for 20 features 
from BIP, Including 'The Maid of 
the Mountains'; 20 from Majestic, 
24 fron^ Mayfair and 6 specials from 
Associated. The company will cater 
to independent theatre owners 
throughout Canada, it Is Intimated. 
Headquarters are at 277. Victoria 
street Toronto, where James I. Foy 
has been installed as Ontario 
branch manager. 

Empire Films, Limited, has ac- 
quired the independent exchange 
business of Ideal Pictures, Limited, 
operating offices In Montreal, To- 
ronto and St. John, N. B. 



Par Settles Contract 
or Rolf, Norse Player 

Paramount has made a cash set-, 
tlement with Ernest Rolf, , Swedish 
actor, whom Par at one time in- 
tended building up for the Ameri- 
can market. Par brought him over 
for a couple features, after seeing 
his. work as m. c. in the Swedish 
version of 'Paramount on Parade,' 
but after that changed its mind and 
shipped him back to Europe. 

Then it was decided to use him 
In some Swedish talkers to be made 
in Join vilie, which proposition was 
also dropped. 

Current 'cash settlement washes 
up the contract except that Rolf 
will go down to Paris to make two 
shorts for Par there. 



French Studios Also 

Recruit -From Stage 

Paris, Oct 8. 

A survey of talent In films here 
shows that all newcomers are from 
the stage, with most of the former 
silent names disappearing. 

One of the reasons — apart from 
considerations of diction — Is appar- 
ently the fact that a heavy percent- 
age of talker productions are fllm- 
izatlons from legit Also there is 
an Increasing tendency for stage 
directors to direct for tiie screen. 



Reverse Stock SpGt 
At Ratio oM for 2 
For Tobis German Co. 



. Berlin, Oct. 6. 

The Tobis (Tonbild Syndiltat A.- 
G.) which as patent "iiolding com- 
pany has a decisive place In the 
German sound film trade. Is carry- 
ing through a radical rieorganlza- 
tlon. The capital stock will be re- 
duced from £ 2,867,142 to -£ 1,286,714 
and relations, with Dutch chief 
stockholders will be put on a differ- 
ent basis. The administration pub- 
lishes the following Information re- 
garding tills reorganization: 

•At the last meeting of the super- 
visory board the balance sheet for 
the business year 1931-1932 ending 
June 30, was presented and dis 
cussed. It was seen that heavy de 
preciation changes were necessary 
owing to present conditions in the 
film industry. Furthermore, as ac- 
tion has to be taken regarding finan- 
cial reorganization of the Dutch Co. 
and as furthermore reduction of our 
own participation Is necessary, the 
reduction of the stock capital was 
proposed. This reduction will, after 
cancelling of £286,718 of our own 
stock, be undertaken at 2 to 1, so 
that the future capital will amount 
to £1,286,714. 

It may be expected that In con- 
nection with the , financial reorgani- 
zation the different conflicts the 
Tobis has had, for Instance with the 
Triergdh A*-<'-» a founding company 
of Tobis will be solved, A solution 
of this complicated situation Is tlie 
more Important as Tobis not only 
represents Germany In tM in 
temational sound film agreement, 
but also co-operates with the Klang 
Film G.m.b.H., the equipment maker 
of the Electrics as well as with the 
Pollphon-Schallplattenwerke. 



E^iirope's quota wall is beginning 
to crumble. The group of quota and 
contingent laws passed In various 
European countries . Several months 
sgo> which practically alienated the 
United States from a major portion 
of the world msu-ket are being re- 
examined In several places with, iii- 
tent to change, and the prospect is 
that many restrictions will disap- 
pear within the next few weeks. 

Most Important development of 
the past couple of weeks, and until 
now unknown in the United States, 
is another one of those Franco-Ger- 
man pacts which has been quietly 
drawn up and is ready for signatur- 
ing at a moment's notice. Agree- 
ment was drawn up by Spio, Ger- 
man trade organization, and tlie. 
Chambre Syndicale de la (jlnemato- 
graphie, French film trade, alliance. 
As in the pact proposed a bit over 
a year ago between France and Ger- 
many, Dr. Plugge Is representing 
the Germans in the negotiations and 
Cliarles Delac is the French spokes- 
man, the agreement being In effect 
a new Plugge-Delac pact. 

France-German Preference 
Ostensibly the agreiement Is fairly 
tame. It calls for 26 French films to 
be. allowed free entry into Germany 
against 2S German films to bef al- 
lowed Into France, despite the cur- 
rently existing quota laws in both 
coiintrles. Also It would allow an 
interchange of 16 more films yearly 
for dubbing within the country in- 
tended for. it's rank favoritism be- 
tween France and Germany, al- 
though the suspicion remains in 
American trade channels that, as 
always In deals of this type, Ger- 
many would eventually get the 
breaks because of her Increased 
capacity for production. 

From the standpoint of the Amer- 
ican trade the negotiations are a 
hopeful sign since being a definite 
first wedge. Certain that should the 
(Continued on page 23) 



JAEGER'S NEW FAFEB 

Berlin, Oct 10. 

Ernest Jaeger, managing editor 
of 'Film Kurler,' trade daily, has re- 
signed after many years of tenancy. 

He will organize a new trade 
paper of his own. 



(4uiada Leaves Fdms Unciunged 




Ottawa, Oct 17. 

Despite formal suggestions at the 
Imperial Economic Conference for 
a special levy on foreign films Im- 
ported Into Canada, other than 
those fropa British countries, the 
Canadian Government apparently 
did not think much of tlie Idea. 
When Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, 
Prime Miniister of Canada, present- 
ed .comprehensive tariff changes in 
the Hou.8e of Commons to give ef- 
fect to Conference agreements and 
proposals he failed to mention any 
new duties or taxes affecting mo- 
tion pictures, British or otherwise. 

This was in the face of pre-Con- 
ference agitation for a Canadian 
quota law in favor of British films, 
tariff preferences for the benefit of 
British producers and the special 
excise levy on foreign films based 
on rental value. 

Arguments were presented la be- 



half of the British Industry at the 
Ottawa Conference by Neville 
Kearney, director of the Film Sec- 
tion of the Federation of British 
Industries, but his voyage to the 
Canadian capital has been in vain. 
The prospective tax battle at Ot- 
tawa by opposing film interests has 
done a fade-out 

Censor Tax Relief 

There are Indications that the 
next legislative step in Canada 
will be a move on the part of some 
Provincial Governments at least to 
ease the cost of censorship for Brit- 
ish Alms. Nobody seems to be much 
opposed to this development except 
the Governments which want the 
revenue. Even the Canadian dis- 
tributors of American films do not 
seem to be Opposed to a reduction 
In censorship ■ fees for Eritl.<;h films. 

(Continued on page 54) 



Foreign Originals Gain 
Favor with Paris Fans 

parts, Oct .8. 

Original versions are mopping .Up 
in Paris. 'Horse Feathers' at the 
Pantheon Is packing them In .'to 
the extent of Initiating In the house 
a two shows a night policy. 'Scar- 
face' at the AgrlcuUeu'rs is turning 
them away, liove Ma TonlgLt' 
opening at, the Ermltage Patbe Is 
a smash. 'Tom Brown of Ciilver* 
at the Studio DIamant is hitting 
big. 'Maedchen in Uniform' at the 
Marlgny and 'Kadet'cen* at the Mar- 
Ivaux show the success of Oeirman 
original versions. 

More houses are running other 
American original productions,, and 
this promises to develop enough of 
a market to make It* well worth im- 
porting special copies. 



Belgium's Newsreel Spot 
A Click on 6c Scale 

Brussels, Oct, 8. 

Cineac, Brussels, Belgium's first 
news-reel cinema, opened on Oct. 
1 and has been crowded since. 

There are 700 seats at t cents, 
i\i cents and 11 cents. -Theatre Is 
open 11 a. m. till midnight and 
program runs 60 minutes. 



HISS MOBESfO'S PERSONALS 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Roslta Moreno, Spanish player 
most recently In Fox versions, left 
here today (17) for Mexico City. 

She will do two weeks of per- 
sonal appearances at the Cina 
Olympic, picture house. 



FOREIGN WRITER'S TREK 

Vlcomte Alain de Leche, French 
writer. Is In New Tork^ enroute 
from Holly wood, where he worked 
in Metro's foreign department until 
the stoppage of iforelgn production. 
. He leaves bh the Europa Wednes- 
day (20) for Berlin to write a 
French original for Ufa. 

Chinese Look To Berlin 

Berlin, Oct. 9. 
The Chinese iildustriallst and 
president of biggest Chinese Trust, 
United Photoplay In Hongkongx Sir 
Robert Ho-Tung, is In Berlin. 
•■ ITi3 object is to study economic, 
as well a.q technical and art prol>« 
Icms related to the film. 



12 



VARIETY 



ISieeday, October 18, 1932 






The book that fasclna»ed o mJftkwi women seosa- 
tionol on the screeni 

MOW PLAYINQ AT Y, 
ROXY tHEATRi tO TMe.LARGEST 
ATTENDANCE IN MONTHSI 

Wirt IREHE DUNNE, RiCARDO CORTEZ, 
ML ESMOND/MYRNA LOY 

Directed by Gegrge Archainboud 



THE PICTURE THAT WAS PRE 



AIMTC 



'rhrillingly piawd by (in all s/r//- cast inchidin 

RICARDO CORTE2 
KAREN MORLEY 

Anita Louise, Pauline Frederick. Ivan Simpson, Ailecn Prin^le. 
K. 8. War-ncr, Sam Hardy, Mary Duncan. "Sheets" Gallagher, 
George E. Stone, Robert McWade, Hilda Vuughn, Gavin Gordon 

r by . y',\;.lcr R. Oen ; , ,'' f < 



Tuesday, Octobe^ 18, 1932 



VARIETT 



IS 




-RADIO PICTURES! 



ORE 



in one of the most stirring 
documents the stage has ever 
g^ventotJxe screen. Clemence 



A rbl# of power, 
brilliancy and pat* 
sion that will stand 
in tiiiielesi mem- 
oiy at d record 
of his geniut/. 



OF 



KATHARINE HEPBURN 
BilHe Burke, t^vid Manners 

Directed by George Cukor 



SOLD TO A HUNDRED MILLION! 



Acc/dimec/ hy all 
ffie presf dt fho 
arfisHc success of 

proven at the 
box-office one of 
the big inoney pic- 
tufOi of the yeor I 




STWOO 




% Idiii bf q 1^ . t On its own 

should be a dollar puller, but tied into 
the NBC radio hookup and ballyhooed in 
advance as it has been for weeks on the 
air and in newspapers, the picture looks 
even better as a potential box-ofFice draw." 

NOW PLAYING DAY-AND- 
DATE IN NEARLY 200 OF 
THE LEADING HOUSES 
THROUGHOUT AMifilQA! 




14 



VARIETY 



F I L M II E V I E W S 



Tuesday, October 18, 19S2 



Talking Shorts 



SPONGE DIVERS OF TARPON 

Travelog 

10 Mini; 

Projection Roomr N. Y> 
Stanley 

Interest In this short cornea first 
from the fact that It's the ilrst ever 
made on the new W. E* wlde-rahge 
equipment. Only one feature pic- 
ture, 'Rain' (UA) has thus far been 
made on wide riange and Clncloig, 
makers of this short, have ground 
out half a dozen and Intend con- 
tinuing the series. Primarily, in 
this case, the system is good, be- 
cause the subject Is, It's a cracker 
jack one-reeler' on It's own, while 
the recording thing Js interesting as 
an accessory after, the fact. 

Film was made In Tarpon Springs,. 
Florida, aiid shows the sponge in- 
dustry at work. Diving for spdnges, 
treating them, etcetera. It's tllenty 
actionfu], has «nough novelty and 

15 well made. Loretizo Del Rlcdo 
directed and supervised with ' con- 
siderable BUcceaoi . 

It's made on a different theory 
from previous Bhorts of this type. 
The . actual sound is there, plus a 
superlihposed lecture by Lowell 
Thomas. Generally, for lecture pur- 
poses, the sound Is suppressed: here 
the two are made to blend, and they 
do. Th&t jphotography, both on. land 
end undersea is grood;. It helps. 

The wide range recording thing 
iseems to be okay, but hard to Judge 
at this tltne. Frebably takes -Mrlde 
range projection to give it it's full 
values. It s^ems to t^tota sound 
more clearly than ordinary record- 
ing and It deflnltely does give the 
minor AoUnds their full valtfes. ' Qn 
a' whole> as seen through an ordi- 
nary projection . machine, ' It Is no 
worse than the better recording 
generally is, but not much better. 
Perhaps, With the new type of pro- 
jector also, it Is the innovation that 
is claimed for It. Kauf. 

'NORTHBRN EXPOSURE' 
Musical ^fcetch 

16 Miits> : 
Strand, N» Y. 

■Vita No». 14U-14 

Of the (jerjis of two -reelers being 
. made on the Coast In Technicolor, 
partly to use up the Tecb contract 
with Warner Bros. Containing 
tuneful Bong numbers and well rou- 
tined dance numbers, plus itovelty- 
and skit situations with a twist, 
short measures up' as Al. Should 
go oh booking schedule of best 
houses. 

Opens oq a drunk being let but 
of a cab at bl^' house and Hid alibi 

. to the wife. As stew starts to tell 
of the lecture by ia, friend of the 
family's, an Arctic explorer, he at-' 
tended, he. f^lls asleep and the ac- 
tlcn cuts to the phony yarn he 
started to spell. Set Is Arctic- 
like, but In line with the satirical 

. way in; which everything's handled 
signpost says 'Dyckman street' (up- 
town New York). 

Friend sousei is given a welcome 
at the Eskimo city hall, whereupon 
a sloisli-show, like a show boat 
troupe in warmer climes, comes 
•along. That's the cue for three 
songs and dance routines, plus a 
violin-bird chirping bit Ijy tlie Ar- 
naut Bros. One dance routine is 
cleverly worked out around a toteni 
pole, another has the leg-Ufters as 
bears and penguins. .An acrobatic 
specialty topping a snakehips by the 
en.3emble stands out. An early 
dance single Is unimpressive. 

From this, short cuts back to the 
drunk and his stay-at-home wife. 
A surprise flnlsh has the wife let- 
ting the lecturer out of a closet, flay- 
ing hubbv forgot spiel on northland 
wasn't until following night. 

Cast Includes John Sheehan, Snub 
Pollard, Sheila Terry, .GOgo DeLys, 
^:ally Sweet, Tut Mace and others. 
Color okay. Char. 



'MOSCOW 

'Heart of Soviet Russia' 

Travelog ' 
10 Mini. 
Rivoli, N. Y. 

Metro 

This is the first of two James A. 
Fltzpatrlck traveltalks on Soviet 
Ru.ssia. This Moscow 8ul>ject will 
be followed by 'Leningrad, Gateway 
to Soviet RusBla.' 

Anthing cinematlcally would be 
interesting about Russia, particu- 
larly Of a 1932 vintage, showing the 
USSR capitals as they are today. 
That the spieling Is patently edited 
as a builder-.upper to appease dlplo 
matic powers in the Union of So 
cialistlc Soviet Republics is okay, 
although the salving Is a bit obvl- 
9us. It's doubtless in reciprocation 
of official courtesies, but it almost 
smacks of Soviet celluloid propa 
f^anda of a kind Which, had it come 
into this country under a foreign 
label, and not that of an American 
enteiprlse, would probably have 
been toned dtfwn. 

However, It's interesting stuff, and 
there's a judicious shot of the con- 
gested trolley cars and general 
homely conditions to lend ft all an 
air of neutrality, and authority. 
Fltzpatrlck does the spieling, and 
Frank Goodcllffe a:nd Nathaniel 
Shllkret rate b^nda for the c-'oro 
and. musical backgrounds. Abel, 



*THE DEVIL'S ROPE' 
Mountain Climbing 
37 Mini. 

Loew'i Now York 

Capital 

No matter where Herman Olucks- 
man collected this film, or how long 
it has lain on the shelf, 'The Devil's 
Rope' is a thoroughly worthwhile 
elongated short. Runhinis time is 
such that It can serve as the second 
end on double feature program. 

Subject is packed with suspense 
during the climbing sequences. 
Which ore abundant. 

The footage Is re-dressed with 
sound, muaio and a talklnjg re- 
porter . aiccompaniment. Instead of 
titles two men are shown in con- 
versation, one doing the narrating 
with an Irls-ln after each topic to 
the enactment of the incident dis- 
cussed. . 

Matterhorn in the Alps is por- 
trayed as . being mounted twice. ; 
Minor casualty of an Englishman 
In the first with a fall that does 
not Impress OS serious. 

Second, during a climbing con- 
test, depicts 'a rope breaking and 
four men tlim>>llhg ttarougb space. 
This Is taken from longr range. 

Previous feature lengths, In silent 
as well as sound torm, emphasized 
the storm angle in the mountains. 
Slight avalanohe was the only sug- 
gestion of the kind f A this, and no 
snowstorm. Nevertheless, the sub- 
ject has action enough And is suf- 
ficiently well knit to deserve con- 
sideration by all theatres doubling. 

Wdly. 



ftOGER WOLPC KAHN 
'The Yaeht Party'* 
Orchestra, Speeialttei 

10 Mini^ 
Strand, N. Y. 

Vita. No. 1467 
Substantially the act Roger Wolfe 
Kahn does in vaudeville, with band 
set oh a ship's deck, where it stays 
throughotit/ An entertaining short, 
>rlth the best that Kahn offers 
boiled, down to d nice compact 
whole. ■ ~ 
Gertrude Nlssen and Melissa Mason, 
with Kahn on stage engagements, 
do a specialty each. Three of the 
boys from the hand, known as The 
Connoisseurs, also double for a 
number, coming on Immediately af- 
ter the opening band selection. 

Miss Nlssen, a Libby Holman type 
who. sirigs, scores strongly, en the 
screen, better than Miss Mason, 
whose rubber-legged danCe shows 
to better advantage in front of foot- 
lights. 

In trying tq provide a novel close 
a stunting airplane .Is rung in, but 
the connection is dubious. Shots of 
plane are cut to form a closeup of 
drums, hut the recording of the air- 
plane motors sounds too real to ac- 
tually be that of drums, if that's 
the Idea. 

Only, for a couple of fiashes does 
the camera get Kahn Into a closeup. 

Char. 



AN OLD CITY SPEAKS 

Travelog 

15 Mini. .. 

Projection Room, N. Y. 

Stanley 

Number two In the series of Cine- 
log shorts oil wide range recording, 
this one with a prelude and lecture 
by Irvln S. Cobb. It's a pretty tire- 
some subject, with not much to 
recommehd it outside the filler 
class, and Cobb's lecture doesn't 
help. The comedian in Cobb Is 
subordinated to the poetry that he 
thinks pretty pictures call for. and 
that's Just too bad. 

Has to do with the beauty of 
Charleston, South Carolina. No 
doubt that Charleston has it's in- 
teresting points, but not sufficiently 
so to interest audiences for more 
than five minutes. Cobb'il Voice is 
none too good for film purposes, 
but is nicely blended liito the sounds 
of the city. Kauf. 



'KASHMIR TO KHYBER' 
8 Mine. 

Emboiiy, Y. 

Fox Movietone 

Unlike other 'Carpet' episodes, 
this one gives the impression of 
having, been hurried through the 
cutting room or skimped by the 
cameraman. 

In a region made famous hy song 
for Us lotus blossoms and 'pale 
hands pink tipped,' the Carpet is 
content to traverse a muddy stream, 
ignore maidens and flowers, and 
concentrate on actlvitlea of native 
troops guarding the Khyber heights. 

WaJV' 



'DOWN AMONG THE SUGAR 

CANE' 
With Lilliam Roth 
Pen and Ink Songalog 
7 Mins. 

New York, New York 
Paramount 

Fair fragment for secondary 
combo spots. Lillian Roth is 
blended not very skillfully with pen 
and Ink stuff. Tune is a fairly 
modem one and gOes nicely in the 
Just pen and Ink cartooning which 
Is okay. When Miss Roth appears 



Miniatore Reviews 



'Big Broadcast' (Par). Flock 
of radio names insures b.o. in- 
terest, particularly . in the 
hinterland. 

'Rain' (UA). A b.o. dlsap- 
polnter. Only the play's rep 
and Joain Crawford's personal 
pull will help it, 

'Smilin' Through' (M-G-M). 
Sure dre sentimental romance 
that has stood the test of stage 
and silent picture success. A 
big women's story of tear- 
drawinff power, done with sat- 
isfying sincerity by Norma 
Shearer and d cast that spells 
money. 

'Phanltom of Crestwood' (Ra- 
dio). Well told and suspensful 
mystery story, backed by a ter- 
rific ad and- air campaign. 
Should fare well In iapots where 
this t>y pe Is liked. 

^Martiaoh Square Garden' 
(Par). Good prize fight picture 
with Interesting story and cast 
for the men and enough, enter- 
tainment merit for general 
appei?!. 

'One Way Passage' (WB). 
Will reach house averages for 
this time of year Or better 
thatr depending on how sold. 
Pleasing entertainment mainly 
through its comedy. 

'13 Women' (Riadlo). Ch-cu- 
latlon of novel that sired this 
talker version may' holp, but 
the niurder yarn ias picture 
doesn't class with the book. 
Cast lacks name strength that 
might have overcome enter- 
tainment, shortcomings at the 
bojt ofilce. 



she reveals her pleasant voice! and 
provides agreeable entertainment. 

The photography doesn't give Miss 
Roth any kind of break, especially 
the. . closeups. Even here when 
caught before a fairly filled floor, 
the bouncing ball and Mies Roth's 
singing didn't evoke any rpsponise 
frt>m the audience, Shan, 



'COFPEE AND ASPIRIN' 
With Solly Ward 
Comedy 
10 Mins. 

Stanley, New York 

Paramount 

'Coffee and Aspirin' rates filler 
stuff for most spots. Mostly Ward 
doing Dutch characteristic mono- 
log. 

. Principal idea back of the piece 
apparently was to have a punch 
finish like Ward shoving a hotel 
manicurist through a window. Not 
Ward's fault so mueh as material 
and judgment. . Making this piece 
was wrong to begin with. 

Ward OS a stew in a hotel orders 
coffee and aspirin for a headache, 
and gets everything but. That's the 
theme and Ward is continually be- 
fore the camera. Scene is mostly 
bedroom; Shan. 



"STRANGE SEA SHELLS" 
Travelog 

Photo'ipaphy and Chatter by Noel 

Monkman 
Produced by Efftee 

Sydney, Sept. 14. 

Brief and Very interesting travel 
picture dealing with marine life on 
the Great Barrier Reef. 

Noel Monkman, at one time a 
musician in a Sydney theatre, has 
gotten together a short subject thiat 
will be of interest the. world over. 
Photography and lecture both high- 
grade. Should find a spot. Rick, 



'HONEYMOON BEAOH' 

Comedy 

20 Mini. 

New York, New York 
Educational 

Mom's the romantic goat again 
as she interferes in her daughter's 
romancing. Billy Sevan and Glen 
Tryon are the principal men and a 
dozen or so good looking girls offer 
plenty of s. a. in their bathing suits. 

The glrly-girly part of the sub- 
ject offsets the nnorlglnallty of the 
theme and the old-time methods of 
comedy; Subject is okay secondary 
matter for other than first grade 
programs. Not particularly hilarr 
louB. Shan, 



'SEEING SAMOA' 
With Leo Donnelly 
Travelog 
7 Mini. 
Strand, N. Y. 

Vita. No. 1423 
A glance at Samoa and Its native 
life with off screen dialog by Leo 
Donnelly, gagged up In a manner 
that's .a cross between John P. 
Medbury (also On travelogs) and 
Graham McNamee (U News). Fair 
as filler. 

A few of Donnelly's gags fall 
pretty .flat but others land for 
laughs. Some of the shots of na- 
tives, notably of a little boy with 
a clg, also raise mild chuckles. Con- 
siderable of tho photography ia be- 
low par. Char. 



THE BIG BROADCAST 

(With Songs) 

Paramount produotton and releaM, Di- 
rected by Frank Tuttl« from play, 'Wild 
Waves,' by William Ford ICanley; >cr«en 
play by George Marlon, ' Jr. Muslo and 
lyrics. Ralph Ralnf^er and Xeo Robin; 
camera, Oeorge Folsey. Featured are 
Stuart Erwln, BInfr Croaby, Leila Hyams, 
Burns and AUoif Kate Smith, Mltla Bros., 
BOBwell Sletert, Arthur Tracy (The Street 
Hinder), Vincent IJopez orcheitra, Cab Cal- 
loway orchestra, of which radio pamei 
only Crosby and Burns and - Allen . havi 
leilt screen porta. Others are apealalty 
numbersj >cut In. Unbilled but haraMed by 
placards In the footoKo ot tlie picture, are 
also /Inehea of the actual announcer* who 
do their'BtulI for eaeli ot the radio names, 
wioh as Norman Brokenshire for the Bos- 
wells; William Brenton for . Kate . Bnilth; 
James WolUnKtoh for Calloway; Don Ball 
for the Mills; . Walllngton again for liopez. 
Running time SO minutes at the Para:-: 
mount, N. T., week of. Oct. ;14. 

Iieslle McWhInney. , ., Stuart Grwln 

BIng. Homsby. ............... .pins Crosby 

A-rtlta Rogers....;..,.. '.L«IIa Hy&ms 

Horta I.owe. Sharon Lynne 

Clapsaddle a«orge Barbler 

Announcer .........Ralph Robertion 

Bird and Animal Man... Alex Mclieh 

Mrs. Cohen ,' Anna ' Chandler 

Offloe Boy. . .Spec O'Donnell 

Sheriff's Orflcer ..^......Tom Carrlgan 

Basso ,,f, . ; . .'.Dewey Robinson 



There may be lots of ca,ptlous- 
ness about 'The Big BroOidcast,' and 
all of the negative comment will be 
justified, but the picture should do 
well In the hinterland. That it could 
have been a bigger click in the 
major keys is something else again, 
but the story trouble was the basic 
fault of "Wild Waves,' from which 
short-lived Broadway play this Par 
flicker was <tdapted, nor has the re- 
vamping helped it any. 'Big Broad- 
cast' la neither the expose on the 
crooners that the play set out to be, 
and never achieved (Par, in truth, 
financed the legit production for the 
screen rights) nor is it an inside 
on radio or any of its manifesta- 
tions, as may have been the intent 
for celluloid purposes. -It is so 
erroneously bally hooed. But a 'Once 
in a Lifetime' on radio, either In 
play or pictures, has yet to happen. 

A rather disjointed affair, it has. 
enough appeal through the air 
names to see it throughout the box- 
offices. It will not be a sock by any 
means, and may suffer In the big 
keys where the real revenue comes 
from, but the hinterland will eat It 
up. 

It's an all-star show with a flock 
of the biggest air favorites. Blng 
Crosby, Bums and Allen, Kate 
Sihlth, Bos well Sisters, Arthur 
Tracy (The Street Singer), Doiiald 
Novls, and the Vincent Lopez and 
Cab Calloway orchestras are as 
varied a_galaxy of radio favorites 
as they are ether-renowned. Crosby 
and Burns and Allen alone went to 
the Coast to participate in the ac- 
tual production, having lines and 
parts, with the rest shot In the east 
and cut In for their specialties. 
While disjointed in action, the cut- 
ting in of the variety Interludes Is 
skillfully accomplished. 

The film is a credit to Crosby as 
a screen juve possibility, although 
he has a decidedly dizzy and uncer- 
tain role which makes him misbe- 
have as no human being does. 
George (Nat) Burns with his serl- 
ous-mlened straighting for the 
dumbdoraish Grade Allen are a 
sock Interlude in themselves as the 
station manager and dumb stenog, 
although It evolves into more or less 
of a specialty routine. (Incidentally 
their chatter bounds more like Al 
'Boasberg than George Marlon, Jr. 
and must have been specially 
authored for this flicker). 

Kate Smith who, like the other 
specialists, does a number,, is given 
a big build-up as the ace draw of 
'em all, (according to one dialog 
passage) which is okay ballyhoo 
stuff considering that Par has the 
Swanee songstress set for a starring 
feature all her own. r 

The chief fault with 'Broadcast,' 
as must have appeared on paper, 
Is that it's not a featurie film but a 
suiacession' of talking shorts. That 
these specialties were dove-tailed as 
they were Is not bad considering 
that somehow tho entire works had 
to be hung onto some sort of a story 
structure, no matter how fragile. 

The story Is rather childish. Just 
why Blhg Hornsby, the crooner 
(Crosby) should be so carelessly 
late has no foundation in fact, for 
the biggest of ether liames know 
better. 

For legit playing,: Erwln, natur- 
ally, about steals it Os the Texan 
millionaire. Sharon Lynne Is subtly 
labeled 'Mona Lowe' (heralded by 
'Moaning Low,' as the theme for her 
first entrance) as the light heavy. 
Leila Hyams Is the Ingenue, a sec 
m, the radio station, who thinks 
she's in love with Crosby but who 
winds up in a clinch with the right- 
eous swain, Erwln. 

Tiittle had no cinch with this 'un 
and probably figured that since it's 
to be a more or less spasmodic cine- 
maturgy, he'd get in his own licks. 
That' may account for the way he 
went in for the Rene Clair Idea of 
concerted matching of music to 
rhythmic action. This happened in 
the switchboard,, seciuence with the 
three telephone operators doing 
their Jabberliig in syncopated, rhy- 
thmic tempo, while the phone plugs 
also behaved like a Tiller troupe. 
There's another .sequence of panto, 
where Erwin is awakening the 
phonograph shopkeeper, which was 
very effective by . contrast of the 
silence, alone. This, too, reminded 



RAIN 

Joseph If . Sohenok presents this l.ewla 
lllUstono production (V. A. roleaae), stoS 
ring Joan Crawford (oourtesy of MOH] 
talkerlBotlon of the stage puy, 'RaliiA 
adapted by John Colton and C. Randolph.: 
from story by W. Somerset UaughamV 
screen adaptotlon by Maxwell AndeiMiG 
Lewis Milestone direotsd; Note Watt «& 
slsted; camera, Oliver Harsh; art, RtoSi 
ard Day: sound, Frank Orenzbaoh: fliirt 
editor, . W, Duncan' Hanisfleld. Runnlne 
time, 09 mins., ait the RlvoIl, N. T., for S 
run commsnoInK Oct. 12. . 

Sadie ^ompson .Joan Crawford 

Alfred Davidson Walter HustoS 

Sergeant O'Hara... ...William Gargail' 

Joe Horn..., ...Quy Klbbeet 

Quartermaster Bates.... Walter Catlatt 

Mrs-, Davidson,.,..,. I....... Beulah Bondt 

Dr. MacPhatl .., Matt Moor» 

Mrs. MacPhall ^ .Kendall LeS 

Orlggs ^ ..... . .Ben Uendrtckn 

Hodgson ...........Frederic Howard 



'Bain' will be.no boxoffice delugO), 
cinematlcally. It will be no boxw 
office cloudburst for two simple reim 
sons—the present cinematic, star and! 
director do" not begin to approach 
the achievements of the original le^ 
git actress and. the- stage producer. 
John D.. Williams, who mounted thei 
Maughan- Colton -Randolph play f oi: 
Harris, and incidentally retained A 
26% piece for himself of everything^ 
It turns out to be a mistake to 
have assigned the Sadie Thompsoni 
role to Miss Crawford. It shov/s her 
off unfavorably. The dramatic slgnlw 
flcanco of It all is toyond her 
range. As for Milestone's short> 
comings as an entrepreneur, apart 
from this being a trade surprise. 
th6 outcome is equally to be laid at 
hie doorstep. 

Milestone tried to achieve action 
with' the camera, but wears the 
witnesser down with words. 

Even though the passage of. jEb 
de<ibde slncO the original stage pro> 
ductlon permits greater cinematld 
latitude— Hays and the Code to the 
contrary — .it's really not so shock- 
ing, after all. Lots has happened 
to the mass mind lii this last post* 
war era, and just how much has 
happened in the last four years Is 
forcibly brought home to anybody 
recalling the 1928 releasei of Gloria; 
Swanson's 'Sadie Thompson.' All 
reference to the play and title werei 
omitted In the then UA silent filmL^ 
zatlon, and even the Rev. Davldx 
son's name wau changed to Hamll.< 
ton. 

In the! present UA talkerlzat|on» 
the Rev. Is back .as Alfred Davidt-( 
son, although the clerical title, id 
still omitted. 

For the film fains, 'Bain,' as ti 
story,, is so obvious that It mUst 
needs rely on its dramatics and 
general tensity of presentation to 
sustain the Interest. 

The progression of 92 minutes to 
achieve the climactic finale, where 
the Salvationist succumbs to the 
flesh, Is too long a . period to reach 
the fairly obvious. It then becomes! 
the burden of tho Sadie Thompson, 
Davidson and other characters to 
sustain matters through their own 
personal Impressions. And Its aU 
so talky; 

Apart from .that. Milestone went 
in for the impressionistic rain thing 
too much with camera angles. 

Huston must hiave felt as rldlc as 
wero some of his lines when he had 
to utter them during production. 
That they laughed in the .wrotiig 
spots at this and other points tells 
the story. William Gargan, the 
touted new picture lead, has little 
to do as 'Handsome.' Robert Elliott 
in the original play was a little 
more prominent. Guy KIbbee's 
trader, Joe Horn, was in line with 
his usual expert performances, 
Kendall Lee (Mrs. Jules Glanezer); 
on her screen debut Is not overly 
prominent but handles herselil 
nicely, and Matt Moore as > Dr. 
MacPhall is rather auizzicol in hie 
entire mien. Walter Catlett scored 
neatly in a bit as the cockney 
quartermaster. 

Joan Crawford's getup as thd 
light lady Is extremely bizarre^ 
Pavement pounders don't quite 
trick themselves up as fantastically 
as all that. 

In commercial favor of 'Rain' U 
the general repute of the theme and 
Miss Crawford's personal following, 
but the flnlshed product will ; not 
help either. Abek 



of the Continental school of matliig 
muislc with action. 

Five ihlhutes of the introduction 
is 'devoted to the lobby framesi ot 
'The Big Broadcast' coming to life 
for brief ' snatches as each of the 
radio specialists does . either A 
snatch of song or niuslc, and then 
it irised-lnto the regulation title and 
credits. 

Of the straight film players, Mlsi^ 
Lynne is noticeable for an accehtU' 
ated physical accoutrement whlch JS 
so artificial it's bound to be noticed 
by the f emmes. They are. technloaliy 
known as Henley s. Same goes iot. 
thoee bangs she's affected. 

There are two songs, one of them» 
'Please,' a. certainty for extenslVd 
popularity. 'Here Lies Love' Is fllt^t 
thematlcally introduced by Arthur 
Tracy as a cafe entertainer (the 
camera is none too kind to him 
throughout, incidentally), and used 
by Crosby for the suicide atmios* 
pherlc stulT. There's the usual 
'When the Blue of the Night* 
(Crosby's themo song) snatches^ 
plus the pops which the other radio 
Bpecialisis essay. The radio people 
are being commented on in further 
detail in the radio section of this 
issue. A^e2. 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932 



■ * 

FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



15 



SMILIN' THROUGH 

U-G-K production and nleaM, aUrdng 
Vom» Sb»arer. Dlreoted t>r SIdmr Fnutk- 
IJn. F»atarod are Fredrlo Maroti and Ii«a- 
Me. Howard, Story from tha play of the 
same name by Jane Hurfln and Jane CqwI. 

. Adaptation 'by Brnest Vajda and Jamee 
Bernard Fatran. Camera^ Lee Oarmea. 
Film editor, Uargare* Booth. At the Capi- 
tol, Oot. 14. Rannlnr time, M nlnutea. 

Kathleen . . • <No(ina Shearer 

Kenneth Wayne, M><>><<.Predrlo Moroh 

John Carteret..,.,, •t>i<r>,«>liealle Howard 

.Or. Owen., i •••..•••••••••I K.O. P. Renfle 

WHUe Atuley. >••...;«,•••« I. tlUlph Forbca 

.'sire. Cronoh, .',.«••.<•••, Botyl Mercer 

Gardener , . , r, , , . . .Dayld Torronco 

Knien. ..>..•«•> Marsaret Seddon 

.br^erly. . . • .,>>,, . .(Fonweter Harvey 

Sjilent pictures r«newed this sen- 
timental stage play; now talking 
pictures have givetf it new life aiid 
vitality. Presently there may be on- 
othec medium and the piece %U1 
live again — ^rlval, perhaps for gener- 
ations, of 'Bast Xiynne' as a stand- 
ard tear-compoUec. / 

In Interpretation, In acting and In 
;the fine presentation of all Its poet- 
ically romantic qualities/ this new 
.■version Is a worthy succesBor to the 
. earlier transdrlptioitii first the stage' 
'.play^ with Jane 'Cowlr the Inartlcu- 
■late^^^reen play with Norma Tal- 
inadge< and now with Norma Shear- 
er, who reveals a fine feeling for 
this old-fashioned but perennial ro- 
mantic role. 

- The part is away from this very 
modem star's vein of isbphliBtlcated 
-characters. The • Capitol release 
comes while she Is appearing: In 
*Strange Interlude' 4uet down 
Broadway at the Astor. Two J>art8 
'-B0 widely apart as the Nina Leeds 
«£ O'NelU and Kathleen of 'Smilln' 
lO^hrough' make an acting t-ange that 
k:6mes to few actresses in a lifetime, 
not tO' spieak' of a week In an aa« 
tumn season. ' 

The Jiew picture's box office will 
take care of itself abuAdantly. It 

- comes opportunely spotted .among 
'cycle: themes* sexy ilngle^ ' iand a 
^multitude of screeii experiments, 
bringing a fresh and utmple emo- 
tional story, superlatively produced 
and adted^ In a satisfying mood 'of 
'artftil dli^ctness, and with respect- 
ful deference to the original. At 
the Cal^ltol It started th* pre-re- 
lease engagement at a holdover 
pace, aiid it Is the kind of subject 
that will build, for its intrinsic ap- 
peal is to the woman fan of all 
ages. 

C^i here assembled will have 
weight at the box obce with the 
iiaukeii of Miss Shearer, Fredrlc 
J^arcta and lieslie Howard. A 
list of standard, names makes 

.iip ihia support — namejj that prob 
ably won't mean much on the 
marquee but players wnbse pres 
ence contribute to a thoroughly sat 
isfylhg performance, a performance 
;ad near flawless in emotional appeal 
'aa. Is attainable. .' 
. There can scarcely: b^ any difCer 
ence of opinion as to the superiority 
of this particularly story in picture 
totm over the stage presentation. 

.jlesources of the ..ftitudlo enrich It 
vasily In Its sentimental appeal 
Not that the producers have gone 
overboard on 'angles,' for the pic- 
ture Is singularly tree of studio 
flourish, whlcb they have rigorously 
foresworn in the interests of an art- 
Xully simple treatment. Dialog has 
ibeen skillfully remoulded into the 

.Idiom of the tnlnute, taking on a 
neat tone of bainter for thei love pas- 
eagres that is enormously fetching. 
Story is about as sentlmenttd as It 
could well be withput spilling over, 
and the literary trick ot casting the 
<clialog in the love scenes in the pat- 
ter of the day serves to emphasize 
!by its very nonchalance the depth 
of the feeling it . thus Indirectly 
conveys. 

Test of the story's grip was the 
behavior of this audience on the 
first night of the picture at the 
Capitol. Even though the runnnlg 
time exceeds the hour and a half 
that has come to be about the limit, 
some of the later passages, notably 
that in which the war-torn hero 
renounces his sweetheart, kept an 
audience spellbound and hushed, 
save for the flutter of women's 
handkerchiefs. 

The cutting has not been done as 
iexpertly as the other details. Many 
sequences are a bit overdone, for no 
good reason save, that of plctoflSl 
eftect and the episode of the tragic 
wedding is held a fatal instant too 
long. Rush. 



Phantom of Crestwoocl 

'Radio producttoh and release; featurioil 
Klcardo . Cortea and Karen Horley. David 
O. Selznick, executive producer. Merlan 
C. Cooper, aaqt. producer. J. Walter Bu- 
cen, director. Story by Bartlett Cormack 
and J. Walter RiAen. Soreen play by 
Bartlett CorinacU. Carroll Clark, atr. 
IHeniy Oerrard, camera. Caiiny Cutler, 
sound. Jaraea Hartnett, aaaL dir. At the 
UCayfalr. M. T., atartlns Oct; IS. Running 
time, 77 mine. 

Jenny Wren Karen Morley 

Gary Curtis. . RIcardo Cortes 

Priam Andes H. B. Warner 

Fnlth Andes..'. .Paulina Frederick 

Walcott. . . , i . , .Rc4>ert McWade 

Mrs.-- Walcott. ; . . . . Alleen PrlnKle 

Maok Skeeta aallasher 

Dorothy Meara Mary Duncan 

Will Jones. Gavin Gordon 

Esther Wren.... Anita Louise 

TaU Man' ....Robert' Slliott 

Henry T. Herrick Ivan Simpson 

Carter..,..,.., Hilda Vaughn 

The Cat ...George E. Stone 

Pet* Harris ; Bam Hardy 

Frank Andes .Matty Kemp 

T)ie Boy Tom Douglas 

^Ight Eyes,..'. .....Eddie Sturgls 



Radio's widely advertised mystery 
fitory, which has beei) on the air 



in connection with a prize contest, 
has been given a handsome pro- 
duction, offers a plot with ample 
motivating, carefully avoids clutch- 
ing hands and enlists the services 
of an exceptional cast. Probably 
it is not going to be In the heavy 
money in the major boxofflces, but 
below the deluxe cla.ssiflcation it 
should give good account of Itself 
flnanoially ; and at the same time 
satisfy those who like the mystery 
type. It is good of Its class, .but it 
la not the type of picture the top 
spots can draw with. 

One notable production feature 
Is the return of the flashback in- 
stead of the employment of Jpng 
talk sequences. It Is the heaviest 
use of this once standard device 
since the talking picture came to 
the fore. Various members of a 
house party are being interrogated. 
As each starts to tell his story there 
is a blurred effect which shifts the 
camera to the sceni^ which is being 
described, and it is acted out in- 
stead of creating the modern horror 
of long scenes^tn which two or moi;;^ 
characters sit around and talk in- 
terminably. At times there is silent 
action with the voice of the relator 
reciting' the reasons' for the pic- 
tured action, which adds somewhat 
to the camera technique. From 25 
to 86% of the footage is given over 
to this device to the betterment of 
the picture. 

Structurally the premise is well 
laid out. An adventuress requires 
one of her victims to 'ehterta:in her 
over the week-end and at the same 
tiiMe dentands that three others. be 
Invited. At the party the four axe 
told that -she is dropping her ac- 
tivities and each Is taxed a suni 
supposed to be *withlh his means. 
This provides four substantial sus- 
pects when she is presently ihut-. 
dered. But the situation gets a 
trifle Improbable with the arrival 
of RIcardo Cortez and a gang of 
men with the suggestion that they 
are thloves, 

Owtez promptly undertakes the 
Inveatlgatlon of the murder, . quite 
unofllelally i&hd.not altogether con- 
vincingly, '.It develops that he Is a 
private detective seeking to recover 
some^lemrB from another victim, 
but tm audience is held in the dark 
for some time. The interest is well 
sustained and the suspense con- 
tinues blmost to the end, with a 
quick and logical solution. There 
are one' dr two bits which are far 
fetched &nd one episode is over- 
drawn, the haunting of the girl by 
the phosphOrlzed death mask of one 
ot her victims. Outside of this the 
"Btory is better motivated than the 
average. 

. Acting honors go to Pauline 
Frederick Who flts admirably Into 
her character and makes it the 
standout, but the bulk of the work 
goes to RIcardo Cortez as the de-^ 
teotlve' and Karen Morley- as the 
vamp. Cortez, plays briskly, but 
seldom convincingly. . The charac- 
ter nev^ gets human,' in spite of 
his efforts. Miss Morley, on the 
other hand, makes a competent 
Garboish vamp, playing with incis- 
ive strokes. The use of the flash- 
back enables her to reniain in the 
picture long after her murder, to 
the picture's beneflt. though her 
beat work has been done In. the 
earlier scenes. These three carry 
the story. The others merely get in 
as they are needed to foil. Kven 
H. B. Warner sinks into the back-' 
ground most of the time. Maitty 
Kemp and Mary iiouise take care 
of the tenuous love Interest. 

Photographically the picture Is 
excellent both for technique and de- 
vice, the sound is uniformly good 
and after a rather slow start the 
picture has been edited to swing 
along at a fast clip. 

'Phantom' should be one of the 
best sellers in the mystery class, 
but questionable whether it fully 
lives up to ttto rather ambitious ex- 
pectation.. There Is a brief prolog 
in a broadcasting studio with 
Graham McNamee identifying the 
production wiUi the air contest. 



Madison Square Garden 

Charles R. Rogers production and Par-i 
amount release. Jack Oakle, Marlon Nixon. 
Thomas Melghan featared, Directed by 
Horry Joe Brown. Adapted by P. J. Wolf- 
son nnd Alien Rlyfcln from story by 
Thomns Burtls. Henry Sharp, photos. At 
the Rlvoll, Now York, commencing Oct, 11, 
Running time, 70 minutes, 

Kddle Burke Jack Onkle 

nee...... Mnrlnn Nixon 

Carley ; Thomas Melghan 

Sionne William Uoyd 

Plorrle .- ZaSu Pitts 

Roarke , . .Lew Cody 

Doc Williams; William Collier. Sr, 

Miller.. Robert Elliott 

Brnssy Randall Warren Hymer 

Cast also includes Mushy Callahan, I.ou 
Magnolia. Jack Johnson, Tom Sharkey, Tod 
Sloan, Mike Donlln,' DlUy PapUe, Stanis- 
laus Zybysxko, Tom Kennedy, Spike rto1}- 
inson, Tammany 'X'oung, . Dnmon Runyon, 
Jack Lalt, Qrantland Rice, Ed. W- Smith. 
Westbrook Pegler, Paul Galileo, Jack 
ICearns, Teddy Hayea. 



Very much above a:verage for a 
prize flght picture in all depart- 
ments, being quickly paced enter- 
tainment up to and including the 
reverse finish; Final twist has the. 
boy lose the big fight, but it's none 
the less - satisfying since the defeat 
amounts -to a moral victory (the 
winner used loaded glovies) and 
brings about the reunion of the 
likeable leading characters. 

Charles R. Rogers, who produced 
'Garden' for Paramount, had a head 
start with a superior ring yarn. He 
gave it a competent and interesting 
cast and enough proper atmosphere 
to square the usual plot exaggera- 
tions. ^Prbductionally the picture 
looks inexpensive as pictures , go. 
It ought to make money. 

Treating with sports activities, 
mostly boxing, in and around' the 
famous Garden, the yarn , glorifies 
the arena's matchmaker^ It may or 
may not be a coincidence that 
charges made against him' during 
the course of this story are strlk-^ 
ingly similar to those currently be- 
ing .hurled in real life at. the real 
Garden's niatchmaker, Jimmy John- 
ston. The picture's matchmaker Is 
accused of having retained ^ piece 
of a fighter whom he formerly man- 
aged. ' 

..Around this hub the plot's 
spokes branch out to a love strain 
and a racketeer angle, both of which 
rest upon the basic theme. They're 
not dragged in without ceason. 

Jack Oakle delivered a honey 
performance as the smart aleck 
fighter, a^j-ole that was tailor made 
for him. He has the color and the 
manner that It called for. "There 
are other good bits by such stand- 
ard people as Marian Nixon, Thomas 
Melghan, William Collier, Sr., ZaSu 
Pitts, Lew Cody and Williara Boyd, 
but the sparkler of them all to 
many minds will be the trouplng ol 
Warren Hymer. 

Hymer is. a big dumb cluck of a 
wrossler and a stablemate of 
Oakie's under Collier's management 
When Collier is offered the Garden 
. matchmaking Job he realizes a life's 
ambition, but he turns It down when 
informed he must get rttl of his 
boys. Oakle, the smarter of the two 
muggs, frames an e^llbi and walks 
out on the manager. Hymer follows 
suit and during his share of the 
runout scene- ha combines pathos 
and domedy so shrewdly as to make 
this the outstanding sequence of the 
picture, 

ThO romance phase is sustained 
by Oakle and Marian Nixoh as the 
girl at the hotel telegraph desk. The 
reuiketeer angle is carried out by a 
flock of heavies headed by Boyd 
and Cody. 4'hey are the directors 
of a mob that flxies fights for betting 
purposes and dabbles in staging 'em 
as blinds for boQze transporting. 

They frame Oakie in the big bOut 
by painting his opponent's hand 
bandages With cement and Oakie 
losea. • But the hoax is discovered 



and the fast moving finish is a free- 
for-all between tlie racket gang and 
a bunch of old time sports celebo 
wlio play Garden employees in the 
picture. 

.Pi*esence of sucli old timers as 
Jack Johnson, Tod Sloan, Billy 
Papke, Stanislaus Zybyszko and 
others in the cast will chiefly inter- 
est the men. There are a few linos 
In the script for some sports writers 
also. . 

•Both Hymer and Oakie, while 
wrestling and boxing, respectively, 
have to stand for some , action 
close-ups f^nd they . look good 
enough to get by. In the big fight 
Oakie takes an unbelievable beating 
from the coment-fllled niltts of 
Mushy Callahan, another ex-pug in 
the cast, and stands on his feet at 
the end. Technically that's pretty 
far-fetched, as ia the fact that Cal- 
lahan's hands stay intact, but these 
faults are easily overlooked. There's 
enough action at all times to cover 
such deflcionciey. 

Numerous scenes are long shots 
taken at the real Garden. They're 
neatly shufOed in with the studio 
stuff and do a lot toward establish- 
ing authentic sports a:tmosphere. 

In audience appeal 'Garden' ^ will 
attract mostly masculine trade and 
attention, but there is no reason 
why the action and all round enter- 
tainment qualities of the picture, 
besides a lovs story that everyone 
will understand, should make this 
entry a talker of general Interest. 
That should take in a satisfactory 
number of women and about nny 
kid who sees it. Bige. 



Le Billet de Logement 

: ('Billetino Order') 
(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, Oct. 
Synohro-Clne production. Distributed by 
Gaumont Aubert. Directed by C.'F. Ta- 
vano. Starring Andre Berley. Jeanne Hel- 
bllng, Arlelle, and others. Running time, 
OO mins. Gaumont Palace, .Oct. 4. 



Stage play of many years ago was 
a distinct hit. and very •high' in 
flavor, capital scene taking place In 
a brothel. Toning down for the 
scredn, and substituting for the 
Joint the house of the lady who 
hostesses a few beauties, practically 
kills the play. Bad continuity, dir 
rection, cutting and tempo flnlsh it. 
Only a few situations and bits of 
dialog reclaim it somewhat. Act- 
ing is generally good aU round, 
especially by Andre Berley, Jeanne 
Helbling and Arlelle. 

Story shows a. very Quakerish 
captain during army maneuvers, at- 
templng to avoid being billeted 
with a seductive widow. He ex- 
changes his billeting order with a 
subaltern, to find that he goes to a 
brothel Instead. Subaltern himself 
marries the niece of the widow. 

Well-known title and a vogue for 
military stories which Natan's 
'Galetes de I'Bscadron' is currently 
booming, will he!lp the bookings In 
the provinces. If***. 



ONE WAY PASSAGE 

'Wnrner Bros, production and release. 
Directed by Tay Garnctt. Based on story 
I y Robert [.ord. .with adaptation and dia- 
log by Wilson MIzner and Joseph. Jackson. 
Vllm editor. Ralph Dawson. Co-a^ara Wil- . 
Uom Powell ■ and Kay Francis. . Photog- 
raphy by Robert Kurble. Bob Fellows, as- 
Eilstant director. At Strand, N. T., for 
week stnrtlng Thursday night, Oct. 13. 
Running time, C7 mIns. 

Dnn Hanlesty ...William Powell 

Joon Amos , .Ka>- Francis 

Sklppy • . • .Prank McHugh 

Detty. Aline MncMnhon 

Steve Durke.. .Warren Hymer 

Doctor. ; . . . . .Frederick Burton 

Sir Harold. Douglos Gcrrnrd 

Steward. .Herbert Mundln 



PASSIONNEMENT 

(FRENCH MADE) 

(With Songs) 

. Parle. Oct. 2. 

Paramount production and release. Di- 
rected by Rene Quissart. From the musi- 
cal comedy by Maurice Hennequin and Al- 
bert Willeraeta, Music by Messager. Re- 
corded Western Electric. Paramount, Paris, 
Sept, 20. • 

Robert Perceval Femand ' Qravey 

Ketty ; . , .ITIarelle 

Le Barrios Baron Fila 

The Commandant. .Urban 

Helen Le Batrlas., '..Danielle Bregis 

Julia .Davla 

Augusta .Carrette 

U. Stevenson Koval 



A comedy with operatic sequences, 
and amusing until the very last se- 
quence, which > mokes the whole 
thing appear like publicity for the 
French wine merchants' syndicate. 

Story shows an American' millioh- 
alre arriving on the Riviera In his 
yacht with his wife to try and gyp 
a Frenchman who owns some land 
in America. To avoid the husband's 
jealousy, the wife must wear a 
white wig and goggles, but some- 
how the Frenchman gets wise to it 
and seduces her; but the French 
wines have such a kindly effect on 
the American millionaire that he 
gives his wife a. divorce, so she can 
marry her lover. • . 

Then corner the last sequence, 
looking like . a - real ad, showing a 
French map with names of the 
places wh^re different wines grow, 
and more fit for an educatlonal plUg 
Uian a feature. 

Cast is locally impressive, with 
Florelle doing vef'y well lier double 
part. She just got some extra ad- 
vertising from having a motor acci- 
dent, and starring in the next Folies 
Bergere revue. Her maid is done 
very , nicely by Davla. Danielle Bre- 
gis, who once tried Broadway, has 
only a small bit. All men are excel- 
lent. Direction is fair, but continu- 
ity has been made to Include many 
songs in which principals break in 
and out of time, with music rather 
too subtle for the screen,. Fair en- 
tertainment, and names sure to 
mean b. o. anywhere in French ter- 
ritory. Maxi. 



Not a big boxofflce picture, but 
generally worthy entertainment 
largely through its laughs and novel 
situations. It will do average or 
a little better than average busi- 
ness, teaming of Bill Powell and 
Kay Francis aiding at the boxofflce. 

A striking front oh the engage- 
ment at this theatre, plus a small 
bar inside at which free drinks are 
served, wlii attract attention. Whole 
idea of the front Is that of a ship, 
with a ship's bell huniST over the 
boxofflce which a uniformed' at- 
tendant keeps ringing. 

It's an effective front in the. face 
of the restrictions recently imposed 
by the New York authorities on 
theatre managers. 

'One Way Passage' starts In 
Hongkong and ends in Cailehtc, 
95% of the action occurring oh the 
boat between China and Son Fran- 
cisco. The picture never lags, yet 
it never intrenches Itself as strong 
romance. Nor does it arouse much 
more than passing sympathy for 
the plight o£ Powell, who's being 
taken pack to San Quentln to awa:it 
tiie hangman's noose. 

Before leaving Hongkonjg he 
meets up with the girl (Kay Fran- 
cis) who falls for him a little 
stronger than seems plausible under 
the circumstances. In their, first 
encounter as strangers, Miss Fran- 
cis particularly overplays On the 
love interest side, later also «eem- 
Inig to carry her interest In Powell 
a little too far. 

While the story holds Its audience 
in plot it offers nothing very un- 
usual. It carries no suspense aside 
from odds that Powell will ntver 
reach San Quentln. 

Tay Garnett. who directed, has 
done much to lift a not impressive 
story to an entertainment level 
which thoroughly pleases, . 

Shorn of that direction and, the 
comedy touches, 'One' Way Passage' 
would have had difficulty boldlhg up 
a week ony where. 'The casting 
from Powell aiid Miss Francis down 
is excellent. Three supporting as- 
signments ore carried off extremely 
well by Frank McHugh, as a 
drunk and thief; Arline MacMahon, 
phoney Countess and Warren I'"- 
mer, 'Frisco, cop. . 

Manner in . which McHugh i 
Miss MacMah6n contrive to up^^t 
the well-laid plans of the 'Frisco 
cop In holding Powell as his pris- 
oner is the basis for most of the 
comedy. In spots It approaches, 
slickness. 

Picture can stand strong adver- 
tising and exploitation by the the- 
atre playing It. That it's the second 
from WB with Powell and; Itflss 
Francis .as a team mi&y help, ais the 
press book suggests. Chan 



The Woman Angle 



'Rain' (UA). Glamorous propaganda on the screen advent of Sadie 
Thompson intrigues all fanettes who pride themselves on being well- 
informed picture patrons. Joan Crawford's stardom creates interest 
in a, wordy, labored /version of the stage play; the play's elemental 
doctrine and her own prestige save Miss Crawford from the ridicule 
that might otherwise greet superflciaMnterpretation. and ghoulish make- 
up, assumed in lieu of the customarily chic Crawford wardrobe. 



; 'One Way Passage' (WB); Romance threading its way through a 
grouii of tony confidence workers oh a trans -Pacific liner. A fascina- 
ting theme devitalized by the colorless performance of Its leads, and a 
vague, unsatlsfacitOry ending. 

>Smilin' Through' (MGM). Real characters living a romantic fantasy 
that sweeps across the years with a tender, beguiling love story. Theme, 
cast and treatment will appeal to fanettes of all ages. 



13 WOMEN 

RKO-RadIo' production and release. .Irene 
Dunne ond RIcardo Cortez featured. Di- 
rected by George Archdinbaud. Adapted by 
Bartlett Cormack from Tlltany Thoyor's 
novel. .Leo Tover, photog.. At the P.oxy, 
New York, week of Oct. 14. Running time, 
50 minutes. _. . « , 

Sergeant CUfe RIcardo Cortc;: . 

I,aura Irene Danne 

Ursula • ■ Myrna I,.oy 

Jo .Jill Bumond 

Grace. Plorenco KIdrcdge 

Helen. . . .' • • • .Kay Johnron 

Mary Juplle . Haydon 

May Harriot Hagman 

June Mary Duncan 

Hazel Peg ISntwfcy.Ue 

Xon , i . .Elslo Proasott 

Bobby. -Wally Albright 

Swamt ■. ..C. Henry Cordon 

Burns ........13d Pawley 

Teacher .Blanche Predcrici 



'Madison Square Garden' (Par). The excitement that lures women to 
the ringside will draw the. sainei minority group to a fllm that contains 
all the characterful sidelights of prize flghtlng. Though far from uni- 
versal In appeal and only vaguely devoted to romance, Its well contrived 
sympathy/ amusing characterization and suspenseful climax are an 
agreeable change from sophisticated drawing room drama. 



'13 Women' (RKO). Bogus astrological predictions hoping, through 
the power of sugge^stlon, to wreak the vengeance of one of the most in- 
credible viUainesses in picture history. Feminine interest in occult dem- 
onstrations cannot overcome the boredom that settles about crude and 
fantastic development. 



'The Big Broadcaaf (Par). Radio listeners, particularly those in towns 
off the personal appearance route, will embrace this opportunity to make 
the acquaintance of ether favorites. For this novel privilege fanettes 
will tolerate unbelievably befuddled production that forces attractive 
Bihg Crosby to give a sorry account of himself. 



Tiffany Thayer's *13 Women' in 
novel form gave this talker a bettor 
than average break on advance ex- 
ploitation. Ordinarily that would be 
a help, but it doesn't look as though 
the fllm version is of suffldent merit 
to cash in. Between covers it was 
fast light reading, thanks to the 
writing, but on celluloid it deterio- 
rates into an unreasonably far- 
fetched wholesale butcher shop 
drama which no amount of good 
acting could save. 

The picture version's half caste 
and completely cracked young East 
Indian lady Who nurses a grudge for 
childhood slights and engineers re- 
venge by death and other w.lse 
through the uise of force and the 
power of suggestion, is little more 
than bait for facetious audience 
snickers. Her plot is to methodically 
dispose of 12 women who,' as school 
girls, had slighted her for her color. 
As each victim succumbs the plot 
Is thrown for another loss. The 
girl's motive might have, passed as 
fairly plausible, but the details are 
on a scale of exaggeration beyohd 
all reason. 

M.vrna Loy, constantly under the 
handicap ot being an unbelievable 
o-^r.-QTi, mo.Uea the best of the killer 
.ole. She lo6!:s -ind acts the part, 
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PICTURES 



VARIETY 



17 




Accidents 

Itecently a jnan got three-flgure 
damages from an upstate theatre 
under the Workmen's Compensation 
act! from a local theatre. He had 
been employed to work In a monkey 
dress on a float advertising an ia.nl- 
mal picture. He fell off and claimed 
Injuries, the court finding for him. 

It again stresses the need for ex- 
ireme care In operating. Even 
Vh6re there Is no compensation law 
It Is possible to collect damages for 
injuries claimed to have been sus- 
tained in thie performance of a duty, 
and usually these stunts are not 
covered by the house's casualty 
policy. Might be well to look yours 
over. 

in the same way It has generally 
■fceen found that the theatre and not 
the owpsr of a truck Is. responsible 
If arifihlng goes wrong with a 
perarflluiator. The truck may be 
covered by general insurance, but 
mot against the possiblie results of 
a miscarriage of an idea, . 

' Hustling 

M. A, Malaney put a hustle on 
for 'Phantom President' at Loew's 
Allen, Cleveland. 

Novelty which won aflproyal of 
the school teacher^ .was a sheet 
showing all the Presidents, all num- 
bered and with a blank on the back 
to be filled In with, the Identifica- 
tion. All children who' sent In a 
correct reply received a, ticket. This 
was made up by Malaney. Submls-, 
slons had to be sent the theatre 
which In turn mailed thtCt- tickets to 
those who were correct'.- Gave a 
nice mailing list for tutate work. 

One of the papers . Jt)t?ered cash 
prizes for a name for -.^Ihe animal 
delected' as a symbol', for the third 
party to be headed by George M. 
Cohan. The day before the open- 
ing a comedy political parade was 
held. Malaney got the permit for 
*ed fire first and thiea the fireworks, 
which is. important. 

Post Office, Too 

"TheOi^e recently biiilt in a small 
towja^W^ti specially designed for a 
postOTliie room In one ' of the stores; 
Bone m conjunction with the postr 
SnasteFji^ho was looking around for 
ia batter - location. Theatre figures 
Dhat with the post cSfflce right in 
the building the house will be the 
Center of things until the town put- 
grows the p. o. habit.- - 

Might not" bd , as "easy to swing 
"Srhere the department pays the rent, 
fcut; this is' a sm'all town where the 
]f>0stamaster pays his own rent and 
can put it where he elects within 
i^easbn. One of the features Is a 
door leading into the lobby. The 
ftayoff is that' the companion store 
On the other side of the lobby pays 
A. higher rental because of the loca- 
tion. It also enjoys an entrance 
^to . the lobby and is tenanted by 
A soda and stationery business. 

Today's Campaign 

Ted Toddy, sectional exploiter for 
Columbia out of . Atlanta, reports 
that the Governor of Alabama 
^elped along a carhpaign on a Co- 
lombia jubilee at the Rose theatre, 
Juskegee. 

Rose declared a jubilee week Oct. 
8-8, with Toddy on the spot to help 
hustle. Local paper gave a four- 
page special section on condition 
that two pages were ads, and Toddy 
did better than that, but not so 
ifnuch that he cut down much of the 
free reading space. • ' 

Opened the Saturday before with 
a parade., with the business section 
decorated and most of the mer- 
<ihants staging jubilee sales. That 
was what brought the commenda- 
tion from Gov. Miller, who praised 
the movement as benefiting trade 
ind urged the other cities to copy 
The Idea. 



women and children. Through a 
slit in the costume, madked by 
gauze, he could select the proper 
slip to be handed out. Helped to 
create extra interest. , - 



; Grocery Bulletins 

Picture theatre directly opposite a 
public school in a family sector has 
an idea that kids are eating up. 
House has plenty of display space 
for posting, and one three-sheet 
board is set aside for bulletins for 
the children. 

School, draws from a large radius, 
and if Mrs. Jones wants Johnny to 
stop at the grocsv's and bring home 
a can of corn, she telephones the 
theatre and a card is written out and- 
tacked up: Most of the children 
swarm across the street at dismis- 
sal time, but they do' not interfere 
Avith the light mat trade. : 



Split Lights 

. Palace. N. T., used a new idea 
lately when hoods were placed over 
the tops of three-sheet boards out 
front. Lights of different colors il- 
luminated the boards alternately, 
6ach lamp being shaded from the 
.6th6r and working on a. reciprocal 
switch. 

Effect was excellent and probably 
would be good with fixed lights, 
each half being lighted in a differ-, 
eht color. Main idea is to use a 
mask to keep the lights from blend- 
ing, each opening sharply cutting 
(Jir the other "light. ' ' 



Fortunes for 'Ghandu' 

, 'With 'Chandu' a mystic, in many 
sections it is against the law to tell 
fortunes, but there prcJbably will be 
no 'Objection to handing but slips 
wltH a few lines of fortune and a 
plug for the picture. 

But something to be stressed Is 
the avoidance of the horrible . in 
these prophecies. It's all a gag, but 
a lot of people take seriously the 
most evident trash. Take a leaf 
from the book of one of the best of 
the • stage mystics and tell only 
pleasant things. 

Edgar Hart had constructed what 
appeared to be an automaton, but 
with a boy inside. The lad had 
three sets of fortUnoEl — for men, 



Southern Atmosphere, 

Hollywood. 

Down south plantation atmos- 
phere has been given Warners' . Hol- 
lywood lobby for. 'Cabin the Cotton.' 
Rustic cabin shell Surrounds the 
box office, with each side . of the 
lobby decorated iii true cottonfleld 
fashion. Negro figures! In each field 
are posed as though they were 
plucking the white buds. 

Lobby is especially effective at 
night, with transparent box Jetters 
for the title, the name of the star 
and the. forthcoming attraction; 



Keeps It Handy 

Ohio 'Mouthpiece,' the Warner 
exploitation bulletin for that sector, 
reports that Louis Lamm, of the 
Elyrla Capitol, has a 3-6 card index 
on his desk on which he notes ideas 
for exploiting the pictures he has 
booked. . 

A good idea, but a better one Is 
to get; a package of No. 10 manila 
ehveldpies, label each one with the 
titU of. a picture and place in that 
envelope all of the clips applying 
to the particular release. 



Analysis of Non-Show Trade Papers, 
litde Exploitive Value for Theatrenien 



Uses a Map 

Large map of the world, mounted 
on a board, is one of the permanent 
lobby fixtures in a small house. 
Map is about six feet wide and 
neatly framed in moulding. With 
each chalnge of bill the manager 
puts pin flags on all locations in 
the films, getting thiese from the 
newsreei clips and his travel sub- 
jects. 

Flags are of different' colors and 
a key in one corner carries strips 
of similar color with slots in which 
.to insert cards lettered In explana- 
tion. Red Is always the newsreei 
color and a red flag Indiciaiteai a 
spot shown In that feature. Blue, 
yellow, green and salmon fl^gs are 
used for. other, subjects and even 
the feature location is sometimes 
played Up where the locale permits. 
Figured that it stresses the wide 
coverage of the fllihs. 




' Los Angeles. 

Harold Stetson is erecting^ a 400- 
seater^ in Phoenix, Ar.iz^ He ■will 
operate independently. 

Alhambra Amusement Co., sub- 
sldary of Principal Theatres, is 
taking over the Garfleld, Alhambra, 
Gal., for operation Nov. 16, 



Chicago. . 

Warners reopened its Harvard 
here last week with straight pic- 
tures. Have had the house about 
a year. Closed all summer. 



<3anton, O. 
Warners has given Up its lease! 
on the Palace here, for two years 
its -ac6 house. Will continue the 
Alhambrb as first run. ■ 



Los' AngelesL; 
• Robert Smith, .moves from the 
F-WC Boulevard to Loew's State, 
downtown, as manager. Replaces 
Ray Ducerne, transferred to the 
United Artists. Fax Duncan, as- 
sistant to; Smith, will manage the 
Boulevard temporarily, 

Earl Peterson appointed mgr. of 
the Marcal, Hollywood, was for- 
merly with :^0 in San Diego. 



Chattanooga. 

Wilby-Klnsey obtained a substan- 
tial reduction in man-power with 
unionists. Former staff of 12 oper- 
ators employed at the three local 
chouses slashed to seven. A slight 
Increase in salaries, as well as the 
five-day week concession, allowed. 

As a result of the hew contracts 
the State theatre, recently darkened, 
will reopen. Stage shows go to the 
Kialto. 



Tacoma, Wash. 
. Walter Fenney, formerly man- 
ager of local RKO house, but more 
recently in Spokane for RKO, has 
returned to assume management of 
the Roxy, newly named, now being 
operated by Jensen & Von Herberg 
Interests as a flrst run here. 



'Hundred Percenter,' Fox West 
Corist house organ, folded with the 
close of the circuit's 10-week busi- 
ness drive. When the new cam- 
paign gets under way, Oct 23, pub- 
lication will be resumed under a 
new title. Oscar Kantner has been 
editing. 



Pine Bluff, Ark. 
Otto C. Hauber, former theatre 
owner and recently local manager 
of the Saenger, has resigned. J. C. 
TunstlU becomes manager. 



Lynchburg, Va. 

Figuring a try for- weekend biz 
is cheaper than trying to fight a 
six-day overhead, Publix-Kincey 
has decided to operate the Isis here 
on Friday- Saturdays only. 

Ideeu-is in experimental stage in 
this section. It has never been tried 
before In a Virginia city the size 
of Lynchburg. 



Los Angeles. 
Another shift of F-'WC managers 
takes Hortbn Kahn from the Colo- 
rado, Pasadena, to; the Boulevard, 
Ikerc., Lester Clark^ replaces Kahn, 
?6lng from the U.Ai, Pasadena, with 
AA'^ally Schooler, from Bob Collier's 
advertising department, becoming 
mgr. at the U.A.. 

Newark. 

Donald Jaycox from New Haven 
has succeeded Harry Kalmine as 
zone manager of northern N. J. for 
WB. 



Springfield, ni. 
John Quinlan has replaced Robert 
Cook as assistant manager and 
treasurer of RKO Orpheum. 



Albany. 

Harold Dean resigned as treas- 
urer of the RKO Grdind-, Illness. 
Dudley Trombley, former chief of 
service, succeeds. 



New Orleans. 
New assistant manager , and treas- 
urer, of the RKO Orpheum is N. D. 
Smith, replacing R. Marchbahks. 



Birmingham. 
Ralph Racenscrof t new manager 
of the RKO Rltz, succeeding George 
Steele. 



Chicago. 

Emil Franke is switching from the 
Orpheum, Minneapolis, to the. St. 
Louis theatre, St. Louis. Marvin 
Park goes to the Minneapolis spot 
from the Orph, Omaha, and Lou 
Golden moves up from St. Louis to 
the Omaha spot 



Council Bluffs. 
Broadway, Publiz house, dark 
since September, again open. John 
Read, Hastings, Neb., coming here 
to mahagei. 



Denver. 

E. M. Gibson, returned to Salt 
Lake City after resigning as Uni 
versal booker, succeeded by Emmett 
'Pop' Warner, long with the ex 
change and formerly booker. 

Russoli Tyson has closed Love 
land theatre, Loveland, Colo, 



Dubuaue, la. 

Iowa theatre opiened Oct 8. House 
built by R. E. Duttle. 

Fire which caused damage of 
$2,600 to the Iowa theatre, Sioux 
City, Oct 10, believed to have been 
of Incendiary origin. Loss was to 
Kleeblatt Realty Co., owners of the 
building and most of the equip- 
rient No loss listed for Popular 
Amusement Co., operators of the 
house. 



Tacoma. 

Walter Fenney manager of Roxy 
(Jensen-Von Herberg). 

Bob Armstrong is back with Jen- 
&en-Von Herberg In Seattle, press 
ageiit, assisting Le Roy Johnson, 
ge.'ieral manager for the string. In- 
dications are for more theatres in 
outside towns for this firm, as set- 
up looks okay. 

With opening of Sroadway (FWC) 
here, Doug Kimbcrly becomes man- 
ager of Rialto (FWC), while Al 
Gillis is manager of Broadway. 



Burlington. la. 
Rialto theatre. Central States The- 
atre Corp.; closed Indefinitely. Pro- 
grams go to the Iowa. 



Spokane. 
Bill Wallace closed the Avalon. 
Vaudfllm policy lasted two weeks. 



Tonkers, N. T. 
William E. Cook, formerly at the 
Palace and. Fordham, \.h'as been 
placed as manager ■ of the RKO 
Strand here. The Strand was taken 
over by RKO Sept. 1 from the Para- 
mbunt-PubUx. Cook succeeds Fred 
E. Schaefer, who rejoins P-P in 
charge ot the Broculwar, Newburgh, 
N. T. 



Fops at Schnozzle 

Remembering the hit a shooting 
gallery stiint made a few years ago, 
a manager adapted it to Durante's 
hose. He pasted up a picture of 
Durante with a red balloon for a 
nose. Put it in one corner of the" 
lobby where he could keep it out of 
the way, borrowed a couple of air 
rifles and each customer, could take 
a. shot at the schnozzle. Anyone 
puncturing the nose got a ticket for 
the following Monday. Not many 
tickets, for it was not a simple mat- 
ter, even with a hit, the balloon 
being fastened loosely so that a di- 
rect hit had to be registered. 

One man who fancied his marks- 
manship bought three extra tickets 
for additional tries before he regis- 
tered a score. Gave the tickets to 
some children who were watching 
the fun. Made such a hit the man- 
ager has promised to lend the board 
to a church fair. 



Seattle's Angles 

Seattle. 

^ Original angles and treatment for 
Alms being offered here by P-WQ 
theatres: For Instance Vic. Gauht' 
lett exploited 'Chandu' not from the 
thrill and magic angle, but era. 
phasized romance in the. thing. 

New gag tried for 'Down . to 
Earth' got returns. With pre^s" pub- 
licizing housti held 'Dish Pan Derby*' 
wherein non-pro cooks, of . the hus- 
band type, with some fav dish, par- 
ticipated. There were 200 entries. 
Contest ran dally with ducats to 
dally winners. 

Ace contest was for 'Pack Up 
Tour Troubles' where stories of 
most humorous experiences in any 
war, were written by the soldiers. 
These were illustrated by cartoon. 
Brought out some dandy stories 
with reader Interest. Head prize 
$25. There were 600 replies with 
best ones published daily. 



Still Generous 

Edward Sellette, who used to run 
a house in Portsmouth, N. H., 
moved down to E. M. Loew's Strand, 
New Bedford, and still Works about 
the same stunts which got oyer in 
the New Hampshire spot. 

Wednesday, Satui'day and Sun- 
day he gives three shows of vaude- 
ville a day. Monday and Tuesday 
he distributes china ware to all 
women, Thursday he gives out 26 
one-pound boxes of candy and at 
the Saturday matinee he is using 
the George Washington statuettes 
for the kids. He uses double fea- 
tures even with the vaude. 

Just as a side line he is hooked 
into a local radio station for an 
audition contest Gives the theatre 
a sustaining program in exchange 
for announcements. 



Snowy Boots 

Some years ago a manager of a 
northern, theatre found that a couple 
of brooms in the lobby enabled his 
patrons to brush off their boots after 
tracking through freshly-fallen 
snow. During the past summer he 
has had a couple of niches cut into 
the lobby side walls, and in each is 
Installed a brush of fairly soft fibre 
about 18 inches in diameter. On 
snowy days these brushes are re- 
volved by a motor and enable pa- 
trons to clean off their shoes in 
faster time, less effort and not so 
much muss on the floor. 

House profits by not having the 
snow tracked in, but the. main ad- 
vantage is the customer satisfaction 
and appreciation. 

Baltimore Cups 

•Balttmorie. 
. Loew's theatres locally have 
crashed through for some neat in- 
stitutional exploitation. And pulling 
the stunts by the use of cup prizes. 
They broke into all the dailies with 
the Norman Shearer cup race at 
Havre de Grace two weeks ago. And 
now city manager Bill Saxton has 
couped with an annual stunt that 
will run itself and yet grab space in 
the ton lest of dallies: 

Saxton has arranged for a Loew 
theatre cup for the Baltimore 
Women's Golf Tournament. Held 
each year, In October, and playied 
at the ritzy country clubs. 

Old Faithful 

Birmingham. 

Theatres in practically every sec- 
tion of the South have an old stand- 
by when they are hard up for pub- 
licity ideas. It has never failed to 
work yet and always gets a play }n 
the daily papers. 

This is to invite the newsboys of 
the papers to see shows. Occasion- 
ally the newspaperti send a photog- 
rapher along and line the kids up in 
front of the theatres for pictures. 
Managers maneuver the boys so 



In a recent liBtter to managers of 
the Canadian houses of Paramount- 
Publix, J. J. Fltzgibbons offered the 
suggestion that the managers con- 
stitute themselves business consult- . 
ants and follow other trades as well, , 
through . their trade papers, for 
Ideas. He argues that a perusal of 
their colunrins may 'suggest fresh 
avenues of approach. 

As a checkrup by 'Variety' on the 
suggestion, weekly publications In 12 
different lines were obtained and 
their contents perused. The conclu- 
sion arrived at ' is • that while, most 
exploitation Ideas originate within 
the theatrical field, they are changed 
and represented In the trade form 
friequently w.ith new angles. .More 
importantly still, a survey wili per- 
mit the theatre manager to ap- 
proach merchants with tie-in sug- 
gestions based on the needs of those 
trades and appealing more' strongly 
to merchants in those lines. 

Probably the average litianager 
has not the time to go thrpugh a 
heavy file of trade sheets, fegiilarly, 
but a survey of these Isiiues iiiay as- 
sist the manager in making his own 
selections: ; .', 

•Variety' will continue to ^eep tab 
on the trade papers of other fields 
for the exhibitor, sis hbw Fltzgib- 
bons can expect hla housia managers 
to buy trade papers of ..other in- 
dustries, when the' samel managers 
are reluctant to buy. for themselves, 
and Publiz won't subsorlbe for 
them, the trade papers in their own 
field, is one of the points the P-P 
Canadian 'theatre'head has evidently 
bverlboked. . 

Very few of these papers will 
warrant regular reading by theatre 
men but there is no .inore useful 
method of getting' a general survey 
of what other lines are . doing than 
an evening speiit with the trade 
papers. 

In the following table an 'M'; iirtdi- 
cates monthly iand 'W a weekly 
publication:' ' 

'National Farm Journal' (M). No 
exploitation department but much 
material that can suggest tielns for 
rural theattes, such as. displays of 
labor saving machinery, etc. Can 
also suggest items of Interest to 
gain the attention of farm readers 
In mailed matter. ' 

'Hardware Ago' (W). A lead ar- 
ticle on electric signs; suggestive 
department on window dressing 
which will help gain windows; an 
ideas exchange which sometimes 
contains sales suggestions; another 
department of sales ideas and oc- 
casional campaigns. 

'Confectioners Journal' (M). More 
technical than selling, but a story 
of an anniversary as a trade boost- 
er; some vending schemes but more 
help from the ads than the editorial 
text. 

'Plumbing and Heating Coiitrac- 
tore' (M). Largely technical, but a 
department . on 'Ideas that Induce 
the Public to Buy' that will be help- 
ful at times. Not generally sug- 
gestive. 

'Crockery « and Glas^i Journal' 

(M), No departments but almost 
entirely selling hints from which 
some ideas may be gleaned. 
. 'Engineering Record' (M). No ex- 
ploitive value for the exhibitor. 

'Food industries^. (M). . too tech- 
nical to be of service. 
. 'House Furnishing Review' (M). 
Largely selling angles with a use- 
ful department of new goods which 
may lead to demonstrations or for 
premiums. 

'Textile World' (M). Too largely 
for the factory to be useful. 

'Printers Ink' (M). Monthly issue 
of the newspaper weekly Is devoted 
more to merchandising and adver- 
tising. Should be helpful. 

'Dry Goods Economist' (M). Some 
selling angles but more useful In. 
giving the feminine, slant. 

'Boot and Shoe Recorder' (M). 
Only one article on window dressing, 
and not long on exploitation. 



that displays In the lobby giving the 
name of the picture also uppeeu' in 
the photograph. 

In order to keep the newstes .seg- 
gregated from cash customers they 
are usually placed In the balconies 
on nights when business is dull. 



M VARIETY TVawwday, October 18, 1932 



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ToMdaft Oeibber 1% 1932 



FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



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13 WOMEN 

- : (Oontinued from paere IB) 

tfgdbtMr being Just what the doctor 
order9d. Th* featured players are 
{rena Punne and Rlcardo Cortez, 
neither of whom had much to do. 
Cast Is pretty close to being, all - 
femme. 

° For his list of victims the caster, 
In addition to leading oft with Miss 
punne. picked an attractive group 
women. Their individual mo- 
inents are short-Jlved, but when the 
script calls for eithier looks or 
trouplng or both, they all manage 
to deliver. Kay Johnison, whose fate 
Is suicide in a N. T. 16 li. A. com- 
partment, has the choicest spot, 
both in time allotted and suspense, 
and she plays It effectively. 

Direction, production and playing 
rendered In this, case were deserv- 
ing of a better literary background. 
Standing up in all other, depart- 
ments, the picture stumbles on its 
story: and probably the adaption. 
Possibly a heavy box office name 
bit top of the cast might have given 
it more of a chance in the way of 
grosses. 

. Besides the Misses Dunne, Loy 
and Johnson, the other women in- 
volved In the plot are Jill Esmond. 
Florence' BIdrldge, Julie. Haydon, 
Harriet H.agman. Mary Duncan, EN 
sie Prescott find the late Peg Ent- 
whlstle. If an audience should 
bother to count 'em up, the total 
will be 10. The title still is '13 
Women,' so it looks lik^ they took 
a cut. Bige. 

EIN BLONDER TRAUM 

('A Blonde Dream') 

(GERMAN IMADE) 

. Berlin, Oct. 9. 
Mualcal comedy by Walter Relach and 
Bllllo ..Wilder. Erich Ponuner production 
of Ufa and Ufa release. Direction: Paul 
Martin. Music: Werner R. Heymann. 
PbotoKrapliy: Ounther RIttau, Otto Baec> 
ker,' K. Tschet. Dances: Franz Both, 
Production management: EUierhard Klase- 
mann. Recorded on Klangfllm. Starring 
Ullan Harvey, WUIy Frltsch, Willi Forst, 
Paul Horblger, Trude Hesterberg, C. 
Hopper Traek, Hans Deppe, WoUgdng 
Heinz, Barbara. Plrk, Ina - van Elben; 
Brnst Behmer,' Hugo Doblih. Running 
time, 90 mtna. At Gloria Palapt, Berlin. 



is not improbable that small houses 
can play this up for a mild sensa- 
tion, if It is willing to take the 
aftermath of customer complaints, 
but it has no place on Broadway. 
How it got there can probably be 
explained by a guarantee. It will 
not be in any part of the money 
on the date, and it likely will find 
no similar engngemient elsewhere, 
for its weaknesses are too marked 
to encourage even the most desperate 
big time manager to seek to over- 
come the shortage product witii this 
modern version of 'Ten Nights in' 
a Barroom.' It's just one of those 
things and from most angles im- 
possibly bad. About its only re- 
deeming feature is the generally 
good photography,, in which the 
cameraman has Ingeniously over- 
come the limitations of independent 
short change production. 

Good players are thrown away 
on a heavy-handed and disjointed 
script. They work hard to give a 
sense of reality to distorted and 
overstressed Ideas, and at times 
they do manage for the. moment to 
get above the Imes, but eventually 
they're submerged again. The fin- 
ish washes - them all out. Bram- 
well Fletcher makes a likable 
■young bank clerk whose congenital 
thirst Is kept under until his young 
wife igoes blotto at a party. Vera 
Reynolds plays with less flexibility 
the hackneyed part of the wife. 
Walter Miller is thoroughly conven- 
tional as the heavy, but now and 
then Patricia Wing and Eddie Peth- 
erstone, who handle the atrocious 
comedy relief, shine through. 

There is little real suspense built 
up and a trite finish in which a lot 
of the characteis are! wiped out far 
too late. The sound has as many 
ups and downs as the players, sel- 
dom registering normally, but now 
above and now below pitch. Pro- 
duction is skimpy, with much use 
of small bits with merely a back- 
ing and a table or chair, and the 
direction is Just too hectic. Chic. 



An assured boxoffice success, 
eubstance of story is based oh the 
same artiflcial basip as the libretti 
of most operettas. But this operetta 
film of Erich Pommer's continues 
on the same Hue started with the 
film operetta, 'Orel von der Tank- 
stelle' ('Three from the Gasoline 
Station'). It is the story of little 
Jou-Joi], a young artist who has 
been cheated and robbed of her 
email savings by an impostor, who 
has introduced himself as a famous 
American agent, Merryinan. Two 
young window cleaners take care 
of her and fall In love with her, and 
thereby a friendship of many years 
is almost upset. 

Director Paul Martin has- real 
talent. Sequence showing the dream 
of little Jou-Jou who takes the train 
to Hollywood is a very skilful mix- 
ing of reality and the grotesque. 

Sound and photography are ex- 
cellent; the same may be said of 
settings, although interior lighting 
Is not always good. Paul Horbiger 
expresses weir the role of ah 
old man. . Every word, yes, every 
movement has the vight signifl- 
cance. Willi Forst, too, does some 
good acting. Lillian Harvey, who 
looks pretty and . sweet, gets a 
chahce to use her gift for dancing. 
But she Is nothing but a pretty doll, 
and plays mechanically. C. Hooper 
Trask is good as the agent. Merry- 
man, while Trude Hesterberg, Hans 
Deppe and many other actors do 
not find the right tone. Werner 
Richard Heymann has written ex- 
cellent music. Two of his songs 
Will soon be heard everywhere, 1. e. 
•Irgendwo in der Welt gibt's ein 
kleines blsschen Gluck' ('Some^ 
where in the World Is a Little Bit 
of Happiness'), and the march, 
•Einmal schaftt's jeder, jeder kommt 
dran' ('One Day Everybody's Turn 
Comes:). . j Magnus. . 

Face on the Barroom 
Floor 

Aulney Kennedy production and Invlclble 
release. Directed by Bqrt Bracken, from 
a story by Aubrey Kennedy. . Continuity 
by Bracken and Barry , Barrlnger. Bob 
Kline, camera. Robt, Roes, opst. dir. At 
.the Qlobe theatre, N. T„ starting Oct. 13, 
Running time, 06 mlna. . 

■ Mary Bronson....;.. ....Dulcle Cooper 

Bill Bronson.. Bramwell Fletcher 

Mrs.. Orove. ; . . ; Alice Ward 

Orove ....... .......Phillip Smalley 

Sam Turner .Walter Miller 

yanjiettl Maurice Black 

S'IcU' Eddie Fotherstone 

Secretary Patricia Wing 



This is not a dialog version of the 
Fox silent made back in 1923. That 
story followed the suggestion of the 
poem. In the story concocted by 
Aubrey Kennedy there is no sugges- 
tion of the title; though in the open- 
ing .the characters are introduced, 
one -by one, against a background 
supposed to have been made in the 
familiar sawdust carpeted spot. The 
story deals with enforcement prob- 
lems and in the pressbook it is 
described as not coming out flatly 
for or against prohibition. 

But it is r.ot even a decent strad- 
dle. It tells in a mawkish, melo- 
dramatic woy, the downfall through 
drink of a young bank clerk. It 



SEHNSUCHT 202 

('Longing 202') 
(GERMAN WADE) 
-(WITH MUSIC) 

„ ^ Berlin. Oct. «. 

Production Clne-Allianz Film. Release 
Cinema. Direction: Max Neufeld. Photog- 
raphy, Otto Kanturek, music. Richard 
Fall. Starring Margda Schneider. Fritz 
Schulz, Liouise Rainer, Rolf van Goth, 
Attlla Horbiger. Mlzzl Grlebl, Hans 
rhimig, Paul Kemp. Running time. 82 
mlns., at Alhambra. 



Taenzerm von Sansspuci 

('Dancer of Sanssouci') 
(GERMAN MADE) 

Berlin, Oct B. 
Production and release^ T/fa. Manuscript, 
F. Carlsen and Hans Behrend. Direction, 
Frledrlch Zelnlk. Production management, 
Fred Lyssa. Photography, Frlodl Behn- 
Griind.." Settings, L,eopoId Blonder, Music, 
Marc Roland. Starring Otto Gebubr. LIl 
Dagover, Rosa ValetU, Hans Stuewe, Hans 
Junkermann, - Hans Mlcrcndorff, Paul 
Llplhskl, Bernliard QolzUe, Karl Platen, 
Hans Brausdwetter, Margot Walter,. Paul 
Rehkopt, Iris Arlan, Ur. Manning, Carl 
de Vogt, Paul Otto, Hermann Bottcher, 
Ernst Wurmaer... Running time, 89 mlns. 
At Ufapalast am Zoo; Berlin. 



This film is jiist what the Ger- 
m'ah public wants. In it Friedrich 
Zelnlk undoubtedly has a great box 
office success. Lil Dagover looks 
stunning as the dancer, Barberina. 
She and Otto Gebuhr are respon- 
sible for th<B chief success of the 
film. Hans Stuewe as juvenile, sur- 
prises through, his agreeable voice 
and screien appearance. Rosa Va^, 
letti even in this artificial atmos- 
phere shows great' talent The 
music by Marc Roland is excellent. 

Marc Roland's tango tune, 
'Willst Du ein wenig Gluck ah mich 
verschwenden?* ('Do you Want to 
Waste a Little Happiness oh Me?'), 
will, soon be a favorite. Sound re- 
production Is almost as g:ood ais 
that of Western Electric. Very 
good, also, is the photography of 
Frledl Bebn-Gruhd and the settings 
by the late Leopold Blonder and 
Willi Schiller. Magnus. 



the premise to get tlie various char- 
acters established and then cases 
off into a tangled but not interest- 
ing tale. 

Every one is taken off the train 
after the murder and a police cap- 
tain virtually tries the case in an- 
other city,' which is not the way It's 
igrenerally worked. 

Estelle Taylor is woefully miscast 
in a sympathetic lead role. As one 
of those m-nb-cent gals Miss Tay- 
lor fits like Chaplin playing Uomeo 
In his big shoes. She's got to be 
hard as nails to glitter in a part. 
Here sl\e's lost. Edmund Burns 
does the best he can with some 
sticlcy- sentiment and is handicapped 
all through by his dialog. Lucien 
Prival almost projects himself Over, 
whicli is the closest anyone comers 
to gettln; the best of the script ■ 

About half the action is photo- 
graphed on. .1 "moving train,- nhd 
poor . illumination gives atrocious 
photography. The rest 6£ it is 
mostly poor, but with a few well 
taken scenes. It's • a tougli . break 
even for the small time. Chic. 



HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 

(AUSTRALIAN MADE) 

(With Songs) 

Sydnoy. Sept. 14. 
Effli>e prDiIucllon i-olonsi'd by I'liivcraul. 
ro.nuri's OcorRO Wiillxco. Loral cL'st in- 
eliiJM fyril K.-oU, M )nn I)aTlt>i\ Murshnll 
Crb.s.iby, l.oa Voriion anil 15yrl- Walkoli»y. 
l''roiu a slory by . Ui^orse W;»lliii''.> iind 
aililpte 1 by ('. J. llpnnls. l'hiiLo.i;r.\ii!iy by 
.vniiur Hisniii!*: i)o(tino:i< by \Vi;iiui« (.'uic- 
inan. PrDiUicC'l .nn 1 lUi or; vl unil^r i-iiper- 
vlsjon r. W. Tlii-lnj, Tn^vli^w^il ;U 

Prlnco lMw:\ril, Syiln-'y. Uiimiiiiff . lime, 
•MS mlns. 



An amusing and harmless musi 
cal picture, which will find its pub 
lie- and be a boxoffice success. The 
film describes the mixing ujp of a 
marriage advertisehient. of a young 
millionaire - woman- and an ad of a 
little shop girl looking for a Job. 

Richard Fall, brother of the late 
operetta composer, Leo Fall, has 
written some hit songs, which, how- 
ever, remind one too much of Rus- 
sian folk songs. Otto Kanturek's 
photography is excellent. Max 
Neufeld's. direction on a good aver- 
age level. Good sound recording. 
Magda Schneider looks pretty, Rolf 
van Goth, however, indifferent. 
Hans Thimlg exaggerates, Paul 
Kemp pleases through his fine sense 
of hunior, while Fritz Schulz with 
his light temperament gives to the 
film its pleasant note. Magnus. 

Left Vignes Du Seigneur 

('Our Lord's Vineyard') 
(FRENCH MADE) 

, Paris, Oct. 2. 

Jacques Haik production and release. 
Directed by Rene Hervll. From the stage 
play by Robert de Flera and Francis de 
Crolspet. Running time DS minutes, Coli- 
eee, Paris. Sept. 20. 

Henri Levler ;. Victor Boucher 

Qlsele ; Slmone Cerdan 

Jack ....victor Garland 

Tvonn« Jacqueline Made 

Aline Maxlmillene Max 

Mme. Bourjon. .Mady Berry 
Hubert Martin Jean Dax 



Fair entertainment and sure to 
draw on account of Victor . Boucher, 
matinee idol lon: stage and screen, 
and also oif account of the title, 
which is that of a very successful 
comedy with lyrics . in Which 
Boucher acted on the stage. 

However, not a smash, possibly 
due to continuity and direction sub- 
mitting to . outside influences. This 
is evidenced first by Victor Boucher 
hogging plenty of footage. Execs ac- 
knowledge Simone Cerdan's influ- 
ence by co-starring her with 
Boucher, despite difference in draw, 
even though she acts well in this 
picture. 

Technically flim is fair, and, 
though it is strictly a photographed 
comedy, a few out-of-doors settings 
have been Injected. 

Boucher does his usual part of a 
very Frenchy Frenchman who, after 
having an aitair . with a married 
woman of which he infbrnis the 
husband while drunk, finally mar- 
ries the woman's sister. His acting, 
as usual, is excellent; but even the 
best scenes can be made irksome 
by exaggerating their length, as is 
particularly the case In the stew 
sequence. 

The woman is nicely done by Sl- 
mone Cerdan, and all .other charac- 
ters are okay. Victor Garland,^ who 
does a secondary part as a friend 
of the faihily, is exceedingly . good, 
photographs well, and seems due for 
local casting of the Clarlt Gable 
type. Maxi. 



Der Traeumende MuBd 

('Dream World') 
. (GERMAN-MADE) 

Berlin, Oct. 4. 
Production, Matador-Film O.m.b.H.,- <Ber 
lin. Releaae, 'iBayerlscha Fllmgesellsohaft 
m.b.H. Manuscript. PanI Czlnner and Carl 
Mayer. Direction.- Paul Czlnner. Camera* 
man, Krueger. .In cast: Anton Edthofer, 
Elisabeth Bergher, Rudolt Forater. Mar- 
garet Hraby. Jaro Furtb, Fet«r Kroger, 
Hennemann. Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Pledat. 
Puttier, Willi Schur. Runnlnff time, .87 
mine. At the CapltoU Berlin. 

■This film is caviar for the people 
who neither understand nor appre- 
ciate it It will very likely . be a 
success only In - the .big German 
towns, where Elisabeth Berfner has 
her followers, and where this .fine 
piece of art will be appreciated. 

Story is based on Henri Bernstein's 
play, 'Melo,' and shows the wif6 of a 
prim violinist in the philharmonic 
orchestra, who falls In love with 
her husband's best friend. Who re- 
turns her ?ove. -The friend, in spite 
of. scruples, takes the woman, but 
has to leave her for his art and 
is awaiting news from her. Her 
husband In the meatatlme. has fallen 
ill and she takes care of him to' 
exhaustion. Wlien he irecovers and 
his friend, her lover, comes back 
to take her with him, she cannot 
leave her husband. ' On the other 
hand, she cannot give, herself to 
both men. And to solve th« con- 
flict she chooses death. 
. Many sides of the flIm av» re- 
markably line, especially the way 
Director Paul Czlnner manages the 
psychological problems. ,Much mu-. 
sic is Introduced into' the film. 
When the violinist In the begin- 
ning of the film plays Beethoven's 
D Major the recital is too long for 
the film public and too short for 
music lovers. Czlnner has not suc- 
ceeded In blending Beethoven's mu- 
sic and the story. Nevertheless, 
this film is Czinner's best The 
star, Elisabeth Bergner, is not a 
beauty in the usiial sense of the 
word, and for the large film public., 
but her delicate art transflgiires her 
and makes her appear beautiful. 

Anton Edthofer Is the loving hus- 
band, a good although a somewhat 
primitive man. . Eldthofer's acting Is 
spotty. 

Rudolf Forster as the violinist is 
fascinating in looks and in his act- 
ing. He copies many of the man- 
nerisms of Fritz Krelsler. Sound 
reproduction is excellent but pho- 
tography is unsatisfactory. Never- 
theless, in spite of all its defects, 
picture is a notable work of the 
studio art Magnus. 



PIE--ODER KEINE 

(This One or None) 

(GERMAN MADE) 

(With Songs) 

. Berlin, Oct. 5. 
Production, Froellch Film. Release, 
Cinema, Story, ' Dr. Johannes Brandt and 
Walter Supper. Direction, Carl Froellch, 
Camerarhan, Curt Courant. Sound, Erich 
Lange. Settings. Franz Schroedter. Music, 
Otto Stran'sky. Recorded, TobiS-KIangfllm. 
Starring GItta Alpar, Max Hansen, Ferdi- 
nahd v. Alten, Paul Otto, . Fritz Fischer, 
Paul Henkels, Rudolf Platte, Wolfgang v. 
ScbwIndt, Erich Fucha, Lucy Malata, 'Run- 
ning time, D8 mlns. At Utapalaat am 7,oo, 
Berlin. 



WESTERN LIMITED 

C. C. Burr production and -Monogram re- 
lease. Features Estelle Taylor. Story ' by 
Evelyn Campbell; adapted by C. E. Rob- 
erts. Christy Oabanne, director. L,oa 
Physioc,' camera. Cast: .Edmnhd Burns, 
Lucian Prival, Gertrude Astor, Ekldle 
Kdne, James - Burtls, John Vosburgli, 
Mahlon Hanillton, Crauford Kent, Adallne 
Asbury, Arthur Mlllett, J. X. Palmer. At 
Ldew's .New Tork theatre one day, Oct 11, 
oh a double bill. Running time, 60 mlns. 



Evidently an effort to horn in 
quickly on a railroad train cycle, 
but so poorly done that it's going to 
bump over . the ties even on the 
C diyisioh. 

Unlike the other story,' this starts 
With an elaborate sequence at a 
masquerade ball where a diamond 
necklace Is stolen. Most of the 
ch racters hop a through train the 
following day. Announced as a 
westbound train, but the station has 
obscure sighs suggesting It's start- 
ing from Los Angeles. Labored 
effort to implicate every, one but 
the conductor,, with one man's mur- 
der precipitating the denouenieht 
which leads to the discovery that 
the supposed Raffles is a detective 
for the agency which insured the 
Jewels. "Too mucfai suspicion and 
not enough suspense. Story re- 
quires an Interminable buitd-Up of 



It is hard . to believe that the di- 
rector of this involved, overloaded 
operetta fllmi was Carl Froellch, who 
produced the unforgettable 'Mad- 
chei) in Uniform.' It is just as diffi- 
cult to understand how Froellch 
could use such an old operetta text 
for a singer of the qualities of Gltta 
Alpar. 

The authors have produced a mix- 
ture which even in the days of the 
mute film would not have been ac-. 
cepited. Gltta Alpar has one of the; 
flnest soprano voices in all .fliindbm, 
but she . is not a commanding 
scrieen personality. 

"This fllm is old-fashioned and a 
bad operetta text. It tells the story 
of the singer, Eva Petri, who Is 
loved by two princes flghting ov^r 
the throne, and who loves the nicier 
of the two. This role is played by 
Max Hansen 'with great charm. 

The score by Otto Stransky does 
not catch, numbers being of average 
quality. . Sound and photography 
are good, but as much cannot be 
said of the settings. Magnus. 



This one is just an avorii:,'o . pro- 
gram, picture and canhiu lioiio for 
very much success, outside A«a- 
tralia. It will get money in tixe 
nabes and city ; sections where the 
Wallace name is a by-word. 

Rated as a comedy with music, 
'Highness' fails in the r<?gpcct that 
it runs along lines previously em- 
ployed on the local tab-revue stage. 
The Fullers used to produce this 
tyoe oC entertainment. Its entry 
into the musical talker field in com- 
petition with foreign features is 
rather belated. George Wallace is 
probably the cleverest burlesque 
comedian in Australia today, and 
given good, solid material, would be 
a hit anywhere in the world. Some 
of tlie gags employed in the pic- 
ture are quite new and good for . 
solid laughs^ In the main, how- 
ever, the whole thing savors too- 
much of the now defunct burlesque 
stage. . 

Story has Wallace, as a ' 'down- 
and-out' who. secures a job as' a 
stage hand. A jealous. ' rriember 
stuns him with a hammer, and in 
an unconscious . state Wallace 
imagines he has become king of a 
mythical, kingdom. Picture con- 
eiudes with Wallace awakening and 
again finding hInVself jobless. Sound 
is good and the photography bril- 
liant. Musicail numbers weak with 
no outstanding hit 

F, W, Thring, who directed the 
picture, will leave shortly for Lon- 
don with this and other-pictures to 
exhibit before Erglish manase- 
ments. Efftee' studio can turn out 
better productions than this one, 
just a matter of selecting the right 
tvoe of '•^"ry with world-wide ap- 
peal.: Possibly Mr. Thring will 
learn quite a lot on picture making, 
following his trip abroad. RiS' 



HELLO TROUBLE 

Columbia production and releaae starring 
Buck Jones. Story, adaptation, continuity 
arid dialog by Lambert Hillyer. . Directed 
by Lambert Hillyer; Mack Wright, ass't 
dir. Ben]. Kline, camera. Geo. Cooper, 
sound. Gene Mllford. editor. Cast; Lina 
Bassquette, Russell Simpson, Otto Hoffman, 
Wallace MacDonald, Allan Roscoe, Morgan 
Calloway. Ruth Warren, Frank Rice, Lafe. 
McKee, Ward Bond,.Al Smith, Spec O'Don- 
nell. At Loew's New York, one day. Oct. 
11. on a double bill. Running time, 01 
mlns. 



This Is another effort to get away 
from the conventional plots which, 
have seen service for so long. ' It's 
a familiar foundation, the efforts of 
the city slickers to get a ranch 
which has mineral prospects, but 
there is a departure from routine in 
the telling, and the story is planned 
to raise and hold suspense. Some- 
thing of a novelty is Jones dressed 
city fashion, but he gets back to the 
boots before the novelty wears off. 
It means money in the b. o. 

Opens with a brief prolog to mo- 
tive the subsequent' action, which 
brings in real drama and gets the 
story off to an auspicious start. 
Jones quits the rangers when he 
idlls a boy he used to know. He 
thought the kid, now a horse rus- 
tler, was shooting at him when the 
lad was in reality saving his life by 
shooting another member . of the, 
gang. He quits the Rangers, and 
goes to live peacefully on the ranch 
of his father's old friend. The 
rancher i.s killed just as he arrives. 
Jones and the old man's niece are 
co-heirs. Because he is loath to 
pack a gun, she domes to feel a con- 
tempt for him, but he goes into ac- 
tion and she follows him clear back 
to Texais to say she's storr.v. 

There is one flst fight without the 
ground and loft.v tumbling that 
some con.slder necessary, and the 
scrap gains from this absence. 
There is also a corking fight . be- 
tween the opposing forces, but in 
the main the. interest comes chiefly 
from well devejoped drama, which 
Is prett.v much of a novelty in barn 
and pasture pastimes. 

Jones does capital work and Is 
supported by Lina Basquette, who 
is too soubrcttish to be convincing. 
She tries to hard to act. Remainder 
of tlie support is competent but sec- 
ondary. Chief actor Is Jones' clever 
horse. That nag Is getting to rate 
another ration of : oats at option 
time. 

Scenir bacltgrounds are well spot- 
ted and excellently photographed, 
sound is better than averase. . and 
mounting 'and directing on a par 
With the production. It'rt a 1 ■ !f>r> 
In the right direction. Chi<\ . 



LE ROI DES PALACES 

('King of Hotels') 
(HUNGARIAN MADE) 

Budapest, Oct. 1. 
: Adolplre Osso production. . Scenario hy 
Serge Veber after Henri' Kistemaekers' 
novel. Music: Raoul Morettl. Direction: 
Carmine Gallone. Photograplw Henri 
Balazs and Istvan Elben. Sound: Fereno 
Lohr. Production manager: Maurice Orl- . 
enter. Featulrlng Betty Stockneld, Simons 
Simon, Jules Berry, Albert' Dranem. Alex- 
andre d'Arcy, Guy Sioux, Running time. 
83 mlns. Made In Hunnia Studios, Budar 
pest. First shown, to the press In Buda-^ 
peat. Sept, 20. 

Osso's showed courtesy to the 
newspapers Of, the country where 
they shot their latest talker by 
presenting the completed picture at 
a press rehearsal in Budapest before 
the Paris opening. 'Le Rol des Pal- 
aces' will certainly be a success, 
though not ia. smashing hit, on the 
Continent. The producers have 
evjdently reckoned with the fact 
that It is. the type of picture that 
caters to French tastes more than 
for any other, for the only version 
made was the French one. Still, it 
is sure to be appreciated by arty 
audiences anywhere, above all in 
places where 'Sous les Toits do' 
Paris' or 'Le Million' attracted the 
public. 'Rol des Palaces' isn't quite 
on the same level as far as inven- 
tiveness, wit and bubbling burlesque 
humor are concerned, but it is a 
thoroughly enjoyable and amusing 
film operette; all the same. 

Jules Berry, with a good deal of 
the Chevalier charni, is Claude, the 
almighty hotel hall porter. He 
rules supreme over legions of house- 
maids, waiters and boots, also over 
thergucsts who look to him for all 
solutions of problems and difficul- 
ties. Victoire (Simone Simon), 
saucy, pert chambermaid, is in love 
with Claude, but the hall porter, 
although he sheds the benign rays 
of his countenance .upon the little, 
matdi is more Interested in Betty, 
erratic American heiress, who is 
staying at the Royal-Palace with her 
six Pekinese dogs, hunting for a, 
title to marry. Alonzc . Spanish 
gigolo employed as dancing-master 
at the hotel, stands 'a fair chance 
with her since be pretends to de- 
scent from noble ancestors, but . 
Claude unihasks him as a jewel 
thief. Betty jilts her old admirer, 
Teddy Smith, golf chaniploit, be- 
cause he Is simple Smith .and un- 
titled. Another visitor at the hotel 
is the King of Poldavia (Dranem). 
Being a king, Betty favors him. al- 
though he Is an old rake. The hall 
porter contrives to chuck out ail 
three admirers, when they pay noc- 
turnal calls to Betty. He remains 
.on' the scene alone, and when Betty 
flnds out that Cl.aude himself is the 
scion of an ancient noble family, 
although at. present he is merely 
the kliig of Palace Hotels, she falls 
into his. arm.s. . 

They arrive at his ancient- cha-« 
teau, which is haunted by ghosts, 
lackfj .all convoniences served by 
very cla.ss-conscious and tradition- 
rpsperting scullions and henchmen 
who never . leave the room, and is 
ijonfT.'illy rriost dismal and uncom* 
(ffritiniipd on page 26) 



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GENE RAYMOND 

MARY ASTOR 

DONAID CRISP 

Screen by John 
L, MaUh, from the 
stage success 
Collison. Directed by 

VICTOR FLEMING 



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Hollywood Prodncl 

Week of Oct 17 



RADIO'S TITLE PICKING 

'et4i<lio Will Cull SuogettioM «o 3 
for Salesmen's Final 3ay 



(Pictures now filming, 
by studios. Symbols 
S-^Star.) 

COLUMttlA. 
<P«d Hao' 
«d week) 

p b. Rood Leclerman 

A— Htuart Anthony 
Cast : ■'_ ' ; 
' Wheelor Oakman 
FOX 
•Pier 18* 

i(4lh woek) 
:i>— Raoiil ;WolBh 
A — Rarrjf Connors 

PhlUp I"eln 

Arthur Kober- 
.Cast : 

Joan Bennett 

Spencer Tracy 

Marlon Burns 

Ceo. Walsh 

J. Farrell MacDohaM 

Bert Hanlon 

Noel Madison , 

Henry D. Walthall; 

Adrian Morris . ' 

Geo. Chandler 
'Cast Man on \Eetrth' 

' : Spanish • 
(Sil woek> 
D— James Tlnllns 
Cast: 

Raul .Roullen 

Rotilta Moreno 
'Born to FlKlit' 
(5t1i Week) 
D — Walter Mayo 
A— Hal a Evarts 

Marlon Jackson. 

Roland Asher 
r«aflt: 

Bl . Brendel . 

Janet Cliftndler . 

Onslow Stevens 

Mitchell Harris 

RusEell Simpson 

Harry Tenbrook 

Itarry Wilson . 

Geo HagrlU . 

Bthan. Laidtaw 

Son O* D;\wn 

'Secona-nand Wife' 

(3d week) 
I^^Hamllton McFaddea 
' A — Kathleen Norrls 

Hamilton McFaddeo 
Cast : 

Sally Ellers 
Ralph Bellamy 
Helen Vloaon 
Victor Jory 
Karol Kay 
Dorothy. Christy 
. Bather. Howard 
'Ora Haswell 
riay ' Clement 
Bme Bllseir 
Nella Walker 
'Wnllclns. DowB Broadway* 

(Sth- week) 
D — Brich von Strohelm 
A — Dawn Powell 
Cast: 

' James Dunn 
Boots Hallory 
Minna Oombell '. 
Zasu puts ' 
Terry Ray 
'Call Her Sinmtff 
(5th week) 
D — John P. DUloa 
A — TIfCany Thayer 
Cast: 

Clara. Bow 
Gltl>ert Rowland 
Thelma Todd 
Monroe Owsley 
Wlllard Robertaoa 
Kstelle ' Taylor 
Anthony Jowett 
I-Iale Hamilton 
We I don rteybura . . 
Arthur Hoyt 
Katherlne Perry 
John Elliott 
TeM oC the Stesss. 
Country' 
(eih week) 
I>— Alfred Santell 
A — Grace Miller White 
Cast: 

Janet Gaynor 
Charles Farrell 
Dudley Dlgges 
Kvalyn Kn^p 
Kcl>7ard Pawyel ' 
(ioorge Meeker . 
r'laude QllllnKwator 
Matty Kemp 
DcWltt Jennings 
'''lleanor Hunt 
Marjorie PeterstfS 
Sarah Padden 
Bruce , Warren 
Louise Carver 
'Cnvalcade' 
(2d week) 
D — Prank Uoyd 
A — Noel Coward ' 
HcRlnald Berkeley 
Kom'a Levlen 
«as( : 

Cllve Brook 
Diana Wynyard 
Herbert. Mundin 
Una O'Connor 
John Warbiirton 
Krank Lawton 
Margaret Lindsay 
Ursula Jeans 
Irene Browne 
Heryl Mercer 
Merle Tottenham 
Tempe PIggott 
Billy Bevan 
Ann Shaw 
Will Stanton 
Adeic Crane 
. nick Henderson, Jto. 
Pouglas . Scott 
Sheila MacOllI 
Bonlta Oranvllla 
'Robbers' Boost* 
_ ^ (eth week) 
^Louls KIne 
A— Zane Grey 
- Dudley Nichols 
Cayt : 

• Xicorga O'Brien 
Maureen O'Sullivaa 
Walter McOrall 
Maude Bburne 
Reginald Owen 
William Pawley 
. Doris Lloyd 
CIIITord Stanley 
Gilbert Holmes 
Frank Rice 
Robert Grelg 
William Nestell 
vinegar Roan 
Ted Oliver 

INTERNATIOHAI. 
•GaB taw* 

, (Henry Goldstone) 
.. . (3d week) 
»-^Lew Collins 



OP about to start, are listed below alphabetically 
are: D~Director, A— Author, C7-Cameraman, 



A — Oliver Drake 
Cost: 

Jack Hoicie 
Betty Boyd 
Prank Gliendon 
. Wm. Presaley BuK 
Mary Cnrr 
Paul Tlx 
. Harry Todd 
'Boar of the Janglef 
(Burton King) 
(2d wef.k) 
D — H-a^l-ry Prasor 
A— Brewster Morse 

Rochelle Hudson . 
Walter • Byron ' 
AdolpU Millar 
Hurry Myers 

METRO 
'Basputln' 
(llth week) 

D — Charles Brabin 

A^ — No credits 

Cast: 

John Barry more 
Ethel Barrymore • . 
Uonel Barrymore 
Ralph Morgan 
Diana Wynyard 
Tad Alexander 
Reginald : Barlow 
Louise . Ciosner . Hale 
Braiidon Hurst 
C. Henry Gordon 

'Mask of ' Fn Mancfav* '. 
(lUh week) 
D — Charles Vldor 
A — Sai Rohmer 
Cast: 

Boris Karloff 
Chas. Starrctt. 
Karon Morley 
Myrna Loy 
Lawrence Grant 
Jean Hersholt 
David Torronce 
Lewis Stone 
•Flesh' 
(3d week) 
I>^John Pord 

Earl Tnenrart i 
C— Arthur Edeson 
Cast: 

Wallace Beery 
Jean Hersholt 
' Ricardd Cortee 
Karen Morley 
John Mlljan 
Qreta Meyer 
<X«t's Go- 
od week) 
D — Harry Pollard 
A— B. J. Rath 

Byron Morgan 
Oast: 

William Hnlnps 
' CUR Edwards 
Madge Evans 
Conrad Nagel 
Arthur Byron 
'Sob DaaKhter* 
(td week) 
D— Clarence Brown 
A— David Belasco 

Geo. Scarborough 
C— Oliver Marsh 
Cast: 

Helen Hayes 
Ramon Novarro 
L, Closser Hale . 
Lewis Stone 
Warner Oland . 
Howard McWads 
Ben Bard 

PABAHODNT 
V I Had a MlUtoi^ 
(6th Week) 
D — Stan Directors 
A — Stalt Writers 
Oast: 
' All-star 

*UBder-CDmer tSam' 
(3d week) 
D — James Flood 
A-^ohn Wllstaoh 
C!— Victor Mllner 
Osst: 

George Raft 
Nancy Carroll 
Roscoe Karns 
Lew Cody 
Gregory Ratott 
John Hodson 
Wm. Hustln Janney 
fislaad of Iiost BobW* 
(Sd week) 
P-r-Barl Kenton 
X— H. G. Wells 

Waldemar Younff 
Philip Wylie 
Osst: 

Chas. Laughton 
Richard Arlen 
Leila Hyams 
Kathleen Burke 
Arthur Hohl 
Tetsu Komar 
Stanley Fields 
' Hans Stetnke 
. Robert Kortman 
Harry Bkezlan 
•Wild Horse Mesi^ 
(Sd week) 
I>-T-Henry Hathaway ' 
A — Zane Grey 
Cast: 

Randolph Scott 
' Sally ' Blane 
Fred Kohler 
Lucille La Verne 
James Bush 
Charlie Grapewtn 
; Jim Tliorpe 
Metropolitan Gtutagtf 
(2d week) 
P — Ben Stolon 
A— Prank Mitchell Daa«r 
<3ast:-: 

Edmund Lowe 
Wynh Gibson 
Lois Wilson 
Dickie Moore - 
. James . Gleason 
Ouinn Williams 
Alan Dlnehart 
Chas. Williams 
George Rosoner 

BADIO 
'PhantoB» FamV 

. (eth week) 
D — Gregory La- Cava 
A— Harry Reichenbaoix 

Bartlett Cormack 

Corey Ford 
C — Bert Glennon 



cast: 



Lee Tracy 
Lupe Velez 
Eugene Pallette 
Frank Morgan 
James Donlln 
Robert McKenzle 
ahlrley Chambers 



•No Otiter Womao' 

(6tU week) 
D — J. Walter Ruben 
A— Bernard Schubert - 
C— Eddie Cronjaijer. 
Cast: 

Irene Diinne . 

Charles BIckford 
■. Gwill Andre 

Erlck Linden 

Christian Rub 

Leila Bennett 

. 'Animal Kingdom*. 

(3d wieek) 
D— «dw. H. Griffith 
A — Philip Barry 

. Horace Jackson 
Cast: 

Ann Hiirding 

Leslie Howard 

William Gargan 

Myrna Loy 

Neil Hamilton 

Ilka Chase 

Henry stephenaoii ' 

1«nd of (be Six Shooter' 

(1st week) 
D — R'obt. Hill 
A — ^Keene Thompson 
Cast: 

Tom Keene 

Mary Mason 

Crelghtori Chaney 

Roscoe Ates 
•Lucky Devils' 
(Ist wook) 
l> — Ralph Ince 
A — Ben Markson 

. Casey Robinson 
Cast: 

Bill Boyd 

Tom Keene 

Bruce Cabot 

Wm. Gargan 

Roscoe At OS 

Anita Louise 

TEC ART 
•The Devil Horse* 

(Mascot Serial) 
.(4tli week) 
D — Otto Browor 
A — Wyndhnm Gl.ttens 
C — Ernie Miller 
Cast: 

Harr^ Carey 
Nora Beery 
Franlcie Darro 
. Greta Granstodt 
Jack Mowor 
Jack Byron . 
Al Bridge 

XIFFANX 
•Uptown New York' 

(World Wide) 
(Sd week) 
D— Victor. Schlrtzlnger 
A — Vina Delmar 
Cast: 

Warren B. Dun 
Jack Oakle 
Shirley Grey 
Leon Waycon 
Henry Armetta - 
•bnun Taps' - 
•World Wide) 
(Ist waart) 
D — J. P. McGovr&n 
A — J. P. McOowan 
Cast: 

Ken Maynard 
UNITEBSAI. 
19. O. 3. Iceberg* 
(20th week 
D — ^Dr, Arnold Panck 
A — Lt. Comm. Frank Wead 

Dr. Arnold Panck 
C — ^Hana Schneeberger 
Cast: 

Gibson Gowland 
lienl Relnfenstahl 
Sepp RInt 
Ernst Udet 

•Nagana' 
(0th week) 
D— Brnst L. Pank 
A — Dale Van Every 

Don Ryan 
Cast: 

Tala Blrell 
Melvyn Douglas 
Onslow Stevens 
'Imhotep' 
(0th week) 
D — Carl Preund 
A — Richard Schayer 

Nina Wilcox Putnam . 
John Balderston 
Oast: 

Boris Karlon 
ZIta Johann 
David Manners 
Arthur Byron 
1.aaghter in HeiP 
(2d week) 
D — Edward Cahn 
A-^im Tuily 
Tom Reed 
Cast: 

Pat O'Brien 
Merna Kennedy 
Berton Churchill 
Gloria Stuart: 
Tom Brown 
Clarence Muse 
Arthur Vinton 
Douglas Dumbrlllo' 
Lew Kelly 
Dick WInslow 
Mickey Bennett 
Tom .Cpnlon^ . ' 
•Happy Dollar^ 

. (Ist: week) 
D-^Bdward Luddy- 
A^ — Cyrir Harcourt 
Cast : 

Sllni Summervllle 

Zsau Pitts ' 

WARNER 
.'42nd Street* 
(4th week) 
p — Mervyn LcRoy . 
A — Bradford Ropes 

James Seymour 

Whitney Bolton 
Oast: . 

Bebe Daniels 

George Brent 

Dick Powell 

Guy Kibbee 

Ginger Rogers 

Ruby Keeler 

Lyle Talbot 

Allen Jenkins 

'The Wax MiMeam* 
(3d week) 
D — Michael Curtiz 
A— Charles St. Bclden 

Don Mullaly 

Carl Erickson 
Cast: 

Lionel AtwIII 

Glenda FarreM 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Radio will play rlne:-around-the- 
rosle in its future selection of titles. 

Here's how it will work: Every- 
body on the lot will submit .Ideas 
which will go to a committee who 
will pick the best three for each 
picture. Final selection will then be 
made by the sales department in. 
New York— if they haven't already 
thought of a bettor one. 



Roxy's Price-Cut May Meet AH; 
Opinion Differs on Admish Slash 



Par's Western Remake 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Kent Taylor will play the lead in 
'Mysterious Rider, 'Paramount west- 
ern, which was originally made 
eight years ago by Jack Holt 



Conciliation 



Coast Title Changes 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

•Man, Woman and Wife, to 'No 
Other Woman,' Radio: 

'GroBS Pull* to 'Born to Fight,' 
Fox. 

•West of the Rockies' to 'Toung 
Blood,' Monogram. 

'Doyil Is Driving' new handle for 
Charles Rogers! 'Metropolitan Ga- 
rage,' , 



Studio Placements 



(Continued from page 
three for, the Indies, and three for 
the prodiicer-distribs. 

The function of the Council would 
be that of ah investigatory and 
recommending group for the entire 
business. Through It individuo,! or- 
ganizations, such as Hays, MPTOA 
and Allied would set aside their 
identities and participate In and 
as a common, cause. 

Lightman Won't Quit 

M. A. Lightman, MPTOA head 
who is deemed to have done' much 
to bring about the axbltratlonal 
frame of mind, will not quit his post 
until he has completed the - Job. 
This moans' that Lilghtman, re- 
elected to a short term at the na- 
tional convention last March, and 
which was to have expired this fall, 
will continue indefinitely- In the 
saddle. 

First job of the council, If formed 
and acording to plans, would be to 
pass upon a new uniform brand of 
contract reliably reported to closely 
resemble the 6-5-6 formula. After 
that will, come the much mooted 
subjects of zoning, protection and 
arbitration. 

IC the council fails to materialize 
and exhibitors And the plan Is Just 
another distrib subterfuge to stall, 
exhibitor leaders warn that the new 
year will commence with virtually 
every Independent In the U. S. 
solidly behind a campaign for Fed- 
e;ral control of fllmdom. 

Individual members of th» Hays 
directorate, as well as other promi 
nent Hayslans, have declared during 
the past few days their own sin- 
cerity and said they would be will- 
ing to go through with the Indies on 
any platform that to reasonablo. 



Dorothy Christy, 'Second Hand 
Wife,' Fox. ' . 

Stanley Fields, 'It I Had a Mil- 
lion,' Par. 
Richard Carle, 'Rockabye,' Radio. 
Jobyna Howland, 'The Inside,' WB. 
Sarali Padden, Gloria Shea, Mae 
Buscli, Charles Hill Mailes, 'The 
Grand Duchess,' Invincible. 
Ynez Seabury, 'King Kong." Radio. 
Paul Hurst, 'Island of Lost Souls,' 
Par. 

George Barbler, 'No Man of Her 
Own,' Par. 

Richard ~ Bennett,' 'Luxury Liner,' 
Par. 

David Landau, 'Undercover Man,' 
Par, and 'Happy Dollars.' Univ. 

Desmond Roberts, Stuart Hall, 
'CavalcadO;' Fox. 

John Mlljan, John Roache, 'Pros- 
pei-ity,' Metro. 

Plchard Barthelmess, 'Grand Cen- 
tral Airport,' WB, William Wellman 
directing. Rlan James and James 
Seymour adapting, from Jack Mof- 
fett's original. 

Betty Boyd. Mary Carr, Paul Fix, 
J. Frank Glendon, in Jack Hoxle's 
'Gun Law.' Lew Collins directing 
for Henry Goldstone- Majestic. ^ 

H. B. Warner, Frederick Burt, 
Pumner Getchell, 'Son Daughter,' 
Metro; 

Mary Alden, Jane Keckley, 'Pros- 
noiity,' Metro. 

William Famum, (xcorge Hcuska- 
ihorne, 'Oh, Promise Me,' U. 

John Sheehan, 'Call Her Savage,' 
Fox. 

Mahlon Hamilton, 'Big City 
Racket,' Charles R. Rogers— Par. 

Frltzl Rl dgeway, 'Comioion 
Ground,' WB. 

Lillian Roth, "Lady No. 6142,' WB 

Complete cast 'Intruder,' Allied: 
Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Gwen Lee, 
Arthur Houseman, . Sidney Bracy, 
Mischa Auer, Harry Cording, Fhll- 
iiijs Smalley, Wilfred Xiucas, Lynton 
Brent and John Beck. 

Mary Alden, Jeane Wood, 'Pros 
parity,' Metro. 



Q Picture Possibilities H 



'I Loved You Wednesday' — Favorable 

1 LOVED TQU WHDNilBDAY* (Comedy, Crosby Qaige, Harris). A 
smart comedy set hi modem atmosphere. Should, be well adaiptable for 
screen, Jhee. 



*Peacock' — Unfavorable 
'PEACOCK' (Comedy, Shuberts, 49th Street). May have an idea for 
pictures but not on the b&alB of the stage showins. Jbee, 



Reduction in b.o, admissions by 
the old Roxy, on Broadway, made 
the past week, may precipitate a 
general readjustment of admission 
prices throughout the Industry as 
the major circuits controlling the 
flrst runs on Broadway are apt to 
follow the Roxy lead. 

Such readjustment of all. admis- 
sions could shift the protection 
rights of all theatres and the move- 
ment might spread to the other big 
keys; and Inland. 

The Roxy is down to a 7£c week- . 
day top and 66c matiheeb; balcony 
40c afternoons and 66c at "night. 
The other Broadway de luxers. 
maintain a 94c top. 

Dubious About B'way 
Division of opinion as held by the 
company chieftains runs to two 
groups— one, financial; other, oper- 
atlng heads. Financial people'^ 
consensus is that a cut must be had 
all along the line. The theatre men 
are not . so fully convinced espe- 
cially on the Broadway outlook; ■ 

The Roxy's 76c. top is under 
the price maintained by the two 
combo houses on the main stem, 
liamely RKO's Palace and Loew'a 
State, which may be directly af- 
fected. 



New Davidge Lab 

. Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Previously postponing building of 
a new laboratory, Roy Davidge now 
intends erection of a plant next 
month, at Santa Monica and Las 
Falmas. 

Structure will be two stories high, 
with about double the capacity oC 
the present plant, which Davidge 
now rents. 



PUTTER'S mW TBAV£LOaS 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Traveling feature, 'The Windjiam- 
mer,' has been bought by Walter 
Futter from A. J. Velllers, Auatra^ 
Han author, who Aimed the scenes 
while oh a Hve months exploring 
trip. 

'Tracks of the Grizzly,' made by 
John Utterstrom In Norway and 
Sweden, . also bought by Futter. 



AUTHOR McOOWAN MEGS 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
J. P. McGowan, who wrote 'Drum 
Taps' for kBS, wiir direct the pic- 
tured 

Dorothy Dlx Is Ken -Maynard'/i 
lead in the western. 



PALLETTE JS TIG BOATS' 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Eugene Pallette gets one of the 
featured spots In Metro's 'Pig 
Boats.' 

Nat Deverlch of the Joyce-Selz- 
nick«offlce handled the deal. 



*tUn Must Fight'— Unfavorable 

•MEN MUST FIGBPT (Drama, Joseph P. Blckerton, Jr., Lyceum). 
A preachment against war rather too solemn. There have been protest 
pictures more colorful than this promises. Jbee. . 



*Black Sheep'^ — Unfavorable 

'BLACK SHEEP* (Elmer RIce-Morosco). Slated by the reviewers and 
promptly withdrawn. Bntfrely without screen possibilities. Ruah, 



*R«ndezvou8' — Favorable 

'RENDEZVOUS' (UacLane-Hopkihs, Brbadhurst). Melodrama with a 
gang background. Packed with action and vigorous theatrical device. 
Surefire punch stuff for screen and 0;k. on the code side. Metro re- 
ported interested in production. RusK 



*Criminal at Large' — Favorable 

'CRIMINAL AT LARGB* (Mystery drama, Guthrie McClintic, Belasco). 
Would make a good ptlcture. But having been done In London, as 'The 
Case of the Frightened Lady,' may take it out. of American field. -Zftee, 



Fay Wray Vimployees' KntranrV 

Helen Vinson (5th wepk) 

Frank McIIugh ' D— ^Roy Del Iluth, 
Gavin Gordon . A/— ©avid Bochm 
Arthur Edmund Carwrr* Robert Presnell 



DeWltt Jennings 
Holmes Horvort 
Bdwin Maxwell 
Thomas Jackson 
Pat O'Mally 

'Ijiwyer ISaaf 
(Sth we«k). 

D — ^William nioteria 
Al Alborn .■ 

A — Mark S. Popkin 
' Max Trell ■ 

C— Robt. Kurrle 

Cast: ' 

William Powell 
Joan, niondell 
Sheila Terry 
Helen VInRon 
Harold Huber 
Alan Blnehart 
Claire Uodrt 
Allen Jenkins 



Cast: 

Warren Willliim 

Ijorotta Young 

Wallace Ford 

Alice White 

Albert Gran 

Allen Jenliins 

Marjorie Gatc.<4on 

Berton Churchill 

Frank Rclcher' 

Walter Walker 

Ruth Donnelly . 
•Parocliuto' 
(Sth wo9l<) 
D — Al Green 
A — nian J'ameB 

John Frnn'-i.H T^irkln 
Oast:.. 

DouirlaH {''airhanks, Jr. 

BetU Davi« 



Frank McHugta 
Lyle Talbot 
I>eo Carrlllo 
Sheila Torry 
Harold Huber 
Claire Dodd 
Geo. Pat Collins' 

T.Ady No. 614«' 

(Sd -week) 

D — Howard Bretherton 
A- — Dorothy Mackaye 
Carlton Miles 
Brpwn Holmes ■ 
Sidney fioulherland 
Cast : . 

, Barbara Stanwyck 
Frestoii Fd.Met 
Lyle Talbot 
Lillian Roth 
Ruth Donnelly 
Dorothy BurecsH 
Robert MrWa'de 
Maude Bburne 



'TRUTH RACKET' ADDITIONS 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Barbara Borcndess will lead the 
femmes in 'Truth Racket' for this 
Chia.rles Rogers' Par film. 

Frankle Albertson also cast. 



GARRETT 'BLOWS' PAR 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Paramount has bought 'Trumpet 
Blows,' an original by Oliver H. P, 
Garrett. 



Exchangee Sue Polka Broe. 

Chicago, Oct. 17. 

Polka Brothers, formerly operat- 
ing houses in DeKalb, Park Ridge 
and Crystal Lake, as well as i>es 
iPlaines and Lake Forest, have been, 
sued by both Columbia and Uni- 
versal. Unpaid film rentals is the 
basis of judgment. 

Polkas owe Columbia, $459 and 
Universal $1,021. 



Film Library Moves 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

General Film Library, which re- 
cently bought out Fred Dawe.s, lias 
moved from its Sunset boulevard 
location to the former Dawes site 
on Beechwpod. 

Seven new film vaults have been 
built at the new spot. 



Huston Off U Staff 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
John Hii.ston, aon of Waller Hus- 
ton, has left the Universal writinB 
staff. 

His la.Ht story was 'Laughing 
Boy.' 



22 



miesday, October 18, 1932 



mmmmmm ''One of those rare movies. A Ifaii^ Mffit MSn^ 

"You1l enjoy this one. See for loorseff. Ck»d enter^mme^^- Y. Journal 



''A hit Abounding with action, tfinll& like it iinniense^.''-<-- News 



''Thoroughly entertaming - weH pb^ed - highest quality.'*- - N. Y. Telegram 



"Definitely good. Touching drann. Both stars excellent.' -N. Y. Herald-Trib. 

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PIC T U II E S 



VARIETY 



2» 



Inside SlHff-Pictiires 

1 , — ^— — 

J Ignorance of many Hollywood castlner directors concerning New York 
ghowi*. . theatres and playera had made It comparatively easy for agents 
^ sell them 'Broadway* acto'rb who have never been farther east than 
l^uth-Bend, Ind, Routine jls for an agent to bring in a prospect, and 
Wve the* castor a spiel about all the New York shows in which player has 
Appeared. 

Caster, unfamiliar with. Broadway, frequently falls for the sales talk, 
l^d often gives th© actor a job on the strength of that supposed New 
Jfork experience. 

Indicatliig how- many of *hes© so-cilled N. T. players are phoney; one 
jpoaBt castlhg director who has -worked ihost of his life around Times 
Pquare is often called on to give actors the. bum's rush out of his ofBce 

gter proving thorn deviators. of the truth. They are hazy about shows, 
eatres, ©to, proving they haven't been In New" Tork, or even troubled 
|o look up th<» facts, before telling them to the caster. . 



Regardless of what the lads and lassies out in the sunshine call it, 
jtbat means of introducing screen scenes which come In from side, top 
jpr bottom is becoming known in the east as 'wipes.' There are those 
lirho think it has become more than a habit. .Some call it a scourge, 
jn any cuj^ It has generally supplanted the fade- and dissolve methods. 

The' new process Is said to, be a discovery of the developing labs and 
|f expensive, costing the studios from. $3.50 to $6 per foot. The trade 
Ijenorally deemed the Innovation refreshing when first uncovered but the 
penchant of picture after picture to use the process for scene after 
tocene has some of the theatre men bewailing the; unending procession 
lind seeking a change of pace. New York credits one of the Goldwyn 
iCoIoian pictures with Initial use of these 'wipes.' -Now, you'll hear 
trom the Coast. 



' Home ofllce personnel of Publlx Is mostly in accord with the shifting 
operation and film . buying to. the Held. Many of those being' sent to 
jtbe field B,re looking forward to the transfer believing that it will be. to 
thelr.advantage In many ways. 

Film buys can be made; as easily from division headquarters as from 
the h.o. It is felt in some quarters. If not with exchanges, then with 
jBlstributora from New York who would go out on deals themselves. 

Through this transfer of divisional directors and division films buyers 
lo the outside Publlx can ekve thousands in tf^'Usportatlon previously 

E ten up by frequent trips to the territories. There will still be trips 
the h.o.. by these men but transportation 'won't be one-tenth as 
>quent. 



FOX West Coast' Is being criticised In Sapta Ana, Calif., for showing 
IjQrahd Holei' at the Fox theatre there less than three months after play 
Ing it as a road show-i Complaints are based on the fact it was adyei^- 
jtlsed during the two-a-day run that the picture would not be shown In 
|iny otb^ir house In Orange county for one year. Road show dates were 
7uly 2p'>^fat $1.60 top^ .Current booking Is at 25^. and 35c. 
1 FIrs|.!]Smij|jrlced run of .'Hotel" In Los Angeles, at Loew's Stat© proved 
% dlsapj^^itment to: both Metro and -thie F-WC circuit. Figured a« likely 
%ft hoIiTifti^'i tor three weekj^ picture wais withdrawn* after seven d&ys. 
3Qxplane|,1^^ iB .qQ(ered that Its Chinese engagement earlier this summer 
tnllkod^l|^i|. community, and that persons not viewing it at the road show 
jprioea p'tveter now to. wait uptO it hits the nabea at two bits.: 



8w^pii^r . victory, for- 'picture housei^ particularly in the Lofl Angeles 
|«rrit<)ryr ii seen In th© adoption by I4. A. County Supervisors of an 
jbmergiShcjr. .ordinance prohibiting 'walkathons' .ks well as other endurance 
.((lontest^. Measure ccvrirleB k penaltr of $500,"or IbIx niohths* Imprisoa- 
^ent, ''anfl is exjp^^ curb sucb ©vents which have been 

.Ipugh. opftositlon for Cpdjrt film houseB. ' / 
. HereW'foM^ endurance . contests bav© been prohibited In Lu A^' by iprdl- 
piance ibut the word talkathon* was not speciflcally mentioned and It 
fssM t6 in^ude this type of spectacle that the hew iheasure was framed. 

Theatre men attV-lbUted much of their deceased grosses to such con.< 
lests heavily patronized by picture names who drew, by their presence. 

United Artists' distribution department Is eicperienclhg a bum over 
Bam Ooldwyn's refusal to let UA sell 'Kid From Spain.*' Goldwyn Is 
bolding off general release and contracts pending proposed roiad show 
Engagements of the picture in New York and Los Angeles. UA sales- 
xnen ax© annoyed because they can't write contracts now on tb© str©hgth 
ift 'Kid Frbin Spain,' promising delivery of picture or talking t^rms. 

Distribution department asked Goldwyn tf he wouldn't set a rMital 

Ssur© on the picture so that the salesmen could at least talk about it, 
oldwyn saying 'No.* 



European Pact 

(Continued from page 11^ 
French government ratify the pro- 
posal of the Chambre Syndicale' 
(which Is, as a matter of fact, a 
semi-official organization and prac- 
tically always gets sanction for Its 
moves as a matter of course) the 
United States goverhment could l^t 
it become known to France the same 
type of an agreement would be wel- 
come. Certainly, according to the 
Hays office and other spokesmen 
for the American Industry, the 
French or Germans are quite free 
to come to the United States to pro- 
duce pictures on their own anytime 
they want to. 

In Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia 
the situation as to contingent break 
clowns is even more acute. In both 
these countries, the American com 
panies as a whole walked out when 
the quota regulations were in 
creased. Both countries stuck to 
their guns until several weeks ago, 
when with the opening of the new 
entertainment season they began 
feeling the pinch of lack of product, 
Czechoslovakia, especially, has made 
several attempts to get at one or 
two of the' miajor film companies 
.with private promised If they come 
back, but all these promises have 
been referred to the Hays office, 
where they niet with a quick nega 
tion except on the premise of an all 
around new deal. 

Other Feelers Out 
Last week several of the smaller 
U. S. companies were approached 
about coming into these markets 
These also have been turned down, 
the American front of co-operation 
in this Instance holding, for possibly 
a new record In the film: industry. 

In France, a minor victory for th^ 
American industry has been won 
through the decision of th© govern 
ment there that films Jn the process 
of manufacture or on definite sched- 
ule for dubbing, when the quota law 
w:as announced Itfst July 1« would 
be allowed entry Into the country 
despite th© Jaw. That means that 
the films Metro was, making In Hoi 
ly wood, at the time of the law's paS' 
sag© and those ])elng made by sev' 
eral other compfinies'at the time, 
will not have to be sheIV©d as was 
at first fear©d. Only exception to 
this Is the ctuse of Warner Brothers 
who had four French dub processiM 
In the work* in Berlin at the time. 
For unexplained governmental rea- 
sons, these , isims ttre. called 'eznep- 
tlons and wIU have to> (it^y out 
France tA. least for the present ,,' 
Whlie the. rejection bC .th© 4U<p4a 
laws In jYanote woidd not l>» .«f 
much immediate importance, to the 
American Industry it~ would mec^ a 
victory in the TJ. O. fight iEigainst 
regulation of the industry abroad. 
It's Germany's laws that America 
would like to see changed, but these 
amendm©nts. It is tak©n for grant- 
ed, will have to await the. coivs^ of- 
events^ aa other governments.' Itne 
up. 



All Paramount product will be. discussed before and during production 
ICrom the standpoint of posslbl© foreign reception from now on.' That 
|waa the ilssurance of Manny Cohen to J. H. Seidelman, Par's foreign 
$niet, before th© former returned to the Coast Wednesday (12). 

'Sign of. the Cross' and 'Trouble In Paradise,' th© new Lubitsch picture, 
itf© figured as certainties for European reception while not much will be 
jaltempted with 'Madison Square Garden' or 'The Big Broadcast,' Ac- 

S' ordlng to Cohen Par's future Idea Is to discuss stories with the foreign 
epartment before going Into production. 



Warners is trying to arouse interest, and maybe publicity, through 
Bobeti E). Burns, author of 'I'm a Fugitive From a Chain Gang,' for that 
picture. Last week WB. h^ld ^ little party at which New York news- 
jt>aperinen- could meet Burns. They were taken In a car with shades 
jliraw^^.and escorted before Burns for the big buildup, with the promise 
ihaX Bnnis would be giv©a a five minute head start on getting away 
Mter SHteirvlews. 

Buriiit7ia "a fugitive from the State of Georgia which has a reward 
, J>o.8te^nt&^'' his . .retunu . ■ . . 

A row involving three executives of a major company has sent one of 
l^ie trio scurrying about for a job with another organization. This exec- 
Vllve already has had lunches, which he promoted, with two company 
irepresentatlves but has received no encouragement to date; 

The negbtlatlrtg' exec cries that he cannot show a profit on a program 
>rhlch; he says, is being turned out at an excessive cost. This Is the 
jbpmplalnt which got back home and set him further in wrong with the 
Wher chiefs of his .doihpany. ' 



Publlbity. men are beginning to get wise to the manner in which a 
femm^ picture star tries to do as she pleases and yiet retain the rep of 
jbelngjeasy to handle. Actress n©v©r turns down a request for a personal. 
Itippearanco or radio program, always assenting graciously. But about 
to hour -before she is due to appear she has- her maid phon© and say 
that ^hb will not be able to keep the iippointment, 

Stat has no scruples about leaving, th© p.a. oiit on a limb and. never 
Wves an explanation afterwards. 

Nev^ head of a major studio publicity deipartment has evolve'd a unique 
4aethod of ducking squawks and keeping out of reach of his departmental 
Wdes in order to concentrato on what he considers more important 
hlattera. 

. Besides his own office h© t^aa a oouple of hideaway spots on the lot 



Knell of Chain Operation 



(Continued from page 7) 
h.o. stepped in only In such In- 
stances when an , impasse was 
reached. This has been Sam Defn- 
bow's policy on unions. 

Blank for Entire Midwest 
Transfer of divisional directors, 
film buyers and bookers from the 
homo office to territories becomes 
effective before the ' next 30, days. 
Major details have been worked out 
with few exceptions, notably d'sPO" 
sltioh of the middle west in a por- 
tion of which A. H. Blank is a 
partner. 

ilank, mostly in Iowa how, may 
branch bver Intb Nebraska, it is 
said, but so far oii adding houses 
the only town which appears fairly 
certain is Marshalltown, la. 

On Leo Spitz's departure for Chi- 
cago Thursday (13), . after calling 
key division men in from the field,, 
it was determined that John J. 
Friedl would be in full charge bf 
the northwest. This is to be sep- 
arated from thb midwest with 
which it was formerly connected as 
one division. .L. J. Ludwig, who has! 
been divisionally in charge of the 
Publlx -Skburaa Atlantic States set- 
up for Skouras, returns to Publlx 
as Friedl's assistant, Ludwig was 
formerly Publlx's division manager 
over the northwest. 
. Martin J. Mullln takes over New 
England out . of Boston and R. J 
b'Donnell> under final decision, 
takes over the Texas territory out 
of Dallas, with; Bill Jenkins,' now 



BABTHELMESS' 'AIBFOBr 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
' Warners; has decided to spot 
Richard Barthelniess ih 'Grand Cen 
tral Airport.' 

This is the first story of commer 
clal air traffic to be don© for the 
screen. 



Doherty is AssljHMif 

HoUarwood, 06t tf, . 
First wrltlhg asdlgnment at Radio 
for Edward Doherty, New York 
newspaperman just arrived here^ Is 
adaptation of 'Ann of Oreen Ga^ilea,' 
in collaboration wtth Agnes Chris- 
tin© Johnston. 

■ Plctiir© win be released as 
'Painted Roofsi* 



BACK ;T0 T|iE BOtTpODt 

Back to the boUdoIr f^r Barbara 
Stanwyck. In future Warners will 
give her the sex tyiie of story^. . 

'■VTomen in Prison,' her next \s to 
rejieased under the title . of 'Be- 
trayed,' , . 



/ PASKVS' fJElGIT SCRIPT/ 

J. H. FftdkUB . has bought 'Hell On 
Earth,** an. uhp^Sduced Ifegit -play biy 
Mark Linder, for ihdle film produc- 
tion. ^ : ' 

Story bears on the life of th© late 
'Two Gun Crowley,' boy bandit* 



CABAIOIS OK FINEUAN PIG 

• Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Al Flneman has engaged Christy 
Cabane' to direct his first feature, as 
yet untitled, an original by Harry 
Hoyt and Barry Barrlnger, Produc- 
tion will start Nov. L 



SMiTH'g OITE PIC 

Hollywood, Oct. IT. 

Wallace Smith Is at Paramount oh 
a one-picture writing assignment..' 

Contract is for an eight weeks' 
«tretch. 



where ha goes when things get too -warm, 
own department workers. 



Hideouts are unknown to his 



A story on 'Red Headed Woman' is being rec9>unted.< that th©. script 
in its original form was rejected in toto as too sexy. A suggestion that 
the yarn b© given a comedy aspect was then taken .up with th© result 
that what was deemed too hot without laughs , was legitimatized with 
them. .■ ; 

It's a fact that fewor complaints have cpme In -to.^ industry overseers 
on 'Woman' thcMi the average feature emphasizing the sex angle. ' 



Average cost of. newspaper campaigns for the /downtown Los. Angeles 
deluxers, on other than outstanding produ<;^tlons, run^ , Around $3,600 with 
the regular house allbtmeht |1,E00.'' Studio, ini most cases, appropriates 
$1,000 for extra advertising, with the understanding that the house 
spends an equal amount In addition to Its regular apportionment. . 

The $1,600 regular house budget does not permit use of 'splash' ads and 
ordinarily Includes both advance and current newspaper space. 



Downtown Loti Aageles theatre operators are burned over the 24-sheet 
campaign o' the Fox Wllshir© theatre. House has put out 100 boards In 
Hollywood and Beverfy announcing that all good pictures playing down- 
town this week will be shown at the Wilshlre shortly. Housei being 
outside of the X*. A. zone, shows pictures two weeks after their first 'run 
downtown. 



New York 'Times' Is making a strong play for biz from the New York 
foreign film theatres and Is devoting a special section of Its theatrical 
amusement advertising to 'Continental Films.' 'Times' also has added 
to its filih reviewing staff H. T. Smith,, who speaks German and French, 
for purposes of reviewing th&se foreign filmn, 

Freddie Hall remains as ohief reviewer. 



div manager there, under him. Pre- 
sumably Ralph Brariton, New Eng- 
landjs present division manager, 
will operate under Mullin although. 
Bninton is said to have made a 
vigorous olTort to retain full charge. 
iPerritorial Coverage 
In the Texas territory, W. E. Pas- 
chail has everything outside . of 
what O'Donnell will rule bve|: 
through a^ recent partnership In 
taking in the. Dent string. This 
partnership does not carry in its 
official title any mention of Publix, 
which is true , of the majority of 
others formed in the past by the 
big. chain. : In future, it Is said, any 
partnerships entered Into may have 
corporate names free from mention 
of Publix. 

Fox-West Coast is taking over 
the Arizona territory which has fig- 
ured with .Texas In Q'Donnell's 
southern division, while the Saengcr 
group, also under O'Donnell, Will 
probably become a partnership. E. 
V. Richards' nam© persists as a 
possible partner in spite of denials 
within Publix he Is being consid- 
ered. 

George C*. Walsh, under Dave 
Chatkin, will continu© with Penn- 
sylvania arid part of upstate New 
York, while others remaining as is 
are Milt lE^ld over d© luxers, J. J. 
Fltzglbbon over Canada under. 
John Balaban; Harry Katz, Indiana 
and Illinois and various partner- 
ships such as Mike Shea, B. J. 
Sparks, Kincey •& Wilby,. etc. 
• Harry Katz wU. direct the . Indi- 
ana-Illinois, territory from the home 
office. 

The Walter Reade string in Now 
Jersey, under direction of Chatkin, 
may be turned back to Read© 1" 
June, from report, with that cbn- 
flnin^ Chatkin to Pennsylvania and 
part of upstate New York. 

John Balaban will direct both the 
Chicago and Fapious-Players-Can- 
adlan string from the Windy City. 

Balaban, now in Chicago, will be 
.tuack thi'ii week 'for a brief period 
before settling out there perma- 
nently. 

, Slk>uld Blank not broaden out to 
take over all the middle west, wth 
denial by Spitz that he will, a divi- 
sion manager wil? be chosen fbr 
that domain. No ohe has been 
mentioned as yet, lending credence 
tb the Blank report 
. Blank made a special trip to "^ew 
York two weeks ago to conifer with 
Spitii on- matters which may have 
Included an extension- of partnor- 
shlp. 

For the time beliig at least (>mah]Gt 
and Des Moines win be tied in with 
th© hoin© offic©. under directlbn bf 
DaV© Chatkin, whose operation ad- 
ministration duties In Ke'w York 
will b© ihor© as an assistant to Sam 
bembrbw. 

, Salt Lake City will b© under the 
h. ©. supervision of MUtbn Feld who, 
unless partnership arrangements 
ar© worked out for the entire mid- 
west, will, also continue with the 
Colorado and Kansas City divisions. 

Dembow and Chatkin left New 
York yesterday (Monday) for a 
trip through the north and middle 
west to install present operating 
plans and discuss with local di- 
vision and district heads the revised 
setup for localized operation under 
h, o. control. 

Duties of Dembow and Chatkin 
will be considerably Increased at 
the home ofllc© and each will prob- 
ably make more frequent trips into 
the territory. Whil© localized ope- 
ration, it is pointed out, is to mean 
just that, all okays on important 
moves will com© from the h. o., in- 
cluding approval for special expen- 
ditures, etc. 

Kot all of the division film buy- 
ers will go to th© field. N. L. No- 
tarlus. Fold's dlv film, buyer, re- 
mains at the h.o. aa does Alex Hal- 
perln, buyer for Indiana and Illi- 
nois, and Tracy Barham. Those go- 
ing to the field include Gaston 
Bureau, New Orleans; Saul Bragin, 
Chicago, and Phil Seletsky, Boston. 
Tracy Barham, who has had tho 
largest film buying division in Pub- 
llx covering ail of the northwest 
and midwest out to Utah will con- 
tinue to booH that from New York, 
unchanged. 

; Chatlcln's New Jersey and Penn- 
sylvania territories will continue to 
handle film buying from the field as 
placed In force some time ago. 



W. A. Steffes, Allied States president and independent exhibitor, is 
playing safe with a $10 premiere, the first in Minneapolis history, for 
his new "World theatre, the town's Initial little art film house. 

Steffes Is assuring himself of a capacity turnout by sending out sufficl- 

(Contlnued on page 40) 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 

Dwight Kelly, film booker for 
Balaban & Katz here, has been 
tran.sforrcd to Cleveland where h© 
will book tho Publlx houses in Ohio. 

Kelly's .shift is one of several fbl- 
lowihR the advent of John Balaban 
to Chicago. . 



PI cm RES 



VASIEtr 25 



Stock Market 



.lOootinma from paso T| 

area soon after the Tuesday 
)9tang and a rapMly growing ehort 
ilerecE waa putdshed. Rally came 

la tfaae to Interrupt the re- 

■fiat -which bad by then, cancelled 
i^ot 90% of .tha Aug.-Sept ad- 

Ahalyata flgiire that a setback of 
M>out 60% ia normal after a sharp 
^nlge. This one exceeded that ratio 
mmewhat, but not enough to eatab- 
|Uh definitely a cliange In trend, so 
that In the absence of anything to 
fba contrary It la reasonable to as- 
fume that the autumn upturn Is 
fftln the prevailing Influence, and 
^1 continue to be until the state 
M business for th^ next few weeks 
demonstrate whether Improvement 

u|s merely oC a normal seasonal 

jj character. 

i In a number of directions there 
Indications that the business up- 
^ ttim Is better than seasonal, notably 
i In car loading figures and the index 
i: cC power consumption. Until all 
Rotors are clarified there Is likely 
I to be some irregularity due to the 
!' tmcertaintles of political excitement, 
' aach~f(W example as the flurry that 
I followed President Hoov,er'Ei state- 
n inents on the country's escape from 
I abandonment of the gold standard. 
i The price structure at the week- 
'i end appeared to have reached a 
' trading basis depending upon the 
give and take of speculative opjn- 
■ iooM with an element of chance In 
the behavior of the commoclity mar- 
kets, especially grains and cotton 
; which the ticker fraternity is fol- 
! lowing closely for hints of stock 
; price changes. Last week the vari- 
i ous minor ups and downs were al- 
most perfectly synchronized with 
i the fluctuations in whealt and cot- 
; .ton. . .X- _ '. 

60 close Is the affinity between 
'■ stocks &hd commodities at the 
; moment that many board room 
' traders . have adandoned stocks in 
tavoir of the Commodity gamble. 

Reports Looming 
The picture issues have been 
jghaken down l>rlce-wl3e to a some- 

Ehat lower level than the general 
idustrlal stocks and a,t current 
levels probably have taken ^up a 
i ttrateglo position to face the im- 
pending Income reports for the sum- 
l mer quarter. The Immlnency of 
I: these statements .was' .looked upon 
; as a barrier to . progress anyhow. 
. After they are out of the way prob- 

JMy' campaigns will be undertaken 
B some issues looking to the brlght- 
<6nlng of the earnings picture as the 
i^nd of the year rolls around. 

Meanwhile, pretty much all the 
Ivet^ long following accumulated In 
tit* active shares has been shaken 
oS and technically these specula- 
tive mediums are In better position.. 
Whether they can build up a short 
Interest Is a question. The list has 
a great many other stocks that hold 
. tmt better promise for a profit on 
the short side, than the theatricals, 
^ich are in the midst of their best 
Quarter and normally would be in 
line for a run up after the turn of 
the year. This consideration would 
be enough to turn the bears' atten- 
tion in other directions. If and 
when the film issues do get a ride, 
: the time will probably comfort the 
' bears to try to catch a top. 

Absence of a short interest to 
shoot at will make it more difficult 
for< bull clique operations which 
would have to be based on construcr 
' tive development? within the busi- 
ness. 

I<oew sponsor took a hand Just in 
time last week, when the film leader 
momentarily broke through 26 for a 
few trades, that being a significant 
figure, principally because It seemed 



to have been defended on several 
occasions with considerable vigor. 
The stock, did not perform very 
brilliantly. Sizeable blocks contin- 
ued to come out on the down side, 
while the rallies lacked determina- 
tion. Recovery from the extreme 
bottom amounted to 2% points, 
compared to more than 6 in the Dow 
Jones index. The preferred stock 
ended the week with a net loss of 
1%, while the bonds weire extremely 
quiet, and net unchanged. The 
stock showed a recovery , of only 
about the same scope as RCA, 
which is at a price level of a third. 
Street heard vague rumors of some 
new isystem of co-operation between 
the Loew hoiiie office and the coast 
producing machine that promised 
favorable results, but the gossip was 
too indefinite to have any market 
significance. Xoew directors were 
scheduled to meet yesterday (Mon.) 
afternoon to vote on the senior divi- 
dend. It was taken for granted, of 
course, that disbursement would be 
voted as usual. 

Kodak Kicks Back 

Eastman Kodak Justified Its 
friends '.by the promptness with 
which it responded to the better 
market atmosphere, moving up more 
than is points from the bottom at 46, 
to close the week at 62^. Element 
that formerly ' ijold this old-time 
blu<» with impunity has several 
times been punished lately and 
seems to have learned caution. 
With its dividend twice reduced and 
now cut to a third of the old rate, 
the stock is still on a yield of 6% at 
its apparent support point of 60. 

The amusement bonds were a dls 
couraglng element In an otherwise 
fairly cheerful picture. Many of the 
Hens moved contrariwise to the 
stocks. The two Paramounts were 
particularly reactionary, with the 
older C's down net on the week 
and the 6^'s off an eighth. Final 
prices also represented material re 
coveries from the week's lows, 22 In 
the case of the O's and 19% for the 
5%'s. 

. Why. there should be pressure 
here was not apparent The BIu 
menthal suit,' designed to protect 
certain assets behind these bonds, 
got a good deal of publicity when it 
was brought. It was settled late last 
week, according to report, but that 
development attracted small atten- 
tion and had no constructive effect. 
Company took action toward the 
decentralizing of Its theatre opera 
tlon, but there was nothing here to 
suggest bearish attitude toward the 
obligations. 

The: Warner bonds gave way fur 
ther, reaching a new low on the 
movement at 23% aiid ending the 
week at 24%, oft 3%.- Sharply re- 
duced volume here suggested rather 
the termination of aStlve bidding for 
the paper than any special pressure 
of selling. 

Total of transactions In the whole 
amusement bond group was radi- 
cally reduced during the week. The 
RKO debentures did not come out 
at alL Neither did the Shubert 
bonds, although there was abun- 
dance of Incentive fOr selling In the 
last named, with the gloomy report 
of the recelvera filed with the court. 
Receiver expressed the view that 
liquidation might, after all, be nec- 
essary, although he asked for a fur- 
ther extension of the receivership. 

Columbia Pictures was quiet, es- 
pecially on the recovery, in which It 
took no part. With advancing prices 
all around, the bid for the trust 
certificates drifted steadily lower. 
On Saturday, In the absence of any 
transactions, It stood at 9%, com- 
pared to the previous last trade at 
10. 



Summary for week ending Saturday, Oct. 15: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



Sales. Issue and rate. 

100 American Sdat..».,^«.. 

1,100 Columbia P. vto..^«.* 

000 Cdnsdi. Film 

2,300 Consol. Film ptd.....^ 

24,000 ISastmnn Kodak (3)...^.. 

9,200 Fox, Claaa A 

113,000 Qen. Elec. (400.)... 

Keith pfd. (7).. 

46,200 Loew (3) 

1,000 Do pref. (OH).. 

1,400 Madison 'Squair« Qat-den. 

100 Met-Q-M pref. (1.89).... 

Orpheum pfd. ............ 

02,200 Paramount 

.800 Pathe Exchange, '.^rM^ 

600 Patho, Class A..«.«v«.^< 

116.000 Radio Corp. 

9.000 RKO . 
Shubert 




Net cba 




1 



.10 Universal preC, (8).., 

31,000 Wam^r Bros. . 

..... Do pfd . 

90,700 Westlnehouse 

CURS 

» . . . Columbia Picts . 
800 De Forest Radio 
Gen. The*. B. pfd.. 
' 2,200 Technicolor .• 
000. Trans Lux..-.. 

BONDS 



HIsh. 


Low. 


Last, tor wk. 


2 


2 


a . " 


10 


m 


10 


3% 


3 


3K 


. m 


7M 


8 +H 


B3H 


46 . 


02Vt +3 


3 




2% +% 


lOH 


14H 


10% +IV4. 






20 bid 


27% 


24» 


27% + % 


7T 


76% 


7514 —1% 


■ -8 ■ ■ 




2% ^ H 


ao 


20 


20 +1 
0% bid 


4H 


3% 


4. + U 


% 




% 


2*4 

m 




254 + 14 

7% + % 




3H 


4W + 14 




%bld 


32 


82 


32 —8 




1% 


• 2% + % 
6 bid 




2M 


28% +114 




m 
a 



I- % 




1 


$25,000 


Si 


10,000 


64 


31.000 


49 


22,000 


. 13 


17,000 


10% 


. 63,000 


50 


. 114 




9%. 


10! 666 


Asked. 





Qen. Thea, Eo. '40.. 
Keith O's, '40. 
Loew O's, '41. 

Pathe 7'3, '37 

Par-Fam-Laakjr O'a, 
Par-Pub Ti'/j's, 'GO... 
RKO deba "'- ■ ■ 

Shubert O's .11 1 tn" 

Warner Dros. ' O's, '30. , . , . ii ii 

Over the Counter^ N. V. 

Olass A 0.00^1 ill !■ mi\m 



4 




4? 


+ H 


41% 


k 






80 




85U 




08 


0614 


0014 


-8% 


24^ 


22 . 


23Vi 


-2% 


22% 


10% 

*• 


21% 

• 


- % 


^ 


2814 




-a* 











San Francisco, OcL If. 

A district chief called in his 
entire . managerial staff for a 
pow-wow. During the confab 
he drove home the point that 
all managers, assistants and 
p. a.'s must be around the the- 
atre on Saturdays instead of 
attending football games, dog 
races, etc. 

Tag line of chief's instruc- 
tions was; 'If anything im- 
portant comes up, I'll be at the 
California-Washington game.' 



B&K s Aggressive Biz^ding Push 
To Crowd Streets, Shops, Theatres 



DROP BROOKLYN PAIR 



Allied Mick CoBY. 
Quet Bflt'fieU 
Inqonry Ordered 



Detroit, Oct 17. 

The Allied Michigan annual con- 
vention was unusually uneventful 
this year. Unmarked by any dis- 
turbances by Insurgents aU business 
matters were easily decided with 
nothing important reachlng-the 'floor. 
The. group lopeated their actipn of 
a year ago In recommending the 
adoption of the Brookhart bill. All 
action on double billing was tabled 
as being a strictly Detroit problem 
to be decldad by Detroit exhibitors. 

Most Important action was the 
appointment of a committee to in- 
vestigate alleged Illegal protectioh 
enjoyed by the various Butterfield 
theatres in Michigan. The commit- 
tee is empowered to compile all the 
supposed violations and try to meet 
with the executives of the Butter- 
tleld Theatres In an attempt to ar- 
bitrate or seek an equitable settle- 
ment. In the event negotiations. If 
any, fall, ihe committee is to find 
out what legal steps can be taken. 
. CoL Butterfield, head of the But- 
terileld Theatres' was a member of 
the state Allied organization until 
differences of opinion between Al- 
lled's general manager Rlchey and 
himself, three yeara ago. 

Officers for the coming year, are 
Ray Branch, pres.; Frank Wetsman, 
V. p.; John Nelbes, sec; Ed Kirch- 
ner, treas. 



Stelles' Postponement 

Minneapolis, Oct. 17. 

On motion of W. A.. StefCes, a 
postponement of SO days was 
granted in his suit against local 
film distributors to test the validity 
of zoning; 

SteCFes, an exhibitor as well as 
president of Allied States, charges 
the distributors with conspiracy in 
restraint of. trade and asks for an 
Injunction to restrain them from 
continuing alleged discrimination 
In favor of Paramount-Publlx and 
Publlz Northwest theatres. 



Frisch-Rinzler Giving Up Terminal 
and Atlantic— Seel< Replacements 



Frlsch & Rinzler planning to get 
rid of the Terminal and Atlantic 
theatres, may take on other houses 
in their place in strategic. Brooklyn 
locations. P. & R. confines Its ope- 
ration to that district. 

Empi-ess, one or the , A. . H. 
Schwartz houses, is reported going 
to F, & R. Deal is said to depend 
on renewal of mortgage and terms. 
Frisch & Rinzler circuit offlciala 
deny knowledge of this deal but 
admit the shedding of the Terminal 
and Atlantic. ' 



niirC Switehing Rock^ 
Mowtaiii Div. Around 



. Denver, Oct. i7. 

Montana division of Fox West 
Coast has been discontinued and 
becomes District No. 3 of the Rocky 
Mountain division. Chas. IT. Taeger 
will be manager with headquarters 
in Butte. 

Headquarters of the Montana di- 
vision at Salt LAke City have been 
closed and Bill Steege, manager, 
becomes city manager in Great 
Falls, Mont. Max Goldstein, booker 
a,t. Salt iiake, takes over Taeger's 
Job as booker at Denver. Taeger's 
division takes in air Fox houses in 
Grea,t Falls, Lewlston, Butte, Bill- 
ings, and Missoula, Mont, and 
Idaho Falls and Pocatello, Idaho. 

Setup; in the Rocky Mountain 
sector now Includes three districts 
with Frank Culp, formerly Denver 
city manager, as manager of No. 
2 and Dave Dayls moving from otty 
manager at North Platte, Neb., to 
Denver to have charge of No. 2. 

Charles Ernst has been moved to 
North Platte as city manager, re- 
placing Davis; Millard Gettier goes 
fi-om Longmont to Boulder, suc- 
ceeding C. A. Mulock, resigned; 
Joe Haney gets the Egyptian, Den- 
ver, succeeding Justin Mclnaney, 
resigned, and Gerald Whitney, for- 
merly manager of the Tabor and 
Orpheum, Denver, made city man- 
ager at Boulder. 

Rick Ricketson Is manager of the 
Rocky Mountain division and Is in 
MontaniEi straightening out kinks in 
the transfer. Tentative dates of 
Oct 25-26 are set for convention 
for districts 1 and t In Denver, 
with convention for No. t early in 
November. In Butte, Mont 



WB, Ignorii^ Exhibitor Protests, 
Prepares Huge Free Broadcast 



U Rushing Serial 

Hollywood, Oct IT. 

Universal la putting another 
serial, 'Clancy of the Mounted,' into 
work Monday (24). Production will 
be rushed to meet a January re- 
lease date. 

Ray Taylor la directing and U 
wants Tom Tyler for the lead. 



IncorporatioRS 



New York 

Albany. N. T., Oct IT. 
Standofd . MotloB Plctarea, lafl., Man- 
hattan; picture business; . 600 ataares no 
par. 

Metro Amusement Corp., Manhattaii; 
general amusement; $10,000. 

Garrison Film IMstrlbators, Inc., Man- 
hattan; theatrical; 200 shares no par. 

Bobby Crawford Prodoctlons, Inc.. Man- 
hattan; theatrical; 200 shares no par. 

Graco Photoplay Corp., Kings; general 
theatrical; $6,000. 

Kieaele Ticket Service, Ina., Manhat- 
tan; theatre, baseball and tickets of all 
kinds; 60 shares no par. 

Pioneer Aronsemenia, Ine., Klacvf the- 
atrical; 100 shares no par. 

Ilelene Pons Stadio, Inc., Manbattan;. 
theatrical costumes; $20,000. 

York Television Kadlo Corp., Manhat- 
tan; general radio business;: 200 shares 
n o par. ' 

Statement, Deaignatfon 

riytron Corp., T West 10th stroot, Wll- 
mlnEton, Del.; radio buslnosa; New York 
oflice, 62 Vanderbllt avenue,- Now Tork; 
B. A, Morse, secretary; 3,000 .aharea no 
par. 

Diasolutloin 

Pobl^ TheotM MonaeeM 
School, Ine„ "Hem "Tork, 



L>os Angeles, Oct. 17. 
Despite previous exhibitor oppo- 
sition to Warner Brothers Inviting 
audiences to attend broadcasting of 
some of their radio programs over 
KFWB, that company has engaged 
the. Shrine Auditorium for a com- 
bined radio show and broadcast, 
Nov. 6. 

Auditorium, largest In Xi. A., seats 
S,760. So many applications have 
been received already for tickets 
that intention Is to build temporary 
seats for an additional 1,000.^ War- 
ners are ignoring the exhibitor an- 
gle that such radio affairs keep pa- 
trons out of theatres, holding to the 
theory that sufflcient propaganda is 
put over to help, rather than hurt 
amusement houses. 

Shrine Auditorium broadcast will 
be In observance, of the first anni-. 
versary of the KFWB Hl-Jinks, a 
weekly vaude-revue. It will be a 
two-hour program for this one 
night using 38 radio and vaude 
acts. 

Heretofore, Warners has accom- 
modated audiences at similar broad- 
casts from a stage of tho WB Sun- 
set avenue studio, but never on such 
a huge scale as this. Hl-Jlnks Is 
sponsored by a local bread concern, 
with tickets to the show being 
given for a wrapper from one of 
this company's loaves of bread. 



From Par to Metro 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Austin Parker has left Paratnount 
and Johied the Metro writing staff. 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 
First fruit of the renewed Bala- 
ban & Katz urge, is a four day 
State street pageant to take plaice 
this coming weekend (20-i23). Mer- 
chants .and the Ave B&K houses In 
the area— Chicago, Oriental, United 
Artists, Mcyickers and RooaeVelt^ 
will cooperate to put over a 'shop 
and have fun' idea. 

A similar business getting pi|sh, 
bujt on a vastly larger scale, Is In 
prospect for the Uptown theatre and 
the surrounding mercantile district 
This will run for six weeks and cul- 
miiiate in a 'dollar day.' First meet- 
ing between the theatre and .the 
northaide business men occured last 
Tliursday (13) with Bill HoUander, 
B&K exploitation chief .engineering. 

Because of the wealth of detail to 
be worked out the Uptown campaign 
will not get Under way for several 
weeks. It will coincide with the 
pre-Christmas period starting; In 
November and running through the 
first half of December. 

Natural Allies 
Balaban and Katz is instilling tn 
the merchants a realization of what 
theatre attendance means to tbem 
on the theory that crowded theatres 
mean crowded shops. Therefore the 
big push to get theatrical patronkge 
back ait the UPtown from which It 
has been drifting away. 

Hundreds of . thousands of per' 
sons who might spend in the Up- 
town area are diverted to hundreds 
of small neigtiborhood theatres 
scattered over the city. As a 
counter-attraction the proposed six 
weeks campailgn, by putting on a 
varied program of crowd . luring 
stunts, hopes to educate the van- 
ished spenders to seek the Uptown 
sector. 

Plan, as.being worked out by H(>1> 
lander and the locals, calls for a 
many sided attack. Newspaper dis- 
plays, 24-sheetlng the district nu- 
merous tie-ups with radio stations, 
'window shopping* prizes, the whole 
district In gala attire, extra llluinl- 
nations everywhere, theatres to ati- 
tively boost through their screens 
are among the items to be carried 
through. Additionally there will be 
a daily noh time automobile parade 
with girls, district- wide circulariza- 
tlon, and a drive to make every 
business enterprise a cog! in the big 
wheel, 

TIvoU- theatre may a1^ be the 
hub of a similar drive on the south 
side. 



MILWAUKEE BOMBING 
IS NEARER SbUmON 



MUwiaukee, Oct 17. 
With confessions from five of the 
eight men arrested following the 
bombing of the Parkway, nabe In- 
dependent, with injury to six per- 
sons, Mllwaulcee's two-year-old 
bombing mystery , seems neareif so- 
lution. 

Those under arrest Include Wayne 
Bryant business agent of the In- 
dependent Motion Picture Op- 
erators' Union, Local 110; Floyd 
Barf I^necht associate b u s 1 n e s 
agent; Leslie Moore, Garden the- 
atre operator; Walter Siemienleckl, 
Milwaukee theatre operator, and 
Walter Mislewicz, a chemistry stu- 
dent at the Boys' Technical high 
school and part time operator. All 
have confessed to stench bombing 
and vandalism in local houses. 
Three others are held and police 
are worldng on further leads. 

According to the confessions of 
those In custody, the bombs were 
manufactured in the home of the 
biislness agent under the direction 
of the high school chemist. Mate- 
rial was secured from a Max Gins- 
berg, New York. Recently black 
powder bombs were adopted as the 
modus operandi and dynamite 
sticks have been found in several 
theatres. 

The Parkway, which . formerly 
employed rcgrular union operators, 
recently switched to the independ- 
ents. While six other houses have 
been treated to black powder bomb 
attaclcs, this was the Urst instance 
where an attempt had been made 
while an audience was present. 



COAST REOPENING DELAYED 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 
.Due to a shortage of product, the 
Kfe'yptian theatre, to have reopened 
Oct. 18, has pofjtponed the date un* 
til Nov. 3. 



26 



VARIETY 



Refusal of Fdms 
Has WB Facing 
L A. Imdie 



. .Los Aneeles, Oct. 17. 

Refused product by Warners for 
Us Mirror and President theatres, 
Hollywood, after having been served 
with both WB and -FN pictures for 
the past two years, 'Westland Thea- 
tres, Inc., also operating: straight 
sqund houses Irt Orange county, has 
Instructed its attorneys to bring 
civil action against that distributor 
on restraint of trade chai'ges. War- 
ner's refusal to serve the two 'Hol- 
lywood subseiiuent runs thiis sea^son 
is s&id to have been at the request 
of the company's theatre operating 
department. 

We3tla,nd ooniplain't is expected 
to bei turned oyer to agents of the 
U. S, . JBureau of Investigation who 
havjb jiist completed, theii* probe of 
contempt of court eha-rges pi-,eferred 
against Fox West Coast and most 
of the major distributors for alleged 
violation of the 1929 consent, decree. 
Indie exhibs' organization of south-, 
ern ' California is back of this coast- 
"Widf probe. ' . ' 

-With the report of agents . H. J. 
lilneen and Leon Bone already in the 
hands of the U. S. Attorney General 
In Washington, the n*xt step 
against the circuit and distribs is 
expected ■ to be in the nature of a 
show cause order, calling upon the 
defc'ndants to disprove the accusa* 
tiohs of the independents. 

Meariwhilie/ loCa,l exqhange heads 
Jiave been served by U. S. marshalls 
In the several civil actions brought 
by indie exhibs In outlying sections, 
all based oil charges of restiralnt of 
trade and violations of the Sherman 
anti-trust Law. 



Contract Janitoring 



RKO is .letting out the jani- 
tors and porters in all its thea- 
•tres. 

Work i3 being turned over to 
a contract fli-m. 



Reports Indicate FWC 
Assuming Frisco Warner 

Advices from the Coast Indicate 
that Fox West Coast will take over 
the Warner theatre, Frisco. No of- 
flcial nbtiflcation of the deal Is at 
hand from either end. In the east. 
Major Warner stated he didn't 
know whethier the turnover to FWC 
was. definitely- figured,. 

House seats around 1,000 with 
Warners holding a sliort cancella- 
tion privilege on its lease of the 
spot. This lease is cancellable by 
'Warners on 00 days notice. It has 
no bearing on the FWC-WB deal 
in the L. A. sector, and now be- 
lieved to ■ be- cold. Proposal was 
for FWC to take over the WB 
houses thei-e. . . 



OPENS UP SUHSAYS 

Gowrle, la., Oct. 17. 

•Sunday pictures are In again here 
despite that at two special elec- 
tions opponents succeeded in beat- 
ing Sabbath showings. 

City' council took action in re- 
pealing the existing ordinance when 
a petition, containing the names of 
345 signers, was presented. Coun- 
cil figures on keeping what little 
Sunday biz there Is ja,round in the 
home bailiwick. . 



LE ROI DES PALACES 

(Continued rrom page 19) 



TOWN GOES F[LMLESS 

New Haven, Oct. 17. . 

The natives gathered at Guilford, 
Conn., for their . Saturday (15) film 
fare but there just wasn't any. 

.Attachment had been placed on 
town's only theatre, owned by 
United Theatres, Inc., by Franklin 
D. Spencer who claimed a note for 
|800j plus Interest, had been 'over- 
looked.' 



3 Yr«. More at Pcex 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 

Three year extension of lease has 
been gven'Prlnclpal Theatrea on its 
tenancy of the President, downtown 
subsequent run. 

Preseiit lease expires next August. 



WARD -PINKIE -TERRY 

Versatile Comedy Antics 

Jd'^t ' Tinlslied Warners Downtown, 
.MB 'Angelev. • • • 
Openlnjc KKO Ooiaen Gate (Week 
Oct. 14), Saa Francloco. 



fortable. Betty Is In ecstasy, but 
Claude Is utterly disgusted. It's the 
worst-managed hotel he's ever seen, 
and when he wants to reform the 
ways of. the ancient retainers, they 
give him notice to quit. Betty 
makes preparations for an elabor- 
ately mediaeval wedding, but when 
Claude finds she means to follow 
ancient custom to the extent of In- 
sisting On a week's previous notice 
and other uncomfortable ceremonies 
every time he wishes to approach 
his wife, he takes his hat and walks 
out. 

Meanwhile, at the Royal-Palace, 
Victoire and Teddy Smith have 
been trying to find consolation In 
each other's company, but in --vain. 
Victoire keeps thinking o£ Claude, 
Teddy of Betty. Claude returns, 
pleased to bei back aigaln sit his 
old job, takes possession of his uni- 
form cap and of Victoire, and hands 
over his documents, together with 
his titles for nobility. • to Teddy; 
henceforward to be Prince de Coucy 
instead of him. When Betty In her 
wedding dress turns up to search 
for her runaway fiance, she gets a 
titled Teddy instead, and everyone 
is happy. 

Raoul 'Morettl has written, charm- 
ing music to the picture, with two 
; good numbers, the rest of the score 



P I C T a RES 



being more illustrative than catchy. 
Photography and sounds are fault- 
less and .the direcUner very clever. 
Pity the chateau In Touralne scenes 
are too obvlotrely taken on studio 
sets Instead of In a real- plate. Jules 
Berry Is the great attraction, and 
all the men good. Slmone Simon is 
far superior to Betty Stockfleld, 
English screen actress who has the 
part of the American girl, but is 
entirely English and rather unln- 
tieresting. 

Osso's are now clea.rlng out of 
Hunnla Studios which will be oq- 
cupled by Ufa during the next two 
months, : after which " the French 
company will return to produce sev- 
eral nriore low-coat pictures paid 
for out of frozen credits. '. 



MEN OF TOMORROW 

(BRITISH MADE) , 

- . - London. Oct. 4. : 
I.ondon Film ProductlDns prod(uctlori, re- 
loased through. FaTamount-BrltlBb. Directed' 
by Leontlne Sagan from the novel 'Toung 
Apollo' by . Anthony Qlbbs. In-oaat: Mau- 
rice Braddoll, Merle. Oberon, Joan Oardner. 
Bight reels. Censor** certificate U. Re- 
viewed Plaza, London, Oct. .1. 



Disappointing . picture. .Miss Sa-, 
gan, the director, has a big name in 
Europe after a v^ry arty German' 
film which iscored in most of the big 
cities. Her work here is : pictorially 
effective,' but commercially under; 
standard, probably not her fault, 
how.ever. - 

Theme of a boy isent down from 
Oxford and Anally making good 
through a first novel, after he had 
been down and out, is too thin, while 
the film itself does not work up to 
an effective climax. Tliere Is some 
excellent university footage at the 
beginning, which promises well, but 
the picture fizzles. 

Maurice . Braddell is just there ais 
the boy. with two newcomers, Merle 
Oberon and Joan .Gardner succeed- 
ing quite usefully. 

A supporting feature when cut. 
Definitely out of the money class, 
even lor England. Vhap. 



Femme Dans le Train 

('A Little Lady in the Train') 
(FRENCH MADE) 

Paris, Oct. B. 

Paramount ' productlcw. Paramount re- 
lease. Froip tbe play by liso Marches. 
Adapted by Balnt-Granler. Directed by 
Charles Anton. Lyrics by Salnt-Granier. 
Recorded Weetem Blectric. Running time, 
85 minutes. .' 

Starring Henri Oarat and Meg Legmon- 
nler. Featuring Bdwlga Feulllere, - Pierre 
Btchepare and Leon Belleres. - Paramount, 
Paris, Oct. 4. 



Henri Garat's name makes this 
go, fully justified by his acting. He 
Is exceedingly well supported. Ga- 
rat's courtesy permits Meg Legmon-' 
nier being billed over his name in 

the program, though his screen per- 
formances and his recent Fox con- 
tratit would preclude any discussion. 

Other- strange credit Is mention- 
ing Saint-Granier, who has now 
parted with Paramount. Continuity, 
direction, tempo and cutting not sq 
good, but photo and . sound okay. 
At best a mild operetta program- 
mer, but with Garat in* It's sure to 
click: bigger in the provinces thaii 
in Paris. 

Story shows a woman who spends 
a night away from her husband 



-with her boy friend, pretending to 
have unwittingly boarded a wrong 
train and unable to come back. until 
the next morning. Husband, him- 
self spends, a cheerful evening In- a 
night club when, he hears that the 
train r which his 'wife was supposed 
to be on has met' with an accident. 
After which the wliJe herself appears 
with her boy friend, but after jsome 
confusion everything gets straight- 
ened out. Ma<fi. , 



A PARISIAN ROMANCE 

. **• ■ . 

' Allied production and rolease. From the 
stage play of the same title, adapted by 
P. Hugh Herbert. Directed by Chester M. 
FYonklln. At Loew's New York, oife day, 
■Oct.' 13.' Running time, 7S. mins. . ' 

Baron. , .tew Cody 

Claudette. MarlaA SMlllng 

victor. Ollbert Roland 

Marcelle. .Joyce .Comtiton 

Pauline. ... ........ .'.Tola D'A'vrll 

Bmll ..... .Nicholas Soussanin 

Pierre ....'....'....•.■..•; Q.eorgc . Lewis 

A light theme, excellently produced; 
for an Independent cpnipany.. It; 
could, be generally: .entertalnjbng. .if 
repetitious: matter were eliminated.; 
This could easily be accomplished. 

In the rake role Lew Cody gives 
a finished performance. The action 
Is 9<t% Cody, which is . just as well,; 
since miany lines and situations are. 
decidedly trite. ■ 

Cody can make love ta every 
woman on the Parisian alley and 
yet kiss only one. He can even tiake 
two socks en the jaw. from Gilbert 
Roland, not retaliate, and still 
register conviction. 

It isn't the story in this produc- 
tion. It's atrlctly Lew Cody, abetted 
by fairly good • direction . and able 
suiiport. Waly. 



Wedding Rehearsal 

(BRITISH MADE) 

London. Oct. 3. 
Pi'odUced by London Film Productions, 
releasing through Ideal, /Gaumont Brltleh 
subsidiary. Directed by Alexander Korda. 
In cast: George Grossmlt)i, Roland Young, 
John 'IX)der, Lady .Tree, "Berle Oberon, Joan 
Gardner, Seven reels; Censors certlflate 
A. In bin New Galleryi London, starting 
Oct. 1. 



Korda's first film on the British 
side shows the director to be con- 
cerned mainly with -the technical 
smopthness which distinguished his 
Grerman and American pictures. 
- The same sustained air of sophis- 
tication, after Lubitsch, Is there all 
the while, but the effect Is marred 
somewhat by the usual British fault 
of not cutting a picture closely 
enough. This one would do well 
with a reel out. 

Story Is an insignificant thing of 
a bachelor's determination- not to 
get onarried, and his quietly efficient 
way of marrying off his own friends. 
The usual ending with the lad In the 
net. 

Good trouping by Roland Toung 
and George Grossmith, ideal man 
for this sort of story, helps things 
along. Both of them handle the 
subject as lightly as possible, and 
the film scores on presentation and 
acting. Newcomers, boosted here as 
Korda discoveries. Joan Gardner, 
from stage, sind Merle Oberon, a 
looker, dp well. 

Technical values excellent. Mount- 
ing well over British standard. 
Photography outstanding. Enter- 
tainment values are off the beaten 
track, making' an appeal to better- 
class . audiences. Not in the out- 
standing class, however. Chap. 



Tuesday, October 18, 19S2 



Ich Will Nicht Wissen 

(•I Care Not') 

(GERMAN MADE) 

(With Music) 

'■ ' -Berlin,. Oct. 5. 

Production .. BostonrF^ms Qo„. m.b.H 
Berlin. Keleaso .Cinema Film Vertrlcba 
Q.m.b.H., Berlin, Manuscript Krnst 
Marlsclika and Gustav Holm,-. . Direction 
Geza von Bolvary, Music Robert Stolz. 
Production management, Kugen Kursch- 
ner, ■ Photograiihy VVlHy Goldberger, 
Archltccturo, Frane Schrocdtor, Sound, 
Fritz Seeger^ • Recording management, 
Fritz Brunn.' Recorded on Tobia-Klnng- 
fllm. Starring Llane Hald, Gustav Proh- 
llch, Szokc Szakall, Max Gulstorfl, Fritz 
Odemar, Leonard Stecltel, '.VoVa. Spohr, 
Adele Sandrock, Betty Bird, J. Herrmann, 
Lotje Lorring, ISrIka. Helmkcn. . Running 
time,' OS mlns. . At the Atrium, Berlin. 

An amusing film made out of the 
well-known s.tory 'of the poor count 
who is so, badly off that He has to 
Work as. a chauffeur, and, of course, 
.Is such, a handsome chap that all 
girls ;f ail fn love with him and he 
finally- gets a rich wom'an ais a -wife. 
Yet, this klhd' of "story is 'surefire, • 
the' more so' as Gustav .Froehlich is ■ 
handsome ° and- .Liane' Haid repre- . 
sents' the'type of girl in great favor, • 
with' thef German; fans. ' ■ 

Robert Stolz has composed a nlq^ 
Hit song in. 'loh will nicht .wlsa^n 
wer DU bist' (1 don't .want to kn.ow 
who you are'), which will soon be 
played and sung everywhere. "Willy 
Goldbergef's iihotography Is ext;el- 
lent in Hhe reproduction of Italian 
and Swiss ' landscapes. , "Bolvarj^'s 
direction is original and elastic, but 
shows some ' superfiuous passages 
which pa:ralyzes the action. Sound 
reproduction is 'good, and box office 
results ought to be very satisfac^ 
tory. Magnus. 

Southern Salesman Injured 
Birmingham, Oct. 17. 
. George Chester, of Tampa, Fla., 
salesman for First National^ -was 
seriously Injured , in a. -wreck near 
Macon, Ga.i recently. 

Automobile in which he was rid* 
Ing collided head-tJit with another 
car. 



DOROTHY RENIY 

Acrobatic Roller Skittihg 

Miss liemy holds the distinction of 
being the only girl doing this type 
of work. 

Sensational - Original 

(Week October 13) 
Paramount^ Los Angeles 




WALKER SISTERS 

(DOBOTHT— IiUODCXJD) ' 
SIngerg— Diaiic Mp V n r w iHH tir 

Week October 18: 
Paramount, Lea Angeles 



FANCHON A MARCO Present 

SYLVIA CLARK 

In "HER BIRTHDAY PARTY" 

BOBBIE KUHN u "UNCLE BOBBIE". 



MAURICE J. WILSON 

Managing Directorl 

WINADS TRAILER SERVICE 
BRITISH SCREEN SERVICE 

at WALDORF ASTORIA, NEW YORK 

From Oct. 17 to Nov. 3 

HEADLINING 

PARAMOUNT, LOS ANGELES FROUCS CAPE 

This wedk, Oet. 20th ama fadef. 

M«n*o«r, HARRY YOUNG, 1560 Broadway, N. Y. ' IMO, PHtL OPf m, WALTHt KANE, WEBER-&IMON 



Tuesdfiy, October 18, 1932 



VAIIIIE VILLE 



VARIETY 



2T 






lEriradition to Chi^ 
Ob Mrs. Ghson's Charges 
I Is Fought by Comedian 

Simultaneous with Judg« Edward 
p. Scheftler, In Chicago, refusing 
;:fo quaah a warrant for Billy Gla- 
'>^n's iarrest, on a charge of child 
■'^■fibandonment, the vaudeVIlllan Is 

■ flghtlng extradition In New York 

■ ■ (Jity. and Justice . Valente, In the 

K. T^.pupreme Court, set today 
^ (Tuesday) for hearing pn the writ. 
The comedian refuses to return to 
'Chi, denying- the charges of child 
(Abandonment, and upon producing 
;. cancelled arid photostatic copies, of 
' $hec1cs, showing his " flriaricial con- 
. irlbutlons for the Glasoris* seven- 
V^eair-old daughter, Shirley, Justice 
■.yalente adjourned the matter from 
, past /Thursday (13); until today 
■' In order to pernnit Glason an oppor- 
tunity to present his case. . 

Ab. a general thing;* a writ of 
•xtradition is summarily acted 
upon but Glason's attorneys con- 
vinced the court, by the evidence 
ief th9 checks, eta,- that the Glason 
ehlld was by no m^ns In want. 
Behind the extradition procedure is 
Mrs. Glason Cthe former Helen 
Storey of Dooley and Storey), who 
. married the comedian nine years 
.ago, 

Glason currently .has a $100^000 
alienation ^sult pending against 
Adolph Pollock, Chicago furrier, 
' iWhom the actor named in a divorce 
suit, on statutory grounds, against 
his- wife; It was under a voluntary 
•ettlement, at, the jrato. of $62.50— 
|31.6d^each for the support of the 
wife and child — that Glason Is now 
ibeing^iproceeded against, 

The' comedian Is about $1,000 be- 
Itlnd in his payments to his wife, 
but the $31.60 a week for the ^up- 
port of the child has beeri paid in 
tun. Glason doesn't - waint to re- 
turn to Chi, leairing Incarceration 
yhlch. would prevent his- earning 
{iinds to make good ail obligations. 
He has been forced to cancel three 
iweeks of stage dates . already arid 
taow is slated to open Oct. 28 in 
Bostota for Loew. 

The complaint by Mrs. Glason Is 
'child abandonment, Deiatitution is 
Who alleged, but Glason argued In 
cout last week that unlike in New 
iTork, where the state pays for the 
'detective. In Illlnoia .the arresting 
detective must be paid for by the 
Interested . painty. Hence, If Mrs. 
ttleuioi^i can retain the detective she 
'couldn't be in warit. 

Nathan Felnstein arid Benjamin 
Schwartz, two sets of lawyers, have 
been lopklng after Glason's Inter 
osta in New York. Phil Davis rep 
resents him in Chi. Mrs. Glason's 
Chi attorney is Harry X. Cole. 

It was on Glason's arguments be 
fore Justice .Valente in which he 
offered his Woodcllflfe, N. J., home 
to his estranged wife and baby, 
that the court bound the matter 
over until today (18), for further 
hearing.^ The Woodcllfle house is 
unoccupied. 



I 



A Bit' Late 



Impending change of the 
Palace, New York, to straight 
pictures has' brought forth 
considerable press comment 
all over the country. Most of 
the editorial treatment Is in a 
mournful vein, many of the 
papers pointing to the I^alaOe's 
passing as 'the d^th of vaude- 
ville.' 

In reality, the Pa,lace has 
little bearlrig on vaudeville in' 
general. To vaudeville acts 
and vaudeville people th6 tor- 
riier show case of llielr busir 
ness ha^ been regarded ais just 
another week stand for a -cou- 
ple 'Ot years: . 

The Palace theatre's • pres- 
tige, ' onCe " universal, was lost 
within the' vaudeville business 
its<6lf long before it declined 
in the mind of the piibllo and 
. preias. The Palace started to 
slip In the esteem of the per- 
former when the picture houpes 
began playing equally big and 
bigger shows. Money. 



Eva tanguay Benefit^ 
HOOO;NVA Objects, 
Bot 20 Acts Appear 



Benefit perforniarice for Eva Tan- 
guay at the Casino, New York, Sun- 
day night (16) grossed about $4,000 
ShOT? was promoted by Lucy Cotton 
Thomas. . y " ■■ 

Henry Ch{esterfleld, secretary of 
the NVA, which has been tontrlb 
uting a monthly sum toward Miss 
Tanguay's support during her ill 
ness, refused to permit, the NVA 
club to ' participate In the Casliio 
benefit. 

Chesterfield declared that there 
are' others just as much fri need, and 
that a! show for Miss "Tariguky and 
not the others waa not considered 
proper by him, :.; - 

Jack Osterman m.c.'d the show, 
in which about 20 star acts took 
part... 




IS NEGESSimY' 



Screen Names Leery of Accepting 



Present Vaudeville Dump- 
ing tor , Economy Only 
and Without Bearing on 
Vaudeville's Future, RKO 
Booking Head Believes — 
Gives Three Reasons for 
Current Drop in Favor- 
Say* RKO Could Throw 
Out All Shows, Y^t 
Vaude WiH Come Back i 
'Backr ^- , ■ 



Vaude Dates with No Booldiig Tiim^^ 
Guarantee; Too Much of a Gamble 



BUT DOESN'T SAY HOW 



Holtz's Version 



Kidded about tho poor btisU 
niess he did at Loew's Metro- 
politan, Brooklyn, recently, . 
Holtz's alibi was, 'I know, but - 
they had a bum picture that , 
week.' 

HoUz received $c;000 for the , 
week heading the stage show 
as a builder- upper for the : 
gross. 



Melsoit for 'Spotligrht/ 
M911 in F-ATs iSliaiiKh^' 

Hollywood, Oct. if-'. :. 

Charles Melsori will be. featured (ri 
F & .M'S : 'Spotlight' unit, operiliig 
Thursday (20), ftt the 'Warileld, 
'Frisco. Irmanette . (Mrs, Melson) 
also goes Into the unit. 

Paul Mall joins the 'Shanghai' 
unit, which has the Long Tack Sam 
outfit as Its pririclpal feature./ 

F M units begin a three-day 
stand at the Arkarisas, Little Rock, 
Nov". 6. House is owned arid, ope- 
rated by Saul S. Harris. 



Jans-Whalen Shorts 



250-Pound; Gypsie Wasn't 
Ticklish ; Just Suffering 

Minneapolis, Oct. 17. . 

Suffering from, pleurisy, 250-pound 
Oypsle Davidson, of the Dalto and 
Bose act at the RKO Orpheurii, 
refused to lay off and did not miss 
a performance here last week. Miss 
l5avldson goes from the auditorium 
onto the stage as a plant to be spun 
brourid by Dalton on roller skates. 

Miss Davidson used laughter as 
tin outlet for her suffering. Audl- 
erices thought her hysterical laugh- 
ing was due to tickllshness. 



X.upe*8 3 Weeks 

Pair of picture, actresses have 
been set for persorial appearances 
* in Publix houses east. Lupe Velez 
left for Boston Saturday (15) to 
Open a three weeks' tour (21). Buf- 
<alo and Detroit follow. 

Kathleen Burke, Paramount's 
!Panther Woman, will go east Nov. 
IB to do appearances In connection 
: With 'Island of. Lost Souls,' her first 
picture. Publlx will try to spot her 
In, towns that participated in: the 
Panther Woman contest. 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Jans, and Whalen have been, ac-. 
cepted' by ; Metro > for a series; of 
shorts. First will be a story V by 
Henry Johnson with Ray MdCajrey 
to direct. I ,' ' ■ 



LeonidofF B-K: Washyp 

Chicago, Oct. .17. 

LeqU: LeonidofC . will stage two; or 
three more stage shows for Ba^ban 
& Katz before golrig east to resume 
as S. L. Rothafel's production as- 
sistant. Leonldoff is due back here 
this week, 

Lou Lipstone, head of the B&K 
production department, has not yet 
selected LeonldofC's local succes- 
sor. 



lONO ISLAND BENEFIT 

Great Neck will hold a benefit 
fpr unemployed actors on Long Is- 
land. 

Miss M. Burnside, daughter Of 
the late R. H. Burnside, manager 
of the old Hippodrome, Is In charge. 



Showman Opens . Store 

San Francisco, Oct. 17. 
Claude Johnson, ex-manager of 
Seattle Orpheum,. and George Ken- 
nedy, former, burlesnuo comedian, 
open their Orphfeum cigar store 
this week. 



'Vaudeville will have to undergo 
complete reconatruetion . before it 
cain ' come back,* declarea Martin 
Beck, He adds that 'RKO can 
throw every one of Ste .theatres into 
straight pictures thie season, yet 

vaudeville will etill come back.' 

It is Beck's further opinion that 
the future of vaudeville Ilea In pres- 
entaltlons that will fit Into the mov-: 
Ing picture atoxosphere, and to that 
end 'we are working on several 
schemes to devise a system which 
will enable us to create the vaude- 
ville of the ijuture.' 

Beck describes himself aa- a flrtn 
believer In the combiriatlon of 
yaudeylUe and pictures as the nat- 
ural policy for all theatres, aii(d 
offers what he considers to be three 
technical' reaapns .ot vaudevllle|S 
preserit suffering^. 

It' was' pointed out to the RKO 
vaudevlUe' booking head that RKO, 
whloh haa- 'always been the vaiide- 
ville- leader, has lately become tlie 
leading . eliminator: of ,va,udevllle, 
and that the morale of vauderllUans 
Is at Its lowest ebb as a result. 

Beck Insists that current vaude- 
ville eliminations by RKO have no 
bearlrig on .the future .of vaudeylUe. 
The ellminatloria are of necessity 
and for Immediate economy reasons 
only, he contends. 

'3 ReaaoM 

The three handlcai» now hanglrig 
over vaudevllle'a head ftre described 
by Beck as foUows: 

(1) Yaudeville ham always de- 
pended on the blending and co-op" 
oration of the various acta on a bill. 
Comedy has) invariably "been the 
■backbone ot entertainment and, 
principally. Variety entertainment. 
Comedy acts nowadays suffer from 
the fact that, under continuous pol- 
icies, audiences constantly change 
their seats— the comedian not get- 
,tlng. the; proper attention and being 
frequently Interrupted, thereby los- 
ing contact with bis audience and 
ptobably most of his entertalriment 
value. : 

. (2 The dramatic sketch, which 
formerly could give tone to 4 vaude- 
ville show, often being played by a 
prominent Broadway star, has been 
driven off the stage by the dramatic 
tjilking picture. | . 

(3 Radio has hurt the straight 
singing: acts that always played a 
prominent part in vaudeville. 

The only Ingredients of the old 
variety show Which vaudeville still 
retains exclusively are dancing, nov- 
elty and sight stuff.' These are not 
sufficient, iri Beck's opinion, to com- 
pose' a. complete or satisfactory 
vaudeville bill. Vaudeville's come- 
back, he maintains, depends on a 
more complete presentation whose 
drama or singing does riot conflict 
with and suffer from opposing en- 
tertalnriient on the screen and the 
air. ' ^ 

Without saying how. Beck thinks 
that it can be done. 



Ken Miinray for Cap 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
Booked for four weeks in the Cap- 
itol, with no opening date set, Ken 
Murray^left yesterday (16), for New 
York. ■ 

Dear'wa.s matde through, the Loew 
office thete. 



W. & V. Vaude Favors 
Flash Acts and Revue$ 

Though not relishing thought of 
regular vaudeville aa used In the. 
past,. Wiimer & 'Vincent may pro-« 
vide a moderate amount of time for 
special attractions such as Singer's 
Midgets, set for five weeks and In 
tile nature of an experiment. 
Singer unit opens Friday (21), at 
the State, Altoona. Four additional 
full weeks are Embassy, Reading; 
State, Easton; Colonial, Allentown, 
and State,^ Harrlsburg. 

Midget show was booked on per- 
centage through the. Dows arid may 
be followed up, if W&"V desires 
continuing stage shows, with Bobby 
Sanford's Show Boat revue.. 

W. & .y. prefers attractions . of 
this type . ra,ther, than regular 
vaudeviile. , ■ 

Sanf ord revue is now playing In- 
dependently in upstate New York 
and New England on a 50-50 split 
with, theatres. It did ?3,200 in three 
days in Kingston, for Walter !Reade 
and $3,000 In: .three days at the 
Union Square, Pittsfield, Mass. . ' 



LOU GEHRIG AS ACT 



Vankea First . Baseman . Making 
. Stage Debut for Loew 



Lou Gehrig, of the New York 
Yankees, Is following another teani- 
mate. Lefty Gomez, Irito vaudeville. 
Tiio first sacker opens for Loew, 
Novi 4, In Jersey City and follows 
with a week at the State, New 
York. It's his first stage try.. 

Babe Ruth's *manager, Christy 
Walsh, is steering Gebrlg. He en-* 
gineered'the Loew booking direct. 



Hollywood, Octl. 17. 

Unwillingness of the vaudjevilie 
circuits to guarantee picture actors 
suSlcient playing time in |the east to 
warrant their leaving Hollywood' is 
costing varieties considerable . in 
name stage attractions. 

Ii> the past, two months, a dozen' 
big film names have been offered by 
Hollywood agents, only to haye the 
eastern vaiide execs come back' with 
a bid of one week in Milwaukee or 
the last hialf. at Albany at a ridic- 
ulously low salary and nothing hiore 
guaranteed. Names are expected to 
pack up and leave Hollywood, jmake 
a trip half-way or entirely across 
the continent for one week at the 
most in; order to show what .they 
have. 

Those offered the RKO circuit re- 
cently and. unable to get but. a 
week's showing date ; are I^ow.ell 
Sherman, Edward Everett Horton, 
H. B. Warner, Bela Lugosi, iZasu 
Pitts, Franklin Pangborn and sev- 
eral others. In the case of Warner, 
the actor was willing to take a four- 
people sketch east,| Transportation, 
material, salaries arid other expenses 
wOuld have set him back $4,000. 
Circuit ottered him only the State- 
Lake in Chicago with bare pbsiiibll- 
Itles of additional time. Lugodt' Was 
willing to go on the nut ' for |?,000 
for an act but couldn't line up 
1 enough time to get ' ba'Ck the in- 
vestment. Same for Hortori, '^hier- 
man arid Miss Pitts. 

Names W.ant Asturance 

.. 'Majority.; of ■ the :names now ap- 
proached ,w|int. a guarantee- otrsev- 
; ,eral weeks , before-leaving ' the -sun- 
^shlne. - There are: quite a £ew;t pic- 
ture people here who ace .more - or 
less, consistent, workers but whd like 
to do personals. They also recog- 
nize, that wlCh'so much panning- of 
poor, material used by picture q^njies 
■When they get ' dn- a stage, ' they 
must buy acts before leaving h«ire.. 
However, they Claim It' is useless; to 
invest ip: scripts If .the .booking, ft- 
fiices will not give them enough- time. 



Kramer-Boyle Split Attain 
For 2d Time This Year 

Kramer and Boyle have split for 
the second time this year. They 
still say It's final this time. ' It 
ends a standard vaudeville partner- 
ship of 13 years, 

Kramer will do a band act on his 
own. Boyle is teaming With another 
partner, Maifyin "Vfin. ... 



WjS's Benefit 

Details are being worked out by 
Warner Bros, ifor a be.neflt perfor- 
mance at the Hollywood, New 'X'ork, 
Nov. 7> proceeds to be divided be- 
tween the Butter and Egg League 
for Tuberculars and the Actors' 
Fund. 

Event la under the management 
of Harry Charnas, managing di- 
rector of WB's metropolitan houses. 

Hollywood is now closed. The 
Tubercular League has a sanitarium 
In Los Angeles. 



CSAIO AND PABAMOUNT 

Rlchy Craig, Jr., will give up act- 
ing and turn to writing if his pres- 
ent negotiations with Paramount go 
through. Charlie Morrl.sori is dick- 
ering In Cc^ig'a behalf for the 
.^cenarl.it Job. 

Craig has been writing material 
Cor other vaudevillians in addition 
lo -his own acting for several years. 



Jack Curtis pn Coast, 
Extending: Agency Ifiz 

. Jack Curtis, the agent, will start 
for the Pacific Coast, early In No- 
veriiber to survey the agency flell 
out there. • . 

Curtis has rio positive idea :in 
mlrid. His Iptentlon Is to expand 
the Curtis agency business If con- 
ditions warrant. 

Last week Curtis placed WlHle 
and Eugene Howard under his rep- 
resentative contract for all branch- 
es of the show business for the next 
three years. The starring come- 
dians, are now with the new musl- ; 
cal, 'Ballyhoo,' bri Broadway. 

It is said th^it Curtis, widely 
known variety, agent with inteniia- 
tional connections, iwlll go In mora 
for names -und^r exclusive repre- 
sentation In the future. 



Miller and Mack Again 

Hollywood, Oct 17. 

Miller and Mack reunited, will re- 
place the Ghezzis in F&M's 'Hello 
Paris,' eastern produced unit,, when 
it airrives on the Coast in two weeks. 

'Spotlight' unit, which opened 
Thursday (13) at the Fox, San 
Diego, lays off 10 days before go- 
ing into the Warfleld, 'Frisco, Oct 
28. 



Dell ODell an Inventor 

Chicago, Oct. IT. 

Dell O'Dell has cntei-ed the ex- 
ercising machine biviiness as a 
manufacturer. A aeries of original 
devices invented by herself and her 
hu-sband, Charles Carrer, the njia- 
glclan, have been placed on t)li« 
market. V, 

The ^ormer.,:y4^d^^y.U^,i^a^JJrt»c H' 
$500 order with, ilae'- B6«ton store 
her* last ■Week; ; 



' 28 VARIETY T^CBday, October 18, 1932 




$0 VARIETT 



V4 V D E VILLE 



TuesdAy,' October 18, 1932 



B&K Friendly 
ToVaudeas 
Nabe Formula 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 
Balaban &• Katz la described as 
receptive to vaudeville in a number 
of its neighborhood spots ilow that 
th9 return to single features la an 
accomplished reality.- First house 
to get vaude is the Congress, which 
■will play five aicts' Saturday and 
Sunday, starting Oct. 22. It is also 
probable that the Senate will take 
on weekend dhows. 

William 'Morris office through 
Morris Silvers wbrked out the Con^ 
gresB deal ;n'ith Dave Balaban; dis-;' 
trict..supervis6r.' At the same time 
a test baMbon l.s being sent up at; 
the Belmont, which will play flvei 
preview (showing) acts on Fridays; 
starting Oct. 2S. This will be onj 
top of the flv6' preview acts ori 
Wednesdays at the Congress, whicl^ 
continues as heretof or. • ; 

To facilitate ramill&rity with new; 
•acts Morris offlce coiiitempl^ted lri-| 
cretwing- its; = Wodnedda,7 'showing: 
bills frdm flv^ to 10 acts at the 
Congress. But this was deemed tdci 
heavy a, )oad of. vaudeyille for one' 
sitting and the decision to use the 
Belmont on Friday for the added 
flTO served a- twofold purpose. | 



Poppy Minstrel Break-in : 

IjOs Angeles, Oct 17. : 
California Poppy Minstrel^, fea- 
turing Al Herman, Fred Warren 
and Frank Holliday, breaks in at 
the Fox, Pomona, for two days 
£>iitarting Thursday (20), after which 
It goes Into other F-WC houses on 
the coast. Sidney Schallmaii Is 
booking. 

Outfit Is fea,turlhg' a street parade' 
iihd coAcert pi['ecedihg eacli ' 
form'ah'ce. • 



Loew's Pitchers 



That the dilference between 
the majors and a minor league 
is ■ so great is open to debate 
after the current Loew book- 
ings and salaries of Lefty 
Gomez and Al Maniaux, ■ 

Gomez, considered the Stand- 
out pitcher of both major 
, leagues last season, Is getting 
$500 In vaudeville, • Mamaux, 
manager Of the Ne\vark Bears 
of the international League, a - 
minor loop, is receiving $050. 



Colored Tab at Lincoln 
L. A. oh Four Weeks Run 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 

Ervlng Miller opened a colored 
tab --at the Lincoln theatre, here 
Oct. 15. It's In for 'four weekia. ■ 

Principles are Alto Otes, 'Cutout'' 
Ellis, Rap Cole, Teddy and Estelle, 
George Bias, Blanche Thonipson,: 
Lester Williams, Ella Mea Waters, 
Line of 10 girls and a 10-plece band 
■used. ■;■ 

Lincoln Is the- acb colored house 
here, and tias had an on-and-off 
stage and straight plcti^re policy; 
for several years; 



Newark Indie 



Though the mijoir .circuits in 
Newark are still hoiding out Against 
the local musicians' union, the sec- 
ond Newttrk indie ,to, go for stage 
shows will .be the Essex,' .starting 
Saturday. (22)." , . 

„ Operated -by Goldbaum &. i>ayis 
the' forniier film grinder . will play 
.five . .acts ,.on a split, . booked .from 
New York by Fally jijarkus',.. ' 

t'or . the past three weeks the 
Shubert, Newark, has played eight 
ac.ts, plus pictures. 



$800 JEBSET SUL 'IDEA i 

RKO contemplia.tirig' vaud^vill^ f 6i! 
the Rivdli, New BruinsW'lbk, iN.''.J.( 
on a ■ split Week' basis,' 'billb niot ' 'tq 
tan 'iboVd ' $800 '|yel" halt/ ' :•' ".' ■ \ 
' Idea is to tlry 'kfti p.6ll6y for fbur 
or 'flive week's aiid' See wrha't happens; 

■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■ i I ■ ■. I : . ■ -. r ' I : ; 1:. . . 1 

. ■ •■ "■ i ' '■ K'':-''- ' ' 

,■•■ ! . ; ! E|mjra'« -Taba..! \ 

Colonial, Elittlra, N; T., Is tr^fn^ 
• tabs this 'seasori ' instead 'id^ Vaudel 
Indie Opferatiort Weht Intb thkt poll-! 
cy last week oil' a sdVett day basis 

Harry Rogers 'lit ■'bookinir- 'th< 
b.ouse: ' '■ ■ >' ■•;• 



DeVITO MB DENNY 

Aid DOT STEVENS 

" — Hiey,' Ryan .d. ' NobjetW, where 
do. you go. ^fter Newr OHeana?" 



Membership Clubs 

^ (Conitnned f ro'm . pape 1) 

Sailing Baruchj .George T. Brokaw, 
Grover 'Whalen and- Mme; do Gama. 
Eddie Davls^ or4ihestra :will do its 

stuff.;- ■►,:;;.>'•■. •.■.\ ^■■< .:. : 1 

ThlA is alH dourly looked upon by 
the class speaks and the just openeid 
smart nlte spots s&ch as the Mo>nt-' 
parnasse, El ,Garrpn and El Patio. 
Th^ bUEohipalritassei Y^allures . a -bat- 
tja,llpi;i of .flunkieM in gold and satin- 
tti<4e'cheii- m'ahhlhg' the'- balustrades 
of, . pne ,oi; . t|iose ; cln^ijnAt^c ~ grand 
^ftircia^^ ''.[:.'}\ , l.,-!; 

.., ,Sa,turdtay...find: ,^uhday., nights ^ire 
j^tilV,topi mop^y get^^rs for the cou- 
iyei^jt, plj^ces; wh|B.fl, thO;:?inte,,is:, tilted 
£),nd,.,the..i\9W •CQiitpetish j^^.^^emed 
rtough,: .especially :W.itih.-. I the society 
atmosphere,., V,.. ,. i ,i , . 



' Republic's Cut Rates 

. , JMlnsky's : Republic,; . New . Torki 
^.ent . into , . cut, .fates ; after an ott 
ibiisneps Btf^rt- lUppi^ re.opQning last 
^eek,-; .',v 

,, The Republic, tickets ,ar9 re 
tailing at LeBlang's. for 65e. > : 



Saranac Ldie 

By Happy Benway 

Writ« to thoaa that you know In 
Saranac and alaawher* who ar ill.. '. 

Night clubs, road houses and 
speaks ^calling it a season, enter 
talners can be had for a dime tl 
whole, lot. 

Otto . Gray and his Oklahomia 
Cowboys did an hour of entertain-; 
ment at the Lodge. Patients ate 
up those hill-billy numbers. 

,Dan Astelia was shot to the Gen- 
eral hospital for a quick look-over; 
Result was an operation. Now Dan 
is back to the Lodge nilnus his ap- 
pendix. 

RusB Kelly returned to the rest 
chair after a six-week seige at the 
French hospital. N. .T. CL Medicos 
say it was all on account, of his 
teeth. So Russ is getting thei 
molars yanked. ' 

George Harmon asked Dr. Mayer 
what his chtinces were. /The medico 
ansWeired '60-60.' 'WThat! No odds?' 
yelled George .... Millie Jasper, Who 
has- had a seilge of bed, lck>ks good 
now; ,, seen .In .dining room three 
times daily. . . .Ear-liaps and mittens 
In vogue; snow Is. here..,. 

Bert Ford gets the big olcay. Get- 
ting r^ady to lebve with an eye open 
for a: Jbb thing. Che of the most 
notable comebacks of. the san, ... 
Miainy Saranac folks Montrealed it 
to the Harry Lauder opening.... 
Loran . Newell doing- plenty of sit- 
.ting up since ,thei oper; he Is all on 
the . okay side..,. Ida Howard will 
lick that bed thing yet; she's show-: 
ihg dally Im'prdvement.. ; .Mae De- 
lany; who can count heir stay in 
t>ed by ye{u-s< la i^howlng wonderful 
Improyement. 

The: Adirondack Parade — Fall 
ihedical check-up shows up many 
on the. ql^e side .... Helen O'Reilly 
after seven years of ozoning was 
pronounced well and left for Brook- 
lyn. .Vernon Lawrence got the 
leave okay... .George NevUle, a 
four-year curer, got tlio final 
papers; left for Calif orhla....Tonri 
Creamer, after six weelcs of Adl- 
ronc|ackIng,„ got ,the Big Street bug 
and left. . . .Eithel Jones left 100% 
ofce for Manhattan, Isle... .Charles 
Libscap listed with' an okay. He 
can resume work in the near future, 
leaving: for Dayton, Ohio. . . .Dr. 
Edgar 'Mayer cures 'em, and how!: 
..Mr. and Mrs. - BIU Morris left 
Camp Intermission for a winter on^ 
Central: Park West,, NoW Saranac 
isn't Saranae any more. .. .Ruth 
Etting sent every lady patient at 
the: iLodge .a -bed jacket. , . .Dorpthy 
Harvard, who did a month's vacas.h 
downtown with her mother, is back 
at the Lodge' plus - weight and pep 
'. .Erlaii Wilcox, . Exelo player" 
de luxe. oH a visit, arranged a spe-, 
cial air' program for the show folks 
.Ma.hagbr . Dodds Lake Placid 
issuing . new . season diicata for all 
show .,folk . curers, , . ,Jaok Nicoll; 
.$x-hopfer an^i .tft;ii owner here,- 
hever 'lets. a curing actor walk.... 
Dolph Singer, who did the come-' 
back thing here, working New York 
to A writing success .... Marlon 
Greene, a seven-year curer here, 
anticipates New Tork City for a 
change. . . . Jamee Hicks, Hawaiian 
cyclqne, about ready for California 
trip. './.Tommy Abbott walking 
around after the operation with one 
meal lil main dining room. . . .Harry 
Namba has a hew typevrrlter, a glf^ 
from a pal who couldn't read hl^ 
hand-writing^ i 



Irony 



A male single participating 
In tlie benefit show for Eva 
Tanguay at the Casino, New 
York, Sunday night (16), taxed 
the audience's patience by. 
staying on too lohg, He waa( 
breaking In a new act and in-' 
advertently overstaypd. They| 
hissed him off. \ 

Unknown to the hissers, the' 
act, Johnny Ford, Was Mlss;^ 
Tanguay's first husband. 1 



F&M Units at State 
In Minneapolis Retuhi 



"■I 

trhich 



" Minneapolis, Oct, 
Fanchon & Marco units, whic! 
formerly played the Minnesota^ now 
closed)' will . return here, going into 
the State, Publix loop house which 
has l>een using a straight film policy. 
Negotiations With stage hands are 
now under "^ay. 

Aside from the S^ubert-dlramatic. 
stock), Qayety (burlesque) and 
Metropolitan (road attractions),' the 
RKO Orpheum alone of all Twin 
City theatres- now has stage- shows. 
Using five vaudeville acts .'along wlti^ 
its screen, p'roerrams, , 
. F.^if. units at the State- aire ex- 
pected to: bring about the reopening 
of the Century, - another PiibllJt 
house which has been closed, tot 
more than a season. 'A' 'pictureri 
will go into the Century and 
pictures Into the State, under thS 
proposed new arrangeinent>, . 



Marhis' 3 Indies 



Myrtle, Brooklyn, operated, by M. 
J. Berman, eroes vaude today (Tues- 
day), taking five . act shows twice 
weekly. House ' heads a group of 
.three enrolled by Fally Markus for 
his Amalgainated book. 

Others are ' New, at Harhniels; 
L. 'I., four acts last halves ^egln^ 
ning Thursday (20), and. 'f^ssex; 
Newark, Saturday (22), five, on 
split. i 



l^ogers' 4th Ta^b , . 

; : Harry Rogers" fourth musical tabf 
has gonie ''into' rehearsal ; .lii New 
York Wit}i baniiy DuncE^n ' heading 
the Mst, iRogers. ia booking., jthe 
shows .direct for guarantee and. per 
centage dates, : ■ - 

First three' Rogers tabs, 'already 
otit, are Respectively headed, l;>y ^CJur-i 
ley .Burns, . Bijly, Pearl - ^nd , I^ewis 
Mack, all comlca. : 



Five in Minn. ' 

Minneapolla, Oct. 17. 
RKO Orpheum has changed from 
three ' to four complete vaudeville 
shows on week days. 

It means an additional perform- 
ajice daily for the actors . without 
extra compensation and five . ad- 
ditional turnovers a week for the 
'house. 



CHI RKO'S 21 HOUSES, 
BUT ONLY 4 WKS. WORK 



Cjhlcago, Oct 17. 

More vaudeyille In the middle 
west has been set by RKO,. although 
not directly benefiting Chicago as a 
booking center. New setup followed 
Nate Blumberg'a western swing- 
around last week. 

Orpheum, Qmaha, will play vaude 
first halves^ straight pictures last 
hajf. This ■Will be a flU-ln for RKO 
acts between Minneapolis and Kan«. 
sas CUy, where vaudeville also re- 
sumes. State-Lake date under Its 
new higher-priced bills will follow 
Kansas City, making a separate 
western route as distinct^ from 
the Ciev.eland-Cincinnati-Toronto- 
Buffalo-Palace, Chicago route. 

Some 21 houses Are booked by the 
Chicago RKO offlce but they ag< 
gregate only about four weeks' 
Work, '' 



SAWFORjO TQUR TROUPE 

Onii of . 40^ H«a 3 . Advance .Man—. 
: Playins in East 



iSobby Sanford, stager of the 
'Hudson . hi^ht.' line's: river cruise 
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centage btldis' and works In back of 
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Doyle. a.n^,ponhelly replaced Jack 
White at , the. head of the cast In 
Albany this week. Others in the 
show are - Lestra LaMonte, Wintz- 
Roth orchestra and a line of 20 girls. . 



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Tuesdiiy, October 1«, 19M 



BURLESQUE - YAUDE 



VARIETY 



Burlesque Revbws 



REPUBLIC, N. Y. 

. New York, Oct. 15. 
When the Mlnakys re-appUed for 

. a. license for their closed Republic 

-they declared intentions of predent- 
Irie clean shows. They even offered 
to- employ Sain.S. Scrlbner a,t their 
pwn expense to watch over thiem. 
The name of Scrlbner is synonom- 
Dus with clean bwrlesque. because 
(flirty burlesque was the factor that 
drove its owner out of the business 
four years ago. When they men- 
tioned Scrlbner'fl ■ name to the li- 
cense commissioner, the reopening 
ticket for the Republic was issued. 
With Sam Scrlbner watching the 

•Republic start anew with a clean 
phow/- If not spotless, then a . lot 
cleaner than the former Minsky 
operettas. Besides being dean It's 
Alj double in spades, . 14 karat 

.-.dreary. 

• Apparently the declaration that 
they \^^ould henceforth present 'em 
clean was merely an assumption on 
thiS Mlnsky's part. They are lack- 
ing in clean show experience, and 
Jt looks as though any they now. 
.gain will be very limited. For if 
. this opener is a sample then Minsky 
burlesque on 42d street^ New Tork. 
at a buck and a halt top per copy 
Will be as easy to sell as fur coats 
In Honolulu. 

1^0 more goona-goona, said Li- 
cense Commissioner Oeraghty, and 
.that broke the backbone of bur- 
lesque a la Minsky. Just to show 
that they've changed neither their 
names nor their minds, the produc- 
ing family still has the strippers 
around, but they are ex-strlppers 
now. They are more to be pitied 
than . censored. They've been cen- 
sored already and the pity comes 
In whenever they step upon tbe 
■tage. 

When they took the strip away 
from the strippers, they took away 
the plumber's tools. The girls can't 
"do anything else. They make a 
half hearted stab at singing with 
their clothes on, which only goes to 
prove it. 

Seven years have elapsed, since 
the leading woman of burlesque has 
been called on to do anything but 
remove her apparel. In those seven 
7ears the women of talent wefe 
passed up and gradually they passed 
out. of burlesque. Taking their 
places were others whose sole stock 
In trade was the strip. Had bur- 
lesque encouraged the development 
° of talent in its leading women dur- 
ing the past seven years, burlesque 
now might have a chance to sur- 
vive the changes that official re- 
centment is forcing It to undergo. 
Vhere would be no necessity of fall- 
ing back on women who don't be- 
long on a stage when they cannot 
•trip, an the Mlnskys are doing after 
having promised to behave. And on 
Comedians whose spirit has been 
broken by seven years of complete 
'•ubservlence to the strip number. 

To see a non-stripping stripper go 
through the motions of singing is 
to wonder whether the Minskys are 
kidding or Just unable to see the 
ftitility in battling the inevitable. 

With the takeoffs out for the 
<femme principals the 24-girl chorus 
•Ifl tarrying the brunt of the Repub- 
lic's torso display. They participate 
In three of four tableaux during the 

Sow, bared from the waist up. But 
, ey are posing only and never 

{loving. In one such number six 
Iris who are posing in the back- 
cround have to make an exit be- 
ipre the scene Is over and in view 
fit the audience. In unison they 
•over their breasts with their hands 
: tad scamper oft. The idea probably 
90ing that it's okay as long as they 
IRand stUl. That makes it art. 
From memory, there are 49 dlffer- 
people on the stage at one tinie 
flr another. Much more entertain - 
Stent, should emanate from a troupe 
W'that size than is to be found at 
fhe Republic. The reason Is that 
^OBt of the time and space is taken 
by non-stripping ex-strippers. 



HARRY.WCRULL 

Managing Director 

EMPIRE THEATRE 

Leicester SquareLONDON eng 

ROAD SHOW ENGAGEMENT 

of GRAND HOTEL' at 

LONDON PALACE 



listless comedians and broken-down 
bits. The few fairly meritorious mo- 
ments arrived when special talent 
came on. 

Three visiting coniblhatlons are 
given their own spots in the per- 
formance, all legitimate entertain- 
ers in a small-time way. Two are 
trios and the other a six-people 
novelty dancing combination. One 
,df the threie-acts is a veteran musi- 
cal and singing turn comprising two 
men and a woman, who date back to 
the family time. Other is a three- 
man colored hoofing combination. 
The six-persbn troupe does a me- 
latige of tumbling and knife throw- 
ing, with the best item a contortion 
dance by a girl. 

The visiting folks were not so 
good, but they looked great in con- 
trast to the burlesque stock com- 
pany. At least In giving a clean 
performance they were working in 
their proper ■ element; The others 
were not. 

Nobody is billed, and the only 
names mentioned are crooned 
through an offstage mike by an an- 
nouncer who favors the ex-strlppers 
only. Otherwise evelTthing and 
everybody's anonymous, which is 
just as well. The stock company 
comprises, besides the girls, five ex- 
strlppers, three comics, prlrtia don- 
na, two singing straight men, one 
regular straight, a juve and a util- 
ity straight man In the person of 
John Grant, the show's producer. 

The production end is heavier and 
above average for modern burlesque, 
but couldn't pass muster in another 
field. Thoughts behind the scenes 
are usually clear, but the hand-me- 
down costumes and the ridiculously 
misplaced songs are confusing. 

Only fair attendance Saturday 
matinee, with the top. $1.10 and 99% 
of the audience stag. They were 
the boys who used to go for the 
strip stuff, as shown by their in- 
sistent applause when an ex-strlp- 
per declined to strip and their audi- 
ble disappointment when she gave 
them a blank refusal. 

The strip and the dirt has driven 
the women out of burliesque audi- 
ences. They've been away so long 
they can't be coaxed back in a week 
or a month. And it's very likely they 
won't come back as long as it's 
called burlesque, for burliesque to 
everyone in the past seven years 
has meant nothing but a dirty show. 

Which leaves the Minskys and all 
other burlesque impresarios on the 
well-known spot. Clean shows will 
drive away the men who like 'eni 
dirty, and these are the only pa- 
trons left to burlesque. Meanwhile 
there is no assurance that the Min- 
skys and the others can successfully 
stage clean shows, lacking, as they 
are, in experience in that line, or 
that they can again attract the gen- 
eral public even if their shows are 
good on top of being clean. 

Maybe Commissioner Geraghty 
did the Minskys a favor by closing 
the Republic •g.nd the Minskys didn't 
know It. Bige, 



Minskys' Snow Storm 



To create some attention for 
the Apollo, in Harlem, the 
' Minskys are unloosing a bliz- 
zard of passes for the house. 
At the same time the admission 
has been raised from $1.10 to 
$1.65. ; . 

It's the Mlnsky's idea that 
those coming in on the Oakleys 
will llgure theyre getting more 
than nothing with the scale 
raised.. 



Scribner Deprecates Binrlesk Tzar' 
BiHing: Merely 0. 0/ing Minskys 



HEI»[-MINSKYS 
GErWTHM 



. Izzy Herk and the Minskys have 
both got ryhthm again, so Empire 
wheel shows go into the APoHo, New 
York, Oct. 2 J. Herk and Joe Wein-; 
stock, of the Minsky firm, did the 
making up. The Apollo is on 126th' 
street. 

'Are you mad at us?' asked Weih-. 
stock, . 

'No,' answered Herk. 'Ar6 you 
mad at us?' 

'No,' replied Weinstock. And that 
was thati 

The HerkrMinskys estrangement 
dates back a month to the time the 
brothers walked out on an Empire 
booking deal for their Central In 
Times Square. Herk said the walk- 
out wasn't so bad, except that only 
a week earlier the Minskys had 
talked him into closing the opposish 
Gaiety. 

Herk said at the time he wouldn't 
do any more business with the Min- 
skys if they gave him $1,000,000. He 
didn't get the million, but he's not 
mad any more anyhow. 

Settlement of the Herk-Minsky 
feud narrows the list of world fa- 
mous enmities down to Schmeling 
and Sharkey. 

When opening, the uptown Apollo 
will fall in between Newark and 
Paterson on the Empire route. 



Sam S: Scribner is getting a sal- 
ary from, the Minskys as the Min- 
skys' own censor of the shows at 
their four burlesques houses in New 
Yorki Mention of his name to May- 



FRANK FINNEY STRrCKEN 



Veteran. Columbia Wheel Comic 
QollapseB in Spokane 



ELTINGE, N. Y, 

New York, Oct. IB. 

Max Rudnick's Eltihge, down the 
block from the Repu/bllc, is the 
lesser of 42d street's two burlesques, 
in that the Eltlnge is on a grind 
while the Republic Is two-a-day 
with reserved seats. Besides which 
the Republic was asking $1.10 at 
the Saturday matinee, while the 
Eltlnge top was B6c. ' 

The difTerence between the two 
shows isn't as great as the admlsh 
scales imply. They're slapped on 
with less care here, but the general 
effect is the same. The Eltlnge, like 
(Continued on page 35) 



Empire Wheel 

Week Oct. 17 



BiK Revue— Modern, Providence. 

Empire Qlrls— Star. Brooklyn. 

Facts & Figures— Orpheum, PatterBon. 

FoIIlee of Pleaeure— Howard. Boeton. 

FrlvoUilea— Capitol, Albany. 

French Frolics— Hudson, Union' City. 

Qaltlea of 1038— State, Sprlnfleld. 

Girls from Dixie— Worcester, Worcester. 

Girls from Follies— Academy, Plttsbursh. 

l^ln Thru-^L. .O. 

Legs A Laughter— Empire, Newark. 

Lid Lifters— Gayety, WashlnKton. 

Merry Whirl— Palace. Baltimore. 

Rarln to Go— Route No, 1. 

Step Lively Girls— Trocadero, Phlladephla. 



WITH MANY THANKS TO CLARK ROBINSON 
and FRANK CAMBRIA 

HAL SANDS 

PBB9BNT8 

MAZZONE AND KEENE 

ASSISTED BT 
LENORO and WHITE and SUN«H*Ne SISTERS 



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Ease's 15th 



Empire's 16th show, necessitated 
by the addition of another week to 
the route when Minskys*. Apollo, 
New York goes on the wheel. Is be- 
ing produced by Ed Ryan; 'Night 
Life In Paris' is the monicker. 

Principals are Charles McNally, 
Jimmy Dugan, Gladys Clarke, Pat 
Kemey, Sally Swan, Evelyn Mur- 
ray, Marie Pitman and Hi and Low. 



Akron Civic for Tab 

Akron,' Oct. 17. 

Darkened Civic, closed since the 
Gordinler Players found Canton 
pastures greener, reopened Oct. IB 
with a tab show, 'Persia Follies,' and 
a first run feature. , 

Program is continuous from 11 
to 11. Stage show runs 90 minutes. 
Routed here by the King Amuse- 
nierit Co., of Detroit. 



Spokane, Oct. 17. 

Frank Finney,, former comic on 
the Columbia burlesque wheel suf- 
fered a physical collapse at his home 
here. Condition was considered- 
critical fof severa;i days but he now 
is reported somewhat improved.. 

Finney- produced the Merrymak- 
ers' comedies here for two seasons, 
aft^r retiring from. burlesque. 



0EY2RAIL 
LEAPS, EMPIRE 



starting next week all but two 
jumps on the' Empire wheel will be 
made by bus or boat.' Saving to the 
circuit will be about $900 a week. 
This is allocated among 14 shows. 

Only remaining railroad jumps are 
between Brooklyn-Philadelphia and 
Baltimore-Washington. Boat trans- 
portation" from Albany and Provi- 
dence and New Tork is already In 
effect for the troupes. The rest of 
the wheel is. motorized. 

While .part of the weekly saving 
is in fares for the sbows, the largest 
economy through bus Jumping is in 
baggage bills. Buses carrying the 
people win be trailed by trucks con 
taining the baggage, which provides 
direct theatre-to-theatre hauling in- 
stead of the extra station-to-theatre 
baggage trip necessitated by r.r. 
travel. 



B'KLTN HEABING PUT OFF 

Harold and Leonard Raymond 
and Ed Ryan., were granted a two 
weeks adjournment at the sched- 
uled hearing Thursday (13) in 
Brooklyn magistrates' court on 
charges of giving an indecent per- 
formance. 

The Raymonds were named as 
managers of the Star theatre and 
Ryan as manager of the Empire 
wheel show, 'Rarin' to Go,' which 
brought the complaint. 



Burlesque Placements 



Chicago, . Oct. 17. 

Milt Schuster has made the fol- 
lowing burlesque placements in 
middle West; 

Pearl Wilson, Columbia, Detroit; 
Mid Dawn; Virginia Neil, Avenue, 
Detroit; Jack Heath and wife, 
Sponsler & Southern, Star an'd 
Garter, Chicago; Diana Page, Gar- 
rick, St. Louis; Pacific Comedy 
Four, Gayety, Baltimore; Camaratta 
Duo, Lyceum, Columbus; LaViUe 
Mae, Anna Rose, Mutual, Indiana- 
polifl; Pearl Smith, State-Congress, 
Chicago; Zora Dee Wood, 'Sliding 
Billy Watson's Own Show,' travel- 
ing United Burlesque Circuit; 
Gayety, Milwaukee, Stanley Gor- 
don, Billy Pltzer, Bay Wencll, Ruth 
Peeler, Helene Davis, Hiarry 'Jake' 
Fields, Charles Levlne; Mary 
Woods, Haymarket, Hazel Smith, 
State-Congress, Frapklyn Hopkins, 
Star & Garter, &n Chicago. 



Gerard Demands United 
Drop His Old Title 

Demand that the Western United 
Burlesque circuit desist from fur- 
ther us« of the title 'Follies of the 
Day' in connection with one of its 
shows has been made by attorneys 
for Barney Gerard. Complaint to 
Arthur damage sets forth . the 
claim, that the title was created by 
Gerard for a show that he toured 
over the Columbia wheel for 18. 
consecutive seasons. 

Clamage was notified by the law 
Arm of House, Grossman & Vor- 
haus, acting for Gerard, that if 
United didn't discard the title in- 
junction proceedings will be in- 
stituted. 



or McKee and License 'Commissions 
er Geraghty proved an open sesame 
for the burlesiqiue firm's Republic 
theatre on 42d streiet, after the city 
had closed the house by revoking its 
license. 

Scribner's name and services were 
brought into the situation at the 
suggestion of L H. Herk, head 6C 
the. Empire wheel. The latter's at- 
torney, Jacob I. Goodstein, became 
counsel for the Minskys when they 
changed lawyers to appeal- the li'* 
cense case . before : Geraghty. 

•That Scr(bner wouId .be set up. as 
a 'czar' of the hurlesque business is 
set down as. ju^t a gag by hlm^ 
He's' merely , overseeing the Min- 
skys' shows a,i the .latters' request 
and by arrangement between the 
Minskys and thie offlcials who iiad 
closed the Republic. 

Scribner's contract with' the Min- 
skys gives': him the right to quit 
whenever he feels that his advice" 
and orders in the way- of censor- 
ship are not followed. . His first act 
upon taking the job was to look at 
the Republic's opening show. ' Hei 
ordered several cuts in the bits and 
numbers and . they were made. • 

Burlosk Label Out 

One of the agreements made by 
the Minskys and .Max Rudnick, 
whose Eltlnge stock was closed at 
the same tiinc and for the same rea- 
sons, .was that the .name of bur- 
lesque would be drpppied from the 
theatres. Rudnick calls his shows 
'Eltlnge Follies.' Minskys agreed to 
use . 'Billy Mlnsky's Frolics,' but the 
sign reading burlesque is still on 
the theatre. This brought several 
protests, which Scrlbner is attemplt^ • 
Ing ;{o straighten out. . > . 

Another matter on which Scrlb- 
ner is working concerns barkers In 
front of the theatre. These . were 
ordered out by Geraghty when.' the 
new license was granted. Scribner 
pointed to barkers employed by . the" 
Broadway picture houses and sug- 
gested discontinuation of street 
ballyhoo all around. The other thCr 
atres have been . notified to take 
their barkers off the sidewalk. 
Scribner was notified that If the 
picture house barkers are not out 
by next week, the Republic 'wlH be ' 
entitled to restore its ballyhoo boy. 

Scribner has been, away from bur- 
lesque for four years. He left be- 
cause the wave of dirty shows with 
their stripping and dialog has taken 
A foothold in burlesque. Always an 
advocate of the clean show, he re- 
fused to change his. policy. His 
clean shows could not compete with 
the others, so rather thaii dirty up 
he quit the bjsiness. 

Since retiring Scribner has been 
devoting his time gratis to the Ac- 
tors' Fund of America as treasurer 
of that benevolent organization. He 
says he's not going to risk the clean 
rep that toc|k him, 60 years to build 
UP — that when Scribner's clean 
show orders are not followed, Scrfbr 
ner walks. 



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VAOME IHNIME REVIEWS 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932 




VERNON 'LEFTY' GOMEZ 
Talk 

7 Mins.; One 
State 

A freak attraction. Yankee pitcher 
has nothlner to offer for vaudeville, 
but at this time on top of the 
world's series, with Tiahks winning 
hands down, he figures es a draw. 

Gomez makes no pretentions to 
stage ambitions, seeming satisfied 
to regard himself strictly as a freak 
attraction booked because of b.o, 
and letting it go at that. The base- 
ball tosser does virtually nothing at 
all except appear in a regulation 
diamond uniform and pitcher's 
glove, letting Mills, Kirk and Mills 
and June Carr, who mix Into his 
spot, take care of things. 

Gomez Is one of the shyest of 
stage novices. The audience must 
strain to hear what he has to say 
in answering simple questions by 
the M-K-M trio or trying to Indulge 
in light laughs when the slap- 
around trio feeds. No one asks him 
his secret of pitching fame, what 
kind of balls he throws or anything 
of that sort, 

. Speaking of the stage, the twirler 
says , 'oh . the baseball diamond I 
know my business/ later on remind- 
ing again 'this isn't my racket.' 

Pitcher is getting $500 on this as- 
slgrnment. Char. 

FOUR BARRYMORES 
Dancing, Contedy 
12 Mins.; In On«. 
Grand O. H. 

' No relation to John, Lionel and 
Ethel, but since there's no copy- 
right on the moniker one's as good 
as another for the billing. The four 
boys have a bang-up hoke. and tap 
cohglomeration that dovetails nice- 
ly with the requirements of the 
ihedlum time levels. 
^^Vs rough, Ipwdown In many 
spots, but funny, and keeps moving 
along at an attention-holding, pace. 
All four strike off a nifty buck 
and wing, but two In particular un- 
;liinber during the rdpe-skipplng bit 
a rhythmic pattern that outshines 
the rest by far, j 

Laugh stuff reaches a peak with 
a burlesque adagio In which one of 
the boys resorts to a long, red dress 
and exaggerated chest padding, 
which becomes misplaced during 
the roxigh and tumble. What in 
some houses may have been tagged 
a cheap comedy device was enough 
hefe to send ther femme contingent 
Into a' prolonged spasm of shrieks. 

Act uncorks a hovel tap twist for 
the finish. Two o£ the boys start 
pushing each other uround. That 
brings on a challenge. A . second 
appears with a pair of foils' and 
the combatants clank foil against 
toil and gradually slip Into a tap. 
Rest of the foursome soon joih, 
similarly atmed, and the act goes 
Into a military precision that quick- 
ly builds to a rousing sendoff. 

Odec. 



WILUAM HALL. (A) 
Singing 
11 Mins.; One 
Palace 

William Hall, sustaining artist 
on CBS, comes . to vaude with a 
strong voice and a winning person- 
Ity. Liike most of his brethren from 
the ether currents, he lacks the 
showmanship to -which vaude stages 
are accustomed, but, discounting 
that, his showing is okay. Hall uses 
a mike, but his voice sounds big 
enough to get along without it, 
wlilch may bring up the question 
of whether or not a ihike to hold 
onto may make the lack of song- 
selling in person less noticeable. 

Hall Is a tall lad who spots well 
He opens strong on 'Without a 
Song,' which can't miss if half way 
well done, then announces his con- 
ception of three pop ballads. It's a 
medley, and followed for finish by 
'Round the Bend in the Road,' a,n- 
other perfecto for baritones. 

At the Saturday afternoon show 
Hall backed away from an encore, 
excusing himself by saying he had 
to bo on the radio within three 
hours. Maybe in Philly? Ohar, 



•DO, RE, Mi (4) 

(Ann Balthy, Maybelle and Evelyn 
: Ro8«) ; 
Harmony Singing 
11 Mins.; Two 
Palace 

These three personable misses 
from the radio pick the three low 
notes of the musical scale as their 
billing. They don't try too hard to 
show oil. their vocal range. Tuf h Is 
typical of harmony trios from the 
air,: but does not shape as better 
than average. 

They walked' on to a mild hand 
here. Girls try for novelty In their 
harmony, doing as finale two numr 
bers, '31st Street Blues' and 'Please, 
Mr. Hemingway,' first In a muted 
manner. - 

No hill-billy attempt at ail. Fol- 
lowing opener, 'Honey, Smile for 
Me,' they go into 'I^radlse,' which 
is led off by the girl who seents to 
have the best voice. 

Diction is at all times good, one 
point strongly in fayor of the Do, 
Re, Mi threesoihe. Everything 
through the mike. No. 2 here. 

Char. 



ALLEN and EDDlE (2) 
Comedy, Singingf Dancing 
13 Mins.; One 
Grand O. H. 

Capable and promising comic on 

the Eddie end oC the act, but th^ 

material and the young lad doing 

the feeding won't help lift him oiit 
of the minor classification. Partner 
has the natty appearance and the 
Ingratiating personality but - the 
knack for building the gag and 
reaping the rewards isn't there. 
Collection of patter bits Is of the 
tried and true kind, showing wide 
and liberal borrowing, with lots of 
It of way back vintage. . One bit 
in particular derives from an old 
Eugene and Willie How:ard routine, 
and Included by them in a television 
broadcast over W2XAtJ. New Tork, 
the same week (11). 

Allen a;nd Eddie give their act a 
fast and noisy entry. It's a parody 
medley of college tunes that winds 
up in a comedy tap. With the' ex- 
ception of the dance bit that takes 
them off, the routine is given over 
to verbal exchange. Laugh returns 
would be of more solid and pro- 
longed proportions if the feed would 
ease up the tension he seems to be 
under and adopt a better sense of 
timing. 

Turn is easily commendable for 
the deuce spots on the secondary 
nabe setups. Odeo. 



everytblngr doing two . numbeni anAt 
warming up faat. 

Bee Jackqon, who preoeded. foun^; 
herself outdone In the shiver ana^ 
shake speolalty. having sone artlstto 
restraint, which. It tamed out, was 
not apprecla,ted. 

Miss Carter's hit prompted Sissle 
to settle down for most of the rest 
of the afternoon, a grave error. His 
final number should t>e the hot band 
stanza featuring the clarinetist and 
his long-sustained note. Instead 
Sissle brought on the hoofing quar- 
tet again, and then when curtains 
seemed the thing to do, Sissle him- 
self launched Into 'Say a Little 
Prayer,' going through the entire 
song. In all this stalled the act 
about seven minutes beyond what 
should have been its running time. 
Slssle's down here after a seaison at 
the Park Central. 

"Wliy not put those toe-and-heel 
throwers into the main orchestra 
number, which is hotsy-hot itself 
and wind up there? 

Do-Re-MI trio (New Acts) is 
Ann Balthy and Maybelle and 
Evelyn Ross. They're typical of 
harmony trios developed by the air, 
but not aa strong as some, and 
bowed away mildly here after grab- 
bing a forced encore. 

The other ether act trying out 
vaude, William Hall (New Aots)j 
has the odds much [greater in his 
favor. He lacks th^ usual show- 
manship of radio artists, but in his 
favor Is a personality and a big 
baritone. The volcej may not have 
the feeling women talk about, .•but. 
it has plenty of force and would 
probably do okay without a mike. 

Hall scored good neturns, but de- 
clined an encore,, and listen to the 
excuse: Tm sorry, I've got to go on 
the radio at 7:15.' The precise time 
when he made thai apology was 
4:11 p.m.' and the audience in some 
quarters started to c|huckle. 

The Tastyeast Jesters, trio, pre- 
ceded Hall, also working In one, but 
without a pianist. They do sub- 
stantially the same .b^ they've been 
doing in vaudei for some time and 
get over satisfactorily. While there 
may be a little inorei showmanship 
with this trio, it wouldn't hurt any 
of the three men to try a little 
makeup . They look . like they 
walked out of ' a church choir. 

Llora Hoffman, who once ' took 
prlma-donnlng seriously in the pic- 
ture houses, doubles as a butt for 
Charlie Hill's comedy in his turn, 
and does it as well as she tosses 
big soprano. Toward the end 
Hill gets back in the darkness at 
the piano and Miss Hoffman has 
her big moment singing 'Trees.' 
But why that jazz time and drums 
from the pit during a part of it? 
Biz S.R.O. Saturday afternoon at 
the second show. Char, 



SHEILA BARRETT (1) 

■ibnpersonations 
8 Mins.; One .(Special) 
Loew's Orpheum, N. Y. 

Miss Barrett, a pretty brunette 
with a trim figure is trying Imper- 
sonations. Deuced here on a four- 
acter and fared fairly. Not very 
strong. 

Here Miss Barrett did better with 
impressions of comedy stage names. 
Dramatic types like John Barry- 
more and Lenore Ulric proved mild. 
That may be a tip to stick to comic 
personages like Ed Wynn, Bert 
Lahr and 2asu Pitts. Best bit was 
the Pitts number. The Pitts man- 
nerisms and nervous twitches cop 
laughs In themselves. 

Miss Barrett plays under a. spot 
and is accompanied by musical 
touches on the piano by^ ah unbilled 
ale pianist. Shan, 



PALACE. R Y. 

It's radio week at the Palace, and 
but for 'Phantom President' (Par) 
on the screen it'd be a weak week. 
For once an opener, the Gaudsmlth 
Bros., vies with the rest for audi- 
ence approbation, which may prove 
that dog acts still belong. 

The George M. Cohan- Jimmy 
Durante picture will probably be 
aided some through house luring 
ether fans _vJa radio acts, but it'll 
be mostly the feature that'll get 
house over its hut currently. 
Chances seem even for a fairly good 
profit despite that the vaude show 
on merit is below the average. 

Four of the six acts are from 
radio, three from .CBS, one from 
WOR. Latter is harmony trio. Do 
Re-MIv spotted second, while Co 
lumbta broadcasters are Noble 
Sissle and orchestra, 'William Hall 
and Tastyeast Jesters. Announce 
ment is made that CBS presents a 
radio show as the Do-Re-Ml trio 
comes oh. This act is in the CBS 
fold if only through being booked 
In here through the CBS Artists' 
Bureau. 

Stage Is full of pianos and sing 
Inp. There not, being enough in 
that line through the ether draws. 
RKO has Charlie Hill on the bUl 
with his piano ahd prima donna 
assistant. That leaves dancing 
looking lost until Noble Sissle 
saves the day with his colored 
quartet and Bee Jackson at the 
close. Still there's lots to be de 
sired. 

Routining of show, also. Is not 
for best effect, but with only one 
fullstage action show (Sissle), it's 
dubious just how the layout could 
be switched around ^o make it play 
right 

It's the. center of the show that's 
mostly wrong, ends being as they 
should be. Do-Re-MI girls are No. 
2 with a male pianist; Charlie Hill 
follows with his piano-nutology and 
p.d.; Tastyeast Jesters then appear 
in one around a mike, and fifth 
comes William Hall, with piano and 
rnlke. While the Gaudsmiths 
might have felt far from home No. 
2, with the Do-Re-MI trio opening, 
which could have enabled Hill to 
appear between the Jesters and 
Hall, the result probably would have 
been better, 

Sissle, with his orchestral warmth 
and a red-hot songstress In Avadla 
Carter, Is the hit of the six-act 
■melange. Miss Carter is announced 
as from Phllly and station WCAU 
over there. She walks away with 



SHUBERT, NEWARK 

Newark. Oct. 16. 
Even tf dublied' opposition tiiis 
solitary vaudflliik spot seems to 
have no dlfDculty< securing good 
acts, and eight of them, too. It has 
no big names, but otherwise It lis as 
good a bill as has played the former 
regular spots here. 

Opens with Mildred Andree and 
band, six women, all but the leader 
In evening dress, making a pretty 
ensemble before a nice drop. Sev- 
eral specialties are Introduced with 
Miss Andree doing stunts in black 
pajamas. Jay Bee and Alyse Cerf 
follow in an act notable chlefiy for 
Miss CerTs varlatlohs of handless 
cartwheels. Bee does some fast dance 
steps and a weak imitation of Eddie 
Cantor. 

In trey Bert Matthews, with a 
girl and a man, combine a sketch 
about the troubles of an engaged 
pair with some dancing. Nothing 
sensational but pleasing. 

Much lengthened since last in 
Newark, 'Hollywood on Parade,' 
with ten people, offers the screen 
doubles as before with different 
characters. The lead now ia 'Jimniie 
Durante' who Is really funny and 
eoncludes with effective yodeling. 
'Cagney's' trick dance up and down 
stairs while skipping rope Is strik- 
ing. The 'stars' do many special- 
ties. 

"When Itwt here Irving Newhoff 
clicked with a colored boy who was 
a natural In dancing and who com- 
pletely stole the act. He still has a 
colored dancer, but If he Is the same 
one his routine has been subdued 
and it's all NewhofE. He went big 
with this crowd. 

Six girls and one man constitute 
Eleanor Eaton and Girls. Has Its 
own leader In the pit though noth- 
ing In music to demand It. It's 
chlefiy a series of dancing special- 
ties with some songs. Begins and 
ends with four of the dix in a line 
which hurts as the girls are not 
matched and give an amateurish 
slant to the act which is unde- 
served. 

Tod and Al Waldman in black- 
face are still funny and play har- 
monicas entertainingly. Closing is 
the International Maclne Troupe, 
five men and a woman who tumble 
and spin. An understander holds 
four, but featured are several varl 
atlons of spinning a man from a 
spring board to a chair held high. 

The vaude runs over two hours 
but the big house on the opening 
night followed intently and I'eeelved 
every act with enthusiasm. Fol- 
lowed by 'Exposed' (Elagle) which 
was marred by poor sound, probably 
due to house equipment 



STATE-LAKE, CHI 

I Chicago, Oct. ML 
Wont they; or cant they; treat 
the State-liake a little more klndlrT 
To Jump prices upward while at 
the same time reducing the number 
of acts m ight be considered sufll- 
clently difi cult. To make the change 
even more glaring the first week of 
the new pslicy has the State-Lake 
going not from seven to five acts, 
but from siven to four. No amount 
of hocus-focus can persuade lay- 
men to regard the Weaver Bros, as 
two acts. 

A little more imagination In New 
York as to the probable mental re- 
actions of Chlcagoana would help 
a Ibt This is & different town. 
They count their acts and their 
change here. And got a deal less 
of both thia week. The very least 
the new policy should have deliv- 
ered the flrsi; week was a full roster 
on the vaudeville end. 

Time will, af course, divulge 
whether the new style at shows will 
be echoed in the clink of coin at 
the till. Meanwhile what la per- 
haps encouraging is the undoubted 
recognition by RKO that the State- 
Lake Is a problem. The house has 
been atrociously booked In the past 
two months. Last week, the final 
seven-act sample, was possibly as 
bad a vaudeville bill, as. a bill, as 
Chicago has seen since the Academy 
went burlesq^ue. ^ 

it needs to be refuted In sten- 
torian tones that the State-Lake'is 
failure during the past three months 
has been a failure of vaudeville. It 
has simply been added confirmation 
that any old kind, of vaudeville, 
flung across the counter like a 
sloppy mug of coffee In a lunch- 
room, Just won't do. And to declare 
that. -it was the best that could be 
had on the budget available Is to 
confess that ' RKO can no longer 
book a good small-time show. But 
that's post now. The budget has 
been raised. The policy and the 
lessons of July to September are 
historic. 

As a four-act bill the present one 
Is a good one.' No quarrel with its 
quality. It's budgeted around $5,000, 
with four-fifths going to the Weav- 
ers. Gary Ford Family opened with 
a half ton of class. Half ton be- 
cause the oldest is 16. These four 
youngsters have been trained by 
someone who knows how. To that 
someone in times to come they will 
owe gratitude, for they have been 
started on the road to a long and 
prosperous professional life. Jointly 
while together, individually if in 
years to conie they take separate 
paths. Clean-cut throughout, fast 
unusual, nattily dressed, the four- 
some constitutes a natural enter- 
tainnient for any theatre anywhere. 
The tot who sings has a style and 
technique as rare in one of her 
years as pie a la mode in a bread- 
line. 

Carlton and Bellew, more hokey 
than of yore, but still a class team 
capable of tainting a composite 
grin on an audience's physlogomy, 
deuced brightly. Marshall Mont- 
gomery a good editor, because he 
selects old gags that were never 
kicked around a lot worked up a 
nice score with his ventriloqulal 
comedy. An experienced straight 
woman Is Just aggressive enough to 
point the dummy's gagrs. 

Weavers closed. Columbia's 
'Night Mayor' on the screen. Biz 
poor. lAind. 

DOWNTOWN, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Oct. It. 
Two youthful acts and a whale of 
a singing trio miike this bill worth 
while. Opening with Ethel and 
Ward Shattuck, oldtime Juggling 
act Interlarded with feeble gags, 
Wllford and Stevenis help to pep 
things up in deuce spot with fast 
hoofing, a neat trick for these two 
oldsters. 

Paul Jones, fresh from a Fanchon 
& Marco tour, cllx with his roller 
skating, unvaried from last year's 
routine. Boy knows just what they 
want and gives It 

Marlon Wilklns and Co., three 
people dance' a6t tries hard, and 
pleases, but needs more .playing to 
get the most out of its . terpslcho- 
rean turn. Numbers can be short- 
ened without hurting the act. and 
Miss Wilklns should change her 
facial makeup to get a more exotic 
effect. 

Orange Grove trio, long-time 
standard on the coast, cop top 
honors in a walk with their lusty 
male chorus type of delivery. Can 
stand up in any kind of company, 
as the boys know their pacing and 
ease off Into novelty encores to get 
light and shada Into the turn. 

Again demonstrating that a few 
weeks' playing time would round 
out and polish up an act, Talmack 
and Harris score high with their 
knockabout acro-hooflng. With 
more seasoning and improved rou- 
tining should be a wham act for the 
lesser time. . 

Edith Kai'en and Boys, closer and 
headliner, failed to make the open- 
ing show, arriving from San Fran- 
cl.sco too late to go on. A navy 
propaganda filler vamped till the 
feature, 'Tiger Shark' (WB), was 
ready. Vltaphone short, 'Nickel- 
ette,' provided as much amusement 
as anything else on the bill. 



STA5rE, N. Y, 

Both th* aoreen and stage win 
draw better than ayerage buslnesi 
this week. Feature Is %ife Beglnrfi 
(WB), properly sold by Loew's otf 
this engagement, while stage com« 
bines radio and baseball fan lure 
through Rusa Columbo and 'Vernotf 
'Leftjr' Oomes. Latter Is star pitch* 
er of the New York Yankees, "^thrf 
type of freak attraction Loew's goes 
for now and then, 

- Gtomez (New Acts) Is more of 
freak act than ihany others in that 
he has little to offer. ..But he a4)-< 
mlts it twice reminding the ouA^ 
ence 'this Isn't my racket' 

Virtually no material at all baa 
been provided for Qomiez, whose, 
stage shyness approaches the ultl-< 
mate among freak turns for vaudOk j 
He's mixed up In his act with Mills. ^ 
Kirk and Martin, who do both tha 
feiedlng and selling of what few 
laughs there are. 

Mostly it's rather clumsy, witK 
Gomez not trusting the roughneck 
M-K-M trio any too much after the 
pass one of the boys made at him. 
Friday night uhexpeetedly. Oomea 
couldn't take It and, realizing that 
kept his distance, with his back al- 
ways to- the waU. 

The boys finally assured the big 
league twirler they wouldn't pull 
any fast ones on htm, but he wasn't 
even so sure about that. 

Gomez worked in regulation uni-. 
form, including the glove on the 
right mitt He forgot his ball, and 
no effort was made to have hint 
tlemonstrate or spill any secreta 
concerning his ball-tossing prowess. 

Pitcher was, spotted sixth on a 
seven-turn lineup in between Mills, 
Kirk and' Martin's regular routine 
and the Russ Columbo band. So it 
anyone feels Gtomez as an aot is a 
cheat Loew's can still Insist the 
usual six acts are there anyway. 

Slap-arouha, roughhouse biz of 
the M-K-M ^rlo, fifth, still sells, but 
it's beginning to lose some of th» 
kick it had when a lot of acta 
started introducing It There's con-> 
slderable talent among the three 
lads In this aot They dance capa,>: 
bly and also do numbers, plus in- 
strumental work. Perhaps they'd 
be smart to tone down the smack- 
ing stuff and tone up the rest. 

A surefire comedy act giving Mills, 
Kirk and Malrtln a run on audi- 
ence appeal, if not topping the trio, 
worked the fourth spot This Is 
Edgar Bergen and his produc-. 
tioned-up ventrllo act Bergen Is a 
smarter and probably a clevereir 
ventriloquist than most. His 
dummy virtually lives, but it imlt 
that so much as the laugh material 
he uses between himself, tfae 
dummy and the girl. 

The generally entertaining plat- 
form portion carries anoAer 
strong entry la June Carr, whose 
song-and-dance imrtner, Dan Har- 
den, takes billing outside only* 
Miss Carr mixed into the Oomes 
ajct for a bit further proving sheTs 
there as a comedienne as muoh 
as being there on the O'Sullivans. 
Harden, doubling at piano, features 
mostly on the singing end, savlnjg 
his second number to bring out tb0 
best he has. . 

Columbo, who's fast developinff 
showmanship and pOlse, doses show 
with his band of I'S pieces. The 
NB(j' crooner has bis orchestra Bet 
tastefully, and he himself works 
with modest restraint The violin 
comes in toward the close. Besides 
better stage presence and more 
showmanship, Columbo Is acquiring' 
a sense of humor. He announced, 
one number as Tm Between the 
Devil and NBC Got across nicely 
here. 

Yates and Lawley registered okay 
second, but hardly were warranted 
In snatching that encore. 

Chapelle and Carlton Im .tbelr 
slick endurance routine opened 
strong. The four-minute act buiidd 
to Its finish aa the man rolls hlmseU 
up the etalrs supporting girl In a 
very showmanly climax. 

Business close to capacity Friday 
night at the 9 o'cloclc showing of 
the vaude. Chofk 



EMPIRE, PARIS 

Paris, Oct. 4. 

Empire doing big business agalfi, 
this time with Luclenne Boyer, 
French cabaret dlseuse, topping the 
bill and getting a tremendous hand 
next to closing. Girl has given uP 
her Clochards cabaret engagement 
and doubles at the Empire from the 
Mlchodlere cabaret. She Is a hifi 
drawing name in Paris, thanks to 
the recording of her songs, best 
known being "Parlez-mol d'amoup,' 
which, of course, she sings from the 
stage. She exploits popular favor, 
since her voic^— fit for cabaret— Is 
scarcely heard in the big house. She 
is supported by a band of four — one 
piano and three strings. 

Other number clicking big is the 
Three Swifts — jugglers with clubs 
—who work ti,t a fast tempo. One of 
the three men acts first of kll as a 
plant in the audience, then comes on 
the stage. 

Other numbers are Jack Shea and 
his Rltzmore orchestra, remindful 
of Charlie Abeam who played the 
Casino de Paris, except that the Or- 
chestra is all fuli size men Instead 
of freaks. They close the show to 
good effect. 

Other numbers biUed are ths 
Corby Trio; equilibrists; Miss Har' 

I (Continued on page 34) 



Tuesday,, October 1^, 1932 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 33 



MASTBAUM 

, Phllaafelphla. Oct. 17. 

V "^ Alter being" clofled since J une 30, 
''<b6 Maatbaum, leading theatre of 
"the Stanley- Warner, chain, reopened 
' Friday to capacity audiences. The 
Vevent was viewed with satisfaction 
Aven by the opposition, for it Is 
v flcured that the relighting of lils 
20th and Market street spot will 
attract much more first run busi- 
ness downtown. : . 
■ First show Is ah elaborate one, 
•with plenty qf headline figures and 
the apparent outlay of plenty of 
dough, iHarry Blchman is the top- 
liner In the billing and won the au- 
' dlence'a approvxil with his genial 
' m. c.'ing and his song spot, in which 
be blended 'Joyce Kilmer's 'Trees' 
with ■ 'IiUllaby of the' Leaves" with 
good effect. Richman bobbed In and 
out of the show and got a world of 
laughs. 

Dorothy Jordan, picture, celeb, 
also held a. feature spot to good re- 

• flponse. She was introduced by a 
trailer, In which she was shown 
with the. various Metro screen lov- 
ers she has support<!d; : At the fade- 

•- put she is viewed' with a quartet of 
boy .steppers and does the dance she 

. flald^ Chester Hale taught her for 
the Gapltol theatre prologues; 

Benny Davis presented a revue Of 
youthful talent, most of which was 
excellent. He hais a good team in 
the' Bobbins Sisters,: a good ringer 
' {or Eddie Cantor in Little Jack 
Gray; clever dance teams in Mary 
«hd Bob and Sis and Buddy Roberts, 
and a good Jazz warbler in Martha 
' Bay. Davis capped the revue by 
- recalling several of his old song suc- 

• cesses. . 

One of the other hits of the pro- 
gram was scored by Milton Charles, 
singing organist, who was the Mast- 
baum's crooner for more than a 
year before its closing. Returning 
from a trip abroad,' Charles, cele- 
bralted the Rhine beer and '. other 
foreign attractions in songs that 
were set to currently ;pppular tones. 
The Tln'e6 Diamond Brothers in 
their familiar roughhouse comedy 
spot did well. . 

The orchestra of 75 was ably led 
by Yascha Bunchuk, guest conduct- 
or In a program of Spanish airs. 
The. picture was 'Blondie of the 
.PoUles' (M-G). ■ • Waters. 

CHICAGO 

Chicago, Oct. 14. 
\ Val Raset's line of girls , drew 
heavy applausei this week as the 
production department did okay by 
Itself. Sspeclally fine were two bal- 
let numbers, one with a white birch 
forf St forming an arresting back- 
eround, another with sombre castle 
barracks to set off a military toe 
number, splendidly executed. Girls 
throughout were In fine precision. 

Stajge portion gave the not-too- 
'(lentiful audience steady amuse- 
ment. • Cass, Mack and Owen's 
knockabout antics delivered ' the 
laughs. Stone- Vernon Foursome ac- 
«ounted for the ttirllls, and Cardini 
agitated the 'how does he do it?' 
' tendencies. In blending and embel- 
■ lished by the production numbers 
. It made dandy entertainment. And 
Dot too long. 

Joseph Littau's tren'chmen are 
. now nattily attired with the excep- 
. tlon of concertmaster Hans Muenzer, 
In white half-jackets, very trim. 
-Overture of Franz Schubert mel- 
.cdies was twice interpolated by 
, pretty tableaux. This Is a depar- 
ture for the Chlcaigo. Or rather a 
return to former practices, 

'Night After Night' (Par) on the 
screen plu.g a Betty Boop cartoon 
and usual newsreel wherein Cal 
Coolidge's speech seemed to be 
edited to bring out Its best points. 
Roosevelt hasn't been getting such 
good breaks in the local newsreel 
showing. Land. 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y. 

• With the ;screen feature, 'The Big 
Broadcast,' holding a multiplicity of 
radio names, obviously the produc- 
tion scheme of things for the stage 
presentation was to create a show 
away from the nanie galaxy. Hence 

^ Boris Petroff devised 'Mardi Gras.' 

,It looks like a Joe Plunkett at the 

,.old Strand, only on a larger scale. 

Lots of people, lots f color, lots 
of sight acts— and not a little bore- 
aome. Cut down it would have sat- 
isfied, as the obvious intent for 

■ flash and color is decidedly there. 
The blending of the street enter- 
tainers in a riot of splendor, as 
befits a mardi gras, has been cap- 
ably created by Petroff, set and cos- 
tumed by Montedero, and executed 
by Carmine Vltblo. Bob Alton aiid 
David Bines did their stuff with the 
dancing girls— 24 In number — who 
do terps In every form, but prin- 
cipally plastic and waltz. 

On top of which there's a large 
personnel including acrobats by the 
dozen. A break for the alley-oopers 
this week. 

The Yacopi Troupe, Les Ghezzls 
and the Lomas Troupe are standard 
among other tea,ms who do one or 
another form of dcro-mahia. They 
are Tyrell and Fawcett, Bob Stick - 
ney (for the finale stilts' stuff), the 
i^olfllfrs of t'Vrtiinc fprop'im.nblv 



Krevoff with his whirlwind Russe- 
typo. hoofing; Gypsy Markoff, song- 
stress; Ann Pritchard; Donald No- 
visan individual click with his tip- 
top tenoring — and a choir of 40 
voices. Maybe there are the 1.15 
people on that rostrum which the 
ads ballyhoo. They certainly look 
the figure.. 

Also in line with the contrasting 
motif, apparently to offset such 
uUra-modern things as the radio 
theme of the feature flicker, Rubln- 
off batons 'A.Day at ttje Fair/ pro- 
jected slides interpret the various 
movements — peanut stand, .fun 
house, roller coaster, Oriental dan- 
cers, etc. Rubinoff is less pugllistlp 
in his batoning than heretofore, but 
it would be a novelty to match 
Rubinoff and that leader, in 'Ameri- 
cana' to a good hot round of 'Poet 
and Peasant' or 'Zanipa' overtur- 
ihg, winner take all.. 

Following the newsreel, the Jesse 
Grawf ords at the twin consoles 
played Rubinstein's 'Angelic Dream.' 
which was productioned with a 
choral background for . vocal em- 
bellishment. Then followed the 
much too long • presentation; ■ .run- 
ning about 46 minutes and deeming 
longer because of the general 
lethargic tempo; The sweet waltz 
stuff was very engaging for ia, spell, 
but it began to tell after a bit. 
When Les Ghezzls did their difficuU 
lift stuff on the mat it had the 
audience laboring with them, and 
generously donating its. applause in 
lieu of actual fulfillnrient of some 
of the tricks. That's the type of 
show it was. 

'The Big Broadcast' (Par) lis dayr 
and-dating at both the N. Y. and 
B'klyn Paramounts. . Abel, 



ROXY 



CAPITOL 

New York, Oct. 14; 
Stage proceedings were perfunc- 
tory as a magnet, in view of the 
screen bill being 'Smllin' Through' 
(M-G-M), with Norma Shearer and 
a strong supporting cast, and a fea- 
ture length of 96 minutes.' Situation 
called for a' brief stage interlude of 
entertainment that would be .com- 
pletely engaging, light, bat not 
rowdy. 

And Abe Lyman's band filled the 
bill to a nicety. Unit has the agree- 
able personality of Lyman himself, 
an orchestra that emanates' class 
and melody of the tiptop pop kind, 
and doesn't go in for rough-neck 
comedy. They could have searched 
the lists to a fare-the- well and not 
found a more appropriate supple-, 
mentary feature to the picture. 

Stage show, runs a scant halfr 
hour and has very little to bolster 
up the band. Just tWo specialty 
numbers to space but four band in- 
terludes, which are given straight 
except for lighter trimmings of m^u- 
slcal novelty. It all blends trimly 
into a bijou of a presentation unity. 

Opening, the band goes • Into a 
brisk jazz number without flourish 
and without comedy interpolations. 
Recess at the back and. abOve the 
heads of the bandsmen, who are on 
a rolling platform, lights for a brief 
turn by the TTiree Keys, colored 
novelty, vocal male trio. Session 
here is brief and neatly framed. 

Back to the Lyman aggregation 
for a medley of well-known opera 
arias. giving the repertoire a touch 
of musical class as handled by this 
tricky blending ot brasses, reeds 
and strings. Standard numbers 
likewise give backbone to the per- 
formance and, with the sizzling 
final number, provide a range that 
■will meet any musical taste. 

Gomez and Winona have a dance 
session out In front of the band, a 
straight ballroom' pair who fit neat- 
ly into the atmosphere of the whole 
arrangement. They do just enough, 
giving a brief semi-acrobatic encore 
bit at this show and doing a prompt 
but gracious getaway. 

One of the high points for ap- 
plause returns was the soloing by 
a robust, baritone of 'That's Why 
Darkies Were Born," the singer step- 
ping out of the bunch for apron 
featuring. Singer is unbilled, but 
his contribution is a nicft^bit of pace 
changingr as a lead-up to the mu- 
sical finale, a hot melody with the 
brasses to the fore and a spirited 
finish to a stimulating musical per- 
formance. 

Length of the picture precludes a 
supplemental short and also minlr 
mlzes the newsreel footage. At that 
the show ran to two hours and 20 
minutes. But it was solid , enter- 
tainment, and the feature looked 
like holdover quality on the brtsis 
of the week-end attendance. Rush. 



Gaumont Palace, Paris 

Paris. Oct. 6. 
After a mixed newsreel and Ch.a- 
brier's 'Bspagnei,' very successfully 
done by Fred Mele's orchestra, stage 
show includes Ness and, Ness, jug- 
glers; Jose Moscor, equestrian; the 
Springciana Tzigjine orchestra and 
the Hudson Brothers, comedian.s, 
whose name is leading to some con- 
fusion here with the Hudson Won- 
ders. Show could do with more 
technical production knowledpo, and 
looks rather disjointed, though acts 
are Individually satipfartory. 
, Rlin-v fii.is u-lrh til" f<i)i --r. "J/. 



• New York, Oct. 14, 

Two production flashes at either 
end, a sock apache number with a 
special , set in the middle arid sev- 
eral specialties fronting for the 
house staff, plus the customary 
stage color, provide a more diversi- 
fied entertainment that usually is 
found at the Roxy, 

Frank Cainbria, the producer, and 
Harry Hollander, , the booker, both 
experienced in other presentation 
fields, have the knack of . picking 
and spotting outside talent that had 
been missing at the Roxy up till 
now. The traditional policy of sub- 
merging personalities for the bene- 
fit of mass effects still holds over, to 
a" certain extent, but specialty talent 
now predominates. Consequently 
there has been a sacrifice of spec- 
tacle, all of which makes for a twb- 
slded argument. 

The result is less of an . eyeful, 
but certainly more speed and en- 
tertainment of the personal sort. 
The problem Is whether the new 
stylei Roxy stage show proves as 
satisfactory as the old style- to those 
Roxy patrons who remain regulars. 
Chancgs are It would b^ preferried 
by hew patrons, if the theatre could 
devise a surefire means of getting 
new pktrons Inside. Pictures would 
be the best means, but not the pic- 
tures the Boxy has been limping 
along on lately. With '13- Women' 
(Radio) current it will be just ian- 
other seyenrday struggle. 
■ Bliminatibn this .week of the 
ballet dorps; a feature here since 
the theatre opened, is the biggest 
departure yet by the Cambria re- 
gime. It nieans24 girls out, but the 
difference Isn't as noticeable here 
as it might be anywhere' else. With 
the lemme members of the singing 
ensemble and the 32 Boxyettes still 
present, there are plenty of girls 
around for any one' theatre. Those 
Boxyettes aire not only strong 
numerically; their ability is suffi- 
cient to cOVer u pi the ballet line's 
retreat. 

Partially filling the ballet's spot 
currently is a group of eight show- 
girl types, billed as the Mayfair 
Octette, and just in to dress up the 
stage. Cambria calls his show 
'Lovers' Lane,' and that's another 
carryover from the Publix presenta- 
tion, school. In" that It has nothing 
to do with the proceedings. 

John and Edna Torrence, Vivian 
Fay, Mata Cora and Bose Polinaroff 
are the specialists in the- opening 
sequence, called 'Old Versailles.' 
Garden set and 17th century cos- 
tumes, with' everybody ■ . white 
wlgged, make a pretty picture. 
There's no such thing as stopping 
a show at the Boxy, The best one 
can hope for is a hand, that ripples 
over into the next nuniber, and even 
that's a rarity. Miss Fay turned 
the trick with a toe dance, which 
was ho easy matter considering all 
the toe dancing they've seen here 
from Patricia Bowman and others. 
Mlsis Fay is the nearest approach 
to Bowman that the-Rox.v has yet 
located, her current specialty being 
on a par with any one number in 
the latter's repertoire. Whether 
she's versatile enough for. stock 
isn't shown, but if she is, a girl like 
her would be a great asset, to have 
around every week, 

John and Bdna Torrence and the 
Roxyettes. with Miss Fay, keep the 
first part's dancing oh a high level. 
The Torrences as their first of two 
numbers In the show do a waltz, 
with a trick or two from Mies Tor- 
rence's former acrobatic single rou- 
tine neatly worked in. . They're a 
standard dance, team now. as stand- 
ard In the picture houses today as 
wsls Miss Torrence when alone in 
the same theatres a few years ago. 

Classical end of 'Versailles' is 
maintained by the Misses Cora and 
Folinaroft, solo soprano a,nd violin- 
Iste, respectively. 

'Apache' J8 opened in 'one' by 
Alice Frohinan, pop songstress 
doing a buMd-up torch here and up 
against a handicap, in the size of 
the theatre. Her voice Is more 
suited to the ether or other inti- 
mate delivery and was practically 
lost in this auditorium. From Miss 
Frohman the sequence goes deeper 
into the stage with an . apache 
dance and scene in front of a spe- 
cial set. The billing is given to 
two teams, Mazzone and Keene and 
Leonard and White, although the 
participants are- three girls and as 
many men. They do nothing that 
hasn't been seen before, but . they 
give everything a new coat of paint 
in form of the speediest pace yet 
seen In connection with a routine 
apache. 

Show's closing number uses all 
the staff members, besides repeating 
the Torrences and splitting in the 
middle for some tossing by an all- 
male rlsley quintet. They're not 
billed, indicating last-mlhute bol- 
stering,? but they look like the 
Maxlmos. In addition to some nifty 
legit tricks the boys do comedy 
which is okay because It can be cut 
without affecting the act's value. 

Joseph Griffin, staff tenor, gets 
into this .finale scene and fills his 
spot capably. Out of costume this 
week and in a dinner suit, he looks 
more at.honie. 

Roxyettes. are, as usual, the back- 
bone of the show and the chief 
point of interest whenever they're 
on. It's a wonder how under such 
a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly 
grind they don't go stale. 

Pit symphony, David Ros.'s fon- 
f,;,.]<od !i li.irlit \], '■••■(■ 




TRANSLUX 

Exclusive slants on the InsuU 
case, Einstein, Pounds, and recov- 
ering the body of the Mt. McKinley 
scientist contribute in an important 
way toward the ' entertainment of 
the current Luxer program. 

Dr. Flexner Ih the Paramount 
clip, annoimc^s the American post 
for Einstein after which several 
library views of the scientist are 
shown. 

The finding of Ted K oven's body 
is a well handled subject.. Camera 
crew with the. expedition photo- 
graphs the disinterrmient of the 
corpse from a snow grave and the 
lashing 6f.it to a horse. 

IhsuU case, first time to be cov- 
ered by the reels, dwells on inter- 
views with stockholders and the 
promise to prosecute from the 
state's attorney. 

Pounds, Republican candidate for 
mayor, makes - his debut in the pro- 
gram along with a quantity of other 
political material which is found in 
both theatres, 

Pathe is shortening its vote inter- 
views and including a clip for Luxer 
audience reaction. There was 
sMence when a silent view of Hoover 
was flashed and feeble applause for 
Roosevelt. 

Embassy did better work on pol- 
itics than the Lxixer. Hoover's 
speech to the American Bar Asso- 
ciation, one of his important ad- 
dresses. Which led the Embassy, was 
passed up ' entirely by the Luxer. 
Latter house gaVe preferred position 
to th© Coolidge talk which both 
houses had. : 

In the Walker homecoming the 
F-H job was better than Pathe's 
Pox got the more signlficont pollt- 
i-cal utterances of Walker while the 
Luxer contented itself with formal 
views. Incidentally Walker got the 
shoulder in the Luxer and a mild 
demonstration in the Embassy. 

.Prohibition candidates. Or party 
spokesmen, are certain laughs in 
both theatres. Upshaw's likening 
whisky to a shake in a babe's cradle 
set the Luxer cackling. Embassy 
didn't wait for that. First view of 
Upshaw's face introduced mirth 
that mounted throughout the clip, 

Paramount's view of an Oklahoma 
girl powdering her nose on a wing 
of a moving plane and then taking 
off in a parachute Was ia 'thrilling 
job as well as a hazardous one for 
the camera. It is ope of the first 
clips where a semi-closeup of thia 
chute in mid-air has been obtained. 

Other Luxer clips Included: Eng- 
lish and Swedish royalty; S.S. Pres- 
ident Madison returning with three 
men rescued at sea; Indians observ- 



EMBASSY 

Of the. newsreel theatros ihe Km- 
bassy is the only one odvcrinK fo<>t- 
ball games this season. So fiir the 
Luxer hasn't taken in- 'a cpntest. 
If this holds true for the rest of the 
term, Enibassy, which this week 
has the Columbia- Princeton. Michi- 
gan-Northwest matches, is bound to 
benefit at the box office. 

Perhaps the best ilhJstratibn of 
the value of the right kind of off 
screen patter is that of the Ccnti-al 
Park kid regatta. The pictures are 
identical on the. two screens, yet 
the Ehibassy works itself into a 
high pitch of mirth. 'Fat' .Mc- 
Manus, contact maru whose first bit 
of acting in a dog show clip estab-^ 
lished him as a,' comedian, does a 
turn with hla voice. The vocal 
crescendo which he worlds up Ih 
describing the movements of the 
miniature yachts on the Park's lake 
is 90% of the subject's value. 

Any time a kangaroo puts oh th© 
gloves newsreel audiences laugh. 
F-H takes advantage of this one to 
show Paris crowds and Australia's 
champ heavyweight kangaroo. 

Hearst's European correspondent, 
Karl von Wlegand, shapes up better 
in type than on the screen. It's not ' 
so. much his fault as that of th© 
editing. The subject is allowed tO; 
run almost the Ithgfh of a pulpit 
oration. 

Both housies . had HindenbUrg's 
85th birthday which Von Wlegand 
iticidentally stated will happen a 
month trom now. Embassy fol- 
lowed this with another Hitler re- 
view.- ■. ■ 

Clarence Mackay had better have 
a little mike coaching before he at- 
tempts another newsreel plug for 
Postal . Telegraph. He cleared his 
throat so often that It was picked 
up as a gag and mocked by ■ Sat. 
mat. audiences; . 

Other Embassy subjects includ©: 
Former Crown Prince greeting 
American students in Austria; Imx^ 
don traffic, through the trick lehs^' 
Wyoming cattle; Japanese girls 
getting rifl© Instruction; New Vi- 
enna opera; opening of Canadian 
Parliament; Lord Cecil on disarma- 
ment; outboard races in Detroit; 
Czar's gardens mad© public. 

Both theatres had the ai-rival of 
the SS Rex; California train wreck; 
pigeon .race' from Washington to 
New York, Wolj/. , 



ing Medicine Lodge treaty; children 
playing with a lioness; Coolidge and 
Al Smith at a iailroad conference; 
Blackpool Park, London; Mexican 
whisky; recovery of Joe, the chimp. 

Walif. 



IMPERIAL, TORONTO 

. Toronto, Oct. 14. 

Current Imperial stage bill strong 
on standout turns, 'With Pi-ank and 
Milt Britten's goofy band topping 
the offering for sheer entertainment 
and audience response. This clownr 
ing crew stage the second stanza, 
opening in a sti'aight number that 
trails into a melange of musical 
acrobatics, smashing of instru- 
ments, a battle royal with thei pit 
band. In which both groups bom- 
bard each other with chairs and 
splintering violins, and a grand 
finale ending in the virtual stripping 
of a frenzied pianist. Nothing like 
it seen up here before and the cash 
customers couldn't get enough of 
these clowns. Novel and speedy, 
the act should do well on word-of- 
mouth. 

First half of bill also has Its mo- 
ments. Presentation opens in full- 
stage before night-club set with 
background of chromium pillars and 
revolving globes. Pit band on stag.e 
for first half and set crowded, what 
with, half a dozen girls on the bill, 
plus the Brltton gang, at tables. 
Lorietta Dennison, red-headed m. c, 
does a clarinet bit and follows with 
a combo tap and xylophone num- 
h<&i\ Nice reception. ■ 

•Beatrice Howell deucfes with im- 
pressions of Za^u Pitts, Greta Gar- 
bo; Lionel Barrymore and Lyda Ro- 
berti. La.st is least known but the 
be.st of the Iniper.sonatlons. Still a 
femme bill, with Hite, Kenny and 
Casey out for a strut number, a syn- 
chronized tap, stcp-outs for hock 
steps and too blt.s, and a rousing 
strut finale. Glrl.s worked hard and 
displayed clevorne.s.s that drew 
hands for particularly dilTlcult exe- 
cutions. Fctchingly pajamaed trio 
tta.a a blonde, bruncrtte and red head, 
strong on personality. 

Chic Kennedy ends first half, de- 
mure girl being dragged out for .shy 
busine.ss and jolting them with a 
tough and ba.s.so rendition of the 
'Ga.shousc' number. .' CllhchCiS tho 
.sock by doing an '(jur Xeir bit, with 
cut-out.s for four characters of. 
farmer, city slicker, Noll and. the 
rube cop. Girl goes into rnpiri .se- 
ries of tone-changes a.s- .s)ic .slicks 
lior head through apr-rturo.s in iho 
four figures, for cro.^f dialo^'. An- 
o(h«'r sock fdr :ill-fcrTjiiif fi)-.--( 
;:• T Fi \. ■ \ • , ! • ■ ',• I .> I ■ ■ 



PARAMOUNT, PARIS 

Paris, Oct, f. 

Paramount show, as usual, begins 
with a newsreel, novir strictly Para- 
mount, and satisfactory. Then the 
Pierre Millot orchestra gives an ex- 
cellent rendition of the 'Tannhauser' 
overture. .This is followed by a 
Paramount magazine. 

Then comes the stage presenta- 
tion, titled 'Love Songs.' Fiancis A. 
Mangan has gone- in for more ex- 
pensive stuff than customary of 
late, and besides Andree Vavon and 
M. Sauvageot, Opera . Com.Jque 
yodling team, has booked Ferrero, 
accordionist, and Erwin Gautscbl 
and Ruth Sonhen; 

Latter do' a sensational apache , 
dance which outdoes anything of 
this kind at Paramount so far. 
Their finale, which included gen- 
darmes, had to be cut to shorten 
the show a couple of minutes. 

The line of 24 Mangan 'Tillerettes, 
as usual, are supporting the show, 
besides which some of the band sup- 
port the accordionist from -the stage. 
Show is excellent, and Introduces 
song.s of different periods^ begin- 
ning with the Middle Ages, which 
idea lends Itself to period costume 
dlisplay. Mangan's usual successful 
lighting helps, 

Feature is 'Une Petite Femm© 
dans J© Train' (Par), Drawing on 
account of Henri Carat's name, if 
nothing else. Business good. 

Maxi, 



MICHIGAN 

Detroit, Oct. 18. 

Frod waring and his I'ennsyl- 
vanijinn are' playing their fir.st re- 
turn here in over three year.s whgp 
they last played at the C^apitol. ;tt 
that time they were booked into the 
hou.se with a show built around 
them. Now they carry tJu-ir own 
.show. Since last local date pltnty 
of biind acts, have played here to 
varying .succcs.Sf but Waring .-jtill 
fiands them off i-n- .sta/L'c band en- 
tf^i talhment. 

In'adOition to his ii.^ual atjgrega- 
ti(iri, Waring offer.s hlK brother Tom' 
who sln;:.s for a, Jiicf' .show .stopper,' 
Al.so the two I^nc Si.stcr.s who fol- 
low in the foolstops of ihcir older 
.sl.stf)s Loj.i and Leota. This pair 
.'Ji'c Ko.sern.'iry and J>rl«i'jlla. The 
sislf'i-.s d(^ a cul«» arrangc-mf-nt on 
(.ivn/.y IVople tl.at jets over mostly 
on Die r-nleness f-f the kidn. 



34 



VARiETY 



REVIEWS 



Tueedayt October 18, 1932 



EMPIREr PARIS 

(Continued from page 33) 

liter and Boys, acrobats; lies Mar- 
celjos, also acrobats; Nello and his 
partner, bicycle acrobats, and Lou 
Barrlsson, dancer on stilts 

Second part opens with Maya 
Lex's Miniature Ballet — antique 
dancing- done by half a dozen girls 
—whistled and booed for slow tem- 
po, lack of interest and poor presen- 
tation. 

No high exec of the Natan circuit 
was present on the Friday openiner 
of new bill, resulting not only in 
the front of the house being poorly 
taken care of, with considerable 
duplication of numbered seats-^very 
annoying to patronage— and nobody 
having sufllclent showmanship back- 
stage to handle the Ijailet. situation 
and out it short in time. Mavi. 

LOEWS ORPHEUM 

New York, Oct. 14, . 

In the 43 minutes or so which the 
four acts consume on the Orph's 
first half thij^ week, custoijiers get 
only f^irjsh entertainment, Rita 
Royce with the Relss Brothers and 
tiny Nina take the closing spot, 
entertain competently arid leave 
customets In good hiimor. 

However, the Orph had a push- 
over week-end with 'Grand Hotel' 
(M-G). German atmosphere of film 
Js especially appi-opriate for the 
Orph's locality which is largely for- 
eign. 

•Outside of . Miss Royce (who 
copped plenty glory in a solo, toe 
tap) arid her heipera, the variety end 
of the Orph's program carried only 
three acts. Cut-down-to four turns 
from the usual five acts Is occa- 
slone'd - by the unusual running' 
length of the film feature.. 11^ .mlnr 
utes. .. 

The four acts comprise a modest 
layout and don't tap the Loew exr 
chequer very mUch on costs. After 
the Case. JJr'others aitd Marie open 
with their wire. 'act, a thin stream 
, of laughter trickled through the bill 
as projected by the- acts .that £ol-. 
low until If widens with Miss . Royce 
and the Relss Brothers. 

Prior to the Royce act comes Les 
Qellls, standard. Act gets a slow 
sttert coftling directly aftet Sheila 
Barrett (New Acts) and her Imper- 
sonations. But picks up with the 
Ittjectlon of some comedy angles. In 



through the paces, but a etralght 
taken on to give the clown trio a 
toiioh of contrast, Ex-Healyites 
monopolize the proceedings, and 
there's little for Garner to do but 
hang around and Interpolate a flong 
number. Also in the act Is a tall, 
lithe, titiahrhaired beaut, w,h,o. helps 
uncork the big ahock laugh of the 
trio's bag of katien Jammers. Its 
the sudden pulling oft of the girl's 
drisss as the climax to a serious 
datice moment, revealing her figure 
in nothing but a slender brassiere 
and scant skirt. Versatile lads 
these three, showing, for contrast, 
something neat In instrumental 
harmonizing during the encore 
phase. Routine impresses as being 
in process of experiment and re- 
vising. Basis for a strong comedy, 
stanza is there. It's all a matter 
of getting set with surefire material; 
Mob here showered the laughs In 
steady flow and made It a unani- 
mous vote , on the sendoff. 

Heaps of heat, noise, rhythm and 
dance talent In the scat aiffalr. 
labeled 'Harlem Nights,' that fln- 
Isheid off the stag6 parade. Seven- 
piece band blew torrid and as forte 
brassy as possible, and their niale 
impersoniator baton-sWingei' dashed 
off a fast' arid nimble conglomera- 
tion of taps whenever things threat- 
ened to quiet down. Included In 
her exhibits was the Inevitable 
staircase trlppery, but with a novel 
and nifty twist. Little cafe-au-Iait 
la^s who heaves a mean set of blues 
aiioi tosses her tootjsie in capable 



ORPHEUM, MPLS. 



The 



Rhapsody in Blue' ^d equaUng his 
I usual sock reception, . . 
Minneapolis, Oct. 13, I . Merle Clark? doing A combination 
current bUI shapes up 1 concert and vocal organ aolo pleases. 



PARADISE, BRONX 

Bronic. N. T„ Oct IB. 
When Molly Picon comes back toi 



It also Includes . several . acreei* ! ah* business fair, 
names of- some boxofflce value. In 
cohsequetice thereof, jt has much 
In Ita favcr and holds considerable 
audience' appeal. . ^ 
As expbhorits of ' good look's there 



Lee, I touring It's news. When she comes 
liack to ' vaude It's news. When 
she'fl' at th^ Paradise, Bronx (pract 
tlcally hom« territory) It should be' 
a box office panic. But at the Para-^ 
dlse Saturday aftemboh (16) the 
b. o. gait 'waer none too forte. And 
that despite the faot that Miss Picon. 



PARAMOUNT, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Oct. 13. 
First performance today i;ave In^ 
are the' glamorous' brunette . Pola j aicjatlons that the stage pairt of the 

Negri and the stunning blonde Jose- pvpgram was hurriedly thrown to-, , j j ^ ... 

phlne Dunn from the fllnAs and t^iQ gether, with the Idea of sacrificing ,« surrounded by a better than aver- 
eyia-arrestlner Murlelto D'Or aind the talent by chopping things short and age show, with plenty names, plenty 
cute Lyda Libby In the Ralph Olsen cashing In on the turnover of the ?^*Ift" tS"^,,???^? 
dancing act. Miss Negri, of course, screen draw, 'filg Broadcast' Is the 1" Ylt ^^^Ins' (WB)< 

headlines, but her. pulling power is nicker that had 'em stending toward ^{J.*.*"" }^ ?L 
problematical, the close of the Initial stanza, and P'*''*®*®'* '''^-^P^^^ 

Ralph Olsen's dance offering Is a gave a posy hue to its b. o. possl- Bracketed #lth Mlsis Picon In the 
dandy opening act. The gltls are hjilitles. ~ !?'*^ *^P® ^^""^ Ilubin, another 

very easy to look at and they dance Stage show, which ran a skimpy nomia . toWn. boy way up yondab^ 
well. Their costumes also are only 33 minutes at the opener, features while for the rest of the buUd-un 
about an eye-ful and reveal plenty. :5ianley Smith, from the Par studio, there are Bob Ripa, Peggy Cornell 
Like Olsen, they have youth and who easily oops the honors. Nltza ana Harland^ Dixon and the Call-, 
plenty of! pep. Miss D'Or's toe darip- Nerville, a comely platinum blonde, fomia Collegians. Its a 75-minuta 
Inc, Including several unusual and- is the only other outstanding fea- show that holds up a fast^pace aU 
difficult stunts, evoked enthusiasm, tiire, although there's a hodge^J"^ost all the way. The almost' is 
Olsen's high kicking, acrobatics and pcdge of everything In the way of to the fact that Rubin Satur-; 
splits, also were liked.. Miss LIbby's vaude entertainment presented. M**^ afternoon hit into one of his 
Jazz numbers proved hot. A good opening is the usual routine with occasional slumps, when he tried out 
flnlsH fopnd the girls In abbreviated Uhe line girls on for a series of steps, |!J®S,„^?',?°V«-?rf M ^'^T 
and dating *rldal costumes In a Lad serving as a backgroujid for the. P^o°'^*>X^ 
flashy wedding, number with Olsen walker Sisters, pair of nimble step- work. 

attired as a naval officer. i)ers. ISddie. Stanley, m. c.'g f or the Rubin is In and out of the thing' 

Gene Morgan and Josephine Dunn seventh straight week, then on to {n usual m. c. fashion, telling gags 
from the movies, but nbt very well remain in view most of the time for here and there, doing a bit of chat- 
known to screen fans, fill the No. 2 the rest of the proceedings. Dorothy ter with Miss Picon, and eventually 
spot weU enough, despite .viediocre Kemy, on roller skates,, does a lot «yon a blackout. _ They liked him 

, — ... , material. Morgan is a good look- of acrobatic stunts and upside down w Pretty 

precision was the added attraction ing and personable chap, while Miss balancing; ■ but there's little to war- Sy'°f ilf was, either bored or tired, 
of. the troupe. Hooflrig, inatrumen- Dunn, a peachy blbnde In .a tart- raht her wearing the rollers; other P^j'^y'V® ^ve shp^ a day thing 
tal syncopation and took solidly all tallzlne^ black- evening gown, is . a than to demonstrate her balancing P renearsaiSi is the answer. 



the way through. 



Pde6. money's worth Just to look at. She ability. 



doesn't have to do anything — ^.and 
I she doesn't. Morgan tells a few 



Bob Ripo with his exceptional 



C:_ IS»0;„_ o««i- she doesnx Morgan tens a rew f-^m the audience in femme at' 
irque %J niver, > rans stories and gags, fiome of. them tlre^ for a comedy bit with Stanley 



Bobby Callahan next emerges juggling opened and started things 



iParls. Oct. 2, 
• Show hde plenty of animals,- clos- I ,"S1-etur'ns 
ng on a lion and a tiger taihlng num- ' 'augn reiurns. 
ber.' AlBO' one equestrian and one 



pretty blue. ' and Xhost of ,them .'an- s,j)ne of their gaga are tlmeworn, 



off beautifully; Harland t>lxon fol- 
lowed with Peggy Cornell, a new- 
dancing partner,' Dixon Is still one 



tiquated..: . At that . there are good. ! others a bit roUgh. Miss . VerrtUIe the . ace dancers and Miss Cornell 

ugh returns. foUow^t with a cleverly done Spanish Is a sweet dish and easily the best 

After his own. solo bit, he Intro- caHtanet dance, followed by Stanley Par^ 

18:h6rse:aisi»lay'irumbe'r, plus a pair I duces Misa Dunn . and liiterylews SiiiJth, who favors;^ with a medley Jt s. ^^ji", ®^rly • f w they 

of i elephants, and some dogskin all her. among other things asking her of song numbers from his repent eet over ana ept over solid. , 

six .animal numbers.. Of these, the If ' she's mwried and when she re- Par pictures. Smith has a pleasing. Miss Picon comes on at this stago 

lions and tigers are most interest- pHes in- the negatlvef, springing .the w^ll-modulated voice, with an easy for Ave numbers, all special, and 

Ing, . ■ . , • old. one about 'still being in ciEoula- Lstvle of delivery,. an4 he registered j .niost of thej^ ^n^w, One number 

They are introduced as two. sep- tlon.' Fblldwlng ai exchange of aolidly. During his second nuiri.ber, ^ - • 
arate . numbers— as : Anton taming ordinary wisecracks, .the pair do the a ;pop song with Stanley accom- 



she picked up in South America and 
another in Rounianlan, Molly's 



Hons next to closing, and Mire, yio- familiar and not very, funny skit pa'nying, the main drape fouled with gotten a ■'good deal away front 



the restrictions of the Yiddistt 
or, for that matter, any langua^re . 



lette D'Argens taming tigers clos- .which is very suggestive in French, the piano and went into the flys a 

Ing. Both are presented by Alfred but proves respectable when" acted rnass of. shreds. 

Court, and are, really one number in out in Bnglish. The^ audience re- x meaningless' blackout with stage. She's a genuine muslo 

two stanzas, using the same Iron^ sponse is lUke'<-warm, but Morgan gi^jiith, Stanley, Miami Alvarez, and hall entertainer for altnost any 

. — „ .arena cage built around the ring, later works effectively In the - Dal- Georgie StoU preceded , . the flash type audiencei Outside of a 'bit,'. . 

volylng a miniature tumbler who and two negro helpers who stand in ton and Ro^O' closing, roller -skating f,nale A huge hoop-sklrti effect, of Yiddish dialect she refrains from., 

makes Ut> the third mentiber of the th^ ring part of the time, Both act. • > . . • at6p of which was perched Emilia speaking the language or referrlngr 

turn. show half a dozen animals, and are Miss Negri has a pretentious and i^aPrato soprano, Avarbling a bal- to her background, which is right; .'' 

Midget provides a laughing finish very effective. To add punch to the Impressive setting for her act' and i„j while the line girls, this time enoughi and goes in for character') 

for the act and it Is over. ' Miss girl taming the tigers, the program makes her appearance in a ravish- .f^Hv garbed came on for a series of delineation In a yocal, way. She has 

Barret fared, well with her in»pres- says, and an announcer repeants. that ing white . goWn singing 'Paradise' i„*picatB steoning. Miss Vernille Personality, plus a delightful sense . 

sions of Ed Wynn, ZasU Pitts and on)e of the big cats named Bengali in a none too Impressive voice. She Ucir for a fan routine that clicked. °* and la sure Are. Up herfe.:' 

Bert Lahr, . These ate.: w. k.. to. all . has already killed two tamers. UprAn/i fh.>. ^iraWtuftna and vnmp. .^"^P*^ ^'^^ .^ ^n rouMne t.na,t t,i«.n.eu. 1 



FOX, . BROOKLYN 

Brooklyn,.. Oct.. ,16.. 



of course, therb. Wfia islmply no Vayl" 
of stopping the applause. iKiss Pi- 
con encored; and bowed, and plead-''' 
ed. and told a Couple ; of atorlca, and 
Anally could deport' bhly . by expla'ln-i> 



audiences : by, radio,.. rep. and Alms,. . Another good number is Yokoto, busine'f^a on pxtra- thick In her ren- 

but .an. Ulrio. Impression left the, Japanese equilibrist, who has a very ditlon of the'^ong and her I'ater aot- 

orowd.poldv . Worka .In 'one'; with a ef^dctive stunt of standing on his ing. Bujt ttie' audieitee didn't seem 

..ii: ' r 1. i, . 4"'.^^.*'^"'^° * table, and then to; object to the , lack of restraint,^! Vra„„hnn A Marcb'a ,<Bl(f . Ton' I ""'^^ ^y ^'P'^'n- 

■She: Case BrotheraVac.t.Jhiaa Mai-le building up progressively two Piles hurith the Support oiie man; she", „ ^^JS^Siioi it^. «.r«r>. she was going, .to change. tor^ 

onljr for ,at'mosf>h,ere. , The chftlr .ofiwhat looks like cigar boxes up to ^cted out a ateerte frt)m 'T^^ good aerial act punch ^ would, . be' back. - 

Jumping and acrobatic trlcka the 'a,' ihelght of aboiit two feet, which commtnd^^^i, iX picture In ^"^^ ^he tmlt would be complete; dn- pu^^ th^^t aTlr to mi,<,i1inrf 

boy8,.i^o on the wire class them as Lmeans that to flnish jthe buifding he wh^" rhe ' oort^av^the^^^^ of tertatnment.^ It's circusy vaude. . ."'^^ X 

expW, A back' tut done by one of Llias tiy stand upside down , 6n one ^ WoV^ atni Itt io^^ vrtth^the man P^?**^ acrobats, animala and comedyj g^kout^^^^ *?^^5«m 

thB hovfl ixrifVinnf h. ho^intihinv utA 'i dnri •«£i<inVi«n,» hftir Ko. a woman, suu ID lovo wiiu iP.o^.man , harker-m. o- and ' WorkS ana Kuom help out. • It could 



dLl^ed 'in ^X?i"t^\^lt ^5o&^L' ffS^eS'^-SteT^^^^^ %.,f ^^5^if'?.?f 
dressed in white_ tzigane costumes, „„ 'l„rr„„o« : i„d . - ioodlv « It-dldn't fare _eo 



grand :o. H., N. Y. - 



that bridged the week-end, with ap 
peariances at least giving the im 



Las a dance .by B^rahms, Liszt's' Hun 



eo well here it's _ . . 
due directly to the house'a mis- . California Cplleglaris, cookoo stage 
SlWllls and Joan Davis arfr billed. I taken show Judgment, ^ceding closes. T^^ lada are goinff 

aa'Pathe %omedv st^ • bSt Tpp' .come 21 minutes of Sam ^yrther and further away from, mu-.: 

i?I^}l^?i.?°I^t^l.E}^Il'-J?l\y.rJl^ m. c. whoP'o and more and more Int^.hok*. 



A n«nnS; familiar to and popular' with 'vaude- Jaok Kaufman, ^local pit m. c., who 
Blue Danube ' .„_,. naVrinn .hla muaiciana throueh tire- 1 "^"'* 



had clone a little raising of the ante Marltza * 

bn the vaude: payroll. First act rPhftn^h thft nftrfhrmprq arA Indl- . 

numbered Ave. the third turn Ave vi'dually orXa?y and c^^^^^ light- "^^^^ welcome. The comedy stut 



frnm <rn<,ntPflflivllle devotees. they ^re nbt so.well cairrles his musicians through tlre- 
from countess j^.jj^j^j^ screen fans. 'Theli^ rOu- some oomlckery that never belonged 
tine Is little changed, but Ands the to a pit. Stuff runs everywhere 
— - from recitations to songs and Im- 

parsonationa. 
[Kaufman atarta ofiC by marching I 



MET, BROOKLYN 

t£l of nine. Qu'aW o'f'the ahow I shWman3hii'''to"get a'TremeAdous I ^oof y Misff Davis tlckl6The>lslblll- | ^ [KAUfman atarta off by^marchtng | Jj^^^'^Smil^^^^ and 
as i whole easily rtidged over pw ffl fncores i^id look "es. Mr; Wills also confrllJUtea his hiP pit crew down the alalea. from fJitlng with^the New York Capitol, 

for this spot. • ""^ Kr^'us^e ^.TclrcKretentatlSn ^ ^^^^^ '■^^^''t*,'^'^*'? Met could haye eased over with 

Saturday matinee found the house uiilt. The ensemble draw locally A. good next-tq-Anlsh act • bding clod in <?lown uniforms. U less elaborat^o . bill, but evidently 

pretty near capacity, with the klda aDout $80 a day. Their number is k, Dalton. and. Rose have trans- House puts on 14 minutes of , trail- a was felt that a let down in the 
Jamming the balcony iand making bijrlesqued later in the show by the formed what wpuld He a very, small- ere and newsreel before Kaufman v<iude fare might react In the effort 
horror whoopee over 'The mite clowns Beby and Despard, who also "me and- ordinary ' roller skating arrive^,. Before^^ the trailer stuff to build up, the i big bill tradition 
Zombie' (tJA). Sharing the screen get a hand, other numbers are lo- ^ot Into a tip-top closing number by t\yo orgajilsts, Rosa Rio and ■ Bob which has been, in force the past 
load was 'Those We Love' . (World- c^lly normal. \3foa;i. the uUMzation of an Idea.' After the Hamilton, do an unentertaining . bit few weeks. Met hasn't got them 

Wide) and a . collection' of newa ' ' — uauar conventional preliminaries^ 

cHiis. : .j ACADEMY N" Y ^'^''^Lwlnd whirls,, •volunteers' a 

Per usual the stage layout carried i ■ sought frpitt the audience to sprve^^ : i i. • v.. . 1 . . on the lower floor? When the aver- 

a welter of tap dancing. Starting One of those unostentatious bills f.^ ^^^i^^fj, .I^alton s .whirls: . A I'The biz when .caught was poor, age Brooklynite gets home, he's apt 
off the exhibition of hOoAng .under here, but pretty sut-e to please,^ be- *fjo of M''^ . come pnto .th^ atage 'Hit Check Girl' (Fox) on the to 'stay there, tout the subway com- 
this classification was the Bobby caiuse Of di-versity of material, no "f/t ahd,. ar.e. s^ rates no particular huzzahs hnuters are rtiifisihg something if 

Rahdell : unit la the opening slot, person or act especially butstand- clip, with ^the result that they after-, as a draw Aim. There s a low week thiey pass up the current bill, which 

Nicely dressed up and chock full of ing. no names ta - speak- of, but hY^'^^^ sta - 

looks and youth,, the turn failed to plenty vaude. the audiences delight The safrte .jSome. misleading billing Is ern. 

make much of an impression from iThings start with a bang with thing Is repeated, with a youHg filrl.l ptoyed.';. RlUs 'M'ickey Mouse' but, q . ,„ 

the talent display angle until toward Violet, Vy and Norrtiah.' New Acts). f.nd sappj^ looking Voung man .who Uastead shows a 'Terry Toon' car- Rotal^ luScheon^wiTh to^^^ 

♦he end. when the t^o boys flashed cikck acrobatic turn. Act ia good t^i^e^ some physiciil punishment toon. ., ' ' , . ' Lrisles eeK the S 

- tantalizing load of eccentrlc buck oiiough to come mighty tjlose to '^[hlle the,.?,udlenco.rpare. Th^n .a^^^^^^^ Iwith aU'th^se ahglea to dull cus^, .^"f}«« Mav'«. IhhwW? -r^^^ 

and wing. Blondes in the quintet .^fppping the show., no mean ac- Pther woman is sought an* a heavy,, t the 'Big Top' :unlt aSet .^^^^^^ 

— « °ii--_> . i-j -L. , I ;! . . rn.,^w«.>it».n.^«..,* I weieht reanonflrt.' ■ IWer nnnnmnf I a.',.!...~^i^.. -o— 4.i~/. laaaea siarier, ' ' Jttut only one Of the 



looks better on th^ stage than it 
does in the.adai . . 



are exceptional beauts and try hard, compHahment for an opening turn. rffifM.^^^P°^2^W i?®^ apparent struggles through. By the time men wnitVI^Ivni^'^.^^ ■ ■ ■■ 

- - warbling and the Slim Presaler deuces with ft ape- tlekU^^^^ ahd her elepharitd ^®^^!J°J^^*W'.a°"*th«'^»*s*^^^ 

»lther the knack or ciklty that could be ! and should be' J" gwing, rher .r'leidy. are niorel'^Ja^i. « a^qi^ th. «..<,f«™ii,.a.a;:a 1 01^ eye appeal.. 



apparent'L jitruggles through 

both.. wlth the warbling and the 

stepping, ■ but either the knack ori- — V rTi." ^"'"i* "Viy,"?*"! I io,i,»vii*.lk" 

the experience Is lacking. Eauallv h""<^h better. Used to be billed as ja'^gpa'*}^' ^ ^ . 

as eyeful Is the dark-halrenoe | J.^e^^^^^^^^ about ls_co_a 

dancer, "but the 
could stand a lot 
that the troupe tCoic 



- . are niore" ' ;ieach a flnaie the customers are al- , .„ 
"The manner in which | n,ogt revived. Con Cpleano opens, which Is A 

Happy Harrison and his animal Ppo*" P'ace for the big circus stax. 




that the troupe tCok to the wings 5,, '"V"" w.no Knows ms o^^^noaB. y^'-- ^y^^"^^'^^^^ hangings and painted ?""*^e<i neorer me nnaie, ror ms act 

with a pretty hefty handout. ^Z^/^l^^r^S' ^1^^' ^''"f Let hirown Lo^^^^^^ the Ljrops depicting circus atmosphere. Is outstanding. Trained In the cir- 

-^Patter exchange uncorked by i3'?u.^^ .'l.^^^^^^ /^Tv^^o ""billed comedy tumblers ^us wh, b i^^a^^^^ 



_ by 

Brent and Kay was Just one of 
tho^e things, with the laughs mea- 
gre and far. between, but the reac- 
tion took a solid turn for the bet- 
ter- when it came to the terpsy pas- 
sages. Mixed pair unlimber an in- 
tricate and fast line of tap designs, 
dnd know how to sell it. More sub- 
stantial and up-to-date script for the 
cross-Are end of the act would do 
a lot to help lift this duo out of the 
wee amall category they now All. 
Most of the stiift pulled v/as too ob- 
vious to allow for an even occa- 
sional surprise gag line. 

m : the Garner, Wolf, HaHIn and 
Walsh combo thla last three repre- 
sent graduates from the Ted Healy 
stooge menage. -Case here is not 
ot a-vmaster putting his troupe' 



no dialog, all In the European man- I On the screen 'The Sporting Age 
ner. Okay all the way, but the (Col), not so good, and Pathe Newa 
woman singing with him doesn't ^A. fair house for the early supper 



measure Up 

Radio Rubcs. a cracker-Jack hill 
blJly quartet. ' In the center groove 
and over solid. The 14th atreet. mob 
let their whistles, hands, feet and 
what have you go to coax encores 
but here. Seed and London, next to 
shut, good old-fashioned 
vaude. Nothing new hen 



show. 



with a giant stooge manage to en- P"*" bis entire routine over in flvd 
gage the audience interest. An un- nilnutes, without the usual stops foi«- 
billed barker m. "c. and chubby Dolly H« winds up with the for* 

Kramer, miniature size femme com- ward somersault from and to thd 
edy girl do chatter with songs. Miss h^'''®' ^blch is the top trick of anjf 
Kramer , ailsb Ahales with a tap that h^'^® act. He disdains the help of bal* 
cduld be left out but doesn't hurt.' anoing aids and does the trick thd 
' Prior to this pair the Beehee \^'^^^ ^^^^ instead of etalling it along:' 
Rubyatte Arab ttoupe sring through To be questioned whether he would 
a fast session of pyramid building I?°'"®^PP^au8e if he did 

.=.u«„. x^i,»..„s ..ow n«re— no I l''rank ZuHo does okay. by his home I and tumbling. The stage la in 'full' f^^" a little. Its all .too smooth 
frills, no fancy stuff.. Just hOko and f°wn with this number, hitting the for them. ; The. Kramer act comes easy for a non-technical audl^ 
speed. All that's needed. the lilgh ones on his trumpet. . on for a 'one' setting that isn't Spe- f"*^®' ''"J treat to those who 

The Rimaca .with their Havana For the overture Lou Forbes does clol. ... . . ^"°7v,„^"* A^^l^^^^^ 

orchestra closed with some nice a straltfht legit arrangement duo to I Stage swings again, to 'full', for band at the^cloae. Assisted by 
tuneology and legmanla. 'Night of tlie presencb ot the Waring bahd.rMiss Nelson's elephant aot, w.' k. to a blonde In-black gauze who comes, 
June 13' (Par) on the screen, plus The usual light overture might de- the blz> Over easy. ' For some rea- to catch a discarded costunie 
a '■ cartoon and Fox Newsreel. with triact from -.the; Waring numbers son, when caught, it rfailed for splr- 'ater to announcp the big trlol^ 
the sheet widened for the football slightly so Forte*' conflneis himself Itfed finish that's 60 necessary in' a r^°^®^"° ' ^^e*" better were- 



MICHIGAN 

(Continued from page 33) 
solid I a break doing; 'How Am I Doln." I 



sequences/ 



Kauf. 'to a 'Living CiJnip'oaers.' Final ,vith. finali 



SMn. 



(Continued on page 54) 



Tuesday, Ocksber i8, 1991 



VARIBTY 



35 



Variety Bills 

NEXT WEEK (October 22) 
THIS WEEK (October 15) 

liumvraM In eonnectlon with bills b«low indlcato op«nlno rf«y af 
show, vyhether full OF split wiMit 



RKO 



NEW TOBK OITT 
. Patoce (22) 
-Circus Yib'"'* 
atiudactamldtff 
po Be Ml _ ^ 
Tasty Teast Jesters 
William Hall , 
Hill & Hoffman_ 
ffoble SIssle Orch 
4 -Flash Devils 
Academy 

,lBt half <22-2B) 
Walter Dare Wanl 
Menry Tobias Orch 
iTPhree to flU),., 

, 2d half (26-28) 
rOiae Chase 
.■avans & Mayer 
iTwb to fill) 

, 2d half (19-21) 
P.hyllls Rae & H 2 
°i & M Beck 

:i3ell Kelly 

' 'ttank Hunter 
• Vincent Lopez Co 
BBOOKI<YN 

. Albe« (22) 
UaVI Op. Rev 

(IB) 
Blmac's Orch 



(16) 

Gary Ford Fam 
Carleton & Bellew 
M Montgomery. 
Weaver Bros 
CINCINNATI 
Alboe (IB) 
Thurston 

CI<EVXXANI> 
Palace (SS) 
Thurston 

(IB) 

Olson ft Johnson . 
COIirMBUB 
Ohio (22) 
Olson & Johnson 

(15) ~ 
White & Manning 
Benny Ross 
P'ysythe S'm'n & F 
Carol & Stuart 
Herb Williams 
DAIXAS 
Kolth'a (22) 
'-Corbltt & Convey R 
Gaston Palmer 
Grace Hayes 
,ailm TImblln Co 
Hilton Siamese 2 
(IB) 

Peaches Browning 



THE GHEZZIS 
at the Foratnonnt 

AND AT 

THE BOXT 
VIVIAN FAY 
Botli Placed 
By LEDDY & SMITH 



< Flashers 
Texas Oulnan Co 
Frospeot 

.1st half (22-26) 
V & M Rosis 
T & A Waldman 
Jbck Usher Co 
JVisephlne Harmon 
Uaple Sugar Bd 

- 2d half (26-28) 
Max Thlelon Tr 
Rose Hall 8 
Ben Marks Co 
Rlel^a Stanley ft F 
Princess Tvonrie 

, ad, half (19-21) 
S] Gordonlans 
Reto' 

aarry. Rich Co 
See Port ft Dotty 
<3 .ft' P Magley- 
AKBON 
Pala«e 

^ 2d half (26-28) 
"Weaver Bros 
(Othfars to fill) 

<2d halt (18-21) 
Jack Owynne Co 
nanny Small 

filly House Co 
eor'ge Beatty 
arney Rapp Oroh 
AUSA^NX 
° Palace 
-1st half (22-26) 
Phyllis Rae ft H 2 
Dillon ft . Parker 
S Sailors . 
Avstrallan Wattes 
(One to flll) 
] 2d halt (26-28) 
Maiirilng ft Class 
Danny Small Co 
Kiank Gaby 
Watson Sis 
Wesley Barry Bd 
,2A half (19-21) 
Great Wallendas 
Dalton ft Craig 
Heiiry Tobias Orch 
Mel Klee 
Couls Mosconl . Co 

BOSTON 
J Boston (22) 
s Rlxfords 
Hom'an ft Arde'n 
Qully ft Houghton 



Moran & Mack 
3 French Misses 
Harry J Conley 
Paddy Cllft Orch 
BUZABETH ' 
Keith's 

1st half (22-26) 
Bernard Granville 
Tracey ft Vlnette 
Blackstone 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (26-28) 
Valentine ft Bell 
Forum' Boys 
Moire Madness 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (19-21) 
Mickey Braatz t 
Leon Navara 
IJew White Co 
Dave Harris Co 
Id ol of Chanii 
HEMPSTEAD 
BlTOir 

1st half (22-26) 
Moire Madness 
Forum Boys 
Venita Gould 
Pillard'ft Hillard 
Nick Long Jr Co 

2d half (26-28) 
Ser'ge Flash 
Roky La Rocca 
Lew White Co 
Geo Beatty 
AI B White Co 
. 2d half (19-21) 
i Kings ft Queen 
Kttty Doner 
Jack ' Usher Co 
Chaz Chase 
Jerry Co 

HOUSTON 

. Keith's (22) 
Marcus Rev 
(IB) 

Jordoii 'ft Woods 
Neville Fleeson 
Gene . Deiinls 
3 St John Bros 
Ryan' ft Nobliatte 
KAKSAS CITY 
Keith's (14) 
Rosetta Dunc an 
MILWAUKEE 
Wisconsin (22) 
Cherry Bloss'm ft J 



Will Aubrey 
Walter Dare Wahl 
Nan Halperin' 
Dave Schooler Co ' 

2d half (19-21) 
B .& R Goman 
Cookie Bowers 
Pickens Sis 
Fred Llghtner 
J' & M Mason 
PBOVIDENCB 
Keith's (22) 
Texas Gulnan Co 

(IB) 
Paul Petohlng 
Sid Marion 
Colby & Murry Rev 
'Fatty' Arbuckle 1 
Princes s Y vonne . 
ROCHESTER 
Keith's (22) 
Grade Schenk 
Jidrlah & St John 
Billy . House Co. 
Carol ft Stuart.' 
Mel Klee 

(IB) 

Ted Lewla Bd 
SAN ANTONIO 
Keith's (22) 
3 French Misses 
Harry J Conley Co 
Peaches Browning 
Moran & Mack 
Paddy Clift Oroh 
(IB) 

Marcus Rev 
8CUENECTAI>Y 

Keith's 
let halt (22-25) 
Manning & Class 
Whltey Roberts 
Wesley Barry Bd 
'Fatty' Arbuckle 
Louis Mosconl Co 
2d half (26-28) 
Phyllis Rae ft H 2 
Mady Co 
.Joe Marks po 
Gus Van , 
J.'ft M Ma6on 
TORONTO 
Hippodrome (22) 
DeW'lf M'flf ft F 
Harrison ft Elmo 
Bomby Co 



Block ft Sully 
Nelson Fam 
(IB) 
3 Cossacks 
Will J Ward 
Golden Blondes 
Bobby Plncus 
F .Henderson Orch 
TRENTON 
Capitol 
1st half (22-26) 
Upham -ft Sidare 
Blllle Vallle 
Williams ft Keane 
J & M Miason 

2d half (26-28) 
Blackstone 

2d halt (19-21) 
J ft B Willing 
Harmon ft Cle;cton 
Kramer , ft Hamtlt'n 
Harmonica Bd 
TRENTON 
Lincoln 
let half (22-26) 
Stanley Bros & A 
Roy Lee ft Dunn 
Lou Lublh Co 
Allen Reno Orch 
2d half (26-28) 
Sibylla Bowan 
(Others to flll) 
TROY 
Keith's 
'1st half (22-26) 
Pastlne & St Claire 
Mady Co 
Joe ft Kddle 
Watson Sis 
(One to flll) 

2d half (^-28) 
Australian Waites 
Dillon ft Parker 
'Fatty' Arbuckle 
Louts Moscoiii Co 
(One to flll) 
2d half (19-21) 

3 Racket Tappers 
Whitey Roberts 
Joe Marks Co 
Lloyd Hughes 

4 Bmeralds 

IVESTWOOIt 
Keith's (22) 
3 Future Stars 
Reobrds Boys 



Fandboa ft Marco 



'Discoveries' 

Trlxie Frlgmnaa 

Stadler Roae S 

Moro A Taconelll 

Paul Howard 

Bunny BroDMai 

Mark Pepper 

Keene 2 . 

Ken Syner 

AKBON 
Palaee (21) 

'Girl Trouble* I 

Chester Frederioha 

Julia Curtla 

Warren Jacksea 

De liong Stg 

Redheads 

Joey Cey Lon 

Ottllle George 

E Thoroughbreda 

Trouble Bna 

BOSTON 
HetropoUtan (M) 
'Rookies' I 
Johnny Burke 
Nina Olivette 
Les Everson 
Irwin ft McAvoy 
Dancing Doughboys 
BRIDGEPOBT 
Poll (21) 
'Mallbu Beach'- 
Bernle & Walker 
Rehee Torres 
Henri Therrlen 
Tom, Dick & H' 
Anderson ft Allen 
Sunkist Ens ' .- 



Loew 



TOIVI KENNEDY 
(VOBK O')' 

offers' ' ■ 

LESTER COLE . 

and his ' 

Radio Soldiers of Fortune 

' Pnramoant, New Yoric, Now 
N«xt Week — Paramount, Brooklyn 



Eddie Hanley Co 
Patricia Henry Or 

(15) 
Nat'i Op Rev 
Bert Walton 
• Keith's (22) 
Scarlette's Monks 
Cookie . Bowers 
Devlto ft Denny 
Russ Brown 
Robs Wyae Co 
Lina Basquette Co 
^ (16) 
Donatella Bros Co 
Evans & Mayer 
3 Sailors 
Blackstone 

■ BUFFATO 
JEDppodrome (22) 
White ft Manning 
-Al Mamaux. 
A & M Havel 
Hill & HofCman 
Maxellos 

DeW'If M'tc'lf ft F 
Harrison ft Elmo 
Alex Hyde Orch 
Block & Sully 
Willie Mauss 

CHICAGO 
„ Palace (22) 
Pelovla 

Annie Judy & Zeke 
5 ft D Stone 
Barry ft Whitledge 
N Thomas B 

(IB) 
Rio Rita 

State Lake (22) 
Ralph Olsen Co 
Clyde Hdger 
fola Negri 
jyuis & Davla 
Daltbn & Robc 



Welst: ft Stanton 
Dorothy Lee . 
Jack Mulhall Co 
York ft King 
(IB) 

Ralph Olsen Co 
Brltt Wood 
Pola Negri 
Wills & Davis 
Dalton ft Rose . 
MINNEAPOLIS 
Orpheom (22) 
Rio Rita 

(rt) 

Felovis 

Welst ft Stanton 
Dorothy Lee 
Tork & King 
Ch'rry Bloss'm ft J 
NEW ORLEANS 
State (22) 
3 St John Bros 
Ryan ft Noblette 
Neville ' Fleeson Co 
Jordan &. Woods 
Gene Dennis 
(IB) 

Hobart Bosworth 
Ingenues 

JImmIe Btirchlll Co 
J ft P MIohoh 
Carpenter ft Ingr'm 
OMAHA 
Keith's (21) 
Rosetta Duncan 
PATERSON 
Keith's 
let half (22-2B) 
Dellnoff & Rata Sis 
Lynn Cantor 
Joe Marks Co. 
Don Santos 
Al B White Co 

2d half (26-28) 
Solly Grauman Co 



NEW YORK CITY 

Capitol (21) 
A Lyman & Orch 
3 Keys 

Gomez ft Winona 
Boolevcu-d (21) 
A ft G Falls 
Ruth Sherry Co 
Donla ft McNeill 
Brems, FItz ft M'. 
Orpheam 
1st half (21-24) 
3 Slivers " . 
Boyd' Senter 
Hanlon Bros ft W 
R Hughes & Pam 
S Krevoff Co . 

2nd half (26-27) 
Capt Tlebor's Seals 
June Carr 
Joe Phillips Co 
In Dreamy Spain 
(One to flll) 

Paradise (21) 
Rhapsody in Black 

State (21) 
Don Colleano 
Trado 2 
Molly Picon 
Bob Murphy 
Will Osborn Orch 
BROOKLYN 
Gates Ave. - (21) 
Gautler's Toy Shop 
Falley ft M Sla 
Harry HInes 
Mills, Kirk ft H'tin 
MetropoUtan (21) 
Dorothy Jordan 
Benny Rubin 
Paul Whiteman Bd 
(Two to flll) 

ValencU (21) 
Davey Jones Co 
Carr Bros ft B' 
Irene Rich Orch 
Ben Alley 
Chas Ahearn Co 
ASTORIA 
Triboro 
1st half (21-24) 
Capt Tlebor's Seals 
Eddie Healy Co 
June (3arr 
Flyhn ft Mack 
Wm Holbrook Co 



2nd half (26-27) 
Orvllle Stamm 
Yates ft tiamley 
Edgar Bergen Co 
Anne Codee 
Marie Antonette Co 
BALTIMOBE 
Centary (21) 
3 Rhythm Dancers 
Vivian Jones 
Karrey ' Noyes ft lie 
Norman Talmadge 
George .Jessel 
BOSTON 
Orphenm (21) 
Chapelle ft Carlton 
B Farrell ft Dad 
Valentine Vox 
Emtl Boreo. 
Benny Davis Co 
CLEVELAND 
Stato (21) 
Manjean Int't'al 
Owen Moore '. 
Rosette & Luttman 
Buck ft Bubbles 
C alif Coll egians 
JERSEY CITY 
Loew'8 (21) 
Martin ft Martin' 
Rogers Wllllama ' 
Sylvia FrooB. 
Robey & Gould 
D'e Ellington. Orch 
HONTREAIj 
lioew'a (21) 
6 Elglns 

Pressler ' ft ' Klalss . 

J ft K Spongier 

Gold & Raye 

Betty Jane' Cooper 

Lathrop Bros 
BOCHESTEB 
. Loew'B (21) 

Van Cello & M" 

Zingone 

Delivery Boys 

Ken Murray Co 

Rae Ellis ft La 
WASHINOTON 
Vox (21) 

Tacopis . 

Art Jarrett .. 

Frisco 

Har'son ft FJsher 
Larry Rloh Co 



WARNER 



ELIZABETH 

RItE 

1st half (21-24) 
Harry Anger Co 
Harry Delmar's Co 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (2B-27) 
Foley' ft LaTour 
Hollywood Revels 
Leviathan Orch 
(Two to flll) 

2d half (18-20) 
St Clalr Sis ft Co 
Jerome & Ryan 
Abbott ft BIsland 
Al Mammaux ' 
AJ B White 

HARTFORD 
State (21) 
Dorothy Co 
Davey ft Rosemarle 
Bob Hall 

Bryant Rains ft T 

(One to flll) 
(1<) 

Peg Bates 

Lewis Mack Co 

Herman Hyde Co 

De Terrbgoes 

(One to flll) 
LA'WBENCE 
Warner (14) 

Perry Covan 4 
Olsen & Bingham 
Levan & Belles 
Bryant Rains ft Y 
(One to flll) 
PHILADELPHIA 
Earle (21) 
Al Johnston ■ Co 
Jerome & Ryan 
Carl Shaw Co 
Daphne Pollard 



Mazzone ft Keehe 
Leavitt ft Xiockw'd 
Harry Savoy 

(14) 
Mae Wynn 4 
Krugle ft Rottles 
Keene ft Williams 
'Beau Tans' 
Clyde. Hager 
Venita Gould 
Barto & Mann . 
Henrietta's Affairs 
Mastbanm (91) 

Phil Baicer 
Bums ft Allen 
Yaschq. Bunchuck 
Patricia Bowman 
Tamars 

Harry McNaughton 
(14) 

Harry Rich man 
Dorothy Jordon 
Benny Davis 
3' Diamonds 
Yascha Bunohuck 
WASHINOTON 
Elarle (21) 
Fred Bradna's CIr 
(14) 

AI Johnston Co 
Vic Oliver 
Nan Halperin 
Hal L>e Roy 
Mltzl Mayfair 

WATERBUBY 
Strand (14) 
T ft B Waters 
Peg Leg Bates 
Burns ft Klasen . 
Chas Howard Co 
3 ■ McCann Sis 
Herman Hyde Co 
Wallace Sis Rev 



Picture Theatres 



JUUoa Donglaa 
^(ary Price 
t>Ille HoroBco 
Edna Bedgwiek 
Charley Myers 
Bol>by Bernard 
Muriel Moran 
Arlette Toung 
O'Connor Broe 
Boater Keim 
Pope ft Thompson 
Dorothy Keim 
Batelle HaleskI 
Sn« St.- John . 

OAKI.AND 
Oakland (21) 

'Georgia Mtnatrels* 
3 Gobs 

Tommy Harris 
Lasses Brown 
Chick Beeman 
Billy Mitchell 
Nay . Bros 
Jimmy Miller 
Norvelle .Reese 
Georgia Browne 
. PHIIiADEUPIHIA 

. FoK (21) 
•Blp Top' I 
Jack Sidney 
Nelson's Elephants 
Flo Mayo 
Harrison's Co 
BeeheO' & Rubyatte 
Dolly.. Kramer 

PORTJLAND 
Pamnonnt (20) 
•Sally' . 



NEW YORK CITY 
Paramount (14) 

'Mardi Gras' 
Donald Novls 
Sammy Krovoll 
Tyrell & Fawcett 
Rublnoft 
Bert Sttckney 
Yacopl Tr 
'Big Brondcaat' 
Roiy (14) 
Ijovers' Lane' 
Joseph Grlflln 
Alice Frohnian 
Mata Cora 
Vivian Pay 
J ft E Torrenoe 
Mayfair 8 
Rosa Polnarioft 

Mazzone ft Keene 

13 Women' 
BROOKLYN 
Paramount (14) 
Bprrah- MInevltch 

Frances .lAngtord 

Ruth Roye 

Charles Prevln 

'Big Broadcast' 
CHICAGO 
Chicago (14) 

Cass Mack. & Owen 




CARL 

FREED 



stone Vernon 4 
Cardlni 

Clifford A Marlon 
Hans Muenzor 
Night After Nlgnf 

Oriental (14) 

Col Stoopnagle Co 
Tom Dick & Harry 
Carl Hoefle 
O'Connor Fam 
Gaylene Sis 
Pasquall Bros 
'Madison Sq G' 

Tlvoll (14) 

Ray Bolgcr 
Lowe Bernoft ft W 
Pnt Kennedy 
Fuller Bawson ft D 
'Blonde Venus' 

Uptow^ (14) 
Perry , Askam 
Desert Song Co 
'Blonde 'Vonus' 
DETROIT 
Iflshor (14) ' 
Tom Waring 
Evelyn Nalr 
Lane Sla 

Prod AVarlng Orch 
'Cabin In Cotton' 



BUFFALO 
Doffalo (21) 

F ft M Britton Bd 
OmOAGO 

Chleaso <21> 
'Stitch In Time' 
J ft J McKenna . 
Tommy McAnliSe ' 
GDecardoa 
Harriet Mortimer 
Ben Omar 
Torney Bna . 

CINCINNATI 
Albee (21) 
'Desert Song* '. 
Perry Aakani' .. 
Tanzi 

Earl Askam 
Nennette Vallon 
John MerkyI 
Chas. Boyle 
Betty WHIle 
John Wagn er 
OUfiVELAiND . 
106th (21) 
74ight Clab' X 
Jack Holland 
June Knight 
Wilton Crawley 
Rudy Kayo 
Fetch ft Deanvllle 
Janice Walker - 
Snnkls t En a 
: DBTBOIT ' 
Fox (21) 
■Movie Clrcad* I 
Raynor Lehr 
Monroe Bros 
ReaHor . 
Free thy Ens 
HABTFOBD 
CapMol »1> . 
'M'ky ft tt'nie IFm* < 
Arnant Broa 
Buster Shaver 
Olive ft Ooorc* 
Monty ft C^arma 
Toota Kovelle 
Minnie Mouae Bna 
nOIXTW(H»D 
PaatacM (M) 
•Spotligfatar I 
Charlie Melao* - 
Iramnette 
Bredwina 
Chalmera Bna 

uasa BOBMn 

'Whoopoe' ' 
Buddy D07la 
Bobbe Amat 
Jane Lee 
Pletro CtontlU 
Jack Rntherfgrd 
liOB ANOHCBB 
Unltad Plotaiv (M) 
•Myatory* 1 
J ft P mehoB 
A Du Val 
Wynn Wayne 
Sunklat Ens 



Mary Baton 
Hal Young 
T Roy Barnes 
Mlaa Harriett 
Jack Weldron 
Georgo Onhl 
liOla Blisa 
Jaok Bgan 
Harry Stafford 
Jack Duffy 

BAV-DIBOO 



and half (lT-19) 
Ifystery* I 
J ft P mahen 
A Do Val 
~Wyan Wayne 
Sunklat Bna 

BAN SSAMOI8CO 

Warfleld (21) 
Vhaaglial' 

tjong Taok Bam Co 
U-Na ft Mee-Sa 1/ 
Paul Kail 

SKATTUB 
•Vella* 1 
Zelda Santley 
Conrad'a Co 
^naaeli. Marconi. J* 
Edna Brnoo - 
Madeline Scbmid 
Mema F ortune 

BPRXNtumau) 

P«B (tl) 
rBnghoaae? X 
Charlie Foy . 
Haxino Lcrwtf 
oCa ft BMtlui 
Balalafltik * 
Vlaaehotte 
Tody 

Vlr^gla FMk 

. 9te oi) 
Vwood Conied*ii8' 
Baa Topia. 
Teddy Joyce 
Walt or BUra 
Sanb PoBard 
iMtbartl 
Bloaaom SU 
JCaiy mlaa. 
Cathleen Beaaatte 
Jayca ft Qary 



Murray ft Mooney 
Thomson Sla 
Ayr & Leslie 
Clarkson Bose 
Lime 3 
Billy Bennett 
3 Swifts 

Deslree Blllnger 
BRIXTON 
A/itorla 
Rose Perfect 
Michel & Nan 
EUettes 

CLAPTO»f 
Mojestlo . 
Georgesco Oroh 

Rink : 
Lady Hussars Bd 
DAL8TON 
Plotnre Honso 
Tarano. ft H'dwicke 
EAST HAM 
Premier 
M ft H Nesbitt 
3 White Flashes 

EDOEIW'RE BOAD 
Grand 

Mary ORourke 
Barber ft Stevens 
Rego 2 

FINSBURY PARK 
Astoria 

Dave ApOlIon Co 

Itaiplre 
flanagian & Allen 
8 Fratellnis 
Balllol ft Merton 
B'nnett ft Williams 
Coney Islanders 
Barry 2 
Geo Doonao 
Strobl 

Gretl Vernon 
HOLLOWAY 
Mariboroogh 
8 Zlegfeld Girls 
Claire Rowe ft C 
ILFORD 
Snper 
M ft H Nesbitt 
3 White Flashes 



KILBCRN : 
Grange 
Mary O'Rourke . 
Barber ft Stevens 
Bego 2 

LEIGHTON 
. Savoy 
Lady Hussars Bd 
MILE END 
Empire 
John Myrrdin 
Vanda Vladimir Co 
NEW CROSS 
KInema 
Evelyn Hardy Bd 
OLD KENT ROAD 

Astoria 
Seymour's Co 
PECKHAM 
Palace 
Evelyn Hardy Bd 

Tower 
Pauline Ward 
STAMFORD HUX 

Regent' 
Tarano ft H'dwicke 
STRATITORD 
Broadway 
John Myrrdin 
Vanda Vladimir Co 
STREATHAM 
Astoria 
'Arabesque' 
Hlndustans 
Edna Squire-Brown 
Co as booked 
Palace 
8 Gee . Bee Girls 
Loranna 
Iioo Doherty 
BUTTON 
Coonty Cinema 
;8 Gee Bee Girls 
I<onanna 
I<e6 Doherty 
SYDENHAM 
Rink 
Pauline Ward ' 
TOTTENHAM 
Palace . 
e Gee Bee Girls 
Clare Rowe & C 



Paramount Grill . 

Eddie Jackson 
Harriett Hllllard 
Sophie Tucltor 
Ozzle Nelson Orch 
Park Central lIot4d 
Harry Barrls Orch" 
Loyce Whlleman 

Roosevelt Hotel 
Guy Lombnrdo Or 

Russian Arts 
Joe Morantz Orch 
Renee ft Laura 
NIckolas Hadarlck 
Barra BIrs 
Misha Usanoft 

St. -Regis Hotel 
Darlo ft Diane 
pick Gaaparro Or 

Small's. Paradise 
Black Rhythm' R 
Nyra Johnson 
Mcers & Norton ■ 
Speed Demons 
Geo Walker 
Wm Spellman 



3 Palmer Bros 
May Alex 
Mabel Scott 
Roy White 
Dorothy Turner 
Chas Johnson Orch 

Taft GtUI 
Geo Hall Orch 
The Csarda 
Karoly Bencze 
Zalga Dela 
Mmc llona dcThury 
Karoly Nynray 

Villago Bam 
Joe Furst's Orch 
Rellly & Comfort 
Townsend & . Bold 
Sh'rlft J'sh Medders 
B'shfl H'k Warren 
Muriel Parker 
3 Dane Bros 
Johnny RussoU 

Waldorf-Astoria 
Emit Coleman- . Or 
The Argentines 
MIscha Borr.Bns 



CHICAGO 



Blackhawk' 

Hal Kemp Orch 
Deane Janis 
Roae ft Ray Lyle 
Patricia Storm 
Paul Sis 

Club Alobam 

Patsy McNalr 
Edna - Llndsey 
Freddie VlUant 
Mary Thome 
Mildred Bose 
Bernle Adler. 
Eddie Maklns Qrch 

College Inn 

Ben Bernle Orch 
Sisters 'G' 
Jackie Heller 
Genevieve Tlghe 
3 Orphans ' . . 
Pat Kennedy 
Frank Prince 

Club Clifford 

Bradsh'w ft C'l'g'ns 
Eva Brown Co 

Clob Bnbaiyatte 

Myrtle Watson, 
Dale' Dyer 
Bernlce St John 
Harry IieGrand 
Jimmy Noone Or 

Bdgewater Beaoh 

Mark Fisher Orch 
Olive O-Nlel 
Knlcherbook'r CMt 
Suzanne France 
Doris Hurtig 
Tony Corcoran 
Bill Nolan 

Bine Grotto 
Marjorie France 
Connie Cella 
Margie - Tate 
Olga Hoyer' 
Todd Sis 
Betty Van Allen 
Freddie Daw Orch 



PROVINCIAL 



Week of Oot. 17 



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'Badle BtanP 
Bddia BraM 
AlhM ma . 
Bill AronaoB 
I<eota lAM 
Bay VayM ^ 
Tony FacDaMl 
John "^^^^ 

OvliMm (tO)_ 
"Hearta of B'way* 
Veca GordOB 
8krdn«y I>ace 



OPFICIAI. DBNTIST TO TBB N. V. A. 

DR. JUUAN SIEGEL 

ISM Bfoadway 

This W«dc: Bob StoMb Vtt Vimtaor 



MADISON 
Onthent (M> _ 

'Sweet ft liovfliy X 

Blanche Sweet 

Stroud 2 .. . 

Chamberlln ft 

Loo Lorraine 

Al Rinker 

Catchalota 

Sunklat Bna 

MTLWAUKMB 
Wiacraala (R) 

'SUr Oaalng* 

Wally Vernon 

Athenaa 

Wallen ft Bamea 
Muriel Gardner- 
Col lenet te B allet 
NEW HAVEN 

Paramooat (21) 
'Happlneaa Show' 
Eddie Peabody 
Jessie Draper . 
Joy Broe 
Mary ft ICarge 
Martha Vangbn 
Tom ft Hank 

NEW OBLKANS 
State (21) 
'School Daya' I 



4 Jas'llair Kormana 
MacS barnar 
Nadje Gordon 
Pecsy Barle 
Topay MeKann 
KlTHa l4rinan 
Ttomay Bna 
-WATOHUBY 
PUB (SI) 

?e« Xivwfli 
Dixia 4 
«n'b'P WhUtler 
High Bat B<aatles 
BsUier Freasman 
Doila Daaae. 
VUIrad Oaye 
•Hl«h H at Bd 
WOBCBBEEB 

PoO (n) 

•Birthday Party' 
Sylvia Clark 
Bin.TWaak 
Rasao ft 0artt 
Bobby Knhn 
Sylvia . Sharp 
-Bill Brown 
Sally Payne 
Bunkfat Bna 



LONDON 



Week «e Oot W 



CanterbtDT K. H. 

let halt (17-1*) 
London 6 
Dwyer A Dwyer 
2d half (20-2» 
Kohdo .ft Hanaha 
Dorrio Deane , 

Bit Kae Beat. 
Saqdier Bd . ^ 
Trolse M'ndoltneera 



Eddy Bancroft 
Bradley'a Otrla 
Co a« looked 

N«ar Victoria 
Georgvaco Orch 

'Wtorla PUaca 
Van Dock . 
Shenaan Ftober Co 
^dle CoVhia Bd 
Xiham Rayea 



BIBMINGIIAM 
Btnplre 

■M Z Revels' . 
Anna Rogera 
Billy Rey 
Alf Thomas 
Carlo Medinl Tr 
Hanmi Bcarum Co 
OUve Fox : 

BUBUN 
Capitol 
Mary Nyman ' - - 
Co as booked 
HNNBUBAH 
Empire 
Sam Faytae 
Fan Jacks 
Tommy Handley 
Billy ^ayerl 



Ernie Dillon 
Tinymite ft 'Wlford 
Hill ft Chi^holm 
LEEDS 
Panundnnt 
Jaok ■ Paynd Bd 
MANCHESTER 
Paramoaat. 
L/yton ft Johhet'ne 
SHEFFIELD 
Empire ' 
Cboe Higgins 
OGorman Broa 
Lucan ft ' McShane 
Johnny' Jones 
Rico Gypsy Bd - 
Walllngton JSIa . 
Reso ft Retp 
Eddie Bowers 



' Cabaret BiDs 



inSW TOBK CITT 



Blltmon Hotel 

Paul Whiteman Or 
Jane Vance 
Red McKenzle 
Peggy Healy 
■ Irene Taylor 
Jack 'iFuIton Jr 
Ramon a 

Ontral P'k Caaino 

Sheila Barrett 
Veloz ft Yolanda 
Eddie Dtichln Or 

Connie's Inn 

Cora Green 
Bobby Evans 
Jazzllps Richardson 
P ft B Meeres 
Emma Smith 
Bessie Dudley 
Lillian Cciwan 
Red ft Struergie 
Blllle Maples 
Kaye Oarker 
Bimms ft Bowie 
liOnlse Cook 
Willie Jaickaon 
Lucky Seven 3 
Don - Red man Orch 

.. Cotton Clob 
Alda Ward - 
Henri Weasel 
Swan ft Lee 
Anise Boyer 
Roy Atkina 
Peaches & Duke 
Brown ft McGraw\ 
Nicholas Bros 
I^eltha Hill 
Cab Calloway- Orch 

El Chlco'a 

Duran & Moreno 
XiOrenzo Herrera 

El Flainengo 

At Valencia Orch 
El Flamenclto 
Nina ft Moreno 
Marlqulta Flores 
Ignacio Rufllno 
Marta de la Torre 
Accordion Luis 

El Garron 

Georges Fontana 
Anna Ludmlla 
Delys ft Clark 



June Knight 
Leon Belasco Orch 

EI Patio 

Roslta ft' Ramon 
Frances Maddux 
Endor ft Farrell 
Henry King Or 

H'ly'w'd B'ataarant 

OUve Borden 
Nina Mae M'Kinn'y 
Fowler ft Tamara 
Collette Sis 
^rank Hazzard 
Blanche Row 
4 Cllmas 

Tsbam Jones Orch 
Hotel Liexlngton 
Don Bestor Orch 
Art Jarrett 

Hotel lYew Yorker 

Geo Olsen Orch 
Ethel Shiitta 
Lido Gardens 

Billy Arnold Rev 
Pearr Begay 
Jose Shellta 
Lillian Barnes 
Ruth Mayon 
Doris Lenahuan 
D & B Ellmore 
Brian MacDonald 
Lillian Porter 
Herbert Bice . 
Mary Lou 
Bob Nelson 
Harry Carroll Orch 

Montpornaase 

De Marcos 
Loomis Sla 
Jack Vance 
Yacht Club Boye 
"B^by San ford . 
Nat Clob 

Al Morrlaon's Bd 
Joe Lewis 
Lulu Bates 
Jerry Bergen 
Joe Plotshy 
Grlsha 

Barbara MacD'nald 
Maureen Whitney 
Helen Davis 
Eton Boys. 
Terry .HIh 
Joe Peddles 



FToHo'a 

Al Shayno 
Olive Hliayne 
Grant i; Hoaalle 
Joy Flhley 
Dorothy Boy . 
Minnie Sherman 
Curry ft DeSylvIa 
Don Pedro Orch 

. Granada 

Jack- Miles Orch 
3 Marines 
Gladys DeFoe 
Keller Sis . 
Cblcagoettes - - 

Kit Kat 

Harry - Linden 
Joyce Jelke 
Blice Lorraine 
Irene Barba 
Boaalle' Jelke 
Dot LeBoy 
Fred JanIs Oroh . 

Mbntntartre ' 
LaMay .& IjouIss 
Germalne LaPlerra 
Carl Vallani 
Carole Dodd 
F .QuafteU's Oroh 

ParamooBt Clab 

Sally Rand 
Harry Glynn 
Etta Reed 
Alvlra Morton 
Peggy Moore 
Bid Lang's Orch 

.Terrace Gardena 
Chas Agnew Orch 
Stanley Jacobeon 
-Dusty Rhodes 
Bmtly DeSalvl 
Jack Read 

Vanity lUr 
Hank LIshin . \ 
Selbys ' ' 
Bobble 'T'xaa^ Co^ 
Jlnette Vallon ' 
liOWlB ft Ash 
Rome Vincent 



I 



ELTINGE, N. Y. j 

. (Continued from page 31) 

the Republic, delpended entirely on 
It's stripper's for eo loner that It ap'^ 
parently Is unable to devise an en- 
tertaijtim'ent that doesn't necessitate 
the. strip at this late date. 'Both axe 
still featuring undressing to mualcal' 
accompaniment, but by suggestion 
only. The boys who formerly saw 
all that could be seen In the way 
of taking 'em out from under cover 
in a public theatre, now have to use 
their, imagination. 

Also like the Mlnskys, Jludnlck's.. 
show is oh good , behavior. Bis tSl- 
tinge stock closed and reopened on 
the same day as the Republic, and 
for the same reasons. 

Outside of the lesser number of 
people In the EUtiitgre cast -and. a 
slight production- InterlorJiy here, 
seeing the Eltlnge or the Republic 
is as gbod as seeing either or both. 
The same formula Is followed., aofl- 
\t'6 the same formula burlesque has 
been tolloyflrig for years. 

As at the Republic, the posing 
chorus of 16 at this house does all 
the stripping.. ■ The principal women 
try slngliig in lieu of stripping, and 
trying - Is as far as they- get. A 
chorus or ' two for a . flquarer and 
then they, go Into their .'dance.' The 
dance is composed of gestures while 
moving back and forth across the 
stage, a . synthetic version . of the 
strip. It's like playing- house. 

The nearest thing to an old fash- 
ioned strip occurred When one at- 
strlpper's shoulder strap slipped. 
'Well, it looked like a slip. She was 
doing a shimmy with her shoulders 
at the time. If she hadn't shim- 
mied, the strap wouldn't have 
slipped. But there's no law against 
the shimmy. 

The most the women can do is a 
cooch now and then. And even that 
must stay polite. 

A Rudnick show, like a Minaky 
show, is far; from a show without 
a strip. It's a dull succession of; 
dull 'bits by comics who realize 
their status, 'songs' by girls who 
can't sing, runway tripping by 
chorus girls who'd make a better 
Impression at a greater distance 
and a few specialties by acts ob- 
tained on the outside. The out^ ■ 
eiders on the opening Eltinge bill 
are two hoofing combinations, one 
white and the other colored. The; 
white trio . of two boys and a girl 
show promise, particularly the girl, 
but everything on this show Is a 
promise, including the non-strip 
motions at stripping by the ex- 
strippers. Those Times Square 
gents who walk on their heels are 
not all punch drunk lighters. Some 
of them may be guys who caught 
the Kltlnge and the Republic In 
the same afternoon. 

"While cleaning up the burlesquei 
shows, the squawking 42d street 
property owners had better clean 
up. the street, too. The boy with 
the 'real French post cards' Is still 
peddling. Bige* 



86 



VARIETY 



TIMES S^VAIIE 



Tuesdaj* October 18, 1932 



East 



Billld Kingston, former chorus 
elrl, arrested In New York on 
charges of selling narcotics. 



Ursula Parfott, getting a divorce 
in Bridgeport, Conn,, last week, ex- 
plained to the court that most of 
the trouble arose from the efforts 
of her second husband to tell her 
how to rear the son of her first hus- 
band. 



Phlladelphla-s Mummers' parade 
on New Year's Day is threatened. 
City treasury Cannot supply the 
prizes and promenade will be called 
off unless merchants make, good the 
denclt. 



! News From the Dailies 

This department contains rewritten theatrical nem items as published during the u)eek in th^ 
dailj) papers of Net» York, Chicago, San Francisco, HolljfVood and London. Vafiet}f takes no 
credit for these neivs items; each has been rewrittm from a daily paper. 



I I L^^^l•^J l^^t•|.^i [ i rrT-i;iTrTMT:» nf^wri k 1 1 1 1 1 1 fruTn i i i ' i ! i i , ; i i i j-i i ; : i i i i i i i in 1 1 i i i-f i 1 1 i-ri'f i ^nnn i-i M i:i.n-i-i-('kw.i-i-ris 



'Singapore,* play, withdrawn for 
revision. Been trying out. 



Guy P. Phillip, dramatic coach, 
living In Mlneola, returned home 
Sunday (16) to And his wife and 
two children overcome by gas fumes 
from an open iei. PhiUipa Is be- 
ing sued: for alienation by Joe Selt- 
zer, and the ofncials express the be- 
lief that Mrs. Phillips removed her 
self and the children to help the 
husband. 



the county clerk of South Norwalk, 
Conn. Wedding waa In April, 1931 
and complaint charges infidelity 
from then until September of ; this 
year. Case In the N. Y. Supreme 
Court 



Break in, a water nriain at Seventh 
ave. and 41st street floods cellars 
of Met. opera house and damaged 
stored costumes; Also interfered 
with theatre attendance Oct. 10. It 
happened around 8.30 with three feet 
of water in the streets. Flow waa 
10,000,000 gallbns. 



Maircia Healy, sister of the patron 
of stoogery, in court to fight a di- 
vorce- action brought by Stanley R. 
White, who asserts that she neg- 
lected to obtain a divorce from him 
before she married Frank Kaftal. 
She explains it was merely a pub- 
licity stunt, but White points out 
that a license was procured and a 
marriage certificate was filed with 




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In 

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Also 

'The King Murder' 



BROADWAV 
WU. t* FrI., Oct. 19-21 

EDMUND LOWE 
BELA LUGOSi 

''CHANDU, 
The Magicidn" 





Russell Ryder, former broker and 
well known to B'way; again heads 
the entertainment committee at 
Sing Sing. Will produce the an 
nual show there Dec. 6 for a five 
night run. 



Times Sq. hotel offers 10% of Us 
rooms to white collar iinemploj'ed 
for the winter.' 



, Unique among holdups was an ef- 
fort in New York to steal 80,000 
pennies, which is only $800 but a 
truckload. Money was being taken 
from the Bronx, the collections from 
the slot machines in the subway. 



Dorothy Stickney back in 'Another 
Language' after a. six weeks' illness. 



New . Haven court Issued an order 
for the arrest of James Hall, film 
actor, for the non- support of his 
tubercular wife, Irene Gordon 
Brown. Hall was arrested in Holly- 
wood, and released on his own rec- 
ognizance. 



Frances Woodward, witli Ed 
Wynn's show, broke her arm in a 
fall from a horse in Baltimore last 
week. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Lodge 
sailed for' Los Angeles, via the 
Canal, Sat. (15) to go into pictures. 
He's pne of the Lodges of Boston, 
and she la also a social reglsterite. 



Deems Taylor will do the musical 
score fo^ Katherine Cornell's pro- 
duction of 'The Rape of Lucrece.' 

William I. Sirrovlch. whose con- 
gressional attack on theatre critics 
resulted in plenty of press atten- 
tion, is going to try It again. Will 
off6r 'Tin Boxes' in December. Will 
be done by Robert Crawford Pro- 
ductions, Inc. Crawford is prexy of 
De. Sylya, Brown & Henderson. 



Leonore Ulrlc and Sydney Black- 
mer reported to be unmerging. 

After denying report she would go 
into 'Mme. Pompadour,' Grace Moore 
gets a temporary release from her 
operatic contract and will go to 
work for Mrs. TllUe Leblang after 
all. > . . . 



Mirror Productions ■ is a new play 
firm headed by Anthony Young. 

Mrs. Herschel Henlere, first wife 
of the vaudeville pianist, suing for 
settlement she alleges he promised 
following his secret divorce in 1930 
in Chicago. Says he promised $10,- 
000 and never made good. 




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Two members of the Negro troupe 
taken to Russia to make that Soviet 
picture back last week. Both work 
on Negro newspapers and obtained 
funds for return. Highly pessim- 
istic over the outlook in Russia. 
May go to Germany to do the pic- 
ture there. 



Last summer Henry C. Murphy, 
broker, charged that Mildred Rob- 
erts, cigarette girl in a cabaret, had 
given him knockout drops, kidnaped 
him and forced him to sign a $2,000 
check. He caused her arrest. He 
did not press his charge in court. 
Now the girl is suing for $10,000 
damages for false arrest. 



Oounsel for the family of the late 
Abraham L. Erlanger submitted to 
the Surro^te last week an order 
which, when iaigned by him, will 
make effective his ruling that Char 
lotte M. Flxel was the common-law 
wife of Erlanger. After the signing 
of the order the family will be en- 
abled to take an appeal from the 
decision. 



Columbia U reopens ltd children's 
theatre Oct. 22. 



Lydia Locke giets final divorce de 
cree from Count Carlo Marlnovitch 
in White Plains last week. It's her 
fifth marriage and her third divorce. 
Her second was Harold OrviUe of 
the Met opera. Her first husband 
was murdered and her fourth com 
mitted suicide. 



Tuesday (11) police came down 
on Clover Gardens, dancehall, and 
picked up 21 patrons. Held for dis- 
orderly conduct and the proprietor, 
Michael Simon, held for permitting 
a masquerade ball without a 11 
cense. 



Mrs, Aaron Fox announces she's 
going to Reno to obtain a divorce 
from Aaron Fox, William's brother. 
Thinks her legal viiositlon will be 
bettered as a divorcee. Has been in 
and out of the courts the past year 
looking for support. 



When Ladies Meet 

Bjr nA<;nBt cbotubbs 

"As rtrh In Its humor as It li warm In 

IM (.vmnalhy/ — E?e. Pout 

ROVAT.Ti! w. 4Ctii gtCH. i-oi4< 

wwxnuci j^^^ g.^g jji^jj ^ . 
Vr--.:-: to $S. , InpUK'lni! : ^» 



Referee for the Supreme Court 
expressed surprise when told that 
when Mrs. Dorothy Mermelsteln 
staged a raid she found her husband 
with a woman in a nightgown. Said 
it was old fashioned in these pa- 
Jama days. Mrs. Mermelst^ln's 



story backed by heir sister, Pauline 
Meskiii, who managed to get In a 
plug: for the new play In which she 
will shortly appear. The complain 
ant was known on the stage as 
Dorothy Meskin. DeclsioD reserved 



Brooklyn Supreme Court refuses 
to enjoin police from interfering 
with slot machines. Suit brought 
by a gum CO. Holds them to be po- 
tential gambling devices and leaves 
it to police to decide which are 
which. 



Rowland Leigh, librettist of Du 
Barry,' in town for the opening. 



ASCAP waives its 8% fee on po- 
litical broadcasts. 



Staggeir system hits the dinner 
clubs. If you have a V ringside table 
the opening night of the Sunday 
dinner dances at the Central Park 
Casino, someone else gets it the 
following week, and so on until all 
have been front rowed. 



Mortimer Davis, Jr., of Rochester, 
is the chap Tex Oulnan is going to 
marry: Wedding on Xmas day. He 
wail formerly married to Rosztka 
Dolly and hcui a half interest In a 
$150,000,000 estate left by his father, 
who was In the tobacco, business. 
Tex says she's marrying him be- 
cause he's the only man in the world 
who can make her laugh- 



Schwab & DeSylva are going to 
call it 'Rain 'n' Shine.' Joe Cook's 
title was "Rain or Shine.' 



Walter Wolff and Warner Bros, 
talking it over In court. Back In 
1930 WB hired Wolff for three pic- 
tures and made only one, claiming 
he had misrepresented his' Tolce. 
Attorneys wrangling^ as to whether 
the singer la a tenor or a baritone. 
Judge Frankentbaler- getting a lib- 
eral education In music 



Shubert receivership reports to 
court that receipts tor the period 
ending Sept. SO were $40,000 under 
anticipation, and the loss was $101,- 
000. May lose another $113,000 this 
quarter. - . 



Kate Mayhew in 'Peacock* cele- 
brated the 74th anniversary of her 
stage debut yesterday (Monday). 

Mrs. Priscilla WUlard, wife of the 
'Moon Mullins* cartoonist, gets an 
absolute divorce in Sarasota, Fla. 

Gene Tunney to be « . colonel in 
the Maine miUtla when governor- 
elect Is inducted. 



Rosalinda Morlnl* who has been 
suing Otto Kahn for slander for the 
past couple of years, gets action on 
her case and settles out of court. 
Banker is too ill to appear and phy- 
sicians .feared excitement of bed- 
side interrogation. 



Mrs. Olga Hilliard.. widow of 
Robert Hilliard, teaching the guests 
of the Actors' Fund home how to 
play bridge. Sujergested by Daniel 
Frohman, Later they'll play a team 
of society debs at a benefit for the 
fund. 



Westchester county to investigate 
Playland, its amusement park. 
Charged the director gets more coin 
than the mayor of N. Y. Park 
showed a profit on the season Just 
closied. 



Ted Shawn given a temporary in 
Junction restraining J. J, Vincent 
from interfering with his affairs 
Shawn claims that Vincent was 
merely hired for a temporary Job, 
which f aided. 



Suit of A. Blumenthal against 
Paramount over Film Production 
Corp. has been withdrawn. No ex- 
planation offered. 



Theatre Guild was reading George 
O'Neiira 'American Drama' when 
Harry Moses snapped it up. Guild 
has O'NeiU'B. 'Something to Live 
For.' 

Hollywood Gardens, summer nit- 
ery across from Pelham Bay park 
golf links, destroyed by fire Satur- 
day night Blam M>ptirently started 
in the kitchen and soon reached the 
several hundr^ wooden tables 
stored alongrslde. Water supply 
was Inadequato and four alanaa 



were sent in to bring appai'atus 
sufllclent to pipe wafer from hy- 
drants within a quarter mile radius. 
Pelham Shore road blocked. The 
place closed about three weeks ago. 



round In her suit for breach, for 
which she is asking 1860,000. Bar. 
rage of legal technicalities swept 
away by Judge. . She «laims that 
in 1928 he proposed marriage, not 
telling that he had a wife. Later 
in the year he repeated the propo- 
sition, explaining that tjie then Mrs. 
Stevtrart was in Paris getting a dU 
vorcO; Not divorced yet. 

Jack Curley, sports promoter, aii- 
nounces another marathon dance 
for New York. Starts Oct. 20 in 
Brooklyn. 



Shuberts trying to get 'Face the 
Music' to tour. Deal with Sam Har- 
ris largely depends on Mary Bo- 
land's willingness to Join the cast. 
She's in Holly w:ood. 



Somie 300 women gathered at the 
Boston theatre, Bronx, yesterday 
(Mon.) to see a Jewish film started 
a riot when they found tho price 
upped from the usual 16c to 2Gc. 
Reserves irom two police precincts 
finally iestorod order. . 



Leslie Howard is working on a 
play which he says he is no worse 
than those he has read in search of 
a new stage medium. He wrote 
one. 'Murray If ill,' which is now 
being played in stock as 'Eliza- 
beth Sleeps Out." 



Arch Selwyn announced that Noel 
Coward will bring over 'W<»*ds.and 
Music' following its London ryn. 
Wants to , do it here with the orig- 
inal cast. 



Brokers mdke a six weeks' buy of 
370 seats for each performance of 
the Crothers comedy, 'When Ladies 
Meet.' 



One of the three cows used at 
the 44th Street theatre got loose 
Friday (14) long, enough to make 
the front page of some of the papers. 
Tried to walk into a restaurant next 
door, but persuaded away by a cop. 
Most spectators thought it was a 
iodeo stunt. 



Glen Anders in. a motor accident 
near Hebron, Ct.. Sunday night and 
In a Wlllimantic hospital. Sprained 
back and injured shoulder. His 
companion, Louis Simon, had sev- 
eral ribs broken. 



Betty Compton In Toronto. Took 
steamer from abroad to Quebec to 
avoid recognition and publicity^ but 
spotted in Montreal, 



Ina Clulre quits rehearsals, of 'No. 
9 Pine, Street,' Ray-Hewes produc- 
tion. Finds tlie part too heavy for 
her light comedy style. Replaced 
by Sylvia Fields, who played It in 
the Provlncetown tryout. 



Eide Norena. Norwegian soprano, 
added to . Metropolitan. Will get 
Grace Moore's assignments. 



Cosmopplitan theatre to ^eopen 
Oct. 21 with the 'Cosmo Varieties.' 
Richard G., Hemdpn producing. 



Otto Herman, musician, fined $26 
in N. Y. magistrate'^ court Friday 
on cruelty to animals charge. Ac- 
cuser asserted he threw her cat out 
of a fourth, story window. He ex- 
plained he was saving the canary. 



Rachmaninoff added to the list of 
New York Philharmonic soloists. 
Will play Diec. 22-23. 



Loewenfels suit against creators 
and producers of 'Of Thee I Sing' 
for plagiarism, gets under way with 
a motion to dismiss. That was 
made Friday (14), with decision to 
have been rendered yesterday 
(Monday). U". Sr Judge Woolsey 
remarked it was his favorite type 
of case. 



Harry Moses advances opening of 
'Dangerous Corner' from Oct. 26 to 
26 to give latter date to Eva Le 
Gallienne. 



Jacqueline Hunter, actress, suing 
Robert C. Stewart, prez of Pan 
American Petroleum Co., wins first 



Coast 



Don H. Mullaly, Jr., son of the WB 
writer, was arrested on a suspicion 
of manslaughter after his car was 
alleged to have, collided with an- 
other, killing Anna Marie Beck and 
fatally, injuring E. M. Swltzer. 



A $7,600 automobile accident In- 
Jury suit in Superior Court/ L. A.; 
has. been settled by John W. Consl- 
dlne, Sn. for $1,600. Former the- 
atre owner was sued by Gwendolyn 
Nelsen following a collision a year 
ago. 



Charged with, falling to pay ail 
the premiums on fire and accident 
insurance policies, Marie Prevost 
has been sued for $603 in Municipal 
court, L. A., by the J. W. Kays Co. 



Harvey G. Perry, screen stunter. 
arrested In L. A. on a charge of 
battery. Alleged to have broken the 
Jaw of D. W. Townsend during an 
altercation following an auto mix- 
up. 



Judgment for $866 against Robert 
C. O'Brien in favor of Salvatore De 
3antaclla, piahist. was awardied In 
L, A. Municipal court. Musician 
charged \JnJury in auto crash. 



During a visit with her parents 
in Hollywood it was revealed that 
Aileen Riggin, former, woman's 
Olympic diving champ, was married 
last January to Guy Young, New 
York. 



Mrs. . Gabrielle Darley Melvin's 
$60,000 suit in Superior Court. L. A., 
against Mrs. Wallace Reld, ClifC 
Broughton, James Diamond and All 
Star Features Distributors, has been 
settled out.; of court. Defendants 
were charged with unearthing the 
past of Mrsi. Melvih. tried for mui^- ' 
der in 1916, in the picture, 'The Red 
Kimono.' 



Wedding of Loretta Turnbull, out- 
board race champ of Monrovia, Cal, 
to Richard B|y tho, Nevr York p.a., 
has been indefinitely postponed, duet 
to illness of the bride-to-be. 



Mary, chimpanzee, brought to 
Los Angeles in 1919 by Col. WU- 
Uam N. Sellg for pictures, died at 
the California zoological gardens, 
L. A., at the age of 27. She was 
in constant demand at the studios. 



George W. Weeks, president of 
May fair Pictures, has purchased a 
home In tho Outpost section of Los 
Angeles. 



With the matter of adoption han- 
dled in Mexico City, Lupe Velez is 
now the legal mother of her niece, 
Joan Del Valle, four-year-old. Tot 
has Just arrived in Hollywood. 



A 'poieon tongued' woman, oper- 
ating in Los Angeles, has rijported 
four fa:ke auto accidents in a month, 
according to hospital authorities. 
Latest was a 'xihone call to a radio 
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Taeada^t October 16, 198t 



TIMES SOU ARE— SPORTS 



VAJSUETY 



37 



Tm Telling Yon 

By Jack OstermaB 



THBT CAN T\AKB THIS 
WBATHBR AND OIVB IT BACK 
TO THE INDIANS. \ 



Go W«tt You ng Man 

In the forthcoming flicker, 'Night 
jift«r Night,' the opening crack Mae 
West gives out 1b a pip. She en- 
ters bedecked with jewels and 
pearls up to her shoulderfl as one 
4ante gasps, 'Goodnets, what 
pearls!' 

Mae shyly answers, 'Qoodneso 
|iad nothing to do with these 
pearls.' 

Desoription 

James (radio ed) Cannon in de- 
iicrlblng a playwright says, 'He 
writes his stuff on milk toaist with 
a dull knife.' 

. Finally Got A Break , 
. There has been a woman oh 
Broadway for years who possesses 
a double voice. She never could 
get to first base until last week 
the tide turned. ' 

She signed up her soprano with 
NBC and the other ojie with Co- 
lumbia. 



Good Part 

Bill Demarest tells of the time 
Warners signed him and he laid 
around, the studio for months do- 
ing nothing. While walking around 
thie lot one day he bumped into an 
•zee who ask^ him what picture 
lie was working in and what part 
He was playing. 

'Monte Blue's picture and I'm 
playing his dead brother,' Bill told 
blm. 

'Okay, the boss answered, as he 
walked on. 



Critically Speaking 

In making all the openings last 
week we enjoyed 'I Loved Tou 
Wednesday.* During the course of 
•Rendezvous' everyone in the cast 
Is shot, 60 at the finish the head 
Dsher takes a bow. 

We took Grade Allen to see 
'Black Sheep' because she told us 
she adored animal shows. 



Vive La Tucker 
After Sophie Tucker's slz-mln- 
nte reception died down at her 
Paramoiint Grill premliere, she 
asked your scribbler to be mic. 
We agreed and began announcing 
the literati present Introducing 
them as so and bo . who writes a 
column for suph and such a rag. 
After the tenth one Al Lackey 
yelled, 'Jack, introduce some one 
who can write a check.' 



Bum Rap 

The Coney Island Chamber of 
Commerce has taken steps to stop 
the propaganda that Brosidway has 
turned but to be another. Coney 
island. 



Happy Birthday 

Harry Barrls spills the episode of 
the tramp who knocked on the back 
door and asked the lady for a piece 
of cake. 'I'm sorry I haven't any 
cake, but I'll get you some bread 
and jam.' 

'Nothin' doing,' the bum yelled, 
*Dis is my bolthday and I gotto 
have cake.' 



Ostermania 
It might interest you to know 



Decorative Payoff 



Business Isn't so good with 
one Broadway press agent, but 
he has got one of the classiest 
offices in town, thanks to an 
ex-client's taste in house fur- 
nishings. 

In lieu of hon-paynient of a 
bill for publicity services ren- 
dered, the p. a; accepted the 
actor-cllent's parlor furniture, 
drapes and all, and moved the 
whole works down to his office. 



SHOWMAN AS V.-P. 
OF BROOKLYN DODCERS 



James Mulvey, New York business 
manager for the Sam Goldwyn in- 
terests, last week was elected vice- 
president of the Brooklyn National 
League Baseball Club. Happened at 
the same time Stephen McKeever, 
secretary, moved up to the presi- 
dency succeeding Prank B. Torke. 

Mulvey is . one of the few show- 
men ever \o be importantly identi- 
fled with a big league club.. The late 
Harry Frazee, who owned the Bos- 
ton Red S0;)c, was ^ the most promi- 
nent showmen oonnecled with 
baseball. 

McKeever, Is Mulvey's father-in- 
law, ■ ■ ■ 



ONE BOTTIE OF BOOZE 
HELD NOT A NDBANCE 



Los Angeles, Oct 17. 

Ruling that one bottle of liquor 
on a table is no evidence that the 
owner is maintaining a nuisance, 
U. S. Commissioner David B. Head, 
dtsntissed charges against Thomas 
R. Gannon, proprietor of the Back 
Yardi Hollywood night spot. 

Place had been raided .by Federal 
prohibition agents and local police 
a week previous. 



MARRIAGES 

Lorayne Du Val, Actress, to Bert 
Six, cameraman, Oct. 12, in Holly- 
wood. 

Evelyn Law, dancer, to Dr. Julius 
Hertz, Los Angeles, Oct. 14. 

Freddy Sngel, band leader, now 
playing at the Palms, Albany, and 
£mily Koneichek of that city, were 
married at Luzerne, N. Y., by Jus- 
tice of the Peace John D. Rock. The 
c6uple will make their home at 
Luzerne. 

Claude Moye, WTAM radio singer 
known as 'Pie . Plant Pete,* eloped 
with Jeannette Schauer, Cleveland 
non-pro, to Erie, Pa., to be married 
Oct. 6. 



that Renee Carroll, the Sardl hat- 
check girl, has for her real monick- 
er, Rebecca Shapiro. . .Willie Horo- 
witz, mgr. of the Chicago Bobbins 
music branch, in town to make sure 
his boss sails. . .they've moved our 
desk up nearer the door... Last 
year the Palace offered George 
Cohan a fabulous sum to play it.^. 
Now that he's there in 'Phantom 
President' he isn't even in lights. . . 
ARE YOU READING? 




Harleni Vandalism 

Vandalism, which has been on the increase in the Harlem sector, 
particularly adjacent to the black-and-tan cafes, has the nite club entre- 
preneurs on a Vigilante qui vive to protect the ofay caiTlage trade which 
parks its cars and finds its window broken by the natives. 

Quite a few of the Broadway bunch of late have had tops of their 
sedans Bla:shed or otherwise damaged and articles stolen from the parked 
cars while they were in the cabarets and dance halls. 

The side streets- adjoining the Savoy ballroom have been a particular 
menace. This colored dancehall has been drawing the jaded Broadway- 
Ites of late who watch the dusky Harlemites go through their Xlndy 
Hop' legmania on the dance floor, this being the current rage with the 
Harlem jazz beaus' and bells, and upon exiting have discovered the 
parked motors very much messed up. 



MouM In A Window ■ 

A free midnight show on Broadway came off in the window of a 
*lmee Square corner drug store. On display was praline candy and 
nibbling away was a small mouse. Looked at first like a stunt to a 
gathering croWd but it wasn't funny to the shop's manager. He 
sought to grab mousie with one of those gadgets they use to snatch 
things from an upper shelf but th6 rodent was always too fast, ,' 

The performance went on for an hour, by which time the mouse had 
^s fill and disappeared. 



A LeMoa 



Adherents of the Ma,yfalr 
Club among the profeti^sion 
generally and fondly have 
looked to this New York week- 
ly gathSrlng ajs that haven 
where those of the stage could 
informally disport themselves 
of a Saturday evening with no 
professional cares. 

At the Los Angeles Mayfalr 
it has been the custom of those 
monthly gatherings to Im- 
promptuly, or with lavish 
preparation, present entertedn- 
ments in which members take 
part. This difference has al- 
ways made the Manhattan 
Mayfalr stand in relief as a 
relaxation port for the per- 
. former. But over the past 
couple of seasons the Atlantic 
Mayfair has occasionally seen 
fit to digress from its unwrit- 
ten promise of refuge, although 
it probably has now deter- 
mined never to wander from 
this path again. The motif for 
this is an incident climaxing 
the club's opening for the sea- 
son last Saturday night. 

The cause was the thunder 
of a' thin tinkling dime as it 
struck at the feet of the oper- 
atic singer, Mary Lewis. Miss 
Lewis, called upon by Bill 
Gaxtoh, at first modestly de- 
clined but- finally had to an- 
swer the insistent applause 
from those at the tables. Then, 
in the midst of a legendary 
ballad came the 10 cents' worth 
of mortification for everybody 
in the room. 

Totally undereerving of such 
a gesture. Miss Lewis handled 
the situation exceedingly well 
by ignoring the coin, finishing 
her song, then stooping ti^.pick 
It up, and laiighingly hand 
it to Gai^ton. Everybody was 
willing to follow Miss Lewis' 
lead and overlook ' the. embar- 
rassing Incident but Gaxton, 
blazing, and justifiably so, 
made an issue of It and ulti- 
mately called upon the person 
who did the tossing to stand 
lip ; and apologize to Miss 
Lewis. Result was wild in- 
dorsement of Gaxton's indig- 
nation from many of tkose 
present. Miss Lewis by now in 
tears, and -a complete damper 
jplaced upon a party which had 
achieved the distinction of be- 
ing a rollicking euccess from 
11 to 4:15 a. m.' It followed a 
full hour which Gaxton had 
spent asking people to arise 
from their tables and enter- 
tain. 

The blame cannot be placed 
anywhere except upon the per- 
son who threw the coin. Unfor- 
tunate as the incident was In 
the fivst plsLce, the emphasis 
later placed upon it but ag- 
gravated. However, the zeal 
to make amends so forcefully 
stamped the episode upon 
those present that it will leave 
a lasting impression. And al- 
though it's certain that no pro- 
fessional threw that coin, it 
served to prove the Indignities 
professionals are subjected to 
when forced to comply with a 
request and custom with 
which few of them have any 
sympathy. 

Meanwhile, Miss Lewis may 
gain some satisfaction from 
the thought that her martyr- 
dom has henceforth undoubt- 
edly won for performers the 
privacy which they expect and 
are entitled to at gatherings 
such as these. 



Democrats' Booth 



Surphis Hotel Rooms on Credit 



A booth and platform with micro- 
phone and amplifiers made an ap- 
pearance at the 43rd street end of 
Times Square Saturday. Under the 
direction of the .Theatrical Division 
at the Democratic campaign, daily 
entertainment will be presented un- 
til Election. Equipment also In- 
cludes a email picture screen: 
Wayne Pierson and Eddie Dowllng 
are in charge. 

The equipment was installied in 
conjunction with the dally 'Mirro:'' 
which started a straw vote poll at 
the booth. 



BIRTHS 

Daughter, Emily Bawllngs Price, 
to Mr. and Mrs. John Price, in New 
York, Oct. 8. Father is with the 
New York 'Herald Tribune.' It's 
their third child. 

. Mr, and Mrs. Irving Carlln, 
daughter, Sept. 28, at Lbs Angeles. 
Father operates the Alvarado and 
Empire, pictures, and the Kabitzer's 
Roost cafe. 




1 as Nation-wide Relief 



Derapsey and Kearns 



At the Schmeling- Walker 
fight, Jack Dempsey, who 
shook hands with Jack Keams 
when he was introduced, sat 
with Bill Carey, boss of Madi- 
son Square Garden. Carey 
suggested to tlie former champ 
that he should be back under 
Kearns' management and that 
a ; Dempsey- Scjhmellng match 
would draw big money. 

Dempsey replied : 'Let Kearns 
fight him.' 



FEATHERWEIGirr CROWN 
TO KEED-irS A GIFT 



, By JACK PULASKI 

' kid Chocolate, the boxing bonbon, 
finally grabbed the featherweight 
title, vacated early in the sunimer 
by Bat Battllino, who outgrew the 
divisiph. They matched the Keed 
with Lew Feldman, whom he had 
put-pointed twice prevlou&ly, so 
that in doing it three to nothing 
with ease last Thursday (18), the 
title was virtually presented to the 

patent-leather haired ebony boy. 

For a championship fight the Gar 
den has rarely if ever been so poor 
ly attended, violen'Uy contracting 
with the caplclty house of the week 
before when McLarnln and Leonard 
met. The fans knew the Choco- 
late-Feldman event could not be^as 
hot as the betting odds of eight to 
five on the: Keed Indicated. 

Chocolate's manager acted as 
though the result waa a foregone 
conclusion, lazily attending his man 
by smoothing down the kinks at 
rest periods. The Cuban did not 
exhibit the flashy style that brought 
him attention, fighting in spurts 
after taking a good lead on points. 

Only two rounds went to Feld- 
man, the fifth and the eigth when 
he shook up the colored lad, But 
in the ninth Lew went down and 
took a nine count. That at least 
was a surprise because Chocolate 
is no socker. That he should win 
by a kayo was another thing not 
expected, but It happened in. the 
12th., Match was stopped by the 
referee beca'use of Feldman's bat- 
tered schnozzle. He came in with 
a damaged nose and Chocolate kept 
pecking at it until the gore caused 
the customers to yell for interfer- 
ence. Lrew could have completed 
the 15 rounds and he was sore that 
the it. o. should be in his record, 
even though techinical. 
, Two ten rounders which preceded 
the main bout were much more to 
the liking of the customers. Chick 
Devlin of the coast and Frank Bat- 
taglia of Winnipeg; both 160 pound- 
ei-s, traded plenty of hard wallops. 
The match was declared a draw, 
which was probably the right de- 
cision because observers were 
sharply divided as to who was out 
in front. 

The other match resulted in the 
knockout of Paul Plrrone of Cleve- 
land by Ben Jeby, the East Sider, 
who suddenly developed a punch 
last summer. . Plrrone, was down 
twide in the first round, but there- 
after he showed something and 
closed Jeby's left lamp. In the 
sixth he was dropped so many times 
that the referee stopped it. 

Earlier in the week Tony Can- 
zonerl knocked out Frankie Petrolle 
in the curtain outdoor show at Eb- 
betts Field. It was a chilly night 
and Tony made short work of it, to 
the satisfaction of the fans. Pe- 
trolic had come down from Albany 
where he put an up-stater to sleep, 
so that Tony's work promises a live- 
ly evening Nov. 4 when he meets 
the rugged Billy Petrolle in defense 
of the lightweight title. 



The hotels of the whole country, 
most of them helf empty now, jnay 
provide homes for the needy among 
the white-collared class by making 
rooms available for' six months this 
winter on . a ba sis of three years to 
pay. Plan is being sponsored by 
the Times Square hotel. New York, 
whose president, William 's. Brown, , 
is setting aside 100 rooms on a . 
three-year credit extension. 

If his gesture works out,^ he will 
fir^t attempt to get all or as many 
of the New York hotels as possible 
to adopt a similar policy in view of 
the times. From that beginning. 
Brown visions the possibility of 
similar help throughout the nation. 

Actors and other members of 
show business are included in 
iSrown's- welcome, but so far he has 
made no direct contact with amuse- 
ment organizations, first wanting 
thie sanction of religious, unemployr 
ment and other agencies through 
whom persons eligible for a free 
room would be recommended. 

In New York at present there are 
46,000 empty rooms in hotels. 
Around the country. Brown esti- 
mates at least 600,000 could be 
t^Jien care of without hotels having 
to turn, away any paying guests. 

Proposal would be for eaoh' 
hostelry to set aside 10^ of their 
rooms, the percentage that will be • 
available at the Times Square, to 
those properly recommended. 
Beneficiaries Pay Up 
Brown last winter on the quiet 
took care of SO people. Of that 
number 26% have already obtained 
Jobs and paid for their rent. BrowA.^ 
says that experiment proves to hillS^ 
that there are a lot of persons now 
who barely have enough to eat and 
clothe themselves but inside ot 
three years should he employed, . 

It's a gesture by Brown in two' 
directions. That of establishing 
good win for hotels is one. On the 
other hand, with rooms empty now* 
hotels would be providing charity 
mostly oh paper, -with odds prob- 
ably in favor of collecting the xtnt . 
within three years. Outlay by the . 
hotel against the three-year gamble > 
would mostly be for linens, light, 
etc. ■' 

There will' be no publicity given 
to n^es of persons accepting 
rooms this winter, under Brpwn'v 
plan. Only he and the auditor of 
the hotel will know who the 'credit 
guests are, this Information to be 
kept from desk clerks, bellboys and 
otliers. 

Brown says that while his hotel 
does not include a majority of show 
people guests, he personally realizes 
there are many persons in the busi- 
ness, actors and others, who are 
probably in need of housing and 
that they will be as welcome a« 
anyone. 



B. B. HAG SPONSORING 
BARNSTORMING TOUR 



Los Angeles, Oct, 17. 

Under the auspices of 'Baseball 
Magazine,' a barnstorming team of 
old favorites including Mike Don- 
lin, Jim Thorpe, Dutch Myers and 
Tlllle Schaefer starts touring the 
country Nov. 15. 

Besides the exhibition games, va- 
rious members of the team will also I 
lecture. , ' 



FLIPPEN'S FLIPPANCY 
A NEAR-CASE AT LAW 



Jay C. Flippen had an uncom- 
fortable finale to a pleasant eve- 
ning last Thursday when a rookie 
cop, asked him what was in the 
package he was about to put In a 
taxi. Flippen said it was beer and 
the law took him to the station 
house. 

Frederick E/ Goldsmith repre- 
senteed him before U. S. Commis- 
sioner Cotter. The attorney point- 
ed out the officer would never have 
known it was beer uncss told so 
by the defendant and the case was 
dismissed. 

Goldenklth cracked later that had 
there been 28 bottles instead of 2it 
it wouldn't: have been a case any- 
how. 



Eatery Cops Theatre 

Bargain Hours Idea 

Minneapolis, Oct. 17, 
Twin City restaurant is copying 
theatre system of having early liar- 
gain hours. Up to 11:30 a.m, dally 
luncheon costs customers lOc. After 
11:30 and until noon the price for 
the same meal is 24c, From 12 pjoa. 
onward the cost of the luncheon 
jumps to 36c. 

The establishment has inoreaaed 
its pre-noon business substantially 
without adversely affecting Ra 
trade during the later hours. 



Tueedfi.^ Oetobw 1993 




Broadway 



Ed OliiiHteaii down with a bad 
cold. 

W;iynf Pierson : was borri a 
Quaker. 

Marsaret Rusaell created a stir 
with a new haircut. 

Jack Lewis njfw. manager of the 
Plaza Casino, I»'6rt Washington: 

Walter Reiade tells a hot stoj-y of 
a brother .shownian he bawled out. 

Jack Curley threatens, a 'Bolden 
slipper' ni.irathon dance in Brook- 
lyn. 

Frances McCoy iimplnff around 
with a bad gam from an auto acci- 
dent. 

Novelty of week, Harry Kay at 
Soph Tucker opening without Lee 
Shubert. 

Plenty of former Important show- 
men hans^ing around Film Center 
buildinjr. 

Dave Marks, king of toy manu- 
fucturera, moves to large suite In 
Savoy-Plaza. 

Who is it In Paramount that ad- 
mits never having seen Greta Garbp 
on the screen? 

Gertrude SeUg never misses a 
Warren WUHam picture, biit misses 
plenty of others. 

Dr. Rockwell humorously post- 
cards from Maine about his shoot- 
ing excursion there. 

Sam Shipmari, who may do his 
own- play,, and Harold (stage dlrecr 
:tor) Winston In a huddle at Sardl's. 

Georgie Jessel back In town, ex- 
pecting to leave fof Coast to make 
.'Wonder Bar' If Jolson doesn't sue 
him. / ■ 

Ed Hurley threw an Impromptu 
party for William Kent and other 
'Show Boat' folks At the.Petruska 
■ club. , y . ' 

Bill Oviatt, the Masachusetts 
squire, stopped over on way to coast 
for a visit. Retired from show biz 
years ago. 

Joe E. Brown arrived In New Tork 
y ester d?iy (Monday) for a brief va- 
cation. He'll be east no longer than 
three weeks. 

F.' Prentic Abbot, of Great Neck, 
to 'direct the plays this season at 
Plandome, Long Island, of .the Plan- 
dome Players. 

Edward G. Robinson . making all 
th6 first nights and expecting to 
remain here for the winter, enjoying 
B'way for a change. 

Pernod (d silent), the liquor used 
in 'I Loved You Wednesday," Is ab- 
sinthe with the 'poison' eliminated. 
- It's a high-priced tipple. 

The Will Mahoneys go out so- 
cially together . even though he in- 
serted one of those not-responsible- 
for-her-debta ads In papers. He 
will leave for coast soon on a two 
months' vacation.. 

Gus Klesje, who split away from 
the Tyson-United ticket office after 
being associated with Dave Marks 
for 31 years, now has his own 
. agency. 

Mrs. Rose Cohn and Mrs. Moe 
Khelngold, of the Hollywood Cohns 
and Rheingolds, awaiting the ad- 
vent of Harry Cohn, prez of Co- 
lumbia. 

Mrs. Charlie Morrison is a better 
car parker than her husband. In 
fact, Charlie insists on it. Elsie also 
does the carving, but Charles will 
carry the grips if cornered. 
. The L. A. Ambassador's Cocoanut 
Grove atmosphere will be- trans- 
planted to the Park Central hotel 
for Harry Barrls' opening Friday 
(21) with his own band and Loyce 
Whiteman (Mrs. Barrls) featured. 
Both were long prominent at the 
L. A. Grove. 



CM ATT E 




HoUywood 



Jimmy Durante at 'Talioe again. 
Bob Ritchie left for New York. 
Jacic Gain tussling with the flu. 
Nils Astlier taking two months off. 
Ralph Farnum has given up his 
Mallbu abode, 

Jerry Horwln is keeping social 
ongagements only. 

W. R. Hearst expected back on 
the coast next week. 

Colonel Jason Joy of the Hays of- 
fice wearing a beret. 

Jack Sherrlll has Joined the Llch- 
tig & Englander agency. 

Joan Crawford is taking tennis 
lessons from May Sutton Bundy. 

Bill. Rice back after two months 
with "the wife's folks in Virginia. 

Barbara Kent has entered Metro's 
training school. She's not on sal- 
ary. 

Universal will spend $60,000 on a 
new stage for mi'^'ature camera 
work. 

Uedda Hopper stumping at wom- 
en's luncheons for the Republican 
ticket. 

Neither Wallace Beery or Marie 
Dressier wear make-up for the 
camera. 

Herbert Brenon at his Malibu 
home after, a five-month sojourn 
abroad. 

Joe M. Franklin, RKO Canadian 
rep, sightseeing hei^ with Mrs.. 
Franklin. 

Palm Springs.got heavy week-end 
play for the opening of the Wert- 
heimer's Duanes. 

Don Eddy has acquired an Inter- 
est in Standard Casting .Directory 
with Ashton Dearhplt. . 

Tamar Lane and Mrs. Lane (Bar- 
bara Worth) In New Orleans as part 
of a tour of the country. 

Leo Morrison hopped here from 
New York by plane, but left Im- 
mediately for jPalm Springs. 

l)avid Lewis Is fllUng post of su- 
pervising ' westerns at Radio for- 
merly occupied by Benny Ziedman. 

William Sera, manager .of the 
local Roxle, will marrjy Alina Holl- 
zer, daughter of U. S. District Court 
Judge Harry Hollzer. 

Plenty of Loys in Metro's Tu 
Manchu.' Besides Myrna Loy there 
are three Chinese bit players, Fung 
Loy, Ching Loy and Blng Loy. 

Irving Sinclair has folded his 
Frisco theatrical art studios and 
has left for New York, where he 
Joins the art staff of Street .& Smith, 
publishers. 

Alfred A. Cohn,. Universal writer, 
busy denying that he's Albert J. 
Cohen, tennis player and Universal 
story editor, who was sued for di 
yorce recently. Says it's Just a 
Cohncldence. 

In Paramount's If I Had a Mil 
lion,' Richard Bennett, the mlllionr 
aire who hands. (1,000,000 checks to 
10 people, claims his p{|.rt Is so 
small that the studio would save 
money if he just made • out the 
checks and . a mesjgenger boy de- 
livered them. 



this mugg's new dtr. wlH be seven 
weeks old. 

Ina Ray quit P. A M. 'Discoveries' 
at Bridgeport for a maybe Broad- 
way musical. 

Local cronies still talking about 
that Col. tacked onto Herschel 
Stuart's name. 

Raqiiel Torres did an out-agaln- 
In-again with F. &, M. 'Malibu 
Beach' last week. 

Business Interests caused 'Bridgie* 
Weber to turn Shubert props Job 
over to Jim Kelly. '., 

Jlejiry Busse's summer thrill was 
tlie l.SOOrmlle mldnlte phontalk to 
the missus in Minnesota. 

Bunny Bronson (P. & M. 'Dis- 
coveries') hurialng sprained ankle 
from that toedance of hers. 

A bbey Irish Playeirs repertory at 
Shubert last week Included fevery- 
thine but 'Abbey's Irish. Rose.' 

Theiy gave George Cruzen a pres- 
ent .when he left town. Does he 
have to retXirn it now that he's 
back? o ' 



Washiogton 



Leonard Davis wearing glasses 
again. 

Irving Bornstein replaces Glenn 
Jones at Lotus. 

Jlmmie Wilkinson resigns . from 
"WRC to .start legal- mag. 

Sen. White iri town for few days 
still threatening to rewrite his 
Radio act. 

Sol Taiahoff and Martin Codfel, 
'Broadcasting Editors,' all smiles on 
first birthday of mag. 

Jess WlUard says it's got to be 
DeVault WiHard now he's commer 
clal manager for local CBS. 

Sam Galanty looking at his new 
offlces at Ciolumbla Exchange and 
wondering what has become of de 
presslon. 

Prize stunt of week is Hardl© 
T» Meakln's planting picture of Lee 
Tracey on back page of Washington 
'Post' rotogravure in tie-up with 
dept. store. 

E. de S; Melcher, replacing Bill 
Landvbight as drama ed. of 'Star,' 
<?et3 daily column. Next victory for 
local theatres Is to get his name 
over top of column instead o£ at 
end, 

Janet Coon, runner-up in RKO- 
NBC- 'Daily News' talent quest, 
starts week at Club Michel Friday 
as pri^e. Has done two years 
vaudeville, so should be In element. 

Keith's offlca unofficial meetlhg 
place for three exploiteers stalled 
her© this week. Norma Pyle (M- 
G-M), Fred Marshall (Col) and 
Charlie Wright (UA). 



New Haven 

By Harold Bone 



'em 



his 
Al 



Vaude at the College Is wowing 
em. 

Who sent those flowers to Trlxie 
Priganza? 

Locals are pulling for a click for 
Babe Miller. 

Ursula Parrott got that divorce 
in Bridgeport. 

'Green Pastures' set for Shubert 
week of Nov. 7. 

Freddy Johnson Is proud of his 
Viking ancestry. 

Don Jaccocks used to dazzle 
with a pool cue. 

Stanley Carroll is signing 
critiques, this year. 

Rainbow Inn reopens with 
Skinner's orchestra. 

There's no connection between 
Dan Finn an' haddle. 

Freddy Scoville and the Roger 
Sherman have p?irted. 
: Mae Riley back at Arthur office 
after weeks of Illness. 

.Tack Meredith writes, his column 
best on a bag of peanuts. 

Jack Markle in to looic the town 
over after his RKO shift. 

'BlllyV Phelps heads Little theatre 
again for' Its 12th season. I 
Winter's here— Nate Rubin had 
the trick coat dry-cleaned. 

Roy Ward has more kids than the 
old lady who lived In a shoe. 

Did Flo Mayo recover from that 
F. & M. 'Big Top' trapeze fall? . 

The Old job looks good to Tom 
Clark after Ave months' layoff. . 

A. Ji Vannl carrying on the Poll 
family traditions at the Palace. 
. Julius Saclt stepped out of Arthur 
office for jump to RKO in N. Y. 

Walter Lloyd busier than one 
worm In a fuM bag of che.stnuts. 

Sy Wassern-.au recuping from 
craclced skull — backstage accident; 

Sal SplnclU h.is a broken heart 
each Thurs. when the units pull out. 

Prof. Allardyce N'lcoll over from 
Lunnon to chatter to Y.tle Drama 
studPs. 

When Kegiiia Mtn-gan reads this. 



London 



Claire de Lorez recuperating. 
'Freaks' locally titled 'Barnum.' 
Elsa Maxwell proniottng charities, 
'Raspall 216' drawing- rollsroyce 
trade. 

Betty Compton high-hatting for- 
mer friends, sailed for Montreal. 

Hal Sherman and the Mrs. to 
Saint Germain. 

Hollywood press stuff breaking in 
the French press. 

Victor Boucher's dressing room 
full of -weil-wlshere. 

Benno/ .Vlgny busy again In' 
Braunberger studloia, ., 

Walter Lang Inviting friends to 
visit him In. California. 

Special spft floor for Italian dance 
stops at the Plantation^ 

Natan's symphony orchestra con- 
certs getting fashionable. 

Salabert's associate, Hallnebourg, 
seeing Colette d'Arville oft. 

Emil de Ruelle and Eddie New- 
man dubbing hot westerns. 

Henry Garat says Erich Pommer 
denies he has signed with Fox. 

The Kastners looking for Edward 
Horton, who has gone to London. 

Deval Staub, legit actress, chang- 
ing her name to Marina for fllm 
work.* 

Bob Wyler getting simultaneous 
financing offers from London and 
Paris. 

Carmen Marin crooning Spanish- 
American tangoes to the Paris vet- 
erans. ■ ' 

Gaby Morlay« as well as Jeaane 
Helbling, peeved at a supposed 
biography. 

Nicole de Rouvres, pretty French 
acttess, getting publicity for a lit- 
tle veronal. 

Riviera picking iip after the cy- 
clone, which practically destroyed 
Saint Maxlme, 

Kamansky very mysterious about 
Intended building of a studio in 
Montmorency, 

Camille P. Wya practically mak- 
ing the Ambassadeurs bis home 
during rehearsals. 

John J. Hopper, American, fight- 
ing two duels with two Frenchmen 
on the sam6 day. 

Leo Mantin postponing. his sailing 
and visiting with Louis Lemar- 
chand on the Rlvlero. 

AI. Plperno now in charge of 
most of the technical departments 
in the Jolnvllle studios. 

HUlalre Hller, American painter, 
introducing pictures made with wax 
color on aluminum sheets. 

Greta Garbo's supposed marriage 
to ■ Maurice Stller getting a big 
break <In the French press. 

Walter Lowenfels publishing here 
'Elegy in the Manner of a Requiem 
In Memory of D. H. Lawrence.' 

Varieties already rehearsing a 
new play titled 'Aurelle,' authored 
by Mrs. Lefranc, her first play. 

Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbllt, 
Lady Mendl and Cole Porter all ex- 
hibiting paintings here, for the first 
time. 

The French valley of Saint Girons 
is losing its antique trade of bear 
taming : due to current scarcity of 
bears. 

; The Harold Lloyds called up by 
phone on the high seas by Miss 
Rockerby .when the Europa passed 
their ship. 

Brooks and Lister's 'Spread Eagle' 
to be produced in Paris by .Eve 
Curie, daughter of Madame Curie, 
discoverer of radium. 

Despite mishaps when attempting 
to Frenchify American films, Para- 
mount now going to try doing the 
same In Spanish of 'Black Orchids.' 

Trouble- between director Gra- 
nowsky and Rasimi and Lehmann 
on account of their purchase of an 
uncensored lYench version of 'Song 
of Life.' German version of which 
had been mutilated by the German 
censor. 

Loulou of Montmartre turning 
the Blue and Black Angel into the 
Monocle and making of it a night 
club very similar to the Petische, 
with Ricky singing 'Happy Days' 
In a way which Is entirely different 
from Sophtft Tucker, 



BerEn 



Marjorte Tiller again with Tex 
McLeod, 

Boijby Howes not so funny, at a 
moment's notice. ■ 

Rumor Madge Tltherldge return- 
ing to London stage, . - 

St. Martin's Lane saloon calling 
Itself fChez Jackson.' 

Everybody Eisklng what's hap7 
pcncd to June's film test. 

Klt-Cat restaurant grossing $8,000 
weekly, which is profitable. ■ 

Ina Claire returning to New York 
after spending week-end here. 

Al. and Ray Samuels at the 
Fi'ollcs, London's latest nlghtery. • 

Bobby. 'Uke' Hanshaw framing 
another 'Relatives' act over here. 

Charlto O'Dbnnell, formerly Three 
Rascals, now In. the gown business. 

Kid Berg engaged to marry Bunty 
Payne, one of Cochran's dancing 
girls.' He failed .to show at the 
studio On the Jewish New Year. 

Latest roadhouse near ' London 
asks visitors to bring their own 
liquor. 

Palladium grossed $80,000 on its- 
'Crazy Month,' which Is over $30,- 
000 sugar. 

John van Druten. back fro.m vaca- 
tion In Marjorca, planning a New 
York trip. 

Dolores, once famous 'Epstein 
model, belnig exhibited .at West End 
d^ime joint. 

Helen Gray visits Caledonian 
Market, London's biggest. Junk shop, 
In. disguise. 

Billle, formerly Dollle and Billle, 
welting to Continental agents. Has 
new partner. 

Mrs. Merrick, once famous night 
club queen, now operating Fun-fair 
in. the suburbs; 

London Film Productions, Ltd.,^ 
having two West End pre-releases, 
simultaneously. 

Col. Jones considering crazy cab- 
aret for Piccadilly hotel, with Ivan 
Bankoft In charge. 

Max Miller latest addition to 
'Good Companions,' to be celluloid 
by Gaumont British. 

Harold Lloyd too shy to make 
speech, but at the Carlton Watching 
his 'Movie Crazy' debut. 

John Jarratt, general manager for 
Provincial Cinemas, of which Victor 
Sheridan is head, is out. 

George Webb, husband of Esther 
Ralston, doing the compere In Miss 
Ralston's vaudeville unit. 

All night queue for 'Children In. 
Uniform,' the stage version of 
'Madchen,' at the Duchess, 

H. C. G. CTnky) Stevens, the lit- 
erary publicity guy, admits he 
knows nothing about vaudeville. 

Leon Rogee Is the Nat Goordwln 
of European show people. Present 
Mrs. Rogee is his eighth. 

Roy Fox definitely fixed for Cafe 
Anglais, opening Oct. 24, marking 
reopening of this night club. 

Jack Melford, 'Knight of the Gar- 
ter' Co., at Aldwych, considered un- 
luckiest actor in West End. 

Harry Taft reviving 4S-year-old 
ballad, .'She Is More to Be Pitied 
Than Censured,' and is riot. 

Sir Oswald Stoll wants Billy Mil- 
ton for new Alhambra show, with 
Milton more Interested in films. 

Grade Fields making a personal, 
to give her second film effort, 'Look- 
ing on the Brightside,' a sendoff. 
' 'Ballerina,' Lady Eleanor Smith's 
novel, being adapted by'Murray An- 
derson for musical early next year. 

Stanley Lupine's contract with 
British Lion Films for next picture 
Is $6,000 per week, with fortnight's 
guarantee. 

Arthur Jarrett thinks 'The Rome 
Express,' first picture made at the 
hew Gaumont British studios., the 
best British effort. 

Alexander Korda watching Plaza 
audience's reaction on his London 
Film Company's first prerelease 
'Men of Tomorrow.' 



Senta. Soeneland, actreoa, BO yoasr^ 

old, 

-Paul Henlteta on film work tai 

Paris. ■ ^ 

Max Mflkck back from loeaMon 
Prague. 

Eddy PoIo'b apartm«iH aoM at 

auction. 

Barbara Kemp will agaiit Join t-be . 
state opera., . 

Bill Couiiselman looking for good 
manuscripts. 

Lady Lawrence hero overlooking 
the situation. 

Bo Dowllng scarcely taking tlm» 
for his meals. . 

Film people here very Interested 
In Rod.La Roque.. 

Paul Abraham working two sound 
films and one operetta. 

Richard Oswald's 13-year-old soii 
acts at the Komlsche Oper. 

Emmy Sturm, operetta slnger» 
sells her apartment at auction, 

Rugglero Rlccl did not have the 
same siiccess as Yehudi Menuhln. 

Ludwig Berger, fllm director, will 
Work as director at the Volksbuhne. 

Max Pallenberg on his way back 
to Berlin had a motor car accident. 

Fritz kortner will direct a flint 
In: which Willy F^orst will Play the' 
lead. 

Telefunken just offered a new- 
disc brand as successor of Ultra-' 
phon. - . 

Emil Jannlngs will do a fllm on 
the Riviera with Alexander Gra-, 
nowsky. . , ^ 

Norbert Falk, one of the leading,. 
Berlin theatre critics, died. He was '. 
69 years old. . 

Rosa Vaiettl engaged to direct 
Rudolf Nelson's show at the Eden-^ 
hotel cabaret. 

Alexander Molssl back In Berlin, 
playing In the 'Lebende Lelchman' - 
('Living Corpse')- 

HelnriOh '.Schlusnus, baritone . of ' 
the state opera, 111 and has had [tdi'^'- 
go to a sanatorium. ' ■- - 

Franz Lehar taking ■ over In VN 
enna the< apartment, of the waltz > 
king, Johan ..Strauss. . , . -/ 

Walter Sliezak has withdrawn 
from his contract with Metropbl- 
theater and bias gone to New York. 

Werner Richard Heymann, hoube 
composer of Ufa, negotiating with 
Fox re an engagement to Hollywood. 

Leni Rlegenstahl back from 
Greenland, where locations for the 
Universal film 'S. O. S. Iceberg' were 
made. 

Max Relnhardt looking for "a 
financier, for his play at the Grosse 
Schausplelhs^us to be opened .at 
Christmas. 

Mary Wigman has organized a 
new dancing- group and will Sive 
performances In the States during 
the winter. - 

Willy . Domgraf-Passbender will 
play lead in the 'Student Prince,' 
brought but. by. Max Relnhardt at 
the Grosses ^chaiusplelhaus. 

Leopold Blonder, film architect, 
died from food poisoning which he 
got during locations in the TyrOl 
ioT the Universal fllm, 'The Rebel." 

When the public learned that 
Richard Tauber would not sing, at 
the Theatre des Westerns' on ac- 
count of a cold. It wrecked the. place; 

Paula Wessely, new stage star 
from Vienna, playing the leading 
part in Gerhart Hauptmann's 'Rose 
Bernd' got raves from Berlin critics, 
but the Deutsche Theatre Is not 
crowded. 

Baronesse von Preyberg, for some 
time doing film work under the 
pseudonym of Daisy D'Ora, has 
married Baron Schlltter, attache of 
the German foreign office, and has 
become so hl-^hat that she refused to 
be shot by press photographers. . 



Pittsburgh 

By Hal Cohen 



Loop 



Lambertl worked the Oriental 
With neuralgia. . 

Buzz Eagle managing East and 
Dumke for personals. 

Isabelle Randolph guest star at 
the Loyola University Little thea- 
tre. . 

Eleanor Fisher succeeded John 
Clayton handling the Studebaker 
opera. 

Woods theatre building got a 
bath and Is glistening white Instead 
of dingy black. 

Thoda Cocroft promoting 'When 
Chicago Was: Young,' which op ns 
at the Goodman Nov. 3. 

Emil De Solvl, accordionist, 
couldn't open with Charley Agnew 
at the Palace because of grippe. 

Gertrude Bromberg publicizing 
the Byrd ship, which moved from 
the World's Fair to the Chicago 
river. 

Harry Puck has been made a oner 
third partner in the swanky Opera 
Club and Will return as the ring- 
master early In November. 
. Re6uperatlng from a siniis opera- 
tion here last week, Alice Elson 
says 'she dreamt the Four Marx 
Bros.- were operating on her nose. 



Mike Cullen. sends the Schnozzola 
all of the local reviews on Durante's 
pictures. 

Varsity Club tossed a farewell 
party for George Tyson over the' 
week-end. 

The Jaffe- • boys reopening the ' 
Show Boat, With Joe HlHer again 
the cafe's skipper. 

Roy Rowe at the Warner helm 
after being at the Enrlght in East 
Liberty for a time. 

Sam Flint and Ella Ethridge, 
stock players at Pitt, are Mr. a.nci 
Mrs. In private life. . 

Johnny Harris to Chicago to meet 
his wife, homeward bound after a 
month on the coast. 

Nearby McKoespiort Is finally dis- 
covering that Aline McMahon orig- 
inally hailed from there. „ 
. Angelo Lucenti, wealthy Pitts.- 
burgh contractor. Is angeling Ed 
Vall's Pitt stock company. 

Clarence Grundish, former film 
crick, doing publicity for Father 
Cox, presidential candidate, 

Da-ve Rubinoff came home for 
Yom Kippur, and the synagogue 
was $400 richer for his visit. 

Helen Donnelly, TPROA's single 
femmg . representative , in Pgh., 
press-agenting the Pitt again. 

'Zwel Herzen,' which played three 
weeks at the Avenue Cinema last 
year, back iot a return engagement. 

John Duffy, once a big-shot cab- 
aret man locally, got four months 
for falling to file an Income tax rf;- 
turn in '2&. 

I (Continued - on page 54) 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932 



THE LA 



DIES 



VARIETY 



39 



Paradox Salaries 



- • (Continued from page 1) 

Mi« break, aa radio may be paying 
11000 fat a halt hour's work, while 
theatre, for only five times that 
luBli for ewunple, has that artist's 
Mrvl«eB four or five times a day ifor 
geven days that week. However, It 
^ovld pot he forgotten that any big 
-league radio commercial's 16 mln- 
Vteti. or 30 minutes, or full hour, 
ta-oi>abIy requires an entire week 
'«( preparation— Assuming it's a 
weefcy feature^for creation of 
0crtpti continuity, rehearsing, etc. 

But as a general thing, the the- 
'^tre— likewise the screen In several 
: Instances— Isn't adverse, to, paying 
these fancy Balarle^ ' and the re- 
neated booking of radio names for 
personal appearances evldAnces 
that attractions such as the ; fol- 
lowing earn their: salt at the boxr 
lofflce: Amos ,.'n' Andy, Mildred 
Bailey, . Belle Baker, Jack .Benny, 
^len- . Bernle, Boswellis, Bums and 
'Allen,' Calloway, Morton Downey, 
jCaiitor, Jolsota, Wons, . Columbo, 
Crosby, VaJlo^ BJlUngton, Ruth Hn- 
tlng„'Oene and Olenn, Kfihh band, 
,Ted I^wls, ' Jack little, liombardo, 
XjOpeK,-.i^man, Mllte Bros., Jack 
Peart, . Revelers, Arthur ; Tracy, 
. (Qeorgle Price, IJenny orch., Sylvia 
Froos,' Olseri band, Sanderson and 
C^Uinlt, Kate Smith, Waring, 
(Wblteman, Wlnchell and E4 Wynn, 
to pafne a few. who enjoy radio reps 
illiat cash In heavily at the theatre 
boxofflces. 

F&tently, from these few names 
alonp Is recognized many' a veteran 
Icoojiedlan or band which didn't en- 
Joy the name and fame, • despite 
their many years In the show busi- 
ness, until the ether waves carried 
their talents Into the towns, ham- 
.letd and hinterland. "Wireless took 
unknowns, like the Crosbys, Col*, 
umbos and Vallees, Smiths. Wons, 
Littles and Gene and Glenns and 
catapults them into popular . real- 
tlea 

. Top Star Maker 

'Vaudeville, what's left of It, cer- 
tainly hasn't made any stars re- 
cently. Nor has liegit produced 
any 'big draws of late save for the 
lone exception of a Katberlne Cor- 
yieli: And a Cornell is still limited 
In mass cognizance. 

Hence It's become . so that ' the 
jtither has had to carry abstract 
ipersonalitles fttr and wide, Into the 
homes and huts of the land, and 
In thfit wise It's created, the immie- 
(Otate. stars of the theatre. 

Against this productive (for stage 
ikurpose) situation Is the para- 
doxical condition of these, very stars 
also ' hurting the theatre — be it 
yaudeville or pictures or legit 

- Theatres' Oppotish Nights 
This winter will see a bit less 

•cute condition of concentrated ra- 
dio 'opposition' than has obtained 
fax the past. But Thursdaly and 
Friday nights again have become 
the most seriously concentrated air 
opposish to discourage going out. 
'A recounting of the names or pro- 
jgrams on both major networks, 
.auotlng BST In all instances, will 
evidence, by the multiplicity of ra- 
'dio names who are oh the air both 
these nights Just why Thursdays 
and Fridays are' such tough op- 

|K)Slsh. 

For the contrary reason that, re- 
bardlesB, people just won't stay 
home Saturday nights, the radio is 
lighten names or stars. Thus, this 
Otherwise choice night Is the worst 
lor radio's purpose of exploitation 
' and ballyhoo.. A. new advertiser can 
(tlmoi9t always And a time allot- 
Inent of a Saturday night— It merely 
means the sloughing oft of one or 
another dance band. 

Sunday night Is likewise light al- 
though there was a time, in addi- 
tion to the present Sunday fea- 
tures trhen these, plus the Gem 
^or's CBS program (Ed Sullivan, 
Jack Denny band, plus guest stars) 
and the Bulck's Revellers (NBC) 
^Iso made Sunday night formidable 
theatre competish. But the ether 
here has again yielded to the call 
of the Sabbath night cinema, prob- 
ably conceding that the plcture-go- 
• lng habit was too much. 

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 
ftre more or less evenly divided as 
theatre opposish, everything build- 
ing to Thursday and Friday when 
the crack programs are bunched 
Vlth seeming intent for most con- 
centrated listener attention. 

There's no such thing, of course, 
as a midday keeper-inner. Wouldn't 
hiake much difference to the the- 
fetrea, anyway. Just for the' record, 
however, there's Tony Wons' 9.4r) 
*^ m. poetry readings on CBS, the 
Wggest daytime feature, but the 
. jnen are at their offices and the 
housewives are busy dusting as 



they sop up Wons' pearls of wis- 
dom. 

Arturo Toscanlni's new series of 
two-hour Sunday afternoon con- 
certs, from 3-5 p. m., EST, via CBS, 
with his N. T. Philharmonic, Is 
probably the most formidable day- 
time opposish to taking in an after- 
noon flicker. • There no question 
but that the Philharmonic Is a 
keeper-inner. One needs but walk 
through the average apartment 
house and listen at the various 
doors, between those two hours, to 
determine how. many receiving sets 
are tuned In on the crack symphony 
orchestra. 

Ether's Strong Lineup 

A recapitulation of why Thurs- 
day and Friday is such tough op- 
posish may be gathered from the 
following schedules, all between 6 
p.m. and midnight. 

The WEAF chain of the NBC (as 
is recounted in a review under Ra- 
dio Reports, this week) has an ideal 
playing radio bill on Thursdays at 
7:30 p.m. with th*a Barbosol's Ray 
Perkins and Peter Van Steeden or- 
chestra; at 7:46 p.m., the now in- 
stitutional 'Rise of the Goldbergs'; 
8-9 p.ih., Rudy Valiee's Fleischmann 
hour with a name variety progratd; 
at 5:10 the new elaborate Capt. 
Henry's Maxwell House Show B9at, 
with permanent talent cOmprii^ng 
Charles Winhinger of : the Original 
Ziegfeld 'Show Boat' company pac- 
ing the Maxwell troupe which holds 
Jules Bledsoe, Lanny Ross, Hall 
Johnson choir, Annette Hanshaw^ 
Mabel Jackson, January and. Molas- 
ses and the Don Voorhees orchestra. 
At 10-11 p.m. conaes the Lucky 
Strike hour which, with the Fleisch- 
mann program, are radio's two big- 
gest sock periods on the air today, 
and both the same night, holding 
Walter O'Keefe as m.c, Jack Pearl, 
who's building a big rep for him- 
self with his 'Baron Munchausen' 
series, plus a name band for giiest- 
star Jazzlque. At 11-11:30 Is an- 
other good band and tenor combo, 
Don Bestor's orchestra and Art Jar 
rett, and ll:30-mldnlght, from the 
College Inn, Chi, comes Bernle, one 
of the outstanding ether faves; then 
Ralph Klrbery, the five - minute 
midnight 'Dream Singer,' topped off 
by the ht-de-hl Cab Calloway band 
on the . air and Anson Weeks from 
the snooty St. Regis. That's WEIAF. 

For the corresponding time, on the 
sister WJZf either a sense of ethics 
by the NBC, or a sense of discre- 
tion by other advertisers, keeps any 
big na.mes away during thiat time. 

But not so CBS. From WABC, 
Thursday, there are Price-Kreuger 
on Chase & Sanborn tea, building 
into somewhat of a name; Abe Ly- 
man's qua^jei; hour Jazz and the 
Mills Brbs.^ ~ now fortified by Don 
Redman's orchestra, another crack 
colored combo, at 0:16-9:30. This 
addition of the Redmanltes appears 
to be a fortification by Chipso, the 
sponsor, to' battle the big WEAF 
opposition competish. 

And between the two, it's little 
wonder that when wintry blasts 
blow, and these sort of programs 
are to be. had in the comfort of the 
home, these factors are apt to off- 
set the biggest theatre draw, or any 
thought of braving the elements to 
get into a playhouse.. 

. Friday Aerial Display 
Friday is equally formidable. 
CBS this time perhaps, enjoys the 
weight of the balance. On WABC, 
Friday evenings, are such standard 
ether names now as Myrt and 
Marge, "NTaughn De. Leath, Singln' 
Sam, 'March of Time* program (no 
slouch as a keeperriat-homer), the 
Street Singer. (Arthur Tracy) with. 
Norman Brokenshire and the Nat 
Shllkret orchestra doing their tri- 
umvirate stuff for Chesterfield, 
iiittle Jack XJttle, Col. Stbopnagle 
and Budd, and Morton DOwney (on 
the hew Woodbury program). 

Whien Al Jolaon hits the air waves 
Fridays (commencing Nov. 19) for 
Chevrolet on WEAF that should be 
another inducement on the ether 
laneis. Not that NBC hasn't its share 
of features that night already in 
Jones and Hare, the Goldbergs, the 
big Cities Service Hour (one of the 
oldest programs in radio), the cork- 
ing Clicquot Club half hour with 
Harry -Reser's Eskimos band (actu- 
ally the oldest commercial program 
•in the history of radio), the smart 
Pond's half hour (with Leo Reis- 
man's ultra dannapation), another 
half hour with Paul Whiteman's 
orchestra, Alleen Stanley, Scrapjpy 
Lambert, et al., and Floyd Gibbon.s 
for the Elgin Co.. right thereafter, 
plus Lopoz and Weeks orchestra. 

For Friday nights WJZ doesn't 
permit Us sister koy to pet away 
with everything, as evidenced by 



Did Yoii Know That — 



The annual opening of the 
Mayfair Club had a capacity 
attendance Saturday night in 
the big ballroom of the ' RItz. 
Gowns, beautifully new- and 
fashionable, were luxurious 
with furs and many had the 
new long sleeves. 

Perhaps one of the loveliest 
was a dull black worn by Kay 
Francis with a very extreme 
strap effect in the back of jade 
green. Peggy Fears was effec- 
tive, too, in a black with 
sleeves heavily embroidered in 
tiny pearls and rhinestones 
and woirn with an odd little hat 
Of black and silver. White 
fringe gave ah exquisitely slim 
line to Irene Rich and the ef- 
fervescent June Blossom wore 
a white satin With a neckline 
of ruschihg. 

Marilyn Miller was as lovely 
as ever In vivid green chiffon 
and Dorothy Hall looked like^ a 
rose in shell pink satin, worn 
with a tiny ermine cape and 
muff. Bobbie Perkins^ Jean 
Arthur, 'Virginia Smith, Regina 
Crewe, Tamara Geva, Irene 
Delroy, Barbara Newberry,- Vi- 
vienne Segal, Kay Johnson and 
Jtilie Johnson all chose black 
gowns Of various fabrics and 
6na Munson a royal blue. 

Eddy Duchin outdid himself 
orchestrally, and there was a 
marked Improvement in the 
menu over last season. . . 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rob-. 
Inson -were also present and 
Charles Butterworth, Mary 
Duncan, William Bakewell, Don 
Alverado, Pancho, PhyUs 
Haver, Madeline; - Cameron, 
. BlUy Gaxton, Peter Amo, Jack 
Dempsey, Dorothy iMcCarthy, 
Jules Glaenzer^ Jeanne Aubert, 
Mary Lewis, BUI Seeman, 
Ethel Shiitta, George Olsen, 
Florence Courtney, Anatole 
Friedland and Marvto Schenck. 



Uncommon Chatter 



By Ruth Morris 



sonie of the "WJZ network's high' 
lights Including the perennial Amos 
'n' Andy, the new Nestle-Phll Splt- 
alny program, the nifty Armour half 
hour, the Three Keys, Mildred Bai- 
ley, et al. It's a sample of the sturdy 
variety oho may twirl to If WEAF 
and WABC are a. bit too rich for the 
blood. 

Monday Also Big 

Monday also holds a flock of fa 
miliar air names to punctuate the 
dials if it's a toss up whether It'll 
be that new picture arouhd the cor- 
ner or stay home and listen. NBC 
offers Whltenian (Bulck), Novls, 
Goldbeirgs, Revelers, A&P Gypsies. 
Alice Joy, Canada Fry (Jack Benny, 
etc.), Phillips Lord, Bailey, Pickens 
jSisters. CBS Is likewise In form 
with Myrt and Marge again, Singln' 
Sam, Kate: Smith, Mills Bros., the 
Boswell Sisters three, with Shll- 
kret's ore and Stoopnagle and Budd. 

The big sock Tuesday of course 
Is Ed Wynn's Fire Chief nonsense 
at 9:30-10 for Texaco. It's only a 
half hour and Wyhn collects 'only' 
$5,000 for that 80 minutes, but it's 
a tough 30 mins. for the theatres. 
The theme song beconies 'I Guess 
I'll Have to Change My Plans' for 
a lotta people around that hour, 
which is an Idea of the Wynn habit. 
And the ol' maestro, Bernie, Jazzing 
up all the lads for his dear old 
Alma Malta, doesn't exactly chase 
'em away from the radio at 9 p. m., 
which Is Just a half hour before 
Wynn, and to make It 100%, ye old 
Lucky Strike Is back again at 10-11. 
There's also Sanderson and Crumit 
at 8 for Blackstone seegar. And 
CBS of Tuesdays has about the 
same lineup as Thursday plus the 
Jay C. Flippen-cies. 

Other Week Nights 

Wednesday on NBC sees Noyls, 
Jones and Hare, the Goldbergs, the 
Goodyear half hour (a well balanced 
30 mlns. with ■VirBinia Rea, Victor 
Toung's orchestra, and the Revel- 
lers, plus solos by each of the four 
R's, to wit, James Melton and Lewis 
James, tenors; Elliott Shaw, bari- 
tone, and Wilfred Glenn, basso. 
That's "WEAF's rosten WJZ has 
A&A, the Jack Frost and Canada 
Dry strong half hours. 

CBS on Wednesday has a list in- 
cluding De Leath, Connie Boswell, 
Kate Smith, Robert Burns Fanatela 
(Guy Lombardo orchestra. Burns 
and Alien and Phil Regan), Ruth 
Ettlng on Chesterfield, Little and 
Stoopnagle and Budd. 

"With "Thursday and Friday ac- 
counted' for, Saturdays can be 
skipped as a one-to-flll, and Sunday 
looms impressively, duo to Ed- 
die Cantor's return, on Chase & 
Sapborn with Rubinoff, et al., and 
when . Fred Allen starts a variety 



A Superficial. Sadie 

Two close-ups of arms bangled 
with souvenirs of the Army, Navy 
and Marine Corps; one close-up of 
a leg sheathed in black fish -net 
hose; another, ot a short-vamped 
slipper stepping over, a threshold; 
and Sadie Thompson has made her 
long-heralded screen entrance. 

The arrival Is in segrhents that 
the camera eventually merges into 
a full-length shot of J6an Craw- 
ford. Miss Crawford doesn't , do 
as much for . the separate depart- 
ments that make hp her interpreta- 
tion of Sadie Thompson. 

There's her costume. That's 
Sadiie, right enough, with her re- 
vealingly fitted short dress, narrow 
white fox scarf thrown jauntily 
over one arm, rebellious hair press- 
ed to the head with white 
cocque feathers that escape to trail 
lazily across the shoulder. Add 
high-heeled slippers dressed -n-lth 
large velvet bows, nondescript jew- 
elry, and the picture's complete. 

There's a make-up,' the like of 
which has not been seen on land 
or sea or oh the screen. A heavr 
ily painted masque is applied with 
the startling splash of a stylized 
poster — deathly pallor, heavily pen- 
ciled eyes, full lips painted into a 
perpetualy sullen sneer. Emotion 
breaks through only through the 
force of Miss Crawford's will 
power. 

There's dictlon-«-more Miiss Craw 
ford's own than Sadie's. It wants 
to be tough, so It borrows rough 
tone and biting Inclslveness, But 
Its consonants are carefully dipped, 
its vowels precise and, here and 
there, absentmlndedly Britistau Now 
and again- It Ignores a final 'g.' 
but it's the speech of a chic young 
er picture player, substituting su 
perflclal mannerisms for thie pain, 
the. groping, the bitter disillusion- 
ment of a famous lady of fortune 



Miss Shearer Modish Spook 

If 'Smllin' Through' really means 
that ghosties return to earth In the 
clothes they wore when death 
overtook them, all heroines would 
like to die in the costume worn 
by Norma Shea,rer. It's a sweet and 
lovely shroud — Just the frock for 
spirit visiting. Tulle — yards of It, 
pure and ethereal — bring Miss 
Shearer back to life, time and 
again, to register her lovely Image 
on the screen. The dress is so 
delicate that the lightest breeze 
would blow it away. It's made of 
gossahaer and moonlight. 

That radiant spirit (Miss Shear- 
er's own aunt. If you know the 
story of 'Smilin' Through') sets a 
high style mark for the living Miss 
Shearer. She's up to it. . She's a 
modern miss, with a modern con- 
ception of the things to wear. She 
may live in pre-war days, but she 
forecasts the styles of 1932. 

She likes the tweeds suits and 
hand-knit blouses that mean cur- 
rent SchiaparelU. She approves of 
large ruffles of organdy to broaden 
the shoulders of the daintiest gOwn 
— a, vogue that crept into New 
York shops out of last year's Holly* 
wood. "When she consents to the 



line that prevailed 'round about 
war-time, her dressmaker employs 
it so artfully . that a period dress 
takes on the timeless beauty of 
claissic line. 

The Shearer costumes are al- 
together charming. They're nice. 
They never obtrude. They're quite 
content tp beautify, then stand 
aside and let Miss Shearer reap the 
reward of a isincere, deeply emo- 
tional performance. , 



Kay Francis Joins Throng 

Kay Francis is retiring from com- 
petition for the. title of best dressed 
woman in Hollywood. She started 
with a fine understanding of her 
tailored stylo and a flair for dra- ■ 
matic, camera-wise clothes. Now 
she's lost that individuality and has 
gone quie'ly, unimpressively Holly- 
wood. 

- No one will depart from 'One Way 
Passage' exclaiming over the bril- 
liance and dash of Miss Francis' 
gowns. The dresses aren't built that 
way. 

, They're too much like other pic- 
ture warorobes, fussy, gracious and 
self. ^effacing, They're cluttered with 
ujilmportanL detail when they 
should bo sleek ahd bold. One stun- 
ning black velvet and a cape that 
biliows with flattering red fox re-> 
capture Ihe flair that gave Miss 
Francis aophisticated style ratihp, 
but they can't make up for a ruffled 
organdy that needs a high school 
diploma to make it authentic. 

Miss Fi'ancis retains better Judg- 
ment abou^ her hats. They're large, 
with a good sweeping line, or very 
small and Impertinent. The white 
straw bonnet that accompa.nies her 
girl-graduate organdy is a mistake 
that hides itself as quickly as pos- 
sible under an organdy paraisol. 



show for Lin It Oct. 23 via CBS; 
also the shift by Canada Dry to 
Sunday nights, with Jack Benny, 
Ted Weems, etc. 

On that salary angle, again, as 
regards relative values, the player 
talent itself looks to the ether for 
the builder-upper and the stage as 
the payer-offer. A tTS'O a week radio 
commercial is now worth, .as an 
average, $3,000 to $4,000 for a week's 
personal stage appearance. "That 
goed for quite a few of those men- 
tioned In that exact ratio. 

As for the already established 
stage names, maybe Eddie Cantor's 
film house $8,800 had nothing to do 
with what C&S coffee did for him, 
but the air didn't hurt — even if the 
coffee brand only paid him off 
around:$3i000 for his half hour Sun- 
day night stint. Whiteman collects 
$3,500 a radio commercial and $6,600 
on the stage (and has- been up to 
$8,500). Fred Allen, now starting, 
Is a' hew candidate. He's igettlng 
about his stage salary (around $750) 
on the air, but the mike will un- 
questionably tilt his .stage value In 
short order if he's any sort oif a 
click. 

The stage, $4,000 for Downey, 
$2,500 for Little Jack Little, $3,500 
for Bing Crosby, etc.— all these 
stage salaries far eclipse what the 
same performers get to keep people 
out of. the theatres via radio. 



Myrha Loy** Vixen . 

Old fa.shioned villainy will not die 
as long as Mytna Loy's In Holly- 
wood. "When there's a , dastardly 
deed to be done. Miss Loy will do 
it with a hey nonny nonny and a 
hotchacha. 

Other nctresses might have 
doubted the sanity of the vindictive 
half-caste girl in '13 Women.' Miss 
Loy swears that such people exist. 
She substantiates her argument 
with costumes that gleani wickedly 
and slink with some good old-fash- 
ioned slinking. She effects a make- 
up that reduces her eyes to spiteful 
slits, widening to show the mani- 
acal gleams that lurk beneath mas- 
caraed la^;hes. She brushes her hair 
lelentlessly off a frozen brow. Her 
lips are dark menacing gashes. The 
thin upward Ikie of her eyebrows 
lerniinatcs in satanic curley-cues. It 
may not he a convincing niake-up, 
but it's de'^ermined. 

So Is Irene Dunne's^ — determined 
to reveal the soft, sweet qualities of 
a good wife and devoted mother. 
These are matters of spirit, so neither 
costumes nor mike-up need be 
obvious. 



BamI Goes a Tradition 

'Madison Square Garden' boldly 
smashes a Hollywood tradition. 

The heroines of other prize- 
fighting pictures have sent their 
heroes home-made bathrobes to 
wear for each battle of the century. 
This ring eaga is original. It's hero- 
ine presents her favorite with a pair 
of boxing shorts. That practically 
starts a new picture cycle. 

Marian Nixon's the heroine. She's 
sweet and pretty— Just the kind of 
a girl who d spend her evening sew- 
ing up boxing trunks. She dresses 
in quiet ingenue taste and has a 
new blonde haircomb that's most 
*iccomIhg.^ 



The Style Parade 

Aline MacMahon, ill at ease in a 
would-be continental wardrobe and 
accent for the bogus countess of 
'One Way Passage'... Zasu Pitts' 
tremulous excitement and futile at- 
tempts to cheer the hero from a 
ringside seat in 'Madison Square 
Garden' ... Marian Nixon wearing 
a dull little hat that would disil- 
lusion any hero. . .Josephine Dunn 
condemned to a life of ginned 
stupefaction ever since she .stumbled 
on a perfect portrait of a Lady 
With An Edge On. 

"The ironic significance of finding 
Peg Entwistle in '13 Women,' a film 
dealing with the power of sugges- 
tion upon potential suicides, , .Mary 
Duncan as a trapeze - artist who 
knows that sequins high-light her 
double'ia dramatic aerial stuhts. .. 
Florence Eldredge choosing matronly 
(Continued on page 54) 



49 



VARIETY 



IT OR I A U 



Tuesday, October 18, 1932 




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15 YEARS AGO 

(From . 'Variety' and 'Clipper' y 

Managers all at aea over the tick- 
et tax, just going into effect. Want- 
ed to switch to the Canadian sys- 
tem of 10% tax of recepts Instead 
of on each ticket. Gov't, got the 
best of the half pennies on the each 
ticket system, so it stayed. 



Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur have Anally written a third act for 
their 'Twentieth Century,' the play which Jed Harris bought two years 
ago on strength of a first act, arid which Hecht, and MacArthur somehow 
just couldn't get a third act for. They now have a third act, written. 
Biit not for Jed Harris* production. Piece is now owned and will be 
prodiiced by Phillip Dunning and Georgd Abbott. 

History of 'Twentieth Century' has become almost a theatrical tradi- 
tion. Hiarrls read the first act and is understood to have paid aii excep- 
tionally lairge sum for the piay. Story is he managed to borrow this 
advance back from MacArthur after paying it, but no doubt that he did 
pay heavily. A second act Was delivered and Harris began casting. No 
third act . ever showed up despite continued pleas on the part of Harris. 
For three seasons he tried to rake up the third act and then gave up a 
few weeks ago, Abbo;tt and Dunning grabbing the play. And from out 
of the air a third stanza has evolved. 

Now aaiid that Abbott & Dunning wiU pay Harris a flat sum for his 
rights in the play. He Is Understood to claim he didn't completely let 
go aU rights, and confabs are on to determine how much he hais coming, 
if any, from the hew producers. Soon as that's settled the play wilt go 
into rehearsal. , 



First use of films in a political 
campaign. Democrats. In N. T. to 
use projectors in trucks. Used gas | 
for lUumlriant. 



A new problem for legit casting agents has developed because of 
Equity's alien actors regulations. Casters are finding it hard to (Collect 
commissions, the; foreigners contending that after paying 6ft Equity 
they cannot afford to pay the agents. 
Benny Plermont, formed booking! There can he ho stalling so far as Equity is concerned. It gets its 
manager for Sheeifly, was in Camp | slice from the .^anagers, who.ntust hold it out of salaries If the alien is 

dilatory. Equity rule on foreigners Is 5% of salary weekly, with a mini 
mum of $10 weekly. IJsual fee to agents is ,6%; 

Situation came to light with the opening of Earl Carroll's 'Vanities.' 
One agency booked five English turns in the revue, but has been unable 
to collect cpmmissloni^. Usually an English representative la also con 
cerned and when the a,ct3 involved, return home, some settlement will 
probably be made, 

When Equity Installed Its perknit system, one of the points agreed to 
by that body yr,a.B to see that actors paid agents their commlssl6ns. That 
still goes for American actors, but ESquity exercises no jurisdiction over 
the visitors in this respect. Equity people have not given consideration 
to methods of disciplining alien actors who .do not pay agent's corn- 
Hippodrome .the ^previous y,feek missions. Equity takes the position thait it la not Interested that way, 
tqpk In $70,000, best gross by $6,000. indicating its preference In having Its own. membera engaged, 
Represented a profit of about $40, 
000. World, Series helped^ 



Upton as a corporal. Putting on 
shows with talent recruited . from 
the army. 

; Police established a one way traf-.| 
flc.rule during theatre hour on 
Br6adwa.y. Pedestrians .went south 
on ^the west side and north on the ] 
either .pavement. ; Applied only be- 
tween 39th and 4ist streets where ] 
theatres were thickest. 



Inside Stuff-'Vaude 



For the first time In many years theatregoera of Hartford are experi- 
encing a rivalry for patronage among the different chaina of theatres In 
this city. For more than a year newspapers received sinaU lineage from 
(he houses, promotion was at a standstill and exploitation was hardly 
heard of. Most of the managers sat back and waited for either business 
to pick UP or for a leader to start the ballyhoo. 

With the opening of vaudeville at the Capitol on Labor Da^, the first 
stage. show in thia city in more than a year, other downtown theatres' 
and: even the nabes broke Into the ranks with either presentations or 
amateur frolics such as this city has not. been accustomed to. 

Every home in this city is being ballyhooed by telephone, direct mall 
and other methods, schools are being; exploited and sandwich men are 
making an entry through an act squeezed through the Board of Alder- 
men by a group of smart theatrical n\eh. Full pages of advertising now 
mean nothing for theatres. 



. Trouble over a Harlem club diate played, by the Three Keys, colored 
radio trio, brought tenlporary cancellation of the act's current holdover 
week ait the Ciapltol, New York, but was settled before the opening show 
Thursday (13). Act is playing as booked. 

Club engagement was clialmed by the Loew office to have been played' 
without notification a,nd declared a contract violation. Act had signed 
for the club before signaturing its Loew paper. 

NBC, to Whom the Keys are under contract for radio, intervened with , 
Loew in the act's behalf. 



. Comes now the perennial 'warning of local vaude and picture house 
managers. 'Don't call It 'Frisco.* " ' 

The act that shortens up that burg's monicker to one syllable, immedi- 
ately stamps itself as one lacking in Intelligence, culture, polish and good .' 
sense in the opinion . of the native sticklers who are fanatics on ! this ' 
subject. ■ ■ ' 



Charles Carrer, the. juggler, took a roundabout route to his profession.' 
As a boy In Switzerland he had 'Wea.k eyes. Refuslng^ to keep at the 
exercises prescribed to strengthen his optics he was set to throwing balls 
into the air and catching them. 
He became so adept that ultimately he was juggling for a living. 

Inside Stuff— Pictures 



Coaat production of 'Intermission,' which opened and closed in San 
Francisco after two weeks, was called off when the. backer Maxwell 
Shayne, refused to advance any more money. 

Play, by Irving Kaye Davis, hit the . bumps from the 'start. Opening 
at Santa Barbara, the cast learned they would not be paid for the two 
day break-in.' Contracts were for. nine performance . but Included no 
Sunday shows in 'Frisco; so producera counted in the two Santa Barbara 
appearances. 

Later, In 'Frlscd, the co-producer, Harold Berg, asked the cast to 
take a 25% cut despite an Equity bond for their salaries. Show closed 
.when the Equity bond ran out. Shane, p. a. for Fanchon and Marco, 
New York papers censored the I relinquished all connection with the show after seeing the Santa Barbara 
ads on the Fox roadshowlng of | opening. 

Non-Equity members of the cast filed wage claims with the state 
labor bureau in San Francisco. ' . - 



'Our Betters' taken off in Chicago 
aa .too rough though piece had . a 
rufl In N. Y. 

Louis B. Mayer had just resigned 
as' Metro's Boston . exchange man- 
ager to g.o with Select. Break came 
'When he signed Anita Stewart for 
his* own outside venture. , 



'Cleopatra,' Star was Theda Bara. 



Lee Qchs; and the operators' 
ui^lon in a jam. He refused to sign 
a .new cdixtract and ran his Costello 



Earl Carroll entered into an agency buy last season for his 'Vanities' 
.. . , 1^ c .then at the .new Carroll, renamed the Casino. It provided for some 

theatre, as a non-unlpn house. S^m agencies to pay for the last four weeks of a .32 weeks' buy in advance 



Kaplan was trying to fprce the la 
Bu^ to infl.uence. other exhibs. 



Prizma proceas was hailed as the 
solution of the picture In colors. 



^0 YEARS AGO 

{From 'Cli'nper') 
'Jesse James, the Bandit King,' 1 



When dispossessed' he moved to the 44th Street and the matter of the 
buy became a worry to ticket men. Because the show was then playing 
•oh terms (with the Shuberts) rather than in .Carroll's own theatre, the 
brokers were not able to hold out on settling for the final month although 
'Vanities' played 34 weeks. About $12,000 is due the brokers with no 
settlement in sight. 

Current edition of the revue, at the Broadway, has a 16 weeks' buy. 
Business after the opening dropped sharply and the agencies are won- 
dering whether they will go more into the red on Carroll's account. 



brothers, who were a dime museum 
attraction. 



John Golden pulled his usual stunt of leaving town 10 days before a 
was the title of a melodrama thatl Rachel Crothers play opens on Broadway. He is the producer of 'When 
was' doing good business James Ladles Meet,' the season's first dramatic hit, but Miss Crothers was In 
had recently been killed by the Ford complete charge of its staging as she was with her 'As Husbands Go' 

and 'Let Us Be Gay.' After the premiere, which drew splendid notices, 
Dixie French, his general ma:nager, tried to reach Golden by telegram 
unsuccessfully. Golden first knew of the hit. when reading the New 
.York papers in White Sulphur Springs two days after the opening. 

Before 'Ladies' opened at the Royale 99 side seats, were removed includ 
Ing a row nearest the lobby, thereby proving an easier exit than for 
merly. When the show clicked 28 seats were put back with the balance 
out permanently. Golden is co-rex^iver for the Royale and leased It for 
21 months. Shuberts 'who formerly oWned the theatre protested in court 
but the complaint was dismissed. 



More than 3,000 were turned away 
from a night performance of the 
Barnum. & Bailey show In Pitts 
burgh. A G. A. R parade had 
brought 40,000 visitors to'town and 
they stayed over for the circus. 



Helena Modjeska made her Amer- 
ican reappearance in Boston after! There is a reason why Helen Broderick's laugh score In -Vanities' is 
?. -*^''®!_^?f5!;_^*" „ 1 not that expected. She was originally asslghed to say lines which she 

thought 'too raw. Miss Broderick consulted Equity and was advised to 
refuse the rough dialog, 

The actress thereupon advised Earl Carroll that the lines were out so 
far as she was concerned. She indicated that i.t 'was hia move to com- 
plain to Equity but he did not. The objectionable linea were deleted 
from the skits. The current editiorii of 'Vanities' is rated cleaner than 
usual 

Miss. Broderick was all set to double from 'Vanities' to the Flelschmann 
program on NBC when Earl Carroll refused permission for the radio side 
work, 

Carroi asked for a share of Miss Broderick's radio earnings. When 



Barrymore was her leading man. 
'Clipper* commented he did hot | 
know his- lines. 

'Les Contes Hoffman' ('Tales of I 
Hoffman') given its first American 
presentation in San Francisco. At 
the Tivoli, for many years the home | 
of lighl: musicals. 



'Clipper' crackea 'It long ago I 
ceased to be expected in reason that ^, . , 

British critics would treat American comedienne refused to split, the whole deal was cold, 
artists fairly.' The 'Times' had] 



called Eben Plympton, an able lead- 
ing man, 'ill-bred, unkempt and un- 
gainly.' 



So much interest was sliown In 
the forthcoming appearance of Lily 
Larigtry that Henry E. Abbey an- 
nounced tickets to the premier 
would be sold at auction. 



Metro is insided as having money in two legit plays thus far this 
season, both of them plays which opened in New York during the past 
week. Plays are Arthur Hopkins' 'Rendezvous' and Crosby Gaige's 
Loved You Wednesday,' 

Critics, oh reviewing both plays, pointed out that both would make 
better pictures than plays. 



Three different advertisements in 
a slni^ie issue, called for playejrs for 
'Uncle Tom's Cabin* companies. All 
three also wanted a donkey for 
Marks and trained bloodhounds. 
'Hounds' were mostly mastiffs or 
Great Danes, 



A benefit recently held at the Casino theatre, New York, on behalf of 
the Actors Dinner Club netted $4,000 which virtually took car© of the 
deficit. ' • . 

Club is spotted in the basement of Loew's State on the site of a for 
mer cafeteria. Number of free, meals is not announced but the policy 
of diners not knowing who pay and who do not, appears to bo working 
out excellently^ 



. J. K. Emmett in 'Fritz Among the 
Gypsies' played. St. Louis two weeks 
to $17,393. Top money for the town. 



'Best Years' started on tour . Monday despite Its weak showing on 
Broadway (Bijou). Route calls for its playing some of the Guild, Er 
langer and Shubert subscription bookings. 

From. some quartera.it ^S claimed the Droducers figure 'Years' okay 
out of town, especially ahea(^ of 'Another Language,' there being a slmi 



(Continued from page 28) 
ent guest Invitations to fill the house. Oct. 20 la the opening date. 
Theatre seats 400, 



A year ago Universal bought .the picture rights to tha Robinson* 
Linsley stage play, 'Oh Promise Me,' at a reported price of $36^000. For 
several months various writers did adaptations and dialog, but studio 
tamed thumba down on all and finally decided the play waa not acreeii 
material. 

Title haa now been given to the next Mix picture. 



For the first time In New York theatrea on the west aide of town aie 
edging into the territory near Broadway, 

The Chaloner, on Ninth avenue, haa a flock of sandwich men patrolling 
Eighth avenue In zones controlled by the Consolidated circuits Chaloner 
is ballyhoolng its dime admission and pointing out the saving realized In 
walking just another block west. 



Following the preview of his latest picture, 'Trouble in Paradise,' Ernst, 
Lubitsch told friends that he deserved no credit for the performance of 
Herbert Marshall, from legit, who drew a rave from everyone present, 
Lubitsch said that, Marshall 'was the one actpr In his experience who 
did not need direction. Nine times out of 10 direction would probably 
spoil Marshall's work, stated Lubitsch. 



Drunk party scene in the stage version of 'Cavalcade' has been deleted 
from the picture script by Fox. 

This Sequence roused the ire of many groups in England, the head- 
master of Eton making a strong protest because the boys in It were 
suppoaedly , from that achool. 



A total of 16,000 feet has. been shot on the bull fight sequence alone 
in , 'Kid from Spain,* one of the two sequences In which Sidney Franklin, 
Brooklyn's bull fighter, appears. Picture is nearlng completltlon on the 
Coast. ' . 
Sa far Goldwyn la $66',000 over his budget on the bull fight stuff. 



Warners has purchased the 'Saturday Evening Post' article, 'Theft of 
Mona Lisa,' which ran last July dealing with the theft of that painting 
from the Louvre in 1919, and is having Sidney Sullivan make a screen 
treatment thereof. Unusual for an article to. be purchased for . that 
purpose. Radio owns 'Theft of Mona Lisa,' a completed German filmv 
on the same subject. 



Fox, like other studios. Is in the market for writers and imports ai 
number of 'novelties, magazine scribes and others from the east yearly. 

Writing publicity at the Fox studio la Robert Burkhtirdt, who with hia 
wife has authored 17 published novels In the past eight years. 



Mike Simmons has written, a script for a giveaway commercial short 
to be distributed by a motor compiany. 

Reel will star Jack Pearl and will be directed by Joseph ' Santley. It 
will be produced at the Eastern Service Studios. 



George K. Spoor, pioneer producer of Essanay faitie^ hiis been a heavy 
loser in the depressed real estate market of Chicago 'where he resides. . 
Spoor owned a number of north side apartment buildings and hotels. 



larity in plots. Show was produced by Elizabeth Miele and tbe Shuberts, 
the receivership end being interested. 



'Black Sheep' opened last Thursdiay (13) at the Morosco, New York, 
and was taken off Saturday, It waa written and presented by Elmer Rice 
whose 'Counsellor-at-Law' was a comedy smash last season. Latter show 
and 'Left Bank,' which was mildly successful, 'were Rice's first shows as a 
manager-author, / 

'Sheep' was. given a critical drubbing, the reviewers guessing that the 
play had been in the bottom of Rice's trunk. 



Chicago Women's Club theatre presented a very creditable $1.10 pro- 
duction of 'Pinafore' which ran two weeks. 

LiUiah Glttsser Hopper, present wife of IJeWolf Hopper, played the lead. 
Other professionals in the cast were Raymond Koch, Edwin Kemp and 
.\1 Brj'alnt. H. C. Howard staged. 



George Bernard Shaw was the battery boy and Samuel InauU the 
operator when the first telephone waa installed in London BO years or 
more ago. 



L EC IT I MATE 



VARIETV 



onMr 
ib Receivers' Shonfs Go Into Red 




1^ 



*lU receivers of the flhHbert Tine- 
Corporation have been, able to 
rtiow no progreflB toward the r«- 
Jftbllitatlon ot the buplneas in the 
Snit «lx weekit of the. season. In 
tect the recelvershlR to so much 
l^er In the red, it Is .esUmated by 
oeople familiar with the situation, 
Sat if liquidation were ordered, the 
Sredltors would get approximately 
Mie cent on the dollar. .That takes 
•to holders of the '6% gold deben^ 
tures> totaling |9,4W,000. 
^ jjast spring when the receivers 
ihte&ed pertriisslon to continue 
iperaUiijt until Decembier; the esti- 
mated worth' of., creditors' cla:ims 
wifl foilr cients.on the dollar." 

• Tli* receivers stated '.at J£he time 
that the only way the ftnancial 'con-. 
ditibii of the business could be Ini- 
troVed was in the production of 
successes,' it being •obylous that 
ther^ would be ho rise' 'in'"reaUy 
vahjes in the immediate future. To 
date they have" been iihable to' pro- 
drici^.^tt hil and most of the' realty 
had ' 'b^'n ' " abandoned becJause it 
nieant further expenditure in fixed 
charges.- ■ , ,■ 

' ' ." Liquidation Looms . , . 

. Virtual admission that., the Shu- 
bert receivership stood in danger of 
liquidation came in a rieport. filed, in 
court last week. Publication in the 
dallies caused consternation in the 
Shubert offices. ' It was stated, how- 
ever, no formal receivers* i!€ii)drt had 
beeii filed, but that a* memorandum 
bad been , attached to a report on a 
realty transaction, handled by Alfred 
McCbrmacIc of the legal firm of 
Cravath, De" Gersdorflf, Swalne & 
Wood, attorneys for the co-receiv- 
.cra, Lee Shubert and the Irving 
.TruBt Company. The report in- 
cluded the cqniment: " 

• 'The Immediate outlook fOr the 
b'Udihess is very uncertain. It is en- 
'tirely dependent upon th'e produc- 
tion of substantial income from at- 
tractions and a substantial increase 
of revenues frOm theatre operation^ 
It no theatre income . . . is realized 
and the attractions Just break even; 
the above schedules show that . the 
receivers 'may be forced to borrow 
an additional $113,000 if they are 
to continue the business until the 
end of December.' 

Showdown Dec. '2 

It is understood that the receivers 
seek to continue the business until 
the first of the year with the 
court's permission. Period ' set by 
Judge Francis C. GafCey Is Dec. 2, at 
Which time the court may order the 
assets, of the corporation "to be put 
under the hammer. 

It was pointed out that receivers 
certificates totaling $260,000 have 
been sold. The Issue named by the 
court was $300,0.00 and an added 
$100,000 in certificates is possible. 
About $176,000 from certlRcatps was 
to be devoted to producing shows, 
the balance to be set aside for re- 
ceivers and counsel feea and other 
expendituics. It appears that the 
money so raised has been expended, 
with the exception of $30,000, the 
cash on balance on Sept. 30. 

The Identity of purchasers of the 
receivers certificates has been 
kept under cover. An' un-named 
corporation was designated and It 
is believed the Shuberts are inter- 
. fated. The certificates are a first 
claim against the estate and In the 
event of liquidation would be sat- 
isfied before the creditors would 
share in whatever money the assets 
would net, 

Shows Have Deficit " 
Whatever profit the receivers can 
show Is n'ostly coming from theatre 
operation — attractions of other 
nianagers playing In Shubert thea- 
tres. None of the shows under re- 
ceivership direction has made 
jnoney and all are reported to be 
In the red. 

There appears to be compara- 
tively llctle remaining valuable 
realty in the hands of the receivers, 
*s compai'ed to the vaunted vast 
string ot theatres claimed several 
years ago. Many theatres have been 
turned back to holders of the mort- 
gages. Nine of 14 leased houses In 
Now York have been dumped onto 
the owners and 10 out of 12 out of 
town houses have been dropped 
through disafflrmation of lea.scs. It 
claimed that by such realty ope- 
rations annual carrying charges 
totaling $875,000 have been avoided. 

Action by:the Independent Bond- 
holders Committee for a re-audit 
^nu investigation of tjie Shuberts 
S"ncp incorporation, Is still p.endlng. 
'-narks Ij.. Hughes, Jr. appointed afl 



A Cop Copf 



liOB Angeles, Oct. It. 

Uarco B. "Sheffield, the de- 
tective In the colored, stage 
production of 'Harlem,' drew 
raves from all reviewers. It is 
his first stage appearance. 

For the past 16 years' Shet- 
fleld has been a member of 
the local police department! five 
years of ■which, he spent in 
charge of the squad, co-verlng 
the city's colored bell. He re- 
cently resigned to become an 
"^ctor. 



I 



iMAGOO' CAST 



Aftor Colbert, Traey, Osterman. 
! Chick Chandler, Vaude, Picked 



Sakaaggi Out 
On 0|i«ra in Chicago^ 
Songbirds Stranded 



Chicago, . Oct. 17. 

Alfredo Salmaggi, promoter of the 
Studebaker Grand Opera Co., 
scrammed today, leaving the troupe 
of songbirds stranded. 

Information Is that the advance 
sale for the season that was to have 
opened tomorrow (Tues.) amounted 
to only $500. 

Salmaggi got hilmself a bankroll 
during the summer through the 
successful promotion of al fresco 
opera, but, according to report, went 
on the road in. the interim aiid 
dropped most of the coin. 

Johnny .Bernei'o, representative 
of the Chapin estate, got a note to- 
day from' Salmaggi brusquely an- 
nouncing ' that feverything was off 
until, after election. 



' Leads fOr 'The Great Magoo.' tlu 
]^en Hecht-Gene Fowler comedy 
shortly to start rehearsals, have 
not been definitely chosen but Billy- 
Rose is' negotiating with Clstudette 
Colbert, liee Tracy, Jack Osterman 
and Chick Chandler. Chandler is 
from vaudeville and. has been or- 
dered to report for rehearsal, next 
week. It's his first show. 

Miss Colbert and Tracy are On 
the coast, the script having been 
forwarded to the former. Casting 
Is expected to .be completed this 
week. 



fwo-a-Day White's Casino Policy, 
Richman Permaiient M. C; Girl Line 




LEQT BOOKING 



Aerial Olive Branch 

■ -■/■' ■ 



BASIL RATHBONE WANTS 
THE CAPTIVE' FOR ENG. 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Arthur iHornblow, jr., who adap- 
ted the French play, received word 
from Basil I^thbone in England 
that he had cleared with the cen- 
sors ■ there to produce Edouard 
Bourdet's 'The Captive' in English. 

Rathbohe Inquired for the British 
rights to the play. 



ROBE DUENNAS REDUCED 



Wardrobe Women's Union 
to ^ Pay Cut 



Aoree-s 



A wage cut was accepted by 
wardrobe mistresses last week after 
a session with the Theatre League 
which acted for the managers. Mis- 
tresses are now scaled at $46 and 
assistants at $40, each being re- 
duced $5 weekly. 

Mistresses have a union known as 
the Theatrical "Wardrobe Attend- 
ants No. 16,770. "Wage cut effec- 
tive from Oct. 10. 



The National Broadcasting Co. 
has. taken a definite .position in the 
'.natter of ' advertising its initial 
legit attraction, 'Tompkins Corners,'.' 
which Is playing the sticks. Consid- 
erably, lees money is being devoted 
ro publicHy than is usual for , a 
touring aUractlon, tlie air firm con-, 
tending that Its broadcasts concern- 
;hg the j-ural comedy are reaching 
many more people than ads In .the 
iaiUes. 

; NBC also rated Itself being en- 
titled to a break in sharing the ad- 
vertising expenditure stating the 
standing of the corporation rather 
■than the .show itself called for bet- 
ter terms. Theatre managers think 
otherwisel Discussions with bookers 
over that matter and cither booking 
contract clauses are accredited to 
meticulous attorneys in the NBC 
office an-.l their unfamiliarity with 
show business, 

'Cornersi' bookings arranged by 
its own office have added about $300 
weekly to the operating cost because 
rf too long railroad jumps. Con- 
tracts entered Into for such stands 
call for the show getting $300 to 
$500 less than usual because the 
percentage to the houses was more 
■ ban usua:. 

These mistakes were not repeated 
when booking was turned over to 
booking specialists but NBC is still 
asking questions about show busi- 
ness. 



CRACE MOORE DITCHES 
MET TO DO DU BARRY' 



Erskin Back From Coast 
For Legit Prod. Again 

Chester Erskin Is back in New 
York from the Coast, with three 
legit propositions open. 

Several retakes on Erskin's first 
picture job, the Al Jolson-UA film, 
are yet to be made, but Erskin wa.s 
given permission to come on to New 
York, the retakes to be handled by 
.studio staff. 



FELIX COLLAPSES 

Ah 18-iiour stretch daily as dance 
stag;er of 'Forward March' caused 
the collapse at one of last week's 
rehearsals at the. Selwyn, New 
York, of Seymour Felix. 

He was out for two. days. 



'Lizzie' in Spice Series 

. San Francisco, Oct. 17. 
Allen King on Oct. 26 opens 'Ly.s- 
istrata' at his. downtown Moulin 
Rouge,. Oakland. Has been dark 
several weeks following okay run 
Of 'Married Virgin' and shorter stay 
of 'Flat Tire.' 



counsel to hear arguments upon 
which he will base his report to the 
court, has not yet called on the in- 
die committee coun.sel to state its 
case. Latter not concerned with 
the pre.scnt condition of the cor- 
poration, lookiDK olherwl;?e for. 
remedy If Its conlenllon is upheld. 



Grace Moore has. been engaged 
to play title lead in 'The Du Barry' 
operetta which Mrs. Joe -Leblahg 
has announced for the Cohan next 
month. It was reported before that" 
the song-bird had signed for the 
role but . that ; was denied at the 
time, it being explained that she 
Wiis . under contract to the Metro- 
politan. 

In 'signing for 'Du Barry' Miss 
Moore sets aside two contracts, one 
for the Met and another call Ing for 
20 concerts. It was with the con 
sent of Gattl-Cazzazza, operatl 
impresario, that the show engage- 
ment was made possible. Miss 
Moore rates highly as an operatic 
lyric soprano, and she has agreed 
to . rejoin the Met after the sho^ 
(jngagehiertt. 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 17. 

Page Congressman SlrOvIch. 

Last week .when- John How- 
ard. Lawson's 'Pure in Heart' 
opened at the Nixon, it was 
panned severely, among others, 
by: Georgie Seibel of the 'Sun- 
Telegraph.' 

The day after Seibei's review 
appeared, the critic' .nsked ! 
Lawsort' to be his;' guest on . a 
weekly air period over \VCAE. 
Lawson readily accepted, and 
even went so far as to . .«!ay 
some nice things about Sei- 
bel during the interview. 



Paging Audience for 
Wynn's Broadcast and 
Proceeds to Charity 



. Pittsburgh, Oct. 17. 
Starting with his engagement 
here at the Nixon next week in 'The 
Laugh Parade,' Ed Wynn will get 
a special wire for his weekly Texaco 
broadcast Tuesday night. At the 
'dame time, he's ' trying a new 
wrinkle here and .if it's successful. 
It will be carried out in other cities 
on tour. , 

It seems "Wynn works best w>th an 
audience, and WCAE doesn't have 
the facilities to give the com'edlan 
that. Inasmuch as his Tuesday 
night performance in each city is 
called off because qt the broadcast, 
the theatre Is available and "Wynn 
will go out over the air from the 
stage, with a paying audience and 
all the proceeds going to charity. 

No admission scale has been set 
yet, but the theatre's boxofflce force 
will distribute the tickets and the 
charity will be designated in each 
city by a committee selected for that 
purpose. 



• Geoi'ge '^^'hile will run .i vaude- 
ville revue at t\vo-ac<lay, IZ top and 
c^iarige the bill about every four 
\yceks when be moves into the Ca- 
sjlho (formerly . the Earl Carroll) ' 
next nibnth. He has arranged to 
take oyer the theatre from the 
banker-operators, 

Harry ; RiChman will m.c. the 
White rievucs on a. permanent basis, 
remaining as a regular attraction 
with the other acts booked and 
changed around him. White Is un- 
derstood to haver gained ^Equity's 
permission to give 14 performances 
a week, Including a pair on Sun-', 
days, with the show falling under 
vaudeville classiflcitlori.-: 

Specialty Show Type 
The bills will run in vaudeville 
fashion, with bits spotted between 
tjie specialties. Latter will 
riiostly revived blackouts; etc., from 
past 'Scandals.' A line of girls will 
run through thie shows with ' the 
acts. 

! "White intends to retain thie Ca- 
sino if he produces another 'Scan- 
dals' later on. 

,.^Show Boat' leaves the Casino 
Saturday (22) at which time the 
revival Will have con>pleted 23 weeks 
on Broadway. First stand out Jb' , 
l^oston, where iwp weeks are 
booked. A concession , wals niade In 
the number Q;f stage hands the show 
is to use, that .matter holding up 
final' rdad plans of 'Boat' for a time. 
TUnderstood about nine men leea 
than originally scheduled tvUI be 
Ijack stage. 

• Charles Wlnnlger left the 'Show 
Boat* cast Saturday, 'W;iIIIam Keiit 
going in. Aunt Jemima also oat, 
being replaced by A ngeline Lawson, 
colored warbler who subbed for E4g 
Tess several times.. > 



CHAS. DAZEY'S NEW ONE 
DEBUTS IN HOME TOWN 



Charles T, Dazey, veteran play- 
wright, recently . pi^sented a - new 
play, 'A Threefold Race,' In his 
home town, Quincy, Illinois, where 
he Is now living. It was a civic 
holiday 'ja.nd a packed house greeted 
the oldtimer who wrote 'In Old 
Kentucky/ and other plays of the 
old 10-20-30 days.' 

Mr. Dazey responded to cries of 
'author' with a curtain speech. 



-Singapore' Withdrawn 

'Singapore,' a drama presented 
by John Henry Mears, was with- 
drawn at Jackson Heights Satu.r- 
day (IB), after trying out for two 
weeks. Show expected to reopen 
aft^r script changes. It was slated 
for the Fulton. 

Play was ' authored by Harold 
Wolf, stage manager of 'Of Thee 
I Sing.' Robert Keith will do the 
rewriting. 



Laughton to England 

• Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Upon ccmpletion of 'Island of Lost 
Souls' a- Paramount, Charles 
Laughton goes to England to ap- 
pear in a play for Gilbert Miller. 

Actor is expected back here in 
July to complete his Par contract 
which calls for three more pictures. 



EQUITY STOPS 'BBAWL' 

'The Brawl,' a melodrama which 
rehearsed .several, days at the Times 
Square, was stopped by Equity last 
week for failure to file a bond 
guaranteeing salaries. 

Leonard Doyle proposifd to pre- 
.sent the play. ' Mack HilJard wan 
associated with him. 



Shuberts Want 'Music' 
For Touring Version 

Shuberts are angling for the road 
rights of 'Face the Music' presented 
by Sam H. Harris and Irving Berlin 
last season at the New Anisterdam, 
New York. . Original producers ide- 
clded against touring the heavy 
show. Shubert i'literest Is in pur- 
chasing the score and not the pro- 
duction, plan being to adapt it to 
a revue to be operated at moderate 
cost. 

'Music' was. hailed as the. best re- 
vue in a decade. It ran about five 
months but failed to iearn more than 
half Its 'production cOst whlph ap- 
proximated $180,000. 



Columbus iSans Legit 

Colombu.s, Oct. 17. 

Legitlees Columbus Is again a 
thing to be contendeid with. Great 
Lakes Theatres couldn't get over 
the hurdle of low grosses and a 
battle, with the local musicians' 
union so it's all off and the Hart- 
man is to go films for the first 
time In Its hl.story. .All booklng.s 
have been cancelled. 

Great Lakes Theatres has a 20- 
year, lease on the. house, but wheth- 
er the town can stand or. support 
another major film, house remains 
to be .seen. 



nlH COS. PROMPT WITH 
BDS FOR STAGE PUYS 



Picture companies have starteil 
early on their legit play purchases 
this season two plays ' having been 
purchased or put at option durins 
the past few weeks, and several 
other sales ^re oh the fire. Sold 
thiis far 'are 'Another Language' to 
llletro, and 'Lilly Turner' to Warned 
Brothers.- 

Several picture conipanles haytf 
made tentative . offers to Herman 
Shumlln for 'Clear All Wires,' his 
current play, with nothing set as 
yet. Hot on the play's . trails are. 
Columbia ahd Metro, with a bid 
Ih also from Universal. 
■ Paramount was the first company 
to get after Guthrie McClIntlc's pro- 
duction, 'The Case of the-Frlght-t 
ened Lady,' an Edgar Wallacel 
thriller produced Monday night (10) 
under the name of 'Criminal at 
Large.' A" British film of this play 
was made with some difflcultles 
^desible on that account, but Par 
would like to do It over. Print of 
(jhe British film has been .sent foe 
for Inspection. 



No Helen Hayes Legit, 
Tho Metro's Willing 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
; Helen Hayes does not intend re- 
turning to legit this fall or winter. 
: Under her film contract at Metro 
t^he is permitted a 50-50 split ot 
ijier time between pictures and the 
iitage, but she does not figure on 
taking advantage of it this season. 
. Starting 'Spn-Daughter' this week, 
ijreserit plans . are for her to Im;ne« 
dlately follow this with 'White Stou- 
ter,' which will probably take her 
way past the New Year. 



Fletcher's Long Jump 

San Francl.sco, Oct. 17. 
Eramwell Fletcher bowed out of 
'As Hu.shands Go' at Duffy's Alc.i- 
zar last work, .s<ramming for New 
York. 

Therf \\ill f.'o into thf iinlilled 
John . BahlcTfii.c.n piocc. Honald 
TclfcT "ut'efds KJji-ltlier Jn 'Hus- 
bands,' . ., 



lA VEBNE'S LEGIT OFFER 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Lucille La 'Verne is wanted for 
the Ben Hecht-Gene Fowler play, 
'The Great Magoo,' in New Yorlc 
Salary Is being Ironed out. 

Actress is now working in Par's 
'Wild Horse Mesa.' 



Morse East on 'Incubator* 

HolIywo(/d, Oct. H, 
Brewster Morse is hrnded for 
New York to doctor and direct 'In- 
cubator,' the Edi.son hnd Burton 
.•Jhow, announced for ilie Iloyal, 

'While here, Moi'se W)«.te an orig- 
inal, 'Itonr oC llic Juii;;)*' ' acd coto- 
plet'.d an adaptation for 
j King. 



42 



VARIETY 



EC IT! MAT E 



Tuesdayv October 18, 1932 



Plays on Broadway 



CRIMINAL AT LARGE 

Melodrama In three octs, presented at 
t1ie Bclasco, Oct, 10, by Quthrle McLlntIc; 
ntaged by the latter; written by Kdgar 
Wallace. ■ 

Mcasanser .....James Vlnoont 

aorgoant Ii'erraby,,.,,,..Ceo(rroy Wftrdwcll 
Sorifoont Totty.......,...Wnltor Klngaford 

Inspector Tanner. .William Harrlgan 

W»rd Wllmot,.., .Neville Percy 

BrlggB. . • . . .Perry Norman 

Iionl Lebanon.. .....Bmlyn William; 

Kelver. David plosatord 

Qllder, Robert MiddlemagS 

Broolts • . • • .Scott Mporo 

Lady I-ebanon .Alejtandra CarllHle 

RawUune St, Clair, Bayfield 

, , , .Kotherlne Wilson 

, Flrat mvstery drama of the iseaaon 
came from the pen of the. late Edgar 
Wallace, Its presentation l8 grade 
A and it is a real thriller and 
ahouid attract fairly profltable at- 
tendance. , , 
• British mystoo' plays have never 
scored here as they may have In 
London, but 'Criminal at Large' Is 
the best of the type to be imported.. 
It was shown over there under the 
title of 'The Cast! of the Frlshtened 
lAdy' and was succeasf ul. Most 
other Wallace thriller novels which 
Bngland saw v/ere not attempted 
here. Nearest to a Broadway hit 
by him was 'On the Spot,' which 
scored much better abroad. . 

Guthrie McCUntic has high rating 
as a dli-ecto", but he was not for- 
tunate with cither of last season's 
trys at the Belasco, leased by litm 
and hltiwlfe, Katherine. Cornell, His 
atasine ot 'Ciimlnal' is excellent, 
..isiave for the. flrot act. Show opened, 
cold b?c4i|;9e of the rather massive 
second act setting and after - the 
lirethlere son'ie ot* the tiresome xalk 
it the start waS' proba.bly clipped. 
■ Story, llkft others from Wallace, 
ooncentfr Scotland Yard, the initial 
«!ene In Chief Inspector Tanner's 
qffloe^ng prdilminary to the so- 
lution ot a murder on the' lawn of 
Sffti'k's Priory, country seat of the 
deceaiacd Lord Lebanon. Title is 
liow possessed by bis son, WilUam, 
called Willie by his pcitriclah moth- 
despite the fact he had been 
T^ltb.the British army. 

A program rote requests the solu- 
tion of j;he mystery — the strangling 
of "the Eebanons""chaufteur, found 
with a red cloth of Indian make 
around his n^ck-^be withheld by 
<;rjtlcB anth othe.r playgoers. Au- 
tbdrs of mystery plays seem to 
screen the culprit with ease, biit in 
this case the criminal , at large is 
more cunningly . conceived. 

Toiing Lord Lebanon promises to 
be of considerable aid to the in- 
spector and his two aides, Sergeant 
Totty (wiio supplies the slight com- 
edy relief) and Sergeant Fermby, 
who is attracted by Isla, a cousin, 
Who is to wed Willie by arrange- 
ment with Lady Lebanon, But -a 
doctor, who had been around the 
Priory for years and who Is under 
suisptclon, suddenly is announced as 
a second victim ot the atrangler. 
. That sends th§ Inspector and his 
men to the Priory. In a rush. Proud 
I«ady. Lebanon, intent on continuing 
the family that, goes back a thou- 
t^nd years,., is among those under 
suspicion of Scotland Yard* That 
takes in others, Including husky 
footmen, Americans. It isn't deitec- 
tlve work that effects the solution, 
strangely enougli, but it is a strange 
story. 

■.Several very good actors, both 
Ameycan and English, are con- 
cerne'd. Alexandra Carlisle Is n fine 
cliolce as Lady Lebanon. Katherine 
Wilson, the young lady frightened, 
and for plenty cause, let out one 
of the mojt creepy . shrieks ever 
heard. William Harrlgan has. the 
best chande since 'Tiiree Foces 
East' " &s the inspector. Emlyn 
WUllanns, of the imported contin' 
gent. Is excellent as Willie, which 
role he- played also in the London 
production. 

- Mystery plays have been a sort 
of drug on -Broadway iri recent sea- 
sons, but this one ia supei-Jo -. 

/bee. 

MEN MUST FIGHT 

-Broma In three act.s prcBcntod at tlie 
Lyceum Oct. 14 by Jbscpli P. lllcltcrlon, 
Jr.; -wrltleh by neiclhald Lawrence and S. 
K. Lauren; staged by Arthur SIrcom, 

Jose .Kdgar Harrier 

Albert .■.•i.,......i.......J.. Malcom Dunn 

Mrs, Chase. i .Laura Trsadwoll 

Pteggy Chase ...Erin O'Brlon-Moore 

Uadame. Seward .Vlma Krugcr 

Robert Howard Douglass Montgomery 

Laura Seward.... ....Jnnet Beecher 

liM.irln fleward Gilbert Emery 

Lieut, Stephen Chase.... ..Kent Smith 

Evelyn Clyde .Lauralee Skinner 

olebert Percy Moore 

Lost week's half dozen new shows 
were forecast as promising prior to 
premiere, but the result was dls- 
appolntlng. '»4en Must Fight' was 
the last on the card, but like most 
of the othors, it did not measure up. 
Chances not bright for this protest 
against war. 

Joseph P. Blckerton. Jr., the at- 
torney who has been associated 
with show business most of . his 
career, steps forward as the mana- 
ger. Heretofore be has been a silent 
partner in a number of produotionis 
and among them was lost' season's 
'Counsellor nt Law' which is still 
here. Aside from his legal practice 
he is also the arbiter in the dls- 
positiojri of picture rlght.s for plays, 
•MMlnted by the Author's League 



because of his familiarity witli 
Broadway. He was 'in' on the re- 
cent 'Lilly Turner.' 

'Men Must Fight' seemed a rathe: 
long, serious evening with rather 
small excitement. Topic permits 
but little humor and no levity. It 
is set in 1940 with America abou'. 
to squabble with a South Americar 
republic, .Scene is the Fifth avenue 
home of Edwin and Laura Seward 
the husband being Secretary o. 
State. Thoir maturing son Rober: 
Just back fromi Switzerland is c 
budding scientist,, aside from which 
he is a skilled aviator. 

War is declared and the event 
precipitates trouble within the 
Seward household for the reason 
that the .wife Is unalterably opposed 
to war so much so that she makes 
pacifist speeches. The eimbarrass- 
ment of the secretary is heightened 
when Robert declares himself 
against war and refuses to enlist 
of accei)t ■ the commission waiting 
for him. ■ The boy is engaged to wed 
Peggy Chase- whose brother is un- 
der arms and his 'posltloh is most 
unhappy. 

Lauva Seward had gone overseas 
in IQlC as. u nurse with the British 
forces. It is broue(ht out that Rob- 
ert's real father was a young Eng- 
lish flier who was shot down in his 
fli^st encounter in .the air. There 
had been no marriage, but the boy 
is not told of hia origin until rela- 
tions between his parents are 
strained. Edwin Seward loves Robr 
ert as though he were his own son, 
but blurts out the truth when the 
boy refuses the commission. 

Yet when a pai-ade passes and 
Robert peers upon the Stirring 
scene, the urge to get into a uniform 
rbuses within' him. He hastily mar- 
ries Peggy and havln? -Joined the 
flying corps is due at the field witli- 
in a couple of hours. The secretary 
is. proud, but not ha.ppy while the 
mother feels .that like her first love 
her son is, to be sacrificed. To make 
It the more emphatic, Seward, ^r. 
tells at. thousands of men in planes 
having been wiped out by poison 
gas spread through the' air by the 
enemy. 

The play brings back Janet 
Beecher to the boards. She is the 
reisolute but eventually defe&ted 
Laura, a silver-haired, courageous 
matron and a fine figure of woman- 
hood. Alma ICrugei' too, stands out 
as a duenna, the secretary's mother 
whose crisp comnients at times 
lighten the performance. Douglass 
Montgomery is Robert, a none too 
easy part well handled. Gilbert 
Emery does well as the harried 
statesman, Erin O'Brien -Moore Is 
Peggy, not a heavy assignment. J, 
Malcom Dunn Very good as a butler. 

Some of the effects, such as an 
«xclted crowd in front- of the house, 
not so good, but the airship motors 
4ulte authentic, especially the dir- 
igibles. 'Men Must Fight' is a sol- 
emn play, too much so. Ihee. 



gcther so gloomy a« that situation 
might suggest. 

The play has- a terse style of ex- 
pression that nallB attention from 
the beginning^ a dugout in France 
during the war^ which Is a sort of 
prolog, and. ends with a surprise 
curtain. This Is the shooting of a 
martinet of a lieutenant who was 
about to send one ot his men to 
3ure death for a whim. Second 
jcone of the first act finds the sol- 
dier after the war, running beer 
in a small city at home, surrounded 
!}y his ex-army buddies and operat- 
ing In defiance of the racketeering 
oyerlordr backed by the local' politi- 
cal machine, and bumping off . the 
::oldier rivals with Impuhlty. 

Enraged at the situation and be- 
bause his life h.'ings by a threa;d, 
anyway, he resolves, to make it a 
7rand finish for his own satisfac- 
tion on tlid way out and, tui:hing 
crusader, oi'dcrs his band to the 
round-up of the public enemies,' 
•first act curtain falling on their 
gleeful departure on a mlsalon so 
much to their liking— as neat an 
anticipatory a curtain as Broadway 
has seen in a long time. 

Incident follows . incident swiftly. 
Feeling after Act 1 was that they 
couldn't keep UP the pace. Act 2, 
however, biiilds ."teadily to a shoot- 
ing crescendo and a surprise finish, 
when the rangslier'a girl turns the 
gangster's own gat upon them to 
mop up the place. 

Play makes Its points with the 
utmost ecouomy/ but leaves nothing 
vital uncovered. Dialog Is a nipdel 
for point and brevity. First act 
curtain speech la a sample. Soldier 
has shot his lieutenant with com-, 
pleteness and dispatch, and turns, 
coolly, observing to the lifeless vic- 
tim, 'You asked for it, baby.' 

MaijLane plays the beer-running 
veteran and turns in a capital per- 
formance, nicely balanced between 
vigor and under-playing. He can 
afford to undprplay a little, for a 
stalwart, fingure and a sturdy bear- 
ingr give his acting force, anyway. 
OthjBr men group themselves in bits, 
nicely handled by Jackson Halliday, 
Tom Faddon and Murray Alper. 
Charles Kennedy as a deteotive has 
the best part tliat has fallen his 
way this iong time and deals ad- 
mirably by it Ruth Fallows is the 
only woman in the cast, a long 
one, numbering 28 In all. She is 
not on until along In the second act, 
and remains in the background until 
near the curtain. But the last act Is 
all hers and she makes that chapter 
count by her playing of a particu- 
larly difficult passage, a farewell to 
the hero, as she passes his cell to 
the death chair. 

Title of 'Rendezvouis' is derived 
from the farewell of the hero and 
heroine almost , at the door of the 
death chamber, pledging a reunion 
in the other world they are so soon 
to reach. Rush. 



RENDEZVOUS 

Play In three acts, by Barton MacLane, 
who also plays the lead. Presented by 
Arthur Hopkins, who also staged the piece. 
At the BroadhuvBt, Oct. 12, Scale, $3 top. 

Private BtuU... Tom Faddon 

Private Kolley. .Jackson Halliday 

Private Vincent ,,..E. J. Ballantlne 

Private Oakley Barton MacLane 

Madge Ruth Fallows 

Lieutenant Hanley.,... Jock Davis 

Sergeant 'Wilkes ...Henry Shelvey. 

Regan i.. .Murray Alper 

Detective Sulilvan. ....... .Charles Kennedy 

Judge Horioii Robert Lowe 

Madge Ruth Fallows 

Counsellor Costelto...' Henry Sherwood 

Boss Potter Doan Borup 

Arthur Hopkins starts the season 
with what has all the earmarks of 
a commercially acceptable play and 
one that is bound to be saleable to 
Hollywood. It is Barton MacLane's 
first play. 

Play is vigorous melodrama; 
weakened a little by a touch of 
literary treatment, but neyerthe- 
leas compelling. 

Story has to do with a rbuph-' 
neck World War veteran who drifts 
into beer running for excitement 
and a livins?, only to be so thorough- 
ly sickened by the political quag- 
mire in which he finds himself in- 
volved that he turns crusader, kid- 
tiapping the corrupt political boss, 
liis doubly rotten judge and the 
crooked lawyer who do the dirty 
civic work for the local thugs, de- 
termined to wlpn them out and take 
the consequences 

Carrying out of this exciting pro- 
gram makes stimulating melodrama, 
melodrama that has its roots not 
entirely in theati*ical device, but as 
well in the characterizations of the 
people who are concerned in the 
narrative. It isn't Just a gangland 
play, but rather a gangland back- 
g;round for nn energetic drama of a 
large Amoi-ict^n subject. In sub- 
stance it's a play about the crime- 
and-polltlcs alliance, framed into an 
interesting evening in the theatre. 

Romance comes into the tale a 
little late, but It provides an added 
fillip. Story gets a quick start, 
bulIdN to an aiTestlng action cli- 
max in a gencfu) gang killing as 
the second act - ciu'tain and rounds 
out well cnougli in a brief last act, 
which finds the hero in the death 
house and tlio |yf>roiup on tlie way 
to the chair, but withal Isn't alto- 



I Loved You Wedniesday 

Comedy in three acts and prolog, pre- 
sented at the ^m H: -Harris by Crosby 
Qalge, Oct^'ll; written by Molly Rtcardel 
and Wllllaih Du Bole: staged by Worthing- 
ton Miner. " 

victoria Meredith ..Frances Fuller 

Antolne. Edward La Roche 

Randall Wllliaraa -Humphrey Bogart 

Philip Fletcher...., .Henry O'Neill 

Dr. Mary Hansen.. J^na Seymour 

Tom Harry Gresham 

Freddy......; Robert Henderson 

ISddle ......Henry Bergman 

Jennltiar. Mary Alice Collins 

Eustace Henry Fonda 

Joe .Edward La Roche 

Hat Check Girl , .Anna Lubowo 

Ralph Eddie Sexton 

Gene..,.. ., Ken Harvey 

Fritz. .......... i Philip Van -Zandt 

Cynthia Williams.... /.Rose Hobart 

Wyn Terrell ...Fred Irving Lewis 

Jack..... Robert' Wallsten 

[rone Marjorle Jareckl 

Dlno Ralph SImone 

Peggy Arllna Francis 

viola Jean Brlggs 

Nichols , .Ouy Hamilton 



Crosby Oalge presents a class 
show in more ways than one with 
indications that class patronage 
will limit its engagement. A few 
more laughs would better success 
chances but the first nlghters 
passed up the first act. 

'I Loved You Wednesday' has the 
elements of a smart comedy, a thor- 
oughly modern, cosmbpolltah dis- 
play. It has youth toying with the 
triangle. This time the trio is made 
up of two women and one man, in- 
stead of two men and a woman, 
as in 'When Ladles Meet,' which 
presents the case much more 
adroitly and dramatically. 

To counter the indicated weak- 
ness the producer has supplied 
plenty of atmosphere, with some 
amusing people. Second act is the 
show and If it lands, that is the in- 
terlude to be credited. Scene is 
Joe's midtown speak, an excellent 
Betting of one of the bars, a portion 
of the entrance hall and the stairs 
leading to other dining anM sipping 
rooms. It Is a new spot, catering 
to the better trade, but Joe pre- 
ferred his old place; even with its 
rubber cheeks — a line that ^ould 
have gotten a giggle. 

Prolog Introduces the two leads, 
Vicki Meredith In Parla to absorb 
dance technique and Randall Wil- 
liams, a stiident of architecture. 
They liave been sweethearts for a 
year and now the abrupt parting, 
Ran'a wife of two years wiring her 
arrival. Cynthia Williams la wealthy 
and she is financing Ran's studies, 

Several years elapse, scene being 
Vlcki's apartment In the east fifties, 
Manhattan. She has risen to fame 
and is about to end her season with 
a trip abroad. Philip Flet^ei^ 



Call Me 'Spec 



Broadway's ticket specula* 
tora don't mlhd being called 
'specs,' .A« one put It: 

'Now they call us brokers, 
and we're broke. When we • 
were 'speps' we alt had coin.' 



Sirovich Play Set for 
BVay at End of Year 

Dr. William I. Slrovlch'a play, 'Tin 
Boxes,' title subject to change, goes 
into rehearsal Nov. 7 under the new 
Bobby' Crawford-Stanley . Bharpe 
auspices, to open around Deo, 12 In 
Washington and come Into, New 
York after the flr»t of the year. 
Crane WHbur and Lollta 'Lane are 
already set and a T>fg picture name 
Is also under, negotfatldm. 

GUstav Blum, quondam Broadway 
legit producer on his own, is stag- 
ing the piece for Crawford-Sharpe. 
Bluni 119 a close frlenijl of the author 
who is otherwise identified as the 
Congressman-playwright who scored 
the - New York drantatlc critics In 
Congressional Inve.sltlgation last 
year. 



McLaughlin Will Tour 
'Reclaimed'; Buys Piece 

Cleveland, Oct, 17. 
After being revised and cast with 
new i)rincipals, 'Man Who Reclaimed 
His Heeul,' which ran only four 
weeks or so on Broadway, will be 
sent put on a pop-priced road tour 
opening Oct. 23 at Robert Mc- 
Lfiughlln's atock Ohio In Cleveland. 

McLaughlin and Sam Manheim 
are reported to have bought an In- 
terest In play. 

Jacob Ben- Ami's taking; lead 
Claude Rains' created. Rest of road 
production Includes Emll Lowry, 
Paul Wilson, AUen Nourse, Jeanette 
Rathburn, Herbert Rudley, Hester 
Holmes, Joan Harmon, Alexander 
Cross. 

Jean Bart, authoress of piece. Is 
coming 'here to supervise rehearsals. 
Ben Atwlll to p.a. it Original re- 
volving stage and production . being 
shipped here. After Its tour ' Mc- 
Laughlin is plotting to use revolving 
stage In a rewritten revival of his 
'Pearl of Qreat Prices.' 



Intermission' Closed 

At Equitsr's Direction 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Equity has brought back to Hol- 
lywood niembera of the cast of 'In- 
termission,' produced , by Harold 
Berg at Erianger's Columbia, San 
Francisco, Sept. 26. ' 

Show, by Irving Kaye Davis, was 
ordered closed by the actor's asso- 
ciation Oct. 7, after cast salaries 
and carfare back to the base here 
had eaten up the bond. Two per- 
formances, however, were given Oct. 
8, presumably to raise money for 
the extras. 

Unless there Is a signed state- 
ment by principals of their willing- 
ness to forego salary for the last 
two performances, Berg Will have to 
settle with Equity to remain In good 
standing with the organization* - 



broker who has been etesiduously 
paying attention, suggests a trip to 
Java where he has a rice planta- 
tion, without mentioning marriage. 
Idea is alluring, but Williams wan- 
ders into Vicki's life again. He has 
made a neat bit of money and his 
marriage with Cynthia is washed 
up, so he thinks. 

Wllliaraa re-entry Into the girl's 
affections Is frowned upon by Mary 
Hansen, woman osteopath and com- 
panion to Vlckl. Her dry remarks 
nearly always tinged with satire 
are a factor in eventually awaken- 
ing Vickl to the folly of scooting for 
Paris with the old flame. Cynthia's 
finesse in presumably aiding the 
quick getaway by having the butler 
pack Ran's bags and delivering 
them at Vlcki's apartment works to 
the same piurpoae. Vloki comes 
upon Cynthia's picture on top of the 
Ihings in one bag. Realization 
sends her back to Joe's and the man 
with the Javanese idea Instead of 
the ° Chelsea docka. When WUllama 
emerges froin shaving, he finds 
Cynthia and doesn't seem disap- 
pointed. Thia wlfei does not take 
her huaband'a affaira seriously and 
she likea to have him around when 
entertaining, Ran being quite dec- 
orative. 

Francea Fuller and Humphrey 
Bogart are the Vlckl and Williams 
of the play. There Isn't much flre 
in their lova making, f And It t 
loved you Wednesday, well, what la 
that to you?' 

'I do not love you Thursday— so 
much la true,' la tb» keynote of the 
play. The lines are from Udna 
.(Contlnuel on iMtee 4S^^ 



Coa^ Stage Sports 
With Three Openings 
"And Fire Readying 

LoB Angeles, Oct. 17, 
Coast legit activities are picking 
up with three ahows opening Oct 
28, In Oakland and San Francisco 
and flye being assembled here. 

At Oakland, 'Lysistrata' will bow 
In at the Moulin Rouge, produced 
by Sid Qoldtree and Allen King 
Same Day, Wilbur Cushman opens 
hla mualcal stopk at the Century 
therei. 

New . production firm of Charles 
Bi^cke aitd William MieCurdy will 
preaant Bonn Levy's 'Mra. Uoon» 
light' at the Curran, S. F., starrlnr 
Margaret Fielding, who waa brought 
from New York for' the play. 

Morris J, Herbert, John Moss and 
Arthur CoUina have 'The Cherries 
Are Ripe, which Vllma Banky and 
Rod LaI{ocaue did in the east two 
years ago. . . 

New xeyua rehearsing -, at .the 
Orange QroT^, here, . for an. early 
Novenaber opening la 'Ragtime,' 
staeed by Billy Grant 

Sam Holland, former picture p;a,^ 
has obtained backing for a legit 
try and la considering "Loud^ 
Please' and 'Women Like Men': H/fft- 
Hollywood Playhouse presenUUlftnt 
Edwin- Maxwell will direct. ; , 

Activity; In musicals Includes; the 
Pincus-Hajoa production of 'Merry 
Widow,' expected to go into pro- 
duction next week; and a new revud 
by. Eddie Lanibert 

Nixpn^ Pitt, Musickers 
Settle; Shows Shifted 

Pittsburgh, Oct' 17, 

. Musicians are back In the. pit at 
the Nixon after a walk-out week 
before last that threatened to de- 
prive Pittsburgh of legit attrabtions 
all season, A satisfactory agree- 
ment was reached by the unlpA 
and the theatre management, < after 
it ha4 been necessary to.cancol 
'Forward M4roh,' previously achedr 
uled to open here tonight (l7), when 
It looked like negotiatlona were at 
an Impaflse. 

House^was without a music crew 
for engagement of '^od Earth* 
when union ofBolala demanded a 
20-week guarantee and a minimum 
of. 10 men -for dramatic ehowa at 
the old wage scale. ■ House, on the 
other hand. Insisted, upon only flva 
men for stra-ight attractions, -with 
a 'no work, lip pay* policy. 

It'A understood 'that.. the new 
agreement calla for the ZO^weeli: 
guarantee and a minimum 'of 1^ 
men, but at a reduced scale, liaugh 
Parade,* also cancelled for next 
week .(24), bats been put back on 
the! slate. Although settlemeiTt 'waa 
made in time f or TOrWard March,' 
It was impossible to get It as th6 
new revue in the meantime, bad 
been booked for Philadelphia. ' , 



Morse East to Sit In 
On Two BVay Plays 

Hollywood, Oct, 17. 

Brewster Morse headed for New 
York, where he will sit-in on th'a 
reheai'sals of Incubator,' which 
Edison & Burton are producing. 
Next ho will direct his own play, 
'Behind the Screen.' another B-B 
production. 

Writer competed 'Roar of the 
Jungle,' and the adaptation on an- 
other pic for Burton King during 
his coast' stay. '1 .•' 



'Petting Parly' on W«y 

Paul Qrooli, former manager for 
Denishawh Dancers, ia taking a 
fiyer in legit production with 
'iPetting Party' by Orl Lashln who 
Is secretary td Walter LlppmanA. 
OroeU has put up Equity bond. - 

Play was originally labeled 'Cat's 
Away' and was tried out by the 
Brookfield (Conn-) Players thla 
summer. Jed Harrla, aimong other 
producers, had an option on this 
piece at one time. 



EUnBLET CAST , 

John Hundley recently returned 
from a prolonged honeymoon trip 
abroiid goes Into the new Beatrice 
LUlle piece, 'Walk a Little Faster.' 

Comedy Is sponsored by Courtney 
Burr and -will feature Clark aiid 
MoCullough. 



Negro Muaioal Proapera 

Galveston, Oct 17... 
'Heaven Bound,* Negro religious 
musical, .under direction Mrs. Paul- 
ina Daller of Kansas City, getting 
a heavy play In Texas key cities. 



TB««J«y' OttoW 18, 1932 



LECITIMATE 



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I P'way Entnes Have Chance, 2 Die; 
'SiDg Jumps to $30,000; ladies' Big 



- Last week's new Miows Included 
kmo which 9xe regarded havlner a 
chance for moderately suocessful 
Mitaeeniente, but on the whole the 
Premiere card was dleappolntlng. 
jknother two of the half dozen en- 
Wnt0 wereijulckly taken oft. 

Beat showing on Broadway last 
week was made by 'Of Thee 1 Sine' 
«ie run leader, which moved to 
terser quarters at the 46th Street 
iuld with a lower scale jumped Its 
kroos to 130,000. That topped the 
llBt Neturest musical to It was Tly- 
Ine Colors,' around $26,000; 'Vanl- 
tlM' was estimated as dropping 
Wk further to 120,000; 'Americana' 
irst full week was but fair, with a 
gross around |18,000. 

'CriminaV Looks Best 

Of last week's card 'Criminal at 
Idrge' looked best with a gross of 
pearly $10,000; 1 Loved You Wed- 
nesday' was well touted, but was 
Jet down by the first nlghtera, get- 
ilng $8,000 in - seven performances ; 
/Rendezvous' also . showing promise 
^ut of town got thumbs down from 
the critics, but an agency buy 
'Mould aid and it may make the 
grade; 'Men Must Fight' late in the 

■ week looked doubtful after mixed 
iiMices; 'Black Sheep,' at the Mo- 
roBCO and 'Peftcock,' 49th Street, 
iniened and closed. 

■ ^mer Rice, who wrote aiid pro- 
auced the former, sent word: 'In 
'deference to the verdict of the press 
and public, I have withdrawn "Black 
Sheep/ Additional withdrawals last 
Saturday Included 'The Other One' 
at the Biltmore. Only definite clos- 
ing this week is 'Show Boat,' which 
goes to the road from the Casino. 

'When lAdles Meet' remains the 
only real hit among the new shows. 
yiret full week at the Royale was 
better than estimated, the takings 
going close to $18,000. What with 
ilve closings last Saturday. Broad- 
way started with 19 attractions this 
week, but there will be 27 shows In 
sJI fey Saturday, one more than last 
week's total. 

•Due next week, 'Tell Her the 
Truth,' Cort; 'Dangerous Corner,' 
Smplre; The Anatomist,' BlJou; 
^hlB Girl Outside,' Little; 'Carry 
Watlon,' Biltmore; revival of Xlll- 
Civic Repertory (14th Street) 
lUid a: repeat of 'There's Always 
Juliet,' Rltz (not the original cast). 
Estimates for Last Week 

'Absent Father.' Vanderbllt (let 
week) <C-771-$3.30). Presented In- 
dependently (Kensalt, Inc.); writ- 
ten by Francis De Witt; opened 
Honday. • 

. Americana,' Shubert (3d week) 
<Rrl,396-$4.40). Despite attention 
drawn through newspaper contro- 
versy, business Just fair; approxl- 
tdated $18,000 first full week. 

'Another Lanouage,' Booth (26th 
week) (C-708-$3.80). Up slightly 
with the takings around $11,000; 
dearth of new comedies favorable to 
Jioldover, 

'Ballyhoo of 1032,' 44th St. (7th 
week) (R-l,325-$3.86). Has not de- 
veloped as expected; business 
around $18,000 which is about even 
break. 

'Black Sheep,' Morosco. Opened 
laet Thursday; taken off Saturday; 
panned. 

'Clear All Wires,' Times Square 
(6th week) (C-l,057-$3.30). Most 
MhowB were particularly bit last 
Thursday for no apparent reason; 
came back and claimed around $9,- 
000. 

..Criminal at Large,' Belasco (2d 
week) (D-1.000r$3.30). Appears to 
have best chancie among last week's 
«ntries; approximated $10,000; okay 
tor mystery pieco. 

'Dinner at Eight,' Music Box (1st 
week) (C-l,00O-$3.»5). Opens cold 
Saturday (22); presented by Sam H, 
Harris; written by George S. Kauf- 
man and Bdna Ferber; first dra- 
matic show at scale this season. 

"Flying Colors,' Imperial (6th 
^eek) (R.l,446-$4.40). Holding to 
Sood business; around $26,000 laet 
"Week, finishing up strong. 

'I Loved You Wednesday,' Harris 
(2d week) (C-l,051-$3.30). Drew 
mixed notices and chances not def- 
initely indicated; agency call light; 
18.000 in first B^ven times. 

Keeping Down Expenses,' Na- 
tional (1st week) (C-l,164-$3.30). 
Presented independently (D. Tiom- 
kln); written by Montague Glass 
and Dan Jarrett; opens Thursday 
(20). 

'Mademoieelle,' Playhouse' (1st 
week) (C-876-$3.30). Presented by 
William A. Brady ; adapted from the 
French of Jacques Deval by Grace 
George; opens tonight. 

'Men Must Fight,' Lyceum i2<\ 
week) (D-9B7-$3.30), Opened late 
laet week; notices mostly unfavor- 
able. 

. 'Nona,' Avon (3d week) (D-830- 
♦3.30). Second week indlcaied mod- 
erate trade; grcss around $9,000 
Bbould better even break. 

01 Man Satan,' Forrest (3d week) 
(p-l,015-$3.30). Colored drama 
«ho>vea a slight increase .at $3,500 
over first week; low cost show. 

Of The6 I Sing,' 46th .St. (43d 
Week) (M-l,413-$4.40), Moved to. 
larger quarters; nightly attendance 
capj^city; lower prices helped gross 



Light Opera Stock for 
S, Di<^; 'Pinafore' First 

San Diego, Oct. 17. 

Morris B. Streeter is organizing a 
light opera company, which will 
open at the Savoy here Oct 30, with 
'Pinafore.'. 

Principals are John Henderson, 
Bonita, Harry Stafford, Harry Weil, 
Will Struber, Clio Henderson, De- 
vonai. Doxle and. Ivan Kalbrok. Will 
Blackburn is manager. It will be 
the first time the City has had m\isl- 
cal stock in several years. 



irMBiia' Does $12,000 
h 4 Mnpb. Shows; 
AD Capacity at Met 



Minneapolis, Oct. .17. 

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne 
in 'Reunion in Vienna' did capacity 
at .every performance at the Metro.' 
polltan, grossing $12,000 for three 
nights and matinee. This was the 
initial attraction of the road show 
season and was- scaled at the mod- 
erate top of $2.75 at night and $2.20 
for the matinee. 'Counsellor at 
Law' is underlined. 

Critics heaped praise on 'The An- 
imal Kingdom' by the Bainbrldge 
stock at the Shubert, but the tak 
ings of less than $3,200 were dlsap 
pointing. 

'Razzle Dazzle' (burlesque), with 
Watson & Cohen, did around $2,500 
at the Gayety, an improvement on 
recent businesB. 



'BRIDE'S' FRISCO $9,000, 
HUSBAND' $7,500, (»0D 



San Francisco, Oct. 17. 

Two satisfactory grossers again 
constitute 'Frisco's moderate legit 
business. 'Bride Sun Shines On' 
finishing an okay first week at the 
Curran, and Pauline. Frederick 
holding up quite well in second 
Btanza of 'As Husbands Go' at 
Duffy's Alcazar. 

Although 'Husbands' was done 
with Laura Hope Crews at Erlang- 
er's Columbia early In the year Miss 
Frederick Is responsible for ^a brisk 
pace at the Henry Duffy boxoffice, 
second week getting around $7,500 
with mats fine. Incidentally, Miss 
Crews Is now at Curran In ' 'Bride.' 
Biz quite good at $9,000 for first 
week of that Belasco & Curran 
piece with one more to go. 

(Jeary still dark, while Erlanger 
has the picture 'Explorers of the 
World' not doing so forte. Light 
opera due here about Nov. 1. 



Nut of $40»000 Drops 
L. A. Opera Into Red 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 
Week of opera at the Philhar- 
monic Auditorium had the Los An- 
geles Opera associatton dipping 
lieavily Into the red. 

With a nut of around $40,000, ad- 
vance amounted to only $28,000, 
with few pasteboards sold at the 
box office once the opera got under 
way. . ■ . 



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to. $80,000, which topped Broadway. 

'Peacock,' 49th St. Opened Tuesr 
day last week: taken oiT Saturday. 

'Rendezvous,'- Broadhurst (2d 
week) (D-l,118-$3.30), Opened mld- 
.dle of last week;, notices disappoint- 
ing but agencies made SOO-seat buy 
on strength of try-out showing; has 
chance. 

'Success Story,' Elliot (4th week) 
(CD-924-$2.75). Extra space in tabs 
reflected in goodly cut rate sales; 
estimated topping $5,000. 

'The Good Earth,' Guild (Ist week) 
(D-914-$3.30). Presented by Theatre 
Guild; adapted by Owen and Don- 
ald Davis from book; strong out of 
iown; opened Monday. 

'The Other One,' Biltmore. With- 
drawn Saturday after two weeks; 
'Carry Nation' due late next week, 

'The Passionato Pilgrim,' 48 th 
St. (let week) (D-969;$3.30). Pre- 
bented independently (Howard 
Inches); written by Margaret Cros- 
Ijy Munn; opens Wednesday (19). 

'Vanities,' Broadway (4th wcelt) 
(R-l,800-$4.40). Drip in business 
talk of the street; appears to be held 
jp by agency buy, but gross esti- 
mated around $20,000 is weak for 
jiiajor revue. 

'When Ladies Meet,' Royale (3rd 
•..•eek) (C-l,118-$3). New comedy 
stand-out held to indicated form 
and hit virtual capacity throughout 
first full week; nearly $18, OOO clearly 
••■ ps non-musicals. 

Other Attractions 

'Things That Are Caesar's,' Beck; 
Irish Players from Abbey Theatre, 
.Lublin, started month's engagement 
.»'onday; change of bill nightly, 
olr.er new plays of week being 'Thf 
>i!Il.S.' 

'Show Boat,' Casino r23r(l and 
final week)-; goes to road affr Kat- 
iinlay. 

'Counsellor at Law,' Plymoulli; 
)•• peat more than hold own; topptd 
.t! 3.000. 

'That's Gratitude,' Hudson; re- 
vival, 

/The Great Lover,' W.aldorf; re- 
vi V al. 



Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 

Four legits continued and one 
opened this week, all; getting a fair 
share of the available money, with 
the exception of "Harlem,* ali-col 
ored drama at the Music Box, which 
did slightly over $2,000 on the week, 
about nut money. 

'Cat and the Fiddle* had its sec- 
ond $10,000 week; with indications 
that it win hold to that for at least 
another stanza. 'T^e Marquis" at 
El Capltan equalled last week with 
$6,600. Piece Is the steadiest draw 
Henry Duffy has had for the past 
six months. 

'Rose of Flanders' at the Mayan 
continues to live on the overflow 
from 'Cat and the Fiddle' at the 
Belasco next door, and friends of 
the co-op cast. Musical did a little 
over $6,000 on the week, which takes 
care of . the expenses. 

'Toung Ideas,' with Morgan Wal- 
lace starred, opened at the Holly- 
wood Playhouse Tuesday. First 
week goi $3,500. Short cast . and 
expenses bad the opds showing a 
slight profit at this figure. 

Estimates for Last; Week 

'Harlem* Music Box (2nd week) 
(D-965-$l.<3>. In the red at $2,000 
on the week. Win probably be 
pulled within the next few days. 

'Rose of Flanders Mayan (4th 
week) (M-l,492-$1.65). Just about 
breaking evdn at $6,000 on the 
week; cast getting paid Off in bill- 
ing. 

'Cat and the Fiddle' B^MCo (2d 

week) (M-1,108-$Z.60). fhMV ca- 
pacity at $16,000, with advance 
strong for the next two weeks. 
Good profit at that; .figure. 

'The Marquis' El Capltan (3rd 
week) (C-1,671-$1.6B). Profitable at 
$6,600. Theatre parties averaging 
three near-sell-oats weekly. 

'Youno Ideas' Hollywood Play- 
house (Ist week) (C-l,lS0-$l.e6), 
Fair starter at $3,600 for the five 
days and profitable at that take. 



Le Gallfeime Rep Leads ^^^^^ 
$18,(IOOr'Coriier' U^^ Gets 




Guild's 'Pure m Heart' 
$8,000 in Pittsb'gr, Bad 

Pittsburgh, Oct 17. 
One and one is the Guild's stand- 
ing here for the new season. After 
cleaning up at the Nixon with 
'Good Earth' week before last, Guild 
sent along 'Pure in Heart,' also 
under subscription auspices of 
American Theatre Society, for a 
nose -dive. Notices, pretty adverse 
for John Howard Lawson's piece 
and ' ahow stumbled albng after 
weak opening to poor $8,000. At 
least half of that was In .subscrip- 
tions, with little or no b. o. sale. 

House currently dark; but relights 
next week with 'Laugh Parade* and 
•Best Tears,' substituted for 'Cy- 
nara,' which follows as third sub- 
scription piece. 

' Takings for Ed Vail's stock com- 
jpany at Pitt picked up a bit. 



lAN(aiA<X'DISAPPOINTS 
cm, READY TO SCRAH 



(Thicago, Oct 17. 

One of (^Icago's four shows was 
rubbed out Saturday when Fritz 
Blocki's 'World Between* ceased its 
struggles at the Adelphl. Except for 
the Apollo which will, light up next 
Monday (24) for a single week of 
Walter Hampden's perennial re- 
peater, 'Cyrano de Bergerac' there 
isn't a prospect of the town having 
more than three shows at one time. 
Erlanger will simply swap 'Whistling 
in the Dark' for 'Reunion In Vienna.' 

At the West Side Stadium with 
its enormous ca-'-'ty, a series of 
Saturday night operas with stand- 
ard singers will be scaled to $2.20. 
Meanwhile the Studebaker grand 
opera has been rendbved as opposi- 
tion by the sudden walk-out of its 
promoter. 

Estimates for Last Week 

'Another Language' Harris (CD- 
1,100; $2.76) (6th week); Ready to 
scram any time. Has beeii a dis- 
appointhient. Prices too high, a 
fact which management now be- 
latedly recognizes by splitting the 
main floor with the bulk' of seats at 
$2.20. Chicago invariably ignores 
New York's opinion of what a show 
is worth. 'language' was expected 
to tick off $17,000 at the stert b|it 
never topped $10,000. Now around 
$6,000. (Company reported going 
commonwealth. 

'Of thee i Sing' Grand (M-1,365; 
$3.85) (4th, week). Ea-jed up .some- 
what last week but cream nights 
still capacity. Attraction ha.s re- 
.stored the loop ticket brokers to 
semi-solvency. Probably around 
$25,500. 

'Whistling in the Dark' Erlanger 
(C'1,318; $2.75) (2nd week). An- 
other case of too' inuch money 
wanted. Doubtful if opener above 
$10,000 as reported. Meagre houHr-.s 
all last week can't spell better than 
$6,000, or tbereaboutsL. 



Tiddle; Bo&, $24,500; 
Odier Nifty Grosses 
Look the Real Th^ 



Boston. Oct. 17. 

Six shows running and fine pros 
pects for all. Last week, when five 
legit theatres were open for the first 
time this season, response Indicated 
that big grosses for three houses 
daring September were no mere 
flashes in the pan. Local theatres 
are doing better than they have for 
several yearis. 

New shows opening tonight (17) 
Include 'CTynara,* with Philip Merl- 
vale, at the Plymouth; "Stva. Le Gal- 
Ilehne and Schildkraut alternating 
between Xlliom' and 'Camllle* at 
the Wilbur; 'The Gondolier* put on 
by an Aborn Gilbert and Siilllvan 
company at the HoUis, and 'Mary, 
Mary, Quite Contrary/ with E. E. 
Cllve and Viola Roach a:t the Cop 
ley. 

The Cat and the Fiddle* gained 
momentum last week to gross nice 
$24,600 at the Shubert. Only $3,000 
below capacity. 

'The Mikado' at the HolIIs, first 
of Gilbert and Sullivan series, went 
for good $12,000, while Jane Cowl's 
revival of 'The Man with a Load of 
Mischief dropped $2,000 to $10,000, 
not bad. , 

'The Squawker' shuffled through 
its fourth week at the Copley, but 
it had already done . much better 
than It was expected to. 'Green £'as 
tures' dropped to $18,000 at the CO' 
lonial for sixth week. ' Although 
that figure is high, 'Pastures* will 
have done Just about all It can when 
it finishes eight, weeks at the end of 
the month. 

The film, 'Strapge Interlude,' play 
ing two a day at the Majestic, 
Jumped a little to $17,000, very good. 

Air Stages Stock 

San Francisco, Oct. 17, 
Baldwin McGaw, former KPO 
draraa^Irector, has organized Pa 
clflc Repertory Players, which he 
opened at the Tivoli yesterday (16) 
for a three day presentation of 'The 
Enemy.' 

Hopes to do other productions. 



Memphis' Stock 

: Memphis, Oct. 17. 
Olga Worth will head a stock 
company at the Old Lyceum open- 
ing Nov. 7. 



FatHre Plays 



'Tin Boxes,' by Dr. William I. 
Sirovich, will be done in December 
by Robert Crawford Productions, 
Inc. As the title suggests, it wlU 
be a political expose. 

'Lucky in Love,' by Ian . Hay, win 
be produced by R. H. Burnside. Au- 
thor is expected to cpme over for 
the opening. 

'Bride of Torozko,' adapted by 
Thornton Wilder from the Hun- 
garian of Otto Indig, being consid- 
ered by Gilbert Miller and Herman 
Shumlih. 

^Number Please,' play about two 
telephone girls written by Virginia 
Luce, herself a. former switchboard 
girl, will be done by Georgie Price. 
Play is an oddity in that , there are 
but two male characters to 14 
fcmrnes. 

'The Perfect Marriage' now in j-e- 
hearsal in Boston under Shubert 
auspices. Tsiy nainter and Edith 
Barrett have, the loads. Due to open 
there Oct. 28. . 

'The Surgeon,' drama on pla.Htic 
Kiir.tjfry, will be produced by Mirror 
Players. Latter is sponsored by 
Anthony "young, who authored the 
play. 



Philadelphia, Oct, 17. 
With three legit houses open last 
week, business was generally satis- 
factory and showed an upward 
trend. . • •- 

E\'a Le Gallienne's Civic Reper- 
tory : Company, presenting 'Camile' 
and 'Llllom,' each for four perform- 
ances, led the parade. Gross on the 
week wasn't far under $18,000 with 
the Forrest theatre's balcony a sell- 
out at all performances. Orchestra 
attendance not so forte and that 
made some of the audiences look 
ismaU in this Wg house, but week's 
n&ure was highly satisfactory'. .: 

'Mademoiselle,' Brady try-out pre- 
sented by American Theatre Society 
as its second subscription offering 
a' the Chestnut, was disappointing 
aa far as the b.o. was concerned. 
Despite presence of stars and nice 
notices, comedy didn't climb at all. 
Second week, helped some by Forum 
having entire house for two nights. 

'Dangerous Corner,' newcomer at 
Broad, got good reviews and bit 
around $8,000, with indications oif 
picking up this week. 

This week has three openings, 
'.Alan With a Load of Mischief with 
Jane Cowl at the Chestnut (sub- 
scription), 'Music In the Air,* Peggy 
Fears' musical, at the Garrick, and 
•Forward March,' Brown-Henderson 
musical offering, at the Forrest. 
Fir.st two are In for two weeks 
each, while 'Forward March' has 
only a single week. This will mark 
first time this eason, PhiHy has had 
four legit houses lighted. 

^Vanities' (9th. edition) Is an by 
itself the week of the 24th, the the- 
atre belng^tbe Forrest. On the 31st, 
'Cynara' Is slated at the Chestnut 
and '9 Fine Street,' Ray-Hewes dra- . 
laatlc try-out, at the Garrick. 

On Nov. 7, according to the latest 
a<1vlces, 'Show Boat' comes Into the 
Forrest for a single week, with 'The 
Cat and the Fiddle' following also 
for one week only. These two l>ook- 
higs take the place -of 'Counsellor at 
Law,V which is sticking on Broad- 
way. 

Foi4r Or five other, shows are men- 
tioned for Pbilly showings In No- 
vember, but ho houses are. named. 
■Humpty . Dumpty,' stUl- listed for 
the 7th, Is one. It seems pretty 
, certain that another legit house wHl 
open here within a few weeks, -with 
the Shubert most likely, ^though 
last week/ the Erlanger was also 
rumored. 

The Broad has. nothing annoiinced 
£13 yet to follow 'Dangerous Comer,' < 
'out Samuel Nirdlinger, who Is book- 
ing the house as an Indle, has sev- 
eral shows lined up. . 

Estimates for Last Week 

'Mademoiselle' (Chestnut, second 
week). Didn't get the b.o. draw ex- 
pected and subscription aid could 
only bring It between $8,000 and 
$8,500. 'Man With a Load of Mis- 
chief,' next attraction, l^as. pica ad- 
vance. ' 

Ev« Le Galliertnd (Forrest, on^ . 
week only). TJpstalra trade ..did the 
trick with sell-outs there, nightly i- 
and an overflow to. the orchestra 
which was otherwise not so hot. Kpt 
far under $18,000 reported, 'Forward 
March,' booked In suddenly, has the 
house this week. 

'Dangerous Corner' (Broad, first 
week). Got around $8,000, with in- 
dications of gaining this week. Fine 
notices and satisfactory all around 
for brand ne)*r play. 

Coast ^Moonlight' Tour 
Opens -at San Diego 

Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

"Mrs. Moonlight,' which Charles 
Burke is praduclng here for a coast 
tour, goes Into rehearsal Oct. 20, 

In cast of the Benn W. Levy play 
are Margaret Fielding, Boyd Irwin, 
Zeffle Tilbury, Eric Snowden, Sonny 
Bay, Virginia Kan^l and Don 
Koehler. 

Opening set for Nov. 7, at the 
Savoy, . San Diego, for three-day 
tryo'ut. 



Paskua Has Van Loan Play 

H. H. Van Loan has completed a 
play, 'Put Me to Bed,' rights on 
which are held by J. H. Paskus. 



Engagejnenfs 



Fuller Mcllish, Irving B€el)e, Marc 
Lobell, 'Dark Hours.' 

Horace Braham, Lee Patrick, 
Chas. Ilichman, Helen Strickland, 
Sydney P.lggs, 'Girl Out.side' (com- 
plete cast). 

Pauline Lord, Walter Connolly, 
Beulah Bondl, Emt'Kt Lawford. 
Clarence Derwont, Geo. Coulouris, 
Katherino Ilirsch, Jane IJiichanan, 
(;eo. IjawBon, 'Late Chr)stoi)lier 
I!fian' fcomplcte ';a.«t). 

Thclniii While, -Tf.-ll Her the 
Ti.-utli.' 

MfirK.'Tct .Dale. Austin Fairraan, 
'Dinner at ifiight.' 



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Gorki's First Play Since the War 
Revealed in Moscow as Big Drama 



By EUGENE LYONS 

MOSCOW/ Sept. 2? 
'The hand of Maxim tiorkl, in his 
(4th year/is still amazingly steady 
and exact. "Egor Bullchev and 
Others,' his first play since the war, 
just produced,, in Moscow, is proof 
that the author of 'Lower Depths' 
,1\Ab lost little if any of his great 
eklli in depicting thia Russia which 
was upset by the revolution in 1917. 

Even ttie mountain of adulation 
and herd-worship and official hon- 
ors under which an ordinary man 
would have long ago been smoth- 
ered has not destroyed him. In the 
political tracts which Gorki Wrlties 
these! days for the Soviet pres^ It 
Is hard to discover the artist; he 
Jias given his conscience Into the 
keeping of the politicians. But In 
this new play, written in the last 
two years, the same Gorki managed 
to disentangle himself from ortho-. 
do* political faith. 
" it is doubtful whether the sa,tne 
jt>Iay, haid it been offered by a youhg; 
fliid unknown writer,v \70ul,d have 
passed the censors in . its present 
form. '. Its truthfulness ' Is like - a 
gust of fresh air upon a Russian 
Btagei cluttered- with propagslndist 
flatteries of th& new masters. It 
is' to bei hoped that the Gorki play; 
earnest 'and IxrltHout ieirtlflclal polit- 
ical morals, will serve to show up 
tlie carpentered dramais made to o'f- 
flclal order. 

; ' 'Egor Bulichev and Others' is en- 
tirely in line with Bolshevik policy 
tn its main putllnds. Anything Gbrki 
trrltes is sure to be. But it allows 
itself the luxury of ignoring policy 
In its detail; . its human beings Ore- 
inaln human and true to themr 
selves. The servant girl, a healthy, 
earthy creature, who- carries oh a 
Itfve affair with her master, does 
iiidt turn into a class-conscloua 
iiroletarian. EVeh iait tlie very last, 
■yirhen the. strains of the 'interna- 
tipnale' can be heard outside , the 
^nddw, she remains a devoted, ser- 
vant and. a devoted -woman. If ^ any- 
<6tae. >biit iGorki- had fathered • the 
play, such; k situation would not be 
IdTSrated by .thfe censorai Other In- 
cidents 'Iri; the c^oiirse' ot three living 
iibtW'lnf thii'..same ^way , ignore the 
^pvifetV thea,'ti^Ical conyeptions.T— 
... ^jtxe Playwright ;him3elli calls, th^ 
i(70rk 'sketches in three acts,' to In- 
:dicate : that there is ho clean-ciit 
t)lot. In form It is not. Unlike his 
famous -'Lower Deptha.* I* Is pldt- 
les^t - like' 'life itself. Bulichev is , ai 
icapltallst, a man of. broad syinp^i- 
t)tiles, d;e.ep understanding an^ ro-. 
pust> (appetites; the play shows tbe 
.last years of his life In", a aeries of 
ecenes which are in. effect portraits 
of the -whole epoch. 

Gorki has depicted Bulichev and 
the people around him — his wife, ia 
legitimate . daughter, an illegitimate 
one, a son-in-law, thie priests, eiii 
ployees, a sister-in-law who Is ; a 
nun— so accurately as individuals 
that they become symbols of their 
kind. . .Bulichev himself, although 
.,fin,,'jhteUectual -who despises the 
people around him, is yet the arch 
,.type of his Qlass. .Try as he. will, 
.'.he, cannot escape 'ti\e net of notlphs 
and morals in which he is caught 
and held fast. ' ' i 

• . The thread of action is more emo- 
tional than physical. We watch 
B|jlich6v reacting against his sUr- 
"roUndifigs. .especially against the 
.people around him. . He learns that 
.he, is .doomed. .to. die of ; cancer . and 
iis Jahaken: to.' his.deplhs. by the in 
justice of his. :fat9. He begins;, to 
notice, the greedy relatives waiting 
t'p 'inherit his wealth. He tutna 
ilgalnsf God. In despair he sub- 
mits to the qiiack remedies of; peas 
ant healetsi iaoighing at them and 
at himself. With the vigor of 
hard-thihklng and deeply-feeling 
man.he piroceeds to expose the dis 
hpnesty and hyprocrisy of the 
whole social system, but at the 
same time he cannot free himself 
of it. Even while dying he defends 
his money, intrigues and doubts 
that any other class can ever rule, 
As a summary of the action the 
above is obviously unsatisfactory 
But the play does not lend Itself to 
summarizing. We watch Bulichev 
dying and realize that we ijre 
watching the whole Russian cap 
italist system die with him. It seems 
proper that the revolution which 
o-verthrew^ " 'the capitalist system 
herf-_. should triumph— it happens 
offstage and la only audible throufrh 
the windwvs+r-just as Bulichev him 
■self' expires. . 

Notable iScenes remain with the 
. audience when the last curtain' Is 
down. For Insta.tice, a wonder 



Making a Front 



Essen, Oct. 8- 
The Colosseum, ya^rlety the- 
atre here, has closed down 
alitogetheri it always seemed aa 
if the theatre was sold out. 

Now it is revealed seats were 
given away and dai'y receipts 
generally amounted to not more 
than $iB pr $16. 



mVICE,' LONDON HIT; 
SECOND FOR D. SMITH 



Ted Treyor Figuriiv on • , 
Yankee Troupe for Paris 

.. _ yp^irlB,' bet. 8.; •. 
. The Amerioan stas* wlil .ba rep- 
resented la Farla When aa Ainerlcan 
company currently formed here to 
give American plays finds a stlttable 
house. ' 

Ted Trevor, who dancefd ' -with 
Diana Hanis. is cmgeltng. , 



London, Oct. 17. 
At Wyndham's is 'Service,' t)odie 
Smith's second play a.nd another 
sure hit. Miss Smith started in 
show business by writing 'Autumn 
Crocus' last season, which went over 
solidly and is scheduled . to be seen 
in New, York within a month or two. 

'Service' has a department store 
theme with some good comedy and' 
a. bit of melodrama. It's capably 
portrayed, well mounted and got 
an excellent reception both by the 
first hlghters and the next morh- 
Ihg's tress. 



EDICT CREATES ROMAN 
THEATRE MONOPOLY 



Rome, Oct. 8. 
Another move tbward control of 
the whple theatrical business in 
this country by the states Is re- 
vealed In the . latest decree. : The 
decree makes private theatrical 
agencies illegal; 

No actors or actresses can be en- 
gaged eicept through the National 
Theatrical Workers' Bureau* (Officio 
Nazibnale di Cpllocamento), which 
a government body. Even prp- 
curing a job for an actor of actress; 
gratuitously Is an offense, as the 
decree states:; 

'Agency work, even if gratuitoxjs,, 
on the part. of private individuals 
or asso.clatipns for placing unem- 
ployed workers (in the show busi- 
ness) -is to be' punished with fines 
up to llre B.OOO ($260).' 

Any theatrical manager engaging 
men Pr women niust report the fact 
at. once to thiei State pfllce. He must 
dp the same thing, within five days 
if he discharges any - entployee- or 
worker. ■ 

The law applies to actors, ac- 
tresses, orchestra men, . singers, 
dancers,^, and Wpricers on the tech- 
nical .'side. Also to ushers ^d 
program sellers. 



Death Reveak Mexicaii ; 
Humble Stage Podnnan; 

F^tther^^o^^ 



Mexico City, Oct' 16. ; 
A town cliaracter was ^ killed the 
other night, and 'Ms passing ;_hlLB i^^-' 
vealed a stoir of 'O'Henryesque calU ^ 
bre. The character waa .Alh^^r^ Mei-| 
lini, an Italian, former, grand, pp^^^ia:. 
singer, who ended, his day^ as door-: 
keeper of the Teafaro Lirlco, a local- 
reVue and burlesque house,; from the 
bpards of .which' LUpe Velez' stiraiig' 
to fame and fortune. Melllni was 
run dpwn and killefl, by ah a^tom<^- 

W®- " / '■. ■.. !, ; i' 

Mellini came to Me^co ^h.' 1919. as 
a member of the chorus of the coiri- 
pany that supported Enrico Carusp.: 
He was old then and his voI«e"#ab 
Implalred by the years.' Hc) bepaniie 
so fond of Mexico that Ke 'deciiled io 
make it his home. . .After ai vlca.riQUs 
success on .local ,b«iardB In ha^ritohe 
and bass operatic roles, his; voice 
failed him and he became the Tea-, 
trp Lirico doorkeeper. He wasn't 
above accepting substantial; tips 
from stage door J'ohnO, generals aiid 
others who wanted to get behind 
the scenes. 

.The authorities, who ezah>in«(d 
Meiiinrs effects got a great '^'Urprlsis.^ 
He was considered to be penniless, 
but they found in his dingy fur-' 
nished room a bulging canvas bag 
containing about ^,000 pesOs ($1,600) . 
This money is believed to have rep- 
resented.' .most of his doprkfeeper's 
tips.. Tied to the biag ' was 4 ; not e ' 
directing that the ;money be given to. 
My son, the Arch. Monsenor ^eU 
ilnl.' Soon after the -'doorkeeper's' 
death, cables frohi the Vati'caii. tn, 
Rome revealed, th&t. 4' '.'Mohiehor 
MelilhJ ij&d.'b^h mkd(>..,a,.car'd'i|i|e 1. 



London Show World 



Him k the MImm 



.London, Oct T. 

Eileen Culshaw, In 'Potash A 
Perlaitutter' revival, is the; only 
actrew here Vrhb 'Is not pay- 
Irtg egent's commission al- 
though her ehgag'ement haa 
i>een fixed by IPar'nell & Zeitlln. 

Miss Culshaw is in priyata 
lift Mrs, Alf Zeltlin, of Parnell 
&.Znlt1In. 



OSTRER jOCKEIflNG FOR 
MOSS EMPIRE CONTROL? 



SOUTHERN 

duij i WEEKS WORK 



Passion Play in '34 

' ■ ; Munich, Oct '8. 
The Oberaminergau Passion Play 
which, according .to the ten-year 
plan, would not take place until 
1940 win by a . decision of the muhl 
clpal council be repeated in 1934, 

As the Passion Plays were Intro 
duced In 1634 - the 300th anniversary 
will thus be observed in 1934. 



wprklng country yokel cpmes jto 
heal Buiich^:y'|by blowing a bap? 
clarionet* , His . iiame, it happens, is 
blabrlel. The . sick man^ in . a .sar 
donic mood, ' convulsed with palii 
and intellectual despair, orders the 
quack to play '.Blow, Gabriel, Blow!'' 
The -whole sceinb Ijeconaes. symboljlc 
of thd absur.diiy, and comedy pf 
human striving;.' 

Or another: Bulichev's slster-lh 
law, the nun, has come to exact :i 
contribution for 'her convent.' Buli- 
chev feels as though the birds of 
prey were already circling over his 
corpse. He puts on the gramophone 
and danceis wildly, In a frenzy pf 
abandpnment and despair, to prove 
to lier and to himself that he is not 
yet dead, that she has come too 
soon. 

At the opeuing, of course, the au- 
dience went wild in applause of 
dorkl, who was brought behind the 
foPtlights. it was at the Vakhtang 
off theatre, the same troupe which 
did the modernized version of 
'Hamlet.' 

The lead role of Bulichev was 
played with extraordinary power by 
B.. v. Shukln. The rest of the cast 
supported him exceedingly well 
The production was realistic, more 
nearly in the style* of the Moscow 
Art than in. the usual mariner of 
the producers of 'Hamlcf • and 
'Turandot..' The direction is cred 
ited to O. N. Basov and A. D. Kos 
lovsky. 



London; Op t" a. 
John- Southern baa fbnnbd 'a 'Cdi 
pah)^, with a capital of $i',40,6'p6 to 
lease tl»e'. sljc jihieatr^ pf.„'Viriety: 
.'Theiatre Consolidfited,, Ltdj. j^ixown 
as the Syndicate Halls. - ^ ..v i 

These ava th« ■ Metropoliub, 
Chelsea Palace, Walthamstow Pal- 
ace, Sotith London Paf^ce; .East 
Ham theatre and Empress. With 
the exception of Chelsea iind Iileiro- 
poUtaii ther are. sub.urbfin hpu'seis, 
with Walter Payne chairman aiid 
managing direotbr; The .rental' ^fbr" 
the six'houses 1b 93t300 per week, 
which includes' the iisb of the ' sa- 
loons, uid the. leitse lis, f pr 21' )rtj^i[s. 

^'uthprh. intends tp .sp.iand iSb^OOO 
in . rebuilding three oi.th'e .theatrds, 
while the otheir . three are/,in igo^d 
ponditlon«.. ,' . ., II 

This means Walter Payne '^aild 
his f eltow- - direptors; 'as ■t»-'6n ■'■dll 
the: bookeiy; etti^^ yftlt W bM.' ._,wUh 
Sotithprli;. adppftlhif.'^.aiii' op'fi% i^Sbvc-- 
InelMir^il^m. . «in'd . ;n'o'i;: tying. ', jup . ,wl if\ 
^ny- 'agent.-,,. J/ ' ,.f;-..-.,, 1- 
Southern haa.vaiso -leaised ano3t;b^r', 
suburban ,v house; the--'. :pTd;s\Queeh'{9 
Poplar; i which -gfves Mm> WgHt'-'tRe- 
atris. Including '■ th*? LbndtiAT ' 5^A-' 
.VilloA. : 'tt Is' fiii int'ehtlpa=tb"litibpir" 
several Ainerl'6f^n ,acf^']fpj^.''g.efrenrt 
' ' is.. how'; in U 



. Lpndon, Oct 8. 
'] Secret conferpnces jare now. taking 

place 'trbetween. Lprd^^ Beaverbrodk 
arid -Charles 'WoPlf, Involving con- 
trol' of Moss Em t>treci. = 
" vyiptflif is bncl 'pf .^.thb ..'niianaglhg, 
directors of Gaumoht 'British and. 
shareholder in the Dehman Street. 
TrU^t,-,' of which UldPre Ostrer Is 
chairman. 

Z)()ii'lAan Street "Trus^. ils 9, .finan- 
cf^l .company, closely, .'allied to Gau- 
inpnt. British,,, with, a- capital of $4,- , 
000,000,. which' ! includes 300)000 
.shares in Moss EmplresV Under- 
stood most of theae shares are held 
by Isidore Ostrefr, ' liersbnally, and 
y^re .purchaised in the prosperity 
days pf .Moss Empires, at more than 
double their issue price.. 

Lord Beaverbrook also holds 
SOOiOOO shares in Moss Empires, iand 
paid abbut the, same price for these 
as thi' Dehman . Street Trust. , 

,^o.ssv. Empires issued capital ia 
: '1^340,000 shares, and the important 
point is If' Isldor Ostrer can get 
Beaverbrook's holdings he and his 
associates becbhne the holders 6f 
more than 50% ot Moss Empires 
stock. 

Ihs.iders,.. friends of Beaverbrook, 
say, he., is, willing tO: disposp of his 
Moss ^Empires holdings,, and clear 
outi even if such sale Incurs big 
losses. 

p'n thb other hand, Osirer is just 
'^'..k^e'jjii.Cfn getting th.9 Beayprbrppk 
hpic^lng?, i>r.pvidlng hp can :get them 
reaspAably. ' The ret^bn tor Ostrer's 
anxiety IS' that It w6uld give him; 
a' chdiitee tO'b^conie boaa-bl the Moss 
^ih'pfr^, a desl)r&' \|irh'lPh. . h^s been 
dota^Ihant! in hlA' m^^ t9^\Y$Bit?, as 
jt|6i'^'V9**l<i meiaij. the .;iein4 of Moss 
Empires': ' opposition:-., tp: (jaumont 
British, .which he controlf^. 

• There has been a Ibt of liUliit buy- 
ihgs' .of Mbss 'Empires ' stock in the 
last' ffiwr weeks, -witt .the''stock. al- 
■fje'aiiijr more ♦,han. 26.%. . , 

. ..1. • -. ~~ : , ■ ■ x ' I -. : , 

^ei^bp4y Is oii ^Strike. 
But Brui^U Show On 

Brussels, Oct. 8. 
' With 'chorus, ballet, .scene-shifters 
ai>d others. of: the perinaiie;nt .staff 
on s^i^e f Of: higher wageaij Thieatre 
Royal de l^Monnaip, Brussels opera, 
opeiie.d; new season, .with :a scratph 
:prog.ram.i • 

It consisted Pf: Overture to 'Wll- 
llaiia 'Trill'; ■^prplb'g to 'I-'Pagllaccr; 
IsV'Sct of 'Traviata' ; 2d Act of 'Sam- 
son and .Delilah'; .4th act .pf 'Louise' 
and ' '«^ > .suite dP <(lsins)es. Public 
turned, up In force, 
,1 :^rlce.e ;,i>p\p(r. red.uce.d,..l)e^ In 
the'.hoiise .costing only .5.'iiV4' cents 
wrfh,;'gla.flery: ''at 6' .cents, 'air .lioPk 



his theatres,; ^ahd ' he 
position -tp glvo eight weeks 
to medium priced importatiohs. 



Miller's Revue Project 
For Printemps, Balieff 

London, Oct 7 
Gilbert Miller has an Idea of pro- 
ducng a show, patterned after 
'Chauve Sourls,* in which he will 
•tar Tvbnne Prlntemps..and Niklta 
Balieft. Idea is t(>.prbdli'ce,shpw. i" 
London around spring, , find .itake iti 
to America. in tbe fall. -i. { 

Eric WoUheim is -now on 'the 'Co^ 
tinent negotiating for Miller wUh 
the stars. 



New Opera Comiqueij Head . : ! 

Paris, Oct,. 8.! 
P. B. GheusI, musician, iyf'tlt\i 
and showman, h^ beeh : npTtitbat^d 
aa the,.new;m,an'it^$r .for';^thy 65^^ 
Comiaue l>y' the 'BV^n!6h^gib,yerh|i?€|ilt^^ 
.. He wIW. hft assisted vhv \\iei or* 
chestra leader, ingelbrecht. 



JB^gian Wa^ Strife 

I 'vr ' .; i^ ';n : ■ ; .Brussels,':Oot;-. 8. 
'•■t'olldWlne strike ' at • the "Brussels 
0E(fei4x' House ' the •bitehfes'tra^ and per- 
■j^a)^i€!|i»t',^};aff oi' .the. Tri6ai.tr'b''R'byal 
ij'^j^ancals,'; biient, ' li'sive ..isiVuck . ak a 
protest against the manager's :an- 
nouncement : of a 10%- wage cut. 

The reopening of the theatre to- 
night' (Oct, 8), has been adjourned 
sine "die and as management refuses 
to discuss a wage compromise, the 
atre may remain dark for the sea 
sohj 



ICELAND GETS UBGE 

: , - Copenhagen; .iOc.t. 6. 
" Daniah government' is. making ar 
rirteementa for Reyjav'ik; the capl 
'tai of tcfeiand t6 hav'e'its-flrst pro 
^f,esslonal theatre -which' '-vvlll be par 
tially subsidized. A lot of art . and 
JVnd little theatre, groups exist there 
now..-' ■ .-. ... .- •. .,;•/','■ • ■ 

• Curious fact is that when Amerl 
bah authbrs grant iMghtS to' Standi 
.n'a'Vlo,; It;includes 'icelahd -W.hl,c)i- Ha^ 
'preyli^usijf' pot 'been, Piayed^j Ag^'n*-^' 
,(irey'; going '.to haul,'buf . a'|lH.!9H^^^ 
icftrttraflts t0 (,;ws.ft,.:UP „the.»u,9nlay4<| 
portion. 



! London, Oet 8, 

Burden's Windfall 

. After . getting $600 per week for 
comedy lead .in 'Maid of the Moun. 
tains,' from British International 
Pictures.- Albert Burden found him- 
self -in great demand for further 
work. 

■ It develbkied into ah opeii cbmiie- 
tltjon between B. L P. and Gauihont 
British, with Q. B. winning. Bu?: 
don was given a^ contract for one 
year, during which he will be called 
upon to make four films at the rata 
of $7,000 per film. ■ ™ 

Costly Flirtation 

British International Pictures are 
flirting with the idea of makinc- a 
film of 'The Dubarry' ih three lan- 
guages, .English, French and G«r. 
man.: Anna Ahlers, ciu-rently Initha 
musical; at His Majesty's, has been 
tested and found suitable. But the 
film is likely to cost around $500 000 
and B.i I. P. la afraid It might be a 
too expensive filrtatlon. 

: ' Mistinguette Anglina ' ' 

A private report frorh Paris is to 
the efTect Mlstlnguette Is ahgllng-'to 
take the ■ • Moul In Rouge " ( noW^ ' a 
Pathe-7<ratatt picture' house) ^th 
the Idba of mounting a blg^p^c- 
taculdr' revue of the Folies Bergere 
style this winter. ■ ■ 



'.. Twice Nightly Legit 

'Cold ;iBlbod,' piroduced by ,ft^l- 
nuld Dehham and MacQueen Pone 
.'.t the. Duke of York's Oct 5, is a 
curious sort of thriller, well written 
from, ;the literary angle, but with 
poor theatricieil Values. . . 

Its author, E. Powys Mathecsi. ls 
known here as the compiler of what 
ia easily tbe. world's most highbrow 
crossword. Understanding is : the 
managenxent, when looking for 
UnanQd .approached admirers of the 
author and asked them to subscribe 
$2S0 each on subscription basis. 
This many of them did. 

Frances- Day is star, while Mabel 
Terry-Lewis, Ellen Terry's niece, 
has a strong part. Reception fair, 
chanpes feeble; The play la being 
produced, twice nightly— an innova- 
tion in the. west end. 



I 'Dizzy' Doubtfiil 

The Disraeli of 'Dizzy,' produced 
at the Westminster Oct. 5,' bears 
lltLle ' rfe'sfeinblance to Louis N. 
Parker's play on the famous stdt'^s- 
man. Brri^ferst Miltoa conveys ' an 
a;ry fllppt^ncy ratl^er than- thp ' .ktis- 
tere dighity of the man .-who ibse 
from poverty, to be Prime Mlhlster 
Pf England'.", .- , 

The t(iij^tre lies in ah oiitTofrilie- 
way .spot, /and it is doubtful if. this 
feftort will' he strong enough to pjill 
them in. 



V , ,New Entries 

Other productions scheduled, for 
production at the Westminster, are 
Follow Me/ by Tyrone Guthriei hla 
first stage. Offering, his works having 
been done only for radio,' and an 
adaptation! of a French play, ''The 
PrlncesS' in the Cage,' by C. B. Fer- ' 
nald. ;i: - ■ 



Haekett'a New Piece 

On Oct. 6 Walter Hackett 'j^re- 
aented another of his unique pieces, 
'Road House,' af the Whitehall, 
which, despite certain weaknessea, 
looka like a' substantial winner. 

In it Miss Lome (Mrs. Hackett) 
is. supported ,by Godfrey Tearle> ^nd 
Gordon Harker, prime London 
favprlteat 



. IVLa|<,<,ng Home Debut ... 
Starr . arid ; Jenklna opened Hol- 
born Empire Oct 3 and scoced 
nicely. !: Team has played around 
most Eiiropean capitals, although 
this Is;, their first JjOndon a.ppear- 
a ce. . : : 



Low- Prices a Spur; ; 

? :.,' The Hagiie, .Oct.^:T. 
Legit'-ideason in full sWiri'gf 'iibw. 
Atteridan'de' bistter -Brith bPit-lpfhco 
prices,' io.wer. In. the Sou^h..,' this 
winter a' German operetta company 
will be on tour. In Amsterdam' the 
Hollandsch Tooneel Compalny headed 
by Louis de "Vrries Is staging 'David 
Golder' which as a film bad- flop 
here. 

Richard Tauber on bills for next 
week in Princess Theatre, the 
Hague, with Schubert's 'Lilac Time.' 

The Hofstead Tooneel Is prepar- 
ing rehearsals for a historic play by 
Eduard Yeterman. He has written 
it around the personality of Prlhce 
"VVilliam' of, (i'range who! liberated 
Holland ...iri .. i,iSth Cenjtury from 
Spanish: yoke. .i ' 



BRUSSELS OPERA AT 6c ' 

-••'" -:■ Brussels, .O.ct;' 7, 
Luna- th'i^itre,- constructed' 'ori' site 
of old ^vlna. Pirk, pre-war 'dmuse- 
■ jrrieht' ce'j^'t^^, jju'st opened. Witlt', bo 
devoted' 'exclusively to Flqn;itI.HU 
opera, operett^i and revue. r 

:H*3 3i,eft6 seats, with.. prlciea: rang- 
Ing from 6c to 34c. 



. Tueeday* October. 18» ■1932 



1 EG IT I MATE 



VARIETY 



45 



Plays Out of Town 



TELL HER THE TRUTH 

Rochester, Oct. 14. 

' Musical farce Jn three acts preaented by 
"Mine Leblong at. the I>yceuni, Rochester, 
:i{.»;n. Written by R, P. Weston and Dert 
bee 'from pla7 tiy Frederick Isbam and 
j^es Montgomery! ihuslc by Jack Waller 
and Joseph Tunbrldge; lyrlca by, the au« 
thors; atoged by Morris Green and Henry 

^TVUh^Raymond Walburii, Robert Parker, 
Hobort Cavonaugh, Andrew Tombee, "Wil- 
liam Frawleyi John Sheehan, Jr., Thelma 
White, EMIth Davis, Margaret Dumont, 
Itllllan' Bmeraon, Uoulse KIrhland and 
Berta Donn. 

• A new treatment of Willie Col- 
lier's old farce success, 'Nothingr, 
But the Truth,' with music proved 
tin entertaining noyelty In Its 
American premiere at the Lyceum 
theatre here tonight. After a slow 
start It developed a Buccesslon of 
comic lines and situations' that 
broueht more than a fair quota of 
laughs. ■ . 

. Although the niuslc is not blended 
Into the story, It Is introduced as 
eCTectively as in . most musicals ana 
it does carry, out the mood of the 
scenes. Tunes are excellent. Top 
Is reached in a clever burlesque 
medley o' opera .bits sung by the 
ftye men principals and two women. 
Absurd travesties on 'Miserere.' 
.aiainentatlons,' from 'Faust,' 'Erl 
King,' 'Light Cavalry Overture' and 

. a 'Mignon' gavbtte. 

Dances are introduced by Thelma 
'White and Edith Davis, who in the 
play are show girls mixed, up in 
domestic affairs of the principals; 

• Lillian Emerson and John Sheehan, 
Jr., who provide the romantic in- 
terest. A novelty touch Is the plac- 
ing of three attractive girlig in the 
orchestra pit to 'harinbnize' various 
numbers In the show. They were 

' May and 'Muriel Muth and Dorothy 
Esslg. 

• Story opens In the office of a 
tricky real estate firm and intro- 
duces the show girls arriving dur- 
ing business hours after a party 
the night before. Centers around a 
bet of $5,000 by the junior partner 
that he can tell the truth for 24 
hours. The money was given him 
by his fiancee with the demand he 
double it within a week. Constant 
crafty questions by the partners 
make his life miserable. By reluct- 
antly but stubbornly telling the 
truth at all times about everyone, 
be antagonizes his friends, threatens 
•to wreck his boss's marital bark, 
upsets the women and approaches a 
break with his awfietheart. But a 
'moment after the time limit on the 
bet some fast lying straightens out 

The show Is conspicuously well 
cast with William Tombes. William 
Prawley and John Sheehan, Jr., car- 
rying the honors. Hobart Cavanaugh 
does an exceUent bit as a Scotch 
real estate operator. Voices are 
good In the musical numbers, al- 
thougK Lillian Emerson was handi- 
capped by an attack of laryngitis 
that threatened to prevent her ap- 
pearance. Frawley In a caricature 
of a slyly mercenary clergyman did 
a most amusing comic sketch and 
Jed several musical numbers, par- 
ticularly 'Sing Brother* in a delight- 
fully funny fashion. 
. 'Tell Her the Truth' was imported 
from lyindon where It has been a 
success for many months. Record. 



DANGEROUS CORNER 

Philadelphia, Oct. 17. 
In many ways this English piece 
by J. B. Priestley, the novelist. Is 

' the best tryout Phllly has seen this 
season. On its opening at the Broad 
last Monday It won very favorable 
notice from both critics and first- 
nighters, although there were some 
orltlclsms of certain members of 
the cast and of the direction. How- 
ever," not much fixing Is needed, and 
•Dangerous Comer* should stand a 
nice chance of making the grade 
anywher^. 

Priestley has attempted a difficult 
thing In this, is first play (he col- 
laborated with Edward Knoblock oh 
the dramatization of hie own novel, 

..'Good Companions'), and he has 
gotten away with it in workmanlike 

, style. 'Dangerous Corner' Is a mel- 
odrama with a minimum of action; 
Its thrills are achieved mostly ' by 
suggestion. 

A groiip of suburban English peo- 
ple is enjoying a conventional, mod- 
est little social get-together. They've 
known one another for a long time. 
There are two married couples, a 
bachelor and a single woman. 

A . .'desultory conversation veers 
•round to the subject of a cigarette 
box that plays a tune on being 
opened. Somebody remarks that 
this box had been the property ot a 
.certain 'Mart^,* recently deceased. 
Vtom that accidental remark one 
thing leads to another, until the 
whole group becomes involved In a 
series of scandals and all prove to 
have skeletons in their family 
closets. One of the men is a thief; 
one wife is unfaithful, another has 
only been waiting the chance to be; 
another of the men Is dlscoyored to 
bo of a perverted nature, and the 
unmarried girl is found to have 
oommltted murder, albeit without 
Intention. 

Most of tholr llvM "have ■ been 
closely Intortwhied vlth that of 



'Martin,' who, instead of the lovable 
character supppsed; turns out to 
have been an utter scoundrel. The 
unraveling of the various scandals 
provides a game for the spectators 
which is as exciting as the secret-' 
panel and shot-in-the-dark. yarns. 

Colin Keith- Johnston is featured. 
His performance as the host of the 
party is generally good. Jean Dixon 
is excellent in a role quitie different 
from her usual wise-cracking, brit- 
tle characterleations. Most of the 
first hlghters seemed to like Hbr- 
tense Alden, but she Is being re- 
placed by Mary Servoss. Stanley 
Ridges, generally seen in musical 
comedies and farces, impressed^ with 
a corking performance here that 
was dramatic and authentic. 

Cecil Holm earns praise for not 
oyerstresslng the 'pansy' elements 
of his role. Jane Wheatley and 
Betty Hanna, without a great deal 
to do, satisfied. Elsa Lazareff, wife 
of Harry Moses, the producer, has 
not given the play inspired direction. 
Groupings., are bad, especially to- 
ward the end. Woodman Thompson 
provided a stunning set. Waters. 

VERY GREAT MAN 

Cleveland, Oct. 12. 
This comedy by A. E. Thomas 
and Jack Haussman seemed to click 
with local crowds when premiered 
by Play House, Cleveland's ace lit- 
tle theatre, as Its first winter play; 
Thomas attended the opening, but 
if he banks , too much upon the un- 
critical reactions of audiences here, 
both authors are slated for a dls- 
/.pyointnient if they try It on Broad- 
way. .■ 

Although 'Very Great Man' Is 
amusing stufC and handled with un- 
usual competence by Play House 
thespiang, it's a bit .lightweight for 
metropolitan tastes. 

Play Is a satire :on the publicity 
racket, has a bright idea behind it 
and starts oft in high. Co-author 
Haussman shows the Influence of 
his work as a Hollywood scenarist 
by letting the plot run tvild in the 
second act, which takes a slump, In 
spite of Thomas' touches of biting 
satire and snappy wise-cracks. A 
total lack of love element and extra- 
large cast of 36 are two factors that 
will probably make any Broadway 
producer a bit dubious. 

It mimics 'Of Thee I Sing* rather 
successfully at first by ribbing fame 
exploiters who make nobodies fa- 
mous through high -pressured pub- 
licity and slogans. Chief character 
is Mr. Blatz, head ot the Blatz, 
Blatz, Breezer & Blatz advertising 
agency, who wajgers a friend 26 
grand that he can make a celeb- 
rity out of a horn-tooting moronic 
German picked up on a park bench. 

Most amusing stuff is his cam-, 
palgn building up the German 
dumb-bell as a great, but eccentric, 
scientist from Germany. There's 
some juicy, witty comedy when the 
boob is ushered in with parades, 
speeches by the mayor and a lot of 
publicity hokum. Then the dummy 
spoils everything by going on a 
bay-rum bender, forcing the pub- 
licity big-shot to have him kld- 
nanped by a gangster-client to 
cover up the entire gag. 

Absurdities in the show are bol- 
stered a bit by good Play House 
performances, Including K. Elmo 
Lowe, as the exploiteer; Irene Ted 
row, -S. Thomais Gomez, Charles 
Green, Kirk Willis, John Rowe, Amy 
Douglass, all members of theatre's 
repertory company. 

Piece has good possibilities as a 
book for a musical show. Pullen, 



Shows in Rehearsal 



'Love Life of the Tiffy' (L. 
Lawrence Weber), Lorigacre. 

'Dark Hours' (Lodewick 
Vroom), Little. 

•The Du Barry' (Mrs. Joe Le- 
blang), Cort. 

*The Piarfect Marriage' (Siju- 
berts). Bijou.. 

'Cyrano de Bergerac' (musi- 
cal, ShubertS), Barrymore. 

'The. Gay Divorce' (Wiman 
and Weatherly), Playhouse. 

'Nino Pine Street' (Ray and 
Hewes), Lyric. 

'Rise 'n' Shine' ('Humpty 
Dumpty') (Schwab and . De 
Sylvia.), Apollo. 

'Walk a Little Faster' 
(Courtney Burr), St. James. 

'Carry Nation' (Arthur Beck- 
hard), Booth. 

'Late Cristopher Bean' (Gil- 
bert Miller), Miller. 

'There's Always Juliet' (Shu- 
berts), Ritz. 

'Incubator' (Edison and Bur- 
ton). Rpyale. 

'Dinner at Eight' (Sam H. 
Harris), Music Box. 

'Chocolate Soldier' (Charles 
Purcell), 409 West 47th street. 

'Music in the Air/ 'Forward 
March,' 'Girl Outside,' Dinner 
at Eight,"The Passionate Pil- 
grim- opening on .Broadway or 
out of town this week. 



I Love You Wednesday 

(Ccntiniied fi'om page 42) 

Vincent Millay'a 'A Few Figs from 
Thistles.' 

One of the play's bripht spots is 
the ca^iering of Henry Bergman as 
Eddie the singer of ditties in Joe'.s 
establishment. He wanders in and 
out of the bar accompanied by two 
guitar players. 'Henny' is the clever 
trouper formerly tearried as Clark 
and Bergman. ' Legit should have 
found him out long ago, and If some 
manager will turn him loose with 
his 'Dutch' dialect (not used in the 
show), it will be somethingf. Jane 
Seymour stands out as the caustic 
Mary. EiUvai'd La lioche good as 
Joe and Rose Hobart makes ah 
attractive Cynthia, looking much 
more the wife than Miss Fuller did 
the dancer. Henry O'Neill okay as 
the. fellow who wins Vicki. 

'I Loved You Wednesday' is given 
smart showmanship and If it misnes, 
the margin will be slight. Ihee. 



YOUNG IDEAS 

Hollywood, Oct 11. 
Walter Brown presents comedy by Sid- 
ney Tabor, with Morgan Wallace, Adda 
Oleasoii . and Helene Millard. Directed by 
Wallace. At 'the Hollywood Playhouge, 
Oct. 11. Remainder, ot cast: Edward 
Cooper, BaH>h M. Remley, Marie Oray, 
Cornellue Keefe. Helen Kleeb. 



Here Is a light show with a theme 
dimmed by frequent usage in the 
past five years but one that should 
be a middling grosser. Its principal 
revenue should come from a source 
just now withered on the vine — the 
stocks. A good rep bill. Toun^r 
Ideas' tells about a wealthy West- 
erner whose wife and daughter try 
to turn him into a society man. To 
teach them a lesson wh.en they walk 
out on him, he becomes a Chester- 
fleldian ladles' man, apparently 
leaping from one boudoir conquest 
to another. This treatment brings 
back peace and sanity to the family 
.circle. ■ 

Plenty of laughs, several of them 
of the haw-haw variety. First act 
In which the daughter spouts sex 
theories (role is admirably played 
by Marie Gray), should get picture 
consideration, btit it needs editing 
and although the initial stanza 
works up to a credible climax, this 
is nullified by holding It too long. 

Morgan Wallace, looking much 
like William Jennings Bryan as the 
homespun Westerner,, has the show 
.to himself. His second act tran- 
sition to a dolled up Don Juan Is 
a little too smooth and swift for 
credibility, but is well handled. 
Adda Gleason, opposite, puts a nice 
touch to her trouplnt;. Starting as 



the wife's friend and winding up as 
a sympathetic vamp, Helene Millard 
does her usual good work. 

Another film . possibility is Ed- 
ward Cooper as the butler. Suave 
and forceful. Cooper has a definite 
personality that could be utilized on 
celluloid. 



BLACK SHEEP 

Three-act comedy by Elmer Rice, singed' 
by .the author, Setllnga by Rnymoml 
Fovey, representing: by a single intorlor 
throughout. At the Morosco theatre. New 
York, Oct. 13. Scale *t $3 top. 

Marw Thompson Porter Jean .\dalr 

Dorothy Woods .Helen Brooks 

Ellzftbeth :. .Harriet Russell 

Alfred Porter Edward Downcs 

Henry Porter.. Dod.son Mitchell 

Penelope Porter.. ..Jane Hamilton 

Thompson ('Buddy') Porter, 

Donald Macilonnld 

Kitty Lloyd.. .Mary Philips 

A Taxi Driver JantiM Carroll 

Helena Abercromble. ..... . Anne Shoemaker 

Milton Abercromble Fred Herrlck 

Bertha Belknap..... , .Frederlca Going 



spirit, the one character to stand out 
as entertaining. Donald Macdohald 
conveyed the vaguesti idea of a 
vague . personage in the writing . 
rogue, while Mai-y Philips made her 
literary monitor a good deal less at-, 
tractive in appearance and manner 
than the occasion called for. Rush. 

[Shoiv closed Saturday. Revietb 
is printed for the record-] 



PEACOCK 



Piny ih three acts prfsonteJ at the •JOth 
Street theatre Oct. 11; written and etnged 
by Leonard Ide; George Fawcett starred; 
no management billed, but Shuberts Indi- 
cated. 

Suzanne De Brulard;. Virginia Curley 

Pauline...... ..Kate Mayhew 

Dr. Raymond La Salle.... Charles Campbell 

Andre. ; . . . Philip Leigh 

Roger Do Brulnrd. ....George Fawcett 

Felix Doumarnl.: ...Alfred Kappeler 

Oothllde Do Marfln,' Percy HaswelJ 

Comtesse Lcontlne D'Alvay... 

■ .Helen Raymond 

Eugenie Maubrnn. ..... .Dorothy Tennant 

Diane Glrnrd Rena Parker 

Jules PcrrCt Rupert LaBelle 



THEATRE UNIT. INC. 

(STOCK) 
'There's Always Juliet' 

Baltlmorie. Oct. 12. 
Theatre Unit, Inc., is the new tag 
for the stock organization formerly 
knbwn as the University Players. 
In the past two years they have 
been alternating between this 
southland spot and West Falmouth, 
Mass., playing the down east coun- 
try during the oummer months and 
hopping here for the winter sea- 
son. 

Last year they came Into the 
Maryland theatre here under a two- 
weelc agreement and flnished by 
making It a season of 11 weeks. 
What sent them across thei line last 
season was 'Lysistrata' and a,, switch 
to a ibuck top, running down to 
four-bits in the top pews. 

This year they are coming in oh 
a six-week minimum plan and 
starting from the gone with the one 
bill tariff. They have also reorgan- 
ized their Internal hookup as to the 
payoff. Last season It was largely 
a commonwealth arrangement, the 
members of the company drawing 
down what Is known as a nominal 
minimum, while the organization 
paid for the . board a.n<\ lodging. 
This year the coat draws a regular 
salary and people pay for their 
own beds and coffeei. And it'll 
probably work out that the upkeep 
cost will be less than under the 
other . arrangement. 
' Another new Idea this season Is 
the importation of known stage 
names to lend a New York flavor 
to the productions. Thus, the cur- 
rent show is headed by Goeffrey 
Kerr and Bdlth Barrett 

It was for these names that the 
group flwitched its opening plans, 
starting, with the known 'There's 
'Always Juliet* rather than the new 
'Carry Nation.' Figured that the 
new play meant nothing, while the 
hit John Van Druten play and the 
new featured players lived up to the 
advance promises, of the company 
and would send the season off with 
a happy boxofllce. 'Carry Nation' 
will be next week's production. 

Arthur Beckhard, producer of 
'Another Language' is associated in 
an Indirect way With this stock 
group. From appearances Beck- 
hard will utilize this town and com- 
pany as a try-out <>rganIzatIon, both 
for plays and players. The tag of 
his name on the programs has the 
tendency to give some sort of lustre 
to the stock group. 

The . switch of the name from 
University Players to Theatre Unit 
is obviously an improvement, that 
university label having too ama- 
teurish a flavor. 

From the current 'Juliet' play 
there's little that can be learned or 
seen about the acting ability of the 
group, since the play . Is a four-per- 
soh affair, of those, two main parts 
are taken by Kerr and Barrett, 
while the remaining two portions 
are hardly more than bits in com- 
parison. 

One thing, however. Is certainly 
evident from the Initial piece. That 
is, that this plays are getting good 
productions. This play was put on 
extremely well, and If the future 
pieces stick at that level, the com- 
ments will be good. Direction was 
by Bretalgne WIndust and suited 
the play's froth admirably. Other 
listed director with the group Is 
Joshua Lockwood Logan, while the 
head producer Is Charles Crane 
Leatherbee. Art director, Eliza- 
beth Higglns Sullivan, scenic direc- 
tor, Charles Norrls Houghton and 
technical director, Walter Krlmont, 
/ Big worry now Is business and 



Elmer Rioe has here fashioned a 
not very interesting comedy around 
another figure of the literati, this 
time a first-rate literary blackguard 
etched in relief against his prosper- 
ous hum-drum American middle- 
class family. The play may and 
probably does represent much pro- 
found observation of the writing 
genus, but it works out as thin en- 
tertainment, altogether lacking In 
the color that made .'The Left Bank' 
sparkle. . ■ 

In a week that divides attention 
among some half a dozen varied 
newcomers to the Broadway theatre 
list, its pro-spects are rather un- 
promising. One isn't always sure at 
whom the satirical darts are aimed, 
whether at the temperamental gen- 
ius and his Inglorious amours, or 
at the stolid relations whom he so 
completely hoodwinks. Maybe the 
spoof goes double, which doesn't 
cure the situation, since one. doesn't 
know which side to laugh at, and 
that doesn't make it any easier for 
the casual theatre-goer. One con- 
stantly has the feeling that there 
may be some substance beneath the 
surface of the play that one is too 
obtuse to understand. Perhaps the 
author hasn't anything up his sleeve 
at all, but the sense that he may 
have is irksome. 

'Buddy' Porter, bad boy of the 
family, suddenly turns up In the 
prosperous home of his parents 
after seven years of vagabondage, 
accompanied by Kitty Lloyd, an- 
other man's wife, but his compan- 
ion, to the consternation of his dot- 
ing mother and the fury of his re- 
spectably affluent father. He is 
about to be ejected, when It is ac- 
cidentally disclosed that under an 
unrecognized pen name he Is a per- 
sonage In the literary world, and the 
family makes him welcome. Com- 
fortably ensconsed at home, this 
black sheep goes upon a career of 
romantic, hi-jacking, starting with 
the family housemaid and reaching 
a climax in a near-elopemMit with 
his brother's fiancee, the while his 
fluttering mother and his compla- 
cent father encourage him In his 
seeming intent to reform and 'settle 
down.' 

In all these adventures, Kitty, a 
capable person and his only steady- 
ing Influence, strives to get him 
away, partly because she loves him 
in a surly sort of way and partly 
because she sees that the soft liv- 
ing of his easy, sponging life will 
mean the destruction of his writing 
talent. In the end, she jockeys him 
off half across the world, just In 
time to save him from an entangle- 
ment with his brother's betrothed 
and a general smash-up. 

The only admirable person In the 
whole menagerie is Kitty, who is 
naturally looked down upon by 
everybody in this self-righteous cir- 
cle. Rather a terrifying person, this 
Kitty, and the audience doesn't re- 
gard her untidy person with any 
special friendliness either. . Indeed 
there isn't anybody in the play's 
personnel that one can really feel 
drawn to. Certainly not to its hero, 
who Is very objectionable iiideed. 

Perhaps the play never should 
have been staged at all, but left to 
a printed version in which the au- 
thor could have developed his nu- 
cleus Of an idea more clearly. As a 
pla:y It's definitely dull and not un- 
derstandable. , 

Play's defects can't be blamed 
upon the acting, although the per- 
formance is Indifferent in this re- 
spect, with the single exception of 
the mother role played by Jean 
Adalre in an agreeable comedy 



The phoniest French comedy In 
seasons and can't last. Author is 
unfamiliar and may be a phoney 
name, too. 

Tust possible that 'Peacock' is one 
of the score ot foreign plays that 
the Shubferts announced early last 
Season, just before they slipped into 
receivership. But when that In- 
evitable phenomena occurred, the 
receivers threw back some theatres 
to the Shuberts personally. The 
49 ih Street is one of that group. 
To make the small house pay has 
always been a problem, being 
squeezed in somehow next to a 
chui-ch at a time when the Shu- 
berts went on. a building spree. De- 
spite the action of the receivers the 
program states that the Shubert 
Thea:tre Corporation Is the lessee, < 
when as a matter of fact it Is one 
of those theatres which the Shu- 
berts ha:ve to worry about on their 
own. • . 

'Peacock' Is a one-set, short-cast 
affair with ■ a worn-out French 
diplomat - dilettante the central 
figure. For It George Fawcett comes 
back from the coast, a mistake on 
his part. . Roger De Brulard Is 111 
and broke in his homeii ah hour 
awa-" from Paris. ' His grand- 
daughter comes upon some lettera 
written years before by three' 
of his former sweethearts, two of 
whom are married andi settled down 
and the other, about to follow their 
example. *■ 

The girl politely suggests they 
come to the old bOy's aid on the 
grounds of the good old days. The 
A.K.'s promptly arrive, assumlhg It 
Is a form of blackmail which they 
cannot ignore. A tidy, purse is 
raised among them^ the girl telling 
the old boy It Is part payment from 
a defunct bank. He offa to Paris to 
see a specialist. Instead he goes to 
his former favorite cafe, spends tho 
night In the old manner and ar- 
rives back In the company of th« 
'toast of Paris,' who discreetly 
scrams. Some big shots from the 
foreign ofllce had been In the cafe 
and good news comes that Instead 
of Brulard being shelved, he Is ap- 
pointed to Syria. 

Not a laugh In this comedy. Just 
wasted effort all around. Reports 
are that Fawcett bad his own 
money invested, the Shubetts be- 
ing In but the receivership not in- 
terested, nee. 

IShow closed Saturday. Review, 
la printed for the record'] 



Peaoe in Buffalo 

Buffalo, Oct. 17, 
Erlahger, this week settled Hi 
three-month controversy with the 
musicians.' 

It will resume legitimate attrac- 
tions Oct. 31, opening with 'Choco- 
late soldier.' 



from indications the start is no 
better than fair. The competlsh 
currently from Ed Wynn's 'Laugh 
Parade' and the 'Pa.sslon Play' may 
I figure. 



ml QIC during the De- 
presslon as now, 
LIFE INSURANCE was mag- 
nificently "standing up" like a 
lone tall tower unscathed in a 
tornadoed town. And the panic 
passed!— as panics always do. 

In these seasons of shrin kage 
in values and securities, LIFE 
INSURANCE is about the only 
thing a man possesses which lis 
worth as muoh as It was a little 
while ago. Real Estate has de- 
preciated, stocks are in an abyss, 
bonds have shrunk, commercial 
goods of every sort are at ebb 
prices. BUT the holder of a 
LIFE POLICY in any statadard 
Company, whether the face value 
be $1,000 or $50,000 Is serene in 
the knowledge that the sum 
called for will be paid as sooh 
as the policy is due. Of what 
other earthly property can this 
be said today? 

For. further information see 



JOHN J. 




Established 1910 
S51 Fifth Ave. N. Y. C. 

Phones: Murray Hill 2-7838-7839 



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Tuesday/ Ociober 18, 1932 



Park Row Lowdown 

Some weeks ago Graile Oauvreau, 
df the N. Y. 'Mirror,' authored hla 
second book, 'Scandal Monger,' In 
which he complacently made him- 
self the hero when he W2is not en- 
gaged In. flaying the hide ott Walter 
Winchell. But no man Is hero to his 
valet nor yet* apparently, to his sec- 
retary. Now comes Mary Lee 
Dutcher, once ot the stage, but 
more recently secretary to Gauv- 
reau, with •Circulation' (Fafo; $2), 
in which she Is transiently kind to 
Winchell but skins her ex-bbss eyen 
more thoroughly than he ; scalped 
the columnist. She brings to her 
task the subtle feminine cattlness 
which enables her to do a more 
thorough job without revealing the 
extreme animus which marred her 
former employer's diatribe. 

Not a professional atory teller, 
she has handled her subject with no 
little constructive skill, telling a 
consecutive story but with side ex- 
cursions into some of a tabloid's 
most brilliant blunders. She tells 
her-own story In so simple a narra- 
tive, style, , that it becomes difflcult 
to recognize just where fact ceases 
and Action begins. To: the Insiders 
'Circulation' is a rich revelation. To 
the non-^understandlng the book is 
still a convincing picture of Tab- 
loidla, unmarred by a too evident 
Intent to even old scores; Indeed 
the style does not suggest such an 
an aim. It reads rather like the, dis- 
passionate review of events by 
someone not Intimately concerned. 

From many angles It is the best 
of the numerous stories of the tab- 
loids which have flodded the book 
market of latiB, It Is the most con- 
vincing. 

It's ail there for the knowing 
reader,, the rape of the flies, the 
seething -office politics, and Park 
now will have little difficulty in as- 
signing real names to these char- 
acters of fiction. There la eyen the 
suppressed page Incident, though 
she probably does not know that 
this Is merely a repetition of a sim- 
ilar Incident of years ago when two 
San Francisco newspapers swapped 
miatrlces at the suggestion of one 
of the characters Id the book. The 
strategist of the 'Monitor' merely 
took a page out of the book of the 
liublisher of the 'Star.' 

Considered merely as a novel. 
Miss Dutcher has done an excellent 
flrst Dovei In that she has produced 
a thoroughly reaaable boolc, But 
as a literary earthquake the author 
has. topped her older and more ex- 
iierlenced writers. She has shot the 
.entire works. 



On«-Man Mag 

Newspaper Job printer In town, 
with an overload of Western News 
paper Union boiler-plate, has 
evolved an Idea by which he may 
get rid of It and keep his presses 
running at the same time to a pos- 
sible profit. He's turned mag pub 
Usher, throwing the mass of boiler- 
plate -between smooth-paper covers. 

The enterprising printer is Thomas 
Torke, and he's his own publisher 
and editor, too. Calls his mag 
*Comede-Nuz,* and Is selling It for 
a nickel. If he can get a couple of 
ads, he thinks he can keep It going 
monthly. He's his own advertising 
manager and solicitor, too. 



by Benjamin De Casseres, descend- 
ant of the famous philosopher. 

Publication of this work on the 
eminent savant coincides with the 
300th anniversary of Spinoza. De 
Casseres, besides his ancestry, is 
accredited the best living authority 
on Spinoza's life and philosophy. • 



Another Shaw Biog. 

Archibald Henderson, whoi=ie 
•Bernard Shaw, Playboy and Proph- 
et,' dow:n for publication this mpn^h 
(by Appleton) is said to be the moist 
complete, as well as the only alji- 
thorized biography of the. Irl^h 
writer-playwright, is head of the 
mathematics department at tne 
University of North Carolina, 'a 
friend and biograipher of G, ^'I'S*. 
for more than a quarter of a Icdn-^ 
tury, Dr. Henderson possesses the 
largest collection of' Shavlaha in 
existence. 

While Shaw read the proofs of 
the new biography, his corrections 
pertained only to factual matters, 
and were nelttieir intended nor per- 
mitted to Influence the biographer's 
personal point of view, the pub- 
lishers say. Tlie book contains the 
best part of the unpublished corre- 
spondence, over a 26 -year period, 
between Shaw and Dr. Henderson; 
also rare letters and writings Of 
Shaw appearing In no other work. 
There Is an autographed edition, 
limited to 60 copies. The regular 
edition sells foir $7.60. 

Dr. Henderson's earlier volume, 
•George Bernard Shaw, His Liife 
and Works,' hit the market in 1911. 



Hollywood's Reading 



{Qonaen$u9 of demand In Sep. 
tcmber with Pat Hunt, Satyr 
Book Store and Same Warde.) 

FICTION 

"The Fountain' Charles Wo-gaa 

'Sheltered Life'. Blleh aiaagow 

'Good Biirth'... Pearl S, Buck 

'Oscure Destinies' Wllla Gather 

'Pekln Plcnto'..... ...... Ana Bridge 

'The Fortress'......... Hugh Walpole 

NON^ FICTION 

'i Cover the Waterfront'' .Has Miller 
'Death Cornea . In the Aftemooo' 

Ernest Hemingway 
'ISqn Merry-Qo-Round' . . . Anonymous 
'20,000 Years In Sing Sing' 

Z.ewl8 B. Lawes 
'What We L>Ive By' . . . .Grnsst DImnet 
'Only' Testerday',.Frederl<:lc V, Allen . 



Reealling Book 

A. H. Sakler, who Is making his 
debut as a book publisher under his 
own name with liOyla Geoirgie's 
*Fifty Million French Bulldogs 
Can't Be Wrong,' has recalled ad- 
vanced copies of the book for re- 
wrltlnir* Sakler is awaiting Miss 
Georgie's return from Burppe for the 
rewriting job. 

Leyla Georgle Is the actress who 
played.. 'Charmalne' in Arthur Hop- 
kins' production of 'What Price 
Glory,' and ^ifty Million French 
Bulldogs' llEi the second of her stories 
to g6 Into, print . A novel, 'The 
Establishment of Madame Ahtonia,' 
was published by Llverlght, recently 
and the authoress Is dramatizing It. 



■ Hawkins' Ni Y. O. O. 

3:ric Hawkins, managing editor 
of the Paris edition of the New 
York 'Herald Tribune,' is in . New 
York for hlia flrst o.o. of the city. 
Hawkins Is English and althougti 
having worked for the 'Herald' for 
about 20 years has never previously 
visited America. 

Hawkins will And quite a sizable 
collection Of his former staff men 
now employed on various New York 
dailies. Don Donaldson is assistant 
makeup editor of the 'Times' and 
Edwin Skinner Is on the 'Times' 
foreign copy desk; Bob Blakely Is. 
on the "World-Telegram' general 
staff and Bob Dickson Is makeup- 
man of this paper ; Johnny wiilte is 
on the 'Herald Tribune' copy desk: 
the 'American' rewrite staff con- 
tains Johnny Watson and Bert An- 
drews, and one of the . "Variety' 
muggs used to work on Hawkins' 
paper. Eva Brown, at one time 
Hawkins' society editor. Is doing 
publicity for the Waldorf-Astoria. 
George Victor Buchanan dropped off 
the 'American' staff a few weeks 
ago and Ham Whitman left New 
York several days ago to become 
city editor of the Richmond, Va., 
News Leader.' Another 'Paris 
Herald', alumnus, ta Ken Stewart 
who left the 'Herald Tribune's' copy 
desk a fortnight ago to teach 
; oumallsm at. Stanford University. 



Giveaway Mag 

The giveaway household mag, 
'The Family Circle,*' published by 
Harry Evans, former film critic for 
T^fe,' has found a spot In New York 
Evans has tied up with the Daniel 
Reeves chain of grocery stores, by 
which a copy ot the mag goes with 
every purchase In those establish- 
ments. 

It's the third distribution outlet 
secured by Evans for his mag, 
Washington and Baltimore haying 
been previously blanketed. Evans 
now seeking' to Invade other l&rge 
urban centers, including Chicago 
and Los Angeles. 



'Wall Streeter' Dus 

"Wall Streeter' Is a magazine re- 
ported near ready to take a bow. 
The backers aire being kept a secret, 
even from men who have been ap- 
proached for materiaL 



Sweetland's First 

B. Wickham Sweetland, head of 
the new Avehtlne Press, will Issue 
his first publication as 'Spinoza: 
Liberator of God And Man,' authored 



Morehouse on Holman Trial 

Ward Morehouse has been as 
signed by the N. Y. 'Sun' to cover 
the trial of Llbby Holman in Win 
ston-Salem, N. C. 

'Sun' dramatlo editor did an In 
tervlow recently with the songstress 
who must stand trial in connection 
with : the death of. Z. Smith Rey 
nolds, her.vlate husiiand. 



Florabel Muir Conneota 

Back on the Coast, Florabel Mulr 
becomes a staff contributor to 'New 
Movie,' the Wpolworth picture fan 
mag. 

She will supply a Hollywood gos- 
sip column and one feature a month, 
Meanwhile, she continues w*^''^ 
her book, b&sed on picture colony 
Inside. 



Circulatioii of New York Dailies 



Circulation reports by all New York dally publlcattona to tlie 
New York Post Office .as of April 1, 1932, as required. 
Comparisons of figures for three previous six months periods are: 

Oct.! Aprlll Octl AprUl 

1932 1932 1931 1931 

Daily Mirror.... 670,0^6 678,078 686,602 661,906 

Daily News. 1,400,000 1,390,947 1,343,871 1,287,7W 

Daily News Record..... .. 11,169 11,794 11,962 12,018 

M. P. Dally (tocmerly Exhib- 
itors Review),^. ...... 6,287 6,283 ' 6,360 6,868 

Film Dally.... 6,348 6,406 6,491 5,468 

Journal of Commerce... 19,804 20,081 21,290 22,668 

Morning Telegraph.. .r.. *.«••• .... 13,631 .... 14,967 

Amerlcian ......... 461,904 470,460 360,286 

Evening Journal..... 632,559 677,400 .... 661,218 

Evening Post. ................. '91,874 101,583 100,838 103,142 

Herald Tribune. .....^.^.^ 347,108 355,894 344,4^4' 323,871 

World-Telegram..,..„..—^« 403,123 414,681 413,178 272,966 

Times 494,643 511,791 499,937 487,056 

Sun v...*,.^. 303,143 308,091 293,368 305,416 

Wall Street Journal 30,060 34,515 39,649 48,418 

Women's Wear..... 32,074 33,148 32,072 32,491 

Forward 181,605 145,785 143,897 144,716 



between 1924 and 1930 Is 21%, the 
operating staff having risen 22%, 
and administrative employees .18%. 

Increase in number of men em- 
ployed Is 23% with 13% Inoreai^ 
in females, 

Newspaper production capacity 
during that period Increased over 
76%, due to Introduction of electric 
motors. 



Att'y Goes Publisher 

Harrison B. Fryberger, New York 
barrister, who Is publishing his own 
books on economic subjects, has 
found writing and publishing so 
profitable, be has given up the prac- 
tice of law. • . 

Fryberger about a year ago form- 
ed the Advance Pub. Co. to Issue 
one of his works on economics, 
called "The Abolitibn of Poverty.' 
i^eason Why he published - the 
treatise himself Is that he wanted 
no interference, as ' to his subject 
matter. Book sold nicely; and he 
followed it with 'Riches for All,' In 
a similar vein. 

Siiccess of the two books has 
prompted Fryberger to surround 
himself with a complete publishing 
organization, and he. will turn out 
around two books a year.. The ex- 
lawyer will publish nothing but his 
own works. 



Just Dull 

Carman Barnes, who authored 
'School Girl,' has produced 'Mother 
Be Careful', which Llveright has put 
beitween covers. In a general way 
thei reader gets the Impression that 
the book Is BUpi>osed to be a satire 
on Hollywood. At least most .of 
the action Is laid there, but It Is 
hot very lively action. 

Told mostly In would-be smart 
dialog, but seldoni hitting the mark. 
Plotless, pointless and tiresome. 



Down a Dims , 

Farnsworth Wright's .pulp quar- 
terly, 'Oriental Stories,' published 
out ot Chicago, undergoes a change 
In title with the next number, dated 
January, 1933. NSW name will be 
'Thia Magic Carpet Magazine,! and 
'Oriental Stories' will bs carried as 
a subtitle tor a time and then 
dropped. 

Change in the mag's name Is due 
to Wright's desire to take in a wider 
locale for story subjects. There will 
also be a ditferenes ta prioey the 
quarterly under the new title selling 
for a dime less. 



On Jewish Affairs 

Abraham Brlnd, prominent scrib- 
bler on things Jewish, Is turning 
publisher with a new monthly on 
International Jewish aftalrai Pub- 
lication is to be known as "The 
Jewish World,' and will taavs text 
in both English and Yiddish. Pos- 
sibility ot other languages to be 
added later to make the mag actu- 
ally IntemattonaL . 

Brlnd wlU both edit and publish 
and Is lining up an international 
state 



Cronas on Crime 

Russell Crouse's 'Murder Wont 
Out' (Doubleday-Doran) Is a smart- 
ly written report of an even dozen 
of New "York's unsolved murder 
mysteries. 

. Starting with the death ot Elman 
Sands in 1799, Crouse comes down 
to the Elwell. King; Rothsteln and 
Falthfull murders each told with no 
effort to embroider Incident. It Is 
a thoroughly readable style without 
crossing Into fiction. An excellent 
achievement. 



London Sunday P.M. Sheet 

A Sunday evening newspaper will 
be launched In London toward the 
end of the current month, to be 
called 'Sunday Star.' It will sell 
at two cents, and start as a four 
page publication. 

London has not had a Sunday 
evening newspaper since the war, 
when Horatio Bottomiey published 
the 'Sunday Evening Telegram.' 



June Sues Swaffer 

. Lady Inverclyde (June) has 
brought suit against 'John Bull,' the 
weekly publication, and Harinen 
SwafCer, owing to publication in the 
paper of an article headed 'Hannen 
Swaffer's Open Letter to June.' The 
dancer has engaged Sir Patrick 
Hastings and Wilfred Lewis as 
counsel. 



Croueh Chatter Column 
Bill Crouch, former Hollsrwobd 
trade paper reporter. Is now writing 
a daily chatter column on pictures 
for City News Service ot Los AU' 
geles. Goes by flimsy to 80 South 
em Oalltomla newspapers, includ' 
Ing ths U A. Illustrated Dally 
News.' 

Joltn Barrymers's Success 

Jerop&s Beatty Is In Hollywood to 
do one.ot those success stories on 
John Barrymore^ for 'American 
Magazine.' 

He arrived on the coast with Sum- 
ner Blossom, 'American Magazine' 
editor. . 



Vioki'a Tide Turns 

First real money ^or her literary 
work Is now being earned by Vlckl 
Baum, who is currently writing for 
Metro on the Coast. 

Although 'Grand HotaT . wais a 
smash as a novel, play and picture. 
Miss Baum had a contract with a 
German-English publishing com- 
pany which gave the latter the lion's 
share ot all royalties. She still has 
one novel to write tor her European 
publishers under a five book agree- 
ment. 

Miss Baum la reported as receiv- 
ing around $1,600 a week at Metro. 



English Advertising Soars 

Receipts from sales and adver- 
tisements by newspapers In Eng- 
land Increased over 11% between 
1924 and 1930. The dallies showed 
the largest increase, which is 14%, 
and magazine Inoresise was 18%. 

7h« Increase In people wnployed, 



'Acs High' Semi-Mohthbr 
'Ace High,' the Clayton magazine, 
is not suspending publication, as re 
ported, but goes to twice monthly 
publication wtth the November 
issue. 

'Ace High Novels' Is the magazine 
which Is discontinuing. 

Ex-Priest's Autobiog 

That fellow calling himself an ex- 
priest, who had been offering 
around a sizzling tome on alleged 
malpractices ta Institutions ot re 
llgion. with no takers, has decided 
to publish It himself. 



'Stage' Reappears 

The 'Stage* magazine, which for a 
couple of seasons has been under 
the aegis of the> Theatre Guild, has 
again gone on Its own under the 
publishing, guidance ot John Haii- 
rahan and the editorial pilotage ot 
Hiram Motherwell, both holding 
over. 

The practically new publication, of 
which October Is the flrst issue, has 
adopted a larger size (10x14), tint 
cover stock and two tone printing, 
with the second coloring sparingly 
used to avoid the suggestion Of gar. 
Ish display. 

New departments have been ad- 
ded with its 49 pages and cbver, as 
well as the enlarged page area, per-, 
mitting a more generous use of cuts, 

Hellingsr's Dream 

Mark Helllnger's 10 months'' 
knocking around the world, mostly 
maklni; film shorts, Is an eight year 
old dpeam of Mark's, come to pass. 
He sails on the/'Rex' Oct. 19^ then 
takes it as he pleases for the re- 
mainder of the way. 

Not yet set If Gladys Glad, the 
first and only Mrs. Helllnger, will 
sail with her husband. Betting is 
even money. They have been around 
together .a lot of late. Helllnger 
will continue his dally sob In 'The 
Mirror.' He's 36 columns ahead on 
it now. 



New Confessional 

Alteration of the Clayton mag, 
"Westiern Love Magazine,' has re- 
sulted in an entirely new publica- 
tion, from title to content. The mag 
has evolved as "My Love Story/ a 
first-person, confessional type of 
periodical, a la 'True Story.' 

Orlln Tremalns editing 'My Love 
Story,' which carries rn, where 
'Western Love Magazine' left off. 
with a November Issue. 



Ray Long's S. S. Biz? 

Ray Long must have gone to the 
South Seas on a biislness trip as he 
left his book publishinjg business ac- 
companied by a secretary. Destlna* 
tion reported as Pago Pago. 

Long borrowed $6,600 for Incl' 
dentals, according to reports. 



Exception Noted 

Frederick James Smith, publisher 
ot 'Screen Weekly*, takes exception 
to 'Variety's' reference to the maga- 
zine as 'the former publication,' add- 
ing that the print run has Just been 
doubled and the publication has 
moved over Into the American News 
Co. list for distribution. 



ChattM- 



Houghton Mifflin now has Lloyd 
0, Douglas. 

. John Joseph Mathews Is a fulU 
blooded Indian. 

F. Eraser Bond's book, 'Breaking 
Into Print,' wiU tell how to sell 
those literary pieces. 

Gabriel Wells back, and with a 
load of Darwin letters. 

Those Initials ta I. A. R. Wylie's 
name stand for Ida Alena Ross. 

Burton Rascoe getting to look like 
Louis Broomfield— or vice versa. 

Ellen Glasgow luncheoned by her 
publisher. 

Juanyta Cllvette's salon (one 'o' 
please) In bloom again. 

Current fiction trend is to the oos-' 
tume story. 

Klscaddon Wylle la only 19. 

J. H. WaUls talks on^e Bhud<< 
derlngest subjects. 

Ralph Henry Barbour revealed ait 
that tea in his honor that he's 
written more than 100 books. 

Fannie Hurst's new one is 'Sugar 
House.' 

William Faulkner now faientloned 
In the same breath with Ernest 
Hemlngrway. 

Julian Huxley here. 

Nell Bell has had his third novel 
published Within a year. 

'Book Week' gets under way Nov< 
18. 

AlbiBrt Stevens Crockett is selling'' 
(Cbntlnued on page Mi) 



Best Sellm 



Bsst selfsra for the week ending Oct. IS. as reported by ths 
Amerioan News Co., Ino. 
Fiction 

'Sheltered lAttf : , , , » , -, .- Ji_ . ""r EU«n Glasgow 

'Sons' f^9^tiy T L ■ ^ Pearl S. Buck 

The Fotmtata' /fo ca> , ^ f ■, ^ , , , „, ■Py r't».T.ii>« Mnriran 

«T«wt»«..^» ^yoBA\ - rij^^ II ju ^ PhyUis Bentley 

'The Fortress' r}**^*^ m j . -•. . uni . . — ■ — By Hugh Walpoia 

'Smith* (T^*"^) I I 1 1 1 ■■■■■ I ■ ■ ■ — i - ""r Warwick Deeping 

Non-Flctlon 



Death In ths Afternoon (13.60)... 
'March ot Democraoy* ($3.60) . 



...«.By Ernest Hemingway 
.By James Truslow Adams 

'Mora Merry Go Round' ($3.00) .....Anonymous 

•Van Loon's Geography* ($3.76).. By Hondrlk Wllhelm Van Loon 
'Bple of America' ($3.76)....«.»scuw>.>^..By James Truslow Adams 
"Let's Start Over Agata' f^-"^ .Lij i "r Vaah Young 



Tocsday, October 18, 1932 



RADIO 



VARIETY 



47 



f, J. Lesser, Lawyer-Agent, Sued 

I : " 

By Partner for a Receivership; 
Cites Salary-Insurance Commish 



Theodore J. Lesser, the ether J ur- 
fat who likes to manage radio artists 
for 10^% commission, is beine: sued 
:|or a receivership by his former 
law partner, lYanlc Ii. Ippollto.. Both 
Jtbeatrical attorneys were formerly 
iunlor lawyers in the offices of 
O'Brien, Malevlhslcy & DrlsCoU. 

Ippollto's suit is for an accounting 
land a receivership to protect hlmr 
pelf against Leaser's dissipating the 
10% coramlssions -from radio and 
Vaudeville artists such as Jack 
penny, Sylvia Froos, Burns and 
'^eh, Qeorgie Price, George Jessel, 
penny Fields and Blossom Seeley, 
^nd othor whom IJesser .&. Ippolito 
.represented as theatrical agents or 
managers, besides as legal coun - 
^ellors. ' 

10% and Insurance 

The manner in which Lesser op- 
israted as. an agent-lawyer for radio 
performers was to receive, monies 
from the J. Walter Thompson ad^ 
yertising agency under contracts 
with PWce, Benny, MlsS Froos, 
Seeley and Fields and . Burns aiid 
.Allen; from' N. W. Ayer & Co., on 
a contracr; with Benny for. radio, 
plus monies due from George Jessel, 
for example, which was around 
96,000. This latter was the fee when 
Iiesser &, Ippolito represented the 
comedian on the settlement agree- 
ment with Florence Courtney Jessel. 
Also Mother funds, are due Liesser 
from Richard & Lenetska, Inc., 
agents for the Three Keys (other-, 
wise George Tunnell, John Purness 
end Robert Pease) ; money due from 
Fubllx for Miss Froos; from Loew's 
for other clients, etc. 
.it is understood that Ippolito was 
the legal head of the partnership 
and Lesser handled the tax work. 
As a tax consultant Lesser thus be- 
came booking agient or manager for 
some of the artists mentioned. 

$11,000 Premiums 

. It is said that Ippolito often won- 
dered at the smallness pif the legal 
fees charged these people, not real- 
izing thai Lesser was getting a 10% 
cut on their salaries privately. 

Lesser furthermore, is supposed 
to have urged his clients to . sub- 
scribe to compensation life insur- 
ance and annuity policies witb the 
Bctuitable Life Assurance Co., ft-om 
which ii.eurance company' Lesser 
also received a commission a la an 
Insurance agent's premium. 

It Is said that Jack Benny, under 
such an annuity. plan, paid into the 
Eciuitable $11,000 in premiums dur- 
ing the first year, George Burns 
.111,000, Sylvia Froos $6,000, and 
Oeorige Price $16,000, or in all, for 
one year $42,000 in insurance prcr 
miums. 

Of this $42,000, Liesseir la entitled 
to a fee from Squitable of 26%, or 
$10,600. Of this amount, the de- 
fendant-lawyer is said to have been 
paid $6,760 already, but no part of 
this was allegedly disclosed or ac- 
counted to the partnership of Les- 
ser & Ippolito. 

There is another 25% commish 
due Lesser, it is understood, on the 
first year's premium of $16,000 on a 
policy to George Price, and Ippolito. 
fears that Cqultable is readying to 
send or may have sent already to 
Lesser a check for 25% of that 
amount, or $3,750. 

On top of that, Bquitable has al- 
legedly agreed to pay 4% annually 
to Lesser on that total of $42,000 for 
a period of nine years, which figures 
a yield o* $1,660 per year, or a po- 
tential fee or commission for the 
period of nine years of $65,120. Of 
all this, Ippolito wants ha:if. There 
are others he doesn't know about, 
Is believed a further Ippolito claim. 
Direct Payments 

The J. Walter Thompson ad 
agency allegedly pays the' salaries 
of Benny, Price, Frooa, Burns and 
Allen, and Seeley and Fields directly 
to Lesser, so that tho lawyer can 
deduct his 10% commish. It is set 
forth that Price's salary ranges from 
$750 to $1,500 on radio, which means 
$75 to $150 commission to Lesser per 
week; Miss Froos, $750, from radio, 
and increased when she's working 
in theatres. Benny's, salary has 
ranged from t750, to $1,500 and is 
now $2,600, per week, starting thusly 
from the Thompson agency and now 
via Ayer's, for radio work, of which 
107o allegedly goes to Lesser every 
week. Eurns-Allen and Peeley- 
Fif>lfl«;' «!n1flr)o.«! nvp not Icnown Imt 



Sausages 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 

'The Sausage You've Been 
Waiting For!' 

Gene and Charlie. Kreitsinger 
have composed and will intro- 
duce a theme song of this title 
■On the new local Oscar Mayer 
program which starts today 
(17), over W'BBM. , 

It's a 62 week deal for Mon- 
day, Wednesday and Friday 
disseminatiuR. 



NBC'S 122GFiNANaNG 
COVERED BY MORTGACE 



Divenport, la,, Oct. 17, 
Central Broadcasting Co., operat- 
ing WOO and WHOr Davenport and 
Des Moines, has filed a mortgage in 
the amount of $122,000 with the 
Scott county recordei: in favor of 
the National Broadcasting Co., Inc., 
for the financing of the new Mltch- 
elyille, Iowa, power station for the 
two companies. 

Under mortgage terms, new sta- 
tion Id to be in operation hot later 
than Feb. 16. 1933. 



are believed to be well into four 
figures. 

Lesser did better than 10% on a 
deal with the Richard & Lenetska 
agency, getting, one half, allegedly, 
of a 23 1/3% commfsh collected by 
the R-L agency. Hence, .Ippolito 
wants his rights protected by a re- 
ceivership sine© payments by var,i- 
ous third persons may continue to 
Lesser. 

As a law partnership specializing 
as tax consultants in theatrical mat- 
ters. Lesser & Ippolito took a lease, 
which expires In 1934, on . a suite 
in the Paramount Building,' New 
York, paying $3,000 a year, with the 
understanding neither was to en- 
gage in outside interests, and that 
both t)artners, as under the ayerige 
partnership agreement, should co- 
operate generally for mutual bene- 
fit and split 60-60. 

It Is alleged that Lesser diverted 
to himself large sums of money; 
that up until Sept. 30, 1982, much 
had accumulated so that Lesser was 
greatly Indebted to the plaintiff and 
that Ippolito askeii for an account- 
ing, of their co-partnership, and that 
the balance be deposited to a mu- 
tual account, but that Lesser has 
refused and failed to do so. 

Ippolito predicates his fears for 
economic worries on an episode 
showing Lesser's differences with 
hia fathor-ln-law, Ippolito cites 
this as one reason why a court re- 
ceiver should be appointed to pre- 
serve the a.<!sets of their joint part- 
nership. This dates back to the 
summer of 1930 when Lesser, on his 
honeymoon in "Vienna, had to cable 
his newly acquired father-in-law 
for $1,000. Lesser and the father-in- 
law have been on the outs since that 
time and since Lesser has no prop- 
erty from which he receives ah in- 
come, Ippolito wants his erstwhile 
law partner's bank account pro- 
tected by a receivership. 

ippolito says that this account is 
in Lesser's name, personally, and 
not as a partnership. Checks come 
to Lesser directly from the artists, 
hence tn«jfie funds should be im- 
rounded ns otherwise, claims Ip- 
polito, he has no security or pro- 
tection wiiatever should he obtain 
a Judgment. 

Justice Louis A. Valente, on Oct. 
11, in N. Y. Supreme Court, signed 
an oiKler to show cause why a re- 
ceiver sbould not be appointed. 
Lesser on Oct. 15, was ordered to 
submit answering affidavits. Justice 
Philip J. McGook reserved decision 
in the usual manner. Ippolito is 
being rcyesentcd by Hoffpauir & 
Funnel!, with whom he is making 
his offices temporarily. Martin J. 
Desmoni, a lawyer in the former 
employ of Lesser & Ippolito, is act- 
ing in LcKsor's defense. 

Ippolito a.sks the court, to declare 
a dissolution of the co-partner.ship; 
an accounting be made of all deal- 
ing and tran.sactions; that- the' 
property of both, such as ofllcc 
furniture, law books, cLc, be .sold; 
that Lesser be enjoined from col- 
lecting further fiind.-;, and that a 
rorrivor bf^ .npr'''inf^'l- 



KICK OFF AIR 

stay Orders Pendino— FRC to Rule 
on Midwest Station 



■ Carter Lake, Neb., Oct. 17. 

Station KICK Is to be off the air 
until Jan; 1, 1933, or until such time 
as stay orders, now pending before 
the Federal Radio Commission, are 
vacated by the court. Vacation of 
ether is to allow complaining sta- 
tions to file appeal from decision. 

Station ready to go on air in five 
minutes when legal tangle is clari- 
fied, 6. S. Elrod, manager, states. 



POLITICAL STORM OVER 
NEW LUXEMBURG RAMO 



Talent's Insistance for Visible 
Audience, WhOe Broadcasting, Pins 
New Mike, Are Air Revolutionizers 



Brussels, Oct. 6. 

A political storm is gathering 
round Radio-Luxemburg, the new 
three-language publicity broadcast- 
ing station at Junglinster, in the 
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. The 
total area of the territory of the 
Grand Ducby ia not much more than 
three times that of .New York City 
and the Inhabitants are enquiring 
why they have been given a radio 
transmitter with power enough to 
swamp them with advertising mat- 
ter in French, German and English 
for three hours at a time. 

What is more interesting is thie 
international aspect, for Luxem- 
burg's eastern neighbor, Germany, 
and her western neighbor, France, 
are now struggling for the predomi- 
nating influence In Radio-Luxem- 
burg. For its (Construction Germany 
supplied the motors, microphoneis, 
switchboards, aerial and other parts, 
wliile the transmitter came from 
France. Where all the necessary 
cash was obtained is a secret known 
to few, but French Interests now 
claim that the financial control is 
in their hands and that the new sta- 
tion will be used 'to combat German 
infiuence in the Grand Duchy which 
is becoming threatening.' The Grand 
I)uchy protests against this state- 
ment pointhag out that the French 
language Is almost exclusively 
used .in schools, courts of justice 
and administrations. On the other 
hand German propaganda is being 
intensified la Alsace-Lorraine, the 
Saar, and th« region of Kupen- 
Malmedy and the usefulness of a 
transmitter like Radio-Luxemburg 
for such purposes ts only too evi- 
dent. 



Wisdiers Offer 



On« o€ the large New York ad- 
vertising agencies Is in negotiation 
with Walter WilneheU for a 16-mln- 
ute air jteHod. Wlncbell's to handle 
the entire period weekly, minus 
music or assistance. 

Deal rarorted close to dosing yes- 
terday. It iR said the Lucky Strike 
people have moral option on Win- 
chell. It -ma given to them by the 
columnlot w1i«n he recently left the 
Lucky honr. 



Cash SetUement Parte 
"Easy Aces' from Church 

Chicago. Oct. 17. 

Goodman Ace^ who, with Mrs. 
Ace, presents the Lavorls program, 
'Easy Aces,' on the Columbia net 
work has disentangled himself from 
Arthur B. Church of Station 
KMBC, Kansas City. Church ac- 
cepted a cash settlement and re- 
leased the Aces, 

As manager of KMBC where the 
Aces first came to popularity 
Church tied them up exclusively 
just before Lavorls first signed 
them to come to Chicago and 
broadcast from WGN. Much fric- 
tion subsequently developed over 
tile alleged failure of Church to 
take out Insurance on the Aces as 
provided In their agreement and 
also his rei;>uted failure tO provide 
for the exploitation of the radio 
act. 



FRISCO KBC CHANGES 

San Francisco, Oct. 17. 

More staff changes at. NBC. 

Helen O'Neill steps up from her 
producer's desk to assistant pro- 
duction manager, aiding Cecil Un- 
derwood; Tom Kelly will b6 placed 
in charge of drama producing, suc- 
cocdiiig Sam Dickson, who gets 
other programs; Marjorie Wiley, 
effective Nov. i< rCisigns as as- 
.sistant continuity ed, no suece.ssor 
named. 

, The Guardsmen, male quartf-t, 
y.iow oft the network Oct. 32, 



Comih*! Poetry 



International Silver Co. has 
bought the Tony Wons' a.m. 
. poetry . reading session for ' a 
couple of weeks starting Nov. 
10. Wons program will be 
classified as commercial the 
last three days of the' two\ 
stanzas. 

Other three morning stints 
each week will continue sus- 
taining. 



IIT. DIGEST' DECIDES 
$750 TOO MUCH DOUGIf 



Edwin C. Hill's new casting as- 
signment for the 'Literary Digest' 
w.bund up suodenly last Friday 
night (14). after the mag had de- 
cided that the expense Involved 
would hot be spared any further. 
Hill stepped into the trl-weekly spot 
for the 'Digest' Sept. 6 and had de- 
voted most of his ether time on the 
last three weeks to the weekly's 
presidential poll. 

Digest's contract with Columbia 
permitted it to cancel "at the end 
of the sixth week, although the net- 
work had expected the account to 
continue right through to the end 
of the customary 13-week period. 
Hiirs fee from the commercial 
rated $760 a week. 

News commentator is continuing 
with his three-night a week sustain- 
ing frame, while the CBS Artists 
Service looks around for another 
sponsor tb take the place of the 
'Digest.' 



Thomas' Berth 



LlOyd Thomas, sales manager for 
the Westinghouse group of stations 
before NBC took them over, has 
joined the latter network as gen- 
eral commercial manager of all local 
stations . 

Thomas will operate out of the 
chain's New York offices. 

Thomas' fir^t official act on his 
new job was to order F. B, Spencer, 
recently appointed commercial man- 
ager of KDKA, Pittsburgh, to New 
York, as an NBC commercial rep- 
resentative. Thomas is a former 
newspaperman and legislator. 



Compulsory Gridiron 

Broadcasting: Killed 

Birmlngha:m, Oct 17.' 

A bill to force Alabama colleges 
to give permission to radio stations 
to broadcast football games was de- 
feated in the Senate last week after 
having passed the House. 

The Southern fooball confef-ence 
last fall made a ruling that no memr 
her of the conference would allow' 
games to be broadcast. Recently 
Cooper Green, Member of the Leg- 
islature, Introduced his bill requir- 
ing state-owned . and supported 
schools to grant radio stations the 
right to broadcast games. 



PRC Permits .Transfers 

Washington, Oct. 17. 

Federal Radio commission granted 
Home Cut Glass and China Co. of 
Carbondale, Pa., perrhisslon to vol- 
untarily assign license of WNBW 
to WNBW, Inc.. and WJMS, Iron- 
wood, Mich., from John,"3on Music 
store to WJMS. Inc. 

Companies applying for permis 
sion to assign licenses are: St. 
Norbert College, Green Bay, Wis., 
owner of WHBY to WHBY, Inc.; J, 
S. Edward.q, .Santa Ana, Calif., to 
transfer KKEB to Voice of the 
Orange Empire, Inc., Ltd.; Okla- 
homa College for Women, Chlck- 
asha, Okla., to afslfrn KOCW to J. 
T. GrlflRn. 



Legit and vaude i-ecruit.s for the 
air are now . jprovided witlv mil^e in- 
surance. It's a simple ' process of 
providing a real audience for the 
mike performer to make him feel 
at home, and get that Instant re- 
action which he is used to in the 
theatre. The tiling has progi'essed 
to the degree that such performers 
who come from the legit ro:nks now 
ask for such audiences. That 'un- 
seen' thing is no longer true of ra- 
dio.- 

By letting air performers have au- 
diences on view, radio has done the 
double job of ■ not only dispelling 
possible mike fright for recruits, but 
also giving certain radio originals 
the 'feel of an audience,? 

At NBC, for instance, there is a 
broadcasting studio that has an" at- 
tached auditorium or theatre seat- 
ing 250 for the big-timers. - 

At the Times Square studio of 
NBC, there Is a studio seating 750, 
and those broadcasts held in these 
studios are s. r. o. every time. It's 
all an invitation audience and the 
demand for seats, which are f re 9, 
always exceeds capacity.. The spon- 
sors usually do most of the writ- 
ing. That 'personal appearances' 
thing is only a phrase now for 
neariy all the big timers on the air 
if they haven't yet showed at regu- 
lar theatres.. Almost all have 
had sbnie hours before a real audi- 
ence. at the studios, numbering not 
less than 260 customer^ at a single 
sitting. , 

Advantages pf An Audience 

In the nialn this 'audience' thing 
is utilized for the benefit of chat- 
ter and comedy performers who are 
mostly recniited from big-time 
vaude and legit, . drama or musical. 
It has accounted for the continued 
success of more than one of thla 
type . of actor Ovei; the air where 
hitherto he might have flopped. 

it's because his manner of work 
gleaned from stage experiencie has 
demanded of hlhti that he have a 
live audience before whom to work. 
It's a necessary part of his work. 
Customers at the studio theatres 
sit in the studio with the performer 
and the mikes stationed on the 
other side or behind the curtain. 
Those audience cheers and applause 
Which come over the air on the big- 
time broa:dcasts are real human 
guffaws. It's the studio axidlence in 
action. 

Ah idea of how big the demand 
for seats to these broadcasting the- 
atres may be gleaned from the fact 
that a,n Ed Wynn broadcast would 
look unusual if there were less than 
100 standees in- the large Times 
Square studio from which he per- 
forms, and which seats 700. 

New Style Mike 
The newest angle In radio audi- 
ence reaction which will link it 
right alongside of stage work is 
.the new style of mike which NBC 
has perfected and which will per- 
mit radio performers to move about 
the studio freely while broadcasting 
without affecting the voice trans- 
mission. 

This new type <mC mike will have 
its Inauguration at NBC around 
November, It undoubtedly will rev- 
olutionize radio performances all 
along the line, and will be extend- 
ed for the use of all the iperform- 
ers gradually. 

Currently performers must stick 
close to the mike and such perform- 
ers as crooners and harmony folk.s 
mu.gt be even closer to the electri- 
cal mouthpiece. 

The new type of mike will enable 
performers to be just at home in 
the broadcasting studio as much at 
ease as they are accustomed to be 
on the stages of theatres. For actors 
like Ed Wynn and Al Jolson, that 
mean.s plenty. 

For the audiences who are pi-ivl- 
leged to sit in those studio Iheatreq 
when the new mikes come in, It'a 
an especial treat for they will tlien 
get the full acting performance of 
the big timers gratl.s. 



Musical Food 

Latest foo'J product for a daytime 
slot on NKC is "Honey Butter.' 

Show now being considered by It 
takes in Lew White, ian Andy San- 
nella five-r>ioce ort.Iio.slra. ilrirrlnt 
Ijdf and b<»r LeadorK and. Fred Huf- 
^mifh. 



L. I. Application 

Edwin Drilling.? has asked the 
Long Island Radio Commis.sion for 
permi.sslon to operate a radio sta- 
tion at Middle Village, Long Island. 
Proposal would have the station 
li.sing J,.")00 kilocycles and 100 watts. 

Aci-ordlnK to the requf's-t' facilities 
formorly uKed by WLBX would be 
utilizf'd l>y DriJUng. 



4^ 



VAktEfY 



R A Die 



Tuee4ay/ October 18, 1932 



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Little Bits from the Air 



That Thursday Night sequence on 
WEAP Is a bear. No beating that 
bill, startlne at 7:30 with Ray Per 
kins and Peter Van' Steeden's or- 
chestra pluffglhe Barbasol for 15 
mln,; at 7: 46. the Institutional 'Rise 
of the Goldbergs' on behalf of Pep 
sodent; at 8 the Flelschmann-iRudy 
Vallee hour, with a wow variety 
bill; at 9, another hour program, the 
Maxwell House Show Boat; at 10 
p. m. another wow hour, the Lucky 
Strike prog»-am with Walter 
O'Keefe, Jack Pearl (not forgetting 
Cliff Hall, his corking straight man) 
and George Olsen's orchestra, the 
latter assisted by. the equally effl-: 
clent Ethel Shutta and Fran Frey. 
(This was a week ago Thursday.) 

At 11-11:30 came another new act, 
Don Bestor's orchestra and Art 
Jarrett, followed by Ben .Bprnle 
and his yowser • musico-cortiedy 

, from Chicago at 11:30-12. At 
midnight for his usual »lVe 
miniites, Ralph Klrberrj*; the 
•Dream Singer,' with a couple of 
songs, broke tt up, leading Into the 
very heated - CJab Calloway-wa,ilihg 
from the Cotton club, . In Harlem, 
and' then Dick Gasparre's more po- 
lite dansapatlon from the swank St. 
Regis hotel. 

. That's a program. And that's 
radio showmanship; Now, if evefry 
evening's . program on every major 
station .could be. plotted thusly no- 
body would.be going out of nights. 
And. that's a headache for tbe' th^a-. 
ires now,' and the near fiature. ' 

Apart from the detailed Radio Re-' 
ports- as Indicated last ■w'eek, • aklri 
to New Acts in a. variety show re- 
view. Pearl on Lucky Strike Is cer^. 
talnly clockings floqk <rf laughs. He 
did that night. Billy JC. Wells, his 
author, did right well by him, and 

. Pearl*8 . Interpretation of the ma- 
terial was eure-fire. The audience 
In the- T?Imes Sq. studio of NBC- 
some 600-700 card-admitted fans" bit 
in^ on these broadcasts-^Ksame 
through with a flock of gufCaws, 

.jThey almost .isounded like props, 

■ they were so fast , and responsive, 
but it so happens they're the MfcCoy. 

0!Keefe waa also In fltne fettle 
as were the Olsenltes who fedt a 
swell plug froni th* confererider, 
as did the New Xorker hotel from 
whence tb6. Jazzlsts^ hold forth. 
Olsen Tpaa appatehtjy: reciprocating 



Irving Berlin's courtesy in singing 
at Olsen's 'openlngMast week, by a 
swell plug for 'Say, It Isn't So,' 
although 'the riiahner in which this 
simple of the real old Bierlin; style 
of hit songwrltlng is being prolifl- 
cdlly played, it has Just about had 
Its quota of plugs. It can ride along 
how to some -.healthy sales. . In fact, 
Its over-exploitation may react neg- 
atively, 

Ben Berriie too was in his very 
best old maestro mood. Here's an 
ad lib batonlst who 'fs indisputably 
unique lil his radio showmanship. 
There's no othpr daneei orchestra 
leader extant who can handle com- 
edy lines as does Bernie and what's 
more, with such consistent good 
taste, yet ever- productive of lalt re- 
tilrn's'. That non-script dispensation 
aqcorded Bernie by the broadcasters 
is: something unique and extraordi- 
nary- in Itself, in radio annals, and 
yet he never forgets his latitude 
and doesn't, abuse his unrestricted 
privileges by slipping In anything 
but acceptable comedy. 

Klrbery's witching hour five min- 
utes of warbling was . the usual vo- 
cal okay and Calloway's hl-de-hi 
was eerier, than ever, If possible. 



come In for - multiple performances 
(>f their copyrights. 

Sergeant and Ross; songolog duo, 
with English type pop sortgs, aired 
a •Sev«in Veils' number which ' was 
heralded as quite a London rage 
It's also somewhat of a surprise for 
:he ether, but goes to show how the 
air is becoming liberal and letting up 
on the straightlaced lyrlo Insist- 
nitoes which drove pop songsmlths 
ncrts for so long. Too many ditties 
have had to be' sapolioed for th6 
Cher, figuring on the hearth-and- 
home stuff. 

' Otto Krugei' and Madge Kennedy 
with their dramatic excerpt from 
'Private Lives' likewise listened 
niiely. 



Jack Benny iQ Improving on his 
Canada Dry humor. Benny his built 
up a unique style of comedy, espe- 
cially -with those puns which, how- 
ever, are. not Injudiciously primed 
foi: strong returns. 



T}t}0 sizzling Don Redman band 
with the Mills pros, for Chipso 
Startled Thursday night and came 

th)i:oufirh topliole, ■' 'W 



Juat preceding, at 8.30-9 p. m., the 
same night, the Russian Gaieties 
with their balalaika music and 
vodka airs are more to the liking 
as a Sunday interlude. Alexander 
KirilofE heads the orchestra, and 
Dara Birse, soprano; Ivan' Velika- 
noff; Paul Zam, violinist, and Basil 
Fameen, accordionist, know how to 
dish it out for popular appeal. 



, too bad the .'Litdigest' couldn't 
cflrry Edv^ln C. Hill's ?7B6 nut for 
those radio talks. Thei N. Y. 'Sun' 
stdr reporter has come to fhe fore 
apldly with his colorful data. That 
du^e on the past iSresidehts, for ex- 
ample, was exceedingly interesting, 
o.nd If history were taught along 
t'nose human-Interest lines in the 
schools it would make courses in 
h.'^tory an educatlQnal pleasure. 
Hill goes back to sustaining again 
with the 'Literary Digest' blowing 
cut. ■ . ■, 

Another corking ' Fleischmann 
vajriety program. VaMee' gave the 
Haf ms song catalog a ' swell ride. 
Although; being • a ' production song 
•pyue, -that. iiflrm -would. : naturally 



la09 -Angeles, Oct. 17. 
Rev. Bob Shuler, prohibition can- 
didate for U. S. Senator from Call-, 
fornla, will confine hla whole- -cam- 
paign to the air. 

Currently on KNX, local, he has 
also bought time for cplels over 
KHJ ano the Coast CBS chain. 

Shuler until recently operated his 
own station here, license being 
taken from him by the FRC, based 
on charges of using the air for 'other 
than the public Interest.' 



I 



OUT OF ^HE WEST COMES 





andi His Ofchestrci 

STAR OF ■ 

1. 20 LUCRY STRIKE BROADCASTS 

2. BRUNSWICK RECORDS 

3. ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS 

4. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. 

■■ ■ . . . ■." ■ .': ' . ' : 

FOR PIVE YCAM MUSICAL F'EATURC OF' THE 

Hotel Mark Hopkins-SM Francisco 

Openinfif October 20 

at tlMt 

Hotel St. Regis-New York 

Management: MUSIC CORP. OF AMERICA 



Erina Jettick shbea at 9-9.15 Sun- 
daj' night BSl? apparently goes after 
the a, k. trade in the sticks with 
the avalanche of 'Swanee River.' 
'Annie Laurie' and 'Way.Down South 
in the Land of Cotton' music. Nor- 
man Price and Steele Jamison, ten- 
ors; Ruth iRogers, soprano; Ralph 
Klrberry, now billed aa the 'E, j; 
Dream Singer' when he's not dream 
singing at midnight to 12.06 a, m. 
nightly; Edward Walter and £arl 
Waldo each seem capable of peppier 
stuff but apparently E. J:'8 $4.60 and 
$6 sho6 customers (it's $7 and $8 
in Canada, adds the announcer) 
want that sort of hooey. 



SHULER USING ETHER 
ONLY IN SENATE RACE 



■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■IMWimiWMUKllHllMlllMillMW 

RADIO CHATTER 




East 



WBBM MARKSMEN 

Stialwarta Go in for ShootHie— 
They're Pediculbue 



Chicago, Oct. W. 

Employes of ,WBBM Under goad- 
ing by Charlie <3arland, have formed 
a trap (not crap) shooting club. 
Appropriately Enough the musketry 
occurs In the suburbs directly under 
the shadow of WBBM'a transmitter. 

Charter marksmen include Kelly 
Smith, Walter Rubens, Charles Gar- 
lapd, Jimmy Shouse, Gene iand 
Charlie Kreltsinger, Bob Stepheson 
and Steve Trumbull, 

Latter ha49 suggested that the., 
nslme of the club be: 'Society for 
thb Preservatloi^ of Clay. Pigeons,' 
an ignoble allusion to the . marks- 
manship. 



Benny Flelda has been de-molar^r 
lz«d in part. \ J ■ ■ 

■ Albert S. JdofCat granted .license 
to operate WMAS,.new lOO-watter 
at Springfield, Mass. . 

Jimmy Clark, recently under con- 
tract to Paramount, writing series 
of 13 murder mysteries. • 

Lancaster, Pa., Broadcasting Ser- 
vice, Inc., seeking ■ permission to 
erect at 600-watt station* . 

WESQ, Cornell university, wants 
to change location of main stiidlo 
from Ithaoa.to Blmlra, N. Y. 

Phil B:omario, De Witt Clinton 
hotel, broadcasting four times 
weekly from the hotel over WG'y.. 

Not every opening gets the Mayor 
tb attend. Mayor McKee hea,ded a 
ijlce party for Roger Wolfe Kahn's. 
fiollc at the Pennsy. 

Ben Gross, New York 'News' radio 
columnist, noW belnfe accorded more 
latitude in his col. Orders were 
rather strict beretofore. 

Eddie Peabody yrlll. be guest solo- 
ist with Rudy Vallee on the Fleisch- 
mann Yeast program Nov. 4 while 
tht, banjoist Is at Fox's Brooklyn. 

Bing Crosby Is back oh Broad- 
way, so the music pubs are picking 
their spots In Inviting Blng and 
Ru33 Columbb to the many open- 
li. gs. . ■ - 

.-Tom Lewis, former vaude-legit 
player, now full-time- WCiY an- 
nouncer. Lewis scripts and a'cts in 
one Of his sketches; also personal 
appearahcing. : ' ^ 

Colonel Stoophagle and , Budd 
have two more Loew dates set for 
U;errt. CBS comedy team play Ihei 
Piradlse, Bronx, Oct. 28, arid 'the 
Va,lencia, Jamaica, Nov. 4. 

David Frank, featured over WIP- 
"VVFAN as the Wlhnier of the recent 
contest staged by Vaughn De Leath 
and the Philadelphia 'Record/ re- 
cently made three records for 'Vic- 
tor with Isham Jones' orchestra. 
Frank has appeared at the Ambas- 
sador hotel, Atlantlp City, with 
Jones. " . . , , 

Don Cortez, whose vol«e was for- 
merly heard in several sound films, 
is being presented with hW trio 
every week on WIP-'WT'AN. 

Jo Ed ward s recently joined staff 
of WIP-WFAN as assistant .pro- 
gram director. 

Glersdorf Sisters, from' >raude, 
slated fbr atn NBC audltloh, ' ' ' 

Jess PugH, the 'Old Htineh' of 'the 
whilom Prlhce Albert stan^ -booked 
for the Cleyelanil :Rotary Club y as 
far :1a advanqe.as April ,).3» ,.. v : , 

.'Emma and Ezra,' the . Pennsyl- 
vania Dutch pomlca, have 'a oAeQfc- 
slgiier In the Lancaster Mlllthg^ Cbi. 
over WQAL for th6 neit 62 wefeKs. 

Lee Wiley, authoress of the ditty, 
'South in My So ul,' g oes sustaining 
over NBC out di "WBAF. New York.. 

iTohn S. Gregal new oommeroial 
manager for "WGAL, Pa. 

3unny Coughlin, the . WABC 
Funnyboners, commutes f rom 
Bronxvllle, N. Y. . ,. • • ■ 

Bill and Henry, otherwise . knoWn 
as Al and Pet^ have been continued 
by Westlnghouse over WJZ for an* 
other 13 broadcasts. 



WMCA's OK 

Radio commission has granted 
WMCA its license to operate the 
transmitter at the new. building on 
the Lohg Island Causeway. Li- 
cense allows station to use the 
same facilities as at the Hoboken 
transmitter. Does not include au- 
thorization for television .or ezpieri- 
ment, a feature which the new sta- 
tion of the Knickerbocker Broad- 
casting Co., operators of WMCA 
and WPCH, hope to develop at Col 
lege Point, 

New station is not yet In Work- 
ing order. 



Sondi 



Gene Edwards, formerly ot« 
WHAS, joined WKBC, Birmingham, 
as announcer. He was formerly in" 
vaude also. 

"WWL 'has removed its station In 
New Orleans from Loyola Univer- 
sity to the Roosevelt hotel. ' , 

Bos well Sisters, have ret.urned to 
New York after spending fortnight 
vacation with their parents In New 
Orleans. ■ ' '. . 



Mid-West 



William O. Rambeau, Chicago sta^ 
tlon rep, now lists WOR, Newarl^. 

Harrtett ' Cruise and the Four 
NorsSman-'are glorifying Red Cross 
Macaroni over WBBM, Chicago. 

N'orbert Beerend, formerly radio' 
factotum of the .U. S. Advertising 
Corp., now with CBS, Chicago, "on 
sales staff. . \ 

' Art dlllhain is busy with several 
new! lobal oommSrcials from WBKd, 
Chicago, Including Pebeco and In-, 
terhatlonal Heating. 

UricM Bob's 'Curb Is the lilmit 
Club' for klda was . nine years old - 
and KYW entertained 300 Chi kids 
In its studio in commemoration. 



. Hooper and Gatchet, from vaude. 
go on thfe Merrymakers hour over 
KHJ for six Weeks. 

Bartley Slmms, organist at KTM, 
Los Angeles, laid up with sickness.. 
Dorothy Dee. substituting. 

Charles Williams, coast picture 
actor, is Writing the contlnul^ for : 
the Domino .Club programs broad- 
cast.over KFI Sunday nights. 

The 6lIsson Girl, KNX, making a 
personal appearance at the Mar- 
quise theatre, 'West Hollywood, Cal., 
and giving aWay samples of Glisson 
produQts. ■ ' 

Ted ' Mack .orchestra from the 
Casanova -rbom, BroWn Palace ho-- 
tel, broadcast the Weekly prograni 
of the Denver musicians' union over 
NBC throu^ KOA, Denver. 



CBS DROf S SID GARY IN 
FAVOR OF WM. O'NEAL 



Early" evening spot previously 
held by Sid Gary over a Coliunbla 
web has been assigned to .'WlUlam 
O'Neal; baritone, out of the musical 
comedy and operetta. 

in addition to Itcunohlng him oA 
a buildup CBS has obtained for. 
C>'Nelll , ft sifpt on the Southern 
ttairlea shbw,.-' starting this week 
(20), over the Dixie network. 

JACK 0ENNY 

AND ORCHESTRA 



Waic(#^-Aitorl« Ho«*l : , 

Victor Reoords 

budcv Strike ' Danes Hour 

Whitman Candy 
(Oct. 2f) 



Manasernent M. C. A, 



Fio-Rito's Co£Fee 

San Francisco, Oct. 17. 

Ted Flo-Rlto's St. Francis hotel 
band gets the M.J.B. coffee period 
over NBC's Coast hookup. First 
broadcast is Nov; 1. 

Lord & Thomas ad agency, 
handling the account, is complet- 
ing details of the shift from Jlmmle 
Grier's orchestra, Los Angeles, to 
Flo-Rlto. John P. Medbury, m.c'ing 
this half hour, will hop here each 
Week for the session. 



BELL STAYS WUAL 

Washington, Oct. 17. 
Stanley Bell, for three years 'CBS 
presidential announcer and key man 
in IWashington, quits the network to 
st^ck with WMAL Oct 20 When 
WJSV replaces WMAL o|i the CBiS 
chain. Bell had choice of a staff job 
with CBS or chief announcer at 
■WMAL. 

Bell has handled all major^ pick- 
ups from "Washington for. CBS^ 
Clyde Hunt, WMAL control man, 
will be carried Over with WJSV. 



Dorothy Masters With NBC 

Chicago, Oct. 17. 

Dorothy Masters, radio columnist 
for the Chicago 'American/ has 
joined the NBC publicity depart 
ment here under Al Williamson. 

She wrote under the pen name 
oE Ramona Watson on the 'Ameri- 
can.' 



Isham 
Jones 



Currently at the 
Hollywood Reataurant, 
Nevy.York 
Indefinitely 



WILLIAM HALL 

WABC, Wed., 7:16; FrI., 7M; 

Sun., 8:00 P. M. 
Pergonal ManAKement I.EW COOPER 



P 

Bhh 



GENE and GLENN 



, • (JAKE and LENA) 

QUAKBB OATS COI^ANT 
Dally 8 A.., Mv, NBC. RBD NBTWORK 

. STAVDARD .on. COMPANY- - 
Dally 6:46 P. M., B.S.T., WTAJI^L>EVELAND 
Dally 7:16 P. M., B.S.T., WLW — CINCINNATI 




THOSE TURKS! lOVET^T VOICES . 
IN PERFECT ICARMONY 

KELLER SISTERS and LYNCH 

5th MONTH— WOR-r3 tlMES WEEKLY 

7:10 P. M., Monday — M'ednojiday— ^torday 
Direction PHIL TYRELL 



Tucflday, October 18, 1932 



VARIETY 



40 



New Program Calendar 

Periods on the air for the flmt time, or resainuig commerciaUy 



SUNDAY, OCT, 23 
'Fred Allen's Bath Tub Revue' 

((CBS). Llnlt feppnsors this new se- 
ries over «0 $tatlona with Fred Al- 
len, his wife, Portland Hoffa, Ann 
lieaf, lioulfl Katzman's • orchestra 
and guest stars. Originating from 
IviTABC, N. T., 9 to 9 :30 p. m., EST. 
MONDAY, OCT. 24 
'Buick Travelers* (NBC). General 
■Motors returns Paul Whlteman to 
the network on a 23-week contract,' 
.with the hookup In behalf of the 
Buick car extending over the basic 
red, the northwest, the southeast, 
the south central, the mountain, the 
orange links and KFSD and KTAR, 
Originating f rom WEAF, N. Y., 9:30 
to 10 p. m., EST. 

. 'Captain Jack' (CBS); Adventure 
program for kids on flve-a-week 
schedule iaponsored by the John F. 
Jelke Co. Don Ameche In title role. 
Program originating from WABC, 
Chicago, 4.16 to 4.30 p. m. CST, with 
the Initial lineup embracing WABC, 
■WKRC, WHK. CKOK, WCAU, 
IWJAS, WFBL, WSPD and WADC. 
TijURSDAY, OCT. 27 
'Whitman's Melodiers' (CBS). Jack 
Pehny's band and vocalists spon- 
pored by , Stephen F. Whitman & 
Son, candy manufacturers. Orig- 
inating from WABC, N. Y., 8:45 to 
e p. m., EST. ; 
SUNDAY, OCT. 30 

'Canada Dry Revue' (CBS). Can- 
ada Dry Ginger Ale debuts its show 
on this network with Jack Benny 
and ^he Ted Weenia band, over 
the basic network^ and outlets In 
Montreal, Toronto,' Minneapolis and 
Atlantic City. Originating from 
,WABC, N. Y., Sundays from 10 to 
10:30 p. m., and Thursday from 
8:16 to 8:46 p. m., EST. 

'Jungle Thrills' (NBC). Frank 

Buck will do this adventure spieling 
on this session for A. C. (Silbert, 
With the hookup taking In the 
taslc red, .the northwest, the orange 
and KFSD, KTHS, KOA and KSU 
Originating from WEAP. New York^ 
E.46 to 6 p. m. EST, 



WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2 
'The Fitch Professor' (CBS). 
Fitch Co. of Des . Moines Oresumes 
Its morning muslcale week out of 
the CBS studios in Chicago. 10:30 
to 10:45, CST. 

THURSDAY, NOV. 10 
'International Special' (CBS). In- 
ternational Sliver Co. of Merlden, 
Conn., has Tony Wo.ns spotted for 
a two-week campaign over 63 sta- 
tions, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sat- 
urdays. Originating from WABC, 
N. Y., 9:30 to 9:45 a. m., EST. West 
coast gets this broadcast 12:15 to 
12:30, EST. 

SATURDAY, NOV. 12 
'Carboruriduni Band' (CBiS). Car- 
borundum Company brings this one 
out of Niagara Falls for a 15-sta 
tioh hookup. Gomes through WABC, 
N. Y., 0:30 to 10 : p. m., EST. 

SUNDAY, NOV. 13 
Smith Brothers — Trade and Mark 
(NBC). Coughdrop maker's pro- 
gram, slated for 20 weeks, offers a 
Nat Shilkret orchestra with Billy 
Hlllpot aiid Scrappy Limbert over 
a hookup that takes In WJZ, WBZ, 
WBZA, WBAL, WHAM. KDKA, 
WJR, KYW, KWK, WREN, KOIL 
and KWRC, Originating from WJZ, 
N. Y., 9:16 to 9:30 p. m., EST. 
FRIDAY, NOV. 1» 
'Big Six of the Air with Al Jolsoh' 
(NBC). Chevrolet has contracted 
time for this one over a period of 
39 weeks with the hookup extehdinj 
through the basic red. the north 
west, the southeast, the south cen 
tral, the southwest, the mountain, 
the orange links and KFSD and 
KTAR. Program besides Jolson will 
carry an orche stra and quartet 
Originating from WEAF, N. Y., 10 to 
10:30 p. m., EST. 



Radioes Dream Girl 

Aliee 



Joy 



HBADUMINO 

'The Dream Girl Revue" 

AT THE) 

State Fair 

[m^m DALLAS, TEXAS 

<MuS«aU 
Itonunlnc Commendal BnadcMt 



BADIO'B 
BmATION 

UNCLE DON 



On 

WOR « P.M. 
Every 
Evening 
Except 
Sunday 





Sunday! - 
M 10:45 P.M. 



t Piano « A> foic< « A QuW mr 



niCHARO and LENET8KA 
1560 Broadway. N«w Ywfc 



JOHN 

HEVLm-i 

(TENOR) 
Featored on the Sweetheart Soap 
Proxnun every Wednesday, ll;44f 
A.tf., WJZ. 

Manaxement of 
NBO ARTIST UCKEAV 




NABORLY OPPOSISH BY 
3 STATIONS, SAME Cin 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 17 
WWVA, Wheeling, W. Va,, and a 
CBS outlet th.ere, has established 
a branch studio here in the. Pitts 
burgher hotel. Station, ^Ith 6,000 
watts, will have a $16,000 wire 
charge annually, it's understood, for 
the service. 

WWVA officials Insist they can 
cover the local territory better- than 
WJAS, Pittsburgh CP'S outlet;, and 
tbie West .Virginia station, as a re 
suit. Intends to make a strong bid 
for local commercials. WJAS op 
«|rates under 2,600 watts by day and 
1,000 watts at night 



Catchfflg Up 



San Francisco, Oct. 17. 
Western production of 'Wheaten 
avUle' Is getting the iaccelerator in 
an eiEtort to pace. It In even stride 
with the eastern. NBC network; 

Several episodes, are getting tl^i 
go-by so Coast will hear chapters 
same day the Atl.antlc seaboard gets 
'em. Wheate'na stayed off the air 
several nights to a^ord national 
political speakers a ctear air lane. 



PoUtico 0 ^i 4 ap 



Republican natloiMd 
palgn committee burned plenty 
last Friday (14) night, when 
the John N. Oarner speech 
lapped oyer Into th« former 
party's niche on NBC. Bepub- . 
llca,hs had WIU Irwin all set 
to follow the Democratic v. p. 
candidate oyer a similar NBC 
web. Irwin was kept waiting 
before the mike for four min- 
utes while Gamer finished his 
speech. A rule now in effect, 
on both chains forbids cutting 
oft a political speech, no matter 
how much It tonB vrer the 
stipulated time. 

Republicans have put In a 
claim for a rebate on the four 
Thinutes It lost. Understood 
that the network will allow the 
deduction but make no move to 
pass the charge along to the 
Democratic war chest. 



'Big Broadcast' Miisters Record 
Roster of Radio Personalities 



CANADA TO SUE 
RADIO TRUST 



Coast NBC ShifU 

San Francisco, Oct. 17, 
First of the expected; shifts in 
NBC's production departments along 
with advent of the hew chief will 
come this week when Helen O'Neill 
is promoted from producer to as- 
sistant production manager. 

Tom Kelly will be taken off the 
dramatic staff and placed in charge 
of all local drama programs, suc- 
ceeding Sam Dickson. Latter re- 
mains in production department. 



Mex. Television Set 

Mexico City, Oct. 14. 

The first television station In 
Mexico will be established here 
soon as a result of arrangements 
between the National Revolutionary 
Party which dominates the federal 
government and RCA and the Pear- 
son people of Chicago. 

Party has sent an expert to Chi- 
cago to arrange for shipping station 
here. Outfit will cost approximate- 
ly $30,000, of which $22,000 has al- 
ready been paid. Cultural programs 
win feature station's activities, 
Party announces. 



K U Z N E T Z O F F 
and N I C O L I N A 

32ND CONSECfTlVK WT5BK » i a f 

• STEERO" Program, Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m.> WEAF 



Ottievwa. Oct. 17. 
Following months of investiga- 
tion by P. A, McGregor, reeifltra,r at 
Ottawa under the Combines Act, 
formal announcement has been 
made that the government will 
prosecute the radio tube manufac- 
turers iinde*. the erlinlnai code on 
the charge of operating a combine 
In restraint of trade. 
^ The companies named In the reg- 
istrar's report are Canadian Gen- 
eral Ellectrlc Co., Canadian Marconi 
Co., Canadian Westlnghouse, North- 
ern Electric, Western Klectrlo, and 
the Standard Radio Mfg. Corp. 

It Is alleged that the retail prices 
of radio tubes are oat of »11 pro- 
portion to their cost of manufacture. 

EARL SEBQNG Effl, 
KaW WAVELENGTHS 

XjOs Angelefl. Oct. IT, 
Guy Bajfi, <rwner of KNX, has 
made application to 7RC for the 
wavelengthB . of KTM and KKLW. 
which is In danger of ibetafr taken 
away fiiom those statloBfl, for use at 
a proposed station In Bwemmvoto. 

Earl a^kfl to be In the 1>ld4lin£r for 
the frequency If the conunlaaAon der 
.cldes to follow the recommend ation 
of Bzamlner Toet to .deny ttttore 
faildUes to KTM and KHLW. 
: Prevlotia request tat iSie way e- 
lehgtU has been made lur KSICA, 
the NBC ontlet here, 

San ItandBCO, Oct tT. 
Wesson Oli's Tefun HaHAit pro- 
gram sticks on NBC for another 62 
weeks aa result ot a mctrathon hop 
to New Orleans by Cbpen Zlames 
of network's local sales d^>artment. 
Eames sold the FltEgMnfd aeency 
on. a renewal. X>rogram. Is left al- 
most entirely to NBC since the N. 
O. agency has no representative 
here. 

Program personnel has come In 
for some shifts, Meredith WiUson 
replaoli>? Joe Homlk as conductor 
and Donald Cope gettlner the pro- 
ducer's post. Gnardsment male 
quartet, Is currently worUner on 
notice and bows out next Saturday 
(22), with another combo probably 
replacing^ 

Press-Station Hook-Up 
Guarantees !Ni»b Space 

Theatres booking acta out of the 
talent bureau connected with 
WOAU I/ancaster. Fa., are guar- 
anteed publicity In the three local 
papers with the station famishing 
the cut and the blvurbs. 

Outlet's affiliation arrangement 
with the Ijancaster Newspapers Inc., 
publishers of the intelligencer 
Journal,' 'lAncaster New Bra' and 
the 'Sunday Times' makes this 
amgle posdble. 

WMAL's Paid 8u>. Oroh. 

Washington, Oct. IT. 
WMAL starts Its first studio or- 
chestra In Washington to be paid 
for sustaining time Oct. tl when 
the station leaves CBQ. 

Contract goes to Meyer Davis to 
furnish ensembles tip to M pieces. 
Harold Veo will dlreoti 



The biggest, all-star assemblage 
of radio names, in one picture holds 
forth in 'The Big Broaldcast' (Para- 
mount) , currently at the New Tork 
and Brooklyn Paramount theatres. 
Bing Crosby, Burns and Allen, Kate 
Smith, the Mills Bros., Boswell Sis- 
ters, Arthur Tracy (The Street 
Singer), Donald Novls, Vincent 
Lopez and his orchesti"ia and Cab 
Calloway and his orchestra, besides 
their respective radio announcers, 
are the featured names. They dom- 
inate the roster as Stuart Frwin, 
Leila Hyams, Sharon Lynhe and 
(Seorge Barbler are the regular cel- 
luloid principals.. 

Crosby, and the George N. Burns- 
Grace Allen team alone went to the 
Coast to work at the Par studio, 
the others being shot east and cut 
into the picture for their specialties 

Announcers Make Bow 

In the 'big broadcast' scene, from 
whence the title, James WaUlngton 
introduces Lopeis just as he does 
from the St. Regis hotel, N. T.; Don 
Ball, regular announcer for th® 
Mills Bros., heralds the Chlpso 
quartet; Norman Brokenshlre who 
regularly introduces the Boswell 
Sisters on Chesterfield, Is shown 
dittoing in the picture; William 
Brenton, the La Pallna spieler, In- 
troduces Kate Smith ; Walllngton 
who heralds the hl-de-hl antics of 
the Cab Calloway orchestra from 
the Cotton Club, In New Tork's 
Harlem sector. Is shown doing 
ditto (this Is a second appearance 
for Walllngton), and so these llitle 
niceties were Included .for full au 
thentlclty. . There's a flash close 
up of each announcer, with a desk 
shingle, carrying the various an- 
nouncer's actual names, thus .iden 
tlfylng them; It's a nice little 
wrinkle. 

Every name distinguishes him 
or herself. Crosby, as the "hero' 
(although Stu Elrwin is a bit more 
sympathetically patterned) works 
throughout Is a 'part.' Same 
goes for George (Nat) Burns 
who's the Ftudio manager while 
Oracle Allen Is the dumb stenog, 
per their radio routine. Their cross- 
fire could be taken out Intact, for a 
talking short, as could all the other 
specialties, for that matter, and is 
really Independent of the action, 
although skillfully enough dove- 
tailed. 

Baton Wieldore to Fore 

Cab Calloway does ICIcklng the 
Gong 'Around' with his CaV.oway- 
Ing jazzlsts In wow fashion. The 
Lopezltes. while previously heralded 
by their characteristic 'Nola,' Center 
their solo considerably on that ver- 
satile trap drummer In a hot rou- 
tine. Here Lopez Is in tails; In the 
other sequence he's In tropical at^ 
tire. He looks better In the less 
formal eet-up, 

Donuld Nevis' contribution Is 
'Trees,' very well done. Like Arthur 
Tracy (The Street Singer) botii 
can't stand the camera's eye to 
flattering degree. Tracy, In char- 
acteristic Street Singer gret-up. Is 
wisely long-shotted at flrst, and In- 
troduced In a cafe scene where 
Crosby and Brwin are staging a 
sentimental stew scene at the bar. 
Tracy's theme Is "Here Lies Love,' 
written by R^.Iph Ralnger (music) 
and Leo Robin (lyric), although 
Crosby's later rj^nditlon of 'Please,' 
by the same writers. Is the pic- 
ture's song outstander. 

The Boswells with their 'Crazy 
People' songalog are a click in theli 
specialty. Kate Smith's version of 
'Beautiful' is excellent singing. ' 

Crosby's vocalizing includes 
snatches of '^Vhen the Blue of the 
Night'; a nifty specialty with 
'Dinah' (which was one of Crosby's 
biggest Brunswick recordings, de- 
spite the antiquity of the song), 
showing a dusky bootblack keoping 
tempo with the shining cloth; an 1 



the big theme song, 'Please.* He 
also Introduces snatches q£ 'Hero 
Lies Love' for the sentimental shotg. 

The Mills Bros, do their 'Tiger 
Rag,' and it's gieat stuff with close- 
ups of how that guitarist simulates 
the tuba; one does the trumpet 
effect; plus the other vocal-mouth- 
ing, closeups. 

All these specialties are in addi- 
tion to a giant lobby display frame 
whereon are the likenesses of all 
of the stars. They irls-lnto close- 
ups showing the various radio spe- 
cialists doing brief Interludes of 
the vocal theitoes which made them 
radio famous. Kach got applause as 
a personal appearance or individual 
talking short. 



FARNUM WORKED ON 
JOLSON FOR 7 M0& 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

It was Just seven months a^o 
that Ralph Farnum, the agent, 
started at work on . a radio broad- 
casting contract f or Al Jolson. That 
long dist3,nce negotiation was con- 
sumated last week in New Torl^. by 
Jolson with Chevrolet TNBC), at 
$5,000 net; weekly for a single mike 
appearance. 

Jolson set his figure as five G's 
and net when first authorizing Far- 
num to place hlni. The net booking 
meant Jolson would pay neither for 
commission nor for his air material. 
The latter Is apt to beconie an ex- 
pensive item, with Irving Caesar, 
now In New York, a possibility ag 
one of the two Jolson material 
writers. Johii P. Mcdbury out here 
is also readying some material for 
jolson's air series. 



THREE LITTLE GIRLS 

OF RADIO LAND, 
THREE SINGING GIRLS 
WHO HARMONIZE GRAND! 



DO-RE- 



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WABC 



Met 
Work 



ftXtn, S P. M.— eatar4«y. ff.lS P. 
Sonday, • P. M. 

with 

RAY BLOCH 

rlanlst-Arnuicer 
«HBAKIMO IS PBUEVIMO'* ' 



HAROLD 
SAHFORD 

MUSICAL DIHECT6R 

'Two Seats In the Balcony' 

WednMdays, 4 P. M. 

B«d Netwo.ric W.E.A.F. 

ALWAYS WELL RECEIVED! 



•nd o uuitop 

COLUMBIA 



BROADCASTIMfi 
SYSTEM 



Mllli-lMkotll.Inc 
1t9 SMMh Av<. N<«l«>« 

t-.IS P.M.. MM-Thun. 




RUTH ETTING 



GLORIFYING JPOPULAFL SONG 
^LUMBIAaMST'KHDASr NETWDMC 

WED. 10 P.M.— SAT., 9 P.M., E.S.T. . 

Management 

THOMAS G. ROCKWELL 

7M Seventh Ave., Mew York 




50 



VARfETT 



RADIO BE PORTS 



Tnesdiiyt Octol»er 18/ 1932 



FRISCO RADIO SHOWWAR.|r,Es^^_^^__^^ 



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•San Francisco, Oct, 8, 
Perc's som<.Hliine a bit different 
In th^tricals. An establislicd radio 
program moved into a theatre, pro 
cccdins at its usual time, but adding 
640 in -person spectators to the al- 
ready fat list oC tuner-inners. 

Associated Oil Co., sponsors since 
'29 of ;Spotlislit Revue* over NBC's 
western network arc backers of this 
stunt. Unable to accommodate the 
crowds who pester NBC every Sat- 
urday night for admission to the 
studios housing Spotlight, Associat- 
ed thought up the theatre angle. 
Theatre isn't expensive since gas 
company pays only rental and one 
electrician, entire radio cast getting 
no extra dough above regular com- 
mercial fee. 

Some C40 preTallotted seats ac- 
commodate only a part of the Im-: 
mense list of applicants, though 
show has already been on for four, 
weeks and has six more to go. 
Sponsors probably will rent huge 
Dreamland Auditorium sooner, or 
later for one night to clear lip stag- 
gering list of would-be watchers. 

From standpoint of a showman 
sitting out front this 90-minute 
variety program is the nerts as a 
stage show. But the other 360 seat- 
occupiers think It's swell because 
they're enough sold on 'Spotlight' 
and Its participants to wait months 
for tickets. Bcgardless of , spec- 
tators' opinions all lines, tunes and 
action are dirtcted to the mlkeis 
that domlnalc front of the stage; 
which" is correct, weighing 610 
agallnst beaucoiip thousands of ears 
glued to loudspeakers up and down 
the Coast. 

J^ost popular features of program 
are four: School Days, quarter- 
hour dialog period penned by Bill 
Royle and utilizing all. program's 
characters as school kids vfith Max 
Walzman the pipf ; Walter Beban's 
weekly burlesque, current being one 
on Lola Montez, fiery Spanish 
actress of early California days; 
Hill Nellies, burlesque duo of fern 
hUl-billy chatticters; Harold Peary's 
contagious villainous laugh, which 
Is being emulated by youngsters 
from San Diego to Vancouver. 
There's even a nance character, 
whicl; brings the show right up to 
what custome--3 have come to ex- 
pect from a stage .frolic. 

Cast includes Walter Beban's or- 
chestra, Arniand Glrard, Mary 
Wood, Cpqucttes, Harold ' Dana, 
Bobbe Deane; Annette Hastings, 
Imelda Monta^ae, Marjorie Prim- 
ley. Gwjfmfi. Jones, Irving Kennedy, 
Harold Peary, - Bill Royle, Monroe 
Upton, Ma!c Wfeizmah and Bcnnle 
Walker. Cecil Underwood Is m.c, 
and Caryl Colemain, producer, both 
of latter doing exceptionally fine 
Jobn. . 

Community Playhouse presenta- 
tion of 'Spotlight' eliminates book- 
ing of program as club or theatre 
attraction, but that's okay with As- 
sociated. Bock, 



COMMERCIAL 
WGY, Schenectady 

A new. a. m. half hour, oncd 
weekly, sponsored by manufacturers 
of Creemex Flour, this program pre-r 
sents WGY standbys in the Banjo- 
leers, Annette McCullough and Wil- 
liam Rose, with Melody lEnsemble 
and a male food 'expeirt' added. 
Banjoleers and Miss McCullough 
have been on NBC hookups from 
the outlet; Rose, pne-time singer 
with Herb Gordon's>_Wche3tra, Is 
known for his balladeenng. 

While 'Varieties' Is a fast-'moving 
broadcast, its musical pattern is not 
one best fitted to talents of several 
participants. . Miss McCullough, for 
ihstiance, shoyirs well in ballads and 
torches, but here she also essays 
hotchas and blUes. Rose, a capable 
ballad singer, likewise steps out of 
his field, by attempting torrid selec- 
tions. Banjoleers play with zip, but 
they do not quite reach the mark 
set on their own pi-ugraihs. 

Miss McCullough, a Whltcman 
audition winner, first gained local 
attention as an exponent of the 
Kate Smith school. She Is now ap- 
parently shifting to another style of 
vocalizing, though . the transition is 
incomplete. Miss McCullough's voice 
Is smooth aiid radio technique excel- 
lent, but numbers like 'Dinah' are. 
not her forte. Piano accompani- 
ment for most part, although what 
sounds like an xylophone occasion- 
ally provides a. pleasing musical 
background. 

Rose's tenor, oke for ballads, Is 
smothered In jazzy selections, and 
Instrumental novelties of 'The Ger- 
man Band' type. Banjoleers (Han- 
cox Brothers, with Lee Rosenholz, 
pianist) shquld include more of the 
threo-Ih-one-melody arrangements 
used on chain programs. 

Talker, introduced as Major 
Thompson, speaks In that Impres- 
sive manner aifected by men oa food 
broadcasts. They all have titles. 
Voice good ; a spiel on pancakes and 
merits of 'flaps' made with Creem- 
ex, sounded oke, though drawn out. 
Announcer also plus product. 

A inore careful sifting of the mu- 
sical Ingredients would make this a 
smoother, tastier cake. And the 
cooks should not step on one anoth- 
er's toes, In their haste to get It 
beaked. Jaco. 



LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL BAND 
Sustaining 

KGER,'1.ong Boaoh, Cal. 

Generally speaking, brass bands 
belong td . parades and the mauve 
decade. " It's fitting that the coagt's 
champ hick burg should,, as its mu- 
nicipal hlShllght, feature a flock of 
wind Instruments. However, the 
Long Beach band, conducted by 
famed Herbert Clark, one-time 
Sousa assistant, and rated as the 
world's greatest cornetlst, ranks 
with the Edwin Franko Goldman 
combination, which made Central 
pa-'k's mall famous, or vice versa. 

Clark's combination, like Gold- 
man's, has about 70 men in the line- 
up. Of this number there are about 
20 string pieces.. He is rather mod- 
ern for Long Beach. Band, particu- 
larly over the air, has the quality of 
an orchestra. Arrangements are 
mostly made by Clark. Repertory 
runs from Grainger, Gershwin and 
Rlmsky-KorslkofE tO the pop num- 
bers such as 'Light Cavalry' and 
'Poet and Peasant,' necessary for 
Long Beach. 

Personnel of band has been' al- 
most intact for the past 15 years, 
coming to Long Beach from Orlllia, 
Ontario, where for a number of 
years Clark and his men were sub- 
sidized by the Canadian millionaires 
who frequent the Muskoka colony. 

As a daily a:ir feature. It Is a 
pleasant relliEsf from the average 
coast afternoon program. Band fans 
go for it. Musicianship of the or- 
ganization proves Sir Arthur Sul- 
livan^s contention that brass combi- 
nations are as effective as orches- 
tras, when properly conducted.- 

At Long Beach's new municipal 
auditorium, band draws from 3,000 
to 5.000 listeners dally, and as high 
as 8,000 on Sundays. Call. 



LILLIAN PARKS 

Songs 
13 Mins. 
Sustaining 

WBNX, Bronk, N. Y. 

Lillian Parks, 'the Melody Girl,' 
.IS is the billing, aired via WBNX, 
'the Voice of the Bronx,' a New 
York local station, on Saturday 
morning from 9:46 to 10 a.m., doing 
pops In pleasing voice. 

She has an engaging mike style, 
A.id while her auspices and achleve- 
lOentG aren't distinguished, she 
5.iiould graduate from the Bronx 
station Into faster company. 

Abel. 



ELGIN ADVENTURERS' CLUB 
With Floyd Gibbons 
Talk 

15 Minutes 
COMMERCIAL 
WEAF, New York 

Floyd Gibbons has gone Big 
Brother Floyd In a big way. Now 
that he's established his delivery 
as the fastest talking on the air. 
Gibbons has evidently set out to 
make the Elgin watch the fastest 
selling tinieplcce on the market. 

It's not Gibbons selling the Floyd 
Gibbons personality this time,' but 
Floyd Gibbons showing the time- 
piece makers how the things should 
be sold. Whole thing, supposed to 
pass for punch entertainment. 
Anally resolves itself to 10% Floyd 
Gibbons and^90% Elgin plug. And 
a Very awkwardly contrived plug 
at that. 

' As an appendage of the Elgin 
payroll Gibbons made his debut over 
NBC out of Chicago last Friday 
(14) 9:30 CST. It ran 15 minutes, 
and in that 16 minutes enough plug- 
gery was jammed In to do for six 
of the ordinary network programs, 
clocked over the same segment of 
time. Session opened with Charles 
Lyons, announcer, going Into a 
breathless, reverential de'scriptlon of 
the demonstration, about to take 
place. 

There followed a demonstration 
of what Lyons had termed 'shoot- 
ing the stars,' obscurely conceived 
and staged for layman consumption. 
On the heels of this* came the re- 
peated beat of the old-time signal 
and a statement of the exact time. 

T. Albert Potter, president of the 
Elgin Watch Co., said something 
about Elgin's greeting the new pe- 
riod of reconstruction with a new 
line of goods. The mike finally got 
around to Floyd Gibbons, and in 
steaid of the lad gOing right into 
his act ho took up the next five 
minutes with a spiel on the details 
of the 'Elgin Adverturers' Club' 
contest. To become a member of 
the club, explained Big Brother 
Gibbons, all the listener had to do. 
was to write the- story of his (the 
listener's) biggest thrill and send it 
In. Author of the best script turned 
In each week would receive a plat- 
fnum watch worth $600. 

By the time Gibbons got through 
with his contest palaver the pror 
gram had less than five nilnutes to 
go. For his narrative on this occa- 
sion the correspondent picked on 
the S.S. Laconla sinking, which re- 
counting lasted about two minutes 
and failed to turn put exciting, the 
tamest thing Gibbons has done In 
some time. 

More plug about the Elgin brand, 
another time signal and more de- 
tails about the Elgin Adventurers' 
Club. For straight merchandizing 
this program comes cl6.gest to being 
100% than any other night-time 
session on either national chain. 

Odec. 



KING SOLOMOK 
Talk, MMtic, 8ono« 

30 Minutes 

COMMERCIAL ^ - 
CKOK, Windsor, Ont. 

Judging from the tenor and make- 
up of this jnind-readins hotay-totsy 

of the ether; the new Canadian Ra- 
dio Commission will' find itself faced 
wiUi some .squeamish regulatory 
problems once U starts functioning 
in that dlcecHon, Seems that the 
mike astrologers, crystal-gazers and 
whatnots of the supernatural fra- 
ternity, who have been nudged out 
of their alrlane coves In most of 
the states, have, from reports, taken 
refuge across the nortiiern border 
and set up shop at the radl^-tlng 
end of a row of old dominion trans- 
mitters. 

This one, who passes by the mon- 
iker of 'King Solomon,' has allied 
himself with Canada's latest 60,000- 
watter, which Is tlje CBS feed for 
the Detroit territory. Between vapid 
and puerile preachments on the 'lite 
sacrificial vs. pleasure,' and Inter- 
ludes of telepathic fortune-telling, 
this fellow descants on the virtues 
of an Indian herb cure-all, which, 
among other things, guarantees to 
'banish that tired feeling that often 
follows overindulgence.' 

There's an experienced touch of 
showmanship ' about this oracle of 
the airwaves. It's evidenced by the 
smpothly framed theatrical buildup 
he gives his, entry and by the emo- 
tional musical bbbligato attending 
the anti-clima:x of whiat he chooses 
to call his message. For the con- 
fined, the faltering In body and mind 
and the repressed personality out In 
the Canadian hlnterlaiid the stuff 
he verbally dishes out undoubtedly 
comes rich In recompensatory pap.- 
In a Voice oozing with unctuous 
solemnity and benevolence he tells 
them that 'life l£| not all a bed of 
roses,' and that the Joys to be got 
from it are not to be derived from 
worldly pleasure but by sacrificing 
ourselves for Others. With this text 
out of the way, 'King Solomon' 
moves on to" the elixir he's peddling, 
which carries the' label of 'Muskiki;' 
and is described, as a 'genuine In- 
dian remedy.' 

Second half of his program Is 
given over to the fprtune-telling 
act. Sources are letteris and tele- 
grams which he claims have cemte 
frpm listeners. Anyway, names of 
persons and towns ai-e mentioned. 
Most of the prophecy-seeking in- 
quiries propound this one question, 
how soon does ho think the writer 
will get a job. Notable angle here 
is the fact that none of the commu- 
nications read or answered has an 
address on the American side of the 
border. Precaution taken here, ob- 
viously, avoids any possibility of 
complications with the States' postal 
and radio authorities. 

That 'King Solomon's' message 
has a wide lapover into the States 
Is attested by the fact that CKOK, 
whose kilocycle is spotted close to 
the 'dark band' on the ether sphere, 
comes into the New York metropoli- 
tan territory quite clearly. Odec. 



NICK NICHOLS 
Cartoonist of the AV 
COMMERCIAL 
WIBO, Chicago 

Nichols conducts a school for 
which tuition is charged, but the 
radio program derives its - profit 
from the sale at 26c each of a port- 
folio which acts as a textbook for 
the lessOns held over the air. He 
does not directly plug his tuition 
classes, but mentions them and en- 
courages inquiry. 

Some genuine effort appears to 
be made to criticize and guide neo- 
phyte cartoonists. Lesson 18 con- 
sisted principally of marketing ad- 
vice with the suggestion that be- 
Inners sidestep 'Life,' 'Judge' and 
'Ballyhoo' for which these periodi- 
cals should doubtlessly thank Mr. 
Nichols. 

Since the number of would-be 
cartoonists is only slightly fewer 
than the number of would-be sce- 
nario writers it would appear that 
Nichols has a good thing here and 
is handling it Intelligently and 
avoiding the worst aspects of such 
correspondence academies. Land: 




(FoUotpinff is the first television broadcast revieio treated from an 
amuaement angle and carried by a trade paper.) 



'BROADWAY ON PARADE' 

With Hsion Morgan, Leon Janney, 
Bob Davis, Willie -and Eugsns 
Howard, Billy Glaspn, Verna 
Burko and Tony Canzonerr ^ 

Sustaining . 

60 Mins. 

W2XAB, Nsw York 

Elmer B. Myers, the inventor, had 
gathered (11) a, representation fronx 
the press to diemonstrate how his 
'cold light' tube picks up and pro- 
jects a television imagine. To help 
keep the boys regaled on. this occa^ 
sion Bill Schudt, impresario for the 
'CBS Talkies of the Air,' prevailed 
upon Wayne Pier son to bring over 
a group of entertainers to the net- 
work's studios for simultaneous, 
broadcasting by mike and photo- 
electric cell. 

Froni the entertainment angle this 
two hours of casting wasn't much 
L*r a demonstration, Held in a suite 
on the 67th floor of the Chrysler 
building^ it demonstrated that tele- 
vision Is still, not yet around that 
proverbial corner. It's Myers' con- 
tention that his 'cold light' bulb has 
ov ercome one Of television's biggest 
obstacles in that it provides a 
source of unlimited light for projec- 
tion of the ether image, As he sees 
the situation, the mechanics of tele- 
vision have been fa.lrly well estab- 
lished, but a satisfactory light 
souroe was lacking until the advent 
of his 'cold llghtf tube. 

Regardless of whether Myers' 
lamp is to be hailed as ai forward 
step in practical television, the 
i iiages flashed across the 26-lnch 
screen set up In the demonstraiting 
rocm seemed to embody no more re- 
iincd definition than created by the 
1a;nps used by the RCA, Jenkins, 
S!anabrla or Western Television 
Corp. projectors. About the only dlf- 
feience between the Myers picture 
aiid the others is the portrait back- 
ground. The • others make use of 
an incandescent lanip and the Image 
is cast on a field of red, while the 
Myers portrait flickers across a fleld 
of aquamarine green, with the etCect 
at times weirdest of them all. This 
light colored background sharpens 
the outlines, but- seems to blur the 
photographic shadings. 

Few ' of the entertainers on the 
bill were approachably recognizable- 
There was no mistaking the Eugene 
Howard proflle, ( biit his brother 
Willie's pan didn't make uot ao well. 
It is '-. assumed that Willie went 
through the usual mugging as he 
bandied gags with his brother be- 
fore the photoelectric cells. On the 
r.-«celving end this mugging reprp- 
duced itself as so many smudges 
and streaks. Helen Morgan did One 
of her favorite numbers, but.^ the 
visual impression brought out none 
of the lip trembling nuances that go 
with them. General register of the 
Morgan facial image, even on the 



'oloseups, was no better. Only face 
in the whole parade that came over 
clearly defined was that of Verna 
Burke, the blues warbler from ra- 
dio. 

Billy Glason tOok over the m.c.'lng 
from Bob Davis and started oft. with 
an Interview with Tony Oanzonerl 
who answered a raft of convent 
tional questions about the prizefight 
craft and other topics. Boxer's 
voice piersonality clicked nicely, but 
the image didn't do much to dls« 
tihgulsh him frOni d couplo of the 
fellows that had preceded him. 
Clason took the occasion to reel off 
a couple of ditties and followed this 
up. with an introduction of Rosa- 
mond Pinchot,; who said something 
about working with the Democratic 
campaign committee and streaked 
from the photoelectric ..ceils before 
they had a chance to focus her. On 
the fore-end of the entertaining list 
Leon Janney put In a personal ap- 
pearance with the poem he elected 
coming over impressively, but not 
so forte When it came to the visual- 
Izatlon. 

•'Broadway on Parade' filled half 
of that evening's two-hour stretch 
of sound and picture castinjg from 
W2XAB. This two-hour conibined 
radio and television "^Calr is put on 
four- nights a week. Programs thht 
preceded the 'Parade' phase that 
evening carried several warblers, a 
lad doing a protean act and a girl 
showing the latest fashions iii head-, 
gear. Fashion . demonstrator regis* 
tored visually the clearest of the 
lot. Screening throughout the enr 
tire show was frequently broken up 
by elemental interferences. Broad- 
casting of both the visual and sound 
waves was done over the same 
short wave channels, with the latter: 
consistently okay. . 

Myers calls his light 'cold' be- 
ci>'uso most of the electric energy 
If, used to produce light, and not 
heat, as happens with an incan- 
aescent lamp. His lamp, he says, 
generates 260,000 candlepower of 
Itp-ht, and that, Myers explains, is 
what television needs to flood the 
screen with an Illumination that 
clarifies the i^ictures. The Myera 
tube Is described as 'an inductively: 
energized' lamp' which creates light 
by the breaking up of the mercury 
atom in a specially contrived quartz' 
bulb. A thimbleful pf mercury is 
in each bulb. Myers ' cliims tl\at 
these tubes can be made tp prP()uce 
1,000,000 candleppwer, and with all 
this light available he says he plans 
to cast television images on a thea- 
tre-size screen> The inventor^ who 
was at one time an assistant of Dr. 
Lee DePorest, enlarging on the the- 
atre angle, stated that ho proposed 
building .a high-powered television 
falnsmltter rated at 10,000 watta 
and also telOvislon-equipped trucks 
that will flash scenes back to the* 
nialn station for relay to theatres. 

Odec. 



CAPTAIN DIAMOND'S ADVEN- 
TURES 
Dramatic Sketch 
30 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 

Diamond Crystal Salt, a Cxoneral 
Foods ' product, . has obviously 
framed this one for mixed adult 
and Juve appeal. It's on an early 
evening release (8 EST), coming 
out of the NBC Washington studios, 
Unusually restrained on the plug, 
the stanza, reveals an adroit hand 
at dramatic story telling via the 
mike, with the acting and the stag 
ing always commendable. 

Captain Diamond, an old salt, is 
projected as the narrator, and cen 
tral character of the yarns drama- 
tized. Production is of the mixed 
straight narrative and enacted va- 
riety, with the captain unwinding 
his yarn tp a kid Interlecutor, 
Fading Ih and out of the dramatized 
parts is smoothly, and deftly ef 
fected. Sound effects are also a p? 
prpprlately devised. 

Only musical appendage is an ac 
cordion playing sea chantie.s .it 
opening and close, 0<feo. 



GRANDPA BURTON'S ADVEN- 
TURES 
With and By Bill Barr 
COMMERCIAL 
WBBM, Chicago 

Kosto, a synthetic food which, 
when mixed with milk turns out to 
be chocolate pudding or vanilla cus- 
tard, has undertaken to extend the 
popularity of Its 10c desserts. As 
the vehicle of this purpose they 
have chosen Bill Barr,' experienced 
local radio actor with a gifted larynx 
that enables him to play all the 
characters. • 

Sample number one had Grandpa 
grandson his days with a circus in 
Burton recalling for his pop-eyed 
boyhood. Each episode Is a com- 
plete adventure In itself, supposed- 
ly taken from Grandpa Burton's ar- 
chives- of a life that took him all 
over the world and into all sorts of 
exploits. 

Barr shades his various voices 
very adroitly. That means every- 
thing for ordinarily these one-man 
skits alternate from shrill ear-plerc- 
Ing falsetto to a .thickly unintelli- 
gible gutturallsm. 

Two sound men had tO be used to 
handle all the sound effects Barr 
worked into his script, which seems 
qualified to attract to itself a fair 
share of the twilight audience. 

Land. 



Announcer Bradley Set 
With Tobias Bahd's Bates 

Albany, N. Y,, Oct. IT. 

RKO vaude houses in Albany, 
Schenectady and Troy, this week 
are putting on a special added at 
traction, Roland Bradley, an 
houhcer, who recently left the staff 
of WGY, Schenectady. Bradley will 
appear in connection with Henry 
Tobias radio band. 

Engagement marks the first api 
pearance of a professional radio an 
npuncer in theatres upstate, Tobias 
Is booked for- the three houses, the 
run lasting 10 days, and Bradley 
follows with the act. 



PRESS SETTLEMENT 

Adjustntent in Press- Radio Cas* 
Expected 



Birmingham, Oct. 17. 
Settlement of a breach of con* 
tract suit, against the Mobile Broad* 
casting Co.- by Frederick I. Thomp- 
son and Mobile Register News-Iteni 
Co. for $4,000 will probably be made 
out of court. Thompson has secured 
a controlling interest In WODX. and 
the suit was passed In circuit court 
last week for possible settlement. 

Thompson contended In his suit 
that a contract was made with 
Hunter Watklns, manager of the 
station In 1927, by the publishing 
firm to provide and pay $200 per 
month to the radio company on con- 
dition that a 1,000- watt station be 
established and called the Mobile 
Register News-Item station. Instead 
a 600 -watt station was built which 
was not satisfactory. A total of .$947 
was paid the station by the paperat 

Thoinas-Sqaibb 

Squibb dentifrice has a tentative 
flock of time blocked off on the 
NBC schedules; effective the latter 
part of October. 

John Charles 'Thomas and a studirf 
combo are the likely talent. 

Hiising Goes Dixie 

Slouthern Dairies has. tied up a 
Wednesday afternoon 15-mlnutc pe- 
riod over the Dixie network (CBS) 
to present Ted Husing in a sports 
spiel, the piano team of Keenan and 
Phillips and a home economics ex- 
pert yet to be picked. Program 
makes its debut this week (20) out 
of the Columbia studios in New 
York, 

Contract stipulates a minimum of 
26 w^eka. 



Tuesday, Oetolfer 16, 19S2^ 



RAD I O 



VARIETY 



51 



m NBG BARS 2 
WHO REFUSE 
QUITCBS 



Chicago, Oct. H. 
KBC continues to Invoke Ita rule 
figalnat actors doubling between 
KBC and CBS. Douglas Hope, who 
had a |10 Sunday morning biblical 
readlng cit NBC was ordered by 
piarenoe Menser to. drop his Colum- 
ibla programs or. be barred from' 
fJBC employment. As Hope made 
Ills living from three Columbia pro- 
grams, 'Captain jack,' 'Myrt and 
Marge' and another, tltls amounted 
to asking him to sacrifice |200 a 

week for the sake of $10. So he 
aceepted NBC embargo. 

Another actor to 'be barred for the 
pame cause is Stanley Andrews re- 
garded In local radio circles as one 
of the most versatile and dependable 
actors. He was playing the title 
role In the 'Malik' Sunday night 
programs over WESNR and as a re 
suit of his refusal to drop his Co 
lumbia commercials at the behest of 
NBC the 'Malik' program la off the 
elr, 

NBC has, of course, no poWer to 
bar any actor engaged directly by 
an advertiser. As a result actors 
denied the boon of NBC sustaining 
work can, and frequently do, appear 
In NBC studios on commercials. 
ILiatest Instance of this description 
Is also one of the most ironic. 
Blackett, Sample & Huinmert's new 
Bisqulok script, 'Betty knd Bob,' 
employs both Don Ameche and Jean 
Paul King. Ameche was a leader in 
last year's miniature revolt ,ot the 
radio actors against NBC one-rsided 
demand for loyalty without compen- 
sating guarantees. Jean Paul King, 
announcer, was recently fired by 
NBG for being tardy but returns 
under contract to NBC's client. 




DUMB 
CRACKERS 

ROBERT 

BURN8 

PANETELA 

WABC 

Every 
'Wednesday 

at 8 



BURKS FALLEN 

Dlr.t WU. HORBia AOKNOT 



J ABE 



LYMAN 

AND HIS 

CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 
Colnmbia Broadcastlnr' System 
PHILLIP'S DENTAL MAGNESIA 
Taea.. Thnra., Sat. 8il5 (KMt) 



COAST-TO-COAST 




WAB cr 



''The Voice o£ 
J Experienee^V 



WOR Daily \i 12 Noon 
Also Saturday 6:30 to 7 P.M. 

An unusual series, running the 
entire gamut of human •mottona 



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WFBL WILL DRAMATIZE 
UVES OF RADIO STARS 



Syracuse, Oct 17. 
Lives of outstanding radio stars 
will be dramatized to provide a new 
feature for VfPBlj, CBS contact. 
Broadcasts will be dubbed 'Radio 
Reporter' program. 

Casting and direction rests with 
Dorothy Holmes, former leading 
woman with the Prank Wilcox 
stock company here some seasons 
ago. 



Bhig Crosby Goes Under 
Mills-Rockwell Banner 

Blng Crosby joins the Mllls- 
Rockwell managerial roster, switch- 
ing from NBC. " 

Irving Mills will hereafter take 
up Crosby's Publlz tour. The 
crooner was slated for 10' weeks 
with Publix at 13,500, but the cir- 
cuit later countered with four 
weeks at $3,000 and six at $2,500 
a week, which he turned down. , 

Groisby got back last week from 
the Coast where he made 'Big 
Broadcast' for Paramount. ' 



KHJ Etherizing^ Series 
Of Staff Compositions 

Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 

KHJ will put on a series of pro- 
grams, consisting exclusively of 
compositions by the station's staff. 
Orchestra numbers will be played 
by Raymond Paige's orchestra. 

Staff musicians to supply the com- 
positions will be Felix Mills, sax 
player in Paige's orchestra; Leigh 
Harlowe, staff arranger; Albert Hay 
Malotte, organist; and J. C. Lewis, 
Jr., pianist. 



No Ala. Chain 



Birmingham, Oct. 17. 
Bill Pape, operator of WAPI, 
Birmingham, and WODX, Mobile, 
la hot dickering for "WSPA, Mont- 
gomery, despite published' reports. 
He has no idea of establishing an 
Alabama chain. 



KNX Dp to 25,000 

Hollywood, Oct W. 
KNX started broadcasting today 
(17) with 26,000 watts, for an ex- 
perimental period of 30 days. 

Stations heretofore had been 6,000 
watts. 



Pontiac's Bigger Show 

Pontlac Is elaborating oh the tal- 
eht contingent tor its Columbia de- 
but Jan. 4. Latest to be added to 
the list is Jeanle Lang and William 
O'Neal, tenor from musical comedy. 

Previously signatured were Col. 
Stoopnagie and Budd, a 36-plece or- 
chestra under Andre Kostelanetz 
and a mixed choir of 12 voices. 



2 Up Daytime Wattage 

Cleveland, Oct. 17. 
. Both stations WGAJt and WHK 
have been granted permission by 
the FRC to Increase daytime power. 
WHK, 1,000 watts, will raise It to 
2,600 watts during day but continue 
usual power at night. WGAR, 600 
watts, has been given an O.K. for 
1,000 watts for day hours. 



Benny Joins Weems 

Chicago, Oct. W. 

Jack Benny, accompanied by bis 
radio author, Is visiting his father 
at Lake Forest, Illinois. He is due 
in New Orleans Oet. 26 to Join Ted 
Weems and his orchestra for the 
first of the new Canada dry pro- 
grams. 

Benny will stay with Weems In 
New Orleans four weeks until 
Weems opens at the Hotel Penn- 
sylvania, New York. 



It's the Nuts 



Los Angeles, Oct. 17. 
California walnut growers, 
sponsoring the CBS weekly se- 
rial 'Omar Khayyam,' pro- 
tested to KHJ against the use 
of synthetic sound in the first 
program. Battle stuff featured 
thel second episode, and the ad- 
vertisers said real swords or 
nothing, for the air metallic 
sounds. 

Result: Two actors have 
sliced fingers and another Is 
eating oft a shelf. And, the 
sound wa:sn't so good either. 



CLAIM DISTANCE FOR 
NEW GERMAN ATENNAE 



'CHKONICLE' ON EFO 

San Francisco, Oct. 17. 

Daily 'Chronicle' Is dickering with 
NBC, and probably will get a daily 
spot for news broadcasts via KPO at 
6:30 p. ni. 

Period was given up by Hearst's 
'Examiner' last month when that a. 
m. sheet let out its broadcasting 
reporter. 



Breslau, Oct, 6. 
Among the many large German 
broadcasting stations to be opened 
this fall or already opened, the new 
Breslau broadcaster, which serves 
as model for the one in preparation 
for Berlin, Is notable. 

Its broadcasting apparatus Is 
equipped with a sort of halo in form 
of a bronze cross 10.6 meters in 
diameter which . is mounted on a 
140-meter wood tower, the highest 
of Europe. 

This ring Is used Instead of the 
former antennae so that the new 
broadcasting station will only, have 
a single very high mast. The tower 
of the Berlin' broadcasting station 
is 132 meters high. 

This new form of antennae, it 
Is declared after experiments in the 
laboratories of Telef unkengesell- 
schaft, allows broadcasting to a 
greater distaince. 



AIR PARALLEL 
TO PICTURE 
BICYCLING 



Inside Stuff— Radio 



. With Donald Novis' return to the Paramounts. N. T. and Brooklyn, 
on a TO "week contract. It 4b at $750 a week with an option for 10 more 
at $1,000. ' 

Novis' contract with NBC expires in December at which time Arthur 
Freed, the songwi-iter, who has been unofficially mentoring the Coast 
singer— an association that dates back to their close friendship in 
California— will take him under personal management. 



Ed Wynn has suggested to- Texaco that during his western tour of 
'Laugh Parade' the source of the broadcasts be spotted in the' very the- 
atres playing the legit production. Closing down of the show anyway 
Tuesday night would make the house available, he pointed oyt, for an 
invitee audience to the broadcast.. Show could carry along a backdrop 
similar to the one used at the Texaco events in the NBC Times Square 
studios and the distribution of the tickets to mike affair could be left to 
the local Texaco dealers. 

An added twist submitted along with this idea by Wynn was that a 
collection be taken up from amongj the Texaco audience an<^ the con- 
tributions be turned over to. the local mayor for charity distribution. 
Understood that the petroleum refiners favor the theatre idea but are 
not BO hot about passing the hat around. 

Graham McNamee has worked out an arrangement with his Universal 
newsreel contact that will allow him the convenience, of being on hand 
for thie Texaco broadcasts with Wynn on all the western dates. 

Contract renewal for time signatured by the commercial last week 
guarantees an option on the Tuesday evening spot for 6*2 weeks. 



Chicago free lance author-actor had an embarrassing experience last 
week as the result of an inexplicable hoax perpetrated upon him by his 
business associate, an Elnglishman. Englishman warned the author-actor 
that a certain radio production man had written a letter to an advertlS' 
ing agency with which the Englishman has aflJlIatlon. Englishman 
stated he had seen the letter. 

Meeting the supposed Judas, the author-actor accused him. There 
were numerous witnesses. Charges and hot denials culminated in flstl- 
ouffs. Affair having thus become a serious and public matter the author- 
aotor wanted to prove the chargei and ran It down only to discover to 
his discomfiture that his business associate had hoaxed bim. There- 
upon the author-actor did the manly thing. He publicly apologized tc 
the production man at the ^me place and before the same witnesses. 

Advertising agency forced the Englishman to apologize. His explana- 
tion was that In the British army such ribbing Is not taken seriously, 



A passionate hate by this or that radio columnist towards some ether 
star'seema to be the scheme among the ether chatterers to centre atten- 
tion upon themselves. First it was Vallee, who was mercilessly flayed 
In print not only by the radio but the Broadway columnists as well, 
and thus got said columnists some Inverse attention through the fans 
writing squawking letters. 

Now, Morton Downey is being picked on. Other prominent singers in 
general have had. their share of sneering references although usually 
some one columnist. In turn, takes, up the cudgels in defense as another 
means to brook attention. It all parallels the film chatterers. 



Al Jolson will have a flock of authors fa.shlonlng his air material for 
which the account will pay. Irving Caesar, John P. Medbury (on the 
Coast) and the Campbell-Ewald ad agency's continuity specialists will 
all do their stuff for Jolson's series of eight for Chevrolet commencing 
Nov. 18. 

Eddie Cantor, when returning to Chase & Sanborn coffee, will have 
his favorite collaborator, David Freedman, fashioning his material, plus 
other continuity assistants. 



For the amount of Individual talent unveiled on a single half hour's 
commercial show the Linlt debut over CBS Oct. 28 lOoks to establish a 
record for the current broadcast season. 

Besides the regular nucleus Of the weekly program, consisting of Fred 
Allen and his wife, Hofta Portland, Ann Leaf and the Louis Katzman 
orchestra, the initial session win carry the Randall Sisters, Queenle 
Smith, Sheila Barrett, Charles Carlile and Mary Lou Dlxl 



Wrong program was fed to six western stations recently through an 
error by a sound engineer In Chicago. Error wasn't caught for four and 
a half minutes, an eternity on the air. 

Such mistakes are rare in radio and heretofore have usually amounted 
only to 16 or 20 seconds. 



Morton Downey, booked suddenly at the Fox, Philly, when the big 
stage show for the reopening of the Mastbaum was announced, missed 
the Friday evening show in order to fill his W^oodhxiry Soap radio 
contract. 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 
\ Radio has ah equivalent vice to 
the 'bicycling' of .films in the mo- 
tion picture industry. Whereas in 
pictures a second theatre gets the 
benefit of a feature rented for an- 
other house, in radio a local adver- 
tiser horns in on a national network 
program. 

This occurs sufficiently often to 
Induce most radio advertisers to 
hire the services of checking bu- 
reaus. Obviously In remote cities It 
is diflicult to know what's going on^ 

Typical Instances of bicycling on 
a national radio program occur jvst 
before or just af tor the broadcast 
period. Local advertiser chimes in 
to grab the audience created by the 
national advertiser and under mis> 
leading circumstances. 

Recently a package goods manu« 
facturer with some 50 dealers in one 
district discovered one of the dealers 
was following their program with ah 
announcement, locally arranged, that 
gave the Impression that the one 
dealer was ah exclusive representa- 
tive for that district. Obviously 
this was calculated to anger the 
other 49 dealers. It was promptly 
stopped. 

Practice, however, has been ren- 
dered so herd to get away with, that 
it's much less common than form- 
erly. 




'Ik Sorth ■ MyW 

WBAP 

Foidf, Friday, 9:S0 F. M. 



Eddie 
Leonard 



(Tke Beleved 
lilittrel) 

0ud 





Eddie 
Leonard 

Jr. 

(Tlelovrtlt 
Singer and 
Company) 



TONY WONS 

(AND HIS SCAAP BOOK) 



R YOU LISTENIN'7 



WABC 
Dallr at 9:80 A. H. 

I'm Introdaoln' 
Pair of Red Heads" 
PeOdy Keenan A 8ondra Phillips 



R YOU WATCHIN'7 



RKO PALACE, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK (OCT. 15) 

THE TASTYEAST JESTERS 

Direction N. B. C. Artistes Service, "Pep, Vim and Vigor," WJZ 



V 



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VARIETY 



MUSIC-NITE CLUBS 



Tuesdajr, Oclobe^ 1^ .1931 



ASCAP MONEY 
OFF 15% 3D 
QUARTER 



Both the publishers and the 
writers came in for an appreciable 
cut on the third quarter royalty 
cheeks distributed by the American 
Society. Payments made . to . the 
publishers showed approximately 
15% less tlian the apportionment 
among that fartion the previous 
quarter, while the slices handed o(it 
the authors and composers for the 
third royalty distribution of 1932 
were 30% under the divvies obtain- 
ing for that class the three months 
before. 

Coin involved in this split-up waa 
the last coming from radio under 
the old contract., .New deal with 
the station operators became gen- 
erally effective Oct. 1, with the pay- 
ments to the Society from this 
source on the next quarter ex- 
pected to iforve as a pretty good 
basis for music's estimate of the in- 
come it will derive for the first year 
of its new agreement with the 
broadcasters. Next to the first 
three months of the year this last 
quarter . ia generally accepti»d by 
radio as th^ be<;t from the business 
grqasing angle. 

deduction in the ASCAP checks, 
foe last quarters revises the es- 
timated income for publishers and 
■ writers for the current year all 
along the line. Class A. publlsherjs 
had previously figurisd on deriving 
from performing rights sources an 
Income of $32,000. for the 1932 
stretch. Even If the Society oh the 
nelct quarterly payment, iioesh't slip 
below its present level, these" Class 
A publishers, will under the current 
spilitting arrangement, only collect 
about $29,000 for 1932. 



A Plug's a Plug 



There's nothing subtle about 
' the .music publishers. A plug 
Is a plug to them, find there's 
relativity in plugs. Kudy Vallee 
is stiil the fair haired boy .now, 
as he has been for a long time, 
as the champ plug. Vallee gives 
out a little spiel with every 
song he plays, a snatch of its 
history, or its :assoclati6ri, or 
of its .author, and the song 
title is by no means slufTed, 

For example hiuslc men think 
a plug with Vallee means more 
than one on the Lucky Strike 
programs, which are primed 
for speed as part of the Lord 
& Thomas advertising plot to 
contrast the dialog, which is 
deemed to be slow, with a zip- 
pier instrunriental style. 

Then there are other short- 
comings about certain plugs. 
Bernle wants novelties; Kate 
Smith and Ruth Ettlng go in 
for the sedate school; ., Crosby 
and Columbo and crooners of 
that style smother a song with 
b&h-bah-bahs; Downey wants, 
'em way up high, etc. 

Vallee is known to have said 
to publishers, 'If that's your 
No. 1 son, I'll piay with you 
and gamble on your Judgment 
as against my own personal 
preferences. If the song is 
good enough for yqu^ as the 
publisher, why shouldn't 1 ride 
along?- After all; you'ye been 
in business for 26 years and 
I'm still relatively new.' 

Which explains why Vallee 
Is the music pubs' delight, sans 
angled or cutrins save where 
he directly, contributes to the 
recontructlon of some number. 



TOMMIE MALIE'S WILL 
JAMMED BY CLAliMANTS 



Pittsburgh, Oct, 17. 

The will of Tommy Malie, Pitts- 
burgh songwriter, supposedly pen- 
niless when he died in Chicago last 
summer but now believed . to have 
left a potential estate of $100,000, 
was refused admittance to probate 
in a . Chicago court last week be- 
caMse it was witnessed by the wife 
of the sole heir. 

Malie had named Wlllard Harrlng 
as his heir , in the will. The poten- 
tial value of the estate, most of 
which is to be realized from future 
royalties, was brought to light by a 
Federal incqihe tax. Investigation. 
'The cfise was further complicated 
when an attorney declared he rep- 
resented several unnamed, noh-res-. 
ident heirs and promised to file 
proof shortly. 



HLM, RADIO, RECORD 
EXPLOITATION COMBO 



New type of phonograph record, 
affording a double hook-up with 
radio stations using electrical* trahs- 
crliition Hhd with the buying, pul)- 
llc^ ia being considered by several 
major film companies. 

Record is transparent. ' It features 
a picture of the star, a scene from 
his current feature as well as the 
theme soiig. Picture is autographed 
and record is non- breakable. 



Shorts' Song Suit 

Denver, Oct. 17. 
Gene Buck, as president of the 
ASCAP is suing the Westland The- 
atres, Inc., owners of the Pueblo 
theatre. Pueblo, Colo., for playing 
for public performance of 'Am 
Blue,' '"What's the Use,' a,nd 'Making 
the Best of Each .Day.' These selec 
tions were parts of shorts shown at 
the theatre. Damages of $50 and 
attorneys fees are asked for each 
violation. 



,,,aV3 vVi*J,»en to 



•LOVE ME oRt^M? 



OLSEN SAYS WRITERS 
WRITING FOR PLUGS 



That th(9 songwriters are writing 
for plugs, or are lacking in orig- 
inality. Is the burden\pf one dance 
maestro's plaint as to the current 
dance, styles. George . Olsen, whose 
primary concern is pop music for 
dance band purposes, is of the 
opinion that present-day tunes are 
being written, consciously or other- 
wise, with some special plug In 
mind. 

For a time they, all wrote for 
Bing Crosby. It wasn't rhythm but 
stuff which would permit that type 
of crooner to wah7\5roo-wah and 
bub-boob-ba-bee around vith the 
refrain. 

Then the Guy Lombardo school 
popped up. They went for that 
Then the schottische type of song 
came In for an epidemic, and so on 
down the list. 

They've written for Olsen, too, as 
they have for the crooners, the vari- 
ous rhythmic-styled maestros and 
warblers, arid all the rest, but they 
haven't written orthodox dance mu 
sic, contends Olsen. 

He cites how certain people 
young and old, particularly the old 
will react to certain sure-fire, hon 
est-to-gosh, old-fashioned, four-four 
type of foxtrots. As soon as they 
switch to one of the trickier modern 
tUnes, the n.s.g. hoofers, particu 
larly the conservative elder ele- 
ments, wallc off. 

For the kids it doesn't mean a 
thing. As it is, they don't dance to 
tempo. They're always dancing 
against time. When not doing so, 
they're giving it that rest-your- 
head^upon-my-shoulder routine, or 
walking around in open clasp, and 
talking the situation over. 



Lopez's Radio Disks 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 
Vincent Lopez and his orchestra 
now at the Congress Hotel's Joseph 
Urban room may do a series of radio 
discs for Standard Oil of Indiana- 
Negotiations are now on. Stations 
in 13 states would use the' programs 
which Vould be entirely separate 
from the 'Brown Stone Front' radio 
discs for the same company made 
by Bob White. 

A contemplated novelty for the 
Lopez -Standard prograih Is to re- 
cord the 15 minute program In three 
discs of five minutes each. Lopez' 
would occupy the first and third 
records. An in-between disc would 
be devoted to some celebrity, novr 
elty, or special attraction each week. 



Ingratitude? 



*What does regard for the 
trade mean?' • testily Interro- 
gated one publisher, 'when 
they buy only what 'they can 
sell? w;hen we had such-and- 
such-hit' we cut the ' wholesale 
price from 24 to . 22c. Tpu , 
know how many hundreds of 
thousands of copies that song 
0old. • Well that 2o .drop to the 
trade meant .a loiss of $76,000 
to us on that one song. Just 
because we were . considerate 
of the trade, . 

•And what' did it get us? 
As soon as that hit died, It so 
happened we had nothing^ for 
.the next six months. "They 
forgot . us tompletely. They 
didn't give a hoot about our 
relatively weaker catalog and 
our stuff gathered dust. Tou'd 
think the trade would worry 
about stocking up on our stuff, 
wouldn't you, so that mebbe ft 
would move off the counters, 
but no — they always wait for 
us to create the demand. 

•So what's the use of worry- 
ing about whether you whole- 
sale for 16c or iSc or 22c; If 
you're a hit they'll pay 30 and 
36c as well as a quarter. 



Better for Stept 

With tlie dissolution of Stept & 
Powers, Sammy Stept went out and 
placed e>.L>ht songs with the various 
publishers which he was prevented 
from doing when having his own 
Tnusic business. 

Dick Powers, who survived two 
ijplits-ups — his first partner was 
Arthur Freed , when the firm name 
was Freed & Powers— la continuing 
the pub biz. Freed, like Stept, is a 
songwriter, how freelancing. 



"Underneath t h e H a r 1 e m 

Moon" 
^'We're Alone" 
"Ah, But I've Learned" 
"When I'm Sippin' a Soda 

With Susie" 
"Who'd Believe" 
"I Cannot Tell You Why" 
"You're a Symphony of Love" 

DeSYLVA, BROWN 
& HENDERSON, Inc. 

^^. ^ 7 4S-7th Ave., New York 

•"-^i 



Grofe's 'Radio City' 



Ferde Grofe is busy on several 
imp6rtarit works by special assign- 
ment. S. L. Rpthafel (Roxy), has 
commlssio?ied the composer to turn 
out 'Radio City,' a symphonic poem, 
for the p/emiere of R. C. and also 
to fashion an original opus, a 'Pro 
logue to the Star Spangled Banner/ 
for the opening of Rockefeller 
Center. 

Grofe is also writing "Tabloid,* a 
•nusical interpretation of modern 
journalism, for Paul Whlteman's 
Car ntigle Hall concert. The idea was 
given Giofe by Whiteman. For Nat 
Shilkret, Grofe has just flnlshed 
'Ode to Fieedom' for broadcasting 
purposes 

Jack li'obbins is publishing all 
these and has suggested 'Melting 
Pot' as atiother theme for a modern 
symphonic piece to be written by 
Orofe. 



JOSEPH URBAN ROOM 

(CONGRESS) 

. Chicago, Oct 12. 
Joseph Urban gave his name as 
well as his talents as a designer 
to this new after-^theatre play- 
ground. Of course, there isn't any 
theatre to be 'after" in the Chicago 
of 1932, but anyhow the Urban 
Room opens up at 10 and sticks 
until 1:46 a. m. On Saturday that 
curfbw stretches to 3 a. m., and the 
convert climbs to (2.60, compared to 
$1.50 Friday and Sunday and $1 
other nights. 

As Chicago's deluxe toddling par- 
lor the Urban Room Is a lighthouse 
of opulence in a season of withering 
theatrical iand cafe prospects. There 
is no doubt that the Congress Hotel 
was looking ahead to the World's 
Fair and that the Urban Room may 
owe its very existence to that dis 
tant rainbow. 

Yet business has been good from 
the start. Vincent Lopez, new to 
Chicago, is ideal for the society 
mob here. He gives oft a steadily 
danceable rhythm while dresising 
and looking swanky. Moneyed ele 
ment of the Gold Coast precincts 
will not fail to be impressed by 
Lopez' distinguished St. Regis ante- 
cedents. Chicago is not accustomed 
to orchestras who scorn tuxedos as 
pleblan and wear full dress. That's 
calculated to tickle 'em. 

Congress management has chosen 
wisely. They have the right sort of 
environment, the flossy kind of 
band, good kitchen, support, prices 
to assure that rarifled ozone in 
which the haute monde breeds while 
the hoi pplloi scranis. Oddly enough 
the Congress has neglected to pror 
vide permanent washroom facilities 
for gents. This is a small matter 
but eyebrov/- tilting parsimony. 

Cannily arranged to cram in as 
riiariy tables as possible while, 
avoiding, the oppressively sardine- 
like effect so often seen in whoopee 
grottos the Urban Room is the 
setting which every woman visu- 
alizes foir herself when fanclly 
togged out. Kach table has a lamp 
which operates from a central 
switch and goes on and oft as the 
rest of the lighting effects change. 

It's primarily by the switchboard 
and the cunning artifices of diffused 
lighting that the Urban salon 
achieves its effects. By far the 
handsomest effect is the night bluie, 
The maltre d'hotel should press a 
button and give each arriving party 
the night blue. It's the proper first 
impression. Land. 



Harry Barris and orche.'jtra into 
Ihft Park t'piu'-al hotel, N. Y., Oct 
1.9. .siiccoofliiig Xoble Sis.sle. 



N. Y. UNION OKAYS 
WEEMS; JONES LATER 

Ted Weems' eiitry into ttie Hotel 
Pennsylvania grill has-been okayed 
by the New York musicians' Local 
No.. 802. Booking had'bebn.objected 
to by the union on tiie ground? that 
an outside band couldn't fill both, a 
permanent' cafe engagement, and a 
comnnerclal broadcast .series. Weems 
joins the Canada Dry program the 
Sunday after next (30). Roger 
Wolfe Kahn's orchestra is at the 
Pennsy for four weeks or so. 

CBS Artists Service tried to sell 
Ishani Jones for the ging^ir ale ether 
account and ran into a similar snag. 
Understood that the union has de- 
cided to reconsider its opposition to 
Jones taking on a radio commercial 
while working the Hollywood Res- 
taurant and grant him carte blanche 
bn the next network prospect that 
comes along. 

Current contract will keep Weems 
at the Club Forest, New Orleans, on 
the debut date of the Canada Dry 
show over CBS, arid as a result the 
agency handling the account has 
arranged, to broadcast the program 
from that city with Jack Benny and 
his wife, Sadie, on hand to blend 
In the talking portions of the con- 
tinuity. Show, incidentally, will not 
be heard' in the New Orleans terri- 
tory. That town Is not on the^'egu- 
lar Canada Dry hookup. 



One 
nlghl 



OLIVAS GO BOOM 

San Francisco, Oct. 17. 
of the town's best known 
spots finally gave ' up the 
ghost when the Roof .Garden folded 
and its owners, Gus and Sil Ollva 
filed petitions of voluntary bank- 
ruptcy. 

Among debts is approximately 
$600 in salaries due Joe Wright's 
band. 



Literati 



Powell Inn, outsido Watervliet,, 
N. y., reopened wltli Pat Ccnte's 
orchestra. 



FOX, BELWIN'S 
BIG ERPI 
MONEY 



Two minor publishers', Sam Fo« 
and Bslwin, Inc., will benefit th» 
most frotn the $826,000 BRPI muslo 
rights, which has become the settla^, 
ment figure of a claim ; that was, 
originally nearer : $2,000,000. Th» 

MPBA and ' ERPI had the matter in 
arbitration and/ dispute, with tho 
$925,000 finally liand^d over to John 
O. Paine, agent, for the publishers^ 
as . the heaid of the MPPA. 

Sani Fox Music will receive aboiit 
$300,OOP, or*as much as all the hiajor 
pubs combined. It figures around 
$20,000 to the average Class A pub-^ 
Usher and about $2,500 to the AA 
song,wrlters. 

Belwlh, which also had a larg« 
thematic caliaiog from which the 
film companies culled their music 
cues, etc., Micewise benefits largely^ 

This break for Belwin and Fox 
catne, about through insistence upon 
$260 per huniber Instead of $.7S,; 
which was the modest figure okayed 
by the other music publishers that 
had clnenxatlc afHliatlons either 
through subsidization or deals. 



Coast Music Reps Out 
As Two Publishers Fold 

Holly woo(J, Oct, 17. 

Closing; of two New York music 
firms meanis the e'liminatlon of their 
local ^-.eprcsentatives. Clarence 
Freed, Stept-Powers rep here, is 
put, and L^ona Zadeck, only femme 
plug^er, Is awaiting similar orders 
from Conrad Music. Dlclc Powers 
bought out Sammy Stept, iq operat- 
ing the pub. CO. alone. 

Conrad has been operating an of- 
fice in the 'Warner Hollywood 
building. 



Schmftt's Shift 



Denver, Oct. 17. 

Fred Schmitt, for the past fiv» . 
years director of the Denver theatre 
orchestra, becomes director at 
Shea's theatre, in Buffalo, Oct 20. 

No successor will be picked here 
until stage shows are resumed at 
the Denver, when and > if the stage- 
hands and Publix agree on a ne\r 
contract. 



Billy Clifford's New Job ' 

Chicago, Oct. 17- 
Billy Clifford, formerly In vaude* 
vllle as Billy and Mort Clifford, i* 
trying his hand as a nite club man- 
ager. He has opened the Club Clif- 
ford on the premises of the former 
Villa Cafe. 

Bradshaw's Dusky Collegians plus 
Eva Brown provide entertainment. 



Robert Mendte, newspaperman, 
now with Orchestra Corp. of 
America, N. Y., In charge of pub- 
licity- 



Bar 



(Continued from pa^^e 46) 
his own book, 'Old. Waldorf 
Days,' himself. 

Vicki Baum knows enough Eng- 
lish now to lecture. 

Tongue-twisting title ..of the new 
H. G. Wells book is 'The Bulpington 
of Blup.' 

. M. Lincoln Schuster sailed, to 
pick up what manuscripts he can 
pick up. 

Ask Frederick Philip Stelft about 
Maryland' chicken. 

iDon Blariding doing a series of 
air readings from his owji stuff. 

Henry Tile has joined the West 
57 th street . scribblers' colony. 

Langhorne Gibson back from 
Germany. 

Duff Cooper is a British M. P. 

William Marr elected president of 
the Associated District Newspapers, 
Los Angeles. 

Reported that the New York 
'Tiriies* will rescind all pay cuts 
soon. 

.Max Hill, former state editor 
Denver 'Post,' has been made city 
editor, succeeding John B. Day, who 
died recently. Oscar Liden, assist- 
ant on the state desk, ups. 

Albert Leckenby, business mana- 
ger Steamboat Springs, Colo., 'fllot,' 
died Oct 11. 













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♦ 



Not 1ini)o^4ll>lti wUli Tills Cululoffue:' 
PI.AT. VOiOJ^, 
FIBE IN MY HKARIV 
TOM .THUMB'S DBUM 
UKtI.E OF BARCEI.ONA 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
(Keep on Croonin') 

New Danc« Orohestration» 
40c Each; Any 3 for $1.00 
No Flree Copies 

Edwavd B. Marks 

MUSIC CORPORATION 
S!» W. 46TH ST., NEW YORK 



•ll/ST ISSUED 

"—AND SO TO BED" 

(By Oordon ft Revel) 

A. suporlatlve sentimental song for 

real singers 
(A special version for the Ulddles) 

MILLER MUSIC, INC. 

62 W<Mt 45th Stroot, New York City 
Vnnd. 3-3035 



JACK DUNN 

and HIS OBCHESTBA 
88th Weeki Rainbow Gardens 

T<OS ANOISLES, CALIF. 



Tuesday, October 18, 193i2 



M H SIC 



VARIETY 58 



l^ibs' (Werheads Dmva but Still Too 

Highr5(M)0^^^ 



•y/lth conditions whiett they are, 
^e overheads of all the major mu- 
pic publishing Arms have . been 
brouBht down, but they're stlU too 
big fot- the possible yield. Bdgar 
F. Bltner of Iieo Fejst, Inc., states 
that no topolass publisher can get 
under a $30,000-f 35,000 monthly 
nut. It used to be 140,000 to $50;- 
OOO a month. DeSylva, Brown & 
Henderson, prexy, Robert Craw- 
ford, h^s brought his Arm down to 
115,000. : Berlin, Inc., Is arouiid the 
|30,b00 mark. 

XouiS' Bernstein has reduced 
Phapiro-Bernstein to a |17,B00 
inonthiy overhead. Bobbins Music 
Corp. is, at $30,000. Harms is con- 
sideirabiy less, that firm, through Its 
general, ^manager, Henry Spitzer, 
always bialieving in- a conservative 
operation. 

All these monthly budgets take in 
everything, Included estimjited; roy- 
alties b'K the estimated business. 
120,000 Top 

^■Wlth the Music Dealers' Service 
reporting that Rs No. 1 song today, 
Irviifg .Berlin's 'Say It Isn't So," 
nxoyes only at the rate of 2,500 
copies a day. that means that a 
hit "song can't sell more than. 15,000 
copies a week .at 16c a copy. . . Fig- 
uring on a hit being good for eight 
top weeks, that totals 120,000 
copies. • 

The publishers are getting into 
the frame of mind where a 60,000 
sale is regarded as. a best seller. 
It only means that ^ multiplicity 
of" these 50,000-copy sellers can 
make things worth while for - a 
firm's economic existence. Prob- 
lem then is to get this multiplicity 
b£ . 'small hits,' where formerly a 
lusty No. 1 seller, going into the 
hundreds of thousands and past 
the half- million mark meant some- 
thing worth-while to a publsher 
and the writers. 



IF THEY WANT, THEY'LL 
BUY, IS PUBS' THEORY 



The publishers aren't satisfied 
with the Music Dealers' Service and 
the uniform price to the syndicate 
stores , of 16c a copy. It hasn't 
spurted isales noticeably and fur- 
thermore- has^ the music men 
squawking at the lack of coopera- 
tion from the. chain outlets that had 
promised elaborate window displays 
and other business-encouragers for 
the sale of the music sheets. 

As a result, pubs are going in for 
multi-priced editions. As a- matter 
of fact, while Harms Is in the MDS 
it hasn't one 16c song listed. The 
lowest wholesale price for a Harms 
number is 18c and ranges up to 2iSc, 
Samei gdes for the other firms, with 
their varying editions. 

The major firms are convinced 
that the price isn't the thing; that 
If you've a hit, the few, relatively, 
who buy sheet music nowadays will 
buy it regardless of price, while the 
rest can*t be given away; the same 
as iapplies to a hit show or any 
other commodity that's in demand. 

As a result, several priced edi- 
tions are being planned and high 
class, songs will be retailed not at 
the 25c price but- up to 40c, with 
a proportionate increase in the 
wholesale price to the trade. 



Spier's Specials 



Larry Spier, head of Famous 
Music, has a cute way of visi- 
bly plugging sOngs with each 
new Paramount musical talker. 
He stages special previews, 
usually at midnite, with in- 
vitation ducats to all the radio 
and dance band plugs in New 
York invited to see whateyer 
picture It is, such as 'The Big 
Broadcast' which! ' was pre- 
viewed Thursday night (13) at 
the Astor at midnite. 

Prospective radio and record 
. singers, plus all the other : 
angles, upon entrance, are 
given complimentary copies of 
the songs to. be realized on the 
screen, at the same they're en- 
tertained with the special filin" 
program; The free film is a 
great '.^come-on and gets con-i . 
centrated attention upon the 
songs in the particular picture. 
Famous Music is the official 
publisher to. Paramount. 



COMREnSH MAYKUI 
OFF AKRON BALLROOMS 



Wesley Bany, Ex-Screen, 
Now Ajlbany Hold Maestro 

Albany, Oct. 17. 

WGZ has resumed daily broad- 
casting of dance orchestras from 
the De Witt Clinton and New Ken- 
more hotels, Albany. Phil Romano, 
on the air over WGY in the past, is 
now at the De Witt Clinton. 

Wesley Barry, former film Juve, 
Is waving the baton at the Kenmore. 



Cianton, O., Oct. 17. 
Opposition ballrooms are staging 
a lively fight hei^e with name bands, 
neither making any money. 

Moonlight ballroom, a summer 
spot, at Meyers Lake Park is at- 
tempting to carry on all winter, 
three nights a week, using name at- 
tractions every Tuesday night 
against the New Land O'Dance, 
downtown spot, operated by H. W. 
Perry, who made the place pay last 
winter for the first time in its icnany 
years of existence. 

Joe Sanders, Red Nichols and 
Henry Thies have played the park 
ballEoom in recent weeks to only 
fair business. Last wlntier they did 
much better. 

Perry's ballroom pitted Larry 
Funk against George Williams, 
Clieveland combo, recently, the Funk 
band outdrawing Williams better 
than two to onei. Park ballroom is 
flooding the town with paper and 
is taking in little cash at the gate, 
while Perry is making a bid for 
patrons by offering out-price admis- 
sion tickets, and is scarcely getting 
off the nut. 

Both spots are going in heavy for 
exploitation this winter, each adver- 
tising well known bands as coming 
attractions. . A few weeks more of 
such tactics and the dance' game 
here, which always has been as- 
good and better than many Ohio 
cities, will be in the same class as 
Akron, where last year much the 
same kind of a battle put Its best 
downtown dance spot in the '10c a 
dance class' and killed it for name 
attractions. 



LAVIN-WHITEMAN 



Maestro 



Recalls Personal Rep for 
Fall Activities 



EdLitdeKes 



soHG WEirmo contest 

Wacliington, Oct. 17. 
Kate Smith sponsors are consid- 
ering staging natioh-wlde amateur 
song writing contest with the songr 
stress to plug winning number. Idea 
grew out of stunt, run by 'Daily 
News' here this summer which drew 
VOO entries, 'Hold Up Your Hands' 
coming out on top. 
i Tentative plans call tor lie-up 
with local papers and stations car- 
Tying La Palina. Each town would 
tun contest and pick song for na- 
tional finals sung by Mis.s Smith 
on chain. Prizes would be percent- 
*efe of royalties froni winning num- 
bers. 



San Francisco, Oct. 17. 

Edward Little, until last month 
head of Sherman, Clay & Co.'s 
sheet music department, died of 
pneumonia at a local hospital last 
Sunday (9), He was 61. 

Little was the dean of western 
music publishing. For 33 years hei 
bought and published Sherman 
Clay's tunes, stepping out in No- 
vember wlien Horbert Marple suc- 
ceeded. Such famous song hits as 
'Whispering,' . 'Doll Dartce,' 'Rose 
Room,' 'Do You Ever Think of 
Me?' 'Painted Doll,' 'Diana' and 
'Charmaine' were accepted by Little 
and published by Sherman-Clay. 
For two years he Was president of 
the National Federation of Sheet 
Music Dealers. 

He is survived by his brother, 
Sherman Little, head of Sherman - 
Clay's professional department; his 
father, Thomas, and a son; Carl. 



Jack Lavin is back with Paul 
Whiteman On a temporary arrange- 
ment to cover thei bandman's two 
theatre engagements this month and 
the Carnegie concert set for Nov. 
4. After these events are out of 
the way Whiteman and his personal 
rep may work out a permanent 
proposition. 

Two theatre dates ■ are Loew's 
Paradise, Jamaica, and Metropoli- 
tan, Brooklyn. Lavin will also give 
a managerial hand to the launch- 
ing of the Whiteman organization 
on the Buick broadcaist, series (24). 
Tliera's a possibility: of a week at 
the Palace being slipped In between, 
the Metropolitan engagement and 
the Carnegie affair. 



Growing Belief That Prof. 
Depts. Have Outlived Their 
Usefufaiess; Radio for Plugs 



ROBBINS Bn)S FOR 50^ 
OF REHICKS, 2 OTHERS 



Jacie Robbins has entered a bid 
to Buddy "Morris, head of the War- 
ner Bros, music group, to. buy 50% 
of the Remick catalog, and has also 
made offers to Green .& White and 
Abe Olman, Inc., to purchaise. 60% 
of their catalogs and continue ope- 
rating these minor ccrmpanies as 
subsidiaries of Robbihs Music Corp. 
The; publisher sails Oct. 20 on the 
'Bremen' to arrange his new deal 
with CampbellTConnelly. . 

Green &' White and Olman have 
both placed valuations of $16,000 
for half partnerships. Metro, which 
is 61% . owncir of Robbins Music 
Corp,, would be similarly interested 
in any subslds Robbins might ac- 
quire. 

Robbihs. is conimitted to tiie idea 
that only a muitiplicity of songs, 
through wholesaling of all their 
limited turnovers, can make things 
worthwhile for a publisher. Just 
6ne moderate seller — and that's all 
music Is selling nowadays — isn't 
enough. Hence all these small 
sellers must be ' multiplied and 
through the mass turnover be made 
to mean something. 

Robbins' catalog for England, etc., 
switches from Keith-Prowde to 
Campbell-Connelly Nov. 1, hence 
the foreign Jaunt Matt Malneck, 
first violinist of Paul Whiteman's 
orchestra, accompanies him for the 
purpose of writing some song ma- 
terial for C-C while abroad. 

Recent Robblns-C-C publications 
have been copyrighted In C-C's 
name as the original owner, 
with the American-Canadian rights 
leased to Robbins. This Is In order 
to save the catalog for C-C and 
Robbins' control as otherwise, Rob- 
bins' copyrights automatically go to 
Keith -Prowse for-the. foreign rights. 



Back to the Palms? 



Swank hotel spot has put its 
dance band on a clock punch-' 
ing basis along with the rest 
of the personnel. Boys in the 
orchestra are under instruc-. 
tions to pu.ih. the level' when-v 
ever entering , or- leaving the 
premiaes. First instance, of. 
an organized and batoned unit 
ruled this w.iy on a New York 
job. 

Musicians are also asked to 
confine . themselves to the 
servants' entirance, refrain 
from smoking from the mo- 
ment of entering to leaving the 
hotel and to keep their instru- 
ment cases alSvays out of sight. 

A proviso with another dance 
maestro at a swank supper 
club is to refrain from mixing 
with the patronage. This- is the 
first instance of such embargo 
since the days . they took mu- 
sicians from behind the potted 
palms or off the balcony, and 
the managements conceded the 
value of a personality band- 
leader who knows how to mix 
and greet. 



MUSIC SALES CORP. HAY 
DROP COAST COUNTERS 



Hollywood, Oct. 17. 

Win Brookhouse, general manager 
of Music Sales Corp., Is here to set- 
tle the fate of the 14 sheet music 
counters his concern has In New- 
berry stores on the coast. 

Having been In th<e crimson for 
the past year, the coiinters will 
either be closed or turned back to 
the five and 10 cent company for 
Operation. 



Earl SaptrolB Frisco Spot 

San Fi'ancisco, Oct. 17. 

Earl Sapiro has taken over the 
naborhood Bagdad ballroom, reopen- 
ing it this week with his own band. 
I^Iace, built last year, has been 
either dark or operating with non- 
union music, since opening. 

Sapiro, son of the muny band 
leader, formerly had the dance band 
at the Palace hotel. 



Inside Stuif-Music 



indications of screen musicals coming back, and already evidences of 
increased use of music for under-scoring to the dialog, is giving the 
music pubs some consolation. 

Those music Anns with Coast studio affiliations are ti-ying to force 
the issue, but the studio heads take the attitude that 'the shortsighted 
or selfishly motivated eastern music men can only see In - the screen 
another means to spot a song. The studios contend that music Is 
chiefly acceptable on the screen when properly mated to a situation. 

Irving Thalberg in a letter to Jack Robbins, the affiliated Metro music 
publisheri deprecates the anxiety of Robbins to have song material 
spotted Just for the plugs and the hopes of. a hit. Thalberg urges that 
a law of averages will produce soniething . commercially worthwhile, 
but that Robbins, as a Metro ally (the film firm Is 61% owner of Robbins 
Music Corp.), should, welcome, the Idea Instead of supplying Metro 
pictures with only music that's fitted for the dramatic or whatever situa- 
tions arise. Robbins, with his own enterprise- to woriV about, <»innot 
yield to that argument on the theory that dramatically suited song 
material can also be selected with a view to its possible commercial 
popularity. . 

. Robbins opposes the studio's attitude in not consulting a seasoned 
music man on Just what songs to 6pot in pictures and contends that 
the mere promielcuous use of mujsic makes the law of averages too long 
on odds to suit himself, primarily the song publisher. 



A growing belief exists , in the 
music industry that the profession- , 
ai department isn't as important as 
It used to be; that the piano rooms 
only attract moochers, free-orches- 
tration grafters and second and 
third - rate speakeasy warblers. 
That radio Is the big thing for a 
pliig has long since been conceded. 

And if these are the most Im- 
portant plugs, they don't come to 
'the publisher's profes);lonal offices; 
a special emissary must be dis* 
patched to camp on their trail, at- 
tend their sundry 'openings' and 
otherwise cater arid kow-tow to' 
them. And If that's the present 
schenie of things, the professiohtil- 
song demonstrators, professional' 
glad-hariders, and all the other 
kinds that obtained in Tin Pan Al- 
ley of yesteryear must be sluffed In 
favor of the cater-to-the-radio 
plugs. 

Furthermore,' it's becoming more 
and more of an open practise to 
slip the radio plugs a cohslderatfoii 
for their general co-operation. ' 
. There are music men who frank- 
ly state that for $150 or so, either 
as a guaranty of plugging, or to gei;' 
up several si>ecial arrangements, a 
publisher can get a quicker line on 
a new song's chances through the 
biedium of the radio, than any other 
way. In view of the ethier snb- 
sldlzatibn, and the Immediate re- 
action that such an air plug car- 
ries 'With It. this niethod beats 'the 
slower processed and much more 
expensive means of trying out . ji 
song and then finding It's 'a : dog.' 
No Secret 

For this reason, as Is no secret, 
there are certain pubs who cut-in 
and cut up 'pieces' of a song to 
three or four highlight plugs, know- 
ing that it's a guaranteed plug. It 
even beats the method of haying a 
personality professional, man hang 
around the orchestra leader or ra- 
dio, singer to finally get a song 
spotted. In tlie books, for there's .a 
financial consideration involved. 

Almost every publisher for tbfs 
reason has reduced the professional 
staffs or the pliiggers haye evolved 
not Into pianp-rooqi demonstrators 
but personality greeters who mix 
around nocturnally In the cafes and 
hotels and Ijroadcastlng studlois 
where the big air plugs ars dif- 
ferentially solicited. 

Jack Robbins, on the eve of his 
departure for EiUrope to paVe the 
way for bis new deal with Camp- 
bell-Cohnelly starting Nov. 1, con- 
templates closing up his professional 
department and concentrating al- 
most 100% on the radio plug. 



All of a sudden the music biz has become Remiclt -minded. Several 
firms are now interested in buying up the Remick catalog which, long 
dormant for some reason, has suddenly come into existence as a live 
topic of business palaver with the realization that the Remick copy- 
rights, including 'Avalon,' 'Japanese Sandman,' 'My Buddy,' etc., are 
worth while for radio song backgrounds. 



EDDIE JANIS' WOBU) TOUB 

. Hollywood, Oct. 17. 
On the advice of his physician, 
Eddie Janis, local Famous r^p, will 
sail from San Pedro Nov. 3 on the 
President Pierce for a round the 
world cruise. Mrs. Jania accom- 
panies. Trip will consume three 
months. 

Tubby Garron will handle the 
Famous business here during Jani.V 
absence, headnuarterlng at th«> 
Paramount studio. 



Like Harms' surprise hit, 'I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan,' their 
current seller, 'Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep,' by Herman 
Hupfeld, was written for a show. 

'Plan' was actually in the first. 'Little Show' but the Hupfeld song, was 
kept for a production until Henry Spitzer, the Harms /general manager, 
induced the writer to release it as a pop, but to do so under the most 
favorable auspices, as the .sophisticated theme was rather delicate. Rudy 
Vallee, a pal of Hupfeld'a tried ft out and it caught on over night. 



Tunes from "Girl from Calgary,' Monogram release, getting a national 
air plug. This is the first instance of building up ditties from an indie 
picture in this manner. Fifl Dor.say, nang- the numbcr.s, written by 
Albert Hay Mallottce, over 'California }vrc!o(l;<>s' (CBS) luHt .Saturday 
(8). Previously, they were used over an NBC hookup. 



UNION GIVES INDIE 
MAESTROS A BREAK 



To help give the Indie orchestra 
leader something of an even break 
when competing with ^ the networks 
for a commercial account, the l4e;i7 
"York musicians' local has slashed 
the auditions rate from |<S to |4 to 
hour. / 

Plaint of the outside batoner of 
pickup combos had been that hla 
chances of bidding against the 
chains for a sponsored program 
were made prohibitive by the salairy 
load entailed. While the networks 
carried their musicians on a weekly 
basis and the matter of auditions 
meant no addition to the payroll, 
the Indie conductor had to dig into 
his pocket, and In most cases dig 
for as much as (200 a crack, every 
time he showed for' a" commercial. 

Union held against abolishing the 
auditions rate, but found that some 
adjustment could be made in this 
direction. Local's overtime rate for 
auditions as applied to the networks 
is |4 an hour, and it was decided 
to make this figue a flat one from 
the first hour so that the indie con- 
ductors could benefit. 



CABL LAMONT'S APP. 

San Franci.ico, Oct. 17. 

Carl Lament, Shaplro-Bern.stein 
rep on the Coast, has been in Stan- 
ford hospital the last two weeks 
for. AppcndlGicl.s. 

He's expectc J Ijatk at his Ambas- 
sador hotiel home shortly. 



54 



vArjety 



Tuesday, October 18, I93i2 



and Lo8 Ansreles 

"Variety V Office, 6282 Hollywood Blvd., at Vino St. (Taft Bldg.) 
. PlioniB Hollywood 6141 



Latest waee claim against S. S, 
Millard has been filed by Lucille 
Ifamptoii, usherette, who allegres 
Millard failed to pay her $8 for 
Uiree clays' work at the California. 



David Torff and A. R. Pelton, who 
operated a tent stock company at 
Uawthorno, called before the. state 
labor comnilsOibrt to answer charges 
that they owe $49 in salaries to 
Bonnie Bonnett and Hanley Staf- 
ford, actors. 



Additional claima totaling $161 
filed against Lewis and Lane, who 
produced 'Black Cotton,' colored re- 
vue, at the Orange Grove. Musi- 
cians and , principals say that 
amount is due them. 



Mary Carroll, nurse, is seeking 
136 wages against Frederick Mailey, 
Boif -styled fllm director, for serv- 
kea. 



Douglaa Winnie, sound techni- 
cian,, i^ aeeking $160 . back w&gea 
from -. .Harris Recording Labora- 



tories, Inc., through the atate labor 
commission. Assets of thie com- 
pany have been sold for the beneAt 
or the creditors; but F. H. Bowers, 
a&signee,: had jpromised to pay the 
technician first. 



Ruth Roland awarded $3,629 In 
her Superior Court suit against AN 
vin B. Bafahbv to obtain payment 
of a note. , 



Paramount Theatres, Inc., which 
operated the Estella on North Main 
s*.rcet> suing Narciso Laguno for 
$5,000 damages and $350 a month 
for having been ejected from the 
theatre, on which it had a lease, in 
July, 



Noticea of Intention to wed were 
fi ed thia week in L. A, county 
clerk'a office by George Regas, 
actor, and Maria Bonl; Bertram 
Hiirvey Six, cameraman, and 
Frances Mohan, actresa; Dorell Mc- 
Gpwan, jrr.; screen writer; , and 
El'een Tomblin, and John K. Rader 
au^ Nora Franklin, both ot the Ma- 
jestic stock burlesque ti^oupe. 



MET., BROOKLYN 

iCtipntlnued from page 34) 

he better sold through either screen 
or verbal announcement. 

Second ^ot goes to Marty May, 
iv'ho- la asalsted by Jean Carroll in 
a nlnerminute single: ahead of his 
Bl.owljoat revue. ;May does not db 
much solo, but his comments on 
Miss Carroll's naive patter had the 
house doubled Mp, and even the men 
In the pit were still laughing the 
second show. May belongs .to the 
livnited claas df m.c.'s who do not 
Idugh at their own jokea because 
the audlehcea attend to that. Both 
.here and in the full atage he puahes 
things over without appearing to 
try, J)ut getting full results. Miss 
Carrbil makes a good foil, though 
too self-conscious of her Jokes. 

The Revue' la the old Friedlahd 
revue In which May worked, but 
v/hich is now offered under his own 
nil me. .Routine is about the same 
as before, with, the specialists slight- 
ly changed. Opens with a line num- 
ber .-yvlth flye girls, going to fuU 
etage, and a boat set, with a sister 
team doing a conveiitional semi- 
aorobtlc turn. Followed by three 
other dance numbers, with a piano 
polo by a . pretty girl whose- tech- 
nique Is not quite keyed up to the 
'Rhapsody In Blue." She would do 
better to stick to numbers In which 
she does, not so obviously invite 
Comparisons. There Is also a ballet 
dancer In an Edna Covey Imitation 
who does not quite put it over. But 
everything went here and the near- 
ly- half -hour did not seem too long. 

Ertiile Boreo .clings to a familiar 
routing^ but It's a good one for 
v;tude, and the only thing that 
checked ah encore after 10 minutes 
was the fall of the curtain. Even at 
that he had to come out and say a 
lew words. . ' 

Charles Ahearn closes with his 
nondescript Millionaire's Band. His 
long absence abroad may have 
helped the surprise a little, but It Is 
unimportant whether or not the au- 
. dience Is fobled- by the billing. In 
Bplte of a new: environment It's stUl 
a fast conglomeration of. horseplay 
that Is reasonably certain, to get 
over any where.- 

tt'a a strong show for comedy 
with three put of the four namea 
contributing to thia end, and prob- 
ably will db n^ore for the house than 
some of the big radio namea and 
Broadway stars who have been on 
recent bills. Show runs 80 min- 



utes without a dead spot. Only the 
newsreel supports, the feature on the 
fllm_end. No more is needed with 
so long a show. Chic, 



FOX, DETROIT 

Detroit. Oct. 15. 

Second- week of resumed JStage 
shows and still offering better than 
average, entertainment,' featuring 
Gua Edwards' 'Radio Stars of To- 
morrow.' Show has a lot of entier- 
talnment in It with Eddie Bruce 
fitting, neatly and Bill Aronaon 
holding Interest with his well done 
imitations of radio stars with a nice 
continuity ^yrltten around each. 

The Albee Siatera prove engaging 
v/lth a couple of good vocals done 
In imitation of the Boawell Slaters. 
Leota Lane displays -an unusual 
voice as does Tony Pagllaccl. Kay 
Firaye was obviously . suffering from 
a cold and thia handicapped her 
Imitation, of Kate Smith. 

For the' overture Russ Morgan 
chose 'Romberg Tunes.' Well ar- 
ranged medley score with., the high 
spots the singing of the Four Spar- 
ton Singers and the four-part ar- 
rangement of 'One Alone'; played 
by Russ Morgan on the trombone 
and accompanied by another trom- 
bone and two m6Uophones. Very 
ieffectlve. ' . 

Picture 'Wild Girl' (Fox) and 
business fair. Lee, 



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"THE NIGHT MAYOR" 



FISHER 

Detroit, Oct. IB. 

Plenty of entertainment In this 
show and production and talent can 
all be given credit. Show titled 'IE 
I'm Elected' with Senator Murphy 
as the feature act and a timely 
show built around him. . Other tal- 
ent Includes Birdie Dean, Hutchlns 
and Howard and the Three Whip- 
pets. 

Outstanding part of the show Is 
the production Fred Evans has 
built around the talent. The middle 
production number is outstanding 
arid lifts the entire first half of the 
show up and builds to thp Senator. 
Birdie' Dean hals Improved since last 
seen here. This girl offered a con- 
trol routine that' I'atea a Broadway 
ahow. She la helped plenty by her 
atunnlng appearance. 

Thia house has Very little mioney 
to pay for talent. Thia week the 
biggest share of the money g'oea for 
Senator Murphy, but two of the 
other ■ three acta are show stoppers 
on their own. The Three Whippets 
offer an acrobatic trio that special- 
ize in lightning speed and effective 
routine. Birdie Deari as the other 
surprise act also helped. Hutchins 
and Howard might work into some- 
thing. The gii-l has real ability. 
This boy was handicapped here by 
following the Three Whippets which 
took the edge off his own highlight, 
a nice acrobatic tap. 

Show opens with a billboard drop 
and Senator Murphy: being adver- 
tised for re-election. Miss Hutchlns 
is on a soap box spieling about the 
campaign and six girls in jazz cbs- 
tume listening. At the end of the 
speech Hutchlns leads the girls 
through number and off. The other 
half of the line come on dressed as 
reformers and do a nice lyric num- 
ber written by Merle Clarke. Then 
into a prim dance gradually getting 



hotter until the Jazz glrl^ come on 
and the line does a fast number to- 
gether and okay. 

The highlight production npnitber 
has the girls placed on two tiers of 
platforms back stage. Girls are six 
on a. tier and all behind scrims. 
With a battery of light on each side 
lighting up Immediately in front of 
the drops and a dim blue light In 
back to give a silhouette effect, the 
girls do a .modernistic drill, with 
hands and legs coming through the 
gauze to catch the light. Girls dress 
in gold leotards and Under .amber 
spots and a blue background this 
number becomes one of the best 
seen here. Gene Lucas has scored 
a beautiful arrangement around 
this number. After the routine 
girls retur)» back of the gauze and 
Birdie Dean comes down in a sus- 
pended Platform and alights center 
stage and into h.er dance. 

Sam Benavie has a well done 
'Spanish Fantasy.' Arsene Slegel 
offers 'Notable Days.' Picture, 
'Madison Square Garden' (Par), arid 
business fair. Lee. 



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KEITH'S, BALTIMORE 

Baltimore, Oct. 14, 
This house is the present strong- 
hold of the Schanberger family^ who 
in the past were the foremost theat- 
rical family in town, and even today 
retain that title through priority. 

This year the Kernan group went 
Into the hands of the receivers and 
out of the Hands of the Schanber- 
gers, and is now being managed by 
Leonard B. • McLaughlin, formerly 
press agent and business assistant 
with the .Schanbergers. 

"The present Keith's theatre : was 
formerly known as the Garden, and 
for years was the ace vaudfilm spot 
In town. When the Schanbergers 
moved down here they switched the 
nariie to Keith's. The Schanbergers 
have almost a perpetual franchise 
on: that name Keith's in town, and 
also Keith booking service. 

This ' house has been' playing, 
yaude off and on, lately mostly -off, 
due primarily, to the heavy toll 
takeri by the pit arid backstage 
union.. It Is an Ideal vaude spot, 
both from acoustics, sight arid loca- 
tion. It has the best drop- In trade 
both for matinee and evening busi- 
ness, and during : the past brutal 
suriimer - it was that drop-in stuff 
that kept the house going. 

^ouse Is at present managied pri- 
marily by Lawrence Schanberger, 
who gave up a law practice to hark- 
en to the call of show business. 
Schanberger Is pretty well set on 
pictures this year, having half Of 
the Paramount output in a split 
with" Loew's -locally, and it's an 
equal quality split. Also all of the 
Universal product. Is on .contract. 
With other stuff picked up here and 
there, the house is able to go along. 

At present it seems s«t for a run 
policy, though that vaude notion Is 
still strong In the Schanberger mind. 
Off and on the Schanbergers have 
been ' discussing with Izzy Rappa- 
port ot the Hippodrome a poollrig 
arrangement, whereby the Keith's 
would veto vaude completely, leav- 
ing the stage Idea strictly to the 
Hipp, and In return would get the 
cream pictures for the run Keith's, 
while the weaker flickers, which 
needed vaude support, would go into 
the Hipip. They have come almost 
to the point of putting monikers on 
dotted lines, but never have they 
actually accomplished the deal. It's 
still a likelihood, however. 

House is a 2,400-seater, and one 
of the beat arranged In town on 
fiaah. It haa a large main floor and 
a somewhat smaller balcony; Its 
priciBS are the lowest of the big 
spots of the biirg, ranging ui> to 4Cc. 

Main cbmpetlsh comes from the 
close by New, also a run theatre, 
which plays Fox product under a 
long-term franchise, and Columbia 
pictures 'under a yearly contract. 
Up the street Is the ace vaudefllm 
Century, for Loew's, and the up- 
stairs second-run Valencia, which 
doesn't cpunt much. 

Flicker currently Is 'Once In a 
Lifetime' (U). 



Canadian Pics 



(Continued from page 11) 
Censorship costs too much' . for 
everybody In Canada anyway. 

The Cariadian budget resolutions 
have provided one definite conces- 
sion for British fllm companies In 
another respect, however, In the 
increased preference on Imports, of 
books, periodicals, paml)hlet3, and 
printed advertising matter used as 
fllm aidvertlslng accessories and 
otherwise. 

The new tariff rate on printed ad- 
.vertising inaterlal from Great 
Britain Is 5c per pound, as against 
15c pet pound on printed matter 
from the United States. The for- 
mer charge agralnst such Imports 
from the United Kingdom was lOc 
per pound, so that the reduction Is 
50% — meaning a proportionate In- 
crease In preference, 

For books, periodicals and pam- 
phlets from the United Kingdom, 
the new classlflcation la 'Free,' 
as against a former rate of G%, the 
duty on similar items fronv the 



United States remaining at. 10%. 
This gives British magazines, trade 
papers and other advertisers a fur- 
ther advantage in exploiting the 
Canadian field. 

No less than 238 items underwent 
changes In the tariff resolutions of 
Canada which were automatically 
adopted on presentation In the Ot- 
tawa House, but the fllm trade has 
come through almost scot free. The 
revisions were the outcome of the 
CanadarUnlted Kingdom trade pact 
slgried at the Imperial Conference 
In Ottawa last Aiigust. 

The Imperial Government at Lon- 
don has yet to announce details of 
its concessions to Canada and 
these may add weight to tariff bar- 
riers against the United States. 



PittsbHrgh 



(Contthued from page 3S) 

Arthur Marlowe, who used to be 
Arthur Sprenkle when he played 
stock here, In Broadway cast of 
'Reridezvous.' 

A bad cold has forced Harry 
Brown to miss his weekly news- 
paper rounds on Tuesday for flrst 
tlriie In years. . 

'Chatterbox,' William Penn hotel's 
new nlte club . designed by Urban, 
socking a $6 ta.riff for the grand 
opening Wensdee. 

Coach Jo6k . Sutherland and the 
Pitt football squad were guests of 
the U exchange at a private screen- 
ing of 'The AH- American.' 

Irene. Lee, Fox supervisor and first 
woman to hold a Job of that kind 
on the coast, was Irene Levlne 
when she was a Tech drama stu- 
dent here. 

Mrs. Harvey Gaul, wife of the 
drama an^ music critic, has just 
finished another play.: Harrison 
Grey FIske Is considering her first 
one, 'Who'll Take Papar 



Montreal 



Norm Flnlgan In newsreel. 

All main stems slash prices. 

Betty Compton passes through. 

Jimmy Adams all washed up with 
golf. . ' 
; Cabarets getting aboiit one nlte a 
week. 

Howard Conover handling Allbee 
building. 

Hector Dutrlsac has leased His 
Majesty's, legit house. 

Drive on passes causing gri^ In 
biz arid editorial circles. 

Everybody guessing what Royal 
Radio Commission will do. 

Near sell-out on advance sales 
Shaw play at His Majesty's. 

.With golf over, Judge Morrison 
seeking new flleds to conquer. 

Mrs. B. M. Garfield, held up and 
gagged, recovering from shock. 

Joe LIghtstone dickering to reopen 
Gayety, forriier burlesque house, 
with pictures. 

Industrial and banking hockey 
abandoned this season. Makes It 
better for main stems. 

Canadian rugby featuring Amer- 
ican and all-Amerlcari stars this 
season, with Canadians out of the 
spotllte. 



Cinciiiiiali 

By Joe Kolling . 

Bill Hastings on a diet. 
Pop dansants cut admlsh to 40 
cents. 

Slnton upped permanent rates and 
pros scrammed. 

Carlos Harrison doubling mgr. 
and p.a. at Keith's. 

Henry Thles' orchestra at Hotel 
Gibson permanently. 

L. B. Wilson never tasted tobacco, 
liquor, coffee, tea or soft drinks. 

'Pure In Heart* at Shubert this 
week to be .followed by 'Strange In- 
terlude' film. 

Netherland Plaaz is only down- 
town spot with floor show; Herble 
Kay's band current. 

An old lady who Is a regular 
patron at the ace picture houses 
totes her own flashlight. ' 

Billy White. Feist rep., closed 
office in. Lyric building, last such 
place here for sheet music trade. 

Joe Anderson's gym in Covington, 
Ky., offers gang of boxing and 
wrestling matchee and door prizes 
on Sunday afternoons for two bits; 
getting big play. 



Baltimore 



Len McLaughlin trying to work 
off a few of those pounds. 

Gus. Lowenberg left Radio one 
week and joined Metro the next. 

Harry Kahn is gettirig himself 
known as the encyclopedia of Mary- 
land theatres. ' 

Hippodrome stagehands still talk- 



ing about Rudy Vallee and iiisreadU 
ness to turn pug, ' 

Herman Blum dividing his time 
between the Allied local presidency 
and his new Idle Hour. 

Henry Mayers can't seem to get 
any of the local dailies to sponsor 
the Musical Union's llvlng-mu«ic 
Idea. 

Having, got the new colored Har- 
lem up and running, Lou Rome is 
set to trek through the south on a 
recuperative expedition. 

Having chiseled a couple of loving 
cups out of the Loew heme office 
BUI Saxton now trying to figure 
some way to use them In exploita- 
tion. 

. Thomas Lyons Is this town's show 
business speaker, dally getting re- 
quests to address lunch clubs, din- 
ners and just plain meetings 
throughout the state; 

Baltimore Is going for nlte life all 
of a' sudden; probably has more 
niterlea per capita than any other 
burg in the land: Sherry's, Sliver 
Slipper, Cotton Club, HI Hat. Club 
RItz, Club Alabam are the main 
cabaret spots, without counting the 
dine and dance places. 



Buffalo 

By Sidney Burton 

Ei-iangier announces three show^ 
beginning Oct. 31. 

'Strange Interlude' roadshowlng 
at Erlanger for two weeks, if. • . 

Hal Roach, native of Elmlra, flew 
into town by plane en route to New- 
York. >- 

Tex Guinan at Palais Royal for 
orie riiidnlght perf orriiance last 
Wednesday. 

Exhibitors report lending institu- 
tions , refusing to lend penny on 
theatre properties. 

Little Hipp (lOc Main street pic* 
ture grind) ordered sold In fore- 
closure proceedings. 

Charles Manning leaving as dl» 
rector Shea's Buffalo orchestra. 
Fred Schmltt of Denver comes in 
Oct. 2i; ■ . 

Sam MlneO, pianist Shea's Buf- 
falo orchestra, out with breakdown. 

Gayety (burlesque) has folded, 
leaving fleld to Mayfalr. 

Uncommon Chati^r 



(Continued from page 39) 

black lace to describe a lady - who 
believes In fortune tellers... Blanch© 
Frederici ca^, at last, as a blame- 
less matron, still acting as though 
she had committed a crime. 

Kendall Lee, wan and worried 
over the lines she recites In 'Rain' 
...l^eulah Bondl's excellent char- 
acter make-up supporting her fine 
performance as the Mrs. Rev. 
Davidson. ..Leila Hyams bearing^ 
up bravely through the befuddled 
progress of 'The Big Broadcast,..., 
Grade Allen In the frilly little frocks 
of a wondrously halfwit lady.., 
Kate Smith shutting off back- 
grounds In a crepo dress beaded 
with horizontal lines that point the 
distance. from East to West.. .The 
enthusiastically trimmed organdies 
of the Boswell Sisters stealing the 
smartness away from their triangu- 
lar grouping about the piano. 
Sharon iiynne boasting of her flggec 
In the most breathless arid reveal^ 
ing of white crepe gowns. 



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Tuesdayr October 18, 1932 



H T B a e R s 



VARIETY 



55 



OB i T U A ft Y 



JESSIE BONSTELLE 

Jessie Bpnstelle, director of the 
Dettoii Cfvlt theatre, died there Oflt. 
j4. . Heart trouble w£^s the. cause of 

.death. ' ..' ; . . , . , , : . 

She w^nt. on the stage when .she 
wis but 15, playing the deserted 
wife In 'Bertha, the Sewing Machine 
Girl.' Xiater she entered the com- 
pany; of Augustin Daly as under- 
study and doing chorus work. Stock 
,-wovk in Rochester followed and for 
a time she was the leading woman 
of the Proctor's 12Bth St. stock com- 
pany while Hugh Ford was general 
irianageir of stq'ck jpr'odubtion in the" 
Pro^tbr Jtheatres. Later she weiit to 
Btocli"v6iitures in Rochester, Buffalo;; 
and Northampton," Mass., where she 
; jBrst gained reputation as the- de- 
veloper of stage talent, the list of 
her proteges who came to fjll re- 
sponsible positions' on the dramatic 
stage being a lengthy one. 

In Ii9i4 she opened a ^tpck, coin-" 
pany ijat . the. Garrick ' theatre, . i)e^ 
troit, wheve she' was destined re-i 
maiR - until her deatifi. . .For several 
years- »he rotated between- iDetroit 
and Buffalo, a good, deal of the time: 
running stock in both cities, - -and 
eventually, she settled doSvii fn De- 
troit alone. In 1923, she took , the' 
125th . S't.V. Theatre, New Tork, 'ajs a 
tryout house for Broadway plays, 
running that in addition to her De- 
troit company, but quickly ;• gave 
the idea up and went back to isim- 
ple stock op'eratlon in Detroit a'g^ain. 

In 1926', Miss Bpnstelle ^bought 
the ' Temple Beth-El en WobdWil-d 
avenue/ Detroit, and turned, it into 
the BPnstelle Playhouse, as her .first 
pcr'sonajly o\yned and operated the- 
atre. This theatre she still owned 
at her death,, though two or three 
seasons a^o she organized the De- 
troit Civic Theatre. Latter venture 
didn't pan out too well, because ot 
the economic situation and it was 
for some time, doubted whether it 
coUld- go on^ this season as usual. 
This, uncertainty was ijartly . the 
cause of the lliness that led to Miss 
Bon;3telle's death. 

No mention anywhere of. her age, 
Bhe / having . always made a secret 
of w,hen she was born. Fi'om what 
she once told an Intimate, ho^tvever, 
her age may be estimated at . about 
6«- 

Last summer she went to Holly- 
wood : to discuss plians tp ppeii a 
nursery theatre for motion picture 
talent, but did not think well of the 
Idea and returned to Detroit where 
she planned another, busy season. 

She. haiol appeared in numerous 
Shuliert jproductions, but stock work 
seemed io appeal more strongly to 
her and she had a remarkable ' gift 
for management. 

Early in , the present century she 
developed the idea of niakiiig a 
stage version of LoUlsa Alcott's 
'Little Women.' " She met small en- 
couragement, but the scheme be- 
came an obsession with her and she 
persisted until William A. Brady 
made the production, which proved 
1 a highly profitable undertaking. It 
j was revived by Brady last Xmas for 
' the hpliday season and at that time, 
he expressed the intention, of mak- 
ing It an annual holiday offering, 
playing matinees in alternation with 
an established production. 

She was the wife of A. H. Stuart, 
y/ha died Ih 1911, 



record f or . the beheflt of hifl mu- 
seum, but he, was accepted by nat- 
uralists and . the medical, profession 
as genuine. A. chapter on snake 
bites written by, him is a part of 
Dr. Horhaday's 'American Natural 
History.' . ! ' 



News of the Dailies 



. (Continued from pa^e 36) 
sta.tion aidvising that the mother of 
Gayne Whitman, the 'Chandu* of 
radio, was Jn the hospital in a seri- 
ous condition. 



Nix 'Pay or Play' for Outdoors 

Next Year; Too Much Welching 



_ IRViMG B. BALLYNTINE 

Irylng B. (Jock) Ballantyhe, 43, 
died In Lpndon, Can., Oct. 9. Had 
cpmp]a.lned of illness while visiting 
friends, and died, before he could be 
taken-home.. i . . ' 

Had . played the vaudeville cir- 
cuits; but >yas. .better Knpwn in 
Canada as a Scctch cpniedian. Was 
a member pf the Brunswick trio and 
f orrherly < sup.erviised the ^Nature's 
Best Scottish ipuaical,. programi . ^pr 
local broadcasts. •; . - . . .: 



, FRANK LALOR 

i Prank Lalor, 63^ died at his home 
1 In New York Oct. 15 of acute indl- 
I gestion. ' . 
f, He studied for . the stage under 
|! Tom Karl, of the once famous Bos- 
i tonlans and at 18 made his debut 
at Austin & Stones, in Boston. He 
tvas highly p6pula[r in vaudeville for 
a number pf years, but started to 
climb when he was engaged to dou- 
ble for Johnny Ray in 'A Hot Tim-,' 
a. farce which enjoyed a leng and 
JiPt clearly understandable success. 
Prom there he went Into musical 
comedy, where he enjoyed marked 
ftppreciatlori, appearing In many of 
the Important musicals in the first 
aecade pf the ceiitury. His last 
^ppearance was early in the year 
when he played Friar Tuck In the 
revival pf 'Rpbln Hpod.' .Survived 
oy his widow", Vernie Conard. 



. LENORfE, TORRAINl ,. V 

Lenore TcH'ra4ni, . formerly;, with 
the Cosmopolitan- trio,- died -ini.New 
tork Oct.' 8. She was the daughtef 
of Jieanne "T.orrJiril; - vocal tedch'er, 
and granidaiiighter of A'ngelp Tor-'- 
rani, for 3(( yeal-s k riiuslcal' dlre'c- 
tor at the Meti:opQlitan. pier' uricl'ei 
Charles,- fov^yeai:?. served in. a sim- 
ilar capacity .with the Henry B. 
Savage productions. She leaves 
two childrenj' - Jean. and:-. David 
Hanna.' ' ' . ^ ■ '■■ . ■ 



C. ROLTARE EGGLESTON . 

C. Rpltare Eggieston, actor, man- 
ager ahdnriagicla'ni is dead here. He 
was 56 andi .'died' f rem. .hekrf dlse'ise.; 
During' his iheatrjcal "experienc]e,,Mi'- 
Egleston managed the Keith and 
English theatre^, and recently cpn- 
ducted a booking office. 

He was an active member of the 
Mystic Shrine and the Scottish Rite. 
He was a former resident of Phila- 
delphia. His widow is Elizabeth 
P. Eggieston. 



GEQRGE GOODHART. 

George W. Goodhart, 74, was 
killed at Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct.' 
10, when struck by an automobile. 

He had ' ep^nt more than half a 
century in th^ show business, ! the 
major portiPn pf the time as ad- 
vance man fpr Sellis Brothers >. and 
later 'on the Bariium-Ringling show. 
At one time he had been a stock 
actor and manager. . 



HENRY SOMERSET .. 

Lord Henry Somerset, 82, com- 
poser, died -in Florence, Italy, Oct; 
11. He was the author of a number 
of once popular songs, the most 
lasting being 'AH Through the 
Night.' ■ • ■ ' 



Injuries received in a fall have 
had Dick. Ferris, L. A. sportsman 
and Jiromoter, bed-ridden in his 
home for more than a week. 



Harry Weldon, Jr., sentenced to 
one to five, years in prison after 
pleading guilty to theft of articles 
f.'dm ;Metro studio property rpom, 
where' he worked. 



Lita Gray Chapliii, in. a third at- 
tempt ito get permission to put her 
sons, Charles, Jr.., and Sidney Earl, 
in ; pictui'es, lias petitioned L. A.. 
Superior Court to issue a citation 
for'-Charles Chaplin's appearance in 
qourt.Opt. 26. Action taken fbllo.w- 
iiiiS Mrs, Chaplin's 26,000r word letter 
to ithe comedian asking him to re- 
leriit. : • : ••- :-. ' ■: : • . - 



^Alie.ged' kidliap attempt foiled by 
F,i<;hard ArKen when be left the 
Pafamo'unt studio at midnight and 
speeded ahead Of two. men in A car 
lo.'lowiner -him. . to his. hoih.e 
Strangers scrammed when a radio 
police car arrived. . 



-I 



Emerald and diamond .ring- valued 
at ; - $1,000, • belonging ' to Dorothy 
'Mackalll,.. stolen .from, actress' Holly 
\voDd'hbme. ' 



Hid-W«it 



. , Omaha'? bi^ civic . event wh}ch 
cubninate^i In the crowning of King 
Alt-gar- ieieh- , (Nebrasktt . spelled 
backWiards) yraa photographed for 
national /newsreel purposes. AI 
though It was the. 38th king It was 
the first national publicity of this 
kind for Omaha. 



Lipcoln has two stock companies, 
one professional, the other at the 
university. Hart Jenks oplaed that 
the public was weary ot cheap en 
ter^tainment' It was suspected he 
referred to pictures. 



Minneapolis stays In the sunlight 
of culture. Thanks to desperate 
mdney raising activities the Min- 
neapolis Symphony orchestra's con- 
tinuance 18 assured. Meanwhile, 
Omaha has everything except 
money.' 



FREDERICK WlHITtlER . 

Frederick .Whittier, 46, "violinist, 
choked to death in Montpeller, Vt-r 
Oct. 12, when a bit of fopd Pb- 
Structed his windpipe. He had been 
an Prch. leader- in Minneapplis. 



ED.LITTLE 

Ed Little, wellrknown music man,, 
died of pneuitionia Oct,' 9 In San' 
Francisco. 

A more detailed account appeairs 
in the Music. Dept. of this issue. - 



PETER. QRUBER 

.Peter Gruber, 76, former museum 
t proprietor, died in Rochester, N. Y., 
[ jl^*- 11. pf rheumatism of the heart. 
«l8:bo"dy carried the scars of more 
^nan 500 snake bites and he had 
"een bitten by poisonous reptiles 33 
limes. He capitalized his unique 



Mother pf Joe and Manhy Shiire, 
who have managerial posts . with! 
RKO at X>allas, Tex., and Cincin-. 
natl, respectively, died in latter city- 
Oct. 10. Joe was Injured in< auto 
mishap near Nashville, Tenn., while 
rushing to her bedside, but finished, 
trip via train ' and was able to re-, 
turn to Texats after brief rest, fol- 
lowing funeral, . ■ ■ . 



.Antonio F. De Navarro died iii 
Wa:rwlckj Bn&., Oct. 11, . I?e was 
the husband • pf Mai-y Andersph, 
American tragedienne, whom he 
married in' 1890. She survives him. 



George Davidson, 32, died in Hol- 
lywood Oct. 11. Was a laboratory 
employee at Fox studio. Police be- 
lieve his death to have been a sui- 
cide. 



Wife.of J. R. E. Lambert, mana- 
ger of the. Metro bfflce in Batavia, 
Dutch East Indies, died Oct. 13 at 
her home there. 



Todd, Cowan 111 

Hollywood, Oct. 17.' 

Thelma Todd, lil at the California 
hospital, suffering from blood ppl- 
spnlng. Is expected tp leave there 
the middle of this week. 

William Cowan, Metro director, is 
at his home recovering from a slnu!< 
ojieration performed at the Holly- 
wood hospital. 



Lawrence Tlbbett will sing for a 
benefit In behalf of the Passavant 
hospital, Chlcagp. Mrs. Joe Cole 
man is bossing the arrangeinents. 

- Claiming . that LynnhUrst. resi- 
dential iBuburb, was 'the only part 
of ithe olty of Minneapolis which 
habn't the disadvantage of a mpvlng 
picture theatre' . residents were 
fighting bitterly to defeat a build- 
ing permit to W. R. Prank whp 
wants to liivade the niitheatred 
sec^tpr. Parents were also claim- 
ing that there were 'moral hazards.' 



City: haiiL<pers,pnagea, headed by 
Mayor Cerinak, guests of . the Adel- 
ph| >ianagement C6)i(mbu^ Day to 
see Erltz. Blookl's /Xyorld Between.' 

Sanches Morale and Eddie Mont- 
ford, owners of . a deer act without 
bookings, pitched their own 'hpbo 
oamp' - on an ^mpty Chicago lot. It 
attracted newsprint attention. 



j^rs. <Ebba Boe, Baltim.bre radio 
singer, has been una.ble to collect 
on, at. (16,000 - verdict for alienation 
of : affections which i^e obtained 
against Mrs. Theresa McBroom Ol- 
sen pf MpbileJ Latter, cannlly trans- 
feiired her property to her mother. ' 

Guiseppe Canzona, street piano 
grinder from Peoria, IlL, astonished 
a Montreal steamship ofDce by buy- 
ing lO round trip tickets. to Italy for 
the next IjO' years. He wants to be 
sure of annual revisit. 



Cleveland ordered all beggars and 
panhandlers nabbed. Vagrancy 
charges awaited those accosting 
citizens, especially downtown. 



At Sandusky, O., Jubilant citizens 
met Joe EJ. BroWn with motprcycle 
ccps and a brass band mounted on 
a truck. All because Joe was born 
in Holgate, O. 



Chicago's h(..idsomest mannequin 
was to be selected at a ball. in the 
Hotel Morrison. Organization re- 
cently got an A. F. L. charter. 



Kay DeMllle, daughter of C. B.,^ is 
studying at the Chicago Art In- 
stitute. She would bo a sculptrPH.". 



Financing Cupid 



Chicago, Oct. 17. . 
Public marriage ceremonies 
have replaced autPmpbile races 
and locomotive. collisions as the 
big last liight event of county 
affairs. It seems to" please 
everyone better- 
Fairs save the expense of 
former blow-off attractions, 
public get!3 a sentimental thrill, 
and the fortunate couple is set 
Up in housekeeping through 
free donations by local mer- 
phants • in publicity tie-ups. 
Dozens of -marriages of. this 
sort have occurred through the 
middle west in the past two 
months. 

I B^armers pay SO cents for 

f;randstand seats to witness 
hfe ballyhoo weddings. 



Ursula Jeans, British actre.sK, 
>pas»ed through Chlcagp and shiv- 



Off FAIR REPORTED 
V8«% SET FOR 1933 

Chlcagp, Oct. 17. 
Although "a survey of the grounds 
does riot suggest It, th^ statement 
cPmes from official sources that the 

Chicago World's. Fair of 1933 is 80% 
complete. Meanwhile there are cer- 
taih .signiflcarit omissions, clreat 
Britain and Germany are not . rep- 
.resen ted. although the fair has suc- 
ceeded in making 16 of the 26 coun- 
tries which cancelled following '.the 
depression reconsider. 

Entirely modernistic architectu- 
rally, the itair will have no Fine 
Arts building. That's the tligoff on 
the purely advertising and indius- 
trial character, of the exposition, 
probably the first In the world's his- 
tory to ignore fine arts. - 

Promoters are having plenty ot 
difficulty raising funds -for conces- 
sions. But meanwhile the fair Itself 
is well financed.. Over 400,-000 visit- 
ors have already paid .to visit the 
grounds and the attractions now 
open. 

. Those now eniployjed by the fair 
are reported as predominately col- 
lege boys frpm Nerthwestern Uni- 
versity and Evanston, the bailiwick 
of Rufus Diawes, head man of the 
exposition. 

Fair opens June 1, 1933. 



Chicago, Oct. 17. 
Fair agents will not issue pay or 
pl^y contracts to acts next year. - 
This Is a rejsult of their experience 
with welching fairs this season. 

Estimates on the amiount of 
welching for 1932 in the niiddle west 
run . around $80i000. That sum Is 
the percentage, of approximately 
$500,000 in talent contracts that 
have been ppenly dlsavewed by fairs 
with smdil chance pf ever being cpl- 
lected althpugh some of It is BCt 
cured by- notes. County fair I. O. 
U.'s are notorious.ly .bad risks. .\ 

This welching ^ats into the mar- 
gin of the agent.s' profit and in some 
cases has splashed them with red 
ink for the year. Welching losses 
have been about 16% of the. total 
contracts it is reported with the 
ordinary agency rnargln 30%, this ' 
actually works out as slicing the 
income right in half when figured oh 
net, not grpss, business. 

Fancy Cheating 

Another . unwholesome develop-' 
ment this year has been indirect 
welching through cancelling acts on 
the grounds pf 'unsatisfactory ser- 
vices.' This chiseling practice has 
been employed ' on standard acts 
concerning whose merits as enter- 
tainers ho doubt can exist. Cah- 
cellatloh' generally has occurred on 
the second: oi* third day after, the 
fair officials have perceived that tbe 
takings were going to be skimpy. ' } 
.'Pay of '.playr. c6ntra<Ai! alwayii' 
contained this, oihcellation clause 
which In a sens.e made- the /pay or 
play!, thing, ia. misnomer. 'Tet there 
had i)een an undoubted impi-ovement 
In the dependability of outdoor tal- 
ent contracts until the depression 
got In Its work. And .'pay or play' 
generally . meant just tVat. It 'was, 
at least. oui^rafdly, a^tandard docu- 
ment upon which a performer could 
obtain credit. 

Decision to drop the present con- 
tract means that nest year talent 
will siniply designate agents as their, 
personal representatives >nd agree 
to pay them anything over a certain 
figiire the agent can sell them for. 
Agents will have no responsibility 
where welching occurs. 



INVOLVES IIGENSE FEE 

Cedar Rapids, la., Oct. 17. 

County board of supervisors 
folded an aggregatlqjn of Individual 
shows, booths and concessions at 
Frontier Park with, a demand for 
a $100 license fee, holding that 
where'grouped It came'under <:lass7 
;lflcatlon of a carnival. Was closed 
up for an entire day. 

Park has been mecca. for many 
outfits In view of regulations re- 
garding itinerant shows. 



ered because her coats .were packed 
away In a trunk. Somebody mak- 
ing a reference to Florida climate 
she naively inquired: 'Oh, Is this 
Florida?^ Chicago thought It a rare 
joke on Illinois a.nd Miss Jeans. 



Municipal Judge Oi'aber, steamed 
up over Insufllolent evidence. arrests 
Of girls on nioral charges, said that 
Chicago ^icks should be more care- 
ful. - • 



Halsey iStuart and Co., known to 
show business, barred from the 
state of Wisconsin. . Suspension of 
brokerage privileges followed In- 
dictment of the company for using 
the mails to defraud. 



A dancehall stabbing resulting 
fatally sends Grace Goode, 19, to 
prison for 10 years. Happened in 
Birmingham. 



Des Moinos reported Prof, Bohl- 
man, of Drake University, as opin- 
ing that films are the same as liquor 
psycholoeically, an escape from re- 
ality. Drake University made Mi 
H. Aylesworlh an honorary patron 
li'st June. 



Edwin ncimer.«, new voice on an- 
nouncing fitaff of Central Broadcast- 
ing Gp., WHO-WOC, win be spotted 
in De.s Moines. 

Iowa Broad f-iif-:tinK Co., /)pf;ra ting 
KSO, buil.linff sludio on I'Uh floor 
of 'Rofrif!lor-Ti iOuno' Imildinfe', Dof- 
MolriCK, 



Danbury Gate -Low 

Danbury, Conn., Oct, 17» 
•The attendance at the - Danburjr 
Fair fell below the 100,000. mark this 
year for the first time In many 
years. A total attendance of 89,16S. 

The low attendance Is accounted 
f 01* by. the fa^t that the, two biggest, 
dayis of the fair, Wednesday and 
Thursday, were washouta due to 
heavy rain. 



SHOWMEN FROUC OdT. 29 

Hollywood, Oct 17. 
Pacific Coast Showinen's club will 
st4ge a HI- Jinks on the top floor of 
the Orpheum building, night of Oct. 
29. 

There will.be a 50c. tariff, making 
It , the first time the club has 
charged for these social giatherings. 



^104 Ahead 

. Allison, la , Oct. 17. 

Butler county fair ehded tii« '32 
seiison with $104 on hand. . 

Attendance was above .the .1931 
figures. 



Circuses 

(For current week— Oct. 1S-20) / 

Hagenbeck- Wallace 

Oct. 18, .Tackson; 10, NaahvHle; 20. Chat- 
tanoofra; 21,. Birmingham; 22, Adanta; 2*. 
Knoxvllle; 20, Mldaieaboro; 20, Corbln. 



Caniiyals 



(For curref>t week — Oct. 17-22) 

Darker, J, L.; Morehounc. 
Deckman '& Gcrety: Dalian. Ten, 
Bloom's Oola Mcdnl: OxforO. 
Bunt's HartHvllle, 9. C. 
Cetlln & Wilson: Colilnboro. 
Corey OrcntRr: A.ho«k)e. 
Craft's CJrcater: Hnfafrl. 
Empire City.: Mobile, Ala, 
Golden llule': . Gafljney. 
■ .tJrcenburtf Amer. : 'Frtdcrlck. 
HamcH, mil H.: Center. 
Ifenry, Lew: AboHklc, 
IjnT)dc.<i, J, L. : Harper. 
I-cc, A m. Co. : Monrde> 
Mnrk.i: SuITolk. 

MKsH. Vall(-y: Frankllnton. 7.n. 
I'iiKO, J. X, Kxii». : Monroe-, N. C. 
Hf.Ini..(J Kmio : (.•h'-hli-rrii Id, ,S. C. 
HuIiIm & fhcir.i: .Vl!M>(,ti, (;a. 
Sol'H r,lbcily: lir-ntila. 
Viil.'f'y: fJ-l.'bi-c, 



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VARIETT 



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say the famous Stage and Screen Stars 



TAMARil^ GEVA, 
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AS Lois Moron sayse **It*8" a great 
i. comfort to and know how great 
actresses bare succeeded in keeping 
skin fresh smd youthful at any age. 
Their secret is regular care with Lux 
Toilet Soapl'* 

Nine out often screen stars and count- 
less stage stars guard connplexion beauty 
this isimpiie, sure way t 

Of the .694 important actresses in 
Hollywood^ including all stars, 686 use 
Lux Toilet Soap— re^tarly. 

Famous beauties of the stage and 
screen find this fimgrant, very white 
soap gentle to every type of skin. Lux 
Toilet Soap is official in all the great 
film studios ! And it is found in theatro 
dressing rooms throughput the country. 

Let it keep your skm jrouthftiliy 
smooth I 



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lyOL. 108. No, 7 


NEW YORK, tj 


lESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1932 


56 PAGES 





BATH TUB 



Chmnp-Ediicator, Has Madison 





; Madison, OoL 24. 

1 . ;As a- result ot a persistant cam- 
(palgn waged over station WIBA 
Vli^alnBt petty rackets it i« bellev^ 
.that. Madison, capltol of Wlscqn- 
:Hin, is l^eing. given a complete go^by 
' -in tlte underworld 6C fast talkers. 
. Iiike most medium-sized provln- 
olai cities Madison has suffered 
iiienty of burns from high pressure 
(Piit-ol-tpWhers, but whereas, com- 
;plalnts of from ^LO t6 16 suckers a 
:4ay used to be registered at the 
Chamber of Commerce now only 
rjttree of four a week are- received. 

WIBA telegraphically Investigated 
!^lie claims of 100 'working their 
',way through college' subscription 
^salesman and found eveiryone a 
phoney. It broadcast the results r of 
«. Commerce's body inVesUgatldn' of 
;a''*suit club' racket, caught the pro- 
inoters and forced them give back 
ibll the deposits. 
; Abusing Piety 
" 'jCook book* and 'go to church 
'tf tamps,' two twin embezzlements 
>^<ereby glib salesmen victimized 
titisuspecting chilrch people and 
liadles Aid Societies, were run out 
. of town. 
f ...Constant radio warnings, descrip- 
ttbhs of the way of working chisels, 
were, broadcast so often and so 
.4ihoroughIy that Madison has been 
• f ' (Continued on page 56) 



1$ VISIONARY MASTER 
RREWERS LOOK AHEAD 



E": Chlcigo, Oct. 24; 

Along with thousands of students 
: introUed in Chicago, Northwestern, 
•, Xjoyola, DePaul, atnd other local 
.'f^nters of erudition this .year has 
. Been the revival of a hall of learn- 
• Ing long defunct. That is the In- 
■ ; iatitute .oif Fermentation on Lincoln 
' .»vie. 

. ..It's nearly 20 years since a class 
/was graduated but the ancient de- 
of M. B. (master brewer) lis 
to- be conferred on 19 students next 
•' apt'lng. ' . "That many far-seeing 
■ young men have enrolled to'flnd out 
ab.out making, beer. They expect 
lo have swell jo.bs as soon as they 
graduate. 

Meanwhile the first i.ssuc of a new 
trade paper called 'Brewing Ihdus-r 
try" appeared last Saturday (22) A. 
J; Fehrenbaclc is editor. 



$3 Embalming 



'All you can eat for 60 cents,' 
a slogan of some restaurants 
since the depresh, has Inspired 
one speakeasy proprietor who 
announces: " , 

'AU you can eat and drink 
for $3.' Sandwiches and' potato 
salad Is the unvarying menu. 

The drinks are actually 
limited to 16, but for ordinary 
purposes It's figured that that 
number ought to take care of 
everybody. 



IPORCE F(m ASKING 
BY NEW MEXICAN LAW 



Garbo Becalmed 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. . 

With a quota immigration number 
for her return to this country not 
■available until next spring, Greta 
Garbo will remain abi'oad until April. 

Harry Eddington, her personal 
representaUve, wilt leave here 
around Christmas to go to Sweden 
ani cor.rpt" with the actress regard- 
iH{T h >v rc'tiun under the Metro 
bannoi-. 



Mexico City, Oct. 24. 
Divorce .lawyers, ip the' Federal 
District, a community with a popu- 
lation of 1,306,Q06, which. Includes 
Mexico City, .have been dealt a blow 
by District's new civil code provid- 
ing bursting of matrimonial, bonds 
in 16 days without trouble oir ex- 
pense. 

.Under, code, all disgcuntled mar- 
ried folk fbave to do Is to present 
themselves together at of&ce of tho 
civil registry In distrfct in . which 
they .live, declawo that they have 
both determined to get a divorce 
and that they have no children. 

Law requires that they think mat 
ters over for 16 days, then if- the/ 
assert they > are still firm in their 
determination,- divorce papers are 
issued. Solid citizens are alarmed 
a*- great increase in divorces law has 
inspired. ; - ■ 



NBC GROSS, 1ST TIME, 
EXCEEDS SATEVEPOST 



In the advertising world the two 
media .whose Incomes are paired 
and compared are the 'Saturday 
Evening Post' and NBC. For the 
first time In history, the netwbrk 
exceeds the Lorimer organ as re- 
gards advertising revenue. Mag's 
accumulative income ' from this 
source for the first nine months of 
the current year, according to 
'Denny's Record,* totals $16,86S,480, 
whild NBC total for thla period 
comes to $20,486,369: For the month 
o£ September the 'Post' took In from 
advertising (1,006,496, as against 
NBC's net of $1,807,795. 

How these two media have fared 
comparatively In the p?iat three 
years is told in the following fig- 
ures: In 1931 the 'Post' grossed 
from Its advertising pages around 
336,000,000, and NBC accumulated 
from the sale of time $25,600,000. 
Previous year the setup was around 
$48,000,000 'Post,' and around $2fl,- 
000,000 NBC. In 1929 the mag hit a 
$62,500,000 level, while the network 
garnered $14,300,000. 




Reporters ClaMify Celeb^^ 
Some Kniown as 'Spouse 
. Praisers* — Little Interest 
in Show Biz Execsr— <Meet- 
inf the 'Chief Same at 
'Berengaria* 



SMILES AND GROUCHES 



By B.OB LANDftY 

Chicago, Oct. 24. 

. Chicago, hue . IbecqrrteY AmericV* 
bath tub. ' " ■ , 

.Traveling celebrities, cbmihg from 
OP going to Californiei and New 
York, know Chicago at', the oasis 
between- coal aoot and desert sand. 

It may be this urgency to perform 
th'ejr baptismal pit«a..<that makes 
som^ of th* Hollywood oeiabs . so 
peevish to the local |ir^st«; tMeeting 
trains Kaie be'eom* a r^^ular' part 
of 'Chicago journalitmon • par vrith 
meeting the 'BerenQaria.' 
. /Answer tp the question ojC what 
(Continued bn page -37) ' 



Is the Lot Ev(ai of Petted 
Darlings in Russi^^^^ World 



One Film Maa't Hunch 



■ Hollywood, Oct. a. 

Sam Freedman, former Unl - 
versal supervisor and indie 
film producer, has dropped his 
World-Wide 'producing- cohi 
tract, packed bis fatnlly on the 
train and returneid to Clnclnv 
natl to manage a brewery^ 

Formerly in the ' beer busi- 
ness in that~ city, he figured 
that lager la on the way btick, 
and that, a brewery will pay 
off better than pictures. 



CHI'S MAYOR CERIiAK 
PLUGS fOR THEAtRES 



ittPllEFlJSE 





RETURNS 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 
Mayor Anton Cermak refused to 
permit the Dizlana Showboat, from 
Sheboygan, -Wis., to tie up In the 
Chicago -liver for theatrical pur 
pqs«s. 'If Ed Wappler and his back, 
era want to bring a. troupe of Ohio 
rlvpr actors, let them hire, a the- 
atre,' Is the mayor's attitude. 
, "With only- four out of 17 legits 
lighted', Cermak. takes the position 
that lt;8 unfair to taxpayers to per- 
mit uptaxed showboat opposition, 
in rebuttal Wappler will argue that 
the ehowboat is not a competitive 
production but fn floating museum 
and curiosity. Wappler claims the 
showboat will employ 40 Chicago - 
ans, including union stagehands and 
musicians, at a total weekly payroll 
of $2,000, and the city will other- 
wise benefit from license fees, dock- 
age and other taxes. Wappler still 
hopes to open JJov. 7. 



Moscow, Oct. 10. 
An article In a recent issue of the 
film paper 'Kino' here would have 
made pleasant reindinr for Holly- 
wood headlinere grumbling over -ttte 
depression. - The article gave a few 
details about the housing accom- 
mbdations of some of the outstand- 
ing personalities In the Russian 
film world. v 

Russians do not normally delve 
intq th^. pecisonal a^irs of their 
qcreen favorites. This excursion into 
the homes of some .directors, scen^ 
arlsts,'etc., hgid '4> iturpose. The film 
pajper was out to show how badly 
film people are housed }n order to 
stimulate the building of. a few 
apartment houses especially for 
their use. 

There Is Vsfevelod Pudovkln '('Last 
Days of St. Petersburgh,' 'Mother,' 
etc.), for example'.' . The lucky plu- 
tocrat actually possesses', 'a' com- 
fortable flat of fseyeral rooms. .In a 
goed lieJghbbrHbod. He can even 
work' qutetly ^hd coinfortably; at 
home.' .' 

Gas Ji Luxury 
Another faydrlt^ of the Soviet 
gpdp, O. Leonldov, owAs 'three good 
rooms, with gas' and bath.' That, t>f 

(course, will mdke the Hollywood 
crowd green with envy, especially 
the gas and bath. - As an .bddltlotial 
touch of grandeur the article records 
(Continued on page 44) 



Yielding to an avalanche of pro- 
teats from newspaper members, both 
the Associated Press and the United 
Press ar<e giving the cold shoulder 
to NBC and the Columbia network 
on the radio bids for the election 
returns service. Press assbclattons 
refuse .to sell or. permit the', chains 
to use any ptirt of the collected 
info. . 

NBC claims that It will be able to 
get along conveniently without these 
sources, since the news service, con- 
(Continded on page 44) 



ELECTION NITE LIFE 
DEPENDS ON RETURNS 



Some leda of the inroads radio 
is making on the business of sup- 
plying election returns is shown in 
the experience of a club which 
wanted to hold a party on election 
night with the returns as a feature. 

Both Western Union and Postal 
quoted $76, the same flgrure as four 
years ago for the same spot. Last 
week both companies wrote in cut- 
ting the quotation one half, or 
$37.50; 



RADIO KEYHOLE NEWS 
FINDS READY MARKET 



Now that radio publicity depart- 
ments have discovered that the only 
kind of pictures the dailies will go 
for are out-and-out leg art, p. a's 
are goiiig this one better and are 
sending out columnist 'key hole* 
material about their artists. They 
find it is getting printed. 

Papers are using the material be- 
cause it smacks of inside stuff, and 
doesn't look like the patent publicity 
of flee copy that goes out. 

P. a.'s know that they can ship 
out reams of the usual blah about 
their talent, but It all reaches cltx 
desk waste baskets. It's proving 
different for the stuff written a la 
columnist about the various studio 
romances, blessed events and other 
over.-the-tranBom copy. 



Stove Installation 

Norristown, Pa,, Oct. 24. 

Co-operating with the Garricjc 
theatre, the 'Times-Herald- lias se- 
cured the theatre for a limited num- 
ber of dates. ■ 

Paper intends to conduct a cook- 
ing school at times when. 110 . pic- 
tures are shown in the buildlDi^. 



FR0III42DT045THT0 
GET INTO SHOW CENTER 



The Bi-rtadway . Theatre Ticket 
agency, a prominent agency on 42nd 
street, has moved its headquarters 
to 45th street at the Piccadilly 
hotel. The switch was occasioned 
because of the much greater legit 
activity on the latter thoroughfare. 
No dodbf thif ^Sth street has 
usurped- the ratlhg of being Broad- 
way's befit theifi'e stteet. 

There •ttrt but' two legit attrac- 
tions oh" 42nd street at present, 
neither ' being hits, whereas . there 
are nine 'shows on 45th street, flye 
of those" sh'dws being successes. 



Star 8u^$::Diaugliter 
For IJSiiig Stage Name 

-Vienna, Oct. 15. 

Ida Ru3]{a, 'm'u'slcar comedy star, 
has filed suit ' against her own 
daughter; Maidie, for appearing In 
cabarets 'as Mal4le Ruska. 

Mother" "s'a'ys 'daughter is spoiling 
her reputation' sliico she is far from 
mdther'.s artistic 'standing and might 
he mistaken for' her because of the 
family liame., . Girl says she can't 
bo expected to be. on the bills with 
her real family name, Mullier, ns 
that l.s far too commonplace. 'Ruska' 
being a .stage name anyway, she 
has just a.s murh rlnfht to It as her 
mollioi' Via.o. . • • 

JJo -islon UM-; resorvftd. 



VASIETY 



Exinbitor Complaints Apt to Fo^ 
Film Stars, iir Groups, W ixt Air 



Clash b«>uv» »A flhxts ami i-adto la 
li)tin)««nc mxd win , i!*>ssibly result 
in a ruUttjf -tyy ttv* Itajw Ors^niaa^- 
tion wfeich >«a} «st*Wlsh txr» first 
pre«."«<Xe»t; iet 5\*t*tK>!\!S of the two 
fieM&. E5tll;^^i^<?^r« hi*v« . bwn pro- 
testtHs« 

Svf iwsi coJSiiivlerAtion of Hayslahs 
Is now beias given the idea of 
banniRS atl i>jit«r«: stiir cluster na- 
tional broadcasts. This would, mean 
a new clause beinsr written Intri 
many contracts which would pro- 
hibit the player from becdmlng-iaf-; 
llliated ' with the air In aiiy reslpiect 
except with the- 'approvail ' of the! 
performer's coiht&liy. ; ~ " ' "• ' j j 

•An open Tjrcak with- I'adW'' ha^ 
been avoided- by Will Hityes sftloe 
hlfl' entrance in pictures. The eth^r' 
Interests are indirectly ■ ' tut v im-^ 
portantiy represented-, in the prq- 
ducer oi'ganlzation . since- at Jea^tj 
four votes in: the directorate ar« 
controlled ; by . amis ' of -RCA anid^ 
General iBlectrIC; . ' . ' .- j 

- f.iCogmplalnts of exhibitors' thiSftugn- 
but: the; U. a. is -admitted virtually 
now .f oroing . Hays to ;jEw:t. -- The re- 
cent star broadcast for the unem- 
ployed- from HoUytrood- onv ai na- 
tional -hoolr-up^ is: Tepotted to have 
brought the matter tov-a ''head • be- 

< cause -majiy of the blB^.'theati^8, sts 
-well as subsequent puns., attribute 
,a mcirked - drop . In ^iMitronage that 
ni|Kht: to the screen's personal loud 
. speaker.' appiearancef; ' : - • ' ■ ••' I 
The bellef, -until hoirr enddurageicl' 

- by th^e -Hays- ^Organization, that radio: 
is not a competitor <>£ the theiatre. 
is disrupted by the definite declaraj-. 
tions of representative exhibitors 
aiid' theatrie managers in . . what 
aiiiounts to the . iarst voluntary ppH 

.".of the country's boxQfflces on the 
air ii.ubject. , : 



A Columnist Doubles 



.llpllywood, Oct. '?4, . 
Bill Crouch, City News Serv- 
> lce picture columnist, will grab 
off a little extra money by dub- 
bing in the hog calling for Will 
Rogers in Fox's 'County Fair." 

Before going for journalism 
Crouch raised hogs in Iowa.. 



: 1 



Tribal W^r Br^^ Jl 

And Readi^ Cbdrt 



, . i;; , . ;..Ch^epne, Oct,. 24; ! 
icpm-^ aqt;(on ^tf^te.d in . I<4nder^, 
WypV. to ■ ^ttf^ch.. Cpjiun^bi^'s .'I^eid 
MeCn' conipany, , on lo|pailjpii , thete, 
failing^ Studio settled individual^ 
with several Indians accidentallp^ 
injured ^during, markiiig *>f . the pici- 
tUre. . ■- • ■'. ■ '■ 

Company says redskins -were htiijt 
as a result of a long standing feujl 
b6t,ween. Sh.pshonp arid. Atapahde, 
tiribes,' 'membera^^pf iioth," appearing 
in the' picture'. .An Arapahoe 
trampled assertediy by Shoshonje 
rideraiCwhen v he iffcjll oft his hors^, 
and a Shoshone, .shot, in. the. baclt,, 
were.the twd Indians;moBt aeripusljjr^ 



Liigosi Broke, ' with ; • 
Furniture Main Asset 

Tiok Aiigeies, .Oct'. . 24. i •' 
Bankruptcy ' petition of iBei|^ Lu- 
Bpsi, filed in' U. S.' WstHci;'.' iipuiit 
hete, ,.lt.ets . :$2,9'6.B in HaliilitlpB . apb 
|600 wP^'tli of possible assets. -L^irgj- 
est debt was' the $1,000 clothing bill 
owed Alexander and Oviatt. 

Lxigosi listed, four suitq of; clothes 
valued r at $100 and. a $500 equity^ 
in furniture ajs his assets. 

.Lulu Schubert, house' keeper fo' 
Liigoklj fli^d a ' wage.. claim ;Eor $70C,: 
a year's "pay; at ;$20 ii, wetek: 
■ State ■ labor cbnlmisalon's.'. office 
sayi thiis Is 'a i>referred ciaVm, ex - 
empt from iiiciOsioii.,.ln' t'Jife "baiik- 
" 'tUptdy' lietltlPn .sinc^ it was Inf 
curred within- 90 days' of the filing 
'of tlie -latter : ' ' "" T 



^yisxi to; Irelnid ioir ; ; 
Taddy' Atmosphere Shots 



Hollywood, Oct 24. . 
. Wjn. ,K. IJpwar.<lj|Wlxp sails, firo^ 
New jYbrk. ipct, ifl. is. gping to..ir<q- 
Jand io ptttaln atmospheric shots, ^ojr, 
'Paddy, the Next Best. Thing,'. i.l(i 
whlc,Ii Janet, Gaynoe will: be ^tarred 
by .Fox. .Howard; will, also jcameiia 
In London. Play: .^as at the Savpl/; 
.jthere. for, lhr.ee..yeaEa. . , 
. jTames .Wong Hcmie, Chinese caxn- 
.eraman,. wi^l function ,Tvitii How^4:<^. 
.. picture is . sched,uled for produc- 
tion, me.xjt March Apcl it Ja likely thait 
:either ,Leslle., Howard or - Bryap; 
;./jLhearn - , will. ' i play . 0ppos.lte. 



picture. 



Fish Pond Slaps i$^2!,lO<); 
: X>ama^e. Actiori^^^ ' 



233 Club's Suit for Tax 

Reiftind Under Adviseinent 

' ■ ■ ■ i- • ' ■ ' I 

' Hollywood, Oct.' 24. • 
.Federal . Judge James has taken 
under advjsement the suit of the 
233 Club against the government i4 
which, the, club seeks to recove* 
$12,906,. tajjes paid fpr 19i4.. Hollyj- 
wopd . bpdy. conteQds that, it is no 
a taxable or^g^ijlz^tiph, 

Counsel for .the.U. .S....Sevenui 
colledtoi"' maintained ithat, the .cluf 
is purely 'social ai^d not a ifrftterna 
order. Latter Is Incomp tax free., 

h . " " ".' " " 



INDEX 

Bills 

Burlesque ........... 

Chatter 

' Editorial . . . . , .;. . , , . , 

Exploltatioh . . '. , 

Pilin House Re-?lews. 
Film Reviews. 
Foreign Filirt Newe.^. 
Foreign Show News. , 
Inside— -Leglf . . 
Inside-^Plctures . . ... . . 

Inside— Radio 
Inside — Vaude 
Legitimate . .. 
Letter List. . . 

Literati 

Music 

New Acts-.'. 

N6\vs from the Dallies 
NIte Clubs. . . . . . . .\ 

Obituary- . 
Outdoors . 
Pictures '..>..'.••.».«••. 
Rad io .■..•..'•..*•••*.• 
Radio Chatter.. i....... 

R^dlo ReppVts. . ...i, »•; .. 

Sports 4 • • wf^'» «••*••• 
Talking' S"][tp>rta'. . . , ♦• » 



..41- 



.tJnco^mp)a.' chatter. 
Vaudeville'' .'. ..... i .V. . 

"Vaude Houee Reviews, 



35 
31 
38 
40 
19 
34 
16 
11 
44 
42 
40 
61 
31 
46 
.. 64 
.. 47 
..62-53 
.. 33 
.. '36 
..' 52^ 
55 
55' 
26 
51 
48 
60' 
37 
J.5 
39. 
31 
33 



2- 
.;48- 



.•...27 
M3.2 



.Ml.^3 

It .would be> Ahearn's .flrf|t 



1 




WILL MAHONEY i 

• The . ' Boston "American": ' said: 
"Will Mahoney is ^ whole • show in 
himself. "The Metropolitan has had 
nothing in its hist.ory to. equal him. 
The audience ' yesterday made his 
appearance the grfeatest .ttlumi^h 
we can remember." , i ' 

Direction 

RALPH G. FARNUM \ 

1560 'Broadway 




I 



; Hollywbod.'Oct 24. 
. 1 George Raft received a letter 
from k trout fly 
v^hp notified the 
had ndmed a new aftekr him. 
Fly-making fan went Into 
raves over liaft and wound up 
by requesting: 'Please die iif 
apino' 'oth^r r. ploturef like ', you 
did in "Scarface." 



manufacturer > 
i9.ct|t)r iliat he- 



1 1 



Par Has Its Woe 
Finding libii Man' 



' Lo^ Arigfel^sV Oet: 24 
Fish i)brcd In front' of thfe Urilp 
veirsar studio is - responsible' for k. 
$22,100- ' • damr.ge' ' suit brought Ip 
Superior court against" U by S. S. 
Simon, charalcter , afctor; ' I 

"Playei: "claims that the/watei: iji' 
i?ie pond 'ovdrflioWd aiid 'lQri;<ide ;lhe' 
surrounding walk so slimj^' that h|e 
slipped, fell, broke a bone in hi^ 
left arm, and wrenched his- left lep;' 
and foot. He' asks $2,2iO for tim|. 
lost at his regular salary of $10P' 
a week , and . $20,0.00 exemplar^ 
damages. .... , .;^ .' . . - . , 



That the average star in transit 
spurns the cuR at hotels and is 
regarded as one of. the best ap^n^- 
ers by hotel authorities is being 
brought to light fui . the result of ain. 
interview ..recently: i published in 
Boston. ' The story, claiming the 
opposite to be true, names a list 
of ' pirominent film people - who sup- 
poaedly spurn- billA«nd° squawk when 
.'the mantigement ) insists on pay- 
ment: • ' '■■ 
: Many of 'the major- picture com- 
panies, ^ao deluged the 'managdment 
of 'the BPston hotel.-mentitined with 
complaints ' against ' thls ' ltlnd of 
publicity that 'thP hotel threatened 
tp sue the paper unless a retraction 
Was' made. ■-■i-'' • ■• " 

'Hotel manager, 'ttrho was quotPd, 
'.denied dnylsiiowledge . 'Of the inter- 
view ■■ and the - 'Complainants ' were 
ta/tiafled' 'when ' tU^ -i hotel" 'mttde it 
I appear' that a rfepprter 'had • over- 
heard the PWner > ' of <the^ < bilildlng; 
prlvaitely voicing - his opinion oh' the ; , 
aubject'to Xriendig. 

According to'"the* Interview, hotel 
men - throughout the country re!- 
garded star' -free .bdard as a routine 
of the. playere-and'-were- putting toj- 
gethen a li^t> of names to be 
garded unwelcomep ba gu'ests.' 



Marxe»' Western = 

.1 \( ■'■ ly.- v( .1:;....; . : ■ ; 
. . . , ...,pp.i:y\v',ppd. Oct., .24, I 

. -i^^X; ^rpther8.^;hayp' ab^ndjonep 
'O9 La La; thi^.ir. next,,i^^s{impunit 
"picture.. . , . B^cjcgi'ijui^d ;wa8 ' a , li^yth i- 
ical'kingdom. '., . . . ' . ', .| > , 

Tiiey have no>y .started pin .a.TV'esti- 
le.rn' idea. '. ' '. ', . . - . . ;' .. ,.' ., 1 



DRKOW , ON NEW PLAY v 

Holly wPpd, Oct: 24. 1 
Ben Orkow.' leaves the Fox writ^ 
Ing staff . following adaptation of 
'The Infernal Machine,' which Mar-, 
eel "Var'n el directs. . i 

Orkow goes to Carmel.to wrestle 
with a new play 



Hanssmaim Quits Col. 

Hollywood, Oct 24. 

After working at Columbia one 
week on the adaptation of 'Careers,* 
John : Haussmann left the' lot thi^ 
week to return by auto to New York 
on a play Job for Brock Pembertonl' 

Zita Johann (Mrs. Haussmannj 
remains here. 



Studios' Charity Start 

HoIlywPod,. Oct 24. 
. Film .: section ■ of the Community 
;Chest.di^lve was 'launched- today (S4)' 
folloM'lng an organization. lunch6oii 
of tlie fund chairmen from thc var-i-j 
0U3 studios. : • 
Jark Warner, chairman, preBidcd;^ 



re- 



VICKI BAUM'S LEGTURES 



!M| .Weeka Toui>TnWJ|l CotnpletjB 
: . - Two PJays .in .East' 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. | 
, "Vickl- Baum'a cPntrapt 'at M^rp 
ia up and shp has 'left for Ne ' 
YOrk' tP atart a 'lecture tour. Mlsi 
Bdum la • bookfed- 'fPr • iO- WeeKi ii 
'universltiea And >w6fa^4rt'a^^lubs.-' ^h< 
will talk abont everything '"but "plb 
tures. 

' Mlss-baum.^in '^oknplete a- jpla,: 
for John . Goideh; '(Sailed 'The IWViJii 
Drudge,'- • and- ' inothftr ^ for -Le-wl 
©ensler whilP 'in Ne^' York. - 
~ . Metro " has 'a . tentaiivP -' arrange j' 
ment for the authPress to. return' 
here in January. Her la,8t script 
was the well thumbed play, 'Son pf 
the Nile,' on which many writers 
have worked. George Fitzmaurice 
will probably meg. 

Miss. Baum may return, to Metro 
in January under an option held by 
that company. 



. i. 1".- Hollywood,. ' Oct. 24iv;- 
. ..^arainount.: issuing- ^: bulletins -of - 
the 'police 'wanted' type to obtain 
aii aPtor for the 'lion man' part in 
'King of the. Jungle.': ..J - ' 

More than '16,000 of the ' ppsters 
have been sent, tO: athleti9 clut^, 
Y.Ht.C.AVs' and • Pther < apbta whei-e^ 
they will be ^seen .by those meetirig 
thfi re.quireitfente! &'£ 'a well-built 
young man, with some acting abil- 
ity, a atriklng acreen peraonali^y 
and 'a voice - tA-'Biilt the phyaiqu*.' 

' CandIda;tes, < who Will bP' t>^id $2<)0s 
a 'week if accepted, are - r^queat^d- 
to rush fuinen'gth photogratiha- in 
bathing - trunks to the studlb Past- 
ing: directpl*. i": ::■■.!,■»'■' 

Only slight ' ferrPr of the' •bulletin" 
is ' - the .'picture -of 'an almost-nudP' 
athlete, -shown faring shorts that^ 
lopk very 'much like the femmP"v4r- 
Ipty.-t^ithi a strap ihantihg 'down, that 
liaa'-the, a,p^paran'ce of a, /-woman's 

garter. '■-•':' • /.'..-^■v :.• ' . l;-;.i..l.' 

Garter - thing , la ' there' deaplteu'thci 
Paramount studio moaninga that'' 
every candidate .ap far teated haa; 
f allein ' ahp'ri; in . thp : voice . teats, a^d- 
that wlienever . a, man haa . been 
found with the phyelcal require- 
menta his voice is a falsetto. 



Duncan % Reunite 



, , . . lOroaha, Oct 24.1 
Rosetta Dunpan,. playing the iioc^ 
Qrphei^n^ "wjih iEfanchon . 4; a^arcofa 
iTown and Country* unitj aay/^,i^he'|ll 
be Joined here during the 'week by 
her sister "Vivian (Mrs. Nils Asther}, 
whei^euppn :the Duhcfin; glstera ' wll^ 
reunite for stage purpoaea. ! , 

Miss Duncan stated that in a lonjg 
distan<ie'< phonp ''.dortversation -' 'h^r 
sister said,. .'I'm going to quit rais- 
ing Asthers and go back to the sho|ir^^ 
business.' i 
It ' wa!d ■'derilPd' 'ttiat 'the" Asiheijs 
■coht(jmulate"''divpi:'ce; 'but 'ftbseita 
PxpiiinPd Ihfey will sepatrafb so'etfc fi. 
'Pah fPllo'*/' a-c&reer. 'Vivldn '-will-kee p 
hPr 'youn'^' "datiigrhtPt ■ -With ' het' - Wn 1 
follow her ' slstet's ' \init uhtil thel r 
iact'ia rPady. " ■ ' ' '■'' 



Ste¥ens'.-i^^b-''Rbmeo^''So \ ■ 
I''. ■ ■■' ;;F1giiitSi'Name-'C^ 

Hollywood, Oct. 'S^: !;' 
' ITniversai and Onslow Stevens ar.e 
at swords' , points, over the studip'a 
desire< to' . romaiintlblze the ' actor'p 
name. JJ wants to. rechristen him' 
itPhald Ste-veihs, ' cldimilng that hia 
pr«sen^ ha^dl^:., isn't, pufflciently rof- 
niantic. ' , ' ' . . ! 

' ■ SteVPris m^i'mi h'e ' isn't' ''th'e ^ro- 
^riiaht'lb^ t^^pe' 'iJ'ut''. W'- chi'rapter • acct'or. 
'He i^' BeSrliiu'd in his detPihfh'i Adtfo^i 
to'keei''hiy'^{reri4'iit'Vh,bWiker.^/" " 




There are no Hard and fast laws 
for Hollywood, . BroadWay, show 
business, or" Interviews states Ches* 
ter Krskin. ' As to any difference be- 
tween directing a, play and a plc» 
ture, 'it's all a matter of entertain^ 
'ment,' says. the..<|lrjector. 

'The. director's hla 
piece, be it play" or f\\m, to ti{e .best 
ppi^slblp efifept; . ;The|.phly di^ere^co 
la a fatter, ':pi^ ineschonics. ■ The di- 
reptpr must be^ble,,' to adapt hla . 
story .tellliigi' tP. .tljp .means at hapd. 
Some, dlreiqtor's pan',t. handle the me- 
chanics pf , Jt)oth fields, while .others 
can. . Some, are better at one than 
tlje other.;;.,-..,,.-.:, ■•^^-iV i-:- - 

Erskln dpefln'fc.thfnk the audience 
matters in eiither case. He doesn't 
think a director shpuld give a hpot 
about audiei^ce', [reaotfon. ' 'The' di- 
rector,' he ppinis ''out,- , "puts oh; a 
play— or shpuld— to jthe best of his 
ability.: ThatI nieaiBBihe. 'puts it on 
in a maner to please hims.elf moat 
satisfactorily". After that it's' either 
good or bad P^' its lijwn. The minute 
thP dli'ecto'r atb'p'is to think about au- 
diPnces, he ia 'saylii^; T mush't 'do 
"what I think 'ifa 'beat,'! must. do What 
Will ■ sellr be&t:' ' 'Th'a4?s" Wrong:. iBy 
that he ii^\6tot|pIhe himself from 
creating. ri6'':ia'co'fh'promIsihg -with 
hip intelligehce -'and 'HP inust 'lo-se. 
'• ■ Cari'f Play' DP'wrt' '■• ' 

.'i' i-eallze-'that ~vAf y bfteri" a man 
hajs hatiiral -b^rtts" that • Will m^ke 
foir flhP'lntfellectUa[l>';or"-*.rflstie'te- 
sulta thait" will mean nPthIng from 
a box bfflce atandpoiiit That's" too 
bad, but it can't be helped. If that 
man tries to play down he's not 
bettering his situation. He probably 
Will get less - 'i-PsuIts "than had he 
bePn doing What he 'actually wanted 
■to do.' :' --'N^ • ■ 

■ But Mr. Erskin doesn't like to 
talk about thosP 'things, he insists. 

He came back to his original 
thought. 

'You -pan'i lay. down any rules on 
things like thati' " Certilnly I can't. 
I produced a half dpzen legit plays 
that some pppple, thought -were fine. 
That doesn't .niftke .pe aiij ^utliority 
on the subject^ ;ii>p.W,^yer. . 1 made, a 
.picture for .Unltpjii Artij^ts. (.'H^ppy 
Go liucky'T-Jol^ipri). '..tha^ the^ tell 
inp .,is^ aairs;fac.i;or^,'* .That,:, .tpb» 
dpesn'.t. make .^me ..an| .authority. , 1 
know only what I can do and .what 
,1 thin^k .1. ci^i) ,4p ,a^i^d \v,ha,t. I know 
I, can't dp.. But.ihere afe.no iawp oi" 
rules.'...'. .'.''. '' .. . ' . 



;I. ,1 



Connie Bennett Is 

Out 'Little Women* 

Hollywood, Oct. 24, 
■ Cpnstancel Bennett khd her hU9-> 
band left here Friday (21) for 4 
vacati'pn 'In w York. ^ - 
'' Miss Benriett 'expected tb play Jo 
in T^ittlp •W'6'Aen;'''\iiit,' .R execs 
have decided thk'i''SAe 't3 .hot thd 
type and shi -wlll^draw binotJier as-* 
'Sighnieiit ' 



.1- 1 



Fagan Quits Goldwyn 
For Return to England 

i. Hollywood, Oct 24. 

James B; Fagan is. off Sam Gold- 
Wyn's payroll . after, four weeks as 
dialog writer pn 'The Masquerader.' 
1 JFor.mesrly at Paramount, directpr- 
Writer Intends to return to England 
within a few weeks. with his. wife, 
•Maty; Grey» L^'tteti. niade one legit 
.appearance while .'. here Vltli . .thP 
Pasadena^ Commiiniiy-'Pla.y.ers. 



" Nijv. ' ll'';iNP:tv, York ' to '.pai'la), 
'Oiiflford 'C^. Fis'6'her (IPdrts). ' ' 
■ ' NoV. 4 ^trarii ib.New Y6rk), Mailt- 
rice Chevilli4r'''(Parib)-;' ■"■ ' . -•^•' 

OPtl 2d ''tNfew ; "rbrk to LoHdori) ]: 
W. K. Howard (Europa). ' • 
' Oct; "'28 (Southarti'pfoh t6 'New 
York),' Boris Morros (Leviathan); 

Oct 27 (Southampton to New 
York) Stella Hammerstein Pope 
(Leviathan). 

Oct. 27 (Paris to New York), Hud- 
son Wonders (Manhattan). 
, Oct 26 (London to New "Tork), 
Dave Apollon, Danzi Goodel, Nora 
Williams (Aqultania). 

Oct, 26 '(Paris tP New York), Bob 
"Wyler (Chaimplaln). ' ' I 

Oct; 22 • (London; to New York)!; 
Harry Rapf (Statendam).! . I 

Oct. 21 (Los Angeles to Honolulu) 
Tom "White and company of six, 
first.: leg of trip, to Calcutta fof 
'Drought' ■■ (Mariposa). . ' ' = | 

Oct. 21 (London to New York)j, 
Ben Goetz, Ipasll Dean (Europa). j! 

Oet 20 '(>fe\V ' YPrk to Paris) ^ 
H.; SbtTiern, ' Julia- Marlowe (He de 
-PraricP).' ' ' • : ■ • -' . '.■. 

.'Oct 19 (New York to Loh'dbh) 
Relllb"-a:nd Comfort (Berengat'iiv)-; 



'Telegraph's' Coast Tab 

: • 'HoiiywdPd, Oct. 24. 
'- •New .Yprk-.'Miornlng Telegraph' 
entering the local field with: a, tab- 
loid, . sporting and I . picture . news 
daily. J'irst issue; will be. out Christ- 
mas Day,- the -ipothi 'anniversary ;rof 
the -Telegraph/V ;.-;:;•!. i > 
; . Major P. R; Palmer,; Los Angeles 
representative, is making .arrange- 
^ments. . i . . . .. ■. • 



CHOP BEREELET ALIMONY 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 

Modification of tho Superior 
Court order handed down In the di- 
vorce of Busby Berkeley and Esther 
Mulr Berkeley was made on the ap- 
plicatiPn of Jay Chotlnpr,. attorney 
for the dance director... 

instead of a- cash settlement of 
$6,000 and $100 a week, it will bd 
$3,000 cash and ^^0 a week. 



kules in quash 

■ ;.,, . Holly\vood, Oct. 24. 

Ruby Louisa . Neeley, 38, makeup 
expert at Metro,, was killed Oct. 
21, In an a.utqmpbile accident. , -, 

Smash -took place at San Bernar- 
dino, Calif. 



- Fay W-ray at Col. 

I ' . . -HoliyWoOdi Ot-t/ 54. 
■■■■■ Pay -Wray.'. lias 'toeen clioJ^on ' 'for 
the lead'.opp6.sitc Allan 'Dineliin'f in 
I'iAiCqultted'' at' Gol'iiimbia. 



Tuesday,. Qptober 25, I99t 



VARiEjr 



NO FILM 




MARXES* $7,500 
FOR S. a ON AIR 



, Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Cbico Marx leaves for New York 
today (24) to discuss a Standard CHI 
radio deal for himself and Groucho. 

Marx Bros, are willing to br9ad- 
'ipast at $7,600 a session, providing 
they can do so from this end as the 
i>roposed contract calls for the 
|>roadcastlng to occur while they 
. working on their next Para- 
inount picture, which is set to go 
into work In Deceniber, 



Hall Fights ^tradition 
On Desertioa Charges 



Libs Angeles, Oct. 24. 
James Hall appears before Muiiir 
clpal Court tomorrow (Tuesday) to 
contest' . extradition proceedings 
brought by New Haven, Conn., au- 
thorities who charge that he aban- 
'^oned, his Invalid wife there. 

Defense by Jay ,'Chotlner, Hail'n 
attorney. Is that Mrs. Hall is hot 
an Invalid, was seen recently In 
^New York night, clubs,, and that al- 
. though the couple were married. 10 
^ears ago. Hall has not seen ills 
wife for six years but has sup- 
ported her 



New Haven, Oct. 24. 
Irene Gardner Brown (Hall), ac- 
acompanied by an officer . and her 
counsel, left here last week for Lbs 
Angeles to press extradition of Jim- 
my Hall, her husband. - 



Mix ftec 



overs 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Tom Mix sustained three broken 
fibs when his horse, 'Tony,' took a 
tumble while on location at Lone 
Pine, Cal., last Friday (21). Com- 
pany laid off with Mix expected 
back in the saddle this Thursday 
<«7). . : .. • 

.Accident', happened during the 
making of a scene; Mix was busy 
with the action and the ; horao 
Btei^ped Into a hole; pitching over 
and rolled on Mix.' 



Harold Lloyd's Dad 

Weds Actr^s at 62 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

3. Darcy Lloyd, $2," actor, and 
ifather of. Harold. Lloyd, screen star, 
will wed Helen Marf naU, 40, actress, 
Pot. 2T, In Los Angeles. 

Couple' will toiir the .world for 
their honeymoon. 



Moiris' Maps 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Wm. Morris Jr.) has a home 
located oft the niain highway and 
to make sure that guests will not 
get lost, he has prepared a folder 
Illustrating how the place can be 
reached from the principal traffic 
Arteries. 

Morris is holding open house this 
V©ek and has given out abpiit 200 
of these cards. 



McCrae's Star Termer 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Within a year Joel McCrae will be 
accorded stardom under a new con- 
tract at Radio calling for three op- 
tions of a year each. 

Old termer with two years yet to 
Bo was torn up. 



Two Days Late 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Raquel Torres arrives here tOr 
tnorrow (Tuesday), two days late 
Cor the Wheeler- Woolsey picture ftt 
.Columbia. 



Biliie Seward's Test 

Billle Seward, currently in 'Of 
*hee I Sing' (musical). New York, 
may go pictures via Metro. 

She was given a test Friday (21). 



184 Plaiies to GauM 



' Hollywood. Oct. 34, 

Studios were practically . de« 
serted Satuirday (22), every- 
one going to the U.S.C.-Stam> 
ford gtune at Palo' Alto. 

Saturday morning 184 planes 
left here for the game, mostly 
carrying picture people. Some 
of the planes got In two round 
trips before noon. ; They looked 
like a shot from /'Hell's Angels.' 



Player's Stage 
. Tour with a Metro 
Contract ID Balance 



Hollywood, Oct. .24... 

Henry Armettai Italian bit play- 
er, .goes east In a fortnight for iO 
weeks of personal . appeiarances. in 
Loew houses. Deal was arranged 
.ijy Ben Piazza, of Metro,' thougti 
Armetta is a free lance player. 

Studio figures on giving Armett^ 
a contract if his personals build 
hltn as . anticipated. : Unusual an- 
gle Is that the player .mostly dpe.i. 
comedy bits. About hi^ mpst siis.- 
ta.ined ciiaracter was. that of No- 
varro's father in 'Huddle.' ■ ' • ■ 



L B.'S OPERETTA IDEA 
FOR TIBBETT-KENYON 




Cagn^s ^ Wkly. Boniis and^ of 
Profits Approaches $plO as Salaiy 



Picture Exec* Consider 
Ether Chief Enemy in 
Kei^ing Patrons from 
7 Theatres • — Big ' Cost In- 
volved Also Has Them 
Laying Off Another Year 
at Least Difference in 
Time Considered 



HOT FOR DISCS, THO 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Louis B. Mayer has an idea for an 
operetta with Lawrence . Tibbett so. 
a twenty-fourth test was made of 
Doris Kenyon for the female lead. 
She leaves this week to begin a. con- 
cert tour in east under Charles 
Wagner's management. 

Picture would be made next 
spring. 



METRO'S 'UNIFORM' PAIR 



Negotiating With German Actreates 
— Thau to Coast 



Dorothea Wlecke and Hertha 
Thiele, German actresses, playing 
the. school teacher and Pupil, re- 
spectively, in 'Maedchen in Uni- 
form,' will lively be brought to this 
country by Metro. Benny Thau^ 
who left Saturday (22) for ' the 
Coast, brought back tests of th<) two 
players made'by him In Berlin. 

While In Europe Thau signed only 
one actress, Charlotte Susa, who 
has already been Importied to Holly- 
wood. 



Eleanor Holm's $500 
If Moneys If Featured 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. . 

Getting $300 a week under her 
Warner film contract, up for court 
approval, Bleanor. Holm, Olympic 
aquatic champion, . will . be riaised 
to $600 if the studio puts her into, 
a featured part. Warners must then, 
continue to pay her at that rate for 
the remainder of her first - six 
months', work. Options for. the fol- 
lowing six and a haliC years, if taken 
up, will give the swimming champ 
a salary of J 2,000 - weekly for the 
last year. 

Provision for a 12 weeks', layoff 
each year is made. Miss Holm is 
19 and is living with Mi's- Antonio 
Moreno, who appears as guardian. 
This is in lieu of Miss Holm's 
mother, who lives in Brooklyn. 



Colony's Air Record 

Hollywood, Oct 24. 

Joseph M. Schenck and Lily 
Damlta arrived here by plane Fri- 
day (21) fr«n Mexico City. : This 
was the first one. day trip on record 
by picture people from that cily. 

Sets a mark of 11 hours and S3, 
minutes for others, to go after. 



, . Hqllywppd,. .Opt. .24. . 

While . afmost. «M .stiidib :'«Kee8 
admit that Raidiio . Picture'^ «HoUy- 
wood on the. Air' proflram .is/ prov- 
ing., helpful ., in. ekp1.Qf.tiriii. fiim,(i, 
there's ..little .chan'oe .'of broadcast- . 
iffS flc^tti.^no. ariy .reyen.uc). frqm .the 
film, industry ; for .another year . at. 
j leasts jf any. ; J .': . ■.■ ' ' , '• ." , 

. Attitude \pY..^tlle pi.iiture vmak^ 
thiit whereyer. ether ".will 'l)e». iitil-. 
.l^ed by them. it. will bie .on a free 
basis. Argument is that' as; lonjg as 
radio" ad v<s<'tl!9ers are' clamdirihg for 
picture names for air programs 
there's no reason to expend money 
in this direction. 

Logical,, and No 

Execs have plenty of reasons, 
logical or btherwlBe, .why they don't 
wish to' dabble in radio on a big 
scale, with the chief objection be- 
,lng that the air is pictures' chief 
enemy and that patrons will not 
pay to go into theatres, to. see play- 
ers they can hear on the radio. 

This argument is still the heav- 
iest one used, despite Radio Pic- 
tures' claimed proof of helpfulness 
and the various ambitious radio 
stunts done by Warners, owners of 
a local station. Latest one in this 
regard was the hiring of the 
largest auditorium here by War- 
ners for a gratis broadcasting show>' 

Heavy cost Involved in Instituting 
an hour Is another reason glven'.fdr 
laiylng off, while still another. Is 
the difference . In time .between east' 
arid west.' To catch the best radio 
time of the east- It would be nec- 
essary to break .into filming sch^- 
ule's to get the jplayeirs before the. 
microphones. . it is pointed out also . 
that'the average picture plieiyer does 
not make a favorable Imprisssipni 
before the 'mikie. ' . - . 

Despite the arguments ' ag^nst 
tha ether, however, several of the 
studios are hot for disc materlfil. 
Among the companliBs who Intend 
wax prbgrama for picture plugs 
during the next few months are 
Paramount, -Metro, Warners and 
Radio. 



Academy EleicU Nov. 1 

Hollywood,- Oct. 24. 
Officers of the . Academy wUl be 
elected at a nieeting'of - the 15 mem- 
!bers' : of the board' of directors 
•Nov. 1. 

Indications are that Irving Thal- 
berg wlU --be named , president with 
Conrad Nagel,,. Fred, . Nlblo and 
Frank Lloyd re-elected vice-presi- 
dent, secretary and treasured re- 
spectively. 



EIISSA LANBI BETUBirS 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Ellssa Land! returned from Van- 
couver, D. C, today (Monday), after 
four weeks in Canada to re-enter on 
an immigration quota. 

Miss Landl will next go into 'Mas- 
querader' for Sam Goldwyn on loan 
from Fox where her contract was 
renewed Just before she left. 



BELLE BENI9ETT LOW 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Belle Bennett was re(>orted in a 
critical condition at Cedars of Leb- 
anon hospital today (Monday). 



Union Co-op Stock 

Birmingham, Oct. 24. 
A stock company may go into the 
JefCer.son again this year if arrange- 
ments now being made can be com- 
pleted. 

Musicians and stage hands are 
.•seeking lo get the house going again 
this fall, and a Co-operative stook 
company ntay be arranged. 



After 17 Years 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
• Ramoii .Novarro .Is credited 
with getting the top salary of 
' any picture pla/er whose 
length of . service - in films Is 
comparable with his own. ■ 
"After 17 years as a screen 
actor,' Novarro is still able to 
collect .ITff.OOO per picture 
from Metro, .with' his contract 
calling for three a year. — 



• Hollywood,. Oct. -24, 
i Several . weeks ago!. Bessie Love 
;suggested .flk pjaii to; the' Motion Plc^ 
^ture -Relief' Fund', fqr. raising 'add 
jtlonai: mpnejr? Idea - was';' simple' 
iehpughi .-Miss ;Lov_e. was to . Invite 
-nine, girl firlencU to a lunch9.on.,|:a!gh 
of the '^uestli 'would ' contribute $1, 
and -In turn -would Individually sta^e 
similar 'affalrtf to .whlohithey would 
ilnvlte eight inore friends. . 

That. meant that by the. time the 
second inaugural luncheon in "the 
chain was launched 72 women 
w.ould have contributed '$1. But 
after the second series of luncheons 
the affair started to evolve Into, 
chain letter meals, for It was to 
continue until 10 series of luncheons 
have been completed. . 

The 72 guests are supposed to go 
out and repeat the process, each In 
vlting seven . friends, which means 
that for the third series of lunch 
eons, 504 ladies Would sit down, dine 
and contribute. $1 each to the cause, 
Then the 604 would entertain 3,024, 
and so on. By simple mathematics 
it works out tliat by the time the 
tenth luncheon comes around 086, 
409 women will seat themselves at 
the festive, board and contribute a 
like numbei- of dollars. . 
' Just how it's going to work: out, 
no one knows. It looks like a 
tough proppsition to get the entire 
femme .population of southern Cal-^ 
ifornla to come -to -luncheon. - How.-] 
ever, It's an' Idea; and. out here- In 
California theyi do'" su'i^prlstng things 
So It looks as it the- fourth lunch- 
eon will be' lield' ;i» -the Olympic 
Stadium. ? '. ' ; 



2 FOR ANNA STEN 



Goldwyn Gives German Girl ^ New 
2- Year Contract 



Sam Goldwyn plans two pictures 
this season with A.nna Sten, Ger- 
man girl, who has' been undergoing 
dramatic and English 'tutoring in 
Hollywood. First will probably go 
Iritp'produPtibn in December.' Story 
Is still being sought: 
: Over here originally under a six 
months' conttact, Goldwyn has re-' 
placed .thia.t with a straight two 
year agreement' for Miss Sten. 



Jobyna Walks 

Burbank, Oct. 24. 
Following a tiff with Mervyn Le 
Roy, director of 'The Inside,' Jobyna 
Howland walked off the set after 
two days work in the picture. War- 
ners replaced her with Ruth Don- 
nelly. 

First time in many moons any- 
one In the character player class 
has walked, on a picture. Miss How- 
land's part was third In importance. 



aUITTING PLAT FOB COAST 

Franchot Tone goes Metro on a 
six months' contract, plus a simi- 
lar option, booked by Mike Connolly 
of the Jenle Jacobs office. He leaves 
'Success Story,' current New York 
play, and goes to the Coast next 
week. 

First assignment is 'Nora' oppo- 
site Jean Harlow. 



James Cagiiey's- new deal ,.wl.th 
Warner Bros. Is understobd a com-; 
promise all arpunid, cpntinulng un- 
der the 'option renewal , period . of 
$1,760 a week plus a 'weekly, bonus, 
to tfie actor. This Is ah automiatlb 
hop since the last figure, (1,400 a 
week,, at which the actor rebelled, 
when making demands for' |3,000 
and $3,S00 weekly. 

, .In addition to the current il.760, 
his salary now carrlei^ . with., tt an 
t^ddltional bonus pt (SOO, guarajn> 
teelrig (2,260 per for 40 weeks a 
year. . ., . 

. Warners has also promised Cag- 
ney a percentage qut in. the profits 
of each picture, this .to be on A 
more or less, elastic arrahgenieht; 
It Is flguFod that Cagney can ayer- 
jage around (2,666 a week under his 
'WB renewal. ' . ' . . - 
; There has been no prpvlso for 
-any story pilrchase. fBad Boy,' now 
.uhd^r the^-^prking title of 'The- In** 
side,'- which may again -bb s.wltphed« 
was. Warners',; script - ahd wasn't 
;bpught from Cagney,; It liever .liav- ' 
;lng.be^ii Cagney's Intention to pro- 
;duce Independentiy. > ■ - - 



Wft EXERasES orndN 

ON ARBltCKLE SiiQRn 



Warners .has taken .up Its option 
on RPscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle for a to- 
tal of six shorts, one of which has 
already been made. < 

Comedian starts the Second, un- 
titled,) in about - two weeks at the 
'Vltaphohe studio, Brooklyn. Exer- 
cising of the option depended on th^ 
t-eactio'n to Arbuckle's first short 



Extras Drop 2,000 



Hollywood, Oct; 24. 
Total of 6,378 checks handed ofit 
to extra.s. last week. This is a. drop 
of 2,000 from tlve previous week, 
the high for the year. ' .* 
: *Cavaicade' contributed the blg- 
igest . set, . 637 last Wednesday (19)« 
which was also the" biggest day, 
;vrlth 1,322 .placementSi ' 



€ai^ Enteains (Not ; 
Planes) ; Daughters' I4(» 

"Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
. Ekidle Cantor,- with Mrs. <7&iitbr, 
left -by plane today (24), for New 
York, but switched to' the C^hlef, 
following pressure put on by his five 
daughters. They arrive thiere Wed- 
nesday (26) afternoon. 

Cantor will, busy himself in get- 
ting material for his; first Chase & 
Sanborn brpadcast,; Opt 30,. iand.also 
make iEirrangements for . his vaude 
tour under the "Wiifi; Morris batiitier 
which starte Christmas week.' 



Shift Trust Funds 

Los Angeles, Oct 24. 
Superior Court has approved the 
transfer of two trust funds from 
the defunct First National Bank of 
Beverly Hills to the Bank of Amer- 
ica'. '. 

Charles and Virginia 'Valli Farrell 
have switched their (53,619 trust 
and Robert Z. and CSertrude Olm- 
stead Leonard have changed trus- 
tees on a (16,672 fund. 



BETTE DAVIS BECOVEBnTG 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Bette Davis is recouperating from 
an appendix operation performed 
Saturday (22), at the Wllshire 
ho.ipltal. 

M1.SS Davis will be confined for 
two weeks. 



ATBES, OBOMWELL FOB TA13P 

Hollywood, Oct 24 
Final pair of players for 'Stat« 

Fair' signatured their contract* 

Saturday (22). 
They are Lew Ayres (U), and 

Richard Cromwell (Col). 



vAJtmrr 



PICT* Res 



t^teBday, October 25, 1932 



No llieatre Outside N. Y. to Be 
Operated l^y H. 0.^ Is f^dijix Aim; 
O'Donnen-Jenhins Tex. Proposition 



' UKE THE JBIWCE; - 

Gep. O'Britn: AIm Fallat^On* Injury 
With Ev«ry PW^ur* 



Only' minority or housiea will bo 
100% operated by Publlx If that 
chain's present moves in the dlrec 
tlon of furthei: parlnerships- and dC' 
theaterlzlner are carried through. AH 
that may remain will be the Fa 
m6us Players Canadian group, the 
B. & K. setup and the major de- 
luxers of the company from Boston 
westward to, perhaps; Denver, 
Eventually, according to Publlx 
Information, not a single' theatre 
outside of those in New York city, 
will be operated from the home of- 
fice, . • 

Ralph Branton Is tb locally oper- 
rto the Iowa-Nebraska middle- 
western teriitory oiit of De^, Moines. 
' Amdiig the groups which will 
likely to be turnied back is the Walter 
Reade string qf 19 In. New Jersey. 
Reade has beeii offered a. partner- 
ship arrangement, carrylnisr with it 
operating control by Reade as with 
others.' A similar jpaftnership may 
be ofFered M. E. Comer ford for the 
Pehhigylvania tftfrltp^. 

Readd has Ihdtcdte'd he is not 
am'eiiable to a' p&rtnershlp.. Under 
his 2P-year leasing deal with Pab- 
llx circuit has tb nptify him by Jan. 
1' Qf its intention not .to continue 
the deal beyond June 1, i?33. . 

j^e'w UnglaniS, inade up of several 
partitersbips which have local ppe- 
ratlpn such as the Maine & New 
Hampshire grou]p, may also fall into 
additional partnerships. .Publix's 
100% operated houses in the terri- 
tory, &pw ttre under . Marty Mulllns 
\vithout h. o. superiority. 

. O'Dohnell- Jenkins Bid 
. :Ri J, .O'Dpnnell and Bill Jpnkins 
are negotiating with PublK to head 
a partnership over 23 houses in 
Texas and New Mexico, which fur- 
ther would reduce operating control 
by Publlx. An O'Donnull- Jenkins 
paiitnership would embrace three in 
San AntonlOj tliree. in Houston, four 
in Dallas, two in Ft. Worth, two in 
Galveston, two in Austin, Ave; 
in. El • Paso and t\.-o • In 
Albuquerque. .Completloit of this 
deal, with O'Donnell as president of 
the partnership and Jenkins as v.p., 
would take Publlx entirel;^ but ^ of 
the south except tor tlie Saengec, 
division. 

Klncey & Wilby have everything 
on 'the Atlantlb Seaboard west to 
the Mississippi; Texas would be 
split between O'Dbhnell-Jcnklns and 
W.' E. Paschall, while; Pox-West 
Coadt takes pvor th^. ilickards & 
Nace group lii Arizoixa. - 

While Publlx . has long figured on 
a partnership for Saenger, definite 
moves are not as yet under way. 



Buzzell Gaspis 



Hollywood, Oct. 24; 

Eddie Buzzell, who will di- 
rect 'Child of Manhattan' for 
Coliimbla; had Jean Malln come 
over to the stud jib to read the 
part of the 'modiste,' an ef r 
femlnatlve role. 

Buzzell 'decided to gb through 
the part for Malin, using the 
mannerisms and frills required. 
When he gdt through he asked 
Malln if be thought he could 
play it. 

Malln retorted, ''V^hy don't 
you play, it ?'— and walked out. 



U SPOTS FOUR 
AT $75^ EACH 



Universal City, Oct. 24, 
Although ' previously deciding 
against producing Jow cost pictures 
this year,' Universal has re.vprsed 
that decision and has spotted four 
films to coat arou.nd ,$76,000. Stories 
are not settled but E^h Asher, V 
associate producer, "Is at Palm 

Springs with a brief case ot yarns 
for consideration by. Carl liaemmle. 
Jr., who will be at the resort for a 
week. 

Intention is to start on the B 
grade series as early as possible. 



HoltywoiiiSl, Oct, 14. 

Final day' of camera work on 
'Robber's Boost' at . Fox saw George 
O'Brien being thrown from his 
horse and ending with a strained 
back. He'll have : to walk around 
with It tape^ for week^, ■ ' ; 

Accident malntaiiia O'Brien's rec^ 
ord of reoeivlner' ah InjuiV in each 
of his starring pictures. 



Politicians and 
Bankers ^ore 




Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Kickback expected by the picture 
industry from . ppiiticlans and 
bankers' circles bn recent films 
slapping at these two groups hasn't 
been felt here— much to the surprise 
of producers. • ■ ' ' 

Some studio heads who had hoped 
the controversies might help exploit 
the. pictures are a little disappointed. 
Same goes for bankers, . with 
Metro's 'Gold Spangled Banner,' now 
in preparation, to be- anything but 
gentle with the money men. 

Present turmoil In -politics prior 
:o. the elections and the troubles of 
bankers are believed to have stopped 
ihem from Issuing any statements 
bn the Hollywood screen trend. 

Result of their being able to take 
It may be the reason for the studlbs' 
present :.old attitude in considering- 
all kinds of stories of the expose 
class. 



FRISCO FOX GRIND AT 
2SC WITH VAVDFILM 



LA.'^lst 






Wings 




Fox Buys Gennan Filiii 
For a Complete Remake 



Fox has closed for the story rights 
to Ufa's 'High Highness Commands,' 
a musical, and will do a complete 
remake In Hollywood. Understood 
Fox wants It for Eric, von Stfo- 
helm's direction, 

Picture has already been shown 
In this country In the German prig- 
inal with WHly Frltach and Kaethe 
von' Nagy starred. Leo Brecher, 
distributor of the film, handled the 
Fox negotiations. 



FRANKLIN WEST 



COLOR FOR BALANCE 
OF 'SILLY SYMPHONIES' 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Remainder, of the 'Silly Sym- 
phonies' cartoon series of 13 for 
this year will be In color. Three of 
the group were done In black and 
white and an additional three In 
Technicolor. It was. the latter trio 
that prompted Walt Disney's deci- 
sion to complete the series in pas- 
tels. 

Color has boosted cost of the car- 
toons 35% with exhlbs trying' to 
have rentals on the pen and ink 
dramas reduced. 

'Mickey Mouse,' also made by Dis- 
ney,' will continue In black and 
white until a cheok is made on the 
reception of the color 'Silly Sym- 
phonies.' 

One reason assigned by Disney 
for the use of cblor in cartoons is 
that it will out-mode the cartoon 
reels and make them subject to oc- 
casional reissues. 



2 Wks. Trip— Made Director on 
Film Boards With Depinet 



Harold Franklin left New York 
Saturday (22) for a two weeks' trip 
to the coast. He will look-bver the 
RKO theatre situation and take a 
glimpse at new RKO film product. 
He will stop en route at Chicago 
and Kansas City, 

Trip follows the addition of 
Franklin and Ned Deplnet to the 
RKO picture boards, - namely Radio 
Pictures and RKO-Pathe. Deplnet 
Is vice-president in charge of dis- 
tribution for Radio Plcturps. Frank- 
lin, until his . election to the 'fllm 
board, was a director only on the 
KAO and Orphe.um boards, ot which 
he is president. His eleyatlon to the 
film directorate now gives Franklin 
a direct say in all RKO matters, 
pertaining to films as well as the- 
atres. Franklin has been sitting in 
unofficially on the film board meet- 
ings for some tlmie. 



Lbs Angeles, Oct. 24. 
Fox theatre, San Francisco, turned 
back to Fox Theatres Oct. 2^ after 
three years of operation by Pox 
West Coast, reopens Oct. 28 with a 
grind policy, of six acts, of Fanchon 
& Marco vaude and subsequent run 
pictures at 26 centd^. ' 

House will be under the super- 
vision of Joe ijeo, who has also un- 
der his direction the Los Angeles, 
local downtown grind, which Wil- 
liam Fox took over ' more than a 
year ago. 

Henry. j3pldenberg, until recently 
with RKO on the Coast, becomes 
house manager at this 'Frisco, house. 

An hour after . Fox-'West Coast 
closed the Fox last Thursday (20) > 
the Capital Company, subsidiary of 
Bank of America, obtained a court 
order restraining the Fox Corp. 
from removing furniture and equip- 
ment frpm house. Judge Harris 
signed the order at ; 1 sLza. JGr- 
guments. will be heard this Friday 
(27), to determine if order shall be 
niade permanent. 

, Captal. Company "charges it 
leased house to William' Fox in 
December, 1926, almost tiiree years 
before It was built, and that Fox 
turned lease over to Fox Film 
Cjorp. . Last Jap. 27 , Fox Films gave 
the Capital Co; a chattel mortgage, 
agreeing not to remove any equlp- 
inent, furniture or bfVects from 
house without Capital's consent. ' 



'TAMPICO' OFF 



After 8 months Columbia Side- 
tracks Hergesheimer Story 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

After haying been In preparation 
for eight months at Columbia, Jo- 
seph Hergesheimer's 'Tampico' has 
been called off. Postponed several 
times because of story difllcultlcs 
and now shelved,, at least for the 
time being, on acbount of excessive 
production costs. 

TblS' is the second- .time the. story 
has come a cropper. It was bought 
by Columbia from Paramount when 
tbe. latter studio found it impossible 
to untangle the yarn for the camera. 



McCarthy Returning East 
To Handle *Kid' Premiere 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

J. J. McCarthy, who came here to 
confer with Samuel Ooldwyn- re- 
garding the road showing of 'Kid 
from Spain,' leaves this Friday (28), 
for New York, to handle the open- 
ing of the .picture at the Palace. 

Following thb opening there Mc- 
Carthy will negotiate a deal with 
Goldwyn for the Special tour of the 
picture. 



NOBMAN FOSTER'S YARN. 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Norman Foster is writing an orig- 
inal on spec for Will Rogers. 

Foster planned the tale as a stage 
play but Fox execs requested that 
he submit it to Rogers: Yarn has a 
Mississippi river background. 



Monogram Adds IQ 

Monogram Is stepping up Its pro- 
duction schedule, announced as -80 
features, by adding 10 additional 
subjects. As a result of the . in- 
crease Ray Johnson, president, is 
protracting his stay on the Coast 
from a month to six weeks. 



WRITERS IN SOLITARY 



No Phones and No Visitors Is Harry 
Cohn's Edict 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Deciding that his writers were 
spending too much ot the company's 
time on the phone and entertain- 
ing . visitors, Harry Cohn put bis 
writers in solitary confinement last 
week. 

' -From nPw. on Columbia scribblers 
will get along without phones and 
visitbrs will not "be permitted to see 
them during wbrklng hours. They 
also' ha'^e to 'ralsd their ' hands to 
leave a. story conferencb. 



47 $50. Checks. 



Hollywood, Oct.' 24.' 

In one sequence of Para- 
mbunt's 'If I H^d a Million,' 
47 . elderly women were' used, 
most of whpm- had not Worked 
in months. Each was spotted 
at $7.60 or (10 a day for two 
'.days. .. ■. 

Sam- Katz, > happening onto 
the set,, watched' the aged 
Women working, A few days 
later each received.^ i>ersonal 
letter from him. 

First paragraph tPld of his 
appreciation of their work, 
iSecond said: 

'Enclosed you will -find a 
check for $50.' 



CHI CENSORS 



. . ^Chicago, Oct, 24<"' 
Chicago censor board held up two 
pictures last wepk,' "Metro's 'Faith- 
less' 'and Warnbrs* 'Thrfee bn a 
Match, were sldetrackea. ' 

Metro bannlng.'-was. particularly 
surprising. Story 'Is -reported (iulte 
similar in general character to 'The 
Sin of Madelon Claudet' (Metro) 
and 'Blonde Vbnus' (Par), both of 
which were passed. 

It is thought likely that the ex- 
changes and censor board will get 
together on a compromise arrange- 
ment althpugh both pictures will 
probably bie pinked. 

Meanwhile Universal's 'O k ay 
America' Is still forbidden to Chi- 
cago theatres. 



Par Seeks Stage Names 
For House' Masical 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Parambunt will moke a multi- 
name musical production of 'Inter- 
national House,' and is seeking such 
people as Will M'ahoney and Burns 
and Allen, emulating the piling on 
of stage and air celdis as done In 
'Big Broadcast' - 

Story win have Just enough 
framework to allow: fpr the Intro- 
duction of specialties and musical 
numbers. Ralpli Rainger Is writ- 
ing, the score and Niinnally John- 
son and Francis . Ma.rtln are adapt- 
ing. 



$40,000 ^6$' 



Metro has closed for 'Clear All 
Wires,' Russe . newspaper pla.y by 
the Spewacki^, 'currbht at the Times 
Sqxlare, N. Y-. under Herman Shum- 
lin' sponsorship. 
: Several companies bidding for the, 
fllni rights boostbd the price to' 
nearly $"40,dOO. 



RAFT AS MAURICE 



Par Cohterrvplating Story on Life of 
LaKe- Ballroo.m Dancer 



. . Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
■ Paramount lias decreed no more 
underworld roles for (Sebrgle Raft.. 
Purpose Is to get him. but from be- 
hind the hardware and develop his 
femme appeal. 

So Raft's next picture is apt to 
see him . doing a story based on the 
life of the late Maurice, the ball- 
room dancer. Which Is right in 
Georgie's corner as he was okay on 
his pins before he ^ changed his 
breakfast hour from 6 p.m. back 
east to 6 a.m. out here. 

Story background is understood 
to be Marlon Spltzer's suggestion 
for Raft. Miss Spltzer currently 
in New York for Paramount. 



Taurog for Chevalier 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Norman ' Taurog draws the ; as7 
sigriment to direct the next Mau- 
rice Chevalier picture, 'Way to, Love' 
at Paramount. . , , .. 

Story is Hieing concocted by 
'Waldemar Young. 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
In ^ the past few^^months regu^ai^ 
preview circuits , hliye been '.ttevei- 
oped. Pictures arb-^gbttlng first, ebc- 
ond and third preview;, run showings 
before going on release. 

Gag ■ has been built up through 
the deluxers going for previews as 
added attractions. 

Paramount films usually get one 
or two nabe previews before hitting 
the Paramount, downtown house. - 
Warner and First National product 
Is previewed at the 'Western, gets 
a second previe'W at the Forum and 
then goes into the Downtown. These 
are all Warner houses. Some Uni-. 
versial pictures play the same route. 

Indie features .usually ' have their ■ 
first preview at the ^'alrfax, Fprum 
and 'Uptown, then play subsequent 
previews through the smaller neigh- 
borhood houses. Unlike regular re- 
leases, -the last run IS played at the 
deluxe houses. . • 

Metro, Fox and^tadlo.so far hold 
only, one preview, but Radio is, 
slated to give; the RfCO HlUstreet. 
theatre (Second runs on previews 
shortly. 

Catching previews at the down- 
town houses, where they are adver- 
tised In the daily papers, Is begin-' 
nlng tp rate as a chump .move 
Hollywood mob is no^ drawing the 
line between .those bn the Inside 
arid those on the b'utslde by whether 
thby see pictures at their hideaway 
or advertised previews; 



Chill by Clein's Angel 
Giyes Hoffman Shot 
At /Wonderbar' Fibn 



Hollywobd.-.Oct; . 24. 
"Vyith John Cleln's deal off to pro* 
dupe 'Wonderbar,' featuring George 
Jessel and Nbrma Talmadge, Robert 
Milford, JesseL's manager,, is in a 
huddle with M. H. goffman, of Al» 
lied, to film the Gennan play. 

Hoffman Is willing to go Into thiai 
deal but wants to make ame that 
rights to .It. are cleqx before putting 
his name on paper. - 

Cleln's deal blew up. It Is said, 
when his backers found that he hUA' 
but two telegrams, onb trom thd 
Huberts okaying < purchase of the 
play and .-the other from Jessel- 
which okayed his and Miss Tal- 
madge's appearance . in the picture. 
"When the news on the filming In* 
tent broke Al Jolson claimed he- 
owned 60% of the play and threat* . 
ened suit. Cleln's backers then went 
sour on the deal. 



PAR IS ARRANGING 
NEW SALES UNEUP 



Under plans Tom 'Bailey, distriot' 
manager of the New England ter-' 
rltory, and NeU Agnew, district 
manager out of Chibagp, will split 
the entire western division on Par- 
aniount sales as a result of the 
resignation of John D. Clark. This 
would give the .west a distrlbutlonai 
setup similar to the eOst, which is 
divided between Joe Unger and 
Stanley Waite. ' Both Balliey and 
Agnew are in New York at the mo- 
ment. 

, Successor to Herman Wobber as! 
Pacific district chief Is apt to be' 
Mike Lewis who has- been out there' 
under Wobber for years. 'NVobber 
is said to have .resigned OS west- ; 
ern district head on sales just be- 
fore sailing for the Coast after' 
heading the Par sales drive this 
summer. . 

Settlements of the contracts of 
both Wobber and Clark, which had 
mor^ than two years to gb', will be 
made by Paramount, It is under j 
stood. 



Metro Has Eye on Oakie, 
Harding for *Pig Boats';; 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. >r 
Poiasibility that Metro's 'Pig. 
Boats' will go to Honolulu Satur-. <i 
day (29)?^ to photograph submarine , 
sequences.. StUdlo is checking wea-. .,! 
ther reports before giving a final- 
okay. . ... \\ 
M-G wants Ann Harding, from f; 
Radio, for the (emme lead -wHh jack . . : 
Oakie also being conisidered for the 
picture. If lattbr Ip. okayed, feature 
will have three comics in .limmy 
Durante, Eugenb Pallette and Oakie, 



Tuesdajrt October 25, 1932 



PICT 



E S 



VARIETY 



FLEXIBLE PRICE SCALES 



jy hogram of Academy Victory 
Fihis Proposed as B O. Tonic 



„ Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Academy is considering a plan 
whereby a complete program will 
be made up of pictures given 1932 
winning awards for release to thea- 
tres to be exploited as 'The best 
pictures of the yeftr.' 
■ Program would be made up of 
the films getting the award as the 
best feature, with fillers conslslting 
of highlights of films showing out- 
standing individual acting, for 
which awards have been made, and 
the two reel comedy, novelty short 
and animated' cartoon similarly 
honored. 

Matter will come up for further 
consideration at a meeting to be 
held tomorrow (25), by academy di- 
rectors and Fox- West Const circuit 
execs. 

It is- also Ukely that F-WC will 
attempt to . cash in locally on the 
Awards this year by opening one oi 
it's now dark houses for sliowlng 
^uring the next few weeks of the 
various films nominated for 'best' 
awards. 



FOX GIVES UP 
RADIO TIE-INS 



Fox has considered and has 
reached a decision that it is off all 
radio broadcasting tie-ups. The ban 
Ifl by order of S. R. Kent, company 
president. " Company becomes the 
first of the big majors to stand 
completely apnrc from radio. 

The Fox decision follows an in- 
vestigation by- Kent into the b.b. 
effects on films having radio tie-ins, 
notably in connection with the air 
aerialization of mystery yarns. Ac- 
cording to Fox company accounts, 
efher serialization of such film 
stories as 'Trial of Vivian Ware,' a 
last season's release, and 'Chandu,' 
a current film, did not prove bene- 
ficial to these films at the box office. 

Paramount, which once iiad a 60% 
interest in the Columbia Broadcast- 
ing chain, relinquished that Inter- 
est months ago. Loew's, which con- 
trols WHN in New Tork,- seldom 
uses this source as an exploitation 
means for Metro pictures. Hence, 
outside of RKO a direct amilatioh 
with NBC, only United Artists and 
Warners have regular are hookups; 
Warners through control of KFWB, 
Los Angeles, and U.A. through a 
hookup with a commercial account 
over CBS. 

M. H. Aylesworth, president of 
NBC and RKO, views radio as a 
definite and beneficial link for films. 
Aylesworth, always enthusiastic 
about 'such hookups, cautioned, 
however, that such hookups must 
be studiously planned and expertly 
■ handled . to achieve proper results. 



WANGER MOVES IN PAR 
SUIT, PEACE HOPE DIM 

Prospect of a settlement of Wal- 
ter Wanger's suit against Para- 
mount, alleging $416,000 due him 
under his contract, grew dimmer 
yesterday afternoon (Monday), fol- 
lowing art examination before trial 
of Adolph Zukor, president of Par. 
Bxamination took place in Zukor's 
oflUce. 

No date has been set for trial of 
the action. Wanger expects to re- 
main in New York only this Week 
before returning to the Coast. 

Walter Wanger got in from the 
Coast over the weekend by plane. 
H(b Paramount suit is one thing 
that hastened him into New York. 

Harry Cohii, the Columbia prez, 
is slated to follow by train this 
week. 



Loafing at 110 



Hollywooid, Oct. 24. 

Hal Roach feels he has re-; 
ceived the worst of his friend- 
ly plane trade with Arthur 
Loew. Roach thinks he is 
loafing around nowadays in the 
Loew airship that can only do 
110 miles an hour. Roach's 
own plane does 200 or more. 

Roach traded with Loew 
when the latter started on an 
around the world tour. He 
now has the Roach - ship 
abroad. Until Loew returns, 
Roach must worry along at not 
over 110 miles an hour. 



M-G COOLS ON 
INTERCHANGE 
OF PLAYERS 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Metro has soured oh the agree- 
ment among the major studios for 
the Interchange of contract players. 
Execs have ruled that no Metro con- 
tract people will leave the studio; 
for the next two months. 

Excuse is that with a number of 
pictures about to be cast pt-oduc 
tion difficulties may be encountered 
with the players oflC the lot and 
unavailable for home production. 
Understood that the move was sug- 
gested by Irving Thalberg before he 
left for New Tork. '■ ^ 

Since inception of the interchang- 
ing idea Thalberg, It is understood, 
has been against it, claiming that 
the average player suffers when 
away from his home lot. 



'Cavalcade' Coming 
In $165,000 Under 
Budget and on Time 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

'Cavalcade' will be brought In by 
Fox $166,000 below its budget and 
on time. This will be Nov. 25. Pic- 
ture will be ready for release dur- 
ing tiie Chrlstmrs holidays. 

Story was inherited by Winnie 
Sheehan from Harley Clarke, for- 
mer Fox president, upon his return 
to the studio. Price paid for the 
yarn was $100,000 and about $226,000 
had been expended when Sheehan 
took over the reins. Budget was set 
at $1,200,000. 

Having this one laid In his lap, 
Sheehan, while in Europe from 
March to May, conferred with Noel 
Coward and the Drury Lane man- 
agement on the play's production 
possibilities, and also dug up an 
English cast which would fit the 
script. 

When he returned to. the studio 
he took over the production responr 
sibllity from Al Rockett, also chang- 
ing the director, writers and all 
production personnel. Since the 
picture went into work Oct. 3, Shee- 
han has stood close; by a'hd despite 
handicaps, through being unable to 
secure Diana Wynyard, who. was 
working in 'Rasputin' at Metro, 
managed to shoot around this player 
which will enable the picture to 
come in on the dot. 



Thalbergs We»t 

Irving G. Thalberg and Norma 
Shearer (Mrs. Thalberg) left New 
York Friday (21) for the Coast. 

While east a couple of weeks 
Thalberg has seen shows both mat- 
inee and evening dally. He picked a 
couple Of people for tests, but pur- 
chased no plays or scripts. 




Plan of Rei>s of Major Cos. 
and indies— Claim Would 
M«an Kiiell of 'Exclusive' 
and Prolong Playing Time 
Rental. % Remain Same 
' — Joint Sessions Tenta- 
tively Okay Formulas in 
5-Point Program 




KENT AS HAYS REP 



Peaturirtg ■ five pointed program, 
tentatively adopted by representa- 
tives of all branches of the industry 
after a two day session in New 
York, is a . new boxoffice slant re- 
garded as important and evolution- 
ary, to c!istribution as to exhibition. 

This plan, carefully deliberated 
over the past two months by cer- 
tain distrib as well as iiidie lipaders, 
would grade admissions according 
to deemed entertainment values, 
eliminate 'excljsive' run policies and 
virtually double the playing time of 
tbe industry's ace product. 

As an average there are 62 fea- 
tures yearly considered outstanding 
among the product from the major 
companies. If the plan is adopted 
the earning power of the expected 
52 would then be increased by raised 
box ofilce scales. 

Under the proposed scheme per- 
centages will not be increased. But 
the exhibitor would be required to 
Introduce a flexible admission policy 
whereby he will have no uniform 
top for all classes of pictures. He 
would charge less tlian the present 
admission scale for some films and 
more for others. 

5,000 Houses Adaptable 

It is estimated that 5,000 theatres 
in the United States can introduce 
the plan immediately. The deluxers 
are not Included by virtue of the 
fact that they are already figured to 
be providing playing time maxi- 
mums. 

The subsequent runs considered 
are those theatt^es in situations 
where competition is practically nil. 
In other congested spots it will be 
necessary for all exhibitors to come 
to a price agreement before the plan 

(Continued on page 55) 



ACADEMY PLANS 
AWARD LIMIT 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

A proposal before the Academy 
would bar awards from persons 
who have been honored within the 
previous five years. Recommenda- 
tion to this effect has been made 
by the executive committee of the 
writers' branch. 

If accepted this year, as lis likely, 
it would affect the current nomina- 
tions for top honors of Marie 
Dressier, Frank Borzage, in their 
respective factions, and Frances 
Marion, because of previous awards 
to this trio. 



'Kid' at Palace Nov. 17; 
No Wait on Changeover 

Palace, New York, will bow out of 
vaudfllm we<-k of Nov. 12, the final 
bill playing five days only, Nov. 17 
is the date set for the Palace'tf con- 
version to two-a-day straight fiilms: 

House won't close at all in mak- 
ing the change. Vaudfilm goes out 
on a Wednesday and the $2 'Kid 
from Spain' (Gojdwyn - Cantor) 
opens the following, day. 



Roxy Theatre Future; Financing. Too 



Just the Chief 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Recently appointed studio 
head was trying to get a di- 
rector to take a cut, claiming 
that while his pictures were 
successful, they cost too much. 

'Look,' said the exec, 'Last 
Night* cost much less than 
your last picture and is making 
more money, still that director 
is willing to cut his salary.' 

'Say,' Interriipted the direc- 
tor, 'I directed 'Last Night." 

'You did ?• exclaimed the 
exec. 'What kind of a studio is 
this? Nobody tells me anything 
ai'ound here/ 




FOX WILL U/o 
FINANCE ALL 
LASKY PIX 



Jesse L. Lasky's deal, to produce 
six to eight pictures for Fox calls 
for complete financing by the Fox 
organization. Under arrangements, 
a reasonable figure will be set as a 
budget on each production but 
should Lasky exceed the fixed 
amount, he will have to dig for thie 
overage himself. 

Lasky's deal with Sidney R. Kent 
specifies that Fox first takes out of 
rental return the production cost of 
each LasUy picture, plus 30% for 
distribution. Beyond that, it's 50-50 
between Fox and Lasky. 

All stories must be submitted to 
Fox heads for approval. When that 
formality has been disposed of, 
Lasky wll carry through without 
'interference from home office or the 
Fox studio at which he w;lll turn 
out his pictures. 

Two scripts so far picked up are 
'Zoo in Budapest' and 'Warrior's 
Husband." 'Zoo' is an original by 
Jack Kirkland; 'Warrior's Husband' 
was a Broadway legit production of 
last season sponsored by Harry 
Moses, which latter play will be 
turned into a farce for Lasky's pur- 
poses. 

Lasky left for Hollywood Friday 
(21) accompanied by James Cowan, 
as his executive manager; Hector 
Turnbull as associate producer, 
Harry Chandlee, story editor. 

Paul Streger is replacing Cowan 
in the Leland Hay ward agency of 
which Cowan was a partner. 



Shapiro Leaves Fox 



After four years with Fox^ the 
greater part spent as publicity and 
advertising directoi: at the Coast 
studios, Vic Shapiro effected a set- 
tlement with that organization last 
week. 

Shapiro had spent the past six 
weeks in the New York office with- 
out being, assigned. HIa contract 
was for the first three years, expir- 
ing last January without renewal, 
although he was retained on the 
payroll. 

Shapiro ' expects to make an- 
nouncement of a new connection in 
the indu3try within the next two 
weeks; 



Grainger Late 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

J. R. Grainger, Fox sales head, 
arrives here tomorrow (Tuesday) 
a week late on his sales tour. He 
Is accon^panled by John Nolan, Fox 
Western sales manager. 

Kddle Bonnij, assistant to Grain- 
ger* left here today (Monday) for 
New York after four months' so- 
journ on Coast, 

Returning via Dalla.s,- New Orr 
lean,'?, Atlanta, and \\'aHhlnc;t<»n. Ar- 
rives In New York Nov. 1, 



While certain Interests in the re- 
ceivership management of the Roxy 
tlieatre. New York, have been bick-^ 
ering with RKO over the latter cir- 
cuit's claim to the exclusive use of 
the .Roxy name for one of the Radio 
City theatres, recent developments 
have occurred which may affect the 
continued operation of the old Roxy. 

House Is in danger of a shutdown. 
Cause is the serving of notice by 
Fox Films indicating that this dis- 
tributing company wants. a now pic- 
ture deal from the theatre or else. 
House would then have to exist on 
what product It can pick up on the 
outside. . 

Meantime, Judge Cafltey is ex-, 
pected to make, his decision known 
this week on the question of RKQ's 
claim to the Roxy name. A deci- 
sion against the Roxy theatre niay 
have the same effect because the 
theatre is reported to lack, sufficient 
funds to make , the neciessary sign 
changes or to meet advertising costd 
for a campaign to apprise the pub- 
lic of a name change. 

In demanding a new iarrangement ' 
the Fox company is placing In force 
Its right under cancellation jprlvi- 
leges allowed in Its* present contract 
to furnish the Roxy twlth pictures. 
One of these clauses is understood 
as stating that either party can 
withdraw from the deal on 30 days' 
notice. Another clause, relates to. 
the theatre running behind In film 
rentals, and If falling $30,000 be- 
hind then Fox can withdraw from 
the agreement. 

Under the terms of the agreement 
with the house. Fox Film was to 
get the first. 110,000 after the thea-. 
tre nut had come In for film rental. 
With the house averaging below 
operating costs since Its reopening 
around 10 weeks ago, Fox Film 
hasn't been able to realize this |10,- 
000 weekly. "Theatre^'s overhead Is 
reported to run over $45,000 with the 
house averaging around (35,000^ 
weekly. ' 
$75,000 Left 
Continued operation of the house 
also depends on obtaining of addi- 
tional operating money. 

Last week, the (.Continental Bank 
and Trust Co., as trustee of the first 
mortgage bondholders, released the 
remaining (46,000 In receiver's cer- 
tificates outstanding to provide for 
continued operation of the house. 
Up to the time of the hearing held - 
before Judge Caffey on the use of 
the Roxy name, the house had used 
up $106,000 of the $150,000 In such 
certificates as allowed by the f fed- 
eral Court. 

The fact that Fox had served no- 
tice on the theatre was not men- 
tioned at this hearing. 

Among the matters concerned in 
the change of name argument is 
that were the Roxy compelled to 
change its name, such change might 
stand the house a cost of $100,000 
in new electric signs and advertis- 
ing. However, counsel fees alone. 
Judging from the array of counsel 
at the first hearing, is likely to run 
that high. 

The main argument presented 
against taking the Roxy name away 
from the Seventh avenue site was 
that it was a tangible asset of the 
theatre and the title of its parent, 
Roxy Theatre Corp., also that the 
directors. In 1930, had no right to 
make an agreement With S. L. Roth- 
afel to cancel the use of the name. 
This cancellation wag to have tak- 
en place last Sept. 11. 

Actions brought by both parties 
were originally announced, when 
filing, as to be friendly but after 
some of the 20 or so lawyers got 
under way, certain derogatory 
epithets were hurled. All of which 
came as . a surprise. 

It was further pointed out at the 
hearing that Rothafel was using the 
Roxy name over the air, and else- 
where as far back as 1921 when he 
was managing the Capitol, New 
York. 



Laemmle, Pere, Stays 

Carl Laemmle, Sr., will remain in 
New Yoi'k until Nov. 20, when ho 
returns directly to Hollywood, 

Thi.s is reported final, with em- 
lihasi.s tli.it tlie Euroi>ean trip will 
iif>t oor-iif .until next year. 



6 



VARIETY 



PICTURE S 



Taesday, October; 25, 1932 



Refonners"Amea Oratory May 
Slap Regdlation on 1. A Houses 



. Los Angeles, Oct. 24, 
Oratory by the reform element at 
an open hearing before the city 
council last tveek brought local pic- 
ture and leeit houses to the brink 
of drastic police regulation. 

Liicense revocation, with oiily the 
police commission sitting as judge 
alid jury, faces the more: than 200 
operated houses here unless a. last 
minute concerted drive by fllnti iand 
stage interests is made effective. 

An ordinance, consider,ed harm- 
less at first and effective only. In 
dealing with honky-tonks, : has 
boomeranged and iRlm house man- 
agers particularly arc apprehensive 
of Its passage. 

Added license fees which first at- 
tracted the theatre Interests harVe 
been minlliilzed with the police com- 
mii^sion regulatory jpowers now 
dominating the situation. Ais passed 
on to the city attorney for redraft- 
ing the proposed ordinance would 
, slap an anual permit fee of only |1 
on . the theatres, as against the pre- 
viously proposed tax of $10» ^IS, or. 
|26. But the scoi>e ot .the powers 
of the police would be broadened. 
Mandatory Police Hearinos 
Under the provisions of the pro- 
posed ordinance the police commls- 
slon, at the behest of any citizen, 
would be compelled to hold a hear- 
ing regarding lewdness of . a per- 
formance. If,: in the opinion of the 
.commission, the charges warrant 
the. permit would, be. revoked. 
Should a theatrje operator be con- 
victed of: giving a performance con- 
i^idered a nuisance it would then be 
mandatory upon the police to cancel 
the license. 

Council .chamber was packed with 
theatre opposition but the amuse- 
ment interests had but four men 
in attendance — Bud iLollier of F-WC, 
and ' also representing Paramount, 
United .Artists and some of the legit 
interests; Ben Bernstein, Gtus Metz- 
ger, president o.f the .Independent 
Theatre. Owners of Southern Cali- 
fornia -and .Fred BeetsoQ of the 
Producers' . association. . All but 
iBerhsteln spoke. 

Previously eicpressed views of the- 
atre operators that the added taka- 
tiofh to the theatres' $750,600 load, 
already shouldered, was a principal 
objection to the proposed ordinance, 
bounced back and it was apparent 
thkt this ..made It dlfllcult for the 
film" Interests to present their case 
convincingly.' 

Graft SugaAsted 
Th6 fact that the drastic law as 
liow proposed opened the way to 
heavy, graft waiis minimized by ltd 
prop(inents who contended that any- 
thing was better than permitting 
Bhows which debase the youth of the 
city. They pointed out also : that 
tike ordinance could later be amended 
if it were not perfect. 

Throughout the speeches by 
preachers and school officials there 
was a constant chatter of 'amiehs.' 
Only fear that a redraft of the or- 
dinance oh the floor of the chamber 
might not hold water saved its im- 
mediate passage. 



Hollywood, Oct.~24. 
Because of dissatisfaction with 
certain outside indie production ar- 
rangements. World Wide is now ne- 
gotiating, with KBS to make an ad- 
ditional four pictures. This gives 
the latter outfit' a 14 plcturS'''scbed- 
ule Instead of to, 

De^ is being set ' by Joe Brandt, 
president of W-W, arid E. W. Ham- 
riions, chairman of the executive 
comi^ittee. 

Inliadditlon to the KBS pictures, 
W-W'is program of 21 will include 
'Hypnotized/ frpmi ' Mack Sennett, 
probably two each from Ben Zeld- 
man and Kdwln Carewe, ^ although 
the latter is reported, ha-vlng some 
difficulty obtaining financing, and 
one each from William Sistrom and 
Benjamin Verchleiser. 

Reports that Brandt had turned 
his production duties to William 
Saal, in order that he might con- 
centrate on distribution, have been 
denied. . 

KBS board of directors meeting, 
held while Saal tifas here last week, 
elected H9,mmons president, of KBS, 
Sitm Bisbhoff, vice-president, and 
Burt Kelly, assistant secretary. Saal' 
reniains without title. 



THE WIFE WINS 



Mundin-Atkiiiaon Team in Political 
Story by Mintz-Neal 



Hohywood, Oct. 24. 

Sam Mlntz and l«x Neal are 
writing an original political yarn 
f oi" the new Fox comedy team. Her 
bert Mundin and Frank Atkinsoq. 
Both are Enjglish. 

Atkinson recently received a term 
contract from the studio, although 
Mundin has had a Fox termer for 
the past year. Teiaming and story 
idea is reported to have been stig 
geeted by Mundin's wife. 



Aia FORT TOUB 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Dudley Nichols, Fox writer, leaves 
next week on a tour of eastern air 
< ports to get material for an air mall 
yarn which he will write for Spen 
cer Tracy and James Dunn. 

Picture goe^. into production in 
January with John Biystohe direct 
Ing. 



Estabrook Now Dialoging 

Hollywood, Oct." 24. 

Howai'd. Estabrook has completed 
adaptation on 'The Masquerader,' 
for Goldwyn and is now working 
on the dialog. 

Bayard Veliier . is aiding in pol- 
ishing up the.Bonald Colman film 



SCriOOL FILM REVIVAL 



See No Real Resumption of Activity 
Till Conditions Better 



Visual education has slipped, with 
the third dimension, into that cate- 
gory becoming known as 'after the 
depression' coneideratlons... But more 
promise is held for fschool fllnis than 
the others iviien conditions better. 

Executives who have given the 
classroom serious consideration fig- 
ure that, the average teacher 
throughout the country is sold ori 
part-time use of film, arid that, next 
to boards of education budgets, this 
is the allTimportant success factor; 



HITCH THROWING FOUR 
MORE W-W'S TO KBS 



Carewe-Smith Buy 
BFs Travelogr, "Stampede' 

Holljrwood, Oct. 24. 
All rights to 'Stampede,' African 
travelog, . excej^ting those for Engr 
land, have been purchased by Ed- 
win Carewe and Jv Boyce Smith. 
Picture released In Englaind . by 
British International. Deal made 
with MaJ. C. Court Treatt, who made 
the film. 

Picture Is now being recut. Sound 
track win be added to give musical 
background and eomment by MaJ. 
Treatt. Release title probably wlU 
be 'Sudan.' 



Bass Deal bfF 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Unable to obtain adequate financ- 
ing, J. L. Bass' deal to make six 
pictures for Principal Distributing 
Co. has fallen through. 

Bass, head of Acme Productions, 
Is now negotiating for a states 
right release. ■ 



1st Runs on Broadway 



(Subject to Change) 
Week Oct. 28. 

Paramount — 'Night After 
Night' (Par). 

Capitol — 'Smlllh' Through' 
(Metro) (3d week). 

Strand — 'Three on a Match" 
(WB) (27). 

Mayfair — 'Washington 
Merry-Go-Round' (Col) (2d) 
week). 

Rivoli — 'Rain' (UA) (3d 

Winter Garden— 'They Call 
It Sin' (FN) (2d week). 

Rialto — 'Madison Square 
Garden' (Par) (3d week). 

Roxy— 'Once In. a Lifetime'. 
(U). 



Week Nov. 4 

Paramount — 'Hot Saturday* 
(Par). : 

Capitol— 'Red Dust' (Metro). 

Strand-^'Three on a Match' 
(WB) (2d week). 

Mayfair — 'Sport- Parade' 
(Radio). 

Rivoli— 'Magic Night' (UA) 
(2). : 

Winter Garden — 'Scarlet 
Dawn' (FN). 

■ Rialto — 'Old Dark House' 
(U) (2). ■ 
Roxy — 'Rackety Rax' (Pox). 

$2 Pictures 

'Strange Interlude^ (Metro) 
(Astor) (10th week). . 

'Maedchen in Uniform' (Froe- 
lich) .(German) (Criterion) 
(6th week). 



Foreign Films 

'Luiae» Konigen von Preus- 
sen' (German). (Porten) (Eu- 
ropa) (4th week). 

'Couturiers de Luneville^ 
(French) (Par) (Fifth Ave.) 
(3d week). : 

'David Golder' (French) 
(Mandal and Delac) (Little 
Carnegie) (2d week). 

'Barberina' (German) (Capi- 
tal) (Hindenberg) (2^). 



Goldstone's Special . 
Release Plaa; Will 
Lift Haj. Badgets 



Hollywood, Oct. 24, 
Phil Goldstone has organized Ri- 
alto Pictures to release on the states 
right market pictures acquired by 
him through his outside financing of 
Independents and from other sources. 
These films wiir not conflict with 
bis Majestlq progra,m. 

First picture of the hew- company 
Is 'Decency,' the negative of which 
Goldstone obtained' from I^quitable 
Pictures after financing the prodpc- 
tlon. I 

Six features will be isent out un- 
der the Rlalto banner. If the half 
dozen aren't acquired through Gold- 
stone'g financial dealings, the bal- 
ance of the program will be pror 
duced. 

Also hoping to boost the grade of 
Majestic. Pictures a few notches, 
Goldstone win increase the budget 
on several coming productions. In 
line with this plan he is negotiat- 
ing with Max Marcin and the Hal- 
perri Brothers to supervise one fllfn 
each under the Majestic label. . 

Marcin and the Halperns each 
have a story In which Goldstone is 
Interested, with a production budget 
of $100,000 set on the latter. 



'SHE' AGAIir AT U 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Rider Haggard's 'She' is up again 
for filming at Universal. 

After several treatments, ' story 
goes to J. L. Balderston, Just re- 
turned from New York, f or*adapta- 
tlon. 



OBIQINAI FOB COLBEBT 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Edward Justus Mayer, who re- 
turned from New York last, week, 
has been engaged by Paramount. 

He will write an original for 
Claudette Colbert. 



OUBSLEB'S UAaiCIAN 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Radio will make 'Now You See 
It,' by Fulton Oursler. It's a yarn 
about a stage magician. 

Dudley Murphy will direct. 



WTants 'Diamond' Retained 

Hays' organization having put 
tliumbs down on' 'Diamond jLll' as 
the release title for the Mae West 
play Paramount will make, corii- 
pany will try to obtain an okay on 
'Diamond Lady.' 

Par wants to retain the 'Diamond' 
portion. 



Howe Photographing Boat 
Scenes on Three Vessels 

. Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
James Howe, Fox's Chinese cam- 
eraman, left here today (Monday), 
bound for New York vla-the Canal. 
He sails on the Bremen Nov. 24 for 
Europe. 

Howe will photograph boat stu^ 
on both ships, and returning by an 
Italian vessel will follow the same 
procedure. Idea is for sea stuff, for 
'Promenade Deck' and 'Infernal 
Machine.' 



SGHAEFFEB AND MIX 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Armand SchaefCer, engaged two 
months ago by ^Universal to direct 
the Noah Beery, Jr., westerns, 
which later went cold, will do the 
next Tom Mix picture. 

Film will be 'Riders of Terror 
Trail,' now being adapted by Jack 
Cunningham from a mag story by 
Grant Taylor, 



WOOLEE'STBOMBEBG OBia 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

'Wild Blood,' an original by Ed- 
gar Allan Woolfe and Hunt Strom- 
berg, Is in prepauratlon at Metro. 

Robert Montgomery Is In mind 
for the lead. 




Briefly rowritton extraeta from ^Varloty**' Hollywood Bulletin, prlntod 
each Friday in Holly woodi and plaeod • wrapper -upon the reaulaS 
weekly 'Variety.' • 

The Bulletin doe* not circulate other than on the Pacific Slope. 

News from the Dailies in Los Angelos will be found in that customary 
department. 

Itevlvos Antl-Dlstrib Suit 

After being dormant for nearlj^ 
two years,: trial of Fae Roblson's 
suit against major diiatributirig or- 
ganlzatlons and the L, A. Film 
Board of Trade has been set for 
Nov. 22 In U. S. court. Miss Robl« 
son seeks damages, claiming thaf 
zoning discriminated against her 
house in Inglewood. 



60 Shorts Compete 

Academy coriimlttees are consid-^ 
ering SOL films entered by 17 pro- 
ducers From which to choose the 
short subjects meriting the special 
awards to be given this year. 

Film Editors' Section. 

Film editors now have; a section 
In the Acadenay as adjunct Of the 
technicians branch. I. James Wil- 
kinson Is chairman. In process of 
formation Is a publicity section of 
the producers' branch. 

Radio Shelves Two 

Both 'Collusion' and Deported' 
have been shelved by Radio. : . 



10O,000 lVbrd8. Membership 

Professional Authors Club with 
Leslie T. White as president has 
been organized. Qualification for 
membership . is proof of 100,000 
words written . f Or publication In 
the last .five years. 

Finished in Six. Days . 
With Charles Hutchinson pilot- 
ing. Goldsmith Productions'. 'Bache- 
lor Mother* came In under the wire 
on the six-day filming schedule. An 
extra .day was given to retakes. 

Fifth to Decide 

Whether Warners will release an- 
other sextet of horse operas pro- 
duced by Leon Schlesinger and AI 
Rogell will ' be determined aiter 
completion of the fifth of the presr 
ent series of six ' westerns. Script 
is now neing written on the fifth, 
'Sonora.' 



Graves, Author-Supe 

A Ralph Graves original,. 'Just tO 
Get iMarrled,' . Is belrig adapted at 
Mietro by Irene Kuhn. Graves will 
supervise. ; 



Levering with Darmo,ur 
Joseph Levering will meg 'House 
of Chance* for Larry Darmour. 

Jackson on Grig. 

Horace Jackson Is at' Fox with- 
out a contract to adapt an Eric 
Noel original. 



Gold Mine for Natives 

More than 100 \inemployed on 
Catallna Island struck gold when 
Metro's 'Let's Go' company hit 
there. They worked aS extras for 
two weeks at $6 a day. 



Levina After Stories 

Nat Levlne left last night (28) 
for New York where decision will 
be made on stories for coming Mas- 
cot productions. Four serials and 
a Rin _TIn Tip, Jr., chain will be 
subject of confabs. 'The Three 
Musketeers,' by Dumas, will be the 
subject of one serial. ' 



U Would Buy Rights 

Universal wants to buy Sol 
Lessor's rights in 'Cocoanut Oil,' 
by Corey Ford, for a Slim Summer- 
vllle picture. 

Minor's 13 Shorts 

C. Sharpe Minor, organist, is 
dickering for a release of 13 shorts 
he Intends making on the Republic 
(nee Tec- Art) lot. 

'Lady' in Sound 

Remake of 'The Lady* will be pro- 
duced by Metro, Charles Brabin di- 
recting. Norma Talmadge appeared 
in it as. a First National silent. 



Sprague-Mankiewicz Grig. 

Chandler Sprague and Herman 
Manklewicz are teamed by Metro 
In writing ai,n original. Sprague 
was formerly on Paramount*s edi- 
torial board and prior to that with 
Fox. . . 



Illness Delays Tracy Case 

Radio's complaint to the Academy 
against Lee Tracy for absenting 
himself during the production <9 
'Phantom Fame' has been held up 
due to the actor's Illness. 



'Loft Bank* Wyler's First 

Robert Wyler will have 'The Left 
Bank- as his first megglng a;sslgn« 
merit at Universal, 



Irisiill Yarn for Cor 

Story based on tl.e Insull utilities 
will be produced by Columbia un- 
der the title, 'High Finance.' Jo 
Swerllng is writing; 

Jolson Resumes 

On . his return from New York 
Al Jolson ' went to work on new 
scenes for 'Hiappy-Go-Lucky' (UA), 
which will increase the musical fea- 
tures of the United Artists release. 

Renew Extras Union Try 

Second attempt to organize ex- 
tras Into a, union under the A.P.Ij, 
banner will be made by J. C. Casey, 
organizer, who arrives here this 
week. Casey was here last year, 
but made, little headway. 

New Karloff Horror Film 
Maiiri Orashin Is adapting an 
Original horror story, written by 
Miaurice Pivar, for Boris Karloff 
•afU. • 



Udited Pictures' Puzzle 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

United Pictures, which took space 
at Metropolitan studio several 
months ago, moved . out last week 
without turning a' crank. No pic- 
ture was ever announced and the 
outfit had every one on the. lot 
guessing what it Intended doing. 
It's still a mystery. . 

J. F. Reich was In charge of the 
offices. 



Par-Radio Bidding 

For Same Novel 

Paramount and Raid io are dicker- 
ing for' the rights to 'Tomorrow's 
Daughter* and for the services of the 
author. Burton Davis. Negotiations 
being handled for Davis by JOe 
Rlvklri, New York. 

Davis, whose nome de plume Id 
Lawrence Saunders, Is the author of 
'Six Weeks,* 'Black Smoke' and 
other novels. 

Radio is ; interested in 'Daughter* 
for Dorothy WlleoUj It's stenog' 
rapher-actress. 



Team Skipworth- Young 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

'Good Company,' Nina Wilcox 
Putnam original. Is set as a co-, 
starrer for Allison Skipworth and 
Roland Young at Paramount,' 

Walter de Leon and Miss Putnam 
are adapting. 



New 'Awakening' Script 

Ralph Block is preparing a new 
treatment of 'The Awakening,' 
written by John Van Druteh for 
Metro. .Jacques Feyder will direct. 

Heyburn's Pickford Termer 

Wcldorii Heyburn has been giveii 
a term contract by Mary Pickford. 
He has the lead opposite her In 
'Shanty Tov/n,' 



I MACKNOVITCH'S 0. 0. 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Sam Macknovltch, treasurer of 
Educational Pictures, Inspecting 
studio and exchange, is returning 
to New York Oct. 31. 



Braun with Don Lee 

Ted Braun is here from New 
York to join the Artists* Service Bu- 
reau of the Don Lee broadcasting 
chain. 



Prinz on Metro Musical 

LeRoy. Prini, In addition to his 
Fanchon & Marco chores, will aid 
Jack Cummlngs in staging a two- 
reel Metro musical. 



Little Theatre Offerinig 
■ Sandor Kalley, offspring of the 
little theatre, goes into B. P. Schulr 
berg's 'Madame Butterfly.' 

DInehart in Top Spot 

Keen Tbmpson's original, 'Ac- 
quitted,' at Colombia, has Alan 
DInehart in the top cast spot. Jo 
Swei-ling in adapting. 



N.Y.toL.A. 

George Frank. 
Nick Grlnde. 
Ted Claire. 

Bobbe (Perkins) Harris. 



L. A. to N. 

Constance 'Bennett. 
Mary Boland. 
nka Chase. 
Eddie Cantor. 

Marquise Henry be la Falaise. 

Al Dubin. 

Minna Gombel. 

W. K. Howard, 

Nat Levlne. 

Glen MacWllliam.s. 

J. J. McCarthy. 

Dan Michalove. 

Lyda Roberti. 

Jake Wllk. 

Aben Kandel. 

Sam Macknovitfli. 

Joe Mankien'ioz, 



Tvcaihr^ October 2S, 1932 



P I C ¥ U ■ E S 



VARIETY 



Say Lefconrt Backs Scheme for New 
Exchange String for Indie Producers 



Moviei to Insist the distribution 
routine In the Independent produc- 
tion field, which now limits about 
150 features to handling in national 
indie channels, is being planned by 
some of the stronger indie makers, 
who would have their own exchange 
oomblue.' 

. A. E< liefcoiirt, millionaire con- 
tractor, who recently entered • the 
'industry as an independent pro- 
ducer, is reported in back of such 
a movement; Inability so far to get 
h'la first production, 'Manhattan 
Tower," beyond exchanges in the 
£our indie key cities, representing 
only . 40% of the average indie pro- 
duction 3 overhead, Is said, to be the 
reason for Lefcourt's interest in the 
releaalnjg phase. 

Plan is supposed to Involye crea- 
tion of a new String of exchanges 
operating out o£ key spots. In this 
scheme several indie producers 
would be reguired to lend their sup- 
port, especially that of guarantee- 
ing a total of product which would 
answer the heeds of the new Repots. 
Producei's who went' into the com- 
bine would, at the same time, be 
assured of a national outlet for 
their . pictures/ 

' Quality product is being stressed 
by Let court lieutenants who point 
out that . with the dwindling of dou- 
ble features there wlU be little place 
for the type of picture which now 
finds a spotty market because of 
competition and theatre policy. 



3 Set for Arliss 



Hollywobd, Oct. 24. 

First picture for George Arliss at 
Warners this fall will be 'King's 
Vaction,' an' original by Ernest 
Pascal with Dudley Digges first (iast 
in support, placed by the Selznlck- 
Joyce Agency. 

Production starts Nov. 7, after 
which Arliss will make 'Adopted 
Father' and a story based on the 
life of "Voltaire, returning to Eng- 
land next May. 



PhiUy Nickle City 

Tax Up This Week 

If a five, cent city admission tax, 
up for consideration in Philadelphia 
this week, becomes a law Warners 
will be the hardest hit of that city's 
theatre owners. 

Tax is a flat five cents on all ad- 
missions fn excess of 26c. It is re- 
ported that nearly all of WB's 80 
theatres in that city would have to 
meet ithe tribute. 



Tarewell' at RialtOj 

Maybe Tynce Daily 

'Farewell to Arms,' New York 
premier of which has been set back, 
may play a two-a-day attraction at 
the Rialto, New Toirk, instead of on 
a grind. It would probably show to 
a $1.60 or $2 top in this case. 

Instead of 'FareweH' being the 
next for the Rialto, 'The Dark 
House' comes In as successor to 
*Madison Square Garden.' Date is 
unset. 



Church Films Fold 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Gordal Pictures, indie company 
formed to prqduce religious films 
for church and school, has folded. 
Was located at Western Pictures 
studio. 

G. L, Gordon and .T. Dallow 
headed the outfit. 



'SHANTYTOWN' STAETS 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Mai-y Pickford picture, 'Shanty- 
town,' started today (Monday) and 
Is thei only production now working 
at United Artists. 

Retakes on the Jolson film come 
later this week and the new Ronald 
Colman film, 'The Masquerader,' 
ffoes into work Nov. 1. 



COLUMNIST'S SCRIPT 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Don Ryan, former local columnist,; 
Is at Universal to write continuity 
on 'Black Pearl,' story of the South 
Seas' pearl industry. 

Script Is being prepared for Ir- 
vln Willat, director, who Is on 
his way here from Tahiti, where he 
has boe.n making scenes with Glen 
Kerschner, cameraman. 



.San Diego's Question 



San Diego, Oct. 24. 
Last week 'The Big Broad- 
cast' (Par) was the attraction 
at the Fox, ace F-WC house 
here. On Wednesday evening 
(19), Eddie Cantor's 'Kid from 
Spain' was previewed at the 
same house. Despite advertis- 
ing In the afternoon papers on 
the preview and the radio 
names in 'Broadcast,' house 
was less than half, filled that 
night. 

And local theatre men are 
frantic trying to figure what it 
takes to draw. ■ 



Ghcksman-Steni? 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 

E. M. Glucksmah was in town last 
week to confer with Emit Stern of 
Essaness Circuit. He may work a 
deal to return to Chicago as an 
operator. ' ■ . . 

Meanwhile it Is also mentioned 
that Glucksman might return to 
B&K where the setup of three years 
ago is in process of restoration. 



Stock Trading (M to 

th Sides Await Steel Div'd Vote 






Animal Cruelty Out 
In 'King of Jungle' 
^AfterTrisco Expose 



San Francisco, Oct, 24. 

Paramount will film 'King of the 
Jungle' minus scenes showing ap- 
parent cruelty to animals, and later 
Intends to seek indorsements on the 
picture from women's clubs, hu- 
mane societies, etc. 

Ben Hersfleld, former agent and 
a .Los Angeles humane department 
commissioner, in charge of the anl^ 
mal stuff, practically pledged that 
Par would turn out a model .bumane 
film In a speech before the Interna- 
tional Convention of Humane So- 
cieties here last Thursday C20). 

Hershfield blamed animal cruelty 
in pictures on the public, saying 
producers gave the piubllc only 
what It wanted. He a,dmitt'ed cruel- 
ty In making animal films, told the 
methods, and gaye some Inside info. 
He also mentioned several animal 
pictures in citing cruelty. 



RKO Realigning N. Y. 
House Managers' Berths 

Several RKO managers around 
New York are shifting. James S. 
Powers moves from the B8th St. to 
Proctor's, Newark; Reginald Wha- 
len, former assistant manager and 
treasurer of the 86th St. succeeds. 
Nathan Rubin moves along with 
Whalen as the tatter's assistant to 
replace Norman Pope. 

Harvey Watklns, handling the 
81st SL has swapped berths with 
Larry Qreib at tiie ColonlaL T. J. 
Freltag goes to the Keith's Rich- 
mond Hill, : replacing Fred Briiner, 
who moves to the Madison, Brook- 
lyn, where he succeeds Herman 
Whitman. 

Sid Zitis has succeeded Jack 
Schneider as assistant manager and 
treasurer at the Hamilton, Schnei- 
dei:° going to the Franklin, replac- 
ing Ansel Weinstein at the latter 
spot. 



Mack Stays for Second 
Charles Rogers Picture 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Willard Mack, on contract to 
Charles Rogers to write dialog for 
'Billion Dollar Scandal,' stays on for 
a second film. 

He'll both adapt and do the 
dialog .on 'Strictly Personal,' a story 
by Wilson Mlzner and Robert Shan- 
non. Continuity will be written by 
Earl Baldwin. 



'Outcast' as Special 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Radio has engaged E. E. Para- 
more to dialdg and adapt 'The Out- 
cast Of Poker Flat,' 

Bret Harte yarii was made, sev- 
eral years ago by Universal with 
Harry Carey starred. Radio figures 
to produce It as a special. No names 
or director mentioned as yet. 



FAB ASSIGNMENTS 

Hollywood. Oct. 24, 
Prances Dee goes into 'King of 
the Jungle' and Susan Fleming Is 
set for 'He Learned About Women,' 
at Par. Noel Francis comes on the 
lot for 'Under Cover Man.' 



Summervllle at Niagara 

Hollj'vv'ood, Oct. 24. 

John Grey and Jatnes Mulhauser 
are writing 'Niagara Falls' at U. 

It's a honeymoon kidder for Slim 
Sumnierville and Zasu Pitts. 



'Pink' Idea as Biz 
BuOder, If Works 



Possibly the first time a censor 
board has been credited with estab- 
lishing a better business precedent 
for the box office, and which Is being 
copied voluntarlfe by exhibitors else- 
where, Is ChlefCgo's 'pink' method. 

Tabbing a picture as .'pink' or for 
adults Only, Is now being done by 
M. A. Lightman. After conducting 
the experinient in five of bis Ten- 
nessee theatres, Lightman reports a 
marked increase in receipts within 
one month, 

'Lightman Is now encouraging the 
experiment to the point where it 
will likely reach national propor- 
tions. He is incorporating it in the 
general policy of the Motion Pic- 
ture Theatre dwner^ of America 
and is advocating its trial at all 
state unit conventions which he is 
attending. 



WB AND RKO SPLIT UP 
ALBANY AND TROY, N. Y. 



Albany, N. T., Oct. 24. 

A deal, which involves at least 
six first run houses in upstate 
cities, Albany, Troy and Schenec- 
tady, Is about to be consummated. 

An agreement has been virtually 
reached whereby thei RKO Proctor 
house in Troy will be turned over 
to Warners, giving tiie latter chain 
control of the Troy situation, while 
on the other hand RKO is to take* 
over the Stnlnd,' Warnera' largest 
house in Albany, placing RKO in 
control of the theatrical field here. 

In Schenectady RKO is now dick- 
ering for an independent string of 
houses, including the State and 
Erie, known as the Shirley theatres, 
managed by W. W. Shirley and 
owned by W. W. Farler. The State 
Is often used for legitimate attrac- 
tions. 

Warner already hias taken over 
the Van Curler, an old legit house 
in Schenectady, which Ib expected 
to be remodeled. 



Coast Title Changes 



Holly-wood, Oct. 24. 

'The Good Tiling,' play by Law- 
rence Hazard, haa been retitled 
'Eleven Lives/ Paramount. 

'Plain Clothes Man' redubbed by 
Columbia to 'Man Against Women.' 



U Revives House Organ, 
Flim Buying Reasons 

With buying; of film returning to. 
the field Universal will revive, pub- 
lication of Its 'Universal Weekly,' 
house organ on U activities for ex- 
hibitors, suspended three years ago. 
First issue is being mailed out 
Nov. 1. .■ 

Carl Laemimle ordered restoration 
of the sheet, in view of the elim- 
Iniatioh of most of the film buying 
from among around 26 men In New 
York. 



FILM STOPPED, SEEK B. B. 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Pranklyn-Stoner have gone east 
after a new b. r. following financial 
difficulties which stopped produc- 
tion on 'The Lost Continent.' 

Only miniature prehistoric animal 
stuff had been filmed. Jay Mar- 
chant, supervising, has gone to 
Universal. 



Crown As EataneM LIhk 

Chicago, Oct. 24. 
Crown theatre, on North avenue, 
may .pass to Essaness . operation. 
Emil Stern was looking it over last 
week. 

House was last operated by Fox 
but has been closed several months. 



Yesterday's Prices 



Net 

Sales. llieh.Low.Last.chRe. 
100 Cons. P. pf 7% 7% 7% — 14 
GOO East. K... 40); 40H 49%+ U 
200 Fos 2% 2% 2% 



BOO Loew 
4,B0O Par ....... 

400 Pathe 

4.300 RCA . . . . . 

200 RKO . . . . . 
10 Univ. pt.. 

800 W. B. 



20Vj 2.VX 20% +1 

3% iVi - m 

0% 
3% 
33 
2 



m 

3% 
33 
2W 



% 

7 ■ 
3% 

—2 
2H - % 



Bonds 



$1,000 Gen. Thr. . 3% 3% 3% + % 

1,000 Far-F-L . .. 23H 26% 23%—% 

5,000 Par-P ... . 2V/i 20>4 21 

3,000 24 24 24 

Curb----\ ■ 

300 tech. , 8% 3% 8V4+ 94 



About Face for 
IGmin. Field; Biz 
Is Much Brighter 



With sound on 16mm film believed 
about perfected, the miniature, filth 
field is beginning to realize its first 
important impetus in some time. 
Industrials, which have mostly been 
made until now on standard width, 
are beginning to concentrate in such 
a way on the parlor width film that 
the small film men are convinced 
that the industrial market will go 
completely 16mm. 

Fifth avenue studios of RCA 
Photophone are now reported vir- 
tually turned over to 16mm produc- 
tion. Three national accounts — in- 
cluding rope, shoes and groceries — 
are the first of tiie bigger indus- 
trials to order subjects In 16mm. 
Footage for these three accounts. 
Including - over 12 reels, was com- 
pleted last week. The Photophone 
crew this week Is comnienclng work 
cn its first original slx-reeler in 
home film. This Is also an liidus 
trial. In conjunction with produc 
tion RCA is also boosting its sales 
of 16mm projectors. 

Elsewhere In the smaJl-fllm. field 
progress is reported. Julius. Singer, 
liead of the 16mm Film Board of 
Trade, including independent mak- 
ers and dealers throughout the 
country, states that the activity at 
the Photophone studios is being re- 
flected down the line. This is con- 
trary to the outlook a few weeks 
ago when the 16mm lads saw little 
to smile about in the future. 



'Lifetime* to State^liake 
As 1st in New Routine 

Chicago, Oct. 24. 
. State-Lake will get some of the 
Palace's pictures under its new 
operating setup. Where heretofore, 
under vaudfilm, the State-Lake films 
were mostly Palace sloughs, now, 
at least, a few of the deemed better 
releases will be diverted to this 
house. 

RKO is placing 'Once In a Life 
time' (U) at the State-Lake as well 
as '13 Women' and 'HeU's Highway,' 
both Radio, which would ordinarily 
be Palace pictures. 



By AL GREASON 

Trading volume sank to around 
the half-million mark yesterday 
(MOn) as . operators on both sides 
held off, awaiting the action on th^ 
senior Stee^l stock. Directors meet 
after the close today (Tues). 

Ticker lagcred all day as trading 
droned through, the dullest session 
for; months. There was a flurry 
selling, at the opening which car- 
ried prices down somewhat, but the 
lost ground was made up before 
noon and .business continued listless 
right to the close. . 

There was a minor betterment in 
prices in the last few. minutes, sugr 
gesting that perhaps a few shorts 
chose to cover, but there was no 
evidence that they were having any 
trouble getting stock. Final quo- 
tations wOre : practically unchanged ' 
in most important - instances,- al-* 
though' Steel preferred which wa^ 
the center . of interest registered a 
net gain of a little more tha,n a 
point at 73%, 

Dealings in Loew were negligible, 
transactions being entirely in mlh- 
imum board lots and steady 'at 26%, 
a fraction up. 

All together the market made sl 
fairly good showing In the face of 
a minor decline in wheat prices; 
which have been furnishing the cu^ 
lately. At least leading stocks held 
their own. . 

Dealings in bonds were negligible 
but the few trades put through 
found prices generally steady. 

Upward Move Balked 

Amusement stocks followed the 
inarket last week; that is to say 
they tried to make! some headway on 
the upside but ran Into a stone wait 
m the form of public indifference or 
timidity. and so chose the only alter- 
native by going down. 

There were no ma terIcA~ declines. 
Prices were only fractionally off 
from the Saturday previous, but the 
major recessions were in' the places 
whiere they hurt . most. Notably 
Loew's declined about 2 points, fin- 
ishing the week not only at its low 
for that trading period, but prac- 
tically at the bottom for the move- 
ment. 

Volume of 24,00fr shares might' not 
look important except that it was 
relatively large considering the slow 
pace of trading during the whole 
(Continued oh page 21) 



Serial's Theme Difty 

Hollywood, Oct, 24. 

First theme song for a serial will 
be used in Universal's 'Men of the 
Mounted,' starting today (24). 
Dietrich is writing the number and 
Leoii Duval will vocalize. 

Tom Tyler and Jacqueline Wells 
have leads . In the suspended film, 
which Henry MacRae Is supervis- 
ing. 



BIP Gets Mac Williams 

Hollywood, Oct, 24, 
Glen MacWIUIams, cameraman, 
has been given a B2-week contract 
by British International Pictures 
and leaves this week for London. 
He was last at Fox. 

Charles K. Brown, of Joyce- 
Selznlck, acted as agent. 



IT'S Indian Scenes 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Universal is sending a camera- 
man to India to photograph back- 
grounds for Tala Blrell's next pic- 
ture, temporarily titled 'Revolt,' a 
handle now owned by Warnei' 
Brothers'. . 

Ted Fithian is on the script. 



Mooney and Miss De Haas 
Walk Out with Waxman 

, » 

Along with the departure from 
the Roxy, New^ Tork, last week of 
A. P. Waxman, who i;slgned, Mar- 
tin Mooney, advertising assistant to 
Waxman, and Arline De Haas, on 
publicity, also walked. 

Miss DeHaas Is planning to go to 
Europe shortly to devote her time 
in future to writing. 



Tyson Goes Skouras 

Pittsburgh, Oct. 24. 

George Tyson, who resigned hero 
last week as WB's advertising di- 
rector after three years In the Pitts- 
burgh division, has signed with. 
Skouras Brothers, as assistant to 
Harold Fitzgerald, district manager 
in the Milwaukee territory, com- 
prising 43 houses. Tyson left to 
take up his new duties yester" 
day (23). 

Milton Silver, former advertising' 
chief for Universal Pictures, has 
succeeded Tyson here, coming to 
Pittsburgh with Harry Kalmine, 
new: zone manager and succiesaor tO 
John H. Harris, also resigned.: 



Freund ahd Beatty 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. ' 

Karl Freund, who directed 'The 
Mummy' for Universal, will do 'Man 
And . Beast' (formerly 'Animal 
Magic') as his next assignment, 

Film starts around Nov. 1 when 
Clyde Beatty, of the RingUng show,- 
arrives with a carload of animals. 



lAUNCH WINCHELL SHORTS 

First of the Walter Wlncheil 
shorts for Koland-Urice goes into 
work this weeic in New York. It's 
a script by WlncheU's co-column-- 
ist, Mark Hellinger. Latter has also 
written, the next two scripts In the' 
.'3e;rles. 

Herbert Fields will do the contin- 
uity on two more Wlncheil shorts. 



VARIETY 



p I c ¥ ■ ■ IE c ir a ss E s 



Ttfesday, act«ber 25, 1932 



Addition of Two L A. 1st Runs 
Holds Town's Top Under $20^)00; 
Ited Ditst,' in Two Houses, $31 




Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 

Addition of two houses to the 
first runs this week will tend ^to 
split the average takes with result 
that none o£ the deluxe cinema 
establishments will touch $20,000. 

Pantages and United Artists re- 
opened day and date with the game 
picture, 'Red Dust,' and will prob- 
ably run evenly with possibility 
that the Hollywood house may nose; 
In .front. 

'BiU of Divorcement,' • because of 
a ?2.56 benefit premiere, kept the 
BKO dark all day Friday (21) and 
night business was far from satls- 
faetofy as plenty of paper was 
spread around town. Premier was 
short Of $1,300 with the Motion Pic- 
ture Relief Fund taking half. 
' Biz over the weekend was pretty 
well shot; 

Estimates for This Week 

bov/ntown (WB) (1,800; 26-70) 
'Successful Calamity* (WB) and 
vaude. Not ■ too hot and looks 
around $9,000. ■ Last week. 'Tiger 
Shark' (WB) brought in around 
good $12,000. 

.Hollywood (WB) (2,T56; 25-75) 
•The Crash' (FN). Rathei* weak at 
$11,000. Last week 'Cabin in Cot- 
ton'.3(FN) fairly good, close to,$14,- 
000; ;* : • • 

Pantages (Fox) (2^700; 25-66) 
•Red Dust' (M-G) and .stage show. 
With heavy exploitation and trim- 
mings around $16^000, good. Pan is 
running ahead of the UA with the 
same show, playing to heavy night 
trade. ■ 

Paramount (Publlx). (3,696; 86- 
»i.l0) 'Night After Night' (Par) 
add stage 'show. Indications of 
around $16,000, Just fair. Last week 
'Big Broadcast*. (Par) fl:ni8hed .with 
■batig, $27,200. 

RKO (2,960; 26-66) 'Divorcement' 
CR&dlo). Week inay not bring In 
$8;600, not so hot. Last week 'Crest- 
'virodd* ' (Radio) slipped after good; 
start, 17,000. • ^ 
. - '-aifate (tioew-f ox) ..(2,024; 26-66). 
•Smllln". Through' .(M-G) , (2drflhal 
weeky. Ijobks as though holdover 
: ihay' - not havei, . been advisable • as 
only $11,000 iii sight. Liast 'week' 
janoe film; $18,6fl0.' 
United Artists (Fox):, (2,10.0; 26- 
66) 'Red Diitit; XM-G) and stage 
show. .They evidently want to see 
the Harlow-Gable combo so ought 
to. reach, a good $16,000. 



*Sinilm' Thru/ $3,100; *A1I 
American,' $1,800, liiicoln 

Lincoln, Oct. 24. 
■ With homecoming day at the uni- 
versity to bolster late week biz, the 
current .pace shOuiji e.al.n to a fine 
finishing sprint. Previous week's 
biz at picture houses was whittled 
by the food show and stock com- 
pany opening. 

Stuart will have little trouble' top- 
ping with 'Smllln' Through,' Shearer 
hitting well with college crowds, 
'All American' at the State, the only 
football picture thus 'far, also nice. 
Estimates for This yVeek 

Lincoln (i?ublix) (1.600; 10-30-40) 
—'One 'Way Passage' (WB)< Aver- 
age for Powell-Francis, $2,600. Last 
week 'Cabin In Cotton" (FN) topped 
with nice $2,800. 

drpheum (Publix) (1,200; 10-20- 
30)— "Two Against World' (WB). 
Will knock out moderate $1,100. 
Last week 'Hell's Highway' (Radio),- 
by power of DIx's . nanie; held for 
$1,160. 

State (Indler~(500: 10-26-36)— 'All 
American* (U). Good for an okay 
$1,800. Last week 'Those We Love' 
(WW) suffering under stiff com- 
petlsh, did even $1,000. 

Stuart (Publix) (1,900; 10-26-36- 
50-60)— 'Smllln' Through' (MQ). 
Good for top $3,100. Last week 
'Movie Crazy' (Par), weak $2,700. 

PRESS CHILLS GDINAN, 
BUT 'SPORTING'' l OG 



tDCASr; NEW'K, 15G; 
JIIERRy^(Mt<W 



..Newark,- Oct. 24, 
- Some hope . this -week, although 
railnhuift last" week. 'Big Broadcast' 
look's like bljg $16,000, while "Wash-' 
Ington Merry - Go -Round* should 
draw $10,000 both .very nice. " 

The Shubert with its .vatidfllm'l^ 
cutting In on the 'other houses but 
not influencing them to bring back 
vaude. 

Estimates, for 'This .Week 
Branf'ord (WB) (2.966; 16-20-25-: 
tQ-40-56-65) — 'One Way Passage* 
(WP). Deserves better thin It^ 
probable $9,000. House now trying 
a ThiirsdaJy opening. Liast' week 
•Cabin in tjie Cotton* (FN) good at 
$11,000 in eight days. : • 

Capitol (WB) (1,200; 16-26-36-60)i 
—•Tiger Shark* (WB) and 'Crooked 
Circle.* Will probably, slip a little 
below the steady $5,000. Last yreeK 
. 'Last Man* (Col) arid 'Blondie oil 
the Follies' (M-G) good at $6,000. - 
Little (Cinema) (299; 50)— 'Monte 
tarlo Madness* (Ufa) and 'Kalharr 
(Principal). May reach $1,200. Lasli 
week 'Troika* (Russian) okay at 
$1,200. . 

Loew'fl State (2,780 ; 16-20-25-30- 
60:-55-B6) — 'Downstairs* (M-G). 
Good notices and ' may do better 
than the expected $7,500. Last week 
'Troubles* . (M-G) ; pretty ■weak at 
$7,000. 

Mosque (WB) (3,281; 16-20-26 
30-40.55)— 'Hell's Highway' (Radio) 
. and 'Successful Calamity' (WB). 
. Ought to get $4,000, weak for the 
biggest house in town. Last week 
'Life Begins* (FN) and 'Sporting 
Age* (Col) awful at $2,800. 

Nevi/ark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 15- 
20-26-30-40-66-66) —'Big Broadcast* 
(Par). Big list of names can't fall 
to draw here; may beat big $15,000. 
" Last week 'Movie Crazy' (Par) ter- 
rible for Lloyd at bare $7,600. 

Proctor's (RKO) (2.300; 15-20-25- 
S0-40-66-iS5) — 'Washington Merry- 
Go-Round* (Col). Political film 
timely but not so good here as radio 
names. Probably a nice $10,000. 
Last week 'Crestwood' (Radio) n.s.g. 
at .$6,600. 

. Terminal (Skouras) (1.90<); 16-20- 
'26-30-.40-66)— 'King Murder*. (Mon- 
ogram) and- added attraction 'GoW- 
eh West* (Pox). Hopes to reach $6,- 
000. Last week 'Hat Check Girl* 
(Fox) weak at $4,200. 



Providence, Oct. 24. . 
Low standard of films keep things 
quiet this week. Once again stage 
shows are out front and giving' ex- 
hibitors plenty Of. worry, Texas 
Gulnan headlining at the Albee .wlth 
'Sporting - Age' on ths "screen Is 
plenty In the money and probably 
will- jSe.e .dose to $}0,000. 

' Paramount, with 'Big ' Broadcast,' 
radio names, heading .for- big 113,- 
.600. ■'. .-■ ■ . 

. On top of the regular opposlsh 
eixhibs h6re have a heada<;he in the 
roadshow engagement of 'Stratige' 
Interlude' ' at the Carlton. Film 
here for one week, arid after fans 
dig down for the $1,65 top other 
stands -flgiire thelre's not much left 
for. them. 

One of the big surprises' here last 
week vras .the . ina^TelQus sho'wlhg 
of *Back Street' at the siecond'. run 
Rlalto, 'Where the .fllrii hiihg up . a 
house record." _ 

Estimates for This Week n 
RKO Albee (2.bU0; 16.66-66)— 
'Sporting -. Age'. (G61)- and Texas 
Gulnan on stage! Newspapers sort 
of 4:old-shouldered nlte club hostess 
but hoqse doing well regardless. 
With film opposlsh weak this house 
should have no dlfflculty. In building 
up- to least $10,000. Last week 
'Phantom of Crestwood' (Radio) 
and Fatty .Arbuckle doing a personal 
was oke at $10,400. 

Carlton (Fay) (1,600; 65-$1.65)— 
'Strange Interlude' (M-G); Plugged 
heavily through a load of fancy .tle-r 
~ups. Taking Into consid.eratlon that 
.this town, raised an awful fuss when 
O'Neill tr,ted to book play here and 
.was hnsuccessful,. there'll -be plenty 
of curious ones around the box 
office-' before film quits town next 
Saturday; - Advance sale reported 

ibig.;-' •^' • '. ,, . - - . ■ . 

Fay:;« (2,000; 16-55)*^;Wll,d Girl' 
(Fox), .and vaude. Honors about 
even bet\treen film a[nd stage show. 
I3o\^n a peg- at $6,60a, -but fair < at 
that.. Last week 'No. Living Wit- 
ness' (Mdyfalr) and ^Nick Lucas on 
the stage big at $8,200. 

Loew's State (3,700; .15-55)— 
'Faithless' (M-G). . Unless there's 
a build-up in prospect it looks as 
though this one will catch the booby 
prize. Received terrific panning but 
whether the notices will keep them 
away Is problematic. Takings most 
likely won't touch $7,000. Last 
week 'Payment Deferred' (M-G) 
'was another case for the doctor at 
the s&me figure. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-55)— 
'Six Hours to Live* (Fox) and 'Vir- 
gins of Bali,' Not many takers for 
this one. Lucky to see $6,600. even 
if there is a sudden sprint. Last 
week 'Cabin in the Cotton* (FN) 
and 'Exposure' (Tower) so-so a 
$7,200. 

Paramount (2,200; 16-65)— 'Big 
Broadcast' (Par). Radio names will 
help this hpuse> to possibly $13,600, 
big. Last week 'Madison Square 
Garden' (Par) packed no wallop, 
$6,100. 

RKO Victory (1.600; 10-25-30)— 
'Fourth Horseman' (tJ) and 'Strange 
Justice' (Radio) ; also sei*lal, 'Last 
•Frontier' dufing first half. This lit- 
tle spot has suddenly burst fofth 
into the money. Week will see a 
fair $8,«0(J. Last week 'Hell's High- 
way* (Radio), and 'Age of Consent* 
(Radio) $3,600. 



«ally' Tab tip; 'NighV 
12G; 'Sniiliiig,' lOG. Port. 

PortUtpd, Ore., Oct 24. 

Par's •Big Broadcast' at the Fox- 
Broadway won the top house gross 
since the house opened this season. 
FplIowiii« this week with 'Smllln' 
Thru,' which looks another winner. 
House has been building up slow- 
ly since . opening and present, 
grosses Indicate okay returns. 

F & M's 'Sally' • stage unit at the 
Fox-POramount clicking for big re-. 

suits. Unit is featured in top spot 
above 'Night After Night/ House 
has had previous success with this 
policy of exploltating major stage 

Last "week 'Grand Hotel' at the 
Fox- Paramount stood them' in line 
for mats and held up well e'venlngs. 
The week clicked hugely for better 
than $16,000.' 

Gamble's Rialto, which upped. Its; 
admish to 60c from 26 for 'Explor- 
ers Of the World' (Raspln), held up 
the ducat price for 'Last Mile' 
(World Wide). Picture was heavily 
exploited and got results. . . Cur- 
rently that bouse has double pro- 
gram of 'Virgins of Ball* (Prin- 
cipal) and 'Texas- Ban Man* (U) In. 
line for an okay week. 

Football pictures;, are doubtful In 
this football cra,y burg. Figure thie 
fans can get . rfeal McCoy, which 
takes the edge oft- screen . pigskin 
athletics. ■ Orpheum currently has 
'All American' for just a fair b. o. 
Last week 'Phantom of Crestwood' 
(Radio) did better. 

b: o. biz in general still dull, but 
weather cooler and some jslgns of 
improvement. 

Estimates for This Week 
Paramount (Fox-Parker) (3,000; 
26-66)— 'Night After Night' (Par) 
and P & M's 'Sally.' Stage unit 
featured in top spot and clicking in 
a "big way. Should connect for 
'Strong $12,000. Last Week 'Grand 
Hotel' (M-G) a great $14,500. 

Broadway . (Fox-Parker) (2,000; 
25-66)— 'SmlUn' Thru' (M-G). A 
wlntier, big. $10,006. Last week 'Big 
Broadcast' (Par). $6,600. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2i000; 25-40)— 
'AH American' (U). ' In line for fair 
$4,000. Last' week 'Crestwood' 
(Radio) did <3.«00. 

United Artists (Fox-Parker) (1,- 
000; 26-86)-r-'WlId Girl* (Fox). 
Okay 14,000. Last week. 'Madison 
Square Garden' (P^r) ta.ir $3,600. 

Orientar(Hamrlck) (2,600; 26-96) 
-^'One Way Passage -(WB);" Fair- 
ly for this house, about $3,000. Last 
week .*Wlilte Zombie (UA-)- an-, 
swered.tp. exploitation and .connect- 
ed for- $8,600, - ' 

Rialto (Gi^nble) (l,<i00; ! 26-40)— 
.'Vilnius, of Ball (Principal).. -and 
'Texas BUd Man (U). (Setting i-e 
^Ults, $3,000; Last week 'Last Mile' 
(World "Wide), well exploited, 
clicked tor good $3,700. • 



Masdiaaiii Benthig AD PhOly, 
Ov<^ $50m 'Rju^' Mild $^^^^^ 



SHEARER IN NATIVE 
MONTREAL STRONG 14G 



Montreal. Oct. 24. 
'. Legit house In. full swing Is ha'v- 
Ing some effect on cinemas, and last 
week there was something of a dip 
in . grossies, excispt at the c'ombo 
house. Currently outlbok Is good, 
with 'Smllln' Through' starring na- 
tive- daughter Norma Shearer sbte 
ito jack up -Palace gross to $14,000 
dfter a not so good past week. 
' da^ltol ha^ a good brace, In .'Hat 
Check Olri^ ftnd 'Passport ta Hell' 
\^hlch ehpuld get $12,000. Loew's 
has been Way up recently arid will 
likely maintain -a . good ' $16,000' on 
'Chandu' and vaude. Princess run 
ning a couple of British. . His MaJ 
esty's bas 'Chocolate .-Soldier,' for p 
which - advance- - sales were .'good. 
Nabes In a slump. 

Estimates for This Week 
His. Majesty's (Ind) (1,600;. 60- 
$2.60)^'Chocolate Soldier* (musical).. 
Here for umiriteerith time but will 
do nicely at $12,000, Last week 
'Too True to Be Good' (legit) riot 
so good as expected at $11,000, 

Palace (PP) (2,700; 60)— 'Smllln' 
Through' :(M-Q). .' Shearer always 
sure-fire here. Should gros^ $14,000. 
Last -week 'Blonde Venus' (Par) not 
so good at $11,000. 

Capitol (PP) (2,700; 60)— 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox) and 'Passport to 
Hell' (Fox). Should maintain pre 
vlous week's good gross around $12,- 
000. which was figure for 'Pack Up 
Your Troubles' (M-G). and '13th 
Chair* (Ind). 

Loev»'a.(PP) (8,200; 66)— 'Chandu* 
(Fox) and vaude. Should gross Well 
around $14,000. Last week 'Phan- 
tom President' (Par) and vaude one 
of best of year at $16,000. 

Princess (CT) (1,900; 36-60)— 
'Night Like This' (British), and 
'Blue Danube'. (British). First has 
locally popular stars and gross may 
be $7,500.. Last Week 'Crusoe' (UA), 
and 'Almost Married* (Col) (2d 
week) grossed $6,000. 
. Imperial (Franco-Film) (1,900; 
25-40) — 'Le Sergeant X' (French). 
May get $2,000. Last week 'Gloria* 
(French) $2,200. 

Cinema de Parts (Franco-Film) 
(600; 26-60)— 'Monsieur Albert' 
(French), $1,600. About same last 
week for 'Nult au Paradla' (French). 



Legit, Symph Coinpetish 
Dente L'vffle; Lpew, 9G 

Louisville. Oct. 24. 
Cornelia Otis Skinner broke dull- 
ness of theatrical circles with 'Wlyes 
of Henry VIH' and 'Empress. Eu- 
genie' Oct. 14 and 16 but onl-y drew 
about 300 people to 'Eugenie.' Civic 
Arts Association presented. Louis- 
ville with the Louisville Syniphpnlc 
Orchestra, In process of formation 
as the Y. M. H. A. Symphony for 18 
years, on Monday night, Oct. 17. 

Gayety had little trouble with 
wage scale past week but everything 
seems hunkydory now with Hirida 
Wausau booked to open Oct. 29. 
Estimates for This- Week 
Loew's (3i400; 25-35-60)— 'Faith- 
less* (M-G). Good at $9,000. Last 
week 'Robinson Cnisoe' (UA), $6,- 
800. • 

Rialto (Fourth Ave.) (2,800; 26- 
36-66)— 'Madison Square Garden' 
(Par). Nice takings, $8,600. Last 
week 'Wild Girl' (Pox), and Jack 
Mulhall In person; $8,200. 

Strand (Fourth Ave.) (1,786; 25- 
36t6C)— 'Blessed Event' (WB) . Qood 
gross, $5,000. Last week 'The Crash' 
(FN), bad a:t $2,700. 

Brown (2,000; 25-36-40)— 'Age^ of 
CJonsent' (Radio). ■ Only fair, biz, 
$2,300. Last week I'Grestwood' (Ra- 
dio), $2,700. 

Alamo (Fourth Ave.) (900; 16-25- 
40)— 'Golden West' (Fox). Fine $2.- 
-600." Last week 'Night After Night' 
(Par), $2,200. 

THANTOH PREZ,MS6'S; 
UFETDHE,' 14G, ST. L 



St, Louis. Oct. 24. 
Two standouts this week, .the Am- 
bassador and Fox. , Former }3 play- 
ing George M. Cohan down . and 
Schnozzie Durante up, and stands to 
have Its best week for some tlriie.' 
Thanks partly to reviews' praising 
'Phantom President' to the- skies. - 

Reviews are also helpirig to put 
over/Once In Lifetime' at the Fox 
which also has. stage show with 
drd-wlngApower, Big disappointment 
Is 'Big Broadcast' at the St. Louis, 
Radlp jaarires.wei^e expected. to pull 
the cusiomers In -large numbers but 
it isn't' happehihg- that way. Other 
houses only fair or off a little. 
Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (WB) ^8,000; 26-i36- 
66) — 'Phantom President* (Par) and 
unit. Looks good for strong $1 6.000 . 
LaBt-'weeki''One Way Passage' ("WB) 
under $13,000. . ' ' 

Fox (Fox) (6,000; 26-85-66)-^ 
'Once in a Lifetime' (U). and Snub 
Pollard, Walter. Hlers find Ben Tur- 
pin on stage with F-M .unit. Going 
big at $14,000. Last week 'iBlx Hour is 
to Live' (Fox) same. 

Loew's State ' (3.000; 26r36.66)— 
'Faithless' (M-G). Montgomery 
name may: help this orie for fairish 
$10,000. Last week 'Kongo' (M-G) 

Missouri (RKO) (3,600: 26-36-66) 
-'Night of June 13*. (Par), and 
'Vanity Street' (Col). First week of 
double features; fair $6,000. Loist 
Week 'Phantom of Crestwood* (RKO) 
$6jl.OO. 

Si. Louis (RKO) (6,000; 26-36-60) 
—'Big . Broadcast' (Par). Radio' 
names counted upon but $9,600 gait 
is poor hijere. Last week 'Blonde 
Venus" (t»an) |10,400, fair. . 



TASSAGE* ISG'S-BUFF 



Buffalo, Oct. 24. 
Nothing especially Stirring on this 
key's first run' front.. 'One Way 
Passage,' : trying for $18,000 at the 
Buffalo, but 'Big Broadcast,' at 
Great Lakes, comparatively better 
on $12,000. : 

- Estimates for This Week 
Buffalo (Publix) (3;600; 30-40-155). 
'One.Way Passage* (WB) and stage 
show. Must stretch to get $18,000, 
fair. Last week ^Blonde Venus' 
(Par) went under that to $17,400. 

Great Lakes (Publix) (3,400; ,30- 
40-55), 'Big Broadcast* (Par). At- 
tracting good biz,, probably $12,000. 
Last week 'Movie Crazy' .(Par) 
dipped to $9,900. 

Century (Publix) (3,400; 25-35), 
'Madison Square Garden' (Par). 
Doing okay; $9,600 in sight. Last 
week 'Crestwood' (RKO) turned in 
$7,200, mild. - 

>Hipp (Publix) (2.400; 25-35-55), 
'Hold 'Em Jail' (RKO) and vaude. 
Surprising with $1^,000 probably the 
answer. Last week 'Hat Check 
Girl' (Fox), an okay $10,900. 

Lafayette (Ind) (3,400; 25), 'Man 
Called Back' (Tiff) and 'Strangers 
of the Evening' (Tiff). Double bill 
climbing to fine $9,000. Last week 
•I3 My Face Red* (RKO) strong 
at $8,800. 



Philadelphia. Oct. 24. 
All Indications to another big- 
week for the Mastbaum whose re^^ ! 
opening bill stole all the thunder :< 
last week 'despite one of the v;orst 
spells of weather Philly has jseen 
In many moons. . .. 

Joe E. Brown gets top b'iillrig with 
Phil Baker and Patricia Bowman, 
Harry McNaughton a,nd Tamara 
also featured.' -Ptotive Is '.One Way 
Passage.' Combination should have 
no trouble In cracking $60,000. The 
torrential rain knocked last week's 
gross down to $62,000, three grand 
under expectations. 

The Fox which has had two or 
three strong weeks doesn't look so. 
forte with the current array.' 
'Backety Rax' got fine notices but" 
absence of names on the stage show '' ' ■ 
will hurt; not over $18,000 figured, 
A question is 'Life Begiris* at .the 
Boyd. Papers here made plenty- 
squawks about . the original advert 
tislng. with changes resulting. Re- 
views were mixed, . most of the 
critics admitting the sincerity and 
dignity of the treatment but opin« 
Ing that, it is decidedly not enter-. 
tainmeAt. ' Maybe $13,000. 

'Movie Crazy' which came Into the 
Stanley Tuesday when 'Phantom 
President! flopped badly is trying, to 
make the grade for a second, week, 
ought ' to get around $17,000 al- 
though riot what was hoped. 

'Pack Up Your Troubles,' plus the 
usual vaudeville, figures ai possible 
$18,0()0. 'American Madness,' praised 
by the - reviewers, ought to get the 
usual $9,000. ; V 

'^Night .Club! Lady', looks a weak 
slQter at .tl^e ■ Karltph ahjd. '70.000 
Wltriesseis'. not mdt;6 thaiii fair at. 
the Arcadia. 

As predicted, ' the re-lighting of 
the Mastbaum' hOs hit the Boyd and 
Stanley heavily and the S-W people 
are frankly ..worried about the situ-* 
atlori. Failure of 'Phantom Presi- 
dent', and the Arliss picture to make 
the grade for two weeks was a ]tip-. 
off. 

This may, have something to do, 
also, with .the fact that no further 
mention has been made of the-A]« 
dlne's redpenlng although ^ house 
was palntei^ • and redecorated a few 
weeks ago". 

Estimates for This Week 
Mastbaum (4,806; 86-66-76) 'One 
Way Passage". (WB).' and stog^ ' 
show. Joe E. Brown and Phil Baker 
outstandin^P n^es. arid combination 
ought to beat $60,000. Last week, 
'Blondie of the Follies' (MG) with 
Rotry 'Rlchmah. and Bieriny Davis 
as stage .show names .nilssed the 
expected $66,000 figure but ' got al- 
most . $62,000. Heavy- rains at be- 
glnrilng of the week hurt here cis. It 
did 'all over. town. " ■ ' ■ ' 

Stanley (8,700; 86-66-76) 'Movie 
Crazy' (Par). Opened Tuesday 
when 'Phantom President' failed tA 
hold up f or .se9bnd week. First full 
week $17,000 which is .okay but not 
notable for a Lloyd picture. 

Fox (3,pOO; 86-40-76) 'Rackety. 
Rax* (Fox) and stage show. Com-? 
binatlon by no means. >s strong ais 
those of last three weeks. Absence 
of. names hurt. Lucky to get $18,- 
000. Last week, 'Six Hours to Live' 
(Fox) - and Morton Downey on "stage, " 
very good at. $23,600, -'.' ' ■.■ 

Stantoh (1,700; 36-40-66) 'Ameri- 
can Madness* (Col). ' Ptaisted hy 
crlticjs, ought to hit $9,000. liSSt' 
week, 'Phantom , pf; Crestwood' 
(Ria^dlo); $.8,260. ... 

Boyd (2,400; 85-66-75) 'Life Be- 
gins* (FN).. The big niysterjr Of the 
week. Maybe $18,000 but that*s' 
doubtful. Last week, Suc<iessfulJ 
Calamity' (FN) disappointed keenly 
with $12,690. 

.' Earle (j.OiJO; i36-i4ft-75) 'Troubles*; 
(MG) and vaudeville. LaUrel arid. 
Hardy full-length coniedy and aver- 
age show should mean . a . possible ' 
$18,000. Last Week, 'Sporting Age' 
(Col) weak with $15,000. 

Karlton (1,000; 30^-40-65) 'Night 
Club Lady' (Col). Liicky to hit 
$3,500. Last week, 'Back Street* (U) 
got about $4,000; 

Arcadia (600; 30-40-55) '70,000 
Witnesses' (Par).; Perhaps $3,200. 
Last week, 'Love Me Tonight' (Par) 
$2,800; disappointing; ■ 



Tair/ 'Pleasure' and 

*Sky' Starting at Fox 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Three pictures are getting under., 
way at Fox this week. 'State Falr.'^ 
slated for August but held up by 
story difficulties, will be the first' 
to take off. Janet Gaynor, Spencer 
■Tracy, Sally Eilers and Louise 
Dresser are also In the cast besides 
Will Rogers. Henry King directs. 

'Pleasure Cruise,' with Sidney 
Lanfleld megging, is another starter. 
Genievleve Tobln Is the only player 
so farfor this caist. Third to get going 
Is 'Face in the Sky,' first to be di- 
rected by Harry Lachman, Charles 
Farrell and Marion Nixon are In the; 
top spots here. 



F 1 C T II « C G M O ^ S € S 



VARFETY 










laho. Steps Up; 

ivpto$17M 
^une 1^ Bi^ lOG 



Baltimore, Qct. 24. 
'Alter Idling aJ6he in second tor a 
fortnight, loc?.!' picture box offices, 
lure Bbooting I^to high and' heading 
for biff nUmbeM. Powerful attracr 
tions are in order at the iha:jorIty of 
tHe shOTT shot>9; and. instead of com- 
pe'tish hurting the buslijesa It's re- 
acting to the benefit of everybody. 

At the stage 'hduses: It's the rois- 
trums that are' doliig the business. 
Qn the staged are the Mills Broth- 
ers at the .Hlpptodrbme, with . Tal- 
mo^ge- Jesse! at the Century. Xatter 
spot also has 'S'alth^esB,' with Talf 
hilah Bankliea'd and Robert Mont- 
gomery, as its :|llm... .- 

One of the niftier surprises is the. 
stxehgth being developed by "Night 
of June 13' at Kelth'si Coming into 
town with the; usual non-ber^ldihg 
at this hOMse,' picture is butldiiig 
rapidly.. Bop.St, was pcimarlly .the, 
r^lt <?f the exceptionally good no- 
tices throughout the i^ewspapers. . 

The one disappointment appears 
to be 'Rf^ckety Ras' . ftt the New, 
where the .femme sbojpplng element, 
la not so eager to di^op.in for ft. com- 
edy -razz, on college football. Foot- 
ball angle . is being overplayed in 
this town; it eeems, the plgskiii an- 
gle being shoved down the. public's 
throats.. 

Auditorium will next week Join 
the flrst runs with the road showing 
of. 'Maedchen .4n . tTniform.| Hoiiae 
lis spotting it at' ilM, in 'order to. 
get the. class imprjession over, but 
will. have plants; 'of 40 aUd 60c seats 
on salb, 

Eati mates.. for This Week 
-Century (Loew-UA) (3,000 r 26-36- 
66-66-76) — 'Faithless' (M-O) dnd 
stage. 6how., ; 'Jessel-Talmadge oc- 
cupying the rQbtr,upii . and. m&naglng 
to pull biz Into.Vtp^s.' big-seafer of 




WAy at ?1]5,2O0,' , , 

' " HI ppo'drpm* iBappaport) (2,600 
25-35-65-66-76) 7^.:*Strange Justice' 
(Radio) and yi^Wde. Mills Brothers: 
doing, smart, business' and likely to. 
touch $18,000, hot 'figure for seven- 
day session here. Will do Ave shows 
daily. 'Creatwpod'' (Radio) last 
week good enough at ^10,400. 

' Keith's (Schahberger) (2,400; 25- 
40-40)— 'June 18' (Par). CUmbing 
fast after a so-so start. Notices 
great and looks, like smiling session 
at One of niftiest; grosses since start 
of season, $10,000. Previous session 
was $6,600, fair, with 'Lifetime' (U). 

- New (Mechanic) (1,800;. 25-35-40r 
BO)— 'Rackety Rax* (Fox). Theatre 
still sticking to mediocre figures, 
but evidently able to show profit 
because of cheap setup. At $3,600 
it's a. small flgurie, but enough in 
View of recent grosses. 'Six Hours 
to Llve^ (Fox) previous stanza good 
at $3,900. 

^ Stanley (Loew-UA) (3,400; 25-35- 
65-66-76) — 'Big Broadcast' (Par). 
Being held' back- by the mediocre 
Word-bf -mouth >and fact that most 
of names in flicker have shown here 
In- person. , Figure^ better bet in' 
this section for outlying houses and.' 
smaller towns in vicinity. But $16,- 
OOu possible and- a happy humeral. 
Iiast week 'Ralh* . ' (UA) started 
strong and then eased to finish with 
good $16,100.. . 



DUST' PLENTY IN , 
THE BLACK, 16G'S, N. 0. 



New Orleans, Oct. 24: 
. Both Saenger and Loew's State 
have potential b, o. cards. Saenger's 
first southern showing of 'Red Dust," 
In -wMch Gable adds much to his 
laurels, while Jean Harlow aids her 
own popularity, looks like a natural 
with Gable's partial disrobe and 
heavy love clinches, not to mention 
the. smart sexy business handed 
Harlow. 

^Radio fans are gathering In legion 
Wr 'The Big Broadcast,' which looks 
Iflte a inoney click. Orpheum run- 
ning light Avlth 'Meny Go Round,' 
but •Night After Nlghf Is doing 
nicely at the Tudor. 

- Estimates for This Week 

^ Sponger (3,400; 25-35-50)— 'Red 
Dust' (ilG). Safe for $16,000, per- 
fect tor Gable and Harlow, with 
Mary Astor grabbing some popu- 
larity hei'self. Last week 'Rain' 
CUA) went to' $13,000. 

"Loew's State (3,200; 60)— 'Big' 
Broadcast'. (Par). Surprise hit will 



On 



N. H!. PALACE $8,500 

'American' and 'Go-Round' — 
College Drops Vaude . 



New Haven, Oct. 24. 

Palace plugging of 'All-Amerl-' 
can* from, the local Albie Booth- 
angle will help this w?ek. The Col- 
lege will fold vaude after current 
week, shifting to low price double 
feature policy Hunday (30); 

Palace will bring lin . Paul Ash 
stage show Btarting.Fri. (28). 

'Big .Broadcast' at . Paramount, 
boosting biz there to big $13,000. 
. Estimates for Ithis Week 

Paramount (Publix) (2,348; 40- 
60)— 'Blg^Broadcast' (Par) and unit 
Will' do heavy $13,000. Last week 
'Madison Sq. Garden' (Piar) $9,600. 

Palace (Arthur) (3,040; 35-60)— 
'All-American' (U), and 'Wash. 
Merry-Go-Rouhd' (Col). Set for nice 
$8,600. Last week 'Chandu' (Fox) 
and tab 'Frenchmen', got fat $10,000. 

Roger Sherman CWB). (2,200; 36- 
60)— 'One Way P^sage' (WB), and 
'Crusoe' (UA). LooVs like fair $5,- 
000, . .Equals last .week'is .'Crash' and 
'Crestwood.' 

. College (Arthur)' (1,666; 30-40)— 
'Wild Girl' and. vaude. Final vaude 
l^reek, .headed for, light $3,000. Last 
iweek 'Okay America' (U) .6nly $2,- 
1600. 



f6 HRS.' $21>000y WASa; 
'GO-ROUND' FOR $9,000 

■ t_ ■ Washington, Oct 24. 

The Earle and Palace are battling 
to pull in the kids this week. Sarle, 
with circus stage bill of 76 people, 
has edge on Harold Lloyd, J»ut both 
anticipate droQ after school week 
begins today. 

,' Palace sent man around to local 
^faobl playgrounds during recesses 
tj: grind, camera..; Wound up by 
.allowing, sign ^to enthralled juvetniles 
that reels would 'hot be shown In 
cohnebtion -with 'Movie Crazy,' but 
youngsters went' homd talking Just 
'the samoi ' Earle^d -stunt of putting 
.clowns on -street Ih front of house, 
jhdwever, got thein wheii they came 
/downtown.. . 

i ' Hiaito ; still ■flta'aining to drive up 
bOxi Offlce with' Plenty of advance 
..dOagh; Latest , is autogyro flying 
oVef 6ity, with ^tre^imer ballybooing 
•Once ih a, Lifetihie'.' 

Keith's packingr--' them In with 
•Merry-G}o-Ro,und' billed, as putting 
spotlight, on. home town.'. 
- E«timatfl> for! This Week 

Fox (Loew'> (3,434; 16-26.-36-60)— 
.'Six Hours' (Fox) and vaude. War- 
iner Baxter, top Foi star at house, 
[Combined with Art Jarrett, should 
see $21,000. .Latit week 'Robinson 
Crusoe' (UA) held clear through,, 
.bringing in $22,000. ■ - 
i Palace (Loew) (2,363; 36-50-70)^ 
'Movie Crazy' (Par). Tough going 
against Earle circus bill. Probably 
only $12,000. Last week, second for 
'SmiUn' Thru,' broke b. o. records 
with $12,000. 

Keith's (RKO) . (1,830) (16,26-35- 
«P)— 'Merry-Go-Round' (Cbl). Pack- 
:ing In government ofliclals and em- 
plpyfees, who were shocked at book. 
Should do $9,000.' Last week five 
days of 'Crestwood' (Radio) fell 
short,, but two,of 'M6rry-Go-Round' 
pulled to good $10,00,0. • 
; Earle (Warner) (2,424; 26-35-60- 
:70>— 'Madison Square Garden' (Par) 
and vaude. Theatre reeking with 
I circus atmosphere for stage show 
jand headed for $20^000: Last -week 
I 'Blond Venus' (Par) fell ahort of 
Ihppes with $17,000. ^ 

Rialtb (U) , (1,853;. 26-35-50)— 
I 'Lifetime' (U)l Exploitation will 
;push to $8,000. Last week 'Okay 
.'America' (U), billed as 'Kidnaping 
: of Ruth Drake,. Only $6,000. 
: Wist (Warner) (1,683; .25-35-60-70) 
i— 'Life Begins' (FN). Hopes for 
!$9.,000.; Last week repeat of 'Phan- 
tpm Pres.' bad, but two) days of 
I'Life Begins' helped reach $6,000. 

Columbia (Loew) (1,232; 15-26- 
40)— 'Crooked Circle' (W-W). First 
break from month of westerns and 
will do about $3,000. Last week 
'Ride 'Em. Cowboy' slumped to 
$1,200. 



get $15,000, local popularity of the 
Boswells, who are New Orleanlans, 
helping the ;wlcket. Last week 
■'Movie Crazy' (Par) drew $8,000, 
weak for a Lloyd. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 26-35-60) 
|— •Merry-Go-Round* (CoI)< Even 
Iwlth politics sizzling, this one flop- 
ping, but $8,000. Last week 'Crest- 
wood' (RKO) upped to $11,000, aided 
■materially by Hobart Boswarth in 
■person. 

' Tuclor (800; 35)— 'Night After 
Nlghf (Par). Should get $2,500, 
fans; strong for Raft here. Last 
'week. 'Chandu' (Fox) garnered 
!$2,000. 

St. Charles (2,000; 25)— 'False 
Faces' opens Friday (28). 




Autumn Reyiyal Less Than 
'31 But ; Trade Sees Im- 

» provement in Face of 
Election Counter-Attrac- 
Hon as Favorable-— Confi- 
dent of Post-Campaign 
Spurt to Thanksgiving 



BANK ON NEW FILMS 



Theatre orossei over the country 
hays increased between 10 and 15% 
since. Liiber bay. '- Puring June and 
July the filin house bpxofficeis 
reached their low. 

Increases dMring the . last six 
weeks on the new season's product 
has been about , around. - 6% Over 
the mciinth' of August when, a' per 
ceptiblo.' rise over, the preceding 
month was noted.: 

"While the' pro'grefiti made since, 
the new ..Bbiow season oflSicially be 
gan Labor Day is taken within plc^ 
ture circles as encouraging, the leyel 
of business, is not up to what it was 

for the corresponding period of 1931. 
Failure to, eaual.or exceed, the In- 
take of the 'first six weeks last yeir 
from.., Labor Day Into October is, 
however^ not regarded &s a current 
bad sign. fOr the theatres. This 
year, it Is Insisted, many eleme^^ta 
other than thosiei ;of '' An' econoii^lo, 
nature biive Hilniii'O^t' In lessoning' tj^e 
usual seasonal increase -.to .bo e:^ 
pected with thO: beginning of' fal^ 

it la polntea aut that the theatre 
is beihg held back by the natural 
results, of prolonged depreission ' plus 
the fact that' th^ coming . election Is 
cutting lUi Otherwise business would 
jb& at a higher level than this time 
ilast year, it is believed. 

With the Interest throughout the 
country in presidential, congression- 
al, state and - munlcipat elections 
keeping peopre at their radios, the 
10 to 16% boost in theatre grosses 
over June and July is held by circuit 
men as above expectations. 

East Best . 
In the judgment of opOrators hew. 
jseaspn's prodUct so far has Im 
measurably' helped.' Best general 
improvement Is . noted 'in the east 
with 4he f9^ west second. ;Eastern 
theatres are regarded as having 
done best during the past six weeks; 
particularly through an increase in 
employment, notably In New Eng- 
land and other manufacturing cen- 
ters. 

While the middle; west, north wisst 
and south on Sept. 1 promised to 
show marked gains for .theatres, 
throughout the agricultural sections 
in these territories the advance has 
not been strong: - Spurt first came 
the middle of- JUly > due to - better 
prices for ItvO stock, grains and cot- 
ton^ Middle v^est bind south 'aro 
now regatding aa^ about lioidlng 
their own.' IhcrisaQe In 'business,, 
comparative with, the east, or^ bet- 
ter,, is . expected for these sectors 
after the election. 

Opinion of skilled theatre men is 
that the next five weeks through 
Thanksgiving, and mainly after 
election, will reflect stren'^h with 
every indication pointing to an im- 
provement over the season's start. 
Insistence is that business won't fall 
back until the usual pre-Chrlstmas 
-slump, which is expected in both 
good tinies and bad. 

Among the standout pictures which 
so far this fall are credited by the- 
atre men with stimulating business 
where they have played are Para- 
mount's 'Horse Feathers,' 'Iiove Me 
Tonight,' '70,000 Witnesses/ 'Night 
of . June 13,' 'Blonde 'Venus' and 
'Phantom Preisldent'; Metro's 'Grand 
Hotel' and 'Smilin' Thru'; Radio's 
'Bird of Paradise,' 'What Price Hol- 
lywood,' 'Bring 'Em Back. Alive' and 
'Bill of Divorcement'; Fox's 'Oon- 
gorlUa'; Warner Bros,' 'Tiger 
Shark,' 'Life Begins,' 'Blessed Event' 



B way €bod^^Snl^l^n' Thrii, 

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'$58,000 



Despite overtime on radios for 
political speeches and football the 
Broadway first runs are more than 
holding their own^ During the past 
week the weather has helpied con- 
siderably. On . the past week end, 
business proved strong both Satur- 
day and Sunday, further aided by 
the weather. 

Broadway belief ' is that immedi- 
ately after the election two weeks 
hence there wlU be a marked im- 
provement in attendance. Theatre 
executives who themselves forego 
certain pictures to listen to political 
speeches base this prediction on 
their own interest in the presiden- 
tial campaign. 

The Capitol Is exhibiting the finest 
strength among the Broadway the 
atres. On its second week of 'Smillh' 
Thru* it lopks to do $66,000, im- 
:mense. Picture will' hold a third: 
ion the basis of this box office 
Strength. • Aided by .reviews, and 
word- of mouth, plus such breaks as 



IHERRY-GO' $8,000, 
PENN,13iG, PITTS. 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 24. 

Nothing Eventful looked for this 
week, with nioderato t&k^hgs . .ih.- 
dlcatOd all alohgthe line- ,' . 

Lbadfer wlli likely be *Bjl|r Brdkdr, 
cast' at the Fenn, with air names 
credited for. anticipated $13,60.0. 
Housle' hit a new, low la;9t week and 
nfeeds A llttI6 encouragement. /Cabin, 
in the Cotton', shapes up .als a weak 
entry, 'what ^Ith Bai;thelmes^' drop 
in prestige lOcall^ of late and beliig 
helped nohO by an ordinary pro- 
gtamhler. Ljicky if it struggles 
through tQ pooir $10,^000, ' ' ' " 

•Life Begins* switched tO"Davrs 
after gr^at week at Stanley. '^ftd 
likely to' give the dmithneld street 
house a hew lease on. life At 1.4,000 
while Fulton eases along to medi- 
ocre $3,700 with 'The Last Mile.' 
Warner has 'Washington Merry- 
:Go-Round' and title ahd Lee Tracy, 
'who means something, here' after 
'Blessed Event,' are liable, to gio-tt^er 
around $8,000. . 

Estimates/for This .Week. 

Davis (WB) (1,700; 15-26-30-40) 
;— 'Life Begins' (WB). WB picture 
moved here after groat week at 
Stanley and bids fair to repeat Its' 
previous success, oh a smaller scale, 
:of course. Close to $4,000, excellent, 
indicated. Last week, 'Okay Amer.' 
lea' (U), around $3,600. 

Fulton (Shea-Hyde) (1,700 ; 26 
30-40)— 'La^t Mile* (KBS). Grim 
prison melp well received but dbesn't 
look like popular fare. May get 
$3,700, none too forte. Last week, 
'Million Dollar Legs' (Par), about 
$4,000. 

Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 25-36 
50) — 'Big Broadcast' (Par). Pre 
ponderance of air names expected to 
bring in enough llsteners-ln to ac- 
count for a neat if not' gaudy: $13,- 
600. Last week 'Night After Night' 
(Par) hit a new low at $7,600, in- 
dicating Par .may be barking up the 
wrong tree with George Raf t; 

Stanley (WB) (3,600; 26-36-50)— 
'Cabin in the Cotton' (WB). Weak 
programmer, added to- fact that 
jBarthelmesa h&s b^en light b;0.'-his' 
jlast couple of pictures;.' shoUld be 
satisfied it It 6an struggle along to 
ordinary $10,000. Last week 'Life 
Begins' (WB) b^st in mdnth6 at 
$19,000.- \ ^ - 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 25-35-50)— 
'Washington Merry - Go - Round' 
(Col). Synthetic meller has LOe 
Tracy and a good, money title ih 
Its favor. These Items should, help 
the film along to close to $8,000. 
Last week, 'Movie Crazy' (Par), 
slightly better than $13,000. 



and 'A Successful Calamity'; Unl- 
versal's 'Back Street' and 'All Amer- 
ican.' 

While a few of these pictures, 
such as 'Grand Hotel' and 'Bird of 
Paradise' are i931-'32 productions, 
they did not go on national release 
until this fall. 

Expectations are high among the 
theatre men as to product due from 
the studios between this date and 
the first of the year. Their hope 
and opinion is that the advance 
screenings they have witnessed will 
do much to stem the pre -holiday 
dip. 



the editorial In the 'News,' on Its 
Initial week 'Thru' built itself up 
to a mighty ; $78,000, going above 
fondest expectations. 

Last week the Paramount slipped 
badly toward the end of the week on 
.'Big Broadcast' after a strong - be- 
ginning, but this week -with 'All 
American' Will ' do better, at least 
hitting $68,000^ 'Broadcast' after a 
$30,000 week end last week fell Off 
to $61,200, due, according to post- 
mortems, to the fact that nearly all 
the hames in picture have played 
the Paramount in person. 
: Both the Winter Garden and May- 
fair, each with new pictures, are 
oft to good starts. Garden Is trying 
for $24,100 On 'They Call It Sin,' 
while Mayf air seems to have a bet 
in 'Washington Merry-Go-Round,' 
'hot Just now on the eve of election. 
Picture ought to get around $23,000,. 
veiJy nice.. ■ - ■ . . ; 

The Mayf air's, /closest neighbor, 
Palace, ■ with $17,000, . presaged ,oh 
■'Bill- of Divorcement' and an. all-) 
circus v^ude ' shO"W, will give. RKO. 
a good week for both Its houses. . 
; 'Rain*' at the RIvoli, though not 
liked by majority of critics. Is prov- 
ing a draw through Its title . ahd 
J.oan Crawford regardless. Prospects 
are fo'^ a $32,000 second week, very 
kood, 'Magic Night' (UA) next In 
here but ,na date as yet, .'Rc^tn'. 
maybe golhg four weeks. . , 
1 .At. the Rlalto. .'Jila^Isbn Sqtn^re 
.Garden' i.^L doing.a. disappoint, After- 
jar fir^t >$reek thiat failed 'of expecta-i' 
tlohs, picture' cu'rrehtly will be liidky 
to, touch . $10,000. Tomorrow 
Cwedhesday) ^The Dark Hous^' (V) 
follows In. , 

, . 'Slap Hour^ to Wve' 'at the . Rosy, 
ott^Kt (6 reach ctdse tO'^|S2,000, beat 
for this biggest' of de.luxers^ since- 
It reopened. 'Once In.'4> Lifetime' 
(U) comes' in' Fi-Idfiy ^28). '. i 

. Estimateil: for This Wnek 

: ; Astor (1,012; >83-$l.lO^$l.e6'$2:zO) 
.—'Strange Interlaao^ (M-G) • (8th 
."week). Loew's is advertising this 
$2 run heavier with Norma Shearer 
also at Cap In /$hllUn' ThrU.' ; ; > V 
Capitol (5,400; 36.-72-8B'$i:iO^ 
;$1.66)— 'Smilin' Thru' (M-G->. (2nd 
week) and. stage' shOi^.- > A Ipoi^e^f ul 
b. o. tonic,' slated to do'|6S,000 oh Its 
jholdover, and will stay a third week. 
First week $78,000;-. with picture hav- 
ing l uiU strongly, fifter opening. 
; Criterion (876; 25-40-83-$l.l0?. 
•$1.66) — 'Maedchen in Uniform' 
(Krimsky) (6th week). Still pldy- 
Ihg to close tO; capacity, particu- 
larly ovenings. . Word of moUth is 
•helping plenty, due to subject mat- 
ter of plct. 

; Mtiyfair (2,200; 85-72-83)— "Wash- - 
lihgton Merry-Go-Round*. (Col). Of 
ipolitlcal cycle and warm Just now; 
probably $28,000, big. Last week, 
'Phantohi of Crestwcod' (Radio), 
$14,400, mild. 

Palace (1,700; 80-40-65-83)— 'Bill 
of Divorcement' (Radio) and vaude. 
Indications are for a $17,000 week, 
okay, 'Phantom President' (Par) 
previous week showed its b; o, 
strength' by doing $18,000 with 
Schnozzle Durante's name on- th9 
n>arquee and 'C6han's relegated. 
I Paramount '(3,664; 40-72-94-$1.10> 
I — 'All . Amerlcah'; (U) and ' stage 
iehow. A winner, likely to total $68,- 
000 on Its week here. Won't hold^ 
over. . Guy Lombardo, Rae Sam- 
ueln and Rltz, Bros, on stage. Lket 
week 'Big Broadcast' (Par) tapered 
:0«C badly . to. $51,200. 
' -Rialto (2,000; 40-;56-72-92-$1.10). 
'Madison Square Gs,rden' (Par) . (2d 
week). Doing -ground $10,000, poor, 
on Its second week. Goes out to . 
let JDark House' (U) In tomorrow 
(Wednesday). First week, $19,300. 

Rivoli (2,200; 40-55-72-94-$l,10), 
'Rain' (UA) (2d week). Crawford 
name and title pulling beyond ex- 
pectations'; maybe $32,000 this week. 
Initial seven days, $42,000, excep- 
tionally good. 

Roxy (6,200; 35-55-83-11.65),. 'Six 
Hours to Live' (Fox) ahd stage 
show. Possibilities are for $52,000, 
lokay, with title believed luring. 
Last week 'Thirteen Women' (Ra- 
dio) disappointed, gistting only $39,- 
100, ' 

Strand (2,900; 35-55-83-94-$l,10), 
'One Way Passage' (WB) (2d 
week). Holding up well to a $19;00O 
week on its holdover. Picture mtide 
grade beautifully Initial week to 
tune of $28,700. 

Winter Garden (1,418; 35-56-»3- 
94), 'They Call It Sin' (WR). Head-. 
Ing for $24,100, nice. On its fourth 
(final) .week 'Tlgei- Shark' con- 
tinued its strength to the last, do- 
ing $17,800. 



10 



VAUIETY 



P I € T 11 B E € R • S $ E S 



Tuesday, Oetobef 25, 1932 



BM Counts Parcels in Check Room; 
Votes 'State Street Day a Success; 
'Washington/ Fred Stoiie, 




Chicago, Oct. 24. 

By the number of parcels and 
packages checked In their loop the- 
atres last Friday (21) Balaban and 
Katz voted 'State. Street Day* a box 
ofllce success. Parcel and package 
census was deenied a reliable in- 
dex to the effectiveness of a joint 
•i^hop and have fun" tieup between 
theatres and stores. 

RKO on- the last day of Its shows 
did not share In the Increased Fri- 
duy biz to the extent of B&K which 
was just starting its new attrac- 
tions. 

'Big Broadcast,' at the Chicago, 
seems bound for a better-than -aver- 
age weeto Picture required two 
added strips of electricity to get 
all the yiUng on the marquee. 

'Rain' had holdouts at the start 
but ; slowed down In a hurry. 
'Smiling <Thro\igh' entered the lists 
Saturday at McVlcker's, "This is the 
first time this sejison both extended 
run housies have had flapper at- 
tractions. 

Estimates: for This Week 

Chicago (B&K) (3,940; 40-65-83) 
—i'Blg Broadcast* (Par), and stage 
show. Looks for $37,000 or so. Bet- 
ter than recent averages at house; 
I^ast • week 'Night After Night' 
(Ear) around $30,000, not good. • 
' McVickiBr's (B&K) (2,284; 40-65- 

75) — . 'Smilin' Thru' (M-G), 
Seemed strong stenog bait. .Good 
for $25,000. 'Grand Hotel" ended 
with okay $17,400. 

Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 40-65-83) 
—'Six. Hours' (Fox) and stage, show. 
Pat Roohey and Herman Timberg 
getting the publicity. Should peg 
around $19,000.' Last week 'Madi- 
son Square. Garden' (Par) in the low 
$20.000's. 

Palace (RKO)— 'Washington 
Merry-Gb-Round' (Col) and vaude, 
Fred and Dorothy Stone headlining 
4ind political picture figured to give 
hou$e A sizable $26,000.. ■ Last week 

Crestwood' (Radio) .'plus- 'Rio Rita,' 
tab, grabbed $22,00Q. 

:iState'Lake (RKO) (2,766; 35-66- 

76) — '13 Wonien' (Radio) and vaude. 
Better quality vaude ought to help 
although .price boost will be felt 
first few weeks. Has gumshoed the 
tilt. "Currently $13,000. Last week 
•Night Mayor' (Col> and. Weaver 
Bros. $12,200; not hot. 

United Artists (B&K) (1,700; 36- 
63-76)— 'Rain' (UA); First hold- 
outs seen this season at house on 
Etart. Slowing down and first week 
ought to touch $20,000, pretty good. 
•Phantom President* (Par) ended 
tainely with a $14,200 second Aveek. 



Frisco Rcboandi^ 
'Dost' at $21,000 
And /Night' $20,000 



S£in F'rancisco, Oct. 24. 
Closing of the Fox and city wide 
distribution of its average weekly 
intake of $23,000 ought to help the 
current five downtown first runs, 
house's reopening indefinite with 
Joe Leo returning to Hollywood 
without securing product or follow - 
ins through on plans. These five/ 
incidentally, comprise the smallest 
group of first runs In some time; 
but by end of week.Orpheum will be 
reopened. 

In the midst of all these shutter- 
Ings and reopenlnfs a iflo of films 
are mopping up. Warfield Is going 
great guns with 'Night After Night' 
with Long Tack Sam oji stage also 
helping. House's opening day 
switched to Fridays. • 

RKO getting a healthy play .at 
Golden Gate on 'Ail American* foot- 
ball picture getting special college 
nights and other build-ups. Gable 
and Harlow— Ga'_le getting big bill- 
ing—doing big for Paramount In 
Red Dust.' 

. EatimatciB for This Week 
Golden Gate (RKO) (2,844; 30-40- 
66)— All American (U) and vaude. 
Topical picture with special nightly 
attractions helping to $17,000, best 
in some time.. 'Crestwood' (Radio) 
big $15,000 last week.. 
Paramount (Fox) (2,700; 30-40- 
56)— 'Red Dust' (M-G). Gable and 
Harlow potent . at smash $21,000. 
Ma;t3 big. . 'Big Broadcast' (Par) dW 
one week, but okay at $13,000. . 

United Artists (1,400; 25-35-50)— 
Rain' (UA) (2nd week). Still plenty 
good at $16,000. 'Exclusive 'Frisco 
showing.' 

Warfield (Fox) (2,672; 55-65)— 
'Night After Night* (Par) and stage 
show. Biz swell and $20,000 great. 
Smllln* Through* (M-G) got 16 
days, totaling $37,000, unusually 
good. 

Warners (1,360; 35-55)-^'Craish' 
(WB). N.s.g. at $7,000. 'Cabin in 
Cotton* (WB) $7,500 last week. 



PAR, SEATTLE'S SOLE 
STACE SHOW, $13,000 



COLUMBUS IS THEATRE 
CA-GA; m'-0£J ISG'S 



Columbus, Oct. 24. 
The kingpin week in the local the 
atre world for more than a number 
of years Is on hand. Everybody is 
talking and going theatre this week 
and there may be at least' one hchise 
manager made more than just happy 
because of record grosses. 

Palace Is staging Olsen and John- 
son, who, backed by an all time 
record set last year, are on their 
way to another, good figure. 

Next In importance is the opening 
of the Hartman as a film house. The 
town's sole legit hasn't been changed 
much for the cinema premiere, but 
'the sound's good and the film 
heavy draw, Harry Schwartz having 
booked 'Strange Interlude' for his 
opening Wednesday (26). Film is 
in for indefinite stay. 

'Big Broadcast* at the Broad looks 
like second money to the Palace 
with Fairbanks at the Ohio and 
'Life Begins' at the Grand all due to 
take more than their average share 
Eistlmates for This Week 
Palace (RKO) (3,074; 35-55)^ 
•Hold 'Em Jair (Radio), and Olsen 
and Johnson as the vaude. Head 
ing for good $15,000, maybe better 
than that.. Last week 'Crestwood' 
(Radio) and vaude, good enough at 
$11,600," 

Ohio (Loew-UA) (3.000; 25-40)— 
•Robinson Crusoe' (UA). Rather 
questionable due to heavy counter 
play but certain of nice $12,000 
Last week 'Smilin' -Through' (M-G) 
Just siiort of $13,000. 

Broad (Loew-UA) (2.500; 25-40) 
—'Big Broadcast' (Par). On the 
way to keen $12,600, plenty heavy 
T-ast week 'Night After Night' (Par) 
hit the skids after nice opener and 
failed to beat $6,000, plenty slack, 

Grand (Neth) (1,100; 26-40)— 'Life 
Begins' (FN). (Setting by better 
than, expected; should hit $6,600 
Last week 'Crooner' (FN) nose 
dived and failed to better $6,0p0. 

Hartman (Great Lakes) (1,400 
B5-$1.66)— 'Strange Interlude' (M-G) 
Opening Wednesday (26) at road 
show Urlccsl 

- Majestic (RKO) (1,100; 25-35)— 
^Hell's Highway' (Radio), good $3, 
000 in prospect. J.^st week 'Okay 
America' (U) okay $2,300. 



Bliain Gives ^eny Go 
Round' a Whirl, $6,000 

Birmingham, Oct. 24. 

Hopes of Sunday shows blasted 
this week when Gov. Miller sent the 
Sunday bill back to the legislature 
for an amendment calling for . a 
referendum in Birmingham Nov. 6. 
Bill ponies up Tuesday (26) and 
may be passed as It now' stands 
over Gov. Miller's head. If so next 
Sunday will see shows in Birming- 
ham open for the first tlnie in 15 
years. . ' . 

'Washington , Merry Go Round* 
wowing them this week at Ritz, 
'Big Broadcast* at Alabama will get 
a few.. of the families that sit by 
their radios hight after night and 
there are plenty of them in Bir- 
mingham that absorb everything 
the radio puts 'out, seldom deserting 
the music box for a show. 

Eatimates for This Week 
Ritz (RKO) (1,600; 26-40) 'Merry 
Go Round* (Col). Swell stuff com- 
ing right at election time when In- 
terest Is keen and following up the 
books on Washington, $6,000. Lag^ 
week 'Crestwood* (Radio) very good 
at $6,700. 

Alabama (Wilby-Kincey) (2,800; 
25-36-40) 'Big Broadcast* (Par). 
Radio nahnes will draw $8,000. Last 
week 'Smllin* Through* (M-Q) pack- 
ed them all week for neat $10,600. 

Empire (BTAG) (1,100; '26-40) 
'Madison Square Garden' (Par). 
Boxing story will capture a few 
customers who don't care for radio 
stars and politics, $3,400. Last we6k 
'Blondle of Follies* (M-G) fair at 
$3,200. 

Strand (BTAG) (800; 20-30) 
'Chandu' (Fox). Edmund Lowe a 
favorite here and t^nother fair week 
for house, $1,400. Last week Crooner* 
(FN) fair, $1,300. 

Galax (BTACi) (600; 16-26) 'Di- 
vorce in the Family* (Par). Better 
thiah usual, probably based on. pull- 
ing power of Nag^l, Lola Wilson; 
hometown gal< and Jackie Cooper, 
$900. Last week 'Girl from Calgary' 
(Monogram); $800. " • 



STORMS DENT DENVER; 
'ALL AMERICAN,' mC 



Seattle, Oct. 24. 
Big exploitation, backed opening 
of the Paramount as deluxe FWC 
theatre in noi-thwiest, ' lights going 
on Thursday (20) after darkness 
since April. Frank Newman, Jr., 
is manager. Jules Buffano has 30- 
piece band, Gaylbrd Carter is or- 
ganist and F-M's 'Veils' Is the unit. 
House Is naturally cutting In on 
others with 'Six Hours to Live' 
billed as world premiere. 

Fifth Avenue has real draw in 
Smilin Thru' while Orpheum showa 
some life for 'All- American' with 
dandy collegiate tie-up, this being 
height of local football season, 
Wash-Cal game being held last Sat- 
urday. Liberty -went wild iri bally 
for 'The Night Mayor' and every 
one thought Seattle had an as 
sistant for Mayor Dore on the job. 
With such galaxy of attractions and 
extra sales efforts town's gross total 
Just has to climb. 

Estimates for This Week 
. Paramount (FWC) (3,106; 25-65). 
Six Hours' (Fox) and unit. Re 
opening week and first stage show 
in town for two months. On way 
to good $13,000. 

Fifth Ave. (FWC) (2,300; 26-55), 
'Smllln Thru' (M-G). Good for 
$11,600. Last week 'Movie Crazy' 
(Par) rather slow for $7,800. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 26-50), 
'All- American' (U). Football team 
at preview, and lots of bally help- 
ing to nice $5,500. Last week 'Crest 
wood' (Radio) just fair on $4,800. 

Liberty (Jensen-von Herbefg), 
(2,000; 10-15-25), 'Night Mayor' 
(Col). Back of this one with rous 
ing campaign, so b. o. looks like 
$6,000, corking, proving that some- 
thing besides westerns go okay at 
this house. Last week 'Boiling 
Point' (Allied) and 'Those We Love' 
(W-W) split, did dandy $4,700. 

Music Box (Hamrlck) (900; 25- 
55), 'Two Against World' (WB). 
Flopped badly with $2,600. Last 
week 'Doctor X' (WB) mild at $3,- 
700. 

Fox (FWC) (2,100; 25-35), 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox). NeW low price 
scale, and Harold Shaffer as man- 
ager; current week $4,000, good; 
Last week 'The Crash' (FN), ditto. 

Coliseum (FWC) (1,800; 25), 
•Speak Easily' (M-G) and 'Amorl- 
ca:n Madness' (Col), split, for $2,- 
700, hot bad considering reduced 
scale to 25c top. I.a9t week 'Painted 
Woman' (Fox) and 'Washington 
Masquerade' (M-G) not so good, 
$2,600. 



Denver, Oct. 24. 
All first runs, excepting the 
Rlalto, ■ looked ' headed for good 
weeks until the snowstorm and 
blizzard hit Monday morning to 
probably hold figures down. Big 
exploitation campaign on 'Big 
Broadcast' started the Denver off 
in great shape and holding up. 

Exploitdtlo.n . ampns^ the students 
also boosted 'All-American' along 
steadily at the'Orpheum. The Para- 
mount' Is pull'injg steadily. 

Estimates for This Week 

P.snveit; (Publlz) (2,600; 25-36-40- 
60), *Blg Broadcast' (Par), Good 
$11,600. Last' w.eek •Blonde Venus' 
(Par) rung up a folr $7,900. 

Orpheum (RKO-Huffman). (2,600 
26-36-40-60), •AU-Amerlcan' (U). 
West Masters at the organ. Strong 
at $10,600. Last week •Crestwood' 
(Radio) bad some standouts and 
finished with a fine $11,000. 

Paramount (Publlx) (2,000; )26' 
40). 'White Zombie* (UA). Clood 
bally; $6,000, oke. Last week 'Pack 
Up Tour Troubles' (M-G) finished 
$6,600. . - 
Rialto (RKO-Huttman) (900; 20 
25-40), ?Okay America' (U). Four 
days, 'Night Mayor* (Col), 4 days, 
Average $2,260. Last week 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox) and 'Once in a 
LlfeUme' (U) took In $8,000, a fine 
figure for this small house. 



MINN. FHJHS DRAW 'EM; 
UFE' LOOKS TO $14,000 



Minneapolis, Oct. 24. 

'Life Begins,' advertised as 'for 
adults only,* is off to just as fast 
a start as •Smilin* Through* at the 
State last week but doesn't seem 
likely to hold up as well as the 
Shearer picture, How'ever, the 
Publlx house will wind up consid- 
erably in the black. 

'Rio Rita,' tab, at the Orpheum, 
is the subject of favorable word-of- 
mouth comment and has '13 Womien' 
on the screen. Another loop factor 
is the Laurel-Hardy full longther, 
'Pack Up Tour Trouhles.'. Night 
trade, in particular, is receiving, 
stimulus from this offering. 

Inability to oome to satisfactory 
terms with the stagehands Is de- 
laying the inaugural of FanchoQ- 
Marco units at the State. Tlfe Pub- 
Jix Minnesota* and :Contury remain, 
dark with no Indication yet that 
either will reopen. : . 

W. A. Steffes* . new toreigh film 
house, the World, a 400-seat6r mak- 
ing a play for class trade and 
charging 60 and 76 nights, is off to 
a good .start with 'Zwel Herzen.' 
Estimates for Thia Week 

State Publlx) (2,200; 66), 'Life 
Begins' (WB). The limit in daring 
advertising and, for the first time 
at this hoUse, children are barred. 
Matinee trade big bo - far. Looks 
like $14,000, good.- Last week 
'Smilin' Through* (M-G) $16,700, 
big. ■. .V ■ 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,890;s 66), '18 
Women* (Radio) and . 'Rio Rita* on 
stage. Stage show more of an at- 
traction than picture. Audience 
raves for stage end and good $14,- 
000 Indicated. Last -week ^Crest- 
wood' (Radio), $11,000. 

Lyric (Publlx) (1,300; 36), 
'Troubles'' (M-G). Getting- plenty 
of night trade. Should hit a fine 
$6,000, best in some time. Last 
week 'Heritage of Desert* (Par) 
i!3,600, poor. 

Uptown (Publlx) (1,600; 40), 
•Grand Hotel' (M-G). Here for a 
week and a half, '70,000 Witnesses' 
having been pulled in ' mid-week, 
after two weeks at loop Century at 
;il.50 and a week at State at 66c. 
Still a bet and looks good for $5,000. 
70,000 Witnesses' (Par), half week, 
$1,000, bad. 

Grand (Publlx) (1,100; 36), 'Back 
Street' (Radio) and ' 'Divorce In 
Family* (M-G). split, with former 
second run and latter first run. 
Ought to top 12,600, pretty good. 
Last week 'Love Me Tonight' (Par), 
second loop run, and 'Dark Horse* 
(FN), first loop TUn after local pre- 
miere at nabe house,' split, $1,800, 
poor. 

Aster (Publlx) (900; 26), 'Horse- 
feathers* (Par),. •White Zombie* (U) 
and •Devil and Deep' . (Par), split, 
second and third loop runs. Maybe 
$900. Light. Last week 'Rich Al- 
ways With Us' (FN) and 'Bring 
Em Back Allve^ (Radio) second 
loop runs, $1;200, fair. 



ROOSEVELT IN IND'FL'S 
HELPS-'ONE WAY' lOG'S 



Indianapolis, Oct. 24. 
With Roosevelt and the state 
teachers' association in town over 
the weekend, picture biz plucked 
three days of good shekels. 

"Rain' at Loew's Palace Is fighting 
for main biz with 'Big Broadcast* at 
Circle and 'Pcussage' and WKBF 
raid io show at the Indla.ha. 

Estimates lor TMs Week 
Apollo (Fourth Ave.) (1,100; 26- 
35-50)— 'Six Hours' (Fox). Seems 
in, maybe around $8,200. Last week 
'Crestwood* (Radio) did a little bet- 
ter thai! tha,t figure. 

Circle (Skouras-Publlx) (2,600; 
25-35-50) — 'Big Broadcast' (Par) 
Expected to end near $9,000, real 
good for this spot. Last week 
'Crash* (FN) crashed to $4,000. 

Indiana. (Skouras-Publlx) (3,300; 
25-36-50) — 'Passage* (WB) and 
WKBF radio stage show. Looks fine 
for $10,000. Last week 'Madison 
Square Garden* (Par) started slow 
but ended around $8,500, igood. 

Loew's Palace (Loew) (2,800; 26 
35-50)— 'Rain' (UA). Crawford liked 
here plenty; may hit good $7,600 
Last week 'Smllln* Thru* (MG) 
picked up to $6,000. 

Lyric (Pouth Ave.) (2,600; 25-36 
60)— ^Hell's Highway' (Radio) and 
vaude. Hobart Bosworth is aiding 
the bill materially, which will draw 
around $9,600. Last week 'Okhy 
America' <U), with Harlan and St 
John getting plenty of sweet pub 
licity, ended at $10,000. 



K.C.S10W;TA1THLESS,' 
$14,000; MAIN ST.. 15G 



Kansas City, Oct. 24. 
Present week's grosses will have 
to build materially to keep the 
houses out of the hated, red. Final 
cleanup qt the Charity drive will 
hurt currently. 

After a headache with 'Kongo,' 
the Midland: is back Into the run- 
ning with 'Faithless.* 

Estimates for This Week 
Liberty (Dublnsky) (860; 16-26) 
'Woman from Monte CarlO* (FN). 
House not goings in for extra dis- 
plays, depending on drop-in trade, 
Holding around $4,000. Last week 
'Radio Patrol' (U), ditto. 

Midland (Loew) (4,000; 26-36-60) 
'Faithless' (M-G). Good pictures 
draw good crowds and poor ones 
suffer; no inrbetween. Anticipating 
good business this week. Close- to 
$14,000. Last we^k 'Kongo' (M-G) 
$11,000. 

Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; 25-35- 
40-60-60) 'Washington Merry Go 
Round' (Col) and 'Irene' stage show. 
Strong $17,500. Last week 'Crest 
wood' (Radio), and Rosetta Duncan 
added to unit, fair $15,000. 

Newman (Publlx) (1,800; 25-36- 
60) 'Big Broadcast' (Par). Shot both 
publicity barrels and seems better 
than anything for several weeks. 
Looks like big $17,000. Last weejc 
'Night After Night' (Par), $11,000. 



Ufetidie' $17.Q00« 
' With Desert Song'; 
'6 Hr&' SMS'i Gncy 

Cincinnati, Oct. 24. 
Regular picture. . Jiouses doine 
normal business this week, although 
two legit houses are employing their ' 
screens, the Shubert road-shOwing : 
'Strange Interlude* and the Cox us- -. 
ing a projection machine for first 
time. -Latter theatre, Supervised by 
the Shuberts, has been rented for ai 
brief spell of indie exhibiting, .start- 
ing with Greta Qarbo In 'Streets ot 
Sorrow* at. 26-40c. grind with sepa- 
rate weeks for men 'and women 'pa- 
tronage. Local girls on- stage aa 
models with this English -titled for- 
eign^ product. 

•Smilin* Through' is holding over 
for thlrd--w«^ al-the'Lyrlc, a rare 
run here. 

Estimates for This Week 
Albee (RKO) (8;300; 35-80), Once 
in a Lifetime* (U> and 'Desert : 
Song,' F. & M tab, on stage, Perry. 
Askam big typed for musical which ' 
is principal draw for a jgood i$17,000« ' 
Last week 'By Whose Hand' (Col.) " 
aiid Thurston,- $22,900. big. 

Shubert (2,19Q; 65-$1.65), 'Strange ■ 
Interiude' (M-G). Opened Sunday, 
night for fortnight of twice dally 
screenings. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 30-56), 
'Movie Crazy' (Par). Harold Lloyd- 
ing to a good $18,600. Last week 
•Crestwood' (RKO), $9,200, mijd; 

Lyric (RKO) (1,285; 3 0 : 5 6 ), 
'Smilin' Through' (M-G). Holding 
up in third week for a corking $6,- 
600. Last week, $10,700, 

Caipttol (RKO) (2,200; 30-55), 'Six 
Houra to Live' (Fox).. rhdica,tIona 
for a -very good $9,000. Last week 
•Hat Check Girl* (Fox), $7,000. 

Keith's (Llbson) (1,500; 26-40). - 
'They Call It Sin' (WB). Looks 
$6,600, good. Last week 'Sporting 
Age' (Col); disappointed with $4,500. 

Grand (RKO) (1,?50; 16-30), 
'Congorilla' (Fox) and 'Stranger- in 
Town* (WB), split week. Former 
picture held over from last half 
of Itist week. Should hit good $2,- 
800. Last week 'Robinson Crusoe* 
(UA), second run, and 'Congorilla' 
(Fox), fetched $3,000. 

Family (RKO) (1,000; 15-25), 
'Fourth Horseman* (U) and "Kins 
Murder'. (Majestic), split week. Tom 
Mix pull should be for very good 
$3,000. Last week 'Avalanche' (lat- 
Dlv) and 'Sporting Chance' (Holly- 
wood), $2,200. 

Ufa.(400; 30-40), 'Tempest' (For^ 
eign) and German student singers 
on stage, $1,600, fair. Last week 
Two Hearts* (Foreign), $1,400. . ' 

'13 WOMEN' BIG 23G'S; 
UOYDNODRAW.B'KLYN 

Brooklyn, Oct. 24. 
Plenty radio talent in town this 
week. Paul Whiteman at 'Ijoew*s 
Met and Donald Novis at the Par. 
Despite rave buildup, Novis is get- . 
ting here, business is poor. Feature 
pic is 'Movie Crazy,' title billed , 
above Harold Lloyd. 

Estimates for Thia Week 
Paramount (4,200; 26-36-60-7,6-85) 
— 'Movie Crazy' (Par) and eta^ge- 
show featuring Donald Novis. The - 
air warbler is here for at least four 
weeks. Exploitation has been heavj^. . 
but no attendance to speak of,- 
Plo— ing for weak $32,000. Last., 
week, 'Big Broadcast' (Par) a fa.it 
$38,200. , 
Fox (4,000; 26-35-40-50-65) — 
'Blame the Woman' (Fox) and- 
Trlxle Frlganza on stage. Business 
at $10^000, weak. Last week, 'Hat 
Check Girl' (Fox), $9,000, no good. . 

Met (3,600; 26-35-60-66)— 'Robin- 
son CJrusoe' (UA) and vaude. Paul . 
Whiteman, Benny -Rubin and Doro-. 
thy Jordan on stage. Should bring! 
In all right $3^,000. Last week 'Smil-" 
In' Thru' (M-G) did $26,000. 

Albee (3,000; 25^35-60-65)— '13- 
Women' (Radio) and vaude. Look-,, 
ing to fine $23,000. Last week. 
'Crestwood* (Radio) $19,700, failr. 

Strand (2,500; « 25-35-50)— 'Cabirt 
In the Cotton' (FN) should do a find 
$16,000, La:st week 'Tiger Shark' 
(FN) a dandy $16,800. 



Tacoma's Twins 



Tacoma, Oct. 24. 

Still rolling along with two new 
spots igettlng top , dough. However, 
the Blue Mouse is holding close to 
its past level and ranks as the only 
full week stand in the town. Prices 
are down all around with 40 cents 
the town's top, 

Rialto registering low money but 
Doug Kimberly, new manager there, 
popular locally and in a town of this 
size that means something. House 
putting on pressure. . 

Estimates for This Week 

Broadway (FWC) (1,400; 25-35 
40) — 'Movie Criazy' (Par), and 'Phan- 
tom Pi'esident' (Pai-), split. Looks 
for fair $3,500. Last week 'Back 



Mayo Directing Doug, Jr. 

Hollywood. Oct. 24.. 
Archie Mayo will direct DouglaS 
Fairbanks, Jr., in 'The Sucker' foi" 
Warners, starting Nov. 7. 



Street' (U), and 'Tiger Shark (FN)« 
kept nice pace for $3,800. 

Roxy (J#nsen-von Herberg) (1.- 
300; 15-20) — 'Fast Companions' (U), 
and 'Those We Loved' (Ed), split.. 
Should do $4,300, good. Last week- . 
'Sign of Four' (W-W), and thert': 
'Boiling Point'. (Allied), and 'Bache*r 
lor's Folly (Ed), double bill, $4,700.! 
big. 

Blue Mouse (650; 25)— 'One Way, 
Passage' (WB). Maybe $2,000. slow,., 
Last week 'Two Against World' 
(WB), $1,950. 

Rialto (FWC) (1,200; 25-35)— 
'American Madness' (Col), 'Okay- 
America' (U), arid 'Dangerous-. 
Game' (Radio), three-wrty split, for- 
$2,000, poor. Last week 'Cveftwdod' 
(Radio), 'Down.<5tair6' (M-tl). and 
'Hell's Highway' (P.adio), for slo-w 
$1,800. 



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FOREICN riLM NEWS 



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11 



Rush of Swedish Native-Mades 
Fadng Less, Swampmg Foreigns 



Eftockholm, Oct. 11. 

A , remarkable . IhcreiaAe in local 
pictivo . proaubtlon Is. noted. For-p 
{Blem dialogue in pictures, especially 
German and English, is not objec- 
tionable in this country, but local 
0tu(t is more attractive. 

Dubbing intp Swedish hais failed, 
but • moat likely due to the fact that 
the one and only dubbed picture 
('An American Tragedy') released 
BO far^ was unsuitable In other\re- 
epects. 

Since Aug. 1, there have been 
premieres of five locally made pro- 
ductions. A great many other 
Swedish pictures are in .production 
and a feverish ru6h Is on to raise 
capital for Increased home produc- 
tion- About 80 Swedish pictures 
will be produced during the season.' 
Of the Swedish pictures released ao 
lar four have turned out success- 
ful and will', show a profit. 

It costs an average of 125,000 
kroner ($22,B00) to make a Swedish 
picture Including an average of 10. 
prints per picture. . This ampunta 
to something like 3,7^0,000 kronor 
($676,000)1 for 3.O., pictures. The total 
film rentals paid (by Swedish' ez- 
hlbltors to the distributors of Swed- 
ish and foreign pictures are expect- 
ed to amptiht to some 8,0000,000 
krpnor (11,440,000) this season, so It 
will be seen that Swedish pictures 
will have to take in over half of the 
total income on rentals to cover 
.negative/cost. ^• 

It is H tough situation for the 
average American or German pic- 
. tures, because the Swedish pict\ires 
takei up a tremendous lot of play 
dates. Even if the local producer 
of .a Swedish picture should not 
recover enough money to take care 
of production and distribution cost, 
cuch a Swedish picture is very 
oasily a success to the exhibitor. 

In other words, the producer may 
lose on this particular picture be- 
cause the country is too small, but 
the exhibitors prefer to play it to an 
Americad or German picture and so 
long' as' thla^ltualtloh lasts the local 
production; plays, h^voc with foreign 
pictures! Always excluding the big 
Amerlcfin .specials which continue 
to be fsuccessfuV but they total not 
tnoi-e than 16 . during the season. 
Everybody: Loses 

The following is a short resume of 
the . Swedish productions released 
•ince August 1: 

..'i<arl.ek oci}, Kassabrist' ('Love 
And. Cash Deficit'), produced by 
Svensk Filmlndusti^i in their studlp 
Ht Rasunda near Stockholm. A 
amall town story of 'motiey swindle; 
/Two good actors appear In it, Tutta 
Berntzen 'of revuei fame,, a 'find.' 
and '. Edwn Adblphson, one of the 
leading stage actors, although he 
has a rather small part here. Played 
six weeks at the ^Palladium theatre 
In' Stockholm. Quite a good pro- 
dticttlon from Swedish viewpoint and 
with Svensk Fllmindustrl's re- 
sources in theatres it will turn out 
ft success all over- the country. 

ISten. Stepson Sten,'. produced by 
Svensk 'Filmlnduatri for an inde- 
pendent compatiy; Ek-FUm. An old 
favorite stage' pidy, dealing with 
college Ufe iii jind around the unl- 
varsity . town. oiC Lund, •with Ells 
Ellis In . the lead, the same actor 
who 20 years ago was a rave in the 
Atage play of .the stune- name. The 
producer must -have counted top 
idiich on Ellis, and let the rest go 
by, .but 20 yiBars make a lot of 
difference in style of entertainment 
bnd public fancy. . The picture was 
poorly acted with dragging scenes, 
flavorless. Two weeks' run at the 
Bkandia theatre In Stockholm. 
. 'SoderkakaK (meaning ramshackle 
houses in south Stockholm). Pro- 
duced, by an independent, Ehiropa 
Film. A story of everyday shanty 
life In Stockholm, but not too local 
to Interiest the provincial, fans. It 
Is an amateurish production; It Is 
modest and simple and appeals to 
the hearts of the great masses. It 
is not a picture for highbrows but 
tpntalns enough of true Swedish 
Ingredients to be a big success here 
and from a box-ofilce viewpoint it 
IcC easily the most successful Swed- 
ish picture released so far this sea- 
son. The picture cPntalns frag- 
ii^ents of old Swedish tunes to ac- 
feordlon and guitar. The two chums 
played by Gideon Wahlberg and 
Edward Person have become quite 
popular through this picture. The 
latter Is of the good old Bunny type. 
This picture Is now in Its 4th week 
at' two medlum-slzed theatres in 
Stockholm, the Astoria and Plaza, 



Putch Censors Approve 
/Angels' Cut a Third 

The Hague, Oct. 15. 

Laist year 'Hell's Angels' was 
banned by the censors here and since 
then Importers have made cuts from 
time to time and after every clip- 
ping presented the subject again for 
a review. Their perseverance is 
rewarded at last^ After, six revised 
cuttingsnh% film was passed. 

Of the original 9,000 feet only 6,000 
are left. Under Influence of Dutch 
Foreign Pfilce the scenes which were 
considered anti-German were out 
out. '■ ■■■ ■•; 

Paramount's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 
Hyde' has already been s[Ubmitted 
to Board severkV times, each time 
toned down a, bit, - but on last re- 
view censors upheld their first de- 
olsion. 



UTERARY GROUP BACKS 
FOREIGN FHHS Di U. S. 



' New organization, for the building 
HP and. spreading out of the for- 
eign film field in the United , States 
has been formed under the name of 
International Cinema League, and 
ofiSces opened.. All the major dis- 
tributors of German and French 
films are included in the member- 
ship, while the list of trustees in- 
cluded Dr. Alvin Johnson, Prof. 
Harry Ejlmer Barnes, Gilbert Seldes, 
Alexander Bakshy. Marie B.. Mac- 
donald and Harry P. Sampers. 
. Oorganlzatlon claims to be non- 
profit .making and intends to aid 
the 'advancement of-cinema as an 
International art' by means of sev- 
eral Independent and self -sustalh- 
Ing^ committees. 

Coinmlttee of Industrial Co-op- 
^raitlon Is the branch the 'distrib- 
utors, belong to,' these already in 
Including Protex; (Capital, World 
Trade and Associated Cinemas. 
Hope is that the Russian, British 
and other language distributors will 
join, as also the exililbltors, most of 
the New York foreign film house 
directors having signified willing- 
ness to line up. 

Idea of this committee is to lino 
up a; list of all possible and avail- 
able product. Compilation and reg- 
ular issuance of complete foreig.i 
language film catalogs and main-, 
tenance of information service on 
the subject is the general Idea, so 
that, exhlbs in spots outside of New 
■york may know Is available 

and won't have to grope for fllm<i 
one at a tlnie. 

Part of this committee's function, 
iti.ls claimed by 'the League, will be 
to find a wider range for use of the 
foreign language, talkers. Board of 
Education In New York has been 
approached already and Is claimed 
to have officially signified willing- 
ness to co-operate. 

Other committees lined up Include 
Committee .for ^ Public Relations, 
Committee, for Use of Foreign Lan- 
guage Films In Education and an 
Art and Repertory Committee. Lat- 
ter means the formsftlon of a library 
of important films of the past and 
perlodjc repertoigr showings under 
the supervision of. an. .advisory 
council of critics. 

Edward B. Ginsburg is the organ- 
izer and active chief pf the group. 



Cinema-Cafe Idea 

Belgrade, Oct. IB. 
New cabaret-cinema being built 
here will have 1,600 seats and be 
one of the largest theatres in the 
country. 

Six hundred of the seats will be 
around tables and 1,000 in ordinary 
theatrical allocation. 



Nathan's Par Post 

John B. Nathan has been named 
general manager of Paramount for 
Central America. 

Harry Novak, whom Nathan re- 
places, remains with Par's foreign 
services, but with no assignment as 
yet. 



with extra show Saturdays and 
Sundays. 

'Broderna Osterman's Huskars' 
('The Brothers Osterman's Slavey), 
The first picture produced by a new 
company, Publlk Film. The story 
(Continued on page 3» 



Infant Industry 



) Stockholm, Oct. 12. 

One pf the leading native 
film producers has Its studio in 
a former garage. 

Svenska Films, another na- 
tive unit, wants to learn tlije 
technique of the lap dissolve; 
Has offered a.n American ex- 
pert a price for the instruction. 
It is $350. 



Russia Building B. 0. Fdm Names 
At Cost 




Garbo Balks at 
Stage Play for 
2-Figure Pay 



Stockholm, Oct. 13. 

'Counsel's Opinion' from London 
and 'The "VSTord' from the panlsh of 
Munk are the new plays for the 
Winter of the Komedie. For the! first 
time in many seasons Ernst Rolfe 
has had to call off his annual revue 
as he can't find an angel and his 
last yearns scenery and production 
is still in a barn at the Golf club 
waiting to be tslaimed. 

It leaked out last week that Bpn- 
nler's, Sweden's leading publishing 
house, is backing the Gosta Ekmah 
foitf-mbnth season at the Vaisa. 
They are. plenty* .sore about; the 
losses of "Fhe "White Horse Inn' and 
are. iaaking him do a revival two 
matinees a week to help recoup the 
sum. He is now reviving ^_The Merry 
Widow* and several comedleu at 
matinees, with his ' evening show, 
'Kanske en Dlktare' breaking even. 
He still 'wants to dp 'Grand Hotel' 
with Garbo In the rPle she played 
on the screen but she doesii't want 
to play for two figure checks even 
if he is an old friend. 

Pauline Brunlus, among thpse 
who went bankrupt last : season. Is 
starting a new theatre* and has se- 
cured the rights to 'Mourning Be- 
comes Electra.' If she cEui't get the 
money the Royal Dramatlk is wait- 
ing to buy the rights to the O'Neill 
trilogy from her. 



Russia's Fabled Robin 
Hood Hero of Rival 
Russ, French Versions 



Moscow, Oct. 9. 
. Stenka Razin, fabled peasant 
hero, wUl be enshrined in an am- 
bitious historical film . now .under 
production In Leningrad. 

First suggestion for such a pic- 
ture came from a French film com- 
pany which offered to collaborate 
with the Russians. In principle the 
Soviet authorities were agreeable, 
but they turned down the scenario 
submitted from Paris. Negotia- 
tions : were then undertaken for a 
revised scenario, 

In the end the international proj- 
ect broke down. The Russians 
thereupon decided to go through 
with the project themselves. It 
is understood here that the French 
company likewise decided to do it 
alone. As a result , two pictures on 
the colorful career of the brigand- 
revolutionary will be appearing, one 
made in Paris and the other in 
Leningrad. The French version. It 
is said here, will be called 'Tsar of 
the Volga.' 

If both pictures eventually ma- 
terialize they will be as. thorough- 
ly competitive as possible. Not 
only will they have the same gen- 
eral subject matter but even the 
same language, as the Russians are 
pia.nning . a French replica; also^ 
English and German versions." 
Probably Paris will have the ad- 
vantage of exciting material; hav- 
ing no political axes to grind, they 
will use all the exotic side of 
Stenka Razln's career. Leningrad 
will be obliged to give a Soviet In- 
terpretation of this historical ep- 
isode, but will have the advantage 
of filming realistically on the actual 
site of Razin's exploits.^ 

Leningrad picture Is ' being di- 
rected by "V. R. Gardin, who some 
years ago directed 'Tsar and Peas- 
ant.' 



Anikino Rep. on Own 

Roman Rebusch has resigned as 
g. m. for. Amklno's New York of- 
fice. 

He will form his own company 
for distribution of foreign films in 
the U. S. 



Nothing Beyond Megger 
Is Theory in Russia 

Moscpw, Oct. 12» 
Feature of the fifteenth anniver- 
sary celebration here, on Npvember 
7 will be a water carnival on the 
Moscow rlyer. In which tens of 
thousands of men, women and chilr 
dren will take part. 

The organization and direction of 
the •Whole carnival has been en- 
trusted by the government to Serge 
Elsensteln, the film impresario. 

It Is another example of the Rus- 
sion theory that art and life are 
one and the -ame; that a picture 
director should also be ablo to direct 
a practical national holiday. 



GORDON SINCLAIR'S 
12 TRAVELOG SHORTS 



, Toronto, Oct. 24. 

. Riding the crest of the popularity 
wave after returning from, an eight- 
months' jaunt through India., China 
tind the Malay Archipelago, Gordon 
Sinclair's, ne^t venture wlll.l>e films. 
Rated the highest paid reporter In 
Canada, whose writings are syndi- 
cated from coast-to-coaat, the wan- 
dering scribe Is .Toronto's white- 
haired- boy since his return from tK<i 
Orient. , . 

Department stores have made 
window-layouts .of his baggage and 
portable typewriter with life-size 
cut-outs of the •Veuplety' niugg 
(Sinclair was 'Variety* correspond- 
ent here) in sun-helmet, shirt open 
at the throat, riding breeks and 
bandolier. Kid Is lecturing to serv- 
ice clubs, doing a radio aeries of 
travel experiences ajid has just h^d 
a book published. 

The 'Variety' man will make 12 
travel shorts taking 20% of the 
gross/ backed by J. W. Brawnridge, 
another world-wide traveler, ,who 
took picture equipment along with 
him and still has piles of this stuff 
on hand. Brawnridge was former- 
ly connected with Educational 
Films. 

Ca.hadlan dlstrlbs will handle the 
12 shorts. 



DENT DDE AS ENVOY 
IN POWERS-BIP ROW 



Starltls has finally bitten Com- 
munist Russia. Film actors com- 
plained to the. government that they 
were being sloughed off in favor of 
montage and the government has 
given In to the extent of promising 
to begin building star dust. 

It's a direct reversal of the pre- 
vious Muscovite theory that actors 
are unimportant elements of film 
work and also doesn't fit In with the 
Communist theory that all actors 
In a film are equal, no matter how 
big or small their parts. : But, .ac- 
cording to Amkino, all that will be 
changed how- 

Go Into Huddle 
it seems the film actors and di- 
rectors got together with the film 
executives recently and talked over 
the situation. Actors, wept' that 
their work was being under-esti- 
mated because the! directors were , 
more interested In recording camera 
tricks than facial emotion* Direc- 
tors explained that they have 
strained to attain vividness and Im- 
pressiveness. Alsp, they said, they 
tried to find types from the people 
at large rather than from actors. 
■ Meeting ended by the directors 
being officially chlded and told that 
their methods were wrong, the 
execs' angled being that establish- 
ing face value mehnt box office 
yalue plus added draw to the films 
which would thereby 'educate more 
of the masses.' 

So from now on, dlrisctprs ^e on 
the lookout for special actors who 
will be set aside as 'performers of 
leading roles.' These will eventu- 
ally be built up and elevated into 
a 'smaller group of stellar names, 
who will be featured above the film 
titles and above the. director's, ex- 
cept, in the case of outstanding 
meggers like Elsenisteln. 



London, Oct. 4. 

Basil Dean sailed on the Europa 
Friday (21), for New York. Arthur 
Dent is due to sail sometime this 
week, going via Canada to N. Y. 
' Dent is enroute to settle, if pos- 
sible, his tiff with Pat Powers, 
American distributor of CIP films. 
Powers rejected his |60,00& notes to 
BEP on Oct. 1 claiming breach of 
contract with BIP, and Dent, rep- 
resenting the British company, w'H 
attempt amicable arangment of the 
difficulties while here. 

Dean Is coming over to stage a 
legit play 'Autumn Crocus,' which 
he produced successfully in London 
and wll now offer to the American 
public. Said also that he has some 
film matters in mind, though noth- 
injg definite. 

ing definite. Francis' Lederer, who 
played the le;ad In the London pro- 
duction of 'Crocus' will follow Dean 
in a week to handle the same role 
in New York. 



Turkey's Own Newsreel 

Constantinople, Oct. 10. 
Turkey now has a: newsreel all 
Its own. Produced and distributed 
locally, though understood to be, at 
least partially, financed by Ger- 
many. 

Reel Is showing currently here 
and In Istanbul. 



Mexico As U. A. Locale 

Mexico City, Oct. 19. 
Possibility of United Artl.sts 
making a talker In Mexico In the 
near future was hinted at In an 
Interview given by President Jo- 
seph M. Schenck who is here on 
what he terras a fortnight's vacar 
tlon. 

Picture will have a Mexican 
theme, he said. 



HOUYWOOD BRrrlSHERS 
FOR CANADA CASTS 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
; First of an Initial series of six 
pictures' to be produced by Common- 
wealth Productions at the new Vic- 
toria, B. C, studlp win go Into work 
Dec. 16 with a cast from Hollywood. 

Kenneth J. Bishop,, who with 
Georgei H. Ciillaghan^ heads the ven- 
ture,' is here buyliig equipment and 
booking players through the Lichtlg 
and Englander agency. Clifl Smith 
will be production manager of the 
outfit, which will start 'with 'The 
Crimson West,' by Aleo Phillip. 
" Films will be- released in England 
first and later state righted in the 
'U.S. Preference will be jgiyen Brit- 
ish citizens in casting, the pictures, 
as the Canadian law stipulatev that 
76% of the salary for players must 
go to Britishers. 



FANS HO OT FORCED MEX. 
FDJHS, EXHIBITORS SAY 



Mexico City, Oct 19. 

Government's edict, put into effect 
last year, that c^I cinemas in Mex- 
ico must exhibit ai least two reels 
of Mexican- made plotures weekly, 
has created difficulties, several ex- 
hibitors have complained to the au- 
thorities; 

Exhibitors contend that paucity of 
nationally made pictures forces 
them to exhibit films several years 
old and excerpts of ancient pictures, 
circuinstance which puts them In 
wrong with their customers who 
greet tauch exhibitions with whistles 
and Bronx cheers. 

Government's stand on national 
exhibitions law, has prompted some 
enterprises here to get busy turn- 
ing out Mexican short . subjects. 
Among these enterprises la . the re- 
cently organized Cinemex, estab- 
lished here and backed, by local 
capitalists, which anounces that It 
has . added an exclusive weekly 
Mexican, news reel to its shorts pro- 
gram. 



SPEAKING OF LOCATIONS 

Berlin, Oct. 13, 
Loni Rlefenstahl has returned 
from Greenland, where she was sent 
by Unlverisal to star In 'SOS Ice- 
berg.' 

Miss Hlefenstahl 6pent four 
months In the North, and now 
claims the distinction of being the 
only woman ever photographed on 
floating Icebergs. 



VARIETY 



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CLARA BOW In Call Her Savage 
*'I find Lux Toilet Soap exoeUent 
for the skin. I am ambog the soorea 
of screen and stage stars who uteit.'^ 



MARIAN NKpN in 
'^ke M0r6» of «tari, I use Lux Toilet Soap. 



B<>dtS MALLORY in WalU»rDowu Br4aima9 
Vlt keeps skin bieiButifully imooth and olearl" 



ELISSA LANDI in PaM^)rl#a tfW/ 
"I find Lax Toilet Soap ezoellentr* 






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from coast to €oas1^ aitdi^ndes^^^riir a^^^ 
dose-up brings a star'» i5€>^ 

This is the true test of a screelh^;$lat?s^j^^ 
No slightest bleiiiish can mar the sin^^ 
tion of her skin. For the g^lanng ;<^ 
reveal even the slightest flaw. 

Confidently all these fascinating IFox stars 
meet— and pass— this relentless test Notice how 
flawlessly . . . thrillingly smooth their complexions 
are in the close-up. 

Each ^4 every ; one -pf them knows thet secret 
of Jcee/ixfiig skiri lovely, 'Each smd every^iq 
lows the samemethod. Regular/faithfu^l care with 



Lux Toilet Soapl 

"Lux Toilet Soap is excellent for the skin! " they 
say. "We are among the scoreis of stage and screen 
stars who use it" 

p out of JO screen stars us^ Lux Toilet Soap 

Of the 694 iniportant actresses in Hollywood, in- 
cluding all stars; 686 guard complexion beauty 
this simple, sure way. : 

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JANET : CHANDLER ia Bom h Flgki 
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Raft Zooms to Stardom in Knockout Picture/ 



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(ON^[AN(E(UNMINCS 
WYNNE GIBSON 
MAE WEST 

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Directed by Archie Mayo 
From a story by Louis BromFie'd 




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Says 'Hollywood 
Reporter'' : 

"Order Big Letters to 
Spell Out His Name 
'GEORGE RAFT' in 
'Night After Night'. . . 
He is THE Picture...With 
Great Entertainment 
To Back Him Up. ..And, 
The One and Only Mae 
West In Her First Screen 
Appearance . . . She's 
A Riot . . . -Cpnstance 
Cummings, At Her Best. 
. . . A SWELL PICTURE! " 




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FILM REVIEWS 



VARIETY 15 



Tcdldng Shorts 



WINTER GARDEN, N.Y. 

House Is reviewed under this 
dept as it's Warner's idea. In the 
framinsr of this particular layout, 
to b^yhoo Its talking shorts* names 
In competition with the in-person 
talent holding forth on the compe- 
titive Broadway stages. 

While it's been proved that the 
quality of the picture! too often de- 
termines the actual gross, despite 
the lavlsliness of the supporting 
stage presentations, the WB experi- 
ment' wprks out th^ other way. 
Those names in the shorts aren't 
suflloient to attract away from what 
1b on the boards In the flesh at 
the other houBe$.. . 

The Winter Qarden has its front 
and. ads splaished with the catch- 
phr^ase, '14 Stars.' Of these, four 
are from the feature. 'They Call It 
Sin' (FN) — ^Toung, Brent, Manners, 
Merlcei: . 

The other names ballyed are Hal 
LeRoy, Mltzl Mayfalr. Jay C. Flip- 
pen, the four. Lombardo Bros., Aunt 
Jemima, Baby Bose Marie, Howard 
Lanln orchestra, William Hall and 
Johnny Marvin. Also highlighted 
are t.he names of Chaplin, Dempsey 
and Fairbanks, who appear- In an 
bidtlme newsreel clip in 'Out tif the 
Past' (Vltaphone 6909). 

None of these names, outside of 
Chaplin, is a particular wow, but 
In composite. It's rot a bad flash try^ 
and also okay WB ^howmatiship to 
sell this type of a talking shorts' 
layout with a feature of the quality 
of 'They Call It Sin.' 

LeRoy- Mayf air's short, directed 
by Roy Mack, Is titled 'Tip, Tapi 
Toe',' and permits for some fancy 
stepology by the twain in thti 
oourae of the lightweight story 
thread. This short is No. 2 -on the 
billing, following Fox Movietone 

'Rambling ' 'Round Radio R:ow' 
(Vltaphone 6911), holds the major- 
l;ty of the billed names. It's the 
third In the series of the Jerry Wald 
radio newsreels excepting that the 
«x-radlo editor of the now defunct 
'Graphic' doesn't even make an ap- 
pearance In the short. Jay C. Flip- 
pen does the m.c.'Ing on a beach set 
with several not-so gals in the 
background. They look like local 
beauts picked up by the Flatbush 
Vltaphone studio as a matter of 
convenience. / 

The best name in the lineup Is 
Quy Lombardo only it shows Ouy, 
Victor, Llebert and Carmen Lom- 
<bardo — all the brothers are In Guy's 
band — sans- their Instruments but 
disporting themselves In' Guy's speed 
boat. Aunt Jeinjma does a num- 
ber; Hall and Baby Rose Marie 
double In another; Johnny Marvin 
ukes another and Lanln's ore ac- 
companies. Just a so-so double- 

'Out of the Past* (Vltaphone 6909) 
Is a one-reel noyelty comprising 
clips from newsreels of old and In- 
cluding Charlie Chaplin, Doug 
Fairbanks and Jack Dempsey in one 
scene. There are shots of historie, 
London and Vienna personalities In 
1910; the 1914 pre-war days, et al. 
It's a bright single reeler. Leo 
Donnelly delivers Burnet Hershey's 
dialog; Bert Frank edited. Fea 
ture f ollow s. 

The WB experiment doesn't work 
out so well for the primary reason 
that the shbrts. selected are not 
equal to the responsibility. ' Let 
this type of show manifest catch 
ing on and it will probably in- 
spire closer application to shorts' 
making, with attendant Increased 
revenue. A'bel. 



'AVENTURE EN NEW YORK' 
('Adventure in New York') 
French Dialog Traveloo 
10 Mine, 

Fi^th "Ave. Playhouse, N. Y. 
Pierre Arna,ud 

Cute Idea here, well worked out, 
and ought to bring In enough francs 
to more than repay the dollars ex- 
pended. - It's a French language 
travelog of New York, a beaut from 
the standpoint of French theatres 
and a find for foreign language 
houses on this side. 

There's a sort of story running 
through it, which neither helps nor 
hurts; Important aire the shots of 
the city. Photography Is good. In 
eluding a few trick camera, angles 
and views. - Possibly the ,French 
lectttfe could be placed with one 
in Bngllsh, but It would lose a good 
deal that way, the whole thing being 
done from a French standpoint and 
showing the city as a Frenchman 
might isee it. . Kauf. 

THE BIG FLASH' 
With Harry. Lanodon , 
Comedy 
21 Min«. 

Loew's New York 

Educational 

interest in this two-reeler comes 
first from the f act . that it brings 
Harry Lang Ion back to the screen, 
As a- panto curtlst Langdpn has few 
superiors.' Herein, as in past com- 
edies by Langdohr' his biggest mo- 
ments come when he is pantomim 
ing. 

In that short 1 sequence wb^re 
lAngdon flnger talks to Vernon 
Dent and prepares to glve the cop 
a distracting boot in the pants 
Langdon pullp. a hearty laugh. But 
in the slight chatter moments, 
where the dialog he uses comprises 
itnore than a single exclamatory 
expression, the reaction is not eo 
hot. 

However, the makers of the short 
have done Bomethlng here that 
bears' study. That's the injectiqii 
of seiious dramatic moments by 
fairly able players in a scene with 
a newspaper editor. 

The short, while from a photog 
raphto and technical angle being 
well made, falls to sustain the full 
est comedy intent aiid falls short of 
fiilfllltng big- time laugh expecta 
tlona.. Okiay . outside the bigger 
combos and delu:iers. Bhan. 



•WHAT PRICE TAXI' 
Comedy. 
18 Mine. 

Loew's, New York , 
Metro *• 

Slapstick comedy with Clyde 
Cook and Geneva Mitchell, besides 
others. ' Mostly material for the 
lesser grinds. Uses old-time screen 
laughter methods that are too an 
cient to take and never hits the 
hilarious ' stage. 

Has to do with a tough chauffeur 
suspecting his wife and everybody 
she talks to. That's how two other 
chauffeurs pals get in dutch, by 
simply being caught by the husband 
In accidental tete-a-tetes with the 
wife. Goofy throughout. 

Photogrraphy isn't anything to 
mention, although some trick stunt 
Is used. There are times, as when 
the autos crash and the men give 
clase to one another up and down 
stairs and over pavements, when 
the sound doesn't reach the expected 
resonance of such happenings. 

Bhan. 



»PHANTOM OF HOLLYWOOD' 
Travelogue Specialty 
10 Mins. 
Beacon, N. Y. 

Talking Picture Epics 

Novel slant on Hollywood pro 
viding the historical touch. Old, 
abandoned studios are featured. In- 
cluding a close-up of the Valentino 
dressing room and home. 

Affer that, views of the new lo^ 
cat inns are incorporated. 

Short Is worthwhile entertain 
Rient. Waly. 



Miniature Reviews 



'STRANGE AS IT SEEMS' 
Color Novelty ' 
10 Mine. . r . 
Stanley, New- York 

Universal 
These John Hlx subjepts must 
stand comparison with 'newsreels, 
which do the same kind of screen 
magazln-) presentation, but better. 
Hlx utilizes an offscreen voice to 
lecture on the screen oddities 
shown, but, unfortunately, Hlx 
uses color in his novelties, and that 
color makeup Is bad. Since his nov- 
elties have no up-to-date Impor- 
tance, Hlx' subjects must shy oft 
as filler matter only for the minor 
nelghbs. 

Curiously enough, every oddity 
presented in the current piece could 
have been better offered Without- 
color. That Includes even the un- 
dersea portion showing living plants 
and Insect's on the ocean's bottom. 
The undersea shot is the only spot 
whiere the color fares even fairly 
well. 

Color was n.g. on the Sarah Win- 
chester house. It didn't enhance the 
picture of Tulane's one-legged ath- 
lete, nor of the Filipino or some- 
thing who swallows whole eggs, 
shell and aU. And it didn't help 
the colored girl from New Jersey 
who eats, sleeps and sings with 20 
pins constantly In her mouth as a 
good luck charm. Shan. 



'CAMERAING IN BORNEO' 

Travelog 

14 Mins. 

Loew's New York 

Talking Pictures 

Skimpy piece of travel photog-: 
raphy which won't compare to stuff 
on the library shelves. It rates only 
as' emergency filler for regular thea- 
tres because it faljs to fulfill the 
suggestive allure of Ite title. Usual 
silent subject with offscreen lec£ure. 

Offscreen explanations are by 
Prof, and Mrs. James Tippy. Noth- 
ing like a professor's name to give 
a travelog authenticity. As a pho- 
tographic prelude, a couple of 
canoes ,are glimpsed scraping the 
local water rapids. Water shots 
okay, although the rapids do not 
look as dangerous as the Tippy ex- 
planations sound. Shati, 

MAGIC CARPET SERIES 
'Gorget of the Giants' 
8 Mina. 

Embassy, N. Y. 

Fox 

Some of the most vlvld and 
Impressive flashes of . provincial 
China, the thoroughness' of which 
has never quite been duplicated on 
film, are Included in this Carpet epi- 
sode, which features a trip up the 
Yangtze river. . 

Shacks tumbled together on the 
(Continued on page 25) . 



'Washington Merry-Qo< 
Round' (Col.) irot of flag-wav- 
ing and political timeliness the 
chief appeal. Expose of po- 
litical corruption as it couldn't 
possibly exist except In the 
theatre. 

'They Can Tt Sin' (FN). . 
tilghtweight Loretta Young ^ 
George Brent are the top 
names. Better for the lesser 
grades. 

'Tangled Destinies* (Mayfalr). 
Mystery story of stolen Jewels 
and a plaiie load of passengers 
marooned in the desert. Better 
than the title sounds and all 
right below' the top runs. 
' •Six Houra to Live' (Fox). A 
strong box office title which 
with aggressive sales' cam- 
paign should bring picture into 
the money. Wistrher Baxter 
ably heads cost. 

'Texas Buddies' (W-W).,Bob 
Steele in a light waisted story 
of a returned aviator grafted 
onto the usual horse stuff. Not 
quite up to average,, though 
good in spots. 

.'Red Headed Alibi' (Tower). 
Another , indie that flops be- 
cause of story and its treat- 
ment. 

. 'Blame the 'Woman' (Prlhcl-'. 
pal). Eritlsh quota picture with 
Adolphe Menjou and Claude 
Allister as a pair of crooks. 
Lightweight story arid fair pro- . 
duction. Can single but will not 
score strongly. 

'■Strange Justice' (Radio). A 
very : weak sister Which on 
double bills, its destiny, will 
probably be regarded mostly 
as the second feature. First of. ' 
J. G. Bachinann's eight 'for 
Raodlo release. 

'The King Murder' (Chester- 
fleld). 6ka.y mystery merier for 
'C spots. Suspicions from title 
as being based on nortorlous 
Dot King case. Willi flt any 
double header bill despite un- 
derlying recording faults. 



waving climaxes. When it becomes 
apparent that the new Congressman 
Intends to be a crusader instead of 
a galley slave of the crooked politi- 
cal overlord, the bosses call for a 
recount on his vote and throw him 
out of office. One minute, then, wd 
have Rep. Brown out of a Job and 
on his uppers. Two days later (the 
lapse of time Is^ specific) he has put 
spies in the home of the public en- 
emy, and with their aid he abducts 
the political dictator, carries hlni to 
Anacostia flats, where the Bonus 
Expedltlonai-y Force is holding 
forth, and there so frightens him 
with threats that he commits eui- 
cide. A guy who could pul^ a fast 
one like that would never have let 
himself get caught flat footed off 
first base and be counted out. 

That's only one of the crudities, 
however. The whole picture is rid- 
dled with crude development and 
clumsy fiction that wouldn't create 
an Illusion In the mind of anybody 
out of the Mother Goose grade. 

Tracy gives the leading role a 
vigor that is its r . . : merit. Con^ 
stance Cummlngs handles her role 
with some grace, and Dinehart plays 
the heavy with a suave ease that 
defeats the evil Intent of ^the char 
acter. Walter .Connolly a,ppears as 
an aged U. S. Senfitor. who Isn't 
meant , to be comic but is in spite of 
himself. Technical production is 
first-rate. " Rush; 



Wash. Merry-Go-Round 

Columbia production and release, directed 
by James Cruze. liee Tracy and Constance 
Cummlngs featured. Original- etory ^ by 
Maxwell Anderson and screen adaptation 
by Joe Swirling. Camera, -Iri Morgan. 
Tecbntoal advisor, Eugene . Thackeray. 
ABrft Dlrector,^ Sam NejBon. Sound, Mdge 
Cunniagham. Film editor, Blchard CaJioon. 
At the Mayfalr, New Ti>rlc. Oct. 22. Bun- 
nln'g time, 7S minutes. 

Button Wlnnett. Brown... ...Ijee Tracy 

AUce Wylle, Constance Cummlngs 

Norton ' • A>an 5'°***??^ 

Sen.. WyUe. . . .... ... . . Walter. Cpnpolly 

Clarence. •<?are"<=® f*"^® 

Beef Brannlgan... Arthur Vinton 

Kelleher. -Vrtm^ Sheridan 

ConU. Clay Clement 

Martin Sam Godfrey 

Willis.... Arthur Hoyt 

Beauchard. .-.Bmle Woods 



Just a;t the minute when stage 
and screen Is engaged in spoofing 
political hocus-pokuB.'^. Columbia 
picks itself a spot to. put out ia, con- 
spicuously sappy dramatic story ap- 
parently dedicated to the principle 
that all politicians are noble states- 
men and their only fault is that 
they are Just a lee-dle feeble mind- 
ed and let themselves be hood- 
winked by sinister master mind 
crooks bent on sending the country 
to the dogs for their own fell pur- 
poses. Result is a flag-waving film. 
.tVll of wmch spells fair returns in 
the shooting galleries that cater to 
the naive. 

It's astonishing to find the pame 
of Maxwell Anderson attached to 
this collection of stagey hoke. An- 
other sort of emotion is aroused to 
see Lee Tracy saddled with a soap- 
box role, that of a well-born young 
man who comes to Washington as a 
Congressman bent upon crusading 
against the super-crooks who run 
the government without the .law- 
makers knowing anything about it. 
Congressman Brown half the time 
is an amiable idiot, recalling the 
eminent Bunker Bean in his genius 
for putting his foot in It. Just •when 
it Is too late to redeem the role he 
turns out to be a master: strategist, 
turning the tables on the crooks 
who have had him thrown out of 
Congress, arid emerging; triumphant 
against the public enemy. 

Picture picks its villains* with the 
worst possible Judgments Norton. Is 
the sinister traitor against the Re- 
public, a person in all . respects to 
Invite your abhorrence and hate. So 
they put the role in the hands of 
Alan Dinehart, who makes hlm&clf 
the best-behaved person In the cast 
outwardly, which is the important 
aspect for the screen after all. It 
gets to be rather difficj^lt to Identify 
the personable Norton with hpatllr 
Ity, and it's equally a task to wor-k 
up patriotic admiration for the 
gabby and altogether lrrlta:tlng 
hero, Brown. 

Theatrical device is unbelievably 
crude In bringing about the flag- 



THEY CALL IT SIN 

First National production' and release 
fea.turlng Loretta Young, • .Oeorge ' Brent, 
David Manners, Una Merkel, Helen Vinson 
and Louis Calhcrn. ' Directed -by Thornton 
Freeland from, novel by . Alberta ' Stedman 
Eagan, scenarlzed by Llllle Hay ward and 
Howard tireen. ' Caihera", James Van Trees; 
art, Jack Okey; film editor, James Gib- 
bons; gowns, Orry-Kelly. Running time, 
08 minutes at the 'Winter Garden, N. T. 
Marlon... ... ..'..,...»;,... .Loretta, Ttaung 

Tony. . . Oeorge Brent 

Jimmy. , . . . .'.David Manners 
. Humphries >..'.....(;..,.. Louis Oilhern 

Dixie ... . yna Merkel 

Mr, Holllster. .•. i ...... ,-. .Joe ..CawthornS 

Enia .V. Helen ' Vinson 

Mrs. Holllster.....-.'.. '.Nolla Walker 

Moto Mike Marlto 
Timothy CulIen............Ervll!e Alderpon 

Mrs. Cullen... Elizabeth Patterson 



TANGLED DESTINIES 

Like production and Mayfalr release. Su- 
pervised by Clttr Broughton. Directed by 
Frank Stmyer. Story and continuity, Ed- 
ward T. Lowe. Jules Cronjager, camera. 
Byron Roblcfon, editor. Vernon Kenyes, 
asst. dir. Cast: Lloyd 'Wbltlock, Doris Hill, 
Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Sidney Bra- 
cey; ' Gene Morgan, Ethel Wales, Sid Say- 
lor,. Monae LIndley, Jas. Lieong, Wm. Burt, 
Henry Hall, Wm. Humphrey. At T,oew'B 
Xew York theatre, one. day. Oct. 18, on a 
double bill. Running time, 68 mins. 



Warners had to name it 'They Call 
It Sin' as a b.o. exigency, counting 
on the sexy title for gate^ appeal. 
It needs that and whatever names 
the picture holds to bolster a just 
so-so flicker. 

It's all about the' Kansas girl who 
oomiss to New York to make good 
In the chorus and winds up writing 
songs for the villainous theatrlca.!- 
produceir who doesn't intend to, do 
right by our Loretta. Against this 
Is a triangle situation Involving 
David Manners who's mslrrled to 
Helen "Vinson, biit has a h&nkerJng 
for Loretta Young. George Brent is 
in the background to square ofl the 
triangle into a rectangular mating 
all around for the finale, while Louis 
Calhern, ■ the villain, conveniently 
falls off his penthouse terrace. 
•: Actually Manners has more' to do' 
than Brent who shares the more 
prominent 85% display billing with 
Miss Young, but Manners being ft 
WB reject how,, and Brent still on 
the buildup, latter dodges the 16% 
lettering accorded Manners.- 

Helen "Vinson's screen debut Ib 
not particularly iausplclous. The 
legit girl at times doesn't react at 
her best to the lens. Another, this 
time because of her avolraupois, who 
suffers under the camera's eye now 
is Una Merkel, heretofore a cute 
baggage with her Dixie dialect. 
She's not as fetching with Uiat ex- 
tra poundage. 

Picture hasn't cost much to make. 
For the lesser stands, particularly 
when it gets to the nabes, it'll suf- 
fice.. • Altel 



One of those indie productions 
that happened to Jell. It is several 
notches back of the big-time stuff 
for the niceties of photography and 
settings, biit it has story and acting, 
and the actors make the story Inr 
terestlng most of the time. In the 
main thread the plot is better than 
some of niore ambitious antece- 
ilents. Ought to be. able to single 
most anywhere below the first runs, . 
and will get by. 

After . the opening, in which a 
passenger plane makes a forced 
landing In the fog, th€i action is 
held to a deserted house In the des- 
ert. In which the 10 passengers, the 
two pilots and the horses take ref- 
uge. House Is provided' with an 
electric plant, which is put in ac- 
tion. Lights go out and one of the 
passengers is plugged. Second pas- 
senger reveals himself as a detective 
who was guarding the dead man, 
carrier of some diamonds. The bag 
is found, but the mystery deepens 
when it is found the gems arV paste. 
That startis It all over again, but the 
mystery Is finally cleared. 

Apart from the ovet-use of the de- 
tective to Interrogate the others — 
and this forms the bulk of the plot 
movement — the story Is well told, 
and the author has partly lifted the 
curse from the detective by getting 
him In a Jam with a lawyer passen- 
ger, who Is able to do. part of this 
work.- Intelligence is shown in cast- 
ing suspicion on several without 
seeming, to do so, and it will hold 
most audiences . guessing clear to 
the finish. Though confined to the 
houde, the action is not limited to 
Sitting around, and long stretches 
are nicely broken ut>.' 

Ethel Wales is the deus .6x ma- 
chlnae, a spinster who placidly 
knits while /the others go crazy. 
Part is not quite in focus, but she 
nxakes the most of It. Other stand- 
outs are contributed by William 
Humphrey, Sid Saylor and '.James. 
Leong. 

Title is misleading, suggesting a 
more conventlpnal story.' .Destinies' 
is really good entertainment for 
those who like mysteries. Chic. 



SIX HOURS TQ LIVE 

Vox production and releiuW, bfrected by 
William Dleterle,' -With Warner '. ' Baxter 
hoatjing cast. From storr^ 'Aut ."Wleder- 
sehen,' by Gordbn'Moirls and U^ribn Bar- 
tpaux. with adaptation ajii dialog by Brad- 
ley. King. Photograph^'by John ISeltis. Re- 
crrding by Al Voii KlrbaCji, At • Boxy, 
N. T., for .week qUrUnff Friday, pet 21. 
Running time, 78 tpt|ilit«s. . 
Paul Onslow. ........:,..,,.Wayiler Baxter 

Valeric von Stund...'.<..\<.tlUrlAlU Jordan 
Karl Krena.,.. ..'.;\John' Boles 

Prof. Otto Bauer....,..,. ...Qeoise Marlon 

The '<^'idow.. ,...i.,..,.^,'Btiryl Mercer 

The 'Woman ■'....>-.'CIrene Ware 

Baroil Von Sturm. .......'..Ifalllwell Hobbes 

Police Comnilsstoner. Edwlii Maxwell 

Kellner .John Davidson 

Ivan... . . : , . .Edward McWade 

Bluchor ......Dewey Boblnson 

Looks like a fair, money picture, 
likely to do between average and 
gqOd biz. The press book oh ihln one 
fea.tures a 'suggestion that 'Six Hours 
to Live' is an arresting picture title 
and asks the showman to try to an- 
swer what .he could do with that pe- 
riod of time, "rhis will set his Imag- 
inaitlon to work, and, adds the press 
book, this is what should be cap- 
italized in selling the picture. 

That the press book is right there 
can be no question. The theatre 
must sell the title for all it's wbrtli. 

Recently Fox has been . trying 
(Continued on .page 64) 



The Woman ^s Angle 



'Vanity Street' (Col). A chorus girl saved from starAnation and attend- 
ant evils by convenient coincidence and a kind-hearted policeman. Paced 
for neighborhood matrons who will not quibble with the forced situa- 
tions of an unpretentious, agreeably acted melodrama. • 



'The Phantom of Prestwood' (RKO-Radlo). Rlcardo Cortez, racing 
against the arrival of the police to prove his innocence by unmasking 
the real perpetrator of murder. Tense, biit mechanically built, suspense 
falls to work up isympathy for Its suspects or to Inspire general Interest 
in an unalluring titled version of a radio serial. 



^Six Hour*, to Live' (Fox)— The wlerd fascination and polgnait sym- 
pathy of a reincarnated hero, given six hours in which to settle his 
earthly affairs, develops too late and uncertainly to engross the elderly 
women who would otherwliae receive it as compelling matinee fdre. 



'They Call It Sin' (FN)— Big-town life seen through the eyes of a 
country miss who finds true love ort Broadway. Stereotyped plot and 
false dialog are saved by interesting backgrounds, fairly smart costumes 
and likeable personalities.. An unimportantly engaging programmer. 



'All American' (U)— A football classic enlivened by attractive actors 
who pop up, during the development of gridiron action, to recapture 
waning feminine attention. Though more amusing than the usual action 
film,., its success will, not be motivated by fanettcs whose illusions re- 
garding real-life football heroes are blasted by close-ups on. the screen. 

-'Washington Merry-Gb-Round' (<5ol)— Lee Tracy charging through a. 
p.seudo-'expoae of polltlcul graft and trading. ■ The ladies approve of Mr. 
Tracy's fearless crusade and are gratified to learn that h's heroine is 
smarter than all the diplomats in Washlnftton, but they are not inter- 
ested In a lifeless, undramatic disLlosurc of the hidden machineries of 
government. " 



VARJETY 



Ti|ead ay» October 25, 1932 



GRIPPED AMERICA 



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BOSTON . . /'There is d thrill a minute ... a 
gem amohg mystery films , . . can truth-' 

; ■ ; ; \fully be said fht^^the picture is a super-- 
' f/iri/fer qmongi^ . . . POST 

MILWAUKEE :;/'Ti-ehiei^oysly effective . . . 
a sfdry thdtcontaiii^s hidnf^st to, goodness 
susppn$e . . y excelhnt} high pjtched 'ex- 
diemeiflt.Pitec6rnwehdeiJ*\./^ 



SAN FRANCISCO . .1 ^0ill make the most 
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the arm ^hik f^lii^ 




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fjrptn all^Met^iMj^ji^ some* 
thing unMSUtr/ "liK «oiuf/ the 

NEW YORK. . . '^fere's d spine-chilling 
mystj^ry . . cleverly acted and neatly 
dir^cfed'f MIRROR 

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SYRACUSE . . . Even if the ending you had 
concjSfvecf (iri the Radio prize contest) 
isni like'that ^hownpn the screen you'// 
/jove to qdrhit thalt this a grand one.,* 
intrigues to the laist moment*^ , . « 

DETROIT - . ''rtiere is no let-dcmn in the 
tfiisenes^ and ii^fhose who piijoy fir$t 
■rqt^_ crime yar^mms sh66ld prove the 
ultimate*' . . , FREE PRESS 



PREtSOLD to A HUNDRED 
AAlLlilON BY THE GREATEST 
RADIO-M^^GAZINE^EWS- 
PAPER And EXPLbitATlON 

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OF A MbtlON/ PiiTUREI 




RICARDO CORTEZ 
KAREN MORLEY 

Anffa L6uIm; Paullnm frMtrlcK Ivan 
BlmpMon, All—H Pringlu, M. B. Warnar, 
Sam Hardy, -Hlary Duhcan,-'"Sha9t»'' 
Oallaghar, Oaorga E. Stona, Rabart Mc 
MTarf*, Hl/tfa Vauglia, Oavin Oordon 

.pirecfed b/ J. Waller Rubofli. Screen play 
py 0(rrf/eft:Connacll[. Oavid o. Scixnici, b»tun*» 
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Washington. 
Neatest exploration stunt in 
^ee;ks pulled by Pox for Tlobinson 
Pruaoe.' 

' Bouglit' 100 linoleum rugs at Ave 
and ten-cent store and stenciled ad 
on face. Mats were laid at random 
on sidewalks, Cirowds ciarefully 
avoided stepping on them, with re- 
Bult that , they were as widely read 
as any outdoor ads yet attempted.; 

Beal Books 

Publlx theatres, In ;:e\v England 
^xd going strong for. a bool; give- 
away. All who ask for a card are 
given one with punch space? to rep- 
res ...t .lu.'chase of tickets to the 
value of $4. When the card has 
been fully punched the holder is 
permitted to select any $2 book 
from the catalog 'ot- roubleday- 
i>oran. 

According to information, the 
books cost the theatre ;30c each. 
Makes an extremely dignified 
premium with an established list 
value representing 50% of the ticket 
cost and yet standing the house, 
less than 10%. Less effective where 
ihere are the current overflow sales, 
but even at that a book's a book. 

Beat the Field 

Washington. 

Cartel* Barron, of Lbew's, left the 
Rlaito and Keith's holding the bag. 
Latter pair had the town swamped 
with' publicity for a couple of foot- 
ball pictures, so Barron .pulled the 
football interest his way by inviting 
.the two outstanding: local teams to 
be his guests at Loew'S; That got 
the read?rig matter. 

Bt^rron was a grldlroner in his 
college days , at Georgia .Tech, wliich 
way account for his pull. 



Circulation . 

Most managers contend that the 
average printed matter above the 
grade of throwaway has a circula- 
tion of from three to five readers 
per copy. But most of them do not 
know on what they base their Judg- 
Qient. They've Jjust heard so. 

Circulation depends largiely on the 
attractiveness of the piece. If It is 
novel or funny, those who get them 
will show others. The better they 
are, the more apt they are to be 
shown; Plialn printed matter can 
frequently fall below the rate of one 
reader per sheet because some will 
BOt look over it. 

. Not long ago a man brought into 
a New York subway car one of the 
tabloids being thrown out by Para- 
mount on 'Phantom President.* He 
read It through and laid it beside 
Iilm on the seat. Ai>other. man 
picked up the sheet beciause of the 
pictures^ read it, &nd dropped it on 
the floor. The train cleared at the 
next express stop and a new lot of 
passengers came into the car. One 
man picked the paper off the floor,- 
read it and put it down on the seat. 
A fourth man read and replaced It, 
and a flfth passenger presently 
folded It up and placed It in his 
pocket, presumably to take home to 
some child. That made five readers 
to one sheet— not many of the Par 
tabs got on the subviray trains. 



^ College AdB 

At this time of year the perennial 
question of advertising in the col 
lege papers comes up for mana 
gerial action. There was a time 
when it was customary to put in an 
advertising display just to kid the 
student bod}' along. The ad might 
do no good, but. its absence might 
harm. 

Pox West Coast recently decided 
to use this medium only on stories 
which might be regarded as appeal 
Ing peculiarly to the student body, 
and this seems to be the general 
reaction with some adding that this 
system pernniits taking larger spaces 
for pictures which can most prob 
ably be sold through the college 
sheets. 



Carrier Service 

When the three-cent first-class 
postage went on, most of the public 
utilities went to local distribution 
for their monthly bills. The 50% 
Increase in the postal rates was too 
much. 

Only one theatre seems to have 
horned in on this situation. The 
manager went to the light and 
power and telephone companies and 
offered to distribute the bills if per 
mitted to insert an announcement 
in each envelope. Understanding 
was that both sets were to be ready 
at the same time and were to be 
distributed together. Manager of 
the town, which has about 18,000 
population, got the distribution 
scheme from a mail carrier, and 
ushers do the actual distribution 
the theatre's billing car taking care 
of the rural routes. 
. Scheme worked so well that when 
the the-Mre .wanted to drop, .the pliin 
aftor three months the companies 
6rfei<^ri to give the staff a bonus 
eqiiixl to onp" rent a .letter, and the 
ulci was ciiMlimied. 



Screeno Comes East 



'Screcno,' which has been an ei 
demic in the middle west, is wor: 
ing Its way eastward. Gerald GaV 
lagheiS for 10 or 12 years a P^rp 
mount and Publlx nianaeev, gav 
up his Job to buy in on thei concerr 
and is now ln..NeW York with tlK 
device already in some of the Loev 
Bronx, houses. 

Screeno used to be called 'lotto" 
in Sunday school circles. Only 
change is dccomplished by means of 
a mechanical lantern slide. 



Doping Out Dialog 

Something different in the Vine bc 
contests is a dialog writing stunt 
that Is used at the last show Fri- 
day, nights. Somewhere during the 
run of the feature the dialog Is 
faded out for two or three speeches. 
Prizes are glvein those who best 
supply the missing lines. But the 
manager , quit af tel- a : couple . of 
weeks. He found that plenty people 
came to the early show to get a 
lint; on the dialog and then stuck 
around for the second show with- 
out paying ap additional admission. 

Now he fades a scene from the 
talking trailer and fades it at every 
show, with the payoft tickets for 
that sho~\\' for the dialog most nearly 
corresponding to the talk in the 
Teature as shown. Centers interest 
on a coming . attraction instead of 
one they have ali'eady paid for. All 
that he has to worry him now Is 
the fear that the projectionist may 
pass aroiihd the tip. 



A-as over, and he's wondering If 
"le penny was mistaken for a dime, 
'rily two asked for the bonus 
:c?:ets, and they were given wlth- 

>ut . question. 



As Cannibals 

: . Canton, O. , 
A. H. Buehrig, Loew, in connec- 
tion with 'Kongo,' had five Negroes 
garbeid as cannibals, each carrying 
a, large cardboard letter. Paraded 
clowntoWh streets. 

The five paraded in single file, the 
letters spelling, 'Kongo.' 



TajB the News 

. Many merchants display the pic- 
tures of neWs events in their win- 
dows as an ' attraction getter, re- 
ceiving a regular service. These 
generally are pasted directly 
against the window. , 

Manager in a town where about 
20 stores make this display has 
prepared a neat 5x7 sheet which 
reads 'For the latest news in mo- 
tion see the Pathe News at the 
Paragon theatre. New issues Tues- 
day and Thursday.' Cost only ian 
occasional pass and works so well 
that he is figuring on getting some 
cheap frames which can be lettered 
to similar effect.:- 



Back to Papers 

Before the Mickey MQuse clubs a 
number of theatres tied their kid 
clubs to a local newspaper. With 
the development of the new idea 
practically all went off the paper 
afflllatlon to play a lone hand. They 
figured that the paper was no longer 
necessary. 

Now there seems to be a ten- 
dency to drift back to the sheets, 
particularly in those spots where 
the theatre has dropped the Mouse 
title in favor of something not' de- 
pendent upon film bookings. Fig- 
ured now that the newspaper can't 
hurt any and may help. 

In some Instances the hook-up Is 
merely a report of the club doings 
In the Sunday paper to help circu- 
lation, but in other cases the thea- 
tre and paper have an Interlocking 
membership With the children en- 
rolled In both clubs.- Generally the 
newspaper defrays the cost of mem- 
bership cards and helps promote 
donations. It's easier to get a few 
hundred lollipops, for exampllB, if 
there will be a play-up In a news- 
paper. That helps the theatre and 
thfe paper figures on selling more 
Sunday papers. Largely governed 
by local conditions, but worth 
studying. 



Classified Ad 

strand theatre, Brooklyn? and the 
'Times Union' are collaborating on 
a new classified ad stunt which 
seems intricate, biit seems to be 
getting results. 

Paper publishes daily an outline 
of some player In the current show. 
This is to 'be cutout and the mask 
laid upon the classified ads. ; Within 
the space must be found the letters 
to spell out the name of the star. 
The outline must be drawn on the 
paper and these letters ringed. 
Letters are not added, but are to 
be picked out from -the regular an- 
nouncements. Then the mask is to 
be moved and the title of the pic- 
ture similarly picked u]^. Looks a 
bit difficult, and might get over 
easier if the necessary letters were 
specially set into the ads. Prizes 
are $15, $7.60. $2.50 and .50 tickets. 
Each contestant has to write 60 
words telling why. the classified ads 
are effective. . TliJs makes the judg- 
ing easier; 

Same paper has a deal with the 
Paramount and Strand for tickets 
for all members of its kid club who 
obtain a certtaln number of credits 
through contributions: 



Line 'Em Now 

One of the real Christmas stunts 
for small towns or neighborhoods is 
the gift co-operation which starts 
Immediately after Thanksgiving and 
runs until shortly before the holi- 
day. 

Merchants In the section are . pro- 
moted to donate a prize which Is to 
be awarded at the theatre on 
Christmas Eve. Advantage Is that 
each store makes a window dis- 
play and announces it as a theatre 
scheme, which gives the house 
plenty of display at a time every- 
one is watching the windows; 



Doubleheader 



Along the lines of a good-wii. 
stunt, a manager has announcet" 
pri;.es: for the best cooltlng recipes. 
Has obtained the co-operation of 
the head of a domestic science de- 
partment on a paper in a nearby 
.city in return for the advei'tlsing 
the paper gets. 

Small prizes -hung up In each of 
several departments* as breads, 
cakes, pies, made dishes, etc. 
Afterwards the manager plans to 
publish them in cheap - book form 
as the theatre's cook book. Will be 
sold by the church and other, wom- 
en's aid organizations. House fig- 
ures on getting its bit out of having, 
the theatre name constantly beforie 
the eyes of the houscwire, so each 
page carries theiiititle. 



Badio Tie-In 

■ Nevi' Haveh^ 
To plug 'Big Broadcast,' the Par- 
amount tied in with local radio 
dealer who gave away seven sets, 
one each night. 

Niiohtly presentation made by Ed- 
die Weaver, house organist, who 
featured film's songs on his solo 
program. 



Pays for the Furnace 



Rieccnt Installation of an oH 
burner in a nabe theatre gave the 
manager the idea of fixing the fur- 
nace room up and maklng .it a part 
of his advertising. Boiler ' room was 
cleaned and the walla and floor 
painted with the coal room fixed up 
as a game room with ping pong and 
card tables. . 

Heavy clrcularization aroused 
considerable interest and hundreds 
have visited the Installation. Man- 
ager has sold three home equip- 
ments already and has hopes that 
before the winter la over he will 
have paid for the installation out 
of his commissions. 

Selling angles are the convenience 
and the space gained for other pur- 
poses, which was one reason why 
pains were taken to make the place 
look attractive. A neat card on the 
furnace invites the curious to ask 
questions, which is how the man- 
ager gets In touch with the , pros- 
pects. 



Presidential Contest 

still time to get in on the Presi- 
dential campaign with a contest for 
the best letter telUng which candi- 
date should be elected and why. 
Hold the replies down to 200 words 
and set tne contest to end in time 
to a:nnounce the winner election 
night, to hielp them get away from 
the radio, but do not require the 
winner . to be in the house. That 
might be construed as a lottery. 

This iS'a.jtunt which can be laid 
off through various heiwspapers If 
tl.ey are Of different complexions. 
Each paper will advance the argu- 
ments for the candidate favored 
and boost the stunt .along. In 
il. .iking the awards be careful to 
keep away from those who merely 
cony this dope or you will have too 
many ties. 



Hoisted It 



Political Truck 

Detroit. 

Sam Rubin, of Publlx, tied a bally 
on 'Phantom President' with a night 
football game. A large truck wa« 
decorated similar to political wagons 
with a band, etc. Drove It around 
the stadium playing and placarded 
with banners. . . 



BEHIND me KEYS 



Phoenix. 

Work has started on a new 'inde- 
pendent theatre f>r Harold Stetson, 
formerly 's^lth PWC in Tucson. 
House will light prior to hoUdayis. 

Harry L. Nace, who- operated 
Rlckett and Nace houses in Arizona 
before selling to Publlx, now nego- 
tiating with that circuit for houses 
in Mesa and Winslow.' 



Becalling Clara 

According to Paramount one of 
Its . exchanges has sold more than 
$1,000 in rentals on old Clara Bow 
reissueis, chiefly to managers who 
are preparing a build-up for her 
return in 'Call Her Savage.' 

Some sections do not respond to 
reissued subjects as wellt but if the 
Bow. picture is to be played it may 
be time to start recalling her to 
the patrons, either through the use 
of old prints or with chat in the 
house progralm and the newspapers. 

One manager is even planning to 
make a campaign and then wind up 
with a gala performance for the 
opening with a small band on the 
marquee and the pennants out. 

Selling the Laughs 

One of those Intimate theatres, 
where the manager seems to know 
most of Hie patrons, sold the Marx 
brothers from a new angle for 
•Horse Feathers.' . 

Manager made his chief advertis- 
ing point the offer of. a ticket to the 
next attraction to all who would 
say they had not enjoyed 60 good 
laughs, but on condition that aU 
who clocked more than 100 haw- 
haws drop a dime in a box on their 
way ' out. 

It was Intended to be merely a 
gag to stress the laugh making 
qualities of the picture, but the 
manager placed a box in the lobby 
with a large sign explaining what 
it was for. He was rather sur- 
prised to And $9.3L when the run 



Lancaster, Pa. 
Warner Bros. Theatres, Inc., half 
owners of the old Pennsylvania 
railroad station site, bought some 
years ago as a parcel for a new 
theatre wtalch was not constructed, 
has been notified of the seizure and 
proposed sale ot the half interest 
In the tract held by Paul J. Henon, 
Jr., and Daniel T. Henon, of the 
firm of Henon & Henon, Philadel- 
phia. Writ and sale order do not 
affect the Warner Interest In the 
property. 

Allentown, Pa. 
The New Allen, nabe, closed for 
eight months, reopened under man- 
agement of John A. Kofler. 

Oklahoma City. 

Mrs. L. M. FIfy has taken over 
the manaigement of the Guthrie the- 
atre, Guthrie, Okla., and Ned Pe- 
dlgo the Roxy at Garber. 

Homer Ellison h«is leased the 
State and Dickinson, theatres. Gar- 
den City, Kan. 



Floyd Rice. Latter goes to the 
Capitol, Long Beach. George An- 
gelich goes to the tialifornia, 
Bakersfleld, replacing Reno Wllk, 
transferred to the Scenic, Whltter. 
Everett Sharp replaces Jack Adams 
at the West Coast, San Bernardino. 



Mlniieapblls. 
Emll Franke, RKO Orpheum- 
manager, transferred to St. Louis 
as manager of the St. Louis, Suc- 
ceeded! here by Marvin Clark of the 
Omaha Orpheum;; 



Los Angeles. 
. Bernle Krelselmann, formerly of 
the Pittsburgh 'Press,' succeeds 
Wally Schooler In the F-WC pub- 
licity-exploitation department home 
office. Schooler Is promoted to man- 
agership of the Pasadena, Pasadena. 



Lynchburg, Va. 
Liberty theatre, Bedford, has been 
returned to Warners after being 
operated a year by Merrltt Davis 
of Charlotte, Indie. 



Chicago. 

George Brown, former RKO pur- 
chasing agent here, returns to RKO 
employment In San Diego, Cal. He 
has left for the Coast. 



Los Angeles. 
Latest shift of Fox West. Coast 
house managers takes Bill Jenner 
from the Sunklst, Pomona, to the 
Riverside, Riverside, replac^hg 



Denver. 

Fox will install sound in Trail 
theatre, Bridgeport, Neb., and re- 
open. Carl Smith, doorman from 
the Imperial, at Alliance, will man- 
age. 

Orrin Mllburn has bought Out his 
partner, V. S. Henan, at Midway 
theatre, Burlington, Colo. 

The Garden at Lusk, Wyo., and 
Luna, North Platte, Neb., closed. 



Omaha. 

Managerial shifts place E. A. 
Lake at World for Publlx In place 
of Arthur Abelson, now at district 
booking office, Des Moines; George 
Baiinon, of Grand Island, Neb., In 
reopened Omaha State, and LoU 
Golden, of California, at RKO Or- 
pheum In place of Marvin Park, 
now at Minneapolis. • . 



Couple oC weeks ago the Mayfalr, 
N. Y„ planned a nifty front sign 
for 'Biir of Divorcement.' Theatre 
wall was covered with a background 
of circles in varying shades of blue 
overlapping. Against this the title 
was jplaced in letters about eight 
feet high, covered with sliver flitter, 
and lighted at night with two spot- 
lights which played up and down 
the sighi moving .through an arc 
of about 20 degrees. 

It was three or four ' days be- 
fore someone . iii authority discov- 
ered that the letters were placed so 
low on the sign that the- balustrade 
around the mai;<|uee hid the letters 
from the Broadway promenaders. 
The letters were .shoved up three or 
four feet and gave the desired re- 
sult. Just a Case of standing too 
close to the job to get perspective. 

A Beal Help 

Universal Is touting a 12-page 
booklet to advertise 'Once In A Life- 
time.' Bears the attractive title of 
'How to Break Into the Movies/ 
but Inside It's a lot of comedy with 
plenty of laughs. Gotten up to be 
sold cheaply, but still - attractive, 
and each booklet should have a 
large circulation value, , since It will 
be shotvn aroUhd. 

One of the neatest producer ac- 
.cessorles in a long time, and Should 
help to sell the picture. 

Voting Fever • ' 

Mason City, la. 

Voting fever which prevails over 
the. country was capitalized by the 
four theatres here, which conducted 
a poll among the personnel. 

Made a good story for the theatre. 

Col, Boost by F-WC 

' 'Los Angeles. 

On the theory tha.t the 10 cent 
admission of today Is the 60 cent 
admission of tomorrow Robert Col- 
lier, In the Fox West Coast ad 
manual, has done the Uiiusual Inso- 
far as this publication Is concerned 
and Included a four page supple- 
ment outlining the Buck Jones 
Rangers' club. 

This. is an Idea which Columbia 
evolved. 

Warner's New Books 

Warners' publicity points to its 
new press books, notably the one 
on, 'Three On A Match,' which car- 
ries a new idea of the 'Stunt of the 
Week.' Entire staff submits ex- 
ploitation Ideas and fhe best one 
is voted the stunt of the week and 
given lead position. 

Each sheet will carry a play up 
fot- one big idea aldng with a dozen 
or 80 general Ideas for the picture. 



Los Angeles. 

Port Major now in complete 
charge of film booking department 
at F-WC home! office. Jessie. Pierce, 
short subject booker for years^ Is 
out. Mary Langley, assistant book- 
er, has been transferred to the sta- 
tistical department. 

J. L. Blowitz has been added to 
the. staff. Milt Hosfelt continues as 
Major's chief assistant. 



New Orleans. 
Strand will reopen as sooii as 
trouble with union operators is ad- 
justed. They' are refusing to take 
a cut. 

Reopening of Strand will give N. 
O. six downtown first run.s. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 
. Victor W. Frank, manager of N. 
Robbins' Rltz here, stpps up as dJ.'s- 
trlct manager of the nf\v Cii-fiiii 
(Continued ■ on prm<> i 



For 'Night Mayor' 

. ■ . .. .i Seattle,. 

For 'Night Mayor' the Liberty got 
ace attention on the streets through-^ 
out week by having a fast-talking 
lad ride about main streets with 
liveried chaiiffeur. 

Auto would stop at street corners, 
the ,'mayor' .start his talk, and then 
special policeman would ask him to 
move on, but not until the 'speech* 
was finished. 



No Lions 

Great Britain, according to cabl« 
dispatches, has barred the use of a 
live lion to advertise a jungle film. 
Held by authorities that It's a der- 
•ogatlon of the British national em- 
blem. 

This is an about face from the 
reception accorded Metro's Leo a 
couple of. years ago. 



Identifications 

Somclhlng new seems to be 'scene 
identiflration.' Worked by a theatre 
with a three-change bill, Sunday 
ad cai-ries a brief description of a 
sfono from a picture; It's up to th* 
(finifstants to fell to what picture 
(Continued on page 35) 



Tuesday, October 25, 1932 



WARNER BAXTER 



AS 



PAUL ONSLOW 



IN 



''SIX HOURS TO LIVE" 



FOX FILM 




WILHELM DIETERLE 



Directed 



"SIX HOURS TO LIVE" 



FOX FILM 



BRADLEY KING 



Screen Play 

and 

Dialogue 



SIX HOURS TO LIVE" 



FOX FILM 



Tucadajr, October 25, 19^2 



PIC¥yRE« 



VARIETY 



21 



Stock Market 



(Continued from page 7) 

efx sessions.' Stock ha4 the same 
acipect as redehtly: Advances were 
almost without ifexceptlon in mini- 
mum lot? and declines in sizeable 
traiiaictlona. At 25%, the price level 
at Saturday's^ close was within a, 
fraction of -.the low on the dip of 
week before, last. On the upside 
durinfr the rallies of. the 11th and 
14th the stock was hot a brilliant 
performer, and its defense to the 
Bubsecjuent jreactipn was weak. 

The preferred stock did better, but 
late la^t week the bonds sho^\'ed a, 
".dlsturbine disposition to give way, 
a tendency, that was explainable on 
nothing in the news and had ho 
counterpart elsewhere artiongr the 
allied obligations. Even Paramount 
Hens, ^ which for two weeks had been 
laboring under pressure, seemed to 
have found a support level around 
.21t22 for the B^^'s and 24-25 for the 
cider S's; but the sudden retreat of 
Loew obligations came as a surprise. 
Kaiiior In the autumn this security 
was in demand nearly 10 points 
.liiffhcr. • ■ • 

Retreat of Loew at this time— the 
)|iiiddle of the peak season for its 
.husLness — suggests something spe- 
cial, soniething aside from genei-al 
mai'ket conditions. Loew bonds 
•were oil more than 4 points net to 
'81j lowest price quoted sincie last 
eprl.ig when the panic was on. 
: ' Weakness in bonds is sometimes' 
explained as a tactical maneuver to 
draw a short Interest into common 
stocks, but this logic does not apply 
to Locw's which is in such a strate- 
gic (situation that the bears shun it. 
Reasons are that the floating supply 
Is small, thajority being" tied Up in 
a trust, and that its sponsors are 
believed to be too well hieeled to be- 
vulnerable to a raid. Any bear oper- 
ations against Loew are likely to be 
bas^d on an adverse turn in its af- 
fairs.' ■ 

Anyhow, the setback in LoeW 
found reflection in weakness in the 
whole amusement s^i'oup. Paramount 
made a new. low since summer at 
.3% and Warners at 2 was within an 
. elshth of its bottom on the fall set- 
back. Par. volume of 45,000 shares 
looked important. Turnover in War- 
■ners was moderate. 

Await StMl Dividend 

It Is probable that any public 
dabbling . in thjs amusements has 
been on the smallest sort of scale. 
There is small doubt that the the- 
atre stocks have lost their follow- 
ing, with standard industrial secur- 
ities offering: a vastl.v larger profit 
cn any market or business recovery, 



'HAM WAITS ON SUNDAYS 

Gov. Delays Signing Alabama Bill— 
House* Wera Rea<ly Oct. 23 



Publio participation Iii the market 
as a whole Is at a minimum any- 
wav and being made smaller by 
market advice to stay out and await 
lower prices all around. . 

As far as the election figures as 
a market factor, the sltuatioh. has 
changed completely. Last summer 
the idea was that an inspired bull 
market would, help the Republican 
candidate. Tiie late summer ad- 
vance had no such effect, whether 
it was staged for that purpose or 
hot. Now traders are reluctant to 
do anything for fear one or th* other 
of the cahdidates will spill the 
beans. ' • 

Most important influence on last 
week's market was the approach of 
the Steel preferred dlvidehd vote 
due today (Tues.) Company has 
not made its dividend and would 
have to pay out of surplus; Street 
affected to believe the $7 rate would 
be maintained^ or at worst cut to 
?5, basing the conviction on the view 
that the big corporation would make 
the hopeful gesture in an effort to 
help sentiment, already fortified by 
several items of good news,; prin- 
cipally favorable figures on car 
loadings. Steel company last week 
announced a reduction of $3 a ton 
In steel rails, from $43 to $40, in- 
terpreted as a move to encourage 
buying. Cut in formal price level 
is said merely ratifies concessions 
obtainable for a long way back, but 
the Street likes to think that It 
makes a favorable omen of the di 
rectors degire to fortify business 
sentiment. 

Until the Steel board acts, how 
ever, neither market faction cares 
to venture.. Bulls tested the market 
ten days ago when a brief run up 
of prices failed lamentably to stim 
ulate.the long side. There is small 
indication that a material short in- 
terest, has. been built up on the su)> 
sequent retreat. The chances of fa 
vorable action by the Steel directors 
would discouragie any major opera 
tion for the decline. So the situ- 
ation results for the time being in 
a stalemate. 

Loew's directors were scheduled 
to voto yesterday afternoon on' the 
preferred dividend, the action due 
Oct. 17 having been postponed for 
lack. of a quorum. Payment of the 
regular $6.50 has not been questioned 
during the worst of the depression, 
tlie common stock still being on a 
xegular $3 basis. Probability of 
paying the usual extra (it was $1 
last year and 60 cents before that) 
has not been brought up. Ordinarily 
the extra cqmes up for a vote dur 
ins November. 



••*«•••«•• 



Summary for .Vvoek ending Saturday, October 22: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 

Issue and rate. 

American Seat 

Consol. Film 

Columbia P. .vto... . 
Consol. Film pid.... 
Kaatman KOddk (8)\ 

Fox, Class A.'. 

Gen. Elec.. (49c.)r...., 

Keith pfd 

Loew .(3) 

Do pref. (0V6).... 

Madison Sqt. ' Garden. . , 
Met-G-M pref, (1.89).. 

Orpheum ptd... 

Paramount 

Pathe Excbanff«. . . ..^ 

Pathe, Class A. 

Radio Corp. 

RKO 

Shubert 

Universal pref. (8) 
Warner- Bros. ..... 

Do pfd 

Westlnghouse .... 



f- — -1032 






HIeh. 


Low. 


Sales. 


3% 


% 




0% 


1 


000 


14% 


.4%. 


700 


11*1 


2% 


2,000 


61% 


3S% 


18,100 




1 


4.200 


26% 


8U 


S0,300 


8» 


7 




87% 


13K 


24,466 


80 . 


SB 


400 


4Vi 




100 


22>4 


14 


100 


15 


a>A, 




IWj 


114 


46,666 


IVi. 


Vi. 


500 


6% 


1% 


400 


13% 


2% 


C8.800 


7% 


1% 


2,800 


1% 


% 


100 


60 


23 


10 


4V4 


H 


14,lCiO 


20 


4 


43% 


19% 


76,366 



• • a • • • • w«i« • 9^ • 



• • • a aa«-*««a • 







. . Net.chg. 


HiKh. 


Low. 


Last, for wk. 






l%bld 




'3 

o%- 


3 - 14 
1014 . + 14 


8% 


7% 


8 


64% 


• 40% 


.49% -3 


314 


2% 


2% ^ % 


16% • 


•14% 


14% - -1% 
20 bid 


28% 




25% — 1% 


78% . 


70% 


-78. , +.2% 


2% 


2% 


2% 


10%. 


19% 


10% - % 




6% bid 


414 


"i% 


8% -.% 


% 


% 


% . 


2% 


. 2% 


2% - % 


» 


m 


7 . -% 


4% 


3% 


3% - % 




. % 


% 


■86 


36 


35 +8 


2% 


2 


2% - % 
5 bid 


29% 


; 26 


26% -8% 



CURB 



26- 
1% 
2% 
4% 
3% 



7% 
63 
90 

80'/-: 
00% 

65 
•101 14 
6 
40 



Bid. 
1 



4% 

% 
% ' 
% 
% 



I 
34 
04 
40 
1.1 

lol^ 

1% 
»% 



Asked. 
2 



100 

166 



$10,000 

4,000 
13,000 
1,000 
8.000 
67.000 

21666 

16,000 



Columbia Pictfl 

De Forest lladio . . . 
Gen. Thea. E. pfd. 

Technicolor , 

Trnns Lux 



m 


0% 


0% 


-1% 


% 


% 


% 




% 


% 


% 


+ A 


3% 


3% 


3% 



BONDS 

den. Thea. E^. '40.... 
Keith O's, '40 

Loew O's, '41 

Pathe 7'3, "37 

Par-Fum-Lasky 8's 
Par-.Pub D%'s, 'CO..., 

RKO debs O's 

Shubert O's 

Warner Bros. O's, '30 



Over the Counter, N. Y. 



•47.. 



• » • • a*« • • 



.... TXoxy, Class A (3.S0). 
Gen. Thr. cfs. sold $1,000 ® 3%, olT,%. 



4 


. 3% 


3% 


- % 


41 


41 


41 




85 


81% 


81% 


-4% 


06% 


65% 


00% 


25 


28 


24 


+ % 


24% 


21 


31 


- % 


'2% 


'2% 


"2% 


- % 


24% 


24 


24 


- % 




a^ . ' 







MiUard's Semir-Sex Film 
With % for Actors 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

S. S. Millard is ishoe-stringing a 
semi-sex film, 'Innocent,' at Tec-Art. 
Producer is promoting the troupe to 
come in on salary and percentage 

Jack Townley, on layoff from Ed- 
ucational's writinj? staff, is sched- 
uled to start megging this week. 
Company is called Foriim Pictures. 



I ST. CHAELES, N. 0., REOPENS . 

New Orleans, Oct. 24. 

St. Charles theatre opens this 
•week with pictures. . Playhouse, 
which was the old Orpheum, has a 
pop scale of 25c. top for first runs. 
Being operated by New Orleans city 
fl nance commissioner, Miles Pratt, 
for the Pratt estate. 

Theatre has been closed Cor years 
and is one of the houses taken over 
from Saenger by PUblix. 



More 'Goonas' 

Mr. and Mrs. .Armand Denis, pro 
ducers of 'Gooha Qoona,' are plan 
ning a second picture to be made 
in French Irtdo -China. . 

First was made in Bali and sold 
to First Division, with which a deal 
will probably be made on the fol 
low-up. 



Judgments 



Richurd Ileradon; J. BerlnsitelD. 
$3,718. 

KInxstoo < KHz Tlieatre Corp.i BKO 
District Corp.; J8S. 

V. T. Amohement Coip.; United 
Artists- Corp.; »16, 

Charles V. Dery and Dory Theatre 
Corp.; National Theatre Supply Corp, 
$1 428 

j?opular Clvlo Opera Co. N. T., Inc. 

Thomas Walker and Maurice Frank 
Lions Club of While Plains, N. T 
$2,238. ■ ■ , 

NoUonnl Mlnter Giirden Co., Inc 
T. 'J. nrenn;in, Commissioner; $2(iB. 

Itelnald Worrenratli: Marihe Midland 
Trurtt Co. of New York, trustee, $7,084 



Birminghaia, Oct. 24. 
Birmingham theatres did not open 
yesterday (Sunday), aa was hoped 
because Gov. Miller couldn't make 
up. his mind about the Qobdwyii bill 
wlilch has passed the Liee;lslaturc 
and did not sigrnature the paper. In- 
stead, he sent the bill back to the 
Lieglslature and told them he was 
favor of an election to be held 
Birmingham, Nov. 8, to decide 
•whether the people actually wanted 
Sunday shows. Ministerial protests 
believed the reason. Petitions bear- 
ing more than 16,000 names sent to 
Montgomery favoring Sunday shows. 

The bill is aimed particularly at 
Birmingham and ; legalizes Sunday 
shows in towns of $0,000 or more 
population throughout the state. 
Montgomery and Mobile already 
have Sunday shows although not 
legally. 

The house wil .not be able to re- 
consider the bill until tomorrow 
(Tuesday). If the Senate and Hou^e 
do not agree to the referendum in 
Birminghanii, it will be the same; as 
overriding a veto and the bill will 
become a law. 



aindieBostmHouses^^ 
And Texas Also Expected to Join 



WhoV Who 



Glasmon's Sec'y, Not 
Mrs. Glasmoii, Divcvced 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 
In Coast News from the Dallies 
issue of Oct. 11, "Variety' printed 
thiat Marcclle Gray, screen actress, 
was awarded a divorce from Itubcc 
Glasnibn, writer. In the- lios Angeles 
Superior court. 

Glasmon was not the defendant in 
this case. The divorce ^as obtained 
from John B. Gray by Miss Gray 
who, iat that time, was secretary to 
Glasmon at Radio istudios. 

The Grays wer^ married about 
one year, the divorce being granted 
on. grounds of bruelty. . 



Studio Plaeemeiits 



, . IjOs Angeles, Oct. 24v 
Fox-West Coast ad itianual 
refers to 'Rain' as 'the famous 
Eugene O'Neil drama of thQ 
South Seas.' 

And then there's W. Somer- 
set Maughani's •well-known 
play, 'Strange Interlude.' 



Skouras' 3 Denver Days 



Denver, Oct 24. 
Charles P. Skouras was here last 
week attending the convention o£ 
Fox West Coast managers and dis- 
trict officials of the Roclty Mountain 
division.' 

, Convention lasted three days, due 
to the Skouras party being a day 
late. With Skouras wiere, Andy 
Krappman, secretary, Jack Sulli- 
van, film buyer, and Robert Frenzel 
of the treasurer's department. They 
left for liOs Angeles immediately 
after the meeting. 



Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 

Charles Skouras returned here 
Sunday night (23) from 10-day trip 
as far east as Denver: 

Accompanying him was Arch 
Bowles, San EYancieco division man- 
ager, to arrange booking schedule 
on account of closing of Frisco Fox. 



Along with the formal enrolln>ent 
oi the Boston state unit, composed of 
about 450 theatres, and one of the 
strongest aggregations of indies in 
the U. S., the Motion Picture The- 
atre Owners of America expects 
within a month to announce the 
addition of Texas to its ranks. This 

will mean that within six months 
two of the bigger state unilfs of 
Allied Exhibitors will . Jiayo sVvung 
over to the rival national organi- 
zation. Last summer Wisconsin 
ciiiit Allied for the MPTOA. [ . . 

M. A. Llghtman, president of tlie 
MPTOA, plans to take advantage 
o£ the record membership by i|nak- 
ing tiie; organization financially In- x 
dependent. ' j 

Where state units now pay dues 
of $100 a year, Llghtman will short- 
ly endeavor to have these increased 
to 1150. With the extra $60 Light- 
man believes the MPTOA would not 
be dependent upon affiliated theatre 
dues as has been the case for the 
past five years. 



Babe Dickinson, Gloria Ann 
White and Dorothy Jean Hamilton 
for Jay Hays juve shorts.. 

Henry Armetta, Instead of Vince 
Bamett,.for 'Rasputin,' BCetro. Bar- 
nett busy in 'Flesh.' 

Veree Teasdale. David Landau, 
'Happy Dollars,' XJ^ 

Noel Madison, Pat Harmon, 
•Laughter In Hell.V U, 

Norman McLeod. direction 'Good 
Company,' Par. ■ •■ 

Joyce Compton, Luclen Llttlefleld, 
Robert Burns, Bd ward Le . Saint, 'If 
- had a Million,' Par. 

Wallace Smith, adaptation 'Fly 
On,' fromi John Monk Saunders' 
original. Par. 

Lila Lee. 'Officer U,' Oeorge Mel- 
ford to direct, Allied. 

Wladek Zybyszko^ 'Optown New 
Tork^' KBS. 

Ruth Donnellr, Xaiwrer Man,' 
Warners, . 

John Sheehan, Gavin Gordon, 
Robert McWade, Bmma Dunn, 
Claire Dodd, Allan Jenkins, 'The 
Inside,' Warners. 

Tosha Mori, Harold Huber, 
'Blondle Johnson,* Warners. 

Esther Mulr, 'Tljat's Africa,' 
Wheeler and Woolsey, Columbia. 

George Davis, Leland Hodgson, 
Robert Homans, Jack Kennedy, 
'Under Cover Man,' Par. 



Incorporations 



Mew T«rk 

, Albany. K. T, Oct. 24. . 
Capitol Reorcatlon, Ine., Manhattan, 
theatres, omueement parks, $10,000. . 

Mayer I'Ictnres, lae.. Now York, the- 
atrical, 9,000 Ehare»--^2,00« preferred 
$100 — 7.noo common $10. 
. Hnwin Fyodncttona. Inc., Manhattan, 
theatrical, $60,000. 

' Goodluck ArnDKement Corp., Maahat^ 
tan, theatrical, 10 shares no par. ' 

India I'avUlon Corp,, New York, op- 
erate theatres, restaoranta, $160,000. 

Bealart Picture* Corp., Manhattan, 
ploturo bUHlness,' $20,000.- 

CoronatI Openitlnr Corp., New Tork, 
theatrical, 200 shares no par. 

The immoral Corp., Manhattan, the- 
atrical, 20C shares no par. 

Schaffer Becreatlon, Ino.. New York, 
amusements, entertainment, restaurants, 
200 shares no par. 

New York CIrciu Side Show; Jnc, 
Kings, realty, opemte amusement placcit, 
all kinds, $1,000. 

California 

Sacramento, Oct. 24. 

TF»r West Kxclioosea, Ino. Capital, 100 
shares, no par. .Bomard D. Lane, Jose- 
phine Trlplett, Kathryno .Falmer. 

Itopnbllc .StaillOa, Ino. . Capital, 1.000 
shares, no par. Alfred 11 Manon, .Tohri 
Boyqe-Smlth, Xrvlbff Melllken, Richard 
J. Pearl, T.cster Tracy. 

Theatre Bulldlnir ' IIoUliW Corp. Capi- 
tal, 100 shares, no par. R. O. Soabel, 
M. Roe, Perry Price, ' 

Wm. Berko Prodaetlona. Capital. 2.- 
600 shares, • no par. 'William Berke, 
T^ouls K. Guldlce, Marie K Ouldlce. 

Down Town TheatrM, Jub. Capital, 
100 shares, no par. Jtilea CL Ooldstone, 
Albert W. T^ieods, Morton Oarbus, John 
B. Bertero, l.oul« Bants. 

Third and Fairfax Arena. Capital. 1.- 
000 nhares. no par, Morris B. Cohn, 
furroll Whiteley, R. U Eeltner. 

llell Camera Corp.. certlAoate of dl.Mio-' 
lutlon. 



Under Advisement 

Minneapolis, Oct. -24. 
Judge Nordby, in Federal Court, 
has taken under advisement a mo- 
tion for a temporary restraining 
order to prohibit film distributors 
here from continuing to. carry put 
the terms of a zoning agreement 
and allegedly favoring Publix the- 
atres. 

Action brought by W. A. Steftes, 
Allied . States' president and indie, 
as ia test case to determine the va- 
lidity of zoning. Abrani Myers, 
counsel for Allied, came here to 
argue the temporary injunction mo- 
tion for Steffes, while Pierce Butler, 
Jr., son of one of the U, S. Supreme 
Court judges, among the counsel 
appearing for the distributors. 



WBIOHT ON TABZAN SEBIAI 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

William Lord Wright has been 
engaged by Sol Lesser as produc- 
tion manager for the 12-eplsode 
Tarzan serial, to be made for Prin- 
cipal Pictures^ 

Wright will also aid in the script 
preparation. 



Authoress Will Do Own 
Treatment on Her Yam 

Mildred Cram, formerly on the 
Metro •writer list,- Is going back to 
that studio to do the treatment on ' 
'Our Moyal Standards,' novel by 
Miss Cram and Maurlc^ Revnes 
which M-G has purchoised. 

Under the contract with^ Miss. 
Cram, Metro reserves the option to 
also have Miss Cram do the contin- 
uity and dialog on picture. . W 



MORGAN'S 2D FOB M-0 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Ralph Morgan, on loan trtim Foi 
to play the 'Czar' In 'Raispu tin,' will 
go Into 'Spn Daughter' at. M-O be- 
fore returning to . his home lot. 

Morgan has been on the Culver^. 
City lot for two months. - 



DUNN'S IT OBIGINAL 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
. Universal has taken an option on 
'Round Up,' an original story by 
Phillip Diinn. 

Dunn also wrofe Tier 13/ an orig- , 
Inar for Fox.. . ' 



Mank'e VaMsh 

HoUyWood, Oct. 24. 
J'oe Manklewicz leaves tomorrow 
(25) for New Tork on a two weeks' 
vacation, returning to •work on the 
adaptation of 'College Humor,' with 
Claude Blnyon for Paramount. 



CHOICE OFFICE SPACE 
IN TIMES SQUARE DISTRICT 
AT ^^SUBLET" PRICES! 



BONP BUILDING 

1560 Broodv/oy (ol 4«lh S».) 

PALACE THEATRE BUILMNO 

IM4 Broadway 

PATHE BUILDING 

35 Weil 4SHi SItmI ^ ■ 

Offices of Radio 'Keith -Orpheum CorporoHon will move to 
the new RKO Building in Rocicefeller Center about December 
1sf...We can therefore offer detiroble office space In the 
above buildings lo theqtrical, motion picture and ether or- 
ganizations at genuine bargain rentals . . . Entire floors avail- 
able . . . Also sub -divisions, large and small ... Some offices 
handsomely decorated ... Tenants may purchase floor cover- 
ings, drapes and special fixtures at o fraction of their cost... 
Ainy Reliable firm whose lease expires up to May 1st. 1933, will 
be wise to look Info this outstanding rental opportunity now... 
Possession in all three buildings on or about December 1st. 

Apply t-^ 

RaDIO-KEITH^ORPHEUM corporation, Naw York 

RmI Eitot* Depariment, 35 W*il 45lh StTMl 
r«(*phone BRyonI 9-6700 , 



22 



Y4M1ETY 



Tae^day, October 25, 1932 



EVERY 

F.& M. DE LUXE 
SHOW TOPS ITS 
PREDECESSOR 





apers, managers 
public join the raves« 



Other F. ac M. 
deluxe attfactioiis 
reapio^ tl^ raves- 



starring Ulziy Eaton with 
Roy Biaines, Jack iWaldron, 
Hal Voui^ Mis9 Hiih^ 



lllIKE 

widi Kathryn Crawford^ Bobby 
Watsibn^ f^^otge Dobbs. 




TEP LEWIS 

- and bis F. Qc M, Jubilee Show. 

Ziegfeld's 

WHOOPEE 

Peirsonally 8u|}etvised by Ei^die 
Gahtor, with a j-star cast ai' 
eluding Buddy Doyle, Bobbe 
Amst, Jade Rutherford, Jane 
(of Jane and KatherineLee) 
and Pietro Gentili. 



Read what Kansas City said about 

FOLLOW THRU 



KANSAS QTY STAR:^^This produc- 
tion pfx>bably has more etitertaihtneht 
than -Rib Rita' and^Desert Song\ Tollow 
Titjm^ Miairistreet best till so far.-' 

KAlSfS^ COY JOURJ^ 
**As far as tunefulness^ importance of 
prindpals and general merririierit is con- 
cerned^ this shbw excells ^D^ert Song' 
and Ttio RitaV' 



ana ^ Desert Song'' >ras hitherto 
G.^$ biggest smash hit this year. 

rare reviews 
mean rave grosses! 




FANCHON & MARCO, inc 



HOLLYWOOD • SAN FRANaSCO • SEATTLE • MILWAUKEE • NEW YORK 



nTuesdMr,. October 26, 19SS 



23 



RACKEIT RAX WHMKi 
BALTO 




Biggest week-end in months at New 




Morris 





$ttrtii|To«rrow 




Big-name Stage acts and star-studded pictures 
a$ opposition didn^ mean a thing to Manager 
iV^hanic$^ He, hax^ ■ Rs^^c^ 
he advanced it! Result: biggest wedc-end iii 
m6ntths...bigg^t b^e^^ ;in yeat;^...best re- 
^ilew^ since he cah reih^^ It^ ^1: dndi 'to 
hi-jack the opposition's gate with this one. 



i-column^lull 
depth of th^ 
paper used hy 
F'^ thcNewTheatre 




'.I 



Big Belly Laugh of the Season 



WATCH FOX THIS YEAn-Z^ 



HIRE'S WNJIT 



FOUR day advance ntvnt- 
paper campaign 

'■• 

USED Fox tnatqueesQxaitn* 
. ets in inndr [obby for ad- 
vance. . .under the marque* 
for current flash. 

MARQUEE strcainen in. 
all vacant stores . poster 
cutouts in vacant stores on 
comets. ^ 

BIG bam^r flash across one 
of the mam streets. 

' • 

, GQlillEST in Batlti^note ; 
penence.'^ 



ARRANGE!]!^ ColUge| 
Nights with of thej! 

■Jo^j-roijic^r;;/;.^^^^ !:■ 

RANspedal ads in the eight;; 
colleges' magnrinn, drawn ' . 
hy the school cartoonists. 

TIED up with college^ 
papers— •**Fiinnicst Sight I - 
Saw at a Football Game.^ 



DISTRIBUTEP heralds ) 
to local collies and /prep ., 
schools. ^ 

..RAN/spedal iQ^line.^ on?) 
' ntwsps^wir spoirt ' page^ on ; 
d[i«iiih|^daj^. . ' '. ;^ 

WROTE personal letter 
to guests arriving at hotels 
Doosting the picture's belly 
laugfis. ^ 

\5TOT after the business 
{ \ —and GOT IT ! 



fashi 



on 



GREAT NEWS! 

Glark Gable— Jean Harlow in "RED DUST** opens stinultaneous engage^' 
nients in Los Angeles and Hollywood to linefr>around'th&<:omer business. 
We told you to "Watch our Red Dust"J It's sensadonall 

GREAT NEWS! 

Imagine! It has happened only twice Ibe&re In the history of New York's 
big Capitol Theatre. Held Over THIRD WEEK! Norma Shearer in 
"SMILINVTHROUGH," the year's beW) iom«K«^ ^box-office joy ot 
the hour everywhere! > 

GREAT NEWS! 

"GRAND HOTEL" the miracle picture of all dtaae^ It is the tonfc that pic- 
ture business dreamed of! It is reviving the theatie^BoIng habit Ask the 

man who plays "Grand Hotel!" 

GREAT NEWS! 

"PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES"— LaurdL«aidy*» (S^eeiscrcantte conttei- 
ues to pack theatres from Cbast to Coast! Beaiting *'Pa¥(ion lJsV' 

GREAT NEWS! 

Norma Shearer-Clark GaWe in "STRANGE INTERLUDE' confirms belief 
of MXj-M that the public wants som^htng Neurf In its first $1.50 Road^ 
Show engagements it*s a clean-up! 3rd bi« week in Boston! Swell in Wash* 
ington! 3rd triumphant week in Cleveland! Bu£Fdb*s &nt week big! Detroit, 
Cincinnati, Providence off to brilliant startb 

GREAT NEWS! 

lEyes of the industry arejon M'G-M*s Califonila Shidiol^Dressler-Moran in 
-PROSPERITY-* will positively dwarf their {past successes* Johnny Weiss- 
^uUbr Trwork'in "TARZAN AND HIS MATE." Wallace Beery as a 
^resdef in "FLESH;^ looks like another "Champ." Just started "REUNION 
IN VIENNA"— something to bank on! Dressier and Beery soon to start 
"TUGBOAT ANNIE"— anotKer **Emma"l Helen Hayes— Ramon Novarro 
: in "SON- DAUGHTER"! Bob Montgomery, Huston, Durante in "PIG 
BOATS", submarine romance that tojis "Shipmates" for thrills! It's a pleasure! 



to M-G-M . 
a live-wire outfit ! 




•They've 8^*^^ 
that ^^^"^ ' 




Always 




after yea'^' ^ 




j(;t seen nothin' 





^efldajv October 2S, 1932 



PICT 



C S 



VASmiY 



2S 



fE(^-ARI REORGANIZES 



AS REPOBUC SniDIOS 



Bollywood, Oct 24. 
14 K rooncftnlzatloa at the Tee- 
^rt rental . atudlo, the lot has 
fmerged aa Repabllc Studios, Inc, 
with blue prints oalUnff for another 
eound stage and a $100,000 revanip- 
Ing. 

Officers are Al Mannoii^ president; 
f. Boyce- Smith, vice-president and 
treasurer,, and Richard Peul, sec- 
ond Tlce-jtresldent. Motion Picture 
Investment Ck>rp^ I<td„ organized to 
flnanc0 Indies; preferably on the 
Republic lot. Is not tied in financial- 
ly with the studio but Its directors 
win' serve on the Republic board. 



Frisco Orph Reopens 

San Francisco, Oct. 24. 
.RKO reopens the Orpheum Wed- 
nesday (26) on a straight picture 
policy, with orchestra, at 60 cents 
top. . J. J. Franklin's negotiations 
with muslcbina' union were closed 
last week.' Bouse will ;:have stringed 
orchestra ot 10; Uzla Bermani con- 
ducting. 

Managerial and publicity staff of 
RKO's Golden Gtote will supervise 
the Orph. 

Union negotlationB call for 10 men 
at the Orph and. It desired, less than 
the present 16 In Horace Heldt's 
band at the Gatel No . charges for 
tuxedos, lessening of double 
charges, aiid return of Gate's or- 
ganist to scale Included in the 
agreement. . 



WM. THpRNER 

Veeal Inttruetoir of 

ROSAPONSELLE 
GAUiCURa 
ALJOUON 

and Many Others 

Retumad to K«w Tork After a % 
Tear Bwervr Flctnre Maklns !■ 
HollTWood Will Sp«olaIlM la 

VOICE CULTURE for 
PICTURES 
RADIO 
MUSICAL COMEDY . 

An ilzp^rfene*' pt Hmt Tean, In 
Theae Ftolda' DiialileB Mr. ThQraer 
to CMTer 

VQIC^ULTURE 

':BiatMje|4iit# Adapted to 
"\iM» Profeoalona 




WNHfrHORNER 

605 Caine^e "HaXL, Hew Yoik 

r' By ' Appointment Only 
Tel. Coi; 5-070(ar 



GAUtSCHI and SONNEH 

NOW DOING THEIR 
UN RIVALED APACHE DANCE 

ATiTHE; 

PARAMOUNT THEATRE 

PARts 

Thanks tojiilh iF^ancis A. Mangan 



WALTER MOSS 

DANCER 

RBCENTLT RK» TIME 
'VARIETY' SAID: 

'HE. WOWS 'EM' 
Opened Oct. 20th Indefinitely 

CLUB NEW YORKER, 
HOLLYWOOD 



BOB KIHGSTON 

SOLOIST 

With Hal Wayne and His Orcheistta 
Opened New Show Oct. 80th 

Club New Yorker, Hollywood 



FANCHON & MARCO Present 

SYLVIA CLARK 

In "HER BIRTHDAY PARTY" 

BOBBIE KUHN M "UNCLC BOBBIE" 



Sc|ueak Tetter 



HoUyvrood, Oct M. 
An eiDolenor expert on the 
Metro lot discovered the other 
day that some ot the camp 
chairs used by dircictors, stars 
and others on the sets were 
squeaklner. Immediately a 
'squeak' expert was assigned to 
all sets to test the seating ap- 
uaratus for the peculiar noises. 
From, 'Variety's* 

Holly toooA BuJietin, 



BOMBING ARRESTS 



Two Men Grabbed for Alabama 
Explosion Injurtng Four 



Birmingham, Oct^ 24, 
Two men, Sam Wassermann, alias 
John H. Katz and Harvey H. Wat- 
kins, alias Sidney li. Ualhplm, ar- 
rested here in connectioii .with the 
bombing ot the Alabama last week, 
when (our persons were burned as 
a result of the explosive. 

According to reports; . Wasser' 
tnann has adinit!|ed thiat he was an 
operator In NeW' Orleans. Arrest 
followed ail Investigation by detec- 
tives working on a forgery case. 

The Alabama wats boimbed at the 
height of a Saturday night perform- 
ance. - House has been non-union 
for three "weeks '-foliowiitg a walk- 
out of union dpertltOirs and stage^ 
hands over Contracts. 



Talking Shorts 



(Continued firbm page 15) 

waterfront, darl^ harrow .streets' on 
which the sun appears as a haze 
and multitudes of strange hvmanlty 
are Included^ . 

The rest of .the river trip Is' much 
like that frequently seen in travelog 
with the exception of the upper end. 
Here coolies are shown dragging 
boats like canal mules. . Waly, 

'KING NEPTUNE' 
Cartoon 

Silly Symphony Series 
7 Mins. 
ftoxy, N. Y. 

UA 

Entirely In Technicolor and a 
swell job, both as entertainment and 
in production. A wealth of detail 
and novelty has gone Inta short's 
making. letting It stand at the front 
of .the class among this year's car 
toons. 

. . Action deals with Kliig Neptune 
and' his undersea dOtaiaih^: Including 
a bunch of mermaids/ cf'P.tu^ of oqe 
of which by a pirate m6b starts a 
battle between sailors of the Span' 
Ish Main and Neptune's followers. 
No stalling anywhere on the action, 
yet a lot of detafl figures In the 
drawings. 

Color Job lends new strength to 
cartoons. CAar, 



TOUCHDOWN MICIkEY 
IMicikey Mouse Cometfy 
6 Mins. 

Rivoli, N. Y. ; „ 
: United Artiito 

Among the first Walt Disney car- 
toonlcs under the new Joseph M. 
Schenck-ITA auspices. Touchdown 
Mickey' exceeds some of the fun- 
niest antics of the predecessors. 
There's a lot of business and laffs 
crowded Into this one. 

That they plenty ai, the' b.' o. ""was 
evidenced by the anticipatory 'ahs!" 
when the title was f^ashed. AieL 



Fonn Company to Operate 
Downtown L A. Pool 



Ix>s Angeles, Oct 84. 
Downtown Theatres, Inc., has 
been formed by E^rlncioal and Gam- 
blner to carry out their pooling of 
four' downtown houses, Palace and 
President, operated by Principal, 
and Tower and Cameo, Gumblner's 
houses. 

New corporation will take sub- 
leases oh the quartet for a period of 
two years. Albert Leeds, Fox- 
West Coast and Principal attorney, 
and Juleis GoTdstone, counsel for 
Gumbiner, are directors of the hew 
concern. . 



Behind the Keys 

(Coiitinued from page 19) 

Bobbins is forming. Second link, 
the State, Albany, star^ Oct. 24. 



' Los Angeles.' 
DaVe FVed Is new manager of the 
United Aj^sts, Ihglewood. Former- 
ly p.a. at the Paramount here. 

... ^^^^^^ ^ 

San Francisco. 
F-WC moved Herman Kersken, 
manager, and Sam Pechner, assist-^ 
ant, over to' the. Fox Oakland, after 
closing the VIocal Fqx. 
■ Walt Jloeafeier did not go to OsJi- 
land, aa brlglnaUiy planhed, Maea- 
tro's contract was for the Fox thea- 
tre, running until Jan. 1, Latter Is 
now out. 

■ . . Chicago. 
John Quinlan : replaces Robert 
Cook as treasurer ot the RKO Or 
pheumi Sprincffleld, III. Cook trans' 
ferred to . the RKO Virginia at 
Champaign/ HI. 

Pittsburgh. 
,- Wide sweep In the local WB of- 
fice got under way here when vet- 
eran employes paMed company with 
the organization. Broom started 
with a!rrlval ot Harry Kalnjilne and 
Milt Sliver, new zone manager and 
advertising director, respectively. 

Let out wei^ Ken Hoel and 
Christy Wllbert, publicity;. Charlie 
Hague, art staff; Arthur Flanders, 
proniotlon chief; and Fuzzy Knight, 
West VIrerlnIa district manager. 
Knight becomes a house manager 
again, with Jimmy Balmer return 
ing to the W. Va. post. 

Pittsburgh. 

Karl Krug, former dramatic and 
picture critic ot the 'Press.' has 
conncioted with United Artists^ slie' 
clal ezplpltatlon department. His 
first Bisslgnmrint Is handling liobin' 
son Crusoe* locally for its first-run 
booking at' 'JPeikiL 

Krug, ' who was let out at the 
'Press' 10 months ago after he had 
detailed some gossip In his column 
about a well-known local, has been 
doing freelance publicity since last 
January. . * 

'■. . Albajty, N Ti' ' 
ISdwaM FItzgcttald, itfbo 'replaoed 
Venor Beaver m manager of the 
Troy th«iatre.,at Troy, resigned. No 
successor named. 

GUILL on WELCH'S INBIE 

Hollywood, Oct ti. 

First Robert Wetoh production 
for Unusual Pictures will be. ^glon. 
ot the Damned,' by Hairy O. Hbyt, 
at IfetropoUtan. 

IVed GuiU dhnects, starting Nov, 7, 



Easy Hours 



Bollywood, Oct. X4, 
A new writer at Columbia ; 
was asked how he enjoyed 
working at that studio. 

'It's a cinch,' he replied. *We 
duck out of the studio^ evSry 
day as soon as Harry Cohn 
leaves — around midnight. 



KNOTTY FT. WAYNE 



Landlords May Get Houses Back 
From Publix-RKO 



LOCAL 164 MEN SUE 
MILWADKEE POUCE 



. Chlcax^o, Oct. 24. 
While in Chicago last Wednesday 
(19) Sana Katz and a party of Pub- 
lix officials discussed the situation 
in Fort Wayne, Ind., where Publix- 
RKO are pooled. RKO is operating 
the town but wants to get out, and. 
unless Publlx is willing to work out 
a deal to preserve its own com- 
mand of that town RKO will step 
out iedtogether.. 

Possibility of the five Fort Wayne 
houses teverlln'g to the Quimby es- 
tate o'f that city Is likely. Financial 
setup worked out In boom times 
with the Quln;iby. Interest Is reported 
as Insupportable under present con- 
ditions. 

Meanwhile, the RKO-Publlx pool- 
ing In South Bend has been worked 
out . and ratified. 



Mastbaum^s PhiUy Ctick 
Stalls Aldine Reopening 

Philadelphia, Oct.. 24. 

Not thought likely tb^t the Aidlne 
will reopei^ in the near'.fiiture; itf- 
though the theatre was palhtid ,and 
redecorated a- few weeks with, a View 
try In mind. 

Reopening of the Mastbaum a 
week ago has been enlnently sat<- 
Isfactory thus far, so much so that 
several other houses have been 
pretty bard hit, and with that the 
direct answer to the sloughing of 
the Aldlne's plans. Boyd and Stan- 
ley theatres, are among those who 
have been most hurt seemingly, with 
.the S-W folks frankly worried. 

Mastbaum's opening week grossed 
$62,000 and currently It's paced to 
break through 150,000. 



Milwaukee, Oct 24. 

Charging false arrest, Chester 
MiUis, business agent of the Mo- 
tion Picture Operators' Union, Lo- 
cal 164, and several other members 
of the same organization, have filed 
suit In circuit court for $66,000 
against local police officials. 
- Police raided the union's head- 
quarters following injury to six peo- 
ple by the setting off of a blaok 
powder bomb In the Parkway, 
neighborhood liouse. employing in- 
dependent operators. . 

MUUS'and hia fellow liinlon mem- 
iteta charge huinlliatlonv loss of 
peace of inind and Injury to their 
reputations. 

No soldtlon of the Parkway bomb- 
ing has come to light. Several mem- 
bers of the Independent operators* 
union are sLwaltIng trial foliqwing 
a confession that they manufactured 
and placed stench bombs in local 
houses. 



Nervous Town 

Lexington, Oct, ,24. 

Housewives and timid souls 
worked up over disappearance of a 
10-foot boa constrictor from lobby 
of the! Kentucky theatre, where it 
was used as a lobby attraction for 
'Bring 'Em Back Alive.' 

Snako was property of zoology 
department of. Kentucky University 
and the campus lords waht it back. 

One theory Is thai collegians are 
responsible Hot the disappearance of . 
the reptllft. Anyhow, a lot of people 
have become nervous. 



KNtlDSON 

(STAFF OF K. Hi, J.) 

OnatM' 0t ''Kaltiile Bhythm** 
(AnttienUa Jansle Xtbythra) 

Sole MMmpwiM ("Torn Vmm") t« 
GOmz ud WINOMA ta their i«a^e 
dmce 'Trnhm'* in. 8& OiUMM'a p«e- 
lasne "Malm." 

Br ■■■cUT ttwmt — Kaltlple 
Bbjrtha "Com*-" Walter HoatM, 
M-O-M MetaM. 



H Picture Possibilities jf 



iThe Good Earth^— Urtfavorable 

THE GOOD EIARTH' (Guild, Owen^ and Donald Davis, Guild ^the- 
atre). A faithful transcription of the best seller hovel wouldn^t Interest 
the generality of fans, even if It could be done. A pepped up version 
would offend admirers of Mrs. Buck's book. Difference between stage 
play and screen version is the difference in audience and medium and 
the difficulties seem insurmountable; Bush. 



The Passionate Pilgrim' — Unfavorable 
'THE PASSIONATE PlLGRUll' (Comedy-drama, Howard Inches*' <48th 

Street). . ■ . . ' •, 
Play does not live up to Its hot title. Costume piece having to do with 

a romance in Shakespeare's younger daya^ Fbee, 



'Dinner at Eight' — Favorable 

•DINNER AT EIGHT' (Drama, Sam H. Harris, Music Box). Looks 
like sure fire for a future Broadway run picture. Should be the 'Grand 
Hotel' and 'Strange Interlude* after the legit, run. u Thee. . 

'Mademoiselle'— rUnfavorabIa 
'MADEMOISELLE' (Comedy, William S. iBrady, Playhouse). Bright 
enough French comedy with a dramatic angle too delicate for the screen 
to gloas over. Done priginhlly In Paris. Ibe*. 



'Absent FatheK— Unfavorable 

•ABSENT FATHER' (Comedy, Kenney and Levitt, Vandetbl.it). Rather 
trivial. If there is an Idea for pictures It would have to be developed 
by the scenarist. Ibee. 



'Keeping Expenses Down' — Favorable 
'KEEPING EXPENSES DOWN^ (Comedy, Dimltrl Tlomkin, National), 
Dialect comedy of Potash and Perlmutter type by Montagu Gla.gs and Dan 
Jarrett. Alterations In script and characters w^)uld be necessary, but 
screen possibilities are evident. Bige, 




Ainerica / 



Just Retiiriied from a.Trilbiaiihcitit 
World-wide Tour— ^ 



5 Weeks in Bucharest 
7 Weeks in Vienna 
9 Weeks in Paris 

24 Consecutive Weeks in Buenos Aires 



MOLLY 

l>ICON 

Offering a Cycle of Songs and Character Studies 

ABE ELLSTEIN at the Piaiio 

NOW PLAYING LOEW'S DEUXE THEATRES 

THIS WEEK (OCT, 21) 

LOEWS STATE, NEW YORK 



HT APPRBCIATION TO 



H. LUBIN/ MARVIN SCHENCK and 
LOUIS K. SIDNEY 



f,OBW 
WM. MOItKIS AOKNOy, 



' FerHonal Direction 
HAItHY T>KNETSKA 
I.IOO nroaitwaiy 



26 



VAMIETT 



tbesdaj, October 25, 1932 



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VITAOftAPH, INC, DWTWBUTORS 



Tuesday, October 25^ 1932 



VARIETY 



27 









RKO booking ofllce Is asking the 
ftgents to Xry- and place JtKO-coh- 
tracted Sets on the 'outside' In cases 
where tiie circuit Is unable to de-* 
liver tiniieJ-fpr which It is obligated. 
BKO M ^V^n offering to pay the dlf - / 
ferenoe ,in the", event the 'outside'' 
^lar/^a^^s.B than the amount called 
for la.thfe acts' RKO (contracts. 

BoQklng.«offlce» in thiia way, ex- 
pects •to.^Sdiitself ol pirt of around 
1200,000 t^in : obligations now out- 
(itandii^ 'to: actis, agents and pr^o- 
^ucercTf . rSservatlons are ^h- 
fpludeil t43|;the request to the agents 
nrlth RKO Ih'the emergency, wlliing 
ifi overlook the booking of Its tuhis 
Into bther circuits' theatres which 
iire opposition to Its oWn. \' 
'. Reaotlpn of sorne of the acts to 
RKO's proposed farming out process 
}ias been adverse. Their contention 
l0 that they don't need RKO agents, 
or the booking office, to spot them 
•with X<<J^w,.. Warners, ' Publlx arid 
elsewhere. ' ' i' ' 



L£LSI)ESKLEINfOIl 
$SQiOOO AND BREACH 



Arthur , Klein, New York agent 
jrho recently went to the coast to 
assume maniigement of Lyons & 
Xjyoris^v Holly wood office, Is back east 
Cindlje.ing^^ued by L. & ii.for breach, 
of coxi^raleti conversion and 160,226 
damaje^es.' Klein is now associated; 
with the Schulberg-Feldman agency 
In Hollywood... 

It Is charged that Klein induced 
Lyons A iyons' clients to repudiate 
iheir icphtpacts' and aiignJi^-\'W,ith; 
SchulbecsfrFeldman In vlolatlbft. of 
« year'p jagreettient. (with ' optloiia) 
for ,Kl€lii.*s- exclusive services . a 
25^-of-t!h4^6tTl>r6flts|, -arrarige^ 
meiit; ^< it la 'isald ' that . wlith 'l^e^n's 
move irdhn L&L \ip grP/'ageno'lefi, 
Sidney' Fox, Gregory Raloff, V«re« 
Teafidale jind other plc'tilre plf^^ers 
f oriperly^ ' contracted Tto - Lyond 
Lyons teft 'that representatloli, y/ttli, 
one or two switching over to, S-f. " 

Lyons' agency started suit mean^ 
time In California for $500 commish' 
mieged due dn Miss Teasdale's Met- 
ro cbnirti^ti . L&L also contemplates 
BUlt against Miss F.ox on het ,Unl- 
versal contract which the agency 
obtained for tier. 

Of the $6(^,226 claim, $50,000 is for 
damages and $2^5 'for' commish on 
Rian ' Jame)3-Warner Bros.,"^, which 
Klein Is Alleged to haye' received.. 

In another action Lyons ^ Lyons 
iattached' Herbert Hoey, another 
agent, formerly In the L&L employ, 
for $100 as a supplemehtary pro- 
ceeding on a. Judgment for . th^t 
amount. "£laim f rose from a split 
Commish deal for which It is al-' 
leged Hoey failed to account. 



DrJ Paiiline Coming Back 
With Two Advance Men 

Dr. Pauline is coming out of re- 
tirement to return to vaudeville^ 
with Marvin Welt piloting. The 
hypnotist will head a 14 -people 
troupe and carry two advance men. 

Since retiring three years ago 
Pauline has been at his farm at 
Tuscorora, N. T. 



Thomas Divorce 

Chicago,- Oct. 24. 

Norman Tiiomas of the quintet 
bearing his name, currently at the 
Palace here, will come up in a di- 
vorce court Friday In an action 
charging Naomi Thomas, non pro, 
with desertion. 

Thoma^ \va3 previously divorced 
from Valyda, his first wife. Ben 
Ehrlich represents Thomas. 



Betty Wheeler's Act 

Betty Wheeler, the former Mrs. 
Bert Wheeler, and Ruth Gibbs arc 
rehearsing: a new act toprethor. ■ 

Miss Oii)l)s was formerly of Ches- 
leisrh and f!li>hs. 



Fast Off the Mark 



One of . the RKO bookers 
notified the' aljehta' thaV he 
was looklhg fo^.tt :fast open- 
ing act' for "ah but oi: town 
bUl. . ■ - ■ .■ ij: 

After ■ wading through the 
flock of' turns submitted he 
Anally.- picked.. one. . . T^itW' vfss 
•Dreamy Spain.'. • 




New acts are pow playing ben6 
fits for break-In. and showing: pur 
poses to getVafound the shortage, of 
theatres fojrinerly used ^op Such 
purposes, alind Ihey were fe.w enough. 
At several recent b.^neflta^ln -I^ew 
York break-lrt.ilicta'were so numer- 
ous some neiime dicfs that, showed 
up were kept from the stage.' 

Agents and producer.s, as\.WeU as 
the acts themselves, ui'V; rui^hlng all 
available benefit- dates Iri'ibtder to 
'see their turni9,-.or. try out specialty 
people. . Thwre ^re few.-^: regular 
theatres wliifere tiie talenti'; can be 
■Been and the benefit shows " with 
audiences ar«) better athiosphere 
than rehearsaphaljs. = 

At oiie recent 'Sunday night be|ne- 
flt the sponsQiis, who are also stag- 
ing their own Broadway . show, 
flooded the -.l^ge wljh applicants 
for their ' par\^, ihVtheir own piece 
and. put them JO^i lirst. -, So s6.ine ,of 
the stars, rithar.thari w^it,' walked 
out in a hu|fi .. \ • • .. ; \ 

KATE SMITH SQUARES 
HERSEM NVit SAN 

SeLtinaik':i^kki^if\^ Y,', pet. 24. 
Voluntarily atid.'ilnexpectedljr' Frl- 
day evening '(2iy:;;kat6' Smith - in- 
formed the N. V. "a.. ' Sinatpriuni 
folks here she would like'; to' g'lve 
a show for the patfentff, all former 
t)rofessionals, at the* institutl6h. Her 
offer ] wt^s gladly;- accepted.. Miss 
Smith' and lier Nat 'Bruslloff orches- 
tra sang and played for about an 
hour. 

In tl^ls manner Miss Smith nicely 
squared herself through having de 
clined . an invitation by Dr. Edgar 
Mayer, the NVA medical director, 
to appear at the Sanatorium when 
resting at Lake Placid about a 
month ago. She pleaded illness at 
that timd, but did l:te|- ^Broadcasting 
and" ga-tre A' local charity; benefit ^or 
Lake Placid while; then. in- the vil 
lage. Her refusal at the tirtie Ore 
ated Wide c'omnjje.nt extending far 
beyond the Adirondacks. 
• Again briefly Visiting at I»lf^cid, 
the air favorlfe did -.•not .waft for a 
second invite to the San, but 
promptly phoned In her desire. 



MRS. HANFORD DIVORCED 



Former . Muriel Window of Vaude 
Gets $250 and $25,000 House 



Sioux City, la., Oct. 24. 
Muriel Window, former vaude- 
ville single of about 15 years ago, 
was divorced here last week from 
Arthur Hanford, Jr., former Sioux 
City business man. This followed 
two years of litigation between the 
pair who broke up after a shooting 
affray In wliich Hanfprd 'was in- 
volved. 

Mrs.. Hanford has been prominent 
socially in Sioux City since her 
marriage. About a year ago she re- 
vived her vaudeville act at a local 
theatre and later presented it for 
an RKO showing at tlie Englewooil, 
Chicago. . 

She will recois-e $230 a month for 
five years unrfor .'in alimony sie-tile- 
nicnt and po.sses.'iion of a .'^imix City 
home' valiiod at ■$2.">.n00. 




F. & M., 30; RKO, 17; 
Loew, 14; Publix, 8; WB, 
S— Balance indie Time, 
Mostly Around N. Y.< — 
RKQ Had 70 Wks. a 
Year Ago 



30 HIGH SALARY WEEKS 



There ai^e approximately 100 
weeks of variety playing time in the 
U. S. and.y'Catnada at this date^ Of 
that hiihiber 30 weeks are, on- the 
books of the only remaining pres- 
entation ci.rbuitf FanehoH dl Marco, 
while the rest is vaudeville. 

There is no straight vaudeville 
left anywhere/ that having become 
obsblete with the passing of the 
palace^ New York,' to vaudfilm, 

While having relinquished the 
playing time leadership to P. & M., 
RKP Withax/^eeks on ita New York 
bobic. retains Its leadership in the 
reguiar vaudeville field. Loew, after 
changing its presentation theatres 
to vaudeville over- this summer, is 
Second with 14 weeks; Publix has 
eight weeks and Warner Brothers 
five weeks. 

The .four , major vaudeville cir- 
cuits combined have only 44 weeks, 
RKO, alone, hiad 70 weeks at this 
time last year. 

Balance of the'coiintry's 26 or 26 
vaudeville weeks is composed of the 
New York independent time, which 
fluctuates weekly, but will average 
about 12 weeks around the calendar; 
four weeks each in the Boston and 
Chicago RKO exchanges, about four 
weeks In Lod Angeles, and iCroni two 
to five weeks of scattered and also 
varying Indle tline booked on a 
catch-as-catch-can basts in the 
principal cities outside New York.' 
Full Weeks Dominate 

Full weeks now dominate, wltii 
most of the- former split weeks out 
of .^ vaudeville, V Thin Is due to the 
elimination process under which the 
playing time became grradually con- 
fined only, 'or mostly, to the larger 
cities' capable of supporting the 
same show for seven days. RKO's 
full week stands number 13, Loew's 
12 and Warners' iCoiir, while all of 
Pu|>lix's eight a,re seven-day dates. 

'For high salaried turns there are 
about 30 weeks available,' diatrib-: 
Aited thusly: Loew, 10; Publix, 8; 
RKO, 6; WB, 2, and Independents, 
about four. Medium priced turns can 
play all over if properly scaled. 

F-M May See 40 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 

-Current Fanchon & Marco route, 
comprises 32 houses, all but four 
being full week stands. Several ad- 
ditions are i slated the next couple 
of weeks, wltlt indications, the route 
will be up to 40 regular weeks by 
Jan. 1. In -'■ ddltion, certain units 
will be booked into other houses, 
wltii the outstanding shows getting 
from 4S to 52 or ^lore weeks' work. 

Present playing' time calls for ap- 
proximately six weeks of layoffs, 
which range from one tO nine days. 
With a few exceptions, all units 
open at the West Coast, Long Beach, 
Cal., and close at Loew's State, 
New Orleans. One exception is the 
'Stitch in Time' unit which closes 
in Cincinnati one week ahead of the 
regular closing date. 



Former Nanc}^ Leslie 

Sueis for Divorce 

Pittsburgh, Oct, 24. 

Mrs. Billy Link, the fornier Nancy 
Leslie of vaudeville, filed suit for 
divorce here last week, charging 
her husband with cruelty. Link, who 
played in Pittsburgh stock for 
years, Is now in Hollywood, from 
where his wife recently returned, 
.'^he left there after doing a bit in 
'Blondic of the Follies.' 

Mrs. Link's home Is also in Pitt.s- 
burgli, and for years she conducted 
a dancing academy here in addition 
to d'->liig prf)r(»ssional work. 





Contracts fdr^^l^^ 



Molly Won't Kick 



Molly - picon, ,back in vaude 
after a yeai* of world . touring 
was asked , how ^he - liked the 
good old four-a-day, as it is 
today. 

'I can't kick,' said Mplly, 'In 
Buenos . Alfed; ' where • I ■ just 
came froth;- they play • legit 
four times Ji day.' 



RKFSJAMON 




Its one mphtli's ;grace having ex- 
pired, RKO'- la working the cabled 
overtiqae In *n, . effort to. obtain fur- 
ther postiionetftbnt op. bookings, of 
nine ICuropeAn acts who hold' con- 
tracts for American vaudeville en- 
gagements. Of the 12 acts signed 
by Martin Beck during his European 
trip laist spring? only three have 
come over. • - . '>( . • 

Shrinkage of RKO's playing time 
between the'tfme of' Beck's' signing 
the acts and their Btihediiled open-' 
ing dates, 'left t'he circuit in' a -^pbt, 
A month agb Beck requested' the 
foreign turns to postpone their sail- 
ings for a month and ttiey agreed. 
Now, the booking, bfflce finds Itself 
in an eveh'worse- predicament since 
the playing . time has continued to 
shrink. The. imports all- hold con- 
tracts a;pd -miiat. Be'4)layj6d 'or |>aid. . 
. Gracie 'Schejtick, •• Bood 'a?id: Bpod 
and Mady '^nd.'iGp'.,; were tlie ' three 
acts . which airiVed, -in tinlii;,- M . be' 
booked; The- .ihihevacts still; Waiting 
to sail are- Ca«Sjbo^«d;^P 
Triovannl, • ■.;^a'ra'$' .Iferlonet 
Klrkwhlte aitid^i^ddlsoh. DoiinplfC and 
Raya Sisters, jke Freed.nia.il', .Scar- 
lett's Chiriipan'zees, ciaudfa ' -Alba 
arid Franskyi':'/ - ,/ / 



LOEW oia>H.. B(M 

FILMS AFTER 20 YEARS 



Loew's win drop vaudeville at 
the Orpheum, Boston, Friday /<28), 
placing the thre^' Loew houses in that 
city ill' the , ^tfaight picture column. 
Loew's other. -^pots there are the 
State and Colqmbla. With - Loew 
exiting Bos^ton will still have three 
stage show houses.. RKO starts a new 
policy at .Keith's also on Friday 
(28). Special Fanchon & Marco 
shows ar^ being built for the 
Keith's, but will bear the RKO 
trade mark.. 

Boston /iheatre, . pther RKO first 
stringer, /will continue in vaudfll'ms; 
Only onQ: Publix carries a r stage 
show, the M.et^ppoli^n,. which plays 
regular Fahi^hpn'*; Marco units. - 

In dropplng'''vaude;Hhe Orph ends 
a 20-year relgin;jaB-pne.pf the lead- 
ing vaude spots along the Atlantic 
seabooard. 

It was one of the circuit's most 
consistent money makers for years, 
averaging net . earning yearly ot 
$200,000 or more, but took a, sharp 
decline last year. 



EX-CHAMP'S INDIES 



Oempsey's Vaude Dates on Guaran- 
tee<and Percentage . 



Jack Dempsey follows hla current 
week in Staten Island with a pair 
in 'W^llkes-Barre and Scranton. 

The ex-champ Is playing the in- 
dies on a guarantee and percent- 
age, varying but averaging around 
$3,500. 



Ted Claire'iB Trip 

Ted. Clail-e, picture housfe m.c. Is 
motoring to the Coast with his wife. 

doing partially for vac.asli and to 
j'lin cin- F. & M. unit. 



RKO is preparing to issue book-, 
ing cojitracts for the largest of the 
two Radio City tlfeatres/pn a basis 
of two,: four, eight or ^16 weeks, 
plus bption|, and with RfcO retain^ 
ing the privilege of ■playing the acts 
in its otliei*^ theatres elsewhere in. 
the event the Cengagemeiiils do 
not use up all the contracted time. 

Martin Beck called a' meeting 
yesterday .(Monday) in the booking 
office, at Which" he .advised the 
agents ag.to the Radio Qlty policies, 
and talent requiriements. .They wfere 
told to look for novelties. ■ 

The big house, a 6,00P-seater, will 
use individual nante. attractions 
from vaudeville, radio. ' legit and 
pictures as part of ^ts two-a-day 
spectac;le shows. These acts, in ad- 
dition to tlie rest of t|ie talent,. Will 
be placed In the regular .way by 
agents or. direct thirough the iRKO 
booking office, the -sam^ .booking 
office cpnimlsh fee (6%) .obtaining 
on Radio. City placetnehts .-as on 
ordinary yau,devllle bpokings. ' 

Shows at the big house will be 
change'd ev^ry four Weeks iii talent 
as well as production, although, 
present* plans are to hold over those 
acts that- can h. o. 

The smaller- lEtadio City theatre 
(Roxy), on a weekly change and 
With picture?, will Play stage shows 
resembling .thpse. -at. the old Roxy 
on Seventh .aVenw^' an^' jjlassify as 
a presenta'tidii' house, I); -will be a 
one week f'tand for any specialty 
acts used," with twd -Weeks top and 
only In th^ eVent the"pl«ture< holds 
ovec, ■• , ■ ;' 




0ison About 
^^im for 

.'..' ■/ — - 

,, Chicago, Oct '24. 

BlUjr /^lason pal/^ J450-and Mrs. 
Helen Storey •• Glasc^'s., extradition 
pirpceedlfieft . against hini were 
.quashed here* last week ..'by' Judge 
Ed-Ward Sc^effler. "the comedian is 
lii' New York . 

Attorney i»hillp R. Davis, repre- 
senting Glaeoh, pointed ; pjit , that 
child abandonment Is 'd ihlsde- 
meaner, not;*' felony* wfaetk'ihe .child 
is over onV'yeai: of dige and that 
misdemeanoi;s are npt exfradltable. 
Secondly, there was no ehiid'«banr 
donmeht a^fi' numerous cancelled 
checks proved that Glason was reg- 
ularly remitting fox the child's 
support, 

Davis cotitended that Mi's..' Glason 
had In her possession an unciished 
check for the child's support the 
day she filed action against Glason. 
He also argued 'that since she had 
to put Up |260 fpr the extradition 
detective's, fescp.^nees., that Mris. Gla- 
son's plea pf destltultionMacked 
plausibility, ;-^,. . . * •; ,,. 



Bennington and Judels 

Sue for Lost Week 

Ann Pennington and Charlie 
Judels are suing Bill . Parent and 
George Lelderman, Chicago agents, 
for $3,000 damages as the result of 
a booking jam on a week at the 
Ambassador, St Louis, which the 
agents allegedly had set for them 
for Sept 30. 

Parent . and Lelderman asked to 
postpone It a week until Oct. 7 and 
wheni the contracts waren't forth- 
coming, Julius Kendler, for Pen- 
nington- Judels, wired the theatre to 
ascertain what's what. 

Action Is being filed In Chit-ago. 



Sale's % Date 

Chicago, Oct 2 4. 

Clilc Sale will play the Orpheum, 
Oiamp.agne, 111., throe days for 
JllCO on a percentage deal It's 
•Sale's home town. 

He walked into the RKO oiffico 
lifre Thur.'4day and was signed im- 
ttwli'ilely. 



Tnoadayt October Wtl YARiETY m 






tTIMELIEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR 
rREMENDOUS BOXOFFICE SENSATION 
AL FIRST RUN ENGAGEMENTSI 

Columbians dynamic blast skyrockets house grosses In 

NEW YORK-CHICAGO-NEW ORLEANS 
WASHINGTON, D. C - PITTSBURGH 
BALTI MORE-KANSAS CITY-TOLEDO 
HARRIS B U RG - ST. PA U L- ALB AN Y 

Powerful exploitation campaign rips the lid off— picture 
does the rest —critics rave — record crowds see it I 



it 






AGNET OF THE YEAR/ 



30i 



VAitlETY 



V A U H E V I IL L IE 



iViesdaj, OctbW 25, 1932 



RKO Agents Averaging $i a Week in 
Conmiish; Chi Fiel(l Looks Brighter 



The 70 o(id agents booking or try- 
ing to book acta on the RKO floor 
in New York are avei-aglng around 
$40 a week each in income at the 
regular 5% comnilsh rate. With 
RKO now spending approximately 
$60,000 a week on vaudeville salar- 
ies, the agents' gross commission 
check Issued through the collection 
agency strikes a $3,000 average, 

As the individual agencies' in- 
come differs, the $40-a-week .aver- 
age is figurative, onlj'. Some draw 
more, some lesa and others get 
nothing some -weeks. The days of 
$2i000 in commissions for: any one 
office, including the top agencies, 
are over but still suffldehtly recent 
to-be remembered. Last year at 
this, time the income of the • three 
leading RKO agencies more than 
doubled the pi-^^ent total for all 
agencies. 

Whereas not long ago the agent 
•who ' succeeded in booking onlv 
three acts a day was considered, a 
po6r act salesman, "the agent who 
books that many in a week now rcr 
gards himself ai doing pretty well'. 
And at the same time sdilaries, 
henc^ commissions, are. considerably 
lower 'now_. . . . 'i[ 

On ' top of' pfeaeht conditions be- 
ing what they are, there l's np bright 
ot(tlooli for. the RKX). agents, ' No 
word of encouragement h^s emana- 
te() from the bopking, office: so they 
are airiooking ai^ounc^ for .sonaething. 
else, it doesn't pay *,apy .agent to, 
deyote all his tiin.ei to the 9lxtii floor 
any longer. Tlie average blaqk.bobli; 
wieldier now spends around two 
hoiii's a day on the RKO; floor and 



then goes scouting. 

Radio, of course, is getting thd 
most of the RKO and independent 
agents' double-o'ing. 



Chi's Prospects 

Chicago, Oct, 24. 
Booking commissions for aigehts 
in the Chicago RKO offlce have 
jumped up to, around , a total of 
$800-$l,000 a week. And the outlook 
for additional booking time Is very 
bright. At present around 100 acta 
a week are placed by RKO's Chi- 
cago 6fl[ice in, some 22 theatres. 
About six peeks' time to be played 
in nine weeks is now available, the 
best line-up^RKO has had in Chi- 
cago in two yearsi 

Time booked by Dick Bergen at 
present Includes £ull> weeks in Nash- 
ville, Indianapolis and . Louisville. 
Plaza, Kansas City, goes RKO Oct. 
29 as a full week stand. Des Moines, 
Sioux City and. >7 Davenport play 
yaude three days each, Peoria Is 
using vaudie both halves. ' : 

■ There are more Sunday dates 
than there havi been in three years. 
Rockord, Champaigni Sprlrigfleld, 
Hammond, Jefferson City, ■ Leaven- 
worth and Cedar Rapids,' are among 
them. Danville' playd' Sundays and 
Mondays. Ritz,- Berwyn, RKO's 
local showing house, uses vaude 
Sundays and Wednesdays. 

: Commission checks of the RKO 
agents ^l»o. haye clung, to the Chi- 
cago booking Aoor thrdughb'ut the 
lieriod of utter , desolation Save been 
growing. During: the - worst sum- 
mer here the boys got as little as 
$5 a treek in commlsh. 




BUILDINC3 



BRyam y-7800 NEW YORK: CITY 

X H. LUBIN 



OBflBRAL ItANA'OEB 



MARViN H. SCHENCK 

BOOKING MANAOn 



RKO 'AMATEUR' FILES 
DISMISSAL COMPLAINT 



Gertrude Demmler, oiie of the pro- 
fessional 'amateurs* In the RKO Op- 
ijortunlty Revue, who Is going over 
the circuit as a unit,, has flled a 
complaint with the 'V. M, . A. against 
!RK0 following hep dismissal -upon 
one day's notice, . 

Miss Demmler wb^b- formerly in 
the Roxy theatre ballet: She audi- 
tioned for the RKO unit at the Mar- 
tin Beck theatre and was given a 
contract for 10 weeks at $35 per, to 
commence after a week an^ a half 
of rehearsals. She was obliged to 
pay her own expenses outside of 
sleepers on train Jumps which RKO 
guaranteed. 

After rehearsing a week and a half 
and working one.-^ week, - Miss 
Demmler claims , she got 24 hours' 
notice that she wtis no longer 
wanted. 



/Sketch Book' Tab 



'Sketch Book,' a , revue presented 
by Eiari parroll several seasons ago, 
v^lll be condensed fpr^plcture house 
presentations and la-,du9 shortly In 
Paramount houses. 'Heretofore Car- 
roll had ^refused ±o <;condense his 
shows for elmllar purposes, saying 
he would not permit the use of his 
name in film theatres'; ' 

•Will Mahonley iand William Dem- 
arest will be featured in the con- 
densed 'Book.' Both ^ere In the 
'Vahltles,' now toiirlh^: Abe Last- 
fpgel of the William Morris offlcis 
arranged the deal. ■ ■ - ; ' ■ 



Team's Jam ti^h Aigent 

On Eye of SaUing 

On the eve of thelp. sailing to 
open Oct. 31 p.t the Palladium, Lon- 
don, (Thomas F. P.> RelUy and 
(Vaughn W. M;) 'Comfort became 
Involved In a managerial row with 
Meyer Horwitz of the Greenwich 
Village cafe. New York, who orig- 
inally booked, and, managed the 
team, playing them at his Village 
Barh. and Village Grove Nut clubs.; 
E(orwltz had a 10% managerial, ar^ 
r^ngement, haying, i^rlgijdally guar- 
anteed the. team '|9;0(>fll,.per yeai:, at 
the rate of $176 a week. 

They sailed on the 'Berengaria' 
Oct. 19 to play two -weeks, with op- 
tions, at the Palladium, at 100 
cpund's (about $340 a 'week. 

■ quebtion _,pf -, ;,'whether or not 
Horwitz had exercised his renewal 
option as their manager figures in 
the misunderstanding. 



Morros to Cliicago 

Boris Morros sails froin England 
'next Friday ' (28)' t6' return to the 
States. He 'was called to Russia, 
whiere his father' is gravely ill. 

• Shortly after his 'Arrival in New 
York; Morros is expected to shift 
to Chicago for stage 'ftroduction for 
B. ■& K. • •' ■ -■ 



Tumblers' One- Reeler 

Culver City, Oct. 24, 
The Maxellos, aiirdb&ts, are' doing 

a One reel short for Metro. 

They were last' at Grauman's 

Chinese. 



Out of ' Practice 



The trafiier bf 'ia^apgr-act 'sent 
his animals tip' tb a farm in 
Connecticut 'white he tried to 
get bookings, '... 

He ev^ntueLIiy. landed a week 
In liTewarkj -went^ iip to the ,' 
, farm to collect l\ls cast,^ P-nd , 
wired his agent: 

'Cancel booking. The dogs 
don't even r jipember me.' 



RELEASE REQUESTS 
MOSTIY BEFORE AGENTS 



Requests for . releases by acts 
were In the majority among cases 
up for arbitration by the RKO 
agents' association at last week'b 
board meeting: ' "TWO acts igi-anted 
automatic releases froin Joe Sulli- 
van, who Is ho longer on the floor,' 
were Jean pranese and Hap Haz^ 
zard. 

' Dave Genarp; aiid 'Tpungsters of 
Yesterday' drew ' a ., release .^rom 
Harry Fitzgerald. Ai Robins was 
voluntarily released by 'W'eber.- 
Slmon to sign with Curtis & Allen. 
Request by Willie 'Edlelsten, as man- 
ager of Harbld'' Stern's' oi-chestra, 
for release from'-i^feiuy Belllt was 
granted with, Seiliit' ordered td' pay, 
Edelsten conqi^issip^ . pn. engage-! 
ment ait the Albeei,' Brboklyni .Beiiny 
MerofTs request for release from 
Leo Fitzgerald was . tabled. 

On complaint' by I "Nick Feldman 
over Jeff Davis' bboklng of ' Los 
CbsCellos in Boston, the bpard wpuid 
take no action, ruling; that Feldman 
lias no standin^ .tfiith. the. prgiiiilz^: 

tlOli. \n' , jitj,./ ■ ■ 

■ Max Hart .s-'^pjalpi^ lor commlsh .PI* 
(3uy -Robertson's .date at the Palace, 
Chicago, booked by M. S. Bentham, 
was allowed with Hart declared the 
authorized representative. Weber- 
Slmon's petitloh for commission 
from Greenlee a.nd Rogers, on Bos- 
ton dates arr^inged fay Fred Mack, 
wafl. disallowed. / 



Asb's F-M Weeks 



Paul Ash will play two Fanchpn 
& Marco we.ekSr.in: New England, 
Starts Nov. 4 at -New. Haven. 

Aah wiH carry his own 20 -piece 
stage' and" pit baft'd;^ -'' 



P^dena 'M^c^ to Stag^ 
Shows ii5ijr; i»^ 

Pasadehli-yCallf., Oct.; 24.'. 

After more tha'ft a'yeajp .and a haifl 
of straight pictuir'ps in 4ali . tocal. 
houses,; stage isho.wa on a, weekly 
change, policy ar.e^ returning to the 
F-WC Colorado* Oct. 27. They will 
be produced by Lou McDermott,- 
■rtfith Sidney M. Schallman booking 
and assisting in staging. 

Duel de ..KereJairtD 'heads the. or- 
chestra. . Four . specialtiea will be 
spotted .■with a . perpianent line of 

girls. . , . V . ■ . r. : 

: I£WIS-MOpBEjroB LO£W 

. Sammy Lewis ,>aiid. Pattl Moore 
open for Loew Oct. 28 at the Tri- 
boro. New Tork. - 

Team returned from Europe last 
week after playing- three months 
on the other slde, ^ ~ 






FEATURED ORGANIST 

UNITED ARTISTS THEATRE, LOS ANGELAS 




BOOKER'S 




In addition to the ehe theatre 
(New* Orleans) remaliilng on his 
book, Phil Bloom has been assigned 
by RKO to' get .the talent for benefit 
shows handled by the booking offlce. 
This work was formerly taken care 
of by an assistant booker. 

' At $276 a week under a personal 
contract with Martin Beck, Bloom 
Is the hiffhest salaried member of 
the RKO booking staff, excluding 
(Seorge Godfrey. He's left with 
only New Orleans as a result of the 
southern; time's (Intersta.te) closing. 

j Beck insists there will not be 
ajiy changes or reductions in the 
booking offlce personnel despite that 
RKO'is total vaudeville playing time 
ie down to 17 weeks. He says the 
houses - win be reallocated among 
ttie four' bookers, Bloom, Bill How- 
ard," Arthui- Willi and D61f ' Leffler, 
Godfrey -does no booking. 



Bierbaoer Gim Up 
i Own RKO FracUse 
Join Morrison Agency 



, Charlie, Blerbauer is giving up hla 
(^wn RKO agency franchise to go 
with the Charlie Morrison offlce as 
4n associate. 

.Blerbauer will replace* Harry 
Puck, who has goiie Into business 
fbr'hlihself. 



FILM HOUSE SALARIES 
FLOOR FOREIGN ASENTS 



, Harry Foster and Clifford d 
l^lscher, respectively London and 
Paris agents, and both associated 
with the William Morris agency, are 
in New Tork o. o,'ing. talent for for- 
eign bookings. 

: Both are flabbergasted at the |6,- 
000 and $7,000 salarleis over here. 
; I It's a panic to the European talent 
buyers how the American theatres 
can stajid these' Salaries. Both are 
prepared to return empty handed' if 
that's a sample of salaries, as the 
foreign managenients - can't ap« 
I^roach that kind of money for at- 
tractions.' -' ... 

. ' Fischer returns, to Paris Kov. lU 



! 3 Coast FuU Wks. 

San Praneleco, Oct. 24. ' 
■ i Closing of Fox and shifting of 
'Ideas' to the Warfleld eliminates 
the Peggy O'Neill shows there and 
lops one week oft the F&M time 
around here. 

Fox El Capitan, where Miss 
(J'Neill also stages, RKO Golden 
.Gtate here, and Warners' Downtown, 
Los Angeles, are the only full weeks 
left pn the (boast, other than houses 
playing 'Ideas.' 

With change, the War field's open- 
ing day is shoved ahead to Friday. 



i TWINS AND GUS^ SETTLE 

I Connor Twins have given Gus 
Edwards a general release upon 
ciash settlement of their claims for 
$^00, 

, Sister team claimed Edwards 
bi^oughf them to New York from 
Houston, Tex., under contract and 
l^t them out of one of his acts 
without proper notice< 



KEITH'S 
BOSTON 



AIL ATTENDANCE SECOBDS BROKEN LAST WEEK, FEESS AND 
PUBLIC ALIKE PROCLAIMING THIS YEAlt'S SHOW THE GREAT- 
EST AND MOST WONDEROUS EVER SEEN IN NEW ENGLAND- 
UNSURPASSED — UNPARALLELED — UNRIVALED. 



BLACKSTONE 



AND HIS SHOW OF lOOI WONDERS 

AN ATTRACTION THAT CAN ALWAYS BE DEPENDED UPON TO BREAK 
ALL BOX OFFICE RECORDS EVEN IN THESE DOG DAYS OF SHOW BUSI NESS 



See HIn Ijatewt Svo'Nivtioitiil Illaslon 
THE GIKL IN THK GENERAI. f^lKE 
Full.T Protectrd l»y Copyrlfflit 



■■ For Open Time iind TermH A<I<IreH8 

CLAUDE H. LONG f go w?47"h *st. ^^'^^ 



Toesday, October 25, 193JJ 



VAUDE— BURLESQUE 



VARIETY 



31 



EMPIRE'S 10% 




OPEN 



Commencing Nov. 1 .the Empire 
vliccl will invoke a 10% salary cut 
'for every member of Its 16 shows, 
froin Pr'*^*?*?*^'^ *° chorus. The av- 
ertige savlhB.wIll be' airouiid $100 
per week per show. Another $100 
wC'eltly clipping will be made by the 
dropping of one of the two stage 
bands trayejlng with' each" trpupel 
. /The . cuts are deemed ' h^cesqary 
tty • Empire in order to help " keep 
th? theatres open. The houses have 
' allced to the bonO' in personii^er and 
•peratlng . overhead In' every pes'- 
■Ible way, but buslnesis' Is stlch that 
oCurther- reductions are required, " 
■, preflpnt , Empdrfe . guarahtce .-. of 
- |ii^O' ha& already .beieh cut in some 
■ faataftces where the theatrics are 
particularly in need, with the Herk 
^ce relinquishing all or jpart of its 
Iiooklng and ■frarichise fee. By the 
falary cuts for. the actors and others 
(he guarantees will be reduced fur- 
ther, this time all down the line. 
. Tbejdeck hands going out are the 
property men. The other traveling 
•t^gft band with each show is the 
carpenter. He stays, and at $100 a 
week he's the highest salaried mem- 
. fter of ihe. troupe. 

Empire-Minskys Dicker 
pVer Central and Werba's 

Empire wheel and the Mlnskys 
liave a deal on for the Central, New 
Tork, a.nd Werba's, Brooklyn, uiider 
which the. traveling shoyvs would 
leplace the present stock companies 
la both theatres. 

Consi^mination would give Empire 
Ibfee Mlnsky full weeks in New 
Tork. Empire shows started at the 
]26th street Apollo this week. 



- Lauder in Spokane 

Spokane, Oct. 24. 
. The Fox again will handle stage 
road; shows. Tom Olsen, manager, 
Itas announced the booking of Harry 
l<auder for two performances on 
Kov, 16. 



Empire Wheel 



Week Oct. 28 

Big Rev— lik O. 

jBrnplre Oh-l^^Trbcadero, Fhlladelpbia. 
•FactB and Figures— Hudson, Union City, 

Vpniea nt Pleasure— Worcester, Worcester. 

SVench n«lIca-Capltol, Albany. 
'KlvolUies— State, Springfield. 
.Oaletlea of 1988— Howard, Boston, 
.glrla from Plzie-Ifodero, Providence. 

plrls from the FoUtes— Palace, BaKlnwre. 
: JiOfila' Tbm-C Stw, Brooklyn, 

I.egs and liOagbter-Ori^eum, Pateraoa. 

lild liifterB— OS^mplre, Newark. 

Merry Wl^lrl— Gayety, Waohlngton. 

Nite Hfe In Paris— Apolto, New ToA. 

Ralrln' to Go— AcAdemy, Pltt^reli. 

Step Lively Glrla— Route No. 1, 



HARRY.WCRULL 

Managing Director 
EMPIRE THEATRE 

Leicester Square, LONDON e n c 

ROAD SHOW°ENGACEMENT 

of GRAND HOTEL' at 

LONDON PALACE 



RYAN ai NOBLETTE 

Yelling to DE VITO A DENNY 
and DOT STEVENS—; 

. What Do Tea Tbink of the 
DKMOCHATIC Platform?'' 



A Slight Change 



Every Saturday for four 
years (Basil) Qei-son, the 47th 
street restaurateur, has been 
sending orange Juice, coffee 
and toast backstage for the 
actors at those 8 a-.m., mlddle- 
of-the-nlght opening day re- 
hearsals at the Palace, New 
Tork. 

This week the Palace is 
playing a circus bill, so Basil 
sent over a bale of hay. 



STEPPING HIGH 

(UNITED BURLESQUE) 

• Chicago, Oct. 18. 

If this Is a representative sample 
of .the type , of burlesque on the new 
United Burlesque Circuit (Chicago, 
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Kapsas 
City, Detroit, St, Loujs, Columbus), 
it deserves praise. Burlesque as an 
entertainment has become sq. vulgar 
on one hand and so dull on the 
other that .to find a: troupe avoiding 
the extreme, of both', seems like 
something rather extrabrdinaTy. ' - 

Billy 'Bumps* Mack is the top 
man in 'Stepping High.' While he 
will never collapse In a pool '6f perr 
spiratlon from overwOrklrig; Mack 
la still possessed of . real ability and 
Is capable of- a bona fide specialty, 
a thing so rare lii the kind of bur- 
lesque Chicago usually see(§ as to 
seem like a brand new idea. Why 
aren't other comics hired who can 
do sileclalties, so if the comedy is 
floppo some value will be gotten by 
the company. . 

Mack dances on roller skates. He 
also tosses knives around, '. He is 
economical in his.iise of dialog and 
muggs sparingly. .This "contrasts 
vividly with. the. stalllhg and ram- 
bling clrcultousriess of the average 
burlesque comic. Given' strong ma- 
terial to work with. Mack might 
plausibly get strong laughs. He is 
clean-cut in style,' and only occa- 
sionally dirty. - Again something 
unusual In today's burlesque. 

A pretty . good tenor, a high- 
pitched soprano and several ex- 
ponents of the art of coy disrobing 
are included In the company which 
travels. Chorus belongs to the 
house and is less . listless looking and 
beter directed than usual. Cast as 
orlgnally listed out of the Milt 
Schuster . offlce included Charles 
LaVine, Earl Sheah, Geoi^ge B, Hall, 
"Violet Jordon, Reggie White, Babe 
Davis, Joan Tanya, Evelyn La 
Deaux. 

' Of the women who surrender an 
added . portion of their attire with 
each refralii. It can be said that 
they devote symmetrical bodies and 
some mental Ingenuity to their 
tasks. Right now they are the key- 
stone of burlesque, .the substitute 
for everything that burlesque used 
to have arid has lost: It may well 
prove to be a blessing when their 
vpgue is finally over and burlesque 
gives some though't to comedy again. 
Meanwhile these queens of nudity 
vie with one another in demureness. 

There is a brunette who wears 
tassles hanging from each half of 
what would doubtless be called a 
brassiere. These tassles are artfully 
rotated .by gravity,' so that one cir- 
cles right while the other circles 
left. This accomplishment is com- 
parable to playing 'Way Down Upon 
the Swanee' with the treble and 
'Sailor's Hornpipe,' with the bass 
all at the same time. The only dif- 
ference Is the latter can be offered 
in the family parlor. . 

Biz was poor at the Haymarket, 
where the United shows play locally. 

Land. 

AKROK'S LONE STAGE HOUSE 

Akron, O., Oct. 24. 

After a three 'weeks effort to re- 
vive vaude, RKO Palace returned 
to straight pictures Oct. 22. RKO 
vaude played four days a week and 
Fanchon-Marco units, three days. 

Leaves Akron with only on© the- 
atre offering stage sho-ws, the Civic, 
which this week Inaugurated a sea- 
son of tab and pictures. 



Bombs Foaod in Empress, 
Cincy, Jost Before Shor/ 
Managers' Home Blasted 



Clnclnatl, Oct. 24. 
Two bombs were found In the Em- 
press (burlesque) Saturday night 
(22) by a janitor who was cleanlns 
the house just before the nildniglvt 
show. They were spotted In the 
eighth ro'w of the orchestra, one 
under and one on a seat. 

At about the same time the 
bonibs were discovered in the the- 
atre a portion of the home of Meyer 
'Blackle' Lantz, Empress manager, 
was blown up, with nobody home 
at the time, 

Police are. Investigating the union 
angle. Empress went non-union bri 
the stage and in the pit this sea- 
son for the first time. 



Minskys' Date Line 



The ghost walked 25% slower 
for everytjody in the shows at 
the Mlnskys* .New. Xorlt "the- 
atres last week. Cut was insti- 
tuted without notice. 
With the money simply de- 
ducted from the pay envelopes, 
enclosed I. O; U.'s stated the 
regular salaries will be re- 
stored 'after the election,' • . 



Tabs at Albany State, 
Girls and Vaude Later 

. Albany, N. T„ Oct, 24, 
State, closed for the' sunimer, re- 
opens this- week with a continuous 
policy of tabs , arid second run. pic- 
tures. First stage show is. Bobby 
Sanford's 'Show Boat Review,' 
House is operated by Nathan Rob- 
bins. "Vic Frank of Syracuse is' the 
manager. . 

For several weeks the State op- 
erated 'with road tabs, but later on 
plans to keep a stock chorus, alter- 
nating principals each week with 
Rpbbins* other house, the Ritz at 
Syracuse. Vaudeville acts are to be 
used, 
iEouse seats 700. . 



Vande Both Halves 

Chicago, Oct. 24. 
Fanchon & Marco units are out 
at the Paramount, Des Moines, RKO 
vaude booked from Chicago will 

play both halvecf Instead of just 

p— ■ ■ . 
one. 

New shows will come in Tuesday 
arid Friday of five iacts each. 



Publix's State, Mpls., 
May Take F&M Units 

Publlx is considering a return of 
stage shows to Minneapolis butinot 
Into the Minnesota which will- re- 
main dark to permit the chain 
showing a profit In its bther opera- 
tions there. Present Intention for 
rostrum entertainment, probably F. 
& M. Units, is at the State, 

Sam Dcmbow, Dave Chatkin and 
Harry Sl^ermnri were, in Minne- 
apolis last week discussing stage 
sho-ws anibhg other plans, 'Shwriian 
particularly on the union anglei 
t- — . ' — - • 

Ringling Horses to F&M 

Hollywood, Oct, 24. 
Ringling shows and Fanchon & 
Marco are In a huddle,, with the 
latter figuring on using Sells-Floto 
and Barries liberty horses in a unit 
Al Butler, contracting agent for 
Ringling, ip here on the deal, 
. If the Idea jells, units will go out 
for 20 weeks, closing In time for 
the opening of the circus season. 



PLUNKETT SUES BOBERTS 

Suit for $300 in commissions has 
been filed against Sam Roberts, 
Chicago RKO agent, by the Jimmy 
piunkett office. 

Commish is alleged due on Rob- 
erts' western bookings of Plunkett's 
acts. 



SUNDAY IN JOiLIET 

Chicago, Oct, 24,' 
Rialto, Joliet^ will resuriie vaude 
on Sundays starting- Oct. ^01 Three 
acts booked through RKO by Dick 
Bergen. It's 'the%ormer policy . oi! 
the house. 

Palace, Gary, another Great. States 
house, started Sunday vaude yester 
day (23). 



REVIVE B.&K. 
7-WK. ROUTE 
IN CHI 



Chicago, Oct, 24. 
Chicago will again become a pro- 
duction center. f or Bala.ban & Katz. 
Details have not yet been worked 
out. but it Is. practically assured 
that the. units originating at the 
Chicago . tbeati'e wl)l his,ve, beside 
the- Tivoli. and' Uptown, .sevei^l out- 
of-town weeksr possibly Detroit arid 
St. . Louii^ arii'ong others. • 'Six to 
seven weeks- Is .anticipated. A slrii- 
llar B&K-doriiinated route existed, 
up to two years ago; . 

Cprolljiry.. of this anticipated 
change Is tiie , probabiUty .<o£ one or 
mWe . producers - being . ; hired . • by - 
B.&K and, periiaps,-. Harry.. Kalcheirii 
to act as booker. ^ - 

Althoulrh A. J. Balaban. hasn't ac- 
cepted the job locally " it" Is: thought 
hb will- head the production end. 
One of his reported policies .Is a 
vaudeville line-up for; the Orientals 



Long Beach Back 

Long Beach, Cal,, Oct. 24. 

State here, whicli has been witb» 
out stage shows for three weeks, 
goes vaudfilm Thursday. (27) with 
a five act -bill on a full week, booked 
by the Bert Levey ofllce. 

House formerly booked through' 
the RKO .office in Lois Angeles, but 
canceled when Willlani Fahey, owrif 
er of the .house, filed a conspiracy 
si^it against Radio Pictures and 
others in connection with film rent- 
als. 



Radio Comic's TryiQut 

Walter Campbell Tetiey, Scotch 
cbmic -^ond -warbler, included in a 
number of juve progi^ams over NBC 
In recent weeks, gets a yaudb fry at 
the Pi-ospect, Brooklyn, Nov; 12. - 

Further dating around the metro- 
politan RKO ^pots depends on the 
four-day showing here. 



Inside Stutf-Vaude 



When Jack Curtis, the agent, starts for. a Hollywood visit, he will 
take along Gu8 Adams. Adams , was Curtis' first partner when the agent 
was an actor. Up to that time Curtis nev^r had left Ne-w.To*k city. 

Adams impressed on Jack what a great country he was going to see 
as an actor, the many cities and hotels^ stating their start would be the 
Hurley House In Philadelphia. The hotel Huriey was a fanious theatrical 
boarding place of its day . but Chirtls never had heard of it. 

^he youthful vaudeviUian drank in everything said about Philly. and 
the Hurley. They reached Philly at night just, in time to gb 'tb.bedl At 
about 4 a. m. Jack woke-up Adams, saying:- - 

'Gus, do you think I'll be able to get oatmeal for breakfast here?' 



Broadway cops didn't give Will Osborne's novel Times Square exploi- 
tation stunt much of a chance Friday (isi), but the entire effect of tlie 
hearse and preacher hi the middle of the Square wasn't lost. Osborne 
had a hearse pull up in the center of the square around noon. A mugg 
got out as a preacher and started doing a pious spiel on 'the fiiheral 
of the crooner,' 'America's radio, pest,^ ' as a banner announced. 

A huge crowd collected, but cops quickly started the hearse on its way, 
Osborne was working the stunt In connection with his current week at 
Loew's State. 



• Last 10 days of the Ringllng-Barnum show season was played in con^ 
tinuous rain through Florida. Three dozen> hbrses and three elephants 
were used to haul wagons through the mud at one pbintl 

Alfredo Cadoria and his bride, "Vera. Bruce, sailed last week for Spain 
where the act will show. Fred Biradna opened in vaudeville In New York 
with his one-ring .circus. 



F&M'S EXTBA LIFE 

',,. Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Due to si .last irilriutb chariger in 
plans, RKO did not abandon ; Fan - 
cHori & Marco units'!Frlday (21) at 
the 'lOBth Stree.t, Cleveland. -Man- 
agement asked . F&M* .for': an ' axt^i- 
tlonkr 'week, ' resulting • in ,.*Jilght 
Club' unit' being Jtiritped to . the 
eievelan^ honsti frqm Philadelphia. 

Understood here tbat union dif- 
flcuitles are i-esporis^blb for the pro« 
posed dropping of . stage ishows -iat 
the house. ^ Rube Wolf is m, c. vaA, 
barid Ibi^der. , , ,' > - . :'V(V 



,, ACTS WITH SHO|W 

. ; V . Albariy, N. T., .Oct. 24. r;, 
Capitol .tiieatr^ is .'Eitrerigthenlrt0|v 
Its Empire burlesque shows wlilf' 
vaudeville. acts. .This yveek Dough 
Boys and Walker and Allen are 
.booked as added :fea,tureB.- 

House, .'playing bri a 'split policy'' 
of ' legit, first half of we«k burlj^^qu'b 
last half, has gotten in three .l^t. 
shows since its opening four'weeli* 
ago. ■ . - 



BETTiNii imm 

CLASSICAL DANCift; ' 

WMh Oct. SO, CTnltea Artist* 'lhb«^«; 
Ixw Anseles 
Kn^lre Tour Direction : r. 
Fanchon Ss Marco 



DeVITO m DENNY 

, «a< HOT STEVENS 

AfiBwerlng RYAN and 

NOBLETTE 
We'U work It-^dt not cni." 



FRED STONE 
DOROTHY STONE 

. With CIIARLIE COLUNS 



PLAYING FOUR WEEKS OF RKO VAUDEVILLE 

Week Oct. 22, PALACE, CHICAGO; Week Oct. 29, ALB€E, CINCINNATI ; Week Nov. 5, PALACE, CLEVELAND; Week Nov. 12, KEITH, BOSTON 



32 VARIETY 



VAUDE HOUSK VEVIEWS 



Ttteiahiy» 0^1>eg .25, 1932 




FRED and DOROTHY STONE 
With Charles Collins 
Comedy, Dancing 
16 Mins.; One and Full 
Palace, Chicago 

Fred Stone announcied from the 
stage that this Is his- first vaude- 
ville date In 32 years, and that he's 
doing five performances how against 
two-a-day then. With his grace- 
ful daughter and his attractive son- 
in-law the veteran comedian of 
more musical comedies than even 
the best fneniorlea can recall is 
playing, four weeks for KKO. Chi- 
cago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and 
Boston is the route, and in all these 
towns, not to mention many others. 
Stone has been a favorite for yiears. 
It's a cinch they'll like him in 
vaudeville. 

Fred and Dorothy are discovered 
on a bench when the drapes part.. 
There Is a l^lt of dlalbgi Talk comes 
out of a box via microphone. In 
Chicago the reception wap thunder- 
ous,, after which Stone made his few 
remarks. . 

AH the talking Is done by Papa 
Stone. Daughter remains speech- 
leas. It's a blonde,' blue-eyed, ciite 
sptechlesshesSi however. She han- 
dles herself throughout with dis- 
tinction. Hers Is a dainty, . zephyr- 
like personality. Collins Is one of 
the . classiest . hoofers who ever 
looked throughly at . home In tails. 
His, specialty wa,s a solid sma.ck. 

A bit with an Australla:h: whip 
employs a stooge for nice results; 
but by. far the comedian's best ef- 
fort In his mimicry of 'Will Rogers. 
Plenty of strong la\ighs here. 

Act finished . big, qualifying on 
merit as excellent entertainment 
with a foundation of established 



popularity. 



Land, 



LOPEZ'S DEBUTANTES (14) 

Orchestra. 

18 Mins.; Full 

. Academy, N. Y. - — - 
IS-^ne of the NBC bookings, th^ act 
having been around only a few 
weeks and entering New York via 
14th street. Nice looking bunch of 
girls; but not smartly costumed, all 
of the dresses being of the same 
pattern with an awkward loose col- 
lar of niching, giving a bunchy ap- 
pearance, to the shoulder and waist 
lines. Stage Is not well dressed, 
either, the platforms suggesting im- 
provised stuff by the house. 

On appearance the act does not 
rate high, but . the turn baa beep 
smartly routined- fuid Jt performed 
the. none-too-easy feat of . atopptng 
the .'supper show- at this house. As 
the jclosing act it yfaa possible to 
run down the film and ^et tbe en- 
thusiasm . die down, but It 1b more 
applause thaii' the Acadetny. has 
given a single turn In plenty of 
weeks. Score Is made, with a foot- 
ball' ^ong. with the pennants of the 
leading teams, white ° the college 
song Is' played. 

Just np ahead' there is a near- 
stopper in a radio' hit In which vari- 
ous isignature strains are played 
with the girls reciting bits aboitit 
their air favs. The girls are still a 
little too scued to handle their lines 
expertly, but they whang It bver for 
results, and that's all anyone can do. 

There Is a dancer who puts over a 
hot cboch no smoothly that probably 
even the family trade 'wlU not kick; 
another who handles . some comedy 
bits .with more vigor than shading, 
- but collects full results, and for the 
most part the band uses nice ar 
rangements, well varied, though the 
opening Is a little too brassy. Pretty 
girl In pajamas does the leading. 
. It's an act • ad It stands, with the 
chances that a few more weeks will 
put it Into the big time. Chic. 



HENRY TOBIAS and Orchestra 
Music, Singing, Dancing 
17 Mins.; Full (Special) 

Academy ,^ . 

Henry Tobias, songwriter, Is a 
brother of Charlie Tobias, who's 
been around In vaude freauently 
for years. He is making a try with 
a lO-pleco orchestra that's away 
below the everage and .Kdna Lee, 
specialty dancer, whose work re- 
flect little chance of advancement 
just now. As It stands, only for 
the smaller time. 

Opening with a brace of numbers 
from one of George White's 'Scan- 
dals,' Tobias sln^a portions of each. 
His voice Is both weak and unappeal- 
ing, even when a meg is employed. 
In the way of novelty about the 
middle, a Mexican number is at- 
tempted, Vrlth hats to go with it, 
and this is even poorer on quality. 
Best piart of the act is *I Miss Tbu.' 
one of Tobias' numbers, as Tos- 
canini would play It. ; as It would 
be done on a 6c pnerry-SOrround 
and als by Sousa. 

A medley of bits from songs 
which Tobias has written brought 
out such poor diction and so much 
forte on the part of the orchestra', 
most of them couldn't be dlstln- 
giilshed. 

Closed bill down here on Saturday 
and let down very lightly. Char,' 

ACCORD! AN A (6) . 

Music and Dancing 

9 Mins.; Full 

Grand Opera Mouse, N.* Y. 

Not very successful effort to build 
four push boxes Into a presentation, 
and not over very far through lack 
of showmanship. Opens with a 
man, a youth and two girls pump- 
ing out music. One girl is very 
pretty, but seems to be. new to the 
stage, lacking assurance. 

With the first selection over, they 
back up stage to give place to two 
girl dancers in a f^r step number. 
When the dancers' exit they come 
down front again and pump out the 
second section and back-up again 
for a second dancej a livelier num- 
ber, better costumed; Players down 
to squeeze 'Faust' medley out of 
the boxes and danciers back 'for a, 
last crack tor the finale. 

No effort to break the monotony 
or to work In business. All too 
inechanlcal to get full effect, and yet 
they play not badly, and a stager 
ml^ht show them how to frame up 
for effect. Mualo is good, though 
the dancing Is pretty helpless.' 

M^de a fair closing number bei^ 
but not . for the more Important 
time until It is spruced up. The girl 
could be made an. asset vrhen she 
loses, her fear' of the audience. 

ChUs. 



PALACE, N. Y. 

Swinging firom bn6 extreme to 
the other, the entextalnment setup 
here this week combines an all cir- 
cus stage spectacle and One of the 
ultr& swank screen dramas of the 
season. 'A Bill of Divorcement' 
(Radio). Booking minds respon- 
sible obviously .proceded on the 
theory that the widely spaced ex- 
amples of dlversloii would blanket 
diversified tastes. Those for whom 
circuses no longer had no appeal 
would be Inveigled, by the' picture, 
whlfe the element that still har- 
bored the old urge: for blgtop 
cavortings would come anyway. 

Theory may work out that way, 
but It's highly dubious. Simple 
reasoning would Incline to the opin- 
ion that a comedy would have made 
a much, happier match. At least 
it wouldn't have . been so hard on 
the large percentage of kids that 
comprised the second Saturday, mat- 
inee audience. Actionlesd unfold- 
ing of the screen yarn proved 
something of an ordeal for the 
youngsters, with .the concerted 
squirming and general uneasiness 
froni this representation making it 
tou^h for the oldsters frequently to 
cdtch the' drift of the Wm conver- 
sation. On the other hand, there's 
a Chaplin synced revival; 'Easy 
Street,' to repay the kids for the 
ordeal. 

Commendable sense of taste and 
dignity about the way the house 
handles the ballyhoo out front. No 
noisy barking or calliope cater- 
wauling, or gaudy carnival hang- 
ings. Instead the RKO malnstreet- 
er resorted to a colorful array of 
clown papl«r mache masks and fig- 
ures that couldn't help but deliver 
the .b.O. message emphatically and 
effectively. Nicely arranged freak 
show filled the inner lobby, con- 
sisting of Mildred, the tatooed girl, 
the weighty Carlson Sisters, Major 
MUe, Sealo, whose hands are at- 
tached to bis shoulders, and Ajaz 
the sword-swallower, 

'When the box office opened the 
ticket- taker was moved out to the 
off-street lobby, with the intention 
of making the freak ehow only 
available to the ticket customers. 
Idea was later revised ofid the inner 
lobby exhibit became part of the 
generftl ballyhoo. Passersby drifted 
in by the hordes to mill around and 
stare, but few of tbls contingent 
were observed elbowing their way 
back to the box office. 

With no school holidays sched- 
uled for the 'w'eek. It doesn't look 
as though the boq^e will tax§ big 
on the matinees from the miother 
clientele. Elasy to presume she'll 
wait until after dinner dhd taake 
it a whole family affair Including 
the father. - Botli Saturday mats 
carved out substantial attendances 
but notlilng approaching capacity. 



and 



YOUTH, PEP and SPEED 

Flash 

11 Mins.; Full (Special) 
G. O. H. 

Seven-people flash which does not 
look like a lot of money, but stands 
up nicely for average nabe book- 
ing. Fits for middle of bill okay, 
if not wanted for the close. 

Four women make up a dance 
line. They all do tap work fairly 
competently, iand as a novelty offer 
a miniature stair dance that's a 
welcome variation. Later on they 
demonstrate their versatility fur 
ther in acrobatic work. 

Three men Include a team and 
an m.c. single. Some talk finds its 
way Into the routine, but 98% of 
act' is. dancing, which seems smiart 
kir'^Iew of the obvious fact everyone 
Is there enough on the hoofery. 

Played third on flve-acter down 
here and over. Char. 



SOLLY GRAUMAN and Co. 
Dance Novelty 
13 Mins, One and Full 
Grand Opera House, Y.- 

The old 'Grauman, Ness „ 

Delly with pretty much the ftame 
frame up they ha,d- several years 
ago, but with a musical stairway 
added for-the finish that tops their 
slow motion fight, now next to clos- 
ing. Flight of about a dozen steps 
with the center of each stair hinged 
to make contact ■with one note on 
an electric chime at the head of the 
stairs. 

The quartet pounds out a selec« 
tlon and does a stair dance at the 
same time. Show stopper in No. 1 
position here and could close with 
equal success. Good enough to open 
any bill and close. most. About half 
way through' there Is a xylophone 
solo which does not hurt tiny, but 
the dancing Is the act because it is 
varied and smartly costumed, with 
the gl'rl a material help, on person 
a'ity end.- Chic. 

YOUNG, KAM TROUPE (8) 
Risley, Contortion, etc. 
9 Mins.; Full (Special) 
G. O. H. 

Orientals with more than usual 
amount of punch in contortion, ris- 
ley, balancing, endurance and other 
routines. Two small ; girls figure 
prominently, - 



JAY JACKS (3) 
Comedy 

10 Mfns. In One 
Grand Opera Housie, N. Y. 

Straight man and two coniedlans 
with an Italian dialect comedian 
getting most of the laughs. Good 
for the family trade, but hardly 
smart enough to get over 'with 
discriminating audience. 

It's built down to houses like the 
G. O. H. and down here they filled 
the three-spot acceptably and might 
have taken an encore with little 
effort. Chic. 



work, In one Instance allowing him 
to make a complete unaided switch 
from a foot to a hand stand while 
held aloft by his partner. 

Nice staging and costuming helps 
considerably, , Kauf. 

THREE ARISTOCRATS 
Singing, Guitar ' 
16 Mint.; Ono' 
G. O. H. 

Harmony trio at guitars and 
piano that, seems to make Its big- 
gest mistake in trying to overfeed 
the audience, particularly on a four- 
minute encore. Trimming that 
down, boys will rate as a fully sat- 
isfactory turn for No. 2 spots. Act 
was spotted to open show here due 
to odd setup, but did welL 

Men work In '. tuxes, one taking 
care of the piano assignment, other 
two 'play guitars. Their voices are 
a shade above average In quality, 
Standout seems to be the 'Mickey 
Mouse' song, With numerous Im 
personations of radio fays worked 
around it. Char. 



Phyllis RAY and HARRIS TWINS 
Singing and Dancing 
12 Mins.; Special Drop in 3 
Academy, N» Y. 

Personality singer backed by two 
boy hoofers and pianists. Nothing 
outstanding, but It goes over with 
the downtown crowd. Opens with 
demonstrating a mysterious piano 
with the boys bobbing up to show 
it's all a mild black art illusion. 

They come down for a dance, then 
into full stage with two pianos for 
some playing. Girl does a neat con- 
partlcularly in very trol dance and the boys hoof some 
effective torso-twisting bits. more with a play for a hot finale 

Act Is worthy of the better grade which falls short of the right tem- 
neighborhood houses. perature. Good opener or No. 2 on 

Everything is ' boiled down to small time, but they will have 
meatlness and little time is lost. *° shoot more class Into the act to 



while the evening pace hovered 
close to average. 

As an aggregation of acrobatlo 
and animal turns this . Indoor tan- 
barkery, labelled the. ^RKO . Circus 
International' matches the best seen 
around the vaude circuits In recent 
years. It's trimly balanced, packs 
variety and excit^ent and runs off 
in smooth, staccato style. Larry 
Boyd and PhU Wirth did the col- 
lecting and staging, and it's a crack 
Job they've turned out. Interpo- 
lated among the main attractions 
are terp3y bits, simple but'oke for 
the purpose, by a young line Of 12 
and the conventional tomfoolery of 
a clown quintet. 

Though billed, ChrlstianSon's 
Stallions failed to show at the mat- 
inee, cutting the parade of Individ- 
ual acts .seven and there was enough 
meaity entertainment derived from 
those who did appear to isatlsfy any 
appetite. As paced during the open- 
ing stanza the circus ran a min- 
ute short of an hour and a quarter. 

To Ed and Jenny Rooney went the 
first apotll^ht of the occasion, with 
these trapeze experts finding it easy 
to keep the eyes peeled on them 
and the applause punctuating each 
bit. Nifty canine and pony ex-- 
tra'vaganza, Marie and Her Pals, 
followed and garnered a similarly 
hefty expression. Conventionally 
routined but arreatlhg throughout 
and with an attractive stable' of 
animaia to boot. Act included the 
inevitable bucking mule. 

On the heels of Tiny Kline's Iron- 
jaw slide from the balcony came 
May Wirth and her troupe for 
close to 20 minutes of the usual 
snappy riding and mixture of one- 
ring comedy. Eriha Ward soon af- 
terwards gave them-, something to 
oh-oh about, tossing off the.: on^ 
arm throwovers up on the ring to 
the count of 105* times. Three of 
John Robinson's pachyderms had 
the succeeding spot and did well 
by it- Top applause honors of the 
bill feU to the of the Plcchlanl 
Troupe, whose teeter- board antics 
culminated In two sockerlhos of the 
first order, the four high mount and 
the double full tw{9t Into the chair. 

Tarzan, chimp ' impiersonator, kept 
them rolling in a welter of laughs, 
leavlne a goodly percentage puzzled 
over the performer's real simian 
origin. Good piece Of spotting, this 
placing the act in next to shut, and 
following It up with the brief but 
spectacular treadmill chariot race/ 

Odec. 



Some fast tumbling winds up. 

On closing bill down here on 
Thursday night audience . rated act 
among best of Its kind. OJiar, 



VIOLET, RAY and NORMAN 
Acrobatics 
8 Mins.; "Two 
Academy, N, Y. 

Several years age this trio 
started out as a combo acrobatic 
and musical turn. Aero was called 
pood and they were advised to drop 
the rest. They have taken the tip. 
It's now straight hand-to-hand and 
one of the best turns of the kind 
around. It's class vaude and the 
trio woyld even fit nicely into a 
production. 

Two men and a girl, all good. One 
vf the boya Is a contortionist, \yhlch 
gives some freak effects to his 



beat the rating. 



ChUs. 



JANET OF FRANCE and SID 

STONE 
Sngng, Talkng, Comedy 
14 Mins.; One 
G. O. H. 

Janet of France has been a istand- 
ard name for many years. She is 
now pairing with Sid Stone and 
carrying an unbilled colored dancer, 
latter for a finish. While Janet of 
France proves herself pretty noisy 
arid caiTies some mild gags, her 
turn shapes as okay for bookings 
of this calibre, 

Janet of France works In a hectic 
style of French chattering. Stone 
works gags with her and does a 
song, displaying fairly effective 
Style. 

Colored hoofer nb whirlwind, but 
oke. Char. 



GRAND O.H., N.Y. 

with two society plays for the 
film features, the Juvenile trade was 
a bit off at the Grand Opera House 
the first half. Probably not more 
than 700 or 800 at the Sat. matinee, 
and they did not warm up to Ruth 
Chatterton's mimic woes in 'The 
Crash' (FN) . and they prefer Tom. 
Mix to the polo game in 'This Sport- 
ing Life' (Col.),, but even at that 
they gave Chatt'ertpn a big hand 
when she finally decided to stick 
to her husband, ' But the G.OJ9. 
has to give the adults a break, how 
and then, and .the gro'wmips pay 
two bits. 

Show starts' off with a flourish 
with Solly Grauman and Co. The 
act stopped 'em at the finish and 
clicked up aheaB with the slow mo- 
tion fight which is pretty old noW, 
but stilled liked. A girl with a 
swell pair of gams and nimble feet 
helps the boys out nicely, but It's 
a good act all the way around. 
There's a stairway now used for 
the closer (New Acts). 

Joe E. Howard the deucer with 
the 3 Andrews sisters. The cus 
tomers here do not care much for 
harmonlzlng^ trios. They would 
swap all three for an encore from 
the comedian. 'When the girls wear 
black pyjamas instead of snappy 
costumes, they'll toss in trading 
stamps to boot. These girls wear 
black. They : gave Howard two 
chances to catch his breath and they 
went off to a slim hand each time, 
Not very strong at best. They 
never got a chance until the finish 
when they sang with Howard some 
of. his old timers, and then it was 
the songs. Howard did 14 minutes 
and could have jrun up the score 
They know him and they like him 
and each of his songs got a wel- 
coming hand. They: even liked his 
singing of 'Old Man River.' 

Jay Jacks and a > couple of sup 
piortera got third trick and hung 
around for a good ten minutes. The 
dumb player hag a very fair voice 
and wrestled successfully, if not 
brilliantly, with 'Song of Songs,' but 
the kids preferred the dialect come- 
dian, who makes the act. Stuff Is 
too sloppily put together for the 
better dates, but great on the fam- 
ily trade. 

•Accordiana' (New 'Acts), was 
something of a let down. The act 
has been put together with no ef- 
fort at routining. They alternately 
play accordions and back up to let 
In a couple of dancers, who do not 
add much to the general effect. The 
quartet of push boxers could be 
worked into something better If 
they'd put a little more flash In 
their playing and a lot more action 
into the turn. They would do well 
to ' tone down the orchestra, par- 
ticularly the drums. They get 
drowned out when they work up to 
a climax. The pit men should be 
used sparingly with sufficient vol- 
ume of tone coming from the atag:e. 

Show ran 63 minutes, which Is 
about the average with the four- 
act bUIs. CMC 



VIC PALACE, LONDOH 

liOhdon, Oct. 16. 
After sevend exgieirlments In moat 
forms of entertainment and consist^ 
ently losing, In the last few yearsT 
the Victoria Palace, once ace vaude^ 
vllle house, is taking a last plunge, 
going continuous. House would not 
dare go talkers, due to two much 
better and more coihmodious plc^ 
ture theatres already In the neigh- 
borhood. 

■Victoria Palace, although not 
strictly West End, has an advan- 
tage In being at three important 
terminal points — the Southern Rail- 
way, two imderground railways and 
the biggest bus service In London, 
Between them they unload . around 
a quarter of a milliori people dally, 
"What percientage of these 'will be 
Interested In the Innovation, depends 
entirely on the bill of fare. Current 
program has nothing outstanding 
and . is pretty tedious. 

Opening are a troiipe of Sherman 
PMsher dancers, dubbed 'the 18 
southern Girls,' presumably dedi- 
cated to the Southern Railway. 
Troupe la neither .better nor worse 
than most around. 

Billy Rey and partner in usual 
routine ot ball and hoop juggiihg, 
with partner , supplying comedy re- 
lief. Rey is quite personable and 
dances nicely for a finish. 

Leslie Sarony, now famous as 
writer of 'Rhymes,' 'Ain't It Grand 
to. Be Blooming Well Dead,' arid 
other ditties, follows. They are kind 
to songwriters around here. Sarony 
also exits with cOmedy dance. . 

Luclenne and Achour, French 
youngsters, although not juveniles, 
as piogrammed, open 'with a comedy 
waits idea inspired by Lowe; 
Bernott and Wensley, and a couple 
of comedy dances, including the old 
standby apache dance, with: differ- 
ence being the man taking the 
socks. Act scored splendidly. 

Scott Sanders, with his 'Old Ac* 
tor' and 'Ki\lfe Grinder* classics, 
'wIFh plenty topical gags, was a 
laughing hit. 

Maggie Teyte, once famous ot»er- 
atic and concert star, headlining, did 
not mean much On entry. Mild Im- 
pression. 

The Act Superb, man and woman, 
two setter dogs and white horse. In 
poses, looks very much like a for- 
mer American standard, under the 
title of 'The Act BeautlfuL' Here it 
is presented by Tom de Gray. Was 
well liked, and understood staging 
coriieback after three years' retire- 
ment. 

Lee Donn, husband and formerly 
pianist to Sybil Vane as Leon 
Domque, puts over a straight piano 
act to good results. Donn is now a 
standard act here. 

No't^elty on bill are Sensational 
Carlo Medlni Six, South American 
gauchos, who. go through a series of 
marvelous hand-to-hand balancing 
and some fine passes. Highlights of 
act are boy and girl, who do . some 
clever leaps In the air. ' 

Scott and "Whaley, couple of co!* 
ored comics, have been around here 
for riiany years and have been away 
from home too long to offer any- 
thing origlnaL 

To be in fashion, Clarkaon Rose 
has been installed as Compere. Rose 
is an old-time 'dams' comedian, and 
what he does not know about com- 
perelng would fill a Webster's Dic- 
tionary. Hank the Mule, who works 
with Rose, is responsible for any of 
the laughs that accrue. It is time 
English managements realized that 
compereing is an intelligent job and 
cannot be done by any red-nosed 
comic, even if he substitutes eve' 
ning dress for red nose. 

Four dancing acts following each 
other, theatre still dismal and 
dreary, are two most Important det<« 
rlmentals, and that's not all. 
- Bill coiat around $3,600, which In- 
cludes extra pit orchestra, with Eddie 
Collis as singing conductor. Ad- 
miaalon prices range from 20 cents 
to 80 cents, a little too high, consid- 
ering sonie West End houses are 
charging the same. Unless man- 
agement makes up its mind to give 
better and more varied programs 
and brighten the place up. a good 
deal, outcome much in doubt. 



LOEWS VALENCIA 

This only deluxer on the south 
shore of Long Island is drawing 
with big vaude naines . and aome 
good films. Cheap parking space 
draws those with cars. 

At the first show Friday (21) 
house was almost filled with high 
school kida who usually take Fri- 
day afternoons off to see the show. 
Five acts and 'Love Me Tfonlght' 
(Par). 

Joe Stoves opened at the organ 
for some community singing which 
Is becoming ordinary. Dave Jones 
and Peggy, plus two good looking 
girls and a boy who does -a Bill 
Robinson in a slightly different 
fashion, started the vaude at a 
good pace. Carr Brothera and Betty 
awell No. 2. Their burleaq acro- 
batics made them solid on applause. 

Irene Rich got deserved apprecia- 
tion. Unlike many screen names 
Mias Rich gives a good account of 
herself in a sketch. She is charm- 
ing and her clothes are stunning. 
'Went to a speech. Ben Alley sings 
well, uses a- mike, and Charlie 
Ahearn's troupe closed with their 
noise and slapstick. It still gets 
laughs. 



Oetober 25, 19^2 



VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS 



VARIETY 



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STATE, N. Y. 

fltAte tWe week has both' Bcreen 
iJa Saxo show. In happy accord, 
of those occasional lucky con- 
SncUdns that happen only too sel- 
iSSa a picture that piques Interest 
Snd a supplemental, entertainment 
ShAt works out at a maximum ot 
JST materlaK Feature is Xrove Me 
fi^ntebt' (Par, Chevalier) and the 
fcjn contains a compact live-act 
^©up that plays better than it 
leads. .-. 

iAnflwei- was capacity Friday eve- 
Bln« at the opening and an audi- 
that gave, generous testimony 
|o Its satisfaction. 

'Con Colleano made a trim opener 
«rltb his wire-walking act that Is 
Ae acme of clean-cut specialty, 
mie Spanish' athlete of the strand 
mttkes a graceful figure, and his 
toOancing without.any aid would be 
JSectacular enough alone. Intricate 
dance steps on the slender support 
and gymnast fea:ts that usually are 
Mnflned to a mat klve it the ultra 
iHch. Nice-looking girl- helps to 
'«8B the stage. 

Frank and Peter Trado, No. 2, 
give that often slighted spot the 
Support It deserves but doesn't al- 
ways gfet. Two boys are first rate 
■ong.and-dance salesmeen, with 
enough on the straight side to get' 
them past. A vigorous comedy 
knack is added to the excellence 
(ifthelr specialty. Use of time-worrt 
devices is confining them to early 
placements,, however, notably the 
^visible person business that be- 
longs to burlesque and the tangled 
ifOSt routine that ought to be the 
mark of dialect parody singers and 
not modern comedians. They did 
. well here, and should do better with 
a fihrewder arrangement of their 
laugh promotions. Their present 
tfr9-hlgh gag makes a pip of a 
fnale. 

. Molly Picon,- back fi'om her. world 
tour, probably represented some- 
thing on the marquee and certainly 
pieant a lot to the excellent pattern 
of the performance. This dlmlnu- 
: tlve recruit from the foreign theatre 
. of New Tork is as ever a fine artist 
for any theatre. She brings a new 
repertoire of numbers and a stage 
manner broadened by her travels. 

She works with the same old slm 
pie directness, walking on without 
fiourlsh and parade, and appearing 
to get as much enjoyment out of 
her . performance as she gives. 
Opens with a comedy lyric reflect- 
ing what she thinks of, parlous audi- 
ence types. Caricature of a Yiddish 
woman in a doctor's ofillce is a 
comic impression. 'Rhapsody of a 
Wolklng Goir is a. brisk delineation 
and a song oddity she says she 
picked up in Rumania on her travels 
makes the finish. Latter might 
have come out of the Chauve Souris, 
' likable as a novelty, but scarcely 
strong, enough for the getaway. 
She needs, a sock finish now. The 
rest of thtf song cycle does very 
well Indeed. 

Bob Murphy took the next-to-shut 
assignment and held it down, thanks 
largely to the antics of the boy, 
clowning pianist act framing up on' 
tlie Buster West layout, Bob's 
daughter contrlbytes mildly, and 
Murphy pere pervades the turn with 
restrained comedy comments, being 
more tnqderate in this respect than 
. most parents, who usually want to 
command the situation to the detri- 
' ment of returns. Youngsters get no 
lobby billing at this stand, perhaps 
because all the stage show billing Is 
sparse in deference to the Chevalier 
feature. 

"Will Osborne and his band hold 
the closing niche, devoted to. the 
roughest of rowdy clowning, -varied 
by a wide range of musical num- 
bers from straightaway orchestra- 
tions to syncopated roughliouse and 
lowdown. Outfit banks on speed, 
and intCkes it iserve for a comedy 
high spot on any bill, particularly 
useful for a, final spot. .Series of 
burlesque radio Impersonations In 
the early running Is first rate, one 
of the bandsmen doing a nifty Cal 
loway bit. 

Osborne's use of 'Shanty' was an 
anti -climax right after Murphy had 
done the same number, latter with 
a good gag . concealed In Its other 
''Vise straight rendering. Murphy 
has to change the original line only 
a little to make It 'I'd give up the 
Palace if I were King, King and 
King.' It sailed high tit the State, 
but it's a darb nevertheless. 

Rush 



blue pants— not uniform, with here 
4nd -there a brown pair of pants 
showing. Repertoire includes the 
usual type of college songs, Includ- 
Icg a medley of football tunes and a 
bow to pop music. 

Walter Nilssbn holds next to shut 
with his unicycle work, being han- 
dicapped by small space and or- 
gan music for bows and a chaser 
while Horace Heldt's band moves 
from pit to stage. Despite these 
cyclist drew best laughs of show. 

Wllmot, Peters and Co. open, hav- 
ing as a highlight comic hula dance 
that followed a legit Hawaiian wig- 
gle by shapely gal. Their hoofing 
is far superior to the opening jgags. 

Light and Stever deuce, latter 
barl toning a group of pop tunes, 
with Light doing one piano solo 
and accompanying.: In the trey spot 
Ehnery Sisters swapped a few 
chestnuts, warbled a tune or two 
and . swiped two encores and as 
many bows. 

Heldt's band (16) in its 13th week 
does one swell number, 'Dark Syes,' 
with a semi-Bolero background. 
Plenty sweet arrangement and 
novel light effects worked by bands-: 
men combine in selling it smartly. 
Three other tunes Include a repeat 
on a drinking song, 'Donna Clara,' 
with Heidt singing It in English, 
Spanish and German, and later kid- 
ding his own voice, and a football 
sequence. In two of the numbers Is 
Yerna Qordon, who is no great 
shakes as a hoofer. Bock. 



HIPP, BALTIMORE 

Baltimore, Oct. 21. 
It appears that this house Is on 
Its way to another high gross mark 
currently with the Mills Bros, head- 
lining. Business started out pow- 
erfully at the first show Friday, 
despite the jgeneral flabblness of the 
vaiide show. That weakness will 
likely be remedied by the switching 
of the running order and the pos- 
sible replacement of an act. The 
continued strength of vaud© at this 
house and Its payment of heavy 
dividends a,t the boxofllce refiects 
the sincere conscientiousness with 
which this house Is booked; and the 
vaude show pampered. 

At the first performance this 
show was loose ifor the first three 
acts, and it was only the last two, 
Fortunello and Girilllno, next to 
closing, and the Mills boys, Just be- 
fore the picture, that saved the bill 
from being a complete washout. 



the deuce spot and warbles a quar- 
tet of pop and seral-heavy numbers, 
displaying a pleasing soprano voice. 
For an encore she did a comedy 
number In Italian. 

Trey spot allotted to Snyder and 
his partner, Brooks. They do a lot 
of wisecracking, Snyder sings and 
dances a bit, and Brooks plays a 
sax. It's good comedy and gets 
over nicely. 

Six Royal Samoans are from the 
'Rain' prolog at Grauman's Chinese. 
Five men and a girl, all natives, 
are Ihstrurtientallsts and dancers, 
with girl and one man featuring a 
couple of hot hula routines. A 
hatchet dance by the men lis intri- 
cate. 

Irwin on next, for his customai'y 
patter and gagging, and then Into 
the close -with a local girl band act 
titled Ken Becker and his Holly 
wood Sweethearts. There are IB 
clever femme musicians In the out- 
fit, with Becker handling the baton 



MET., B'KLYN 



In the opening was a skating and clowning in one scene. Girls 



turn, Three Olympics, small-tlmey 
combination. Stunts are ordinary, 
but manage to get by. What hurts 
them, more than anything else is 
|. the poor music. Especially needed 
Is waltz time for that Intricate 
weaving skaitlng bit 



are proficient on various instru 
ments; there are a couple of good 
hoofers and plenty of specialty 
workers, so that It! a pleasing diver- 
sion, although Just a break-In. Per 
sonnel Is from the Wurlltzer music 
store Class, A little more experience 



'Successful Calamity' (WB), . U 
news and adventure short on screen 
Business above normal at opening 
mat. 



ORPHEUM, MPLS. 

Minneapolis, Oct. 20. 
Names plus plenty of comedy and 
dancing make this blU s, box office 
stand-out. There's not a weak sis- 
ter among the five acts and four 
rate top notch. 'Phantom of Crest- 
wood/ (Radio) on the screen Isn't 
to be sneezed at, either, 

Dorothy Lee Is the screen name 
while Yorke and King carry plenty 
of weight with vaudeville fans. Add 
Cherry and June Prelsser and the 
Wiest and Stanton reviie for good 
entertainnient . measure and you 
have a dandy four-bits' worth. 

Felovls, Juggler, opens satisfac- 



Ir-ving O'Dunne' denized with 'and and the outfit ought to click, 
company' a femme partner, but was 
later replaced by Roy Rogers. 

Stone and Gibbons is a six-person 
dancing act comprising a mixed 
speclialty team and four girls. Noth- 
ing new in the act, and it gets by 
mainly on bulk and its music. Sin- 
gle outstanding item is the mian's 
split work, but he tends to overdo 
It. The lady contributes filp-flops. 

Fortunello and Cirollino went big. 
Mills Bros, closed and could have 
stayed on all day. They sang three 
songs for an act and three more for 
an encore, and then it wasn't 
enough. 

'Strange Justice" (Radio) feature. 
Pathe review, and Pathe news com- 
pleted. Business excellent. . . 



RKO, L. A. 



Los Anjgeles, Oct. 21. 
Fourth week of the RKO in its 



PALACE, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Oct. 21. 
Serge Oukrainsky, former ballet 
master of the defunct. Civic Opera, 
stepped over for a week to produce 
•Dance of the Hours' and a 'Sew 
Ing Box' ballet. Both were attrac- 
tive productions. For the rest it 
was a vaudeville show. 

Joseph Griffin was back to tenor 
a pair of ballads before the drapes. 
B.en Omar, Arabian tumbler, pro 
voked enthusiasm with his speed 
Joe and Jane McKenna blew up the 
final remnants of restraint with 
their second knockabout specialty 



torlly. The act' follows rbutlrie "t^j; P?"<=y °' s^'^tle^^ their first hoke session, 



lines and the performer goes about 
his task in a workinahlke fashion 
without attempting many comedy 
effects, but his f^ats are sufficiently 
difficult to provoke audience ap- 
plause. He does nifty stunts with 
three sticks and a small rubber 
ball. 

Returning for their 'second visit, _ _ 
Cherry and June Prelsser repeat the [and the opening" of\lie Pahn"spr^^ 



highly favorable inidial impression 
and prove a strong act for the deuce 
spot. If the diminutive June is hot 
a great -bet for a Broadway revue 
or floor show, one reporter misses 
his bet entirely. The blonde young- 
ster has looks, personality and cute 
ness, coupled with dancing ability 
and comedic talent. Her sister also 
has a world of good looks. . Their 
hot dance numbers in abbreviated 
costumes land with a bang. June 
ialso scores with a comedy song. 

Wlest and Stanton have the as 
slstance iof a trio, of feminine look 



Golden Gate, Frisco 

San Francisco, Oct. 21, 
With 'All-American' (Par) on 
screen RKO has gone football-con- 
scious, setting aside separate nights 
for the half dozen colleges situated 
in the Bay district and plugging 
personal appearances from those In 
•stitutions. Additionally, one of the 
acts is the University of San Fran 
Cisco glee club (25) booked at a low 
price and probably p.iying for it 
self. 

Glee club wa.s pretty rough at 
opening mat, lacking the case that 
should come with few more shows. 
Catholic U biinch directed by Fred 
Brown. Latter contributes 'One 
Alone' as tenor solo for punch of 
act. Singers arc grouped in .semi- 
''Ivcle on full stage, with piano in 
center. Outfits— white .shirts and 



away to a fair start with a benefit | 
for. the Motion Picture Relief fund 
on the opening of Radio's 'Bill of 
Divorcement.' Benefit looked great 
on paper, but wound up with reverse 
English with only the balcony sell- 
ing. : Most of downstairs was paper. 
Lack of picture stars at the opening 
was blamed on the U. S. C. -Stan- 
ford game in Frisco on Siaturday, 



They are deluxe elapstlckers; Aux 



Brooklyn, Oct. 21. 
Rather disappointing that far- 
from-capacity representation on tlie 
last performance of the opening 
day. Certainly it couldn't have 
been attributed to a lack of names 
to conjure: with on the stage bill. 
There was Dorothy Jordan, one of 
the more Ingratl.itlng picture per- 
sonalities with still more feti-hing 
appeal In the flesh and a bright' 
I'spai'k of talent for the footUght.s. 
There was Benny Rubin, with 
everything but an ether rep, to pro- 
vide the laugh interludes, and, 
above all, there was the now svelte 
Paul Whiterhan and his latest re- 
vised entourage. 

As presented here the sL-ige pro- 
ceedings constituted two acts. 
Opening brought Dorothy Jordan 
and a foursome of ballroom togged 
lads for a terp fantasy that sud- 
denly swung into a patter exchange 
between the screen miss and Rubin. 
Most of the humor attempted dur- 
ing this tete-a-tete not only missed 
fire, but seemed misplaced. As a 
feed Miss Jordan makes a corking 
little Ingenue for romantic clinches. 
But the gags that Rubin framed 
between them could not have helped 
her much, particularly tl^at runoff 
titbit about calling him 'ham.' 

That line registered flatly and 
took something of an edge off the 
strong . impression she had made 
with her lithesome and eye-filling 
dance , routine. Not' only that, but 
It deprived her of a real parting 
ovation, and one that- was assuredly 
coming to her. It wouldn't be a bad 
Idea were Rubin to chuck that 'ham- 
gag and replace It with something 
more appropriate to the Jordan per- 
sonality. 

Rubin followed up her departure 
with a monolbg that didn't do much 
damage to the midriffs out front, 
but the. ennui was quickly dispelled 
when the comic limbered up the 
old ankles and dashed off a sample 
of the Riiblneisque style of buck- 
wlngery. Until he acquitted him- 
self later, and brilliantly so,. In the 
Whlteman passage the impression 
garnered that the Benny Rubin who 
used to do a vaudeville act was noy^rrCi 
doing a personal appearance. 
As a stage presentation thie 



lllary ^spasms were sprung by the -whiteman exhibit unveiled here 



season with most of the' picture 
names hitting out for those spots 
on opening night (Friday). Picture 
I industry In general failed to respond 
to the charity cause. However, as 
the relief fund has staged several 
I gags recently, including the Pageant 
at the Olympic Stadium, posslblli- 



Four Ortons, or, more precisely, by 
thei Orton with the comedy duck. 

All of these turns were 'sight' 
acts depending not at all on dialog. 
Talking acts are rare at -thei Chi 
cago, and wisely so. It's a tough 
house for gab. 

Business was better than on an 
ordinary' Friday. It happen^ to be 
'State Street Day,' a shoppers' 
stampede in which Balaban & Katz 
was prominently identified. The 
picture, 'Big Broadcast' (Par) was 
so heavily laden with radio nanies 
that there was hardly room outside 
the theatre to get all the billing up. 



ties, are that the industry lis soured Undoubtedly curiosity to view ether 



on giving. 

Premier got away to a poor start 
with 'Sham Poo the Magician,' a 
Radio two-reel comedy. Minus 
laughs. It was a dull thud. Pathe 
weekly followed. Mickey Mouse 



favorites had much to do with trade. 

Lan(t. 



ers and another young man in their cartoon next, which livened things 

melange of comedy skits, singing up a bit, but was offset by the 

and dancing. The 'St. Jandes In- Radio studio orchestra, which fol 

flrmary* number Is the turn's piece- lowed. Combo is a 60-piece orches- 



ACADEMY, N. Y. 

*Phantom President' (Par), on 
screen, will draw whatever comes 
into the house this week, not the 
1 vaudeville. There wasn't much 



de-reslstance and a welcome repeat, tra used at the studio for. syncing bulging of the box ofilce Saturday 



liked as well as on previous visits. 
There are plenty of broad touches 
in some of the episodes, including 
that of the two men making a play 
for a couple of dames, reminiscent 
of burlesque. A travesty on radio 
stars Is fairly effective, A dazzling 
blonde sports some eye-arresting 
costumes during the dancing.. A 
brunette, who also Is easy on the 



pictures. Lacking showmanship 
and playing racerpts from musical 
scores of Radio pictures it meant 
nothing. If an orchestra had to be 
on the stage, a hot conibination 
was necessary, due to the theme of 
the feature. Finale of the orchestra 
had a 24- voice Hawaiian chorus 
singing one num.. ■ from 'Bird of 
Paradise.' No sock to this with the 



eyes, contrlblites acrobatic dancing number urging little more than po- 



and high kicking. 

Dorothy Lee, with a young man, 
does some song and' dance numbers 
from pictures In which she has ap 
peared. She Is good to look at with 
her trim figure and pretty face, but 
she has little to offer for vaudeville 
outside of the fan Intereiat In a 
screen jjersortallty. Minus the ex 
ceptlonal entertainment surround- 
ings of Warlrig's Pennsylvanians 
with whom she last appeared In 
Minneapolis, she has rather tough 
going and the act seems poorly 
placed in the difficult next-to-shut 
spot, although the bill's strength 
generally offsets this deficiency 



lite applause. Max Stelner con 
ducted In a muslclanly fashion, but 
lacked the stick waving hoorah nec 
essary to Impress picture house 
audiences. 

Entire premier was a studio idea 
It merited consideration, but after 
slight thought should have been 
dropped In favor ot a grind open- 
ling. 

Future of the RKO, for years a 
grind vaudefilm house, is still in the 
air. Whether or not itwrlll stay out 
of the red with straight pictures is 
yet to be proved. With proper prod- 
uct It may be a profitable switch; 
however with Universal, Columbia 



She dances much better than she and Radio product to draw from^ it's 



sings. Incidentally, the use of 
mike might help to make the sing 
ing more acceptable. In a tight 
clinging rose-colored gown that re 
veals much and later In a scanty 
costume that brings her forth bare 
legged, she holds optic attention 
Her jazz dance goes best, but audi- 
ence response at the finish Is mild 
Yorke & King, offering some new 
hokum and clowning in addition to 
old surerilre funmaklng that bears 
repetition, are a smash hit as usual. 
The two youngsters again contrlb 
ute to the act, the boy demonstrat 
ing considerable Inherited comedy 
.skin. Like all Yorke &.King offer 
Ing.s, this one has its full quota of 
rough stuff, slapstick and broad 
"ness. With Miss King In flaming 
red tights, the act sets a fast com 
edy pace from the very outset. The 
sleigh rld6 comedy bit gets pretty 
raw in spots, but somehow Is not 
objectionable as this pair do it. 
' Pathe News, besides the feature, 
on the screen. A good-.sized house 
at the late evening show. Rees. 



a goihr to have a battle. 



CaU. 



DOWNTOWN, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Oct. 20. 

Plenty of talent on this week's 
bill, including several new acts that 
show promise with more develop- 
ing. Charles Irwin Is m.c, and han- 
dles the assignment nicely. There's 
another m.c, in the show this week, 
Vut he's teamed with a chap for a 
two-act. He's Billy Snyder, who 
has m.c.'d all over the coast and Is 
now dl.splaying his ability through 
a new channel. 

bslow troupe of acrobats opens. 
The four males and two femmes 
offer a lot of tricky stuff and have 
an unusual finish, with two of the 
outfit holding a huge trapeze, from 
which is suspended one of the men. 
Latter does a foot catch of a chap 
catapulted from a springboard. It 
m.ikes the customers sit up and 
take notice, 

J2va Olivetti, late of radio, Is In 



afternoon, -with plenty of seats 
around upstairs and down. And 
probably when word gets around 
about the stage show, lure will be 
less 

While there are a couple, of stand 
ard acts on the show, in its en- 
tirety the vaude portion Is, a slow, 
Ill-blended affair which never seems 
to get stdrted right. 

Miacahua, wire performer, opens.. 
"Very clrcusy In presentation and 
anything but graceful on the steel 
strand, Miacahua had a difficult 
time arousing audience Interest Sat- 
urday afternoon. . She found the 
crowd cold at the start arid Henry 
Tobias and orchestra (New Acts) 
found It just as stiff at the finish. 

The Calls Bros., clever dancers, 
knuckled down to 10 minutes, on 
second, arid, while their tap routines 
reflected the same fine technique, 
the boys did not seem in best fet- 
tle, most all of the comedy missing 
entirely. 

Third on show Keller Sisters and 
Lynch who went down to almost 
Ignominious defeat after three trio 
numbers and a single. They're an- 
nounced through . amplifiers as a 
WOR attraction and almost always 
play to better effect than on this 
poorly blended show. 

No one seemed to care rinuch. In- 
cluding Keller Sisters and Lynch, 
seeing the way the show stacked 
up as a whole, but Walter 'Dare' 
Wahl tried to force a larger hand 
through an encore. He found the 
hand then was 6ven milder than 
before, despite the cleverness of 
some of the acrobatic mlxup work 
In his routine. On his encore Wahl 
essayed some talk . His forte being 
pantomime, the talk proved a ban 
dlcap. 

The Tobias band is one of tho 
weakest ever seen down here. It 
lacks pep, syncopation, verve and In 
Tobias a leader whose voice has 
little appeal. Tobias carries a spe 
clilty dancer, Edna Lee, who'.s be 
low the average. Band did 17 min 
utes, too long considering wjiat it 
has to offer. Char. 



seemed to lack the zest, the punch 
and all-around scintillating enter- 
tainment of«the show he toured ear- ' 
Her in the yean Not thiit the White- 
man flair for showmanship plus and 
keeping a step or two ahead of the 
parade had been dimmed an lota. 
But Irene Taylor with that smash 
little . comer, Peggy Healy, fall to 
make up for the missing Mildred 
Bailey. Same applies to the hoofing 
department. Smart . little novelty 
those dusky 'Lindy Hoppers' . now" . ' 
with him, but they, don't by a long 
shot make up for the rounded ar- . 
tistry and enticing spectacle con- 
tributed by the Dancing Shelbys. 

Regardless of thd comparisons, 
the magic Whitdman touch , finds . 
itself in evidence throughout the 
present version. And the mob at 
this Friday evening performance 
accorded each item one rousing 
welcome after another. Numbers 
were adroitly routined, and the pacr 
ing was as smooth aa a Roy -Bargy 
tintanbulation over the ivories. 

Jack Fulton, 'Red' McKenzle, Ra- 
mona a.nd Irene Taylor each piled 
up hefty votes of approval, with fhe 
first and last forced back for a cou- 
ple of encores. Irene Taylor Is the 
recent recruit from Chicago, who . 
started to hit her stride as a nilke 
moaner after a nlp-arid-tuck ca- 
reer over NBC's WBNR while with 
the Charlie Agnew combo at the 
Edgewater Beach hotel. Girl has 
been coming along from tl)e ,style 
angle much more Impressively since 
Joining the Whlteman retinue. No- o 
tlceable Improvemelt, particularly. 
In her enunciation and ease with 
which she handles the higher notes. 

But the standout bit of promising 
nnaterlal among, the newcomers Is 
Peggy Hiealy, Looks, figure, per- 
sonality and a sock talent . for 
knocking oft a fast number. Ap^ ', 
pearance here ws^s her first on any 
stage, and the way they took to her 
at this session must have surprised : 
even "Whlteman, Girl has lots of 
awkward manners to Overcome, but 
experience and further training will 
easily take care of that. 

Quartet got over spriicely with a 
neatly-staged comedy, Zlngatore 
tors Qft one of his sizzling banjo 
solos, . and the 'Llndy , Hoppers,' 
mixed team from Harlem, spread 
enough fantastic rhythm to bring 
the proceedings to. a fast finish, 

Rubin's two spasms during the^^. 
Whlteman act were deftly inserted • 
and drew big on laughig .and ap- 
plause. Second entry for Rubin re^- 
vealed the comic's resourcefulness 
at Its best. With the quartet In 
support, Rubin did a comedy num- 
ber overtoned by a Hebrew chint 
that landed solidly with his audi- 
ence, and then proceeded to polish 
off the warbling . fray with a 'ge- 
zazka' bit that made the sendofif 
unanimous. 

Of the combo's orchestras the 
'Dark Eyes' number was a gem. 
Entire stage show ran four mlnute.s 
over the hour. 

'Mr. Robinson Crusoe' fUA), a 
newsreel and a Charlie Cha.se sub- 
Jcot, 'Ironsides,' comprises the film 
farie for the week. Odec. 



VARIETY 



Titesdajrt October 25, 1932 



PARAMOUNT, N. Y,; 

(Sbod . cpmpoijents ought a good 
Bhow- to niake, but they aon*t alwaysr. 
They dtfii'^t ' tht* ' w«ek ' at the Paify 
■ Plenty 6t fnaterifti and "with the film 
'AH American' (U) will build to a 
nice gross lor the week, but thfe 
^tage end Just doesn't blend. 

Maybe, it's Boris.. Petrolfi? fauljt 
arid'. maybe it isn't', . He staged tho 
thing and to him tSWB : the botiquet, 
siiich a? it is. But quite possible 
: that he didn't know who was. going 
into the show until the last, minute; 

Most dubious element ia how the 
headline tum, Ovy Lombardo and 
band, is treated; Rubinoff starts 



BOXY, N. Y. 

, Now- York. Oct 21. ' 
' Altbobgh- t'Ae Roxy'iiow'-must play 
to ft larger volume oC . cuatomera . t<> 
get the same amount' oif coin Into' 
its box ofnce. likelihood, this .w$ek. 
is it wlU do tt4 beal: -.bUBlbeas ' ln 
several' weeka, . 'Slit Houra t}> Mve*. 
(Pox) -oftiBriB enough of a iure, plus; 
Warner • Baxter's' name, to, jbriner. 
above average mbnfey Into house re-* 
gardless .of how Pjlctiire, staoks up! 
as entettainihent, < It's a fantastic' 
idea in film snaking brinering back; 
to life ftfr alx. hours a nwn.Who'a; 
experienced . death; and knewa Ixd' 
must die again. • 
It is dlfncult te sense what the 



the show ofE with one of his usual public reaction to thU sort of idea- 
calisthenic affairs called 'Strauss may be, but chances are the title. 
Melodies ' And Lombardo'a 10 mu- peven Jf some fans figure it haa to 
siciins are asked to close the same do with a death aentence. wlU en- 
show. It s not a matter of compar- tice. Fox has done numeW)us stories 
ing bands, but leading from a large lately that must^be pegged As dtf- 
symphonic troupe like Rublnofl's to ferent even if they haven t been 
a smaller bbdy (in numbers) such b.o. successes. Thto is another, but 
as Lombardo's, is simply hot cricket: its commercial value la more u 
Seems as though for this week the IfinigM than the Qthers. ; . . . 
Rublnoft troupe might have been Strictly from the moj s yl^^^^^ 
anft iM^daled at least for anotUeht I week s Roxy sfhow is far from 
DuroMM ■ • ^ ' tops. Whatever reaction to mm' 

Rest of the show seema equally fajT V/«i«*?^«w*' ^h^^'irmltinn 
„„„ T^^t,^ to fall .a little oelQw the eatimation 

f?tt.lA*'l'^i^i"^^if„'*^2„^^°K"i^:0^ flome in the memory of Roxy 



on his piiiuio aocordJon. Patricia, 
Bowman and bor baUet ttMr i gbre^ 
the ^hov lt«-^OQ^. giutatandln^oiium-i 
ber.- Sflt m a 4)iauUfiu. fll|yw'. "tree! 
effect . with Maatliaum- - gma :4oing' 
the Introductory .'ballet work. \UtBS 
Bowman. acorecr-Wlth her sylph-Ukei 
figure "and .graceful eyoluiloina, and 
gets top of.thebtlL ,(<•'!(':. 

■ Joe ' B. ' Bro.'^n': on .|iext?',wlth ., ai 
repetition of llouiiai 6Y Ua fa'vorlte 
atorlea, atter.'wh4(jh...lM»i flsuira^i m 
a number, of akitiBiwuh Baker . and' 
McNaiightOn-v 9Upl vei^ utiopUlar 
^ud he «an .^iwayn icount on, .ft wi^inn 
reception .here,- :.• .1. 1 . •! ^ . ..•>;:..,: 

IcIoLBha -BuiiohuK, ! guldlnig the- or:^ 
cheatra, selected 'Through - the 
Opera 01ass»' . a medley 'of' classic 
airs which ' gav» ' him full ■ oppor- 
tunity to show some range In tone 
and tempo, qualities whtoh had 
)>revloualy been overlooked. Very 
big response. 

Milton Charles plays 'Masquerade' 
as a request number and then gets 
his singing class into action' for the 
first time in many weeks. He was 
also given a nlcO' rd'oeptlon. 



as though whoever , cofues first grabs 
the stage first;: , 

Line of girls opens in : a rhumba 
number for no logical xeaisoh, with 
that leading .xlirectly. into . the > spot 
cialty dance by Harry and Dorothy 
Dixon. . Miss Dixon is a swell per- 
former, with a fine sense of humor 
and got her point over nicely. 
RaO Samuels follows in 'one' for a 



'regulars. 

; The house is as different in its 
operation now as its grosses when 
.compared to former .days. .Stage 
show is in one piece though chang- 
ing in sets, which gives the pro- 
gram makeup much • closer -simllar- 
|;ity to that of thO Paramount and. 
I'Capltol.' ' ■ ■• ..•■i:..- 
' If anything, house 'Is ^getting 
couple songs,, doing her regular ipio.ser' -to the Paramount system of 
vaude . ..routine. . Jesse Crawforda ^program building ^han to the 'Cap!-: 
now take up' the center of a full tol, and with 'Frank Cambria - hete, 
stie^e arrangeifnent'' for their organ 'staging the unlt'a; that t>uhll^ ,toiji,ch 
epiapde; tow^ird the ,end of . which [ he knows so Well iis f ^e^uently ap- 
the girls romp.iiit for a talr to mid- IpkreAt, • ■ : ;. ' ' . . 
dling'roiitine, with Vercoll and Seh^- ji This, -vtr.eeH Cambria calls hla ahow 
net: ih' a toe diance finishing. i'On to. Rio,? . It's, the 'iort,' 6f thing 

: 'iE^k to 'onie'\ again tor the Rltz i Cambria likes , tol do ,4n^^ usually, 
S'jro'th^rs, yi^ho are., funnlerp thiu; idoes, be.tter .than' he . haa Ph ..this 
■iiaiial, ahd inio tiie Xombardo act, ioccaaibn .'when' lack of. 'taJlent is 
(Sood. aa the.Ritz*s are, they are pholding him baok fi little: . Probahly 
Bt^roled by -the'tnowledge that they t:''**''^'"^ '"^^ *' confined budget 
a?e taking up time between the f uU [ and ' tt-ying tO_ keep the Roxy stage 
stage Appearances of the two Craw- filled Is one of Cambria s handicaps, 
fords and the Lombardo bind. , \ Two mterludes-ln unit .stand out. 
The band is ekceptlonaUy . fine. They are Hal Menken, doing a very 
sweet and ' quiet miiBic, as cjeve^ miniature stair dance and a 
against the UsUal brash of many stanza in which three unbilled men 

• juat^« .wolj,^^^^^^ ''^^ 



p'pritlhife>d, until the .trailers, fonowr 
-Ing, -were" well started. :. ; Kciuf, 



Parambiiiit, 



This occurs in the first part of 
the unit, locale of 'whicih ls. a Ri6 
de Janeiro cabaret. When, the radio 
Impersonations, are brought oh to 
-virind ii^ upi a^scrl^ drop- repreaent- 
i AAt OA 1 iMg the front jol a radio ia brought 

# , „„^- l^i?f®fev^5^^'^V« ?Aliil^^^^^ Its a4 effective, way of 

Colorful and faat^uoving is Ihla proaenting the In^personatlona. 
Fanchon &.Marc.o_^^^^ to that pdlht the Roxy en- 

While the settings atand out, not sO Q,^,g ; ^sya iap contribute : to 
"^i^ *2''J'^*^®'^'^t.?®^ thA cabaret atmdsphere but scoria 

SP*:^*'^ :fla8h,: Tm no ,e^5^p: The Rasch gir;a.;are ou 

^by Fanchon';andihei' 4PWcate touch fo^*>'yg^ brief spelL Mlss^liz top- 

*^^r®^? .*" ***f'^' ?• V Ptng in a sop* of t Spauls)! snake- 

- •Veils' jnarkf . . "^'i^^ „f ' JJ^^ with a Stmhourlhe. Miss Kaz, 
shows to Seattle, out the past month atrictly eccentric, in her type of 
on account of . delay in opening thia I ^j^n^l^ ^o^a^nj^^jl^g, .number .^t the 
house, due jto. musician gc^le 1 blose that serves her better on au- 




TRANSLUX 



juatinent. • The Stage showa form- 
jerly were at "the'.'FlftK avenue^ also 
ja Fox West Coast' houae. . Th.e. Par- 
amount. ^ haa ' been dark since Ia9t 
'April when double . feature policy 
proved a washout. No flesh shows 
here, for about a year 

Truth is this house has been on 
a spot ^ince it opened in 1929. At 
timea it got the biz, but not con 
sistently. The nut ia high, prob 
ably around . $12,000 

Frank L. Newman, ,dlv. mgr., an 
nounces it la his determination to 
elevate the Paramount, .largest In 
the N. W., to. de luxe . fltatua. . 
He has made a good atart. Jul<ea 



dience. relactlon. , 

Part- three of stage presentation 
is labelled 'Home"! and brings forth 
a cpvered wagon scene, with the 
I'ear end of a few, wagons practical. 
It's led oft by Paul Ravell and the 
male singing ensemble, Rasch girls 
topping and Menken following. A 
single bit by one of the Rasch octet 
could have stood; better .buildup. 

The Roxyettes ! work in two be- 
tween,. the. fullsta^e seta in a . tango 
moderrie and later on. on their sec- 
ond a^slgnmenti as Argentine 
senors, ' Theirs ane the conventional 
routined, -but the fine preclAioh' that 
crowned their efforts in the past 



MAINSTI^T/ K. C. 

Kansas City, Oct. 19. . 
Rosetta Duncan iwaa given a full 
half hour on therbSII this tireek,. and 
she yvi^a in action itll of the 30 min- 
utes, with tiie eixcjeption of a brief 
space given to her, planiat 'while she. 
rubbed on the bij|rnt 'cork for the. 
Topsy half of thej act. Miss Dun-, 
can's spot/ was' between, acta of the 
Fanchoh .& Marco jTown and Coun- 
try- :uhlt;' -and fhe^q were times- when 
the customers : se;^med anxious for 
the other numbers to come on. 

Unit 'is spliendliy dr^sed 'and .the; 
scenic effects nicely workisd but, the 
finalfel' -'Smgirtg Inj the Rain,' >vlth; 
reaL.water, .t^ken from the .finish'Of' 
the picture, 'Holly Wood Hevue,' get- 
ting a big hand. ' j 

Show opened, wiph 12 dancing glrls^ 
doing a . nqtrelty' UasketbcUl number 
on a c'dlleg^ caihpus set; vciry'pt'etty. 
A skipping' rppe' bit followed, with 
the ropes aglow with lights on a 
darkened stage. Nllea March, fe- 
male impersonator, with blonde, wig 
and striking gowns, followed. He 
burlesqued his stuff and got by 
nicely, A'lockey dance broqftht the 
j girls out again; I f.nd they jumped 
over ..low . hurdles 'and p'rahced 
aroU'tid' in the regular routine.. •' 

Next came the Brox . sisters, 
blonde-brunette-red, in ' 'Dinah' and 
ah vlmpersonation ' of Marline. Diet- 
rich singing 'Falling: in. 'Love -Again.' 
They were ,:an. «yel}ut.i with their 
white- . silk he^ . and;. much-evpose,d; 
blue gartera. Novak and Fay, com- 
edy acrobatSt; held . the. , next ^spot,. 
followed "by MIsa bun^an. - 

She.bi>e'ned -with a ahbrk intrOiduc- 
tory bit and then gave her burlesque 
'Q'lieen' .of i(he May.' ^I'he iaccom-, 
paniat'.'.waa giveni aav'eral '. .minutes, 
here wbile Miss Diincan got^intb her 
Topsj'. bharacter, but ahe- was quick- 
ly back in blackffce. Here. Jt 'Was 
that the audience :falled to respond. 

Closing scene'sHo^cfd ,'a penthouse 
with strlkihg skyline and the . girls'i 
jylth Bette and Ddrthy Lewis, offers 
thg a hot tap Routine. . This was the 
most elaborate of! the sets. 

Feature picture, 'Phantom of 
CreatwOod' (Radio), together with 
news, comedy and trailers for 
'Irene,' next, stage show, completed 
the bill. ; 



II j The Luxer people all of a auddeh 
lAade up their mliid ' to ihalce two 

attlQ ones, into one htg. one. That 
as the only explanktioh- offerf^d, 
regular Sat. mat. patrons' who* foilhd 
a dead b, o: on Broadway, other 
ithan to let them take a peep at 
iworkmeu tearing dowp the -partl- 
tloh. ' 

'When the combination is ready. 
Which should: .be before another 
week,- the Luxer will be able to 
seat' around. 400' people. Incidentally 
thb new size will bring it into the 
seating capacity flass of the Bm-' 
basay which meana that the atem 
from now on .will; have two adult, 
ncjwsreel .theatr.<).a. / 

Mayhe the iprlhta V^re; faulty, oi^ 
Just posalbly ther^-a a difference In 
jnanagement .) ojC hooths* but thd 
Madlaon aveiiuei LUxer'a screen waa 
literally raipy in comparison to the 
technical aide usually found in the 
Broadway, house. . , 

Brbadway'a boy inanicurist on. the 
make . for male , customer, with ntf 
tincertainty . l^f t, about the 'make,' 
drew quantity laugha at this spot. 

Screwy opinions- on Hoover^ and 
Roosevelt in the last <of Pathe's- poll 
furnished the uBUp;!- mirth. Finale, 
a,n interview with a Bowery drifter, 
who was drunk before the camera,, 
got some, of the KTad..fans gasping 
.instead of. laughing. 
; What looks '■■ like a Pathe scoop 
.caught Candidate iJohn- P. O'Brien 
;and . Al : Smith, .In v6t*bal action.' 
,Smith!s advice„waa a. neW angle fqr 
jiiewsreela. - He said the most im- 
portant- part- of ^he election -Was 
iinsuring Ddmoqratjs irt law making, 
bod'ies. . ,,■ ' :' , ■ ' '■.- , 

An odd subject' Vhlch will doubt- 
less intereE^ the rhusically inclined' 
but means. nothing uiore than a.lot^ 
of dots, curves aiid dashes to . the 
masses, was Univbrsal's picture of 
how music registers with some 
minds.. 

Pathe followed a balloon race in 
the Goodyear contest and got some 
excellent views of a bag prettlng in 
trouble with treetops. ' 

Other Luxer clips included; Park 
Ave., apeak raid;/ Jesse Crawford' 
and"'^ fOur-year-old organist; roller 
skate maraithon; Mussolini revleWV 
auto polo;. French wine; NatI6naI 
Dairy Exposition; Red Bank steeple- 
chase. -' . Woiv- . 



Bu^fano heads .30 piece Bymphonyl gg(,„a be missing, In their 

band, with 18 of the group working 1 ftrat number particularly Friday 
for .th? ^tage shown iRf»I;^wti«t8j night, many of thb girls were badly 
in this layout. Gaylord. Carter is at j out of line ' ' ■ 
the organ, ^nd- h^ work, too, wap| House fihda rdom currently Cor 
to the likings of th^ ^udlence. Pic- J a , abort, King .tTeptuhe' (UA). a 
tune feature, la .'Six Hours to Live' g„,y. sysnphon*^ lln color, that's a 
.(Fox) with shorts ^filling out bal-J bright spot on ah othorwWe spotty 
anced entertainment, . ■ , v ! show, plus F-mT News. 'Busln<fds 

In response to Mayor Dpife's plea; better, than. ^ual Frfdair night, 
for 'prosperity' and more emplojr-; ■ ' Cfcar 

ment for Seattle. Newman made the] ■ ■' . . I 

anouncement during 'Gala* week] ■■ M 

that the Pair amount "would open.' lUlA^nri^'A'ltM' 
Also that, would tak,e .a hlgh placeij - ra/\d 1|D/\KJIV1 
among the cinema palaces ^ of aU ' .Phlladelnhi* Onf 2a 

1;ime. prank Newman^ Jr., Is, house, v:, .^.. rh^apfpnla,, Oct. 84, 
Uianagfti*. ' I Axternoon housA looked very good 

Zelda -Santiey heads the etagei cn second week jof this re-opened 
show, Her iiriper.qonatlona of famed'} theatre^ Plenty of big st^e nameia, 
movie, stars are the standout.. Thla | including Joe B, Brown; vWho holda 
miss is also mtstr^aa of ceremonlea,-] the record for amaahing attendance 
eellng the acta okay. She got the [ here a year ago, Phil Baker, Ta- 
biggest applause, however, In % play' mara, -Harry McN&ughton, alao on 
on words. : hand;- Patricia Bowman and a' bal 

-. Edna Ei-rico waa liked aa the lot of 32 and Yaaha Bunchuk as 
^rch singer, especially in her song, guest conductor of orchestra of 76, 
7?Shine.' . 'Very clever proved little | Milton Charles a regular feature at 
Merna Fortune, who wais a sensa- 



tion in her contortion dahoe.. This, 
misa worka ao faat in moat dlfll> 
cult body-twiata that It looks easy^ 
None better, for the usual agony Is: 
missing. 



the organ, always populan 'One 
Way. Passage' (Warner's) , is the 
feature. 

Baker cornea on cold tinnouncing 
himself at. the mike .before the cur- 
tain. Most, of hia chatter came 



lyfadeline i^chmldt ia announced aa':| mbWer than uaual kM he seema to 
'sbhooi girl prima donna' and her be reating on his laurei8. .the'atobge 
voice was .used to good purpoae aa atufC. haying nothing new and the 
harmony bjsuikground to much of the skits being pretty mild. Harry Mo 
action.' A blonde, who danced a|Naughton acta ad attaight for a 
nice rouijihe; jfoii;i^ up .with them f^jw. niinutea and .then the Kikutas, 
'fbr 'fli \>lrindup.as a n^ugieartrlo.. The a Japanese juggling and balancing 
line ' girls w^ri ^^((jeedtngly well' te&m; t>ut oh an' act that ia really 
dressed ''alt' ail 'tifuea. . . good. ... 

' Coni'ad^s -Plegona waa a nifty act. \. . Baker calls on Tamara next and 
' ' Finale- w4^ ^ liridal aitialr, with I this good lookliig 'glM bomes out; 
.lots <>f fialsH in. suiting for a weddinglon the forward platform- to alng a; 
'ihottf. rrep^, I. few songs, accompanied by Baker 



CMEASSY 



^baaay thlfi^^^k haa politics aa 
well as football praotlcally sewed' 
Vip. It had everythfbg=(axcept Smith,' 
-aind ' the political program was sq V 
arranged aa td almost resemble 
What might bO called a continuity. > 

- Hoover's 'fear speech' in Cleveland 
\t'aa received nVildly in -comparison 
to Roosevelt'a reply in 'Virginia. The 
Democrat's talk, was interapersed 
with- Emh^ay applauae though It . 
wa.8 far from unanimous. 

As a matterVnf audience' record 
Samuel Seaburyla appearance, even 
hefore hie denunciation of. Tam- 
many, waa a algn«4 for the greatest 
applause. . ' -I 
: Comptroller Betry's attack on 
what he called ne^apaper distortion 
of the city's flnanclal' facta was 
listened to. . 

Henry Ford, whoae ciip> was a 
general release, got a' few pattera 
and boos. Both Ford :and Seabury 
photograph poorlyj Ford keeps his 
ieyes gltied' to a manu^rlpt while 
Seabury tilts hia above the audi - 
ence; The two men seemed camera 
conscious. , . ■ 

Editor Tally itked 'Falts 'McManus'.l 
work aa a talking! reporter so well 
that he la. cutting jddiArn' 'Fatsi" leg- 
Work and letting, him do a.gab series 
ion trick subjects,] This . week the 
jactor-vocallst-contact'ihan turns his 
■voice oh a. fpotb'all game between 
jjamln teanis of Ne.w" York; 

! i Presentation of a- magazine award 
jto Helen Keller - was. an unusually 
iimpresslve. subjficti. In.cljae'ntally the 
.<Sllp gave the hewsr£cls ^ts fastest' 
'4fcmonsttratlon of slgn'l&nguagc. 

; : Frazier Hunt's' ' taKk on world 
!<ii'oubles -waa interesting ' ahd spe- 
iciflc. He spoke lnitimM.ely of Hitler, 
land handled Ghandi iii such a way . 
that the audience could picture him. 
as alapping Mahatma's baci: 

Other ' Embassy clips included : 
Georgetown-NYU game; California 
monkeys; rOdeo in -Mad, Garden and' 
Auatralla; Empire race track;. Greek; 
jenrthquake; airnien. ...in'i niinols;' 
■laying of cornerstone . for 'new IT; S.» 
iSupremo Court butlditii^;: 'hair' fash? 
ions. ■ - .- .-..!• ■ .", .. 

■ Both theatres had the^irish sweep-' 
{stake number grab;" .l^iennsylvahla, 
itlkes; Prince Michael." . .XVahi. 



IMI^RIAL^TbRONTa 

' Tforonto, Oct. 21. 

Theme of current Imperial -^shcAv 
is behind-the-scepea activity of - a 
broadcasting co)mpany'3' . studio. 
Means' that radio listeners can stay 
home this week ind play with the 
dia|^;.lh that th^l ^)i^ber$ 'bf.'thlBi 
cast. in. thla stage idea are 9,iniply 
doing imitations of ttie big names. 
Either way, it's sjmthetic entertainr 
tnent and indicates the power of th0 
boys in the* controt .room In getting 
the desh-ed ' effeot: Significant that; 
^ajor audience, response went to 
;.Tony PagUaocl, ', kid ; warbler, who 
"dispensed with 'ther mike entirely 
for the" only :.show:KBtQpping nunibci|- 
of the livening. . , ■ ., 

Full atage dTapto for studio set-[ 
ting and pit band on -stage. . Eddie 
Bruoe ia m. o. and announcer, a 
,cigar-manlpulating comio -who bur- 
lesquea nationally-advertised prod- 
ucts prior to announcing the various 
singers. Itra an all- warbling bill 
thia'week with the exception of an 
acrobatjc dance- by Peggy Warde. 
Even the talking parrot of John Tio 
uaes the mike, but draws laffa even 
If the ielement of torthrightness is 
missing. 

Bill Aronaon dOea a Bing Crosby; 
Four Albee Sisterja imitate. the Bos- 
well Sistera; Kaye Falre gives ' a 
Kate Smith interpretation; and 
Leota Lane imitates Jeasica.Drago- 
nette. Nothing ;| outstanding, al- 
though the Albee girls aeem to have 
the making of an act that should 
get by on Ita own merits, irrespec- 
tive of the Boawell tie-up. Aronson 
also doea- a comlt*b .^moa 'n' .Andy 
that ia passabl<a[ and. a Winchell 
and Ben B^rnle.'that are not. . 

Bill runa 60 nitlnutea. Overture is 
one of those tranaposltlon. arrange 
meitts of .popA- jand claaalcs and 
pleases. Feature .*One Way Passage' 
(WB). ,' . .MCStay. 



UNIT^I> ^ArITISTS, L Jl, 

': ' ;'.' ti'o's' Angelesi Oct. "20. ' . . 
•Mystery* .;unit, >Whlch opened it^ 
Vt^ncouver about ifive..|non:tha. iago,. 
is ;back''arbun'd'.thei circuit, although 
two of the thire.e: original acta have 
been I'eplaced bjr j the Three Bred- 
wltis and HeUer' and . Riley. yjiVi 
Duval, .'sleight-of-hand ..artist, they 
form a trio of '.turns -of -sufficient 
strength to hold up the 48,-minute- 
show.' ' '.; ■. .! : .■''..". . . '. 

. This marlcs the I reopening of the 
UA dfter sfeVeYi months' dai^knesa.. 
Also Its initial showing of Fjet.nchon 
& Marco units. vLjong lines .and ca- 
pacity first show attest a smash pre- 
opening .campaign, although the plc- 
turlB, -Red Dust' (MGM) can be held 
partly ^•esponsible. On the other- 
hand, film is day-and -dating at the! 
Pantages, Hojly.wood, thus losing 
any possible trade from that end of 
town. 

Flashy setSj gpod -chorus work 
and well-pacbd . tempo are In evl- 
de'nce, sihd , the three acts all de- 
liver. Duval's trickery may be Just 
a little slow oH jthe planting) 'but 
probably will '-nojt be picked iip; 
Bredwlns' aiiro ..Work, coupled .with 
the ,(;oaxlc*s 'timnbilnc^, draw plenty 
of applause. Helleii- and Riley, ipixed 
talk and song' te^m, alao rated high; 
Cute little toe' number contributed 
by Bettina.. ,.:■.'< 

Henry Murtagh; is th? console, 
back ih .to^h aft'epr eight years, and 
does .A Iot..i)etter{ than any recent 
picture house 'org|ihist around here^ 
Jan Rubini' .oveijture wais far ' .too 
long...- ; ';. i :-; , ■ 



: ; CHICAGO , 

■ clilckgo, Oct.V2^.• 
Ve^y• good' viaude vine bill headed 
by Fred and Dorothy Stone (New 
Acta) with Columbia's 'Washington 
Merry-Go-' Round', on: the screen.. 
Some question whether the type of 
people who patronize the Palace are 
readers of such' iconoclastic litera- 
ture as 'Merry-Go-Round.' ■ 

Felovls,. concerning whose marvela 
Of control there is a full record or 
effusive acclaim, opened and sent 
the show off rlpsnortlngly. Deucing 
was Annie, Judy and Zeke, seml-> 
hillbilly .affair. This? turn, isn't quite 
fulfilling cxi)ectatiorts. Yiet, in falr-i 
ness, they did okay on applause. 

Stones and Charley Collins - fol- 
lowed. Starting with the senti- 
mental best wishes of every one the 
Stones sold themselves on solid 
merit for a bulls-eye. 

Barry and Whitledge, slicker and 
.qllckeress, stayed i-'em. It's a habit 
they've gotten into. They, were 
^lucc^ded by the feverishly speiedy 
Norman Thomas quintet, - which 
brought the bill to a thumping close, 

Land. 



FOX, BROOKLYN 

... . - Brboklyni Oct. 22.1. i 
i I'riyle . E*riif&nza| i^'- the' star - of 
iFanchon & Mar<$o's '^^jiaciaverles*'. 
|Idea< at the Fox jBrooklsm' this week 
!and. the .ampl0. veteran, holds, up a 
Istralght -vaudeville I shb'w/ rfenitirkably 
|well. Not. only dqes ^he jwln more' 
:a:pplause for her . personal . eitorta 
ithan - any act to' ihavie played the 
{house Ih a. long, lonfi. tlme; but she: 
'kids the audience ihio mitC.wbrk fp^' 
the other0 and brings, the show over 
!the 'hhiah line -with Athe crowd all' 
jsteamed up. ' . ' ''. '. 
j Miss Friganza imav have triple 
Ichlns on . her knees instead of her 
-jaw, but she's still there with the 
showmanship, and' radiates a good 
humor that communicates Its.elf ' to 
the patrons. It really is not much ' 
:0f a bill, but she maK'^s it look like 
ione .. 

■ She opens In one against a neu- 
:tral drop with a song to the effect 
jthat .she's as young as she looks 
:and feels. Her -white costume 
; matches up with the circus idea of 
the week before, but she looks like 
a grand duchess' >in ..pplt^ of her 
.eirth. Having farmed the, au- 
idienco upr the: drop -flics, to reveal 
the ehtlre troupe (no line), trying. 
to suggest they rire at a rjnrden 
party. ' ' : '' 

There is a iarfje- easy chair and 
a special spotlight at the left for 
the star, and she , ^its through the' 
37. n^intites of show- Apparently' en- 
joying every act -as .though she had 
not already, seen] it a couple of 
hundred, times: .Sfie laiijcrhs and ap' 
nlauda to Bef.-the jpace.tor: the 'pa,y 
patirons, , and .they follow her leadi 
Therei are four glHs and -eight men 
in tHe butnt ahd .'only a , dancing trlb 
leayes .'the 'stag#. i The, others wpr)k 
and go back to the 'chair , warmihg.- 
Not an altogether happy idea, but 
something of a novelty. - 
First out are the Keene twins, 
two cute girls with some good aero? 
batic stuff' and snappy costumes. 
Moro and Yaconelli on next with a 
guitar and aiccordion, later with 
two guitars. Not so hot, but pleas- 
antly received. Followed by a 
whistler -who can carry tunes ex? 
pertly, not always an accomplish- 
ment of this clan. Also does bird 
imitations. Apparently either Paul 
Howard or Mark Brpnsori. Stadler- 
Rose trio proffer; a rag. doll spe- 
cialty. . Two men wlw toss a girl 
around regardless. She is a close 
bender and their act is outstanding. 
Next Is by a baritone with a capiltal 
voice who does 'Why Darkies Were 
Born,' and he ■ backs up stage to 
warble another while a. graceful girl 
does a . dance. Seem to be Ina Ray 
and Victor Griffln, though it's any- 
body's guesa. Two boys contribute 
step numbers, one after the . other 
I (Continued' on page 54) 



Tii^sday, October 25, 19M 



VARIETY 



S5 



Variety eills 

NEXT WEEK (October 29) 
THIS WEEK (October 22) 

. Numerate In eonnection with bilU balow Ihd.ccita oi>4nina oay at 
thow, whether full or apiit week 



MO 



Falaoe <29) 
Bert Walton 
Bomey Rapp Orch 
opportunity Bey 
'«Two to fill) 

(22) . 
Cirous Intern'l 
Academy . ^ 

• IBt half (29-1) 
. Adelaide Hall • 

Freda & Pj!?*^ 
' (Three to fluj ' 
' 2d half (2-4) 
j^rge & Morener 
Bid Marlon . _ 
Johns & M'tg'y .Or 
<Two to fill). 
' 2d half (26-M) 
Chaz Chaae ' 
. Bvana & Mayer 

• (Three to mi)„ .. 

Albee (29) _ 
^ ■ Doltnoft & Raya Sla 
. Frank Hunter 

• <^T0l & Stuart • 
8 Ballore ' .^v 

• Una Baeauette ,.Co, 
*^ ; (22) 

Nat'l Opp Rev, '. 
Bert . Walton ^ 

• Barney Rapp Oroh 

let halt (29-1) 



OUiVBLAND ' 
■PalaM (29) 
Oracle Schenk 
Ola Ullth 
A & M Havel 
DowllnK'& Dooley 
Dalton & Rose 

(22) 
Thurston 

COIiVMBOS 
Ohio (29) 
N Thomas B 
Wills & Davis 
Hobart Boaworth 
Gus Edwards Rev 
(22) 

Olson & Johnson 
BUZABB^ni 
Keith's 

let half (29-1) 
6 Blclcfords 
Kraft & Lamont 
2d half (2-4) 
Herbert Q & V 
The Yorkers 
Joe Sullivan Co . 
Eddie Hanley Co 
Cliff Nazarro; Orch 

2d half (26-28) 
Valentine & Bell . 
Forum Boys 
Som Lewis Co . 
Fred Ardath .Co 
Movie Madness 



WATCH 

WALTER POWELL 

FBATOBING 

RUDY BUNDY 

AND BAND 
. nlr. i/ISDDT ft SMITH 



' ' Fuller Rawaon ft D 
. Miser's- Revels . 
.' Mel Klee . 
^ id half (2-4) 
' 'Floreltce Case 
' Cramer & -Hamilt'n 
roatel Tel Bd . 
2d halt (2«-31) 
■ Max ThelloD Tr . , 
. Gordon & Ree4 

Ben -Uarks Co 
. Fields Smith ft P 
Princess Yvonne ' 
AKBON 
FalM« 
2d half (2-4) 
. Felovls 
Ralph Olsen Co 
-Welst 'ft Stanton ' 
- Harrison ft Dlrao 
Ingenues . 

2d ,hajf (26-28). 
Weaver Bros 
(Three to All) 
AlBAKY- 
Palace ■■ 
iBir bait (29-1) 
. Se'nny Davis Co 
2d half (2-4). 
Betty Jane ' Cooper 
Dave SohoQler €o 
Block ft Sully 
H Cooper ft Small 
2d halt (26-28). 
. Kanhlng ft Class 
. Danny Sm^Il Co 
. Frank Oahy 
' Watson Sis 
' Wesley Barry Bd 
. BOSTOK 
Bostoa {tZ) 
9 Rlxfords 
Honan ft Arden 
Bully, ft Houghtoa 
Bddle Hanley Co. 
Pat Henry Co 

Keith's (29) 
Stanley Bros .& A 
, Audrey Wyckbfl ' 



- HBMPST&AD 
. BlToU 
let half (29>-l) 
Balaban 4' 
Sibylla Bowan 
Hugh Skelly- Co 
Eddie Hanley Co 
Miss America Co 

2d half (2-4) 
Pinto j^asey ft Cos 
Irene Beaslcy 
Stuart ft I.«8h Co 

2d half (26-28) 
Serge Flaiah' , 
Roxy l>a Rocca 
Lew White Co 
.Qeorge Beatty' 
A|. B White Co . 
. HOUSTON 
Keith's (29) 

3 French Misses 
Harry J Conley Go 
Peaches Browning 
Moran ft Mack 
Faddy Cli« Orch 

. MII4WAIJKBB 
. Wisconsin <29) 
Jllo Rita 

(22) 

Cherry Bl's'm ft J 
Weist & Stanton 
Dorothy Lee . 
Jack Mnlhall Co 
York' ft King 
HINNBAPOUS : 
Orpheom (29) 

4 Ortone : 
Charlie King 
Al K Hall Co 
Jack Mulhall Co 
Rosetta Duncan 

(22) 
Rio Rita 
NEW OBT^BANB 
. State <28) 
Marcus Rev 
(21) 

Rosetta Duncan 
(Others to. fill) 



JACK POWELL 
SeUlnr 

socco 

Syncopation' and SmHes 
" Via 
LEDDY A SM4TH 



Golden Blondes 
Walter Dare Wahl 
George Beatty 
Noble SiBsle 'Orcb' 

(22) • 
Scarlett's Uonks 
Cookie Bowelv 
Devlto ft Denny 
Rues Brown' 
Roas .Wyse. Co 
Lina Basquette Co 

BUFFALO 
Hippodrome (20) 
Swan Lucille & C 
Mady Co 
Weaver Bros 

(22) 

White & Manning 
Al MaMaux ' 
A ft M Havel 
H111& Hoffman 
Muxellos > 
CHICAGO ~ 
Palace (20) 
C ft J Preisser 
Vic Oliver 
Lloyd Hughes 
York ft King 
F Henderson Orch 
(22) 

Fclovis 

Annie Judy & Zeke 
K & D Stone 
Mnrry & Whltledge 
N Thomaa 5 

State Lake (29) 
Harris 2 & Lorctta 
Rae & Harrison 
norothy J^ee 
Herb Williams 
(22) 

Ralph Olsen Co 
•■'l.vde Hager 
Pola Negri 
"VVIlls & Davie 
Ddlton & Ro«e 

CINCINNATI 
_ Albee (20) 
F & D Stone 



PATEBSON 
Keith's 

1st half (29-1) 
Htirry Delmar's Bv 

2d half (2-4) 
Chaz Chase 
Hugh Skelly Co 
4 Flushers 
Miss America Co 

2d half (26-28) 
Nick Long . Jr- Co 
Will Aubrey 
Dave Schooler Co 
Walter Dare Wahl 
Noble SisslQ. Orch 

PROVIDENCE 
Keith's (29) 

3 Cossacks . 
Will Aubrey 
Blackstone 

. (22) 
Texas Gulnan Co 
ROCHESTEB 
Keith's (20) 
Circus Show 

(22) . 
Oracle Schenck 
Hnrlan & fit John 
Billy Houne Co 
Carol ft Stuart 
Mel Klee 

SAN ANTONIO 
Keith's (20) 
Corbltt & Convey R' 
Gaston Palmer 
Grace Hoyes 
Slim Tlmblln Co . 
Hilton fjlamene 2 
SCHENECTADY 

Keith's 
lat half /20-1) 
Tracy & Hay*, 
rronk Gaby 
Dillon & Parker 
Watson Sis 
Aurtrnllan WaKes 

2d hnlf (2-4) 
Delmar's Rev 



2d half (26-28) 
PhylUa Rae ft H 2 
Mady Co 
Joe Marks Co 
Gus Van 
J ft M. Mason 

TORONTO 
Hippodrome (29) 
Manning ft Class 
Al Mamaux^ 
Billy House Co 
Hill ft Hoffman 
White & Manning ' 
(22) 

DeW'lf M'tc'lf ft P 
Harrison & .Elma ■ 
Bomiby Co . ' 
Block ft: Sully 
Nelaon Fam 

TRENTON 
Capitol 

let half (29-1) 
Rich Kay ft P 
Eddie Cole 
Chaz Chase 

2d half (2-4) 
IiObo 



Joe Phillips Co 

2d half (26-28) 
Blackstone- 

Uncoln 

1st half (29-1) 
International -3 
Honan ft. Arden 
Clin Nazarro Orch 
TBOY 
Keith's 

tst half (29-1) 
Gloria Leo ft .S-2 
Olyn Lahdlck ' 
Dace SchooIer . Cb 
Harrington' ft Frye 
Wesley Barry Bd - 

2d half (2-4) 
Tracy & Hay 
Frank Gaby 
Wally Sharpies Co . 
Gus Van 
Jack Hedley 3 

2d half (26-28) 
Australian ' Waltes. 
Eddie Cole 
Dillon, ft Parker 
■Fatty' Arbuckle 
Louis Moaconl Co 



Loew 



NEW YOBK CITY 

Capitol (28) 
.Ken Murray Co 
Chilton & Thomas 
Abe Lyman Orch 
Bonlevard- 

lat half (28-31) 
Capt Tlebor's Co 
McCann Sis Co' 
Hanlon Bros Co ■ 
Harry Angen Co 
'Dean ft Joyce Co 

2d half (1-3) 
Lya ft . Wolf 
Maureen ft Sunny 
Belle ' Montrose Co 
Caesar Riiiz -Co 
Larry Rich Co 
Orpheum' '. 

let half (28-31) 
Andresaens ' 
Harry Hines 
Vaughn . DeLeath 
Bayes ft Speck 
Dawn Sis Co 

2d halt (1-3) 
Bob Ripa 
Pressler ft. Klaiss 
Alex B Francis 
Flynn'ft Macke 
Gomez ft Winona 

Piaradise (28) 
Martin ft Martin 
Roger Williams 
Boswell Sis 
Stobpnagle ft Bud 
Will Osbom 

State (28) 
Lucky. BQys 
Fain ft Lee^ 
Jimmy Savo. 
Starnes ft Kover: R 
Joe XAurie Jr 
Chas Aheam Co. 
BROOKLYN ' 
Gates Ave. - ' . 
1st half (28-31) 
a Willys 
Pablo 

Bob Carney Co " 
Douglals Stanbnry 
Larry Rich Co 

2d half (1-3) 
Andressens 
Mae Francis - - 
Lewis ft Moore 
Harry Burns 
Beth Miller Co : 
MetnpoUtaa (28) 
3 Keys 
Molly Picon ' 
Owen Moore 



Klkutas Japs 
(.One to All) 

Valencia (28) 
Yacopls. 
Marty Mty 
Show Boat Rev ' 
June Carr 
Ruas Columbo Or 
ASTOBIA 
Trlboro, 

1st half (28--31) 
Bob Ripa 
Mae Francis- 
Lewis, ft Moore 
Harry Burns 

.2d half (1-3) 
3 Willys 
Pablo 

Bob ' Carney Co 
Harry Howard 
Dawn Sis Co 
BALTIMOBB 
Century (28) 
Gilbert Bros 
Dorothy Jordan 
Pennington ft J . 
Cass Mack ft Owen 
Roxy Co 

OLBVBUIND 
State (28) ' 
Con Colleaho 
Brems Fltz ft M 
Frisco . 
Rae Ellis ft LaRue 
(O ne t o All) . 
JERSEY CITY 
. lioew'a (28) 
Vaterlo ft Page 
Sheila . Barrett 
Harrison ft Fisher 
Carr Bros ft' Betty 
(One to flin 
MONTB£AIi 
Loew's (28) 
Willie Mauss 
Billy Farrell ft D 
Bert Prohmah 
Al Verdi ft Thelm'a 
Coleby — Murphy 

BOCHBSTEB 
• State <28) 
Lohse ft 'Sterling 
Qaudschmidt Bros 
Irene Rich Co 
Bob Murphy Co 
Rosette ft Lnttman 
WASHINGTON > 
. Fox (i!8) 
Van Cello ft Mary 
May. Joyce ' 
Hilton ft Oaron 
Carl Shaw Co 
Duke Elllngton.Oi' . 



WARNER 



BUZABETH 
Bits 

1st half (28-31) 
Bno Tr 
Frank Moritt 
Colliiis 'ft Peterson: 
(Two to fill) . 

2d half (2E-27) 
Arthur LePleur Co 
Foley ft Latour 
Hollywood Revels. 
Billy Qlason 
Leviathan Orch . 
HABTFOBO 
State (2») 
Foley ft Latour 
O' Hanlon & Zam 
(One to All) 

(21) . V:. 
Davey ft Rosemarle 
Beau Tans 
Bob Hall 

XA'WBENCE 
Warner (28) 
Peg Bates 
Bobbins Fam 
(21) 

Ray Hughes & P 
(One- to All) 
. NEW LONDON .: 

Garde (21) 
Jack Pepper 
Earl Lindsey Rev 
PHILADELPHIA 

Earle (28) 
Nan Halperln 
Wallace Sle Rev 
Mills Kirk ft M 
(Others to nil) 

(21) 
Al Johnston Co 
Jerome ft Ryan 



Carl Shaw . Co 
Dia,phne Pollard 
Mazzone ft Keene 
Lea.Vltt ft LOckw'd 
Harry Savoy 
'Mcrro' In .Ice 

. Mtestbanib <28) 

Jessel ft Talmadge 
12 Aristocrats 
Karre Noyes ft I<e 

. (21) 
Phil Baker 
Joe V. Brpwn . 
Yaacha Bunchuck. 
Patricia Bowman - 
Taihara:. 

Harry .McNaughton 
Kikutas Japs. . 
' WASHINGTON 

: 1Bari« (28) 
Vernon Rathburn 
Harry Savoy 
The Rollickers 
Daphne Pollard 
Dennle White Co 
Johnny Perkins 
Rath Bros 
(21) 

Bradna's . CIr«us 
WATEBBVRY 
Strand (28) 
Foley ft Latour 
O' Hanlon ft Zam 
(21) 

Morgan ft Stone 
Beau Tans 
B ft J Brown 
Glenn ft Jenkins 
Dawn Sis A Ca 
Collins ft Peterson 
Eno Tr 



Virf Ma Peek - 

LaVemo 

' ABIDOITOBir 

FoU (tt) 
^Happiness Show* 
Eddie Peahbdy 
Jessie ' Draper 
Joy Bros 
Mary & Marge 
Martha Vaughn 
Tom ft Hanh 
CHAMPAIGN, ,IIX. 
Vbxlnla 
2a half <l-») 
-'Desert Song' 
Perry Askam . 
Tanzi 

Barl Askam 
Nennette Vallon 
John Merkyi 
Chas Boyle 
Betty Willie 
John Wagner 



Jnlla CnrUs 
De Long 81s 
Calif Red HeadA 
Joey Cey Lon 
OtUIle George 
6 Thoroughbreds 
Trouble Bns 
OAKLAND 
Oaklaad <t8) 
'Shanghai* 
Long Tack Sam Co 
Ml-Na ft Nee-Sa L 
Paul Mall 
PHILADELPHIA 
Fox (28) 
'Ted Lewis* U 
Dixie 4 

Chas 8 Whittler 
High Hat Ens 
Esther Pressman 
Doris Deane 
Mildred Gaye . 
Ted Lewis Bd 




TOM KENNEDY 

«VOBKO'» 
NBO Preaenta 

RADIORUBES 

Opening Loew's 
VALENCIA, WBEBC OCT. 28 



CHICAGO 
Chicago (28) 

'Star Gazing 
Wally Vernon 
Athenas 

Wallen ft Barnes 
Muriel Gardner 
Collenette Ens 
Upton <28) 
'Stitch In Time' 
J & J McKehna 
Tommy McAullffe 
Five Decardos 
Harriet. Mortimer. 
Ben Omar 
Torney Ens 

CINCINNA'n 
Albee (28) 
'Discoveriies* 
Trlxle Friganza 
Stadler. Rose 3 - 
Moro ft Yaconelll 
Paul Howard 
Bunny Broheon - 
Mark Pepper. 
Keene 2 
Ken Syner ^ 
BETBOrt 
Fox <28) 
'Uhangl' 

Gilda Gray ' ■ ■. , 
Roy Ctimmlnga 
Crosby 'Brda . 
Sunklst Ens 

. HABTFOBO . 
Capitol (28) ■ 
'Birthday Party* 
Sylvia Clark 
BUI Telaak 
Russo ft SartI 
Bobby Knbn 
Sylvia Sharp 
Bill Brown - 
Sally Payne 
Sunklst Ens ' 
HOIX.TWOOD 
Paataccs (27) 
'Spotlights' 
Charlie I^elson 



PORTLAND 
Paiamonni <21) 

Tia Juana' I 

Bert Gordon 

P X Bushman Jr 

Enrlca ft Novello 

Florence Hedges 

Bob Shafer 

John Locke 

Virginia Crawford 

Sunklst Ens • 
SAN DIDGO 

■ -Fo* 
2d half (3-5) 

'Hello Paree' 

Lynn ' Cowan Co 

Lubbw & Rice 

Jack Roshler 
SAM FRANCISCO 
Golden Gate (27) 

•Whoopee* 

Buddy Doyle 

Bobbe - Amst 

Jane I«e 

Pletro Qentlll 

John Rutherford . 
SEATTLE 

. Tavainoiint (27) 

•Sally' . 

Mary Batoq 

HaV Young 

T 'Roy Barnes 

Hiss Harriett 

.Jack Waldron ' 

.George Ouhl . 

Leia' Bliss . 

Jack Bgan . 

Harry Stafford 

Jack Duffy < 
SF'ITOFIELD, nX 
Orpfaenm 
lat half (28-31) 

Desert Song 

Perry A^am 

Tann '. 

Barl Askant 

Nennette Vallon 

John Merkyi - . 

Chas Boyle 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N, V.' A. 

DR. :iUUAN SIEGEL 

. IBW Braadway 
Tb(i W««k: 'l»mt»' <VilllMtM; tttttU* Htrimtn 



Fanchon & Marco 



BROOKLYl!; 
Fox (28) 

Malibu Bench 
Arnilda 

Bernle ft Walker 
Renee Torres 
Henri Therrlen 
Tom, Dick & H 
Anderson & Allen, 
Sunklst Ens 
AKRON 
VulfUM (2K) 
'Radio jJtars' 
Kddle Bruce 
Albee Sis 



Bill Aronaon 
Jyeota Lene 
Kay Fayre 
Tony Pagllnccl 
John Tlo 
Peggy Wardp 
BOSTON 
Metropolitan (28) 
'Bughouse' I . 
Charlie Foy - 
Maxine Lewis 
Olga & MlHhka 
nalalalka' 6 
Flaschette 
Tudy 



Miss'- Irmanett<» ' 

Bredwins 

Chalmers Ens 
LONG B^CH 
West Coart <27) 

Tahiti' I . 

Bernardo de Pace ' 

Celine Lescar' 

Park ft Clifford 

Bellet-te ft Lanib 

Gas BItoiore- 

Robert. Millar 
LOS ANOEUEB'- 

Unlted Aitistli <t7) 

Hello Paree' I 

Lynn Cowan Co 

Lubbw ft Rice' . 

Jaok- Roshler ■ . 

MILWAVKKII 
WtocoMta <tS) 

Swiet ft Lovely'. 

Blanche .Sweet 

Strond,' 8 . 

Chamberlln ft H : 

Loc. I<orralne 

Al Rlnker . 

Catchalota. 

Sunklst Ens ^ . . 

NEW HAVEN 
Pamnoont (28) 

'Mickey ft M Moasa' 

Amant Bros . .. 

Buster' Shaver 

Olive ft Oeorige 

Monty ft Oarmo 

Toots Novelle. 

Mouse Ens 
NEW OBLEAN6 
State (28) 

.'Girl Trouble* 1 . 

Chester Frederlokfl 

Warren Jackson 



Betty Willie 
John Wa gner . . : 

SPBINOFDEtD 
I>oU (28) 
Britton Bd 
Gene. Tory ft Tito 
Loretta DehnlSdh . 
Beatrle« ' Hoirell 
Hite,' Kenny ' ft- C 
Chio Kennedy. . ' - 
ST. liOOTS . 
Fox (2A) 
•Bomhay*. I ' 
Flo IjowIb 
O'Connor Pam - 
Gaylene Bla ' '- 
Paaanall Brea - 
Bomrbay Sunklst ■ 
TOBONTO 

iBtiperial <28) ' 
<Hovle CIreutf t 
Raynor X<ehr ' 
Hoproe Broa 
Realtor ' ' 
Aerial Bna 

VANOOiTVBB 

Orpheom (27) 
•Vellrf I 
Zelda S^ntl^y . 
Harry Conrad's Co 
Rnssell, M'conl ft J 
Bdna Brrlco 
Madeline Sohmid 
Mema Poiit une. • 

WOBCBSTEB. 
PoUT(27) . 
Rookies I; 
Jphnny Bnrhe 
Nina Olivette.. 
Les Everspn 
Irvln ft McAvoy ' 
Dancing Doughboys 



liOBXrtTA PB NNlSO N 
BBAmiOB HOWJB IX . . 
OmCK KENNEDY- 

ft ALL IN 

FaaofaoB * JtarM Vhtt TIa«ed 
, By LEDDY A 8MITH 



Cabarets 



HEW tOBX CIIT 



' BUtmore Hotel 

Paul. Whiteman Or 
Jane Vance 
Red McKenzle 
Peggy Heoly 
Irene Taylor 
Jack Fulton Jr 
Ramona 

Central Pk Casino 

Sheila Barrett 
VeloZ & Yolunda 
Eddie Duchin Or 
Connie's Inn 

Cora Green 
Bobby Evans . 
Jazzllps Richardson 
P ft B Meeres 
Rmma Smith ' 
Bonsle Dudley 
Lillian Cowan 
ncd ft Struggle 
Blllle Maples 
K aye Oarher 
.SImms ft Bowie ■ 
Louise Cook 
Willie Jackson 



Lucky Seven 3 
Don Redman Orch 
Cotton dob 

Alda Ward 
Henri Weasel ' 
.Swan ft Lee 
Anise Boyer 
Roy Atkins 
Peaches & Dnke 
Brown ft McGraw 
Nicholas Bros 
Leitha Hill 
Cab Calloway Orch 

m Chlco's 

Duran ft Moreno 
Lorenzo Herrera 
El Plamengo 
Al Valencia Orc}i. 
El Plamencito 
Nina & Moreno 
MarQUlta Flores 
Ignacio Rufllno 
Marta de la . Torre ' 
Accordion Luis 
El Garon 
Georges Fontana 



NEW YORK CITY 

Poraniaant, (21) 
Guy Lombardo Or 
RItz Bros 

Rae Samuels . < ■ 
RubinoR (. 
Crawtords . '. 

Marrlo' & Euialle. ' 
H & D Dixon 
'AH , American* 
Roxy (21) 
Aeya Kaz 
Paul :RaveII 
Hal Menken 
■J Hours to Live* 

BROOKLYN 
. Paramount: <21)- 
Donald Novls 
Frances Arms 
Jack McLallen . 
'Movie Crazy' 
■ BUFFALO 
Buffalo (21) 
F & J' Britton 
Gene Gory ft T 
Ayrea' Rene Co 
'One Way PaBsage' 

CHICAGO 
Chicago (21) . 
J ft J McKenna 



4 Ortona 
Ben Omar 
RAaet' Dancer's 
'Big Broadcast' 

Oriental (21) 
Pnt Rooney , 
Pat Rooney 3d 
Ildrman Tlmberg 
H'rm'n Timberg Jr 
Joaeph Griffon -. 
Oudrey Parker . 
Lee Chalzel 
Oliver Harris 
'S Hours to Live' 

Uptown (21) 
Ray Bolger 
Lowe BerkoR ft W 
Pat Kennedy . 
Kathleen Bessette 
Raset Ballet 
'Love Me Tonight*. 

TlvoH (21) 
Frankle Masters 
Cot Stoopiiagle ft B 
(:a88 Mack ft Owen 
. DETROIT 

Fisher (21) 
■Violet Carlson- 
Bob Bob ft B 
Seller & Willis Co 
'Night After Night' 



Anna Ludmlla 
Dclys & Glork . 
J\ine-. Knight 
Leon Belasco 'Orch 

El PMIo 

Roslta ft Ramon 
Frances Maddux 
Endor & Farrell 
Henry King Or . 
H'lyw'd .B'stanrant- 

Olive Borden 
Nina Mae M'Klnn'y 
Fowler ft Tamara 
Collette Sis 
Frank Hazznrd 
Blia.nche • Row 
4 Climas . 
Isham Joniea Orch 

Hotel Lexington 
Doii Bestor Oroh . 
Art Jar.rett 

Hotel New Yorker 

Geo. Olsen Orch 
Ethel Shutta 

Udo GaideoB . 
Billy Arnold Rev 
Pearl Regay 
Jose Shelita - 
Lillian .Barnes 
Ruth Mayon 
Dorle Lenahan 
D ft B- Bllmore 
Brian MacDonald 
Lillian Porter 
Herbert Rice 
Mary - Lou 
Bob Nelson 
Harry Carroll Orcb 

Hontpanuuse 

De Marcos - - 
Loomis Sis . 
Jack Vance 
Yacht Club Boys 
Bobby Sanford 

Nnt; Canb '. 
Al . Mqrrlso'n'0 Bd 
Jbe Liewts 
Liilu Bates - 
Jerry 'Bergen 
Joe Plotsky . 
Grlsha . 

Barbara M'cDonald 
Maureen- Whitney 
Helen -DavTs ': 
Eton Boys 
Terry 61s ■ 
Joe Peddles - 



Exploitation 

(Continued from page 19) 

the scene belonETs, Prizes to thosd 
who tell the most complete story of 
the plot. 



Fake Badio 

Instead of uslns a trailer a brigrht 
mind is puttlnjer on a broadcast from 
the stage. Usual announcements 
made, with the organ coming in for 
a short bit, and often a singer, if 
there are any ushers ^hQ can pipe. 
Most of the broadcast: touts next 
week's show. "Worked between the 
two nlp(ht shows and at the matinee. 

Patrons took it more or less in 
good faith the first couple of weeks, 
but , inquiries began to multiply as 
to how to tune in; Inquirer . were 
told to read the call letters over 
again. Call letters are WNIT. Now 
it's Just a gag, but it lifts thie curse 
oil a bald announcement. 



Pdramoant Grill 

Eddie Jackson 
Harriett Hilllard 
Ozzle Nelson Orch 
Park Central Hotel 
Harry . Barrla Orch 
Loyce Whiteman 
.. Roosevelt Hotel 
Guy Loinbardo' Or 

Russian Arts- 
Joe ■ Morantz Orch 
Renee. ft Laura - 
Nlckolaa Hadarlck 
Barra BIrs. 
Mlsha Uaanoff 

St. Regis .Hotel. 
Darlo ft Diane 
Dick -Gasparre Or . 
. Small's Paradlae- 

'Black Rhythm' R 
Nyra Johnson 
' Meers .ft Norton 
3 Speed Demons 
Geo -Walker 
Wm Spellman 
8 Palmer Bros 
May Alex ' . 
Mabel Scott . 
Roy White 
Dorothy Turner. 
Chas Johnson Orch 

Tatt Orfll 
Geo Hall Orch 
Tlie Caarda 

Raroly Bencae 
Zslga Bela 
Mme . Ilona deThnry 
Earoly Nyaray 

Itoroh CInb - 
Jackie May 
Frances Dunn - - 
Arthur Budd 
Bllssa Duval 
Biiddy. Wagner Or 

uVUiaire Bam 
Joe-Purst'a Orch - 
Rellly & Conitort 
Tbwnsend ft Bp|d 
Sh'rlff "Jtsh . Heddef s' 
B'shf'l 'R'k Warren 
Muriel Parker- . 
3 D4ne/B|-j>a.-.-:, .. 
Johnny - Russell, ] 

WaldorfrAstorla- 

Bmil Coleman Or 
The Argentine^ 
Mischa Borr .Ens 



Iiiona Free . 

- Sydney. 

One of the best press exploitations 
ever . put over in Australia was 
worked out by the Hoyt publicity 
staff on 'Congorilla.' 

Next to the theatre where the pic- 
ture opened Is a vacant lot. On this 
was erected a circus tent in which 
were placed all the wild animals it 
was possible- to round up. Insldd 
and outside the tent 'was plastered 
with posters and the exhibition 
thrown open' to the public free. 
Cost some coin, but It built business. 



CHICAGO 



Blackliawk ' .< - 
Hal' Kemp ' Orch ' 
Deane Janis ' 
Rose & Ray Lyie . 
Patricia Storm 
Paul' Sis ' 

CInb Alaiwmi 

Reale-SIcf° 
Bffle Burton '.' 
Patsy McNalr 
Bdna Lindsey 
Freddie Villant 
Mary Thorns 
Mildred Rose . . 
Bernle Adler - 
Eddie' Uakins Orch 
. College - Inn 
Ben Bernle -Oroh 
Sisters 'G' 
Jackie Heller 
denevleve Tlgh^ . 
3 Orphans-. - 
Pat Kennedy 
Frank prince 

- anb Clifford 

.Bradsh'w'ft C'l'g'ns 
Eva Brown Co . 

- Clab Bahalyatte 

Myrtle .Wat^n 
Dale Dyer , - ' 
Bernlce St John 
Harry. LeGrand 
Jimmy Noone! Or 
Edge water Beach 
Mark Fisher Orch 
Olive O-NIel 
Knickerboch'r CInb. 
Suzanne France 
Doris Hurtig 
Tony Corcoran ' • 
Bill Nolan 

Bine Grotto 
Margie Taite. 
Marjorie France 
Connie Cella 
Olga Hoyer 
Todd .Sle 

Betty Van Allen . 
Freddie Daw Orch 



n«itc>' . ' ' 

'Freda' SnlUvan - 
Yvonne Morrow' 
Al.Sbayne 
OllVe Shayne 
Orianf ' ft ' Rosalia 
■Joy Finley 
I>orothy Ray 
Curry ft DeSytvIa 
Don Pedrct Orch . 

Granada ' 
Jack Miles Oroh - 
S Marines 
Gladys DePoe 
Keller Sis ' 
Chlcagoettes' 

_ ■' , ■ Klt'Ka't 

J (airy Linden 
oyce Jelke 
. Bllce Lbrralnia 
Irenis Barba 
Rosalie Jelke ' 
Dot lieRoy . 
Fred Janls Orch 

Montqiartre 
LaMay & .Louise 
Tina Tweedle 
Dick Ware 
Edna Mae Morris 
P Quartell's Orch 

. Ffiramoattt CInb' 
Sally Rand .' ' 
Harry Otynn " 
Etta Reed 
011v6 Faye 
Peggy Moore 
Sid Lang's Orch 

.Temee daidena' 

Ch(^9 Agnew Orch 
'Stanley Jacobson 
Dusty Rhodes 
Emily DeSalvl 
Jack Read 

Vanity iWr 
Hank LIshIn 
Bliss Lewis A Ash 
Bobbie 'T'xas' Cook 
Jinette Vallon 
Romo Vincent 



Class Ad Copy 

Lios Angelea. 

Fox-West Coast ad mantiial re- 
produces the dignified copy policy of 
Hall Baetz at the Fox Wilshire here 
and recommends it for houses lii 
class districts. Suggestion la made 
that such theati'es secure exclusive 
privilege of using some distinctive 
font of type, from the local hews- 
paper. ' 

Also advises the maximum fun'ount 
of white space, usual frames, and 
elimination of all extrandoua copy 
in such ads. . 



Ezolvsiire Slogan Contest ..^^ 

. Syracuse, NT, T.'! 
tioew's State Is dzplplting Its 119 w 
"exclusive", pbllcy; ;wlth a slogan 
pohtest .Iri Heteirot's "jdurniEiI-'Amer- 
Icail." Tied in with the theatre are 
ten business . houses which haVe Ex- 
clusive agencies for - nationally i[[d» 
vertlsed products. 

, Contestants are : required to sub^ 
mit slogans, for each mercliantf 
winners will' g6t ticket awarda 
/There are no cash prizes. Full pag« 
ca>op ads being us.ed. .. 

' Beopening Spladi 

Seattle; ' 

' Eight-page toto section,' ilO.QOO 
cbitles, used to publicize ' reopening 
b£ . paramount (WC) ' with \ Vie 
Gauntlett, pub.> mgr., throwIAg^the 
-Works, .4sBlsted ' by Writer 'Mik(^ 

•Postei*. ■ ■ .'••. - ■.> ;.. ;: •.',<•■>}. -• 

Included numerous 24 sheets, con- 
stant news, stories o'h the ' thrat're^ 
360 street bar . placatdB,;;flve across . 
eXt^fii, banners .downtown, slogan 
contest on the atr/^hich got 100 
retilles dailj^^,. ;with the 'Ohijr , award 
qeaison pass to F'WC theatres and 
big free show out front bpenliie . 
night, . 



POPS FOB POCKETS 

Walter J. Black, inc., has entered 
the field of leather bound pocket 
size editions of the classics. Books 
are about 4 by. 6% Inches, done In 
brown, smooth finish leather,, nicely 
manufactured and printed from a 
legible and inviting eight point type. 
There are 20 titles In the first selec- 
tion, all standards and in some in- 
stances somewhat condensed, but 
ample to give th6 meat; indeed 
most of the classics can well stand 
pruning for their general good. 
Called the Companion' classics. 



'Shop and H9;ye ;Fiin' , - 

ChlcajKO, 

"Shop and H«(ve • Pun' ■ campaign, . 
wprked out. here for . the Uptown 
theatre and this merchants in its 
environs, deemed such' a pronilsing 
Idea that Balabau .and Katz will 
apply It elsewhere, 

Marbro, Seriate and Congress the- 
atres, on the west side, will be tlied ' 
In on a six weeks' ballyhoo for their 
district. XlvoH. twin to the Up- 
town on the opposite end of towii 
(south), will likewise be. the pivotal 
point , of a bl.z ^push i;or'that sector. 
" Mercantile' • theatrjs stunts start 
three weeks befol'e . Thanksgiving 
aild continue to .juat. liefore Christ- 
mast. ■ ■ : -' . ■ . . 



Trained 'Em 

, Manager with a rather small 
lobby has been trying to trdln hia 
patrons to exit by the Are alley. 
With a small house he often had a. 
standout and the surge of custom-, 
era at the break was apt to result In 
a jam. Screen appeals seemed to do 
no good. 

Solution was the distribution of 
player portraits to all who left by 
the alley. Rah for four weeks' arid 
now they leave that way through 
force of habit. Found It helpe^^ 
early trade, too, since distribution 
was only on the first show break. 
People came In time to see all the 
show and still get one of the pic- 
tures. 



Lemon Jaice 

Yonkers. N. T. 

Sidney Lehman is rolling up a 
Westchester reputation for. extract- 
ing juice from lepioris. Over a year 
ago he took over the Hastings the- 
atric, Hastings, after half a dozen 
others had tried It and put the 1,000- 
seater on a profit basis. Now he has 
reopened the 300-.seat Washington 
at Dobbs Ferry, dark for three vears. 

Lehman left the foreign distribu- 
tion end of Tiffany to take hold of 
the Hastings house. 



$6 



VARiETr 



East 



Jeritza back from Europe last 
week. Says she will go into a Ger-. 
tnan slngingr fllm ; ne'xt spring. 
Meantime, mJiybe concerts. 



Cathoi lne Koppe secured in Blng- 
hamton, N, Y., last week the annul- 
ment of her marriage to 'William/ 
otherwlae Lillian Beaumont. At- 
tachment developed while both 
girls were students In N; T. U. 
Lillian assumed male masquerade 
dress and tney were married in 
New York in 1927. . Catherine soon 
quit, but on legal advice she took 
formal steps to annul the 'mar- 
riage.' , 




June Martin, fornierly of bur- 
lesque, changed her plea to ;guilty 
on the charge of killing her rooih 
mate 'tiabe Raymond' Miller last 
summer. To be sentenced Thufs- 
daty (27). ■ "' ■ ■ . • ' 



talned under duress. Itresfel; he as- I piroinlse they would be given legal 
serts, threatened td withdraw from protection when pinched. Turned 
the Flxel case three days before Tout that nine of the supposed come-, 
trial unless given a note for half ona were undercover men, who 
his fee, the remainder to' be )p4ld pinched 60 meii, of whom nine were 
after trial. He also charges that held in 91.600 each on chargea of 
Kresel brought Samuel Untermyer conapiraoy to violate the. ptohlblr 
into the case oh a , 130^000 fee, tlon; law. Three others, said to have 
though latter took small part in the police records, were taken, to the 
trial. This was in violation of Harlem, police court, where they 
Kresel's agreement to handle the were held In $500 on vagrancy 
entire case for the sum to be paid charges; It was the ° attempted 
him. . I formation of this" society which led 

to the recent extensive raids on cor- 
Sliubert orch |:<i'al ^hopi^. Original plan^of s^^^ 

so many gallons of alky each week 



• Irvlrig Berlin is refused a review' 
of the proceedings- in which he Was 
penalized for failure to return his 
income tax statement for 1924 al- 
though given an extension by the 
commissioner. Penalty will stand 
against him. ■ 



Lillian Gish to show her 'Camille' 
at the Morosco Oct. 31. 



, Loretta T. Conroy, employe of 
isldor J. Kresel, suing as assignee 
of a note given the lawyer by 
Mitchell L. Erlanger for $26,000 
counsel' 'fees. Erlanger filed an 
amended • answer to the suit, 
charging that the note was .ob>- 



W^ew York Theatresl 



a/, eics^ ALWAYS A 
BETTER SHOW ^,tRKO! 



'WASHINGTON 
HERRY-GO-ROUND'i 

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A Columbift Picture' 

Daily t» 1 P.ll., M« 
II P.M. to Q»M«. 



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"A Bin of 
DIVorc«ih«iit" 

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.Katbwli* . 

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Daily MtdNliht thm .Fwtin jPletnrvJ 
CcnaltM MWnlikt Shtw &My Sat. ' 



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THIRTEEN WOMEN" 

with Irene Dunne 
Ricar'do Cortex 

.Uso 

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BROADWAY 

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TtFFANT THAVBB'8 
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"THIRTEEN WOWil!? 

with IRENE DUNNE 
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News Fro 




This department contains reWfiUm thtaijnoal tteit* items at published during the week in 
^aily papers of 7VcB» York, Chicago, San Francisco, HoUjtvood and London. V arietif takes Ho 
credit for these news items; each has bten rewritten from a dcdly paper. 



tlie Mann Act, but the charge did 
ttot hold. later divorced him 

In Reno. ' . 



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mortgage. Erlanger admits pos- 
session of the papers, but ques- 
tioned Baron's right to them. Ar-r 
guments were to have been heard 
yesterday (MonidayJ. 



Maurie Rubens, 
director, gets:a Supreme Coui't writ 
enjoining. , the Associated. Musicians 
from suspending .him for non-pay- 
ment of $1,000 fine levied when he | 
took $60 from a player to give him 
a job,.'- 



John V. A. "Weaver's play, 'Run - 
around,' to be known, as 'Joy For- 
ever.' . 



was changed to straight $6 dues. 

Wife be Guy Phillips. Long 
Island drama coach, who killed her- 
self and two children, was burled 
by> a private charity, since Phillips 
asserted he was uhable to defray 
the costa. .i 



Herbert. V. BeUendre is. forming 
a Negro . repei^tory troupe to be 
known as Repertory .Playhouse As- 
sociates. IJo develop, the Negro 
actor. 



Richard Hemdon. of ^Manhattan 
: Revue,' At the Cosmopolitan, an- 
nounces two seiE^t^ for the price of 
one the entire opening week. All 
seats in the hbx office, he says. 



Lenore Ulric getting ready to 
shed . Sydney . Bl9.ckmer . via . the 
divoi^ce route. . ,' . 



Metropolitan ' will open the opera 
season Nov. 21. With the 'season 
shortened to 16 weeks, 27 singel:s 
were dropped and . 10 picked up. Of 
the newcomers Rose Bampton, 
Helen Gleason, Richard Crooks and 
Richard Bonelli are American. . ; 



Walter Wolff, who sued Warner 
Bros, tor $60,000 on- breach of con-> 
[tract, settled hit case but .of court 
[last week. Attorneys wrangled for 
two, days. 



Anthony Toun^ lesisee the Bel- 
mont theatre for his Mirror players. 



Equity magazine urges that the 
theatres get ofC Broadway as a 
street no longer possessing the dig- 
nity the theatre riequires. , 



'Thfe Brawr and'^'PetUng Party' 
back on Ice after being considered 
lor Broadway production*. 

Nathan Book, Brooklyn .jlegger, 
sent one of hla cfirda to Asst. U. S. 
Attorney Frederick Pepper. Latter 
called the phone number ' and 
_ „^ ^ , ordered three pints, which presently 

Roxy Theatre Corp. and RKO be- U^ere delivered by a 20-<year-old boy 
fore Federal Judge Caffey Wednes- U^no either did not notice or did riot 
day (19) over the tight to the' use care that the door was lettered 'Pro- 
of the name for a theatre. Counsel hibition Division, U. 3. Attorney's 
;^Roxy argued that office.' Rodi; when he learned of 
$2,000,000, had been spent In adver- the plneli over the phone, offered to 
tislng the name and that $10,000,000 square It, and made a date to meet 
In securities had been sold. Rocke- [an agent, who picked him up, too. 
feller Center lawyer pointed. to the [Then the ithone number waa traced 
contract between Roxy and the | and flv^ more arrested. 



Corp., which had been terminated^ 
Decision reserved. 



Walter Wykrent, Plainvlew, L. L, 
convicted of maintaining a, nuisance. 
He was arrested In .September when 
Betty Varman,. ah entertainer, .was 
shot in front of his resort. 



Binder Rloe denies the report he 
l is' workMg on another production. 



Belle Xilvingston's one-time 'Coun- 



Depresflton brings a< new angle to 
the old 'Spanish swindle.' Old gag 
told the eomeron. of hidden treas 
ure which he. was supposed to share 
with the owner, the .blowoff being 



^. ..... _ I <^ advance cash payment In return 

try Clu|),' 12a East 68th street* now for exaet directions. Now It's a 
the Park Avenue Club, raided last I Mexican ' banker 'and he offers to 





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SiDVEMTH AVEUtUB 
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OXY 
SK HOURS TO LIVE 



with WARNER BAXTER 
FRANK GABIBIA'S "ON TO BIO" 
Roxy Orchoftn^— Fox Movlttons Nan 
New Low PrIcM 
Beginning Friday. "One« In a Liretlme," with 
Jack Oakla Md Sydney Fox 



week by feds aijid the place gutted. 
Warrant . out for George Lemaze, 
putative owner. Feds, also want to 
find. Georg^ DeMange' to iisk him 
about selling liquor. 



toss in Us 18-year-old' daughter. 
He's supposed to be in jam for 
fraudulent bankruptcy and the gal 
needs proteoClon. Post office has* 
been, forced to Issue a warning. 



Wiir of the late Eva Davenport, Robert Henderson, of the Ann 
musical comedy, filed for probate. | Arbor Drama Festival, to replace 
Revealed that her son-in-law, John the late Jessie Bonstelle In the De- 
J. Levenson, is. debarred from trolt elvie tfaeiatre. 
sharing In the estate because his 
business Is of a 'precarious nature. 
Also revealed that her name was 
.O'Brien and not Davenport. 



Ljrnbrook (1^ L) theatre is giving 
out a used car one night a week 
on the usiial plan.. Last week Mrs, 
■Kr I *i 1, - ^ , ^ .Clara EletetAmann dropped her 

. Marietta Cipolla, dance hostess, ti<Jket to the barrel and her daugh- 
held in baU on hpmicide^charge In ter. Clara, was selected to make the 
Bronx court. Asserted she left the, decision. She' picked out her 
scene of the accident after her car mother's number, 
struck and fatally injured an elderly 

woman.. | ES. H. aothom and Julia Mario We 

_ , ^ ^, , , I go to Paris for a month and then 

Federal agenUr pad ocked a speak to Egypt tor the winter 
in Newark last week,,,, Two. days 
later a prohib agent had to come aH 
the way from Trenton to release a 
cat locked in the place, 



Reported that Jansen, the res- 
taurant mani plahnliig erection of a 
3, 500 -seat theatre next to the Wal- 
dorf theatre. New York. 



Marlon Gillespie and Violet OhU 
sen sailed iast week to make moving 
pictures of the head hunf^rs . of 
Javaro. Said to be the first white 
women to make the trip, 

Kitty 'Tiny' Kline slid on a cable 
from the Edison hotel to the Palace 
theatre Friday-.421) to adverti.sc the 
opening, of the all circus bill. She 
landed in the grip of a pollcetnan 
who pinched her for endangering 
the lives of the spectators. 

'Clear All Wires,' the Spewacka' 
comedy, will be printed in book 
form. 



Grantland Rice demanding an ac- 
counting of $21,346 on his films. 
Charged that Amedee J. Van Buren 
transferred that sum from Sport- 
lights " tO' the. . iVan Bureri.' . Corp. 
Charges that Van Buren . took 
$20,000 more than: his share In 1930 
and also usied $1,346 to purchase 600 
shares of stock which he turned 
over to his own corp. Hearing in 
the N. Y. Supreme court. 



When Reinald Werrenrath ob- 
tained a divorce from his wife, ^da, 
he was required to est&bllsh a trust 
fund of $56,000 for his two children. 
Securities were General Motors, and 
in .1929 the shares had risen to 
$63,166 in worth. Baritone sued for 
a return of the securities in excess 
of the required $55,000. Ifow the 
stock Is down to $48,668, and the 
Supreme Court has ordered him to 
pay $7,084 into the fund. 



John Krlmsky has abandoned his 
idea of doing 'Ma^chen In Uniform' 
in its stage, version. 



Rdsalind Morlnl tellS that Otto 
Kahn paid her $100,000 in settle 
ment of her abandoned libel suit. 
Earliest report was that she got 
only $7,600, of which . her attorney 
claimed $6,000. She says lawyer 
was in for $26,000 on the actual pay 
ment.- 



Grief over the death of his 
brother. Louts, caused Jmo Gordon, 
Coney Island show manager, to at 
tempt suicide by slashing himself 
with a knife Saturday (22), He's 
in the hospital in a serious condi- 
tion. Louis, the brother, was one 
o^ - the origrinai backers of Luna 
Park. 



Shuberts will revive Lehar's 'The 
Land of Smiles,' opening in Boston 
Dec. 26. Makes the third revival, 

Joe Cook, considering a play by 
Russell Ctouse and Corey Ford 
which deals with Diamond Jim 
Brady and the nineties. If he takes 
It he will play the role of a cab 
driver. ' 



Shuberts have purchased Julian 
Thompson's 'Man of Wax.' Writer's 
last was 'Warrior's Husband.' 




In Person 

Molly Pioon, 

will OSBORNE and Orchtitrm, Ad- 
AttracUori Bob MUBRAY— 
On icteon— Chevallor In 
"LOVE MC tONIQHT" 




Corn's Frt., Claric Oabia, Jeaa Htrlow, 'Red Dutf 



JOHN GOIJ>EN presents 



When Ladies Meet 



Br. RACHEL C BOTHERS 
"\t rirh In Its bUDtor as It 1( warm In 

lt<i sTHinaUiy.' — Eve. Post. 
TIOYAT.'E ""■«»• W. Ktt StCH. 1-0144 
" ■^•"^■^ T>e«. 8:40. Mats. Wol.; Slit 
f'X to $3, Inrliirtlnf Tnx 



'A 



'Hurnpty Dumpty' is now known work, 
as 'We Three' after having been ' 
Rise 'N' Shine.' 



QUbert Miller buys "The Spell' by 
LIU Hatvany. Wants Helen Hayes 
for the lead, so will have to wait 
until spring and after her cinema 



N. Y. Players' Guild will do three 
productions this season, including 
'Marco's Millions' and 'The Good 
Hope,' both revivals. 



Dr. Datnrosch offers the opinion 
that Stokowski's :plan of 'forcing 
modernistic >muslc on helpless chil- 
dren would be criminal.' The Phila- 
delphia leader has planned, to broad- 
cast the moderns. 



Aaron Fox, being sued by his 
wife for divorce and support, goes 
into the Insurance business. Hires 
Stanley Osserman to -handle the 
divorce matter and sells :hlm a 
policy. Says hi» ■.'will contribute 
'substantially' to the support of the 
children. 



Richard B. Harrison, who plays 
•De Lawd' in 'Green Pastures,' giv- 
en honorary membership in the 
Signa society of Bpston University. 

^Chamberlain Brown has been su 
Ing Helen Twelvetrees for 10% of 
her salary for a 26-week period, 
claiming that he had obtained the 
engagement for her. In the Supreme 
court last- Friday (21) the actress' 
attorneys argued that the contract 
was illegal since the state law pro- 
hibits the collection of more than 
5%. Brown withdrew the suit. 

Arthur Tracy, radio's 'Street 
Singer,' married to Beatrice Mar 
gel, his sec. She is the former wife 
of Morris Welnfleld, a N. Y. lawyer, 
who last April sought to cause 
Tracy's arrest in Pittsburgh under 



ConMuelo Flbwerton Fock. who 
was divorced by her husband. Dirk 
Fock, Dutch orch leader, reopened 
the case with an application that a 
divorce be granted her and the for-. 
nier decree to be set aside. N. Y. 
Supreme court granted her plea Oct. 
21, giving her the custody of their 
eight-year-old daughter.. Dutch de- 
cree declared to be obtained through 
collusion and invalid. 



Stage society announces it now 
has 1,600 members. Wants 3,000. 
Pa.tterned after London original %nd 
to give five plays a season for mem- 
bers only. Plays will be known by 
production numbers and ruii not 
more than a week. If worthy will 
then be given professional produc- 
tion by others. 



Jack Wolheim, said to be a broth- 
er . of the late Louis Wolheim, and 
Morris Cravlts, both delegates to 
Local 306, questioned in the Bron.x 
last. Friday (21) over the bombing 
of Loew's Paradise. 



Frank Crumlt elected Shepherd 
of the Lambs club. Election Friday 
gave offices to Joseph Santley, boy; 
Frank McCormacki corr. sec; T. 
Daniel Frawley. irecordlng sec; 
Robert L. Hague, treas., and Ray- 
mond W. Peck, librarian. Last two 
are holdovers. 



Federal Trade Commission has 
enjoined a publlisher from issuing 
song sheets headed 'popular song 
hits,' titles cairrylhgr the names of 
picture stars or similar catchlines 
on sheets of parodies. Bureau does 
not give names. 



Coast 



Divorce frOm her third husband, 
Russell O. Gillard, has been asked 
by Lottie Plckford In a . complaint 
filed In Superior Court, Los An- 
geles. Cruelty and non-support 
charged. 



. Eleanor Hunt has received her 
final decree of divorce from Rex 
Lease In L. A., and will shortly 
make another trip to the altar with 
'some one prominent in the film 
industry.' 



Apprehended with, what L. A. 
police charge were plans for dyna- 
miting and stench bombing thea- 
tres along the Pacific coast, three 
representatives of a so-called indie 
projectionist union were arrested 
at their headquarters. They were 
Bert . Carlisle, Marlon Bell and 
Frank E. Anderson. 



Lillian May Fletcher has sued in 
L. A. to divorce her husband, 
Charles M, Fletcher, film writer. 
Jealousy is the alleged cause. 



Lina Basquette's attempt to re- 
scind a contract Involving $1,760 
cash, three $1,000 bonds and a $5,000 
note has been balked by Superior 
Judge Schmidt, L. A., who sustained 
a demurrer to her third effort. Act- 
ress charges she was induced by 
(Continued on page 39) 



Libby Holman blocking the efforts 
of the Reynolds "fahiily to dismiss 
the murder charge against her. 
Wants to stand trial and obtain a 
proper verdict'. 



Charlotte Supple Westervclt, pro- 
fessionally Sharl O'Dea, gets an an- 
nulment of the marriage i>erformed 
three years ago on a dare. Under 
age at «the time, which formed the 
ground for the plea. She testified 
she had never lived with her hus- 
band. 



Robert tiorsCliie will be leading 
man for Katherine Cornell In 'Lu- 
crece.' Deal dosed by transatlantic 



'Stanley Hcrst, actor In 'The Final 
Curtain,' in St.- Vincent's • hospital . . ~w . 
following an acpldent.. The play | P""*"® "»""day (20) 
ends on his suicide. As he fell to 
the stage he struck the edge of a 
table, fracturing his skull.. Man- 
aged to get to his dressing room, 
where he' collapsed and was rushed 
to the hospital, wher6 his condition 
Is reported serious. 



Betty Compton back In town, with 
the tabs tai hot pursuit 

O. B. Wee will make 'Whistling tn 
the jyuV his first production in- 
stead of The Good Fairy.' 



Convention of United Cordial 
Workers, Local 16, a bust at the 



Erlanger estate lo court again 
Saul J. Baron, 'admInlstrat<Mr. asked 



New Harlem CJaslno last Tuesday Surrogtite f\Jleyio require Mitchell 
(18). Some 125 dealers wiere bein? ' EHangfer to giv^' hlm two confes- 
urged to join the association, on the ' sionS of Judgment and a bond and 




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Ttteflday, October 25, 1932 



¥IMES SOnARE^ PORTS 



VARtETY 



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Tm Telling You 

By Jack Oistennan 



■WHEREIN ,YaUR COLUMNIST 
GOES LEGIT. 

How<'Je-Do7 

'Well, it finally happened. Oster- 
Dian signed a contract fpf, of all 
tlilngB, a legitimate play by Ben 
Hecht and fiene Fowler, 'The 
Great Magoo.' (We will iexplaln the 
meaning if you will visit u3 In our 
private oflSce). To be produced by 
Billy Rose and it's our first ven- 
ture in a straight play; . Can't write 
much more as we are havlrig tea at 
the Lambs Club. Cheerio! 



Evelyn Law . niarried Dr. Hortz, , 
awe:i monicker for a Doc . . . The 
Rex' that carried Marie Hellinger 
to Gibraltar wasn't on the liigh seas 
20 minutes before Mark had three 
sailoi's and the purser in teiars... 
that's ocean, Roscoe. . .Dave's Blue 
Room features a Rlchy Craig, Jr., 
Special. . . It's called Berle'd Beef. . . 
and we just found out that the 'Va- 
riety' ofUce was once the spot where 
Mnie. Francis made all her gorge- 
ous gowns ... maybe that accounts 
for certain things. . . ARE YOU 
READING? 



6y Heehtl 

In describing one of the. charac- 
ters in their piece, Hecht and Fow- 
ler do it thusly; 'He should have 
a Jessel hair-cut, a Lou Holtz 
mouth, a Durante nose and a Jol- 
son twang, or, as olir producer Billy 
Rose said, Just say he should look 
like jcssel and to hell with it.' 



The New Way 

Bob Murphy observed a lady do- 
ing acrobatics on the Palace mar- 
Quee the o*her day. He renuirked, 
'That's a better place to show your 
act thtm Elizabeth.' Incidentally, 
this is circus week at the Palace 
with John Barrymor^. 



What, No Winter? 

In passing by the RKO Hippo- 
drome, your old eagle eye observed 
that the Hipp sign reads 'Closed 
For The Snmrheri' 



They Should 

Jack (Premium) Pasternack re 
ports that producers are becoming 
so careful in Hollywood, animals 
have to give auditions. 



The Right Month 

. There's the tale of - the two Jew 
Isb lads who walked Into a restau 
rant on Tom Kipper. One of the 
boys ordered, oysters. The other 
one in reprimanding him said, 'It 
isn't bad enough you're breaking 
your, fast, but you have to order 
oysters yet.' The little fellow 
looked up and apswered, 'What's 
wrong with oysters, there's an R 
in Yom Kippur.' 



Observation 

' Just as McKee ia trying to cut 
down on everything they nominate 
O'Brien for Mayor, and he has a; 
double chin. 



The New System 
With those watch companies 
announcing the time over the radio 
every few minutes you don't nee'J 
a clock in your home. For in 
atance they announce it . lis eight 
o'clock and Abe Lyman's band 
People soon will be asking what 
time it is and the answer might 
be, 'It's about ten minutes after 
Lyiijan.' 



Satisfied 

Benny (sing It, Blossom) Fields 
tells us the story of the Jewish 
mother who wanted the boy to 
tnarry one of his own race. The 
son, however, is infatuated with 
another girl and although loving his 
mother, hates to give her up. One 
day while ma is banging up his 
clothes a lipstick falls out of his 
pocket, the mother looked and 
happily said to herself, 'Thank 
goodness my boy listened to me 
and is going with a Jewish girl, 
Helena Rubenstein-' 



Explanation 

The only reason we try to make 
all the openings is to catch . the 
critics. We enjoyed iGeorge Jean 
Nathan much better at the Brady 
opening that we did at 'Rendez 
vdus.' 



Good Idea 

Oscar Levant informed us the 
other night that he has nevei- done 
anything In his life and is now ready 
to stage a come-back. 



A Voter's Debut 

We are going .to vote for the first 
time this yeVir. il^eing a: novice in 
the racket we walked into a small 
tailor shop in our neighborhood to 
seek Information. The nian. told 
us to' register. Forgetting for the 
moment^ we registered Jack Oster 
man and wife. 



Ostermania 

In baseball it was Tinker to Evers 
to Chance... In the Casino Theatre 
Ifs Carroll to Ziegfeld to Whit^.i 



GLOBE CHANGES HANDS; 
B'WAY FRONT AS STORE 



Another Broadway landmark, the 
Globe theatre, fronting on Broad 
way at 46th street, will probably 
bgicoihe a store on the Main Drag 
frontage, with the theatre entrance 
oil^ 46th. . Spear & Co., backed by 
the County Trust Co., bid. 126,000 
above the first and second mortgage, 
taking, over the property from the 
Charles B. Dillingham control for 
fl,226,000.. Carnegie Library held 
the second mortgage of $1,000,000, 
and Spear-County Trust held the 
second mortgage of $200,000. The 
second mortgagers, by bidding an 
additional grand, took the property 
Itself at foreclosure. 

It is believed that the Broadway 
frontage will be sold. New owners 
hold It at .$600,000. The theatre then 
would be opera,ted via the side 
street. There is a motor exit and 
entrance there already. 



On Both Shoulders 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 
Young ladles taking straw 
votes on prohibition have been 
Jiumerous here. If dry prefer- 
ence is indicated the sweet 
young thing will ask; ''Wouldn't 
you like to make a small <;on- 
tribution to carry on the dry 
cau.se?' « 
.. If wet, it's the same sort of 
plea changed to fit. 



Nak Manknrists and Breakaway 
Eydashes at N. Y. Beauty Expo 



Fhrst 



You'll Eiplain or Be 
Held as a Vag After 
Midnite in HoHywood 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Hollywood has gone tough with 
Capt. F. F. Stevens of th* local 
police ordering that all wandisrers 
on the public highways aft6r mid- 
night be arrested as vags unless a 
satisfactory explanation .can be 
'given. 

Curfew makes it -ook bad lor 
the lay-offs 'for they are about the 
only ones who disturb the peace 
and quiet of Hollywood boulevard 
after that hour. Lads have nowhere 
to go and as the evenings are still 
balmy they frequent the street just 
as the boys who are at liberty clut- 
ter the curb in front of the New 
York Palace. However, the cpi)pers 
wiU.take care of it-hereafter. 

Los Angeles has had a curfew 
for yeaKS, the , town's whistle pop- 
ping off at nine p. m. Police, how- 
ever, have disregarded the tooting, 
believing that it's okay' for people 
to be 'on the stireet after that hour. 

Hollywood order came under an 
old city ordinance which prohibits 
the keeping of late hours, with; the 
latter however not specified. 



Americans Bath Tub 



(Continued froin page 1) 

do they do here, Is first, foremost, 
and always immersion of the torso 
in the waters ttiat refresh. But 
some find time to do other things. 
Norma Shearer can tie up. business 
in Marshall Field's any time and 
so can a number of other stars who 
like to shop here. 

Maurice Chevalier wandered aim- 
lessly about the Loop on one trip, 
Unrecognized. He. bought a ticket 
to the United Artists and enJpyed 
the show.' Then returned to the 
depot and caught his train. James 
Cruze once stretched put on a bench 
in the Dearborn station and took 
a snooze with a newspaper over his 
head . while reporters were looking 
for .him. 

Actors with an appreciation of 
boxolllce angles, such as Clive 
Brook, Gary CPoper, and some 
others, drop in to visit their com- 
pany's exchanges or theatres. 
There's a certain danger of being 
stampeded by stenographers dur- 
ing such Impromptu calls. > 
Reporter's Delight 

Newspapermen unite in declai-ing 
Lupe Velez the prize copy-maker. 
She is popular with the. boys who 
meet trains because her vitality al- 
ways makes news and a lot of 
laughs, Chicago newsmen have a 
peeve against Marilyn Miller who 
passed through here five times and 
oAly once deigned to see them. Joan 
Crawford will talk but is a trifle 
too bored with it all to click with 
the interviewing brigade. 

Mary PIckford's ' sweetness' is 
appreciated and Doug Fairbainks, 
Sr., is popular, as is Harold Lloyd 
because he's always considerate. 
Ronald Colman's reputation for be- 
ing hard tp handle is not shared 
in Chicago. The boys like him. 

Things to talk about between 
trains are scarce. Whether this is 
a lack of imagination on the re- 
pprter's side or a stiffness with the 
Hollywoodites is a toss-up. Both 
sides fail in originality with about 
equal frequency. There is one group 
who never fall to extol their mar- 
ried happiness. That makes good 
copy for a family town like Chicago; 
Classed as spouse praisers are 
Frederic March-Fiorence Elridge, 
Elna Best-Herbert Marshall, Nick 
Stuart-Sue Carol, Al Jolson-Ruby 
Keeler and, of course others. 

Charlie Chaplin Is prepared to 
discuss philosophy, political science, 
or Einstein and generally makes 
good copy. Most of the comedians 
will stand on their heads or climb 
the locomotive to help tiie press. 
Ed. G, Robinson is in the same cate- 
gory of willing subjects. Naturally 
that makes for popularity with the 
J. reporters and photographers. 



Ben Turpin, not proud, recalled 
his days as a mop man in the old 
.Sherman hotel and posed with a 
mop to show he still could dish it 
out on a, mcurble floor. 

Greta Garbo plays her hermit role 
in Chicago as elsewhere. Newsmen 
frankly recognize that she can be 
cornered for a photograph only by 
subterfuge, A local photographer 
was a three-day *elebrity for fox- 
ing her out of a good picture some 
time ago. 

Aa to Executives 

Among executives Carl Laemrale, 
Sr., Is liked for sentimental reasons. 
Junior LaemmIe gives out a sw.ell 
smile but little information. Louis 
B. Mayer makes cPpy and is liked 
because the boys find him easy to 
approach and bis remarks carry 
weight. He is less platitudinous 
than most of the execs who in the 
bulk are of little Interest to the city 
desks. 

New stars, imported or native, 
often stop long enough to have a 
luncheon for the critics and those 
others whose good will is esteemed 
These luncheons are apt to be an 
ordeal to everyone concerned and 
if the star keeps the critics waiting 
at the hotel, usually the Blackstone, 
it sometimes stirs up animosity. 
However, the critics are inva.riabjy 
kept waiting after the starts arrival 
for a simple reason. 

The star is taking a , bath. 



MARRIAGES 

Evelyn Groves, who recently di- 
vorced Tommy Manville, Jr., to Wil- 
liam Hamilton Hardy, Greenwich, 
Conn., Oct. 16. 

Cathlcen Calhoun to Louis Lee 
Voight in New York Oct; 19, Bride 
was. secretary to Johri Royal, NBC; 
bridegroom is grapefruit grower of 
San Bernadina, Tex.. 

Ben Wasson, agent, and Thea 
Devltt, novelist, to be married Oct. 
26 in New York. Wasson is with 
American Play Co. 

Beatrice Margen to Arthur Tracy 
(Uie 'Street Singer'). New York, 
Oct. 21. Bride was formerly singer's 
secretary. 

Kathryn Kelly, picture agent, to 
Richard Arkman, non-pro, in Santa 
Ana, Calif., Oct. 18. 

Harry Wickersham, announcer at 
KJBS, iSan Francisco, to Gloria 
Caisperson, former station office em- 
ployee, Oct. 9, in Santa Rosa., Calif. 

CamiUe- Garner, of NBC, San 
Francisco, to Kenneth Chipman, 
nbh-pro," Oct. 20. 



'See the Male Manicurists, 
time . in America;' 

'Step Up and Try Our Permanent 
Waves.' . 

'Eyelashes Grown While You 
Walt.' 

Slogans borrowed from carnival 
ballyhoo arrived at Grand Central 
Palace, New York, with the Ameri- 
can Beauty and Styles Exposition* 
The tonier sales spirit that lectures 
reverently on 'Cosmetology* and 
'The Art of the Beautician' was 
ruled off the midway. It had no place 
In long avenues of booths competing, 
one against, the other, to draw the 
largest crowd, feature the most ar- 
resting display. 

The payment of 60c-26c for hold 
en3 of rebate tickets issued by in- 
dividual shop owners — bought en- 
trance to a fascinating show shop 
Admission was accompanied by the 
privilege of poking endlessly and 
uninterruptedly about the booths of 
59 (exhibitors, most of them aching 
to give isomething away. 

Audience was. composed of those 
singularly unbeautiful misses and 
matrons whp frequent beauty shows. 
"They are invited to try the 'Hoover 
Bob^ for plump faces;' the 'Roose- 
velt Bob' for slender faces; the 
'Beverly Hills Bob' for those who 
a,re Impressed ^by a hint of Holly 
wood. They w'ere instructed not to 
be 'doubting Thomases'; if they 
don't believe that, eyelash growth 
could be stimulated, step up and 
see. 

In this way; tliie Beauty Carnival 
enjoyed a privilege not available to 
circus side shows. By offering free 
applications of beauty products it 
drew its 'freaks' directly from the 
audience. No salaries need be paid 
the 'lit-tell ladees' who mounted 
ballyhoo platformp to demonstrate 
the wonder works of creams, lotlpns, 
dyes and allied beauty aids. 

The ladles responded to this dra 
matic bid for attention with the cold 
analysis of hard-headed scientists. 
Methodically, they inspected each 
booth, weighing the advantages .of^ 
products offered for free trial. As 
long as they Were to receive sonie 
thing for nothing, they would ac 
cept only the best. Their decisions 
made, they climbed into operating 
chairs, the recipients of water 
waves, permanents, facials. Those 
who had not yet made up . their 
mliids watched in frozen concentra- 
tion, peering with absorption into 
the face of the demonstiratee, alinost 
clambering on the shoulders of the 
demonstrator, in their eagerness to 
caitch every step of the process. 

The booth that wielded the great- 
est fascination was the one. in 
whlcii false eyelashes were applied. 
The girls swooped down on this 
with the enthusiasm and full pur- 
pose of crusaders. They -i^ushed 
they shoved, then stociaily held their 
ground to be next in line. They 
blinked bravely as the glue smarted 
their eyes. They trotted away to 
the next exhibit, happy to have out- 
witted Nature, however, obviously. 
Latest Phenomenon 
They were more wary of the male 



manicurists. At first the boys were 
so cheated of patronage that they 
took to manicuring one another's 
nails. Curiosity eventually broke 
<ttarough the American woman's re- 
serve. In time the tables Were ocr 
cupled by women pretending inter- 
est in their manicures the while they 
stole surreptitious glknces at the 
wavy hair and classic features of 
the latest phenomenon of th<a 
beauty parlor. 

When the midway had been thor-r 
oughly inspected. ' the Auditorium 
promised a program pf general en- 
tertainment. Tuesday was known : 
as 'Theatrical Day.' Hostesses were 
announced as the Misses Margue- 
rite Sylva, Louise Prussing, Rita 
Weiman, Helen Menken, Peggy 
Fears, Agnes Ayres and Tillie Le 
Blang. Lenore Ulric was scheduled 
tp lecture on 'The P.ersonallty of 
Makeup.' Ray Perkins was pro- 
programmed ais a jovial master of 
ceremonies. 

A strange epidemic overtook all 
but two of the publicized theatre* 
Ites. With the exception of Mar- 
guerite Sylva and Louise Prussing, 
thiey were all dreadfully sorry, but 
they were ill. 

'Our next speaker,' explained the 
considerably embarrassed directress, 
'is another Regret.' The Regret 'waia 
none other than Ea^rl Carroll, terri- 
bly sorry that he couldn't come and 
discuss 'The Cinderella in Every 
Woman.' ' 

But if the~ speaker's platf<>rm 
failed o:> Theatre Day, the thldway 
niore than made up for its de£|' 
ciencie^^, with the excitement an<^. 
drajnatlzatlon of flrst-rate sbow^^-^^ 
mianshlp. 



TURUE RACING PLANT 
BECOMES SOCK ARENA 



BIRTHS 



Mr. and Mrs. . Lincoln Quarbeirg, 
son. Cedars of Lebanon hospital, 
Hollywood. Father is a scenario 
VNTit'-rs at Warner."?. 



,Lo8' Angeles, Oct. 24*^ 
Turtle-racing track at Third and 
Fairfax, which had a two night rtiii 
before police closed In on Its al* 
leged betting activities, will reopeit 
as a fight arena. 

Morris E. Cohn, who operates tb<i 
Pasadena sock stadium,, will be In 
charge of the new plant, which has 
been Incorporated as the Third and 
Fairfax, Arena. Carroll Whlteley 
arid R. L. Kellner are the other dl<i 
rectors. 



Par's Charity Ball Team 



Hollywood, Oct. 24.: 
Pfiramount has organized a/base- 
biill team to play in one of the local 
commercial leagues during the win«> 
ter. Proceeds from the games will 
go to charity. Team will be known 
as the 'Gary Cooper-Jack Oakle* 
Richard Arlen' outfit with the etu« 
dlo figuring the stars' names will 
help the draw. Players will be asked 
to make appearances whenever the 
nine plays. 

Several leaguers to be in uniforms 
Include Jack Adams, Wally Reh|r 
and i^ed Haney. 




Petty Smuggling Two Ways 

Huntington, in Canada, is the first town across the border after leaver 
Ing Trout River . (Malone, N. Y.). Which means It's the place where 
Americans stop who want a drink they can order without fear. The 
town's best hotel is called the Chateau, a sort of roaldhouse. 

A party of Americans went across the border one recent evening to 
the Chateau at Huntington for a meal and drinks. When about to retpm 
to the American side one of the wives In the party bought a quart of 
champagne f:or $7 and hid the bottle in the sleeve of her heavy coat. 
The men didn't know it. 

At the American customs office going back an Inspector examined only 
the woman who had hidden the bottle of wine, stating he knew she had 
liquor on her. The inspector could . not find it by merely looking so 
ordered the woman inside the customs house for a further search. Wheni 
inside she produced the bottle. It was seized and she was fined $6. No 
one else in the party was examined or questioned. 

The woman had bought the bottle of wino from a waiter in the dining 
room at the Chateau. The nien In the parly were puzzled over Miy 
poiBsible split oh the apparent tip off, and if so how it could occur. 

One of the men asked the inspector who made the seizure why he 
didn't destroy the bottle in Iho presence of the party. The inspector 
answered they were not permitted to do that but must hold the bottle 
until 'the badger' (bo.sp) appeared, although It is generally understood 
that the receipt the petty HniUBglor muHt sign when fined the $6^ says 
ihc .wizf.'d liquor ha.s bfen dostroyO in his or her preKence. 



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VARIETY 



¥ I M E S S Q U ARE 



Tuesday, Octolb^r 25, 1932 



Broadway 



T. Oflboine Eltonliead treating a 
stubborn cold. 

Russ Moon looks like a new man 
with that appendix out. 

Polly Hill landed with the Dono- 
hiie & Coe ad agency, 

Milton Berlfe's Ma catches every 
. perfofniance of 'Vanities.' 

Cliff Fischer, Paris aeent, deferred 
his sailing: back for another week. 

Morris Gest around and getting 
■bouquets on his physical appear- 
ance. 

will Morrissey talking about a 
night spot under title of 'Night 
Court." 

George J. Schaefer at home sev- 
eral days nursing a case, of la 
grippe. 

Francis Albertanti back in the 
Garden, succeeding Walter St. 
Denis as p.a. 

Bob Ritchie, personal mgr. for 
Jeanette MacDonald, In for a coupla 
weeks from the Coast. 

Tickets for the Casino opening of 
George White's 'Glorified Variety 
Show' will sell at ?5 a copy. 

Chic Sale in town, praising Jackie 
Cooper and stating the kid .taught 
him a lot of new screen tricks. 

Maui'lce, former yaude magician, 
now In the eatery biz and Interpret- 
" Ing customers' dreams between 
courses.' . 

. Transparent brassieres under 
.dark blue spots are the nearest the 
. local burley strippers can get to 
the former limit.— 

• Dario. of Darlo and Diane, to open 
- a class gypsy nitery .in the Times 
S<t. sector with an authentic Magyar 
orctiestra and cuisine. 

Milton Lia^arus, p.. a., has taken 
'the plunge, giving his liabilities as- 
1.31,802 and assets none. " 

Louella Parsons and. her husband, 
Dr. Harry Martin, back from Eu- 
° rope last week and left <almost im- 
mediately for Hollywood. ' 

Columbia's George . Brown busted 
ioose in tails last week. He spent 
Saturday afternoon at home re- 
' hearsing how to sit down. 
■ Billy LaHifC and Jack McGowan 
'^mi^ ■ spend Saturday night at Roseland, 
which gives you an Idea how toiigh 
It is to kill time these days. - 

There are 25 pistol shots In 'Ren- 
dezvous.' Ruth Fallows' g:at barks 
four- times, although she Is only 
supposed to get three guys. 

Reed.. Howes, pictures, has been 
okayed as a prospective son-in-law 
by a prominent social family. A 
European honeymoon is . oh the 
tapis. ■ . ■ ■ u 

George Frank, Coadt agent and 
personal manager for Jimmy Cag- 
ney, looking the plays over on a 
10-day visit. Returning later this 
week. 

Billy Grady insists that his' pres- 
ent office in the Globe theatre is on 
the «ite of his .very room 34 years 
' ago when he lived at the Blue Front 
• hotel. 

A.Edgar Hart Is making another of 
his leaps. He iiopped from Spokane 
to" his home in San Diego and now 
he's, slated for a theatre in New 
"Jersey. ■>■ 

Mayfair Gardens reopens tonight 
(25) under management of Joe Pope 
and Bjllly Gallagher. Floor show 
produced by Noel Sherman and Billy 
Arnold. ■ ' 

. Bob Murphy's daughter, Dorothy, 
appearing In her dad's act at the 
State, refused to quit despite a 
crushed hand received in a stage 
accident. 

A Willy Pogany marble statue and 
other art work has been purchased 
by. Sam Goldwyn as lobby decora- 
tion for the Palace ciur ing run of 
• 'Kid From Spain.' 

Bobbe (Perkins) Harris pushes off 
for the Coast this Wednesday (26) 
to visit her sister, Grace . Perkins. 
They recently wrote a book together 
which will soon see print. 

Joe Lewis' Nut Clubists jgoing to 
Sing Sing Nov. 6 (Sunday) for a 
frolic, at the prison, with special 
attention to giving 'Playboy' Ryder 
a little personal service. 

Record number of autograph 
fiends milled among premiere crowd 
at 'Dinner at Eight.' The count 
was 38 and kept thei iiouse staff 
busy shooing them out of Music Box 
lobby. 

No standing room allowed at 
'Dinner at Eight' opening so Georgie 
Hale grabbed his coat and hat and 
scrams. Anyway, 'Of Thee I Sing' 
has moved and Georgie staged those 
dr.ncesi so he really belongs at the 
46th St. Theatre. 

When Will Osborne attempted to 
stage his 'burial of the crooners' fol- 
de-rol'in the middle of the Square 
.fk. he was undlgnifledly chased by the 
gendarmerie, who refused to take 
recognition of his marquee billing at 
Loew's State. Wanted a. permit. 

Rodeo cowpunchers from the 
Madsqgarden taking in the sand- 
wich nlte life at Reuben's in their 
fancy sateen shirts, spurs and som- 
breros. The biilldoggers don't go for 
being shifted behind that elbow, but 
insist on down front perches for 
their sandwich munching. 

Dlmltri Tiomkin's 64-year-old 
mother, who's attending night school 
to learn English, sent out her first 
press notice — a squib In this col. i 
cbuple of weeks back that she's tak 
li)g the nocturnal academic course 
To make it: offlcial, Tiomkin, mere, 
has been sending 'Variety' to all her 
friends in Russia. 



Hollywood 



Percy Heath convalescing at Palm 
Springs. 

P. R. Kent recovered froth. sl^us 
operation. 

B^rancls X. Donegari in town for a 
brief stay. 

Bill Rice has Joined the Fox pub- 
licity staff. 

Chlco Marx arguing over a fen- 
der scratch. 

Town is all jammed up with Eng- 
lish accents. 

Harpo Marx is vacationing at 
Palm Springs. - * 

Harry~ Green blew Into town after 
a year's absence. . 

Walter Huston riding , a bike to 
keep the weight down. 

Harry Cohn Is called' 'principal' 
at the Columbia studio. 

Ralph Farnum likes to play them 
the hard way at the Dunes. 

Callente is promising the. Holly- 
wood mob better breaks this season. 

Overcoats ar^ coming out of the 
moth balls, but hats are still miss- 
ing. 

Adolphe Menjou escorting his 
mother around the various eating 
spots. 

Palm Springs was d, complete sell- 
out for the opening week-end of the 
season. 

Jake W.llk unusually Interested in 
getting to see anybody's preview as 
a guest. 

Sam Gibson, publisher . of . 'Mo- 
tion Picture Classic,' here on his 
yearly oo. . 

Rebecca of Riebecca and Sllton to 
New York to entice new faces fo^ 
the cinema. 

Bill Perlberg says he is going to 
vote for Norman Thomas artd Rev. 
Bob Shuler. 

• 'Death Valley' Farnum still wear- 
ing a red tie. Samei for his pal, 
'D. V.' Scotty. 

. 'Walter Ruf , newspaperman, added 
to Par studio publicity department 
as a unit man. 

iSldney Franklin won't -leave here 
for his Spanish . bull tossing tour 
until December, 

Clarence Freed is kelt-Engel's 
rep on the Coast Instead of Stept- 
Powers, as reported. 
. Paul L; Stein has left for England 
to make a couple of pictures for 
British -International. 

.Studio cameramen throwing their 
annual shindig at Ambassador au- 
ditorium Saturday (29) . 

J. J. McCarthy is a guest of Win- 
nie Sheehan's at his Bel Air home 
during his sojourn here, 

Richard Dix appeared for his 
NBC-'Hollywood-on-the-Alr* hroad- 
cast wearing carpet' slippers. 

After 89 weeks at the Rainbow 
Gardens, Jack Dynn and Orchestra 
have been renewed for another year. 

Sammy Kessler came on from 
New York to see whether there is 
nook somewhere In the picture 
racket for him. 

Freddie March Is slightly puzzled 
by his having been made president 
of the Mayfair Club inasmucii as 
he's not a member. 

Jean Hersholt's son, Alan, has 
changed his name to Jean^ Jr., since 
istarting the study of histrionics at 
a local acting school. 

Geo. R. Giroux, fornrier Metro 
salesman here, but for the past few 
years located in Chicago, has Joined 
Educational's local, sales force. 

Back only a week after four 
months in New York on film buys, 
J. J. Sullivan (F-WC) has started a 
tour of the circuit's Coast houses. 

Francis Yeats-Brown, author of 
'Lives of a Bengal Lancer,' due here 
on a lecture tour about the time 
Par expects to get his book Into 
production. 

Archie Mayo stopped off at Mayo 
Bros.' plant In Rochester, Minn., and 
says a physical survey Indicated, he 
had three bad scripts hidden away 
In his anatomy. 

£ddle Diamond could not resist 
the lure of Hollywood, so drove In 
from New York and got tangled up 
in the Texas floods for four days 
while on the trip. 

Denis J. O'Brien, New York at- 
torney for Plckford and Fairbanks, 
is here on his annual visit to his 
clients as a guest at Plckfalr. His 
son, Paul, Is with him. 



C H A T T E 



the Morrison, Same, tavern had the 
National Spiritualists Assn. 

Charles. Casanave ha^ quit the 
orange Juice biz and returned ti 
the manufacture of lobby displays 

Alonzo Stagg became an auto- 
graph prize last week when an- 
nouncing his retirement as IT. of C 
coach. 

Hazel Flynh and Molly Kreuge: 
authored a radio satire, to be seen 
In E. M. Qlucksman's 'Color Box 
Revue.' 

Senator Murphy, back from Ire- 
land, of all places, spent a day with 
his parents between Detroit and 
Cedar iEUipids. • 

Earl Maestro, former lightweight 
boxer, will play the Chicago thea- 
tre with F&M's 'Follow Thru.' 
Maestro Is a nephew of Jimmy 
Petrlllo. 

Roy Carruthers of Waldorf-As- 
toria rep becomes general - manager 
of the Drake hotel. He has lately 
been secretary of the Arlington race 
track here. 

Town was agog with visiting 
execs last week: Sam Katz, Sam 
Dembow, Le Roy Furman; Lester 
Ludwig, Arthur Mdyer, E. M. 
Glucksmah, Jules Levy, showed up. 

Tom, Dick and Harry of WGN 
after negotiating for months to play 
a B&K date opened and had . to 
close the next day when acute ap- 
pendicitis took one of them to the 
hospital. 




Minneapolis 



Loop 



. Nate Blumberg returned to N. Y 
Friday. 

Evans Plummer managing Har 
rlet Cruise. 

Milt Levy ha;ndling the Chicago 
show boat. 

Bill Welman of E. M. Marks pass- 
ing through. 

Charley Niggemeyer settling up 
his father's estate, 

Charles F. Thompson of Los An 
geles Scenic Co.. here. 

Cleo Mayfleld Joined hubby Cecil 
Lean," who Is In 'Of .^Thee I Sing.' 

•Jack E. Dwprk now a full-fledged 
attorney after working for Harry 
Munns for 12 years. 

Heiiry EwaUl came In from De 
troit to 10>>lv over. N (30. Nlles 
TrammPlt .icted as Kulde. 

Inlainl Ki'Iiiors ■ (.•imvonlioned at 



Gayety (burlesque) two-for-one. 
Panhandlers a problem in local 
loop. 

One of two local tabloid weeklies 
folds. 

Many shoestring night clubs, but 
trade way off. 

Giace Troy, Balnbridge leading 
lady, departing. 

Flu knocks out Harold Kaplan. 
Para,mount manager. 

Merle Potter, 'JoutriaV drama edi- 
tor, a convert, to hats.' 

Kay Kyser and band pulling at 
Hotel St.' Paul night club. 

Bootleggers bellyaching plenty 
about bum biz despite cut prices. 

Cliff Gill at IBc Pantages the 
loop's fashion plate ho'use manager. 

Eddie Ruben's deal for six-out-of- 
town Publlx houses still hanging 
fire. 

'Smllln' Thru' won Merle Potter's 
rarely awarde,d 'BA' top rating in 
Journal. • \ 

Low budgets, l^andicapplng proper 
exploitation . of attractions at local 
show houses. . 

Muriel Stewart handling publicity 
for W. A, Steffes' new World, for- 
eign film house. 

Frank StefiCy, State impresario, 
loop's most confirmed optimist and 
bull on everything. . 

Sam Dembow and David J. Chat- 
kin here for Publlx to direct new 
administration setup. 

Departure of Emil Franke, llve- 
wlre and hard working manager, a 
source of much sorrow. 

Mildred Billert. one-time 'Follies' 
dancer, expanding her dancing 
^chool into booking agency. 

Theatres played big '^iart in cele- 
bration marking turning on of new 
Hennepin avenue street lights. 

Initial fight card of season, fea- 
turing Levinsky and Sekyra, a 
financial fizzle for new club owners. 

Father Coughlin hour gets run- 
ning start again for distinction of 
being 'most popular radio program.' 

'Life Begins' is State theatre's 
first 'adults only' picture, with chil- 
dren under 16 barred, according to 
ads. 

Charlie Johnson, crack 'Star' 
sports editor, ghost writing for 
Bernie Bierman, Minnesota football 
coach. 

Ed. Furnl Is Publix's pinch-hit- 
tlng manager, assigrned to no par- 
ticulat- house, but doing general 
utllltyw 

Minneapolis Symphony 'orchestra 
advance totals $36,000, a $9,000 in- 
crease over corresponding period a 
year ago. 

University of Minnesota trying 
innovation of cheaper $1.19 ticiiets 
for leaser football games In effort 
to swell 20,000 crowds. 

Andy Cohen, former New York 
Giants' and last season Minneapolis 
second baseman, Balnbridge stock 
guest star in 'Elmer the Great.' 

Highly regarded pictures weak in 
territory outside large key spots in- 
clude 'Love Me Tonight,' 'Movie 
Crazy,' 'Down to Earth' and 'Blonde 
Venus.' 

'Tribune* devoting much more 
space to picture reviews and stories 
tlian ever before, with new critic, 
Marion Mason, contributing daily 
feature yarns. 

Julie Madsen, singer, and Jack 
Ma,lerlch, pianist, formerly at Min- 
nesota, head 13-piece orchestra at 
Leamlnigton, exclusive hotel's first 
night cUib try. 

W. R. Frank brings mandamus 
action against city council to com- 
pel It to issue license for nevi' inde- 
pendent neighborhood house ap- 
proved by voters of district at 
referendum. 



New Haven 

By H. M. Bona 



Edgewood Players start 11th sea- 
son Oct. 28. 

'Frenchmen' tab chorus full of 
sprained ankles. 

Joe Farrell returns to presidency 
of Curbstone Club. 

Harry Berman ha,s reorganized 
his Junior Symphony. 

They miss John Malley around 
the iShubert this year. 

Rivoll re-christens ainateur nites 
'Professional Tryouts.' 

Wm. Lyon Phelps has started , his 
weekly lecture course. ^ 

Jlmmle Mahon hits real medals 
for flfe-and-drunimlng. 

David Stanley Smith again takes. 
N. H. symphony in, tow. 

Hollywood XK>dge breaks out in 
Ansonla as no-cover spot. 

Sy Byor selling turpentine while 
the fiddle Is In mothballs. 

J. Edward Rogers will direct 'Low 
Bridge' for Parish Playisrs. 

Dan Cummlngs soon to break out 
in the Blng Crosby manner. 

May Turpln returned to home 
town with tab 'Frenchmen.' 

Anderson and Allen, a -couple of 
footballers, turned acrobats. 

Raquel Torres quits 'Mallbu 
Beach' for Coast hop to films. 

Took two-week vacash to reyiamp 
Charley McBrlde after eye op. 

They finally took that advertising 
eyesore off the Shubert curtain. 

Charlie Myers laid aside tire biz 
for a week of Palace sax tooting. 

Times so tough Auss Spang goes 
duck hunting to feed the family. 

Hotel Taft starts Sat. Night Club 
In the Pierette. and Mayfair fash- 
Ion. 

- Hony Acquarulo had a Venice, 
Italy, postcard ; from Kearney Wal- 
ton. 

They irought Jim Brody from 
wilds of Shelton to work Palace 
board. 

Two kids slept through four 
shows at the Globe. Potential 
critics? 

Poll backstage looked like home 
to Thelma Anderson, former line 
girl here. 

Town gave Albie Booth testi- 
monial dinner on eve of 'All-Amer- 
ican' opening. 

Movie-minded - billboard artist 
uses Gloria Swanson photo as fur- 
niture adv. model. 

LIttl9 ' Theatre went English and 
gave tea for Henry Hull's 'Spring- 
time for Henry' cast. 

Ernestine Henoch doubles be- 
tween N. Y.'s 'Americana' and dance 
tutoring at local Terrace School. 

Business and Professional Wom- 
en's Club, ' who sponsored Abbey 
Irish Players, gave them a tree 
feed.- 

Mildred Harris Chaplin tells lo- 
cal scribe she's engaged to myster- 
ious South American tobacco 
milyuhalr. 

Betty O'Bourke, former Poll 
Rocket, increased U. S. population 
by one and Arline Holmes, ditto, 
is about to. 



Montreal 



Mount Royal reopened Sunday 
(16). 

•Larry Stephens p.a.'ing His Ma- 
jesty's. 

Joe Lightstone dickering for 
Gayety.' 

Nabes fighting slump with dance 
contests. 

Doc Douglas taken oft air sud- 
denly by CKAC. 

'Dow Girl* on CKAC giving boost 
to Old Stock Ale. 
-Jimmy Adams at Loew's with 
Follies fioor show. 

Stanley Jackson, Chicago 'Trib' 
correspondent, married Sunday (23). 

Evelyn Boyce back as Impresario, 
handling Ponselle, ItUrbe and Robe- 
son, 

Consolidated Theatres lease all 
Houses but Princess and Palace, 
Verdum. 

Gorgon Sinclair only newspaper- 
man to penetrate penitentiary dur- 
ing the Kingston prison riots. 

Crime wave in North End of city 
brings eight hold-ups in past two 
days. Picture houses under spe- 
cial police protection. 

Advance sale for Montreal sym- 
phony orchestra's 26 weeks' season 
shows more subscribers by double 
than same time last year. 

Montreal outdistances Toronto 
and moves into first place as larg- 
est Candian center of radio re- 
ception with record of nearly 100,- 
000 licenses for radio sets Issued 
first six months of fiscal year. 97,- 
997 as compared with 63,649 for 
Toronto In period. 

Quebec Allied Theatre Owners' 
Association making move in scrap 
now started with churches and pub- 
lic halls admitting children to film 
shows, In basements and halls at 
10c admlsh, while movie houses are 
forbidden to admit minors under 
sixteen. Many of such basements 
insufficiently protected against fire. 
It Is claimed, and case will be tak- 
en If necessary up to Premier 
Taschereau, whd Is also attorney 
general of the province.. 



Cieveiand 

By Glenn C, PuMen 



Marlon Da vies here for visit 

Bob WInton Again Ripp's sUe* 
manager. 

Tony Burns Is . now fronting tw 
Plaza Club. ^'''i 

Frank Joftis is reopening New ' 
Barn nitery. " 

Myron Roman has built State's 
pit band up to 16.' 

John Hale's Hanna (legit) daric 
again for three weeks. 

Owen Moore 111 with flu, but 
opened local radio show. 
• Bill Foci's New Chlpa first to put 
in floor Shows downtown. 

flube Wolf has enrolled six-year. 
6''d son in first-grade school. 

Nickolas SokolofiC starts CleVe- 
land Symphony's IBth season. 

Ernie Hughes starts school of 
stage make-up for local mines. 

Phil Selznick has to use a button- 
hook to get. into his new coUpe, 

James Barton missed State's first 
opening matinee due to late train. 
. Maurice Spitalny forming dance 
band of his own for radio date. 

Don Kftyler, pianist, taking his 
hew wife to Quebec for honeymoon. 

Phil Selznick angling for Louise- 
Brooks' bl^ck-and-tan Creole Club. 
. Ba,bs Parks doubling between 
Bamboo Gardens and Keith's East 
End. 

Chlcky Zeis, rtiumba shaker, is 
new hit at Louise Brooks' Creole" 
Club. 

Walter Powell with own comedy' 
band going, into Grace Hayes' new 
revue. .■ 

Ed Keller's; trying.. to get seem- 
ingly Jlnxed Music Box cafe opened 
again. . . . ' 

Billy Banks at Club Madrid going • 
to New York to maike ne<v Victor 
records. 

W. Ward Marsh, fiicker reviewer, 
going in for out-of-town speech-' 
making. V 

Ben Atwill exploiting Ohio's first 
winter show, 'Man Who Rieclalmed ' 
Htj Head.' . 

William Randolph Hearst under- 
going operation on neck at Cleve- 
land Clinic. 

T^d Haugh, head local musicians' 
>union 27 years, running- for presi- 
dency agalnl . ^ ■ ' . ' 

Elmer Gpw, manager for Rudy 
Vallee, recovering from pleurisy in 
hospital here. 

Rube Wolf enrolled son in first • 
grade school, although not sure of 
staying here. 

Town's swankiest speak closed, 
leaving theatre boys without a ' 
meeting spot. 

Myron Roman, bandmaster at • 
State, secretly married to Naomi ■• 
Papo, non-pro. 

'Red' Nichols' .wife and four-year- 
old baby Jumping to New York to 
see her mother. ' ' 

Ed Wynn slated to do his broad- . 
cast from Hanna's stage in 'Laugh' 
Parade' Nov. 15. 

F-M revues being given final test 
week, with 'Desert Song' coming in- 
If grosses pick up. 

Frank Joftis reopened nitery la-, 
beled New Barn, but had master of , 
ceremonies trouble- 
Larry Funk, bandmaster,, getting 
divorce from Dolores Rey of plcr 
tures In November. 

Whltford Kane and Hampden's' 
'Cyrano' returning to guest director 
it for Civic Theatre. 

Innes Brothers folded their Beaux 
Arts cafe with sign, ^Closed, account 
lack of steam heat.' 

Rudy. Vallee was slated to judge, 
local college beauty contest, but 
girls turned him down. 

Eleanor Clarage, 'Peedee' column, 
ist, threatens to slap rival column-, 
1st . for her nasty cracks.. 

f our local bands pinch-hlt In one 
week at New China when Fletcher. 
Henderson did a walk-out. 

Glenn Hunter and Queen Smith 
booked for Ohio's 'Lily Turner,' to 
be retltled 'Health Is Wealth.' 

Windsor French Is plotting new 
gossip colyum for 'News,' making 
three chatters on local sheets. 

Musicians and stage hands at 
Keith's given two weeks' notice, 
with change of policy rumored. . 

Bob McLaughlin and Sam Man- 
heim putting on dog by getting* 
chauffeur for Ohio's official car. . 

Gerald Fitzgerald, who used to 
wear dress suit as Palace's stage 
manager, now props at RKO-East 
End. 

Club Madrid was raided by 20 
cops looking for gangsters, but Only 
gave society-party gals unexpected 
thrill. 

Loew's Is trying to keep State's 
advance bills secret from rival RKO 
Palace, but lets 'em out to every- 
body else. 

Bamboo Gardens cafe to be an- 
geled by chemical company, owners 
of building, when Manny Landers 
opens it Thursday. 

Charles Allen here to direct driess 
rehearsals of Bob McLaughlin's 
'Man Who Reclaimed Head.' Open- 
ing postponed two days. 

tWilllam F, Connotv retired vet- 
eran showman, in town to visit 
wife's relatives and see Bob ilc- 
Laughlin about a new play. 

Chicago promoters looking for a, 
spot for dance marathon, but turned 
down by Ed Day at Bedford Glenp, 
in spite of reputed $25,000 offer. 

Joe. E. Brown doing a personal af.- 
Warners' Uptown,, came by motor 
from Toledo, but showed up at rail- 
road station when told that rocep- 
tioh committee expected him then/. 



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News From the Dailies 



(Oontlnuea from pa«re S6) 
fMnd to enter Into deal with John 
grand Mary O. Valey tor «i« oon- 
JSructlon o< » buUdln g. 

On a ohai-ise of strlklnK her and 
Cueing to buy her olothes, Mat- 
Jorle Sonncbom, actresB.^ was 
&ntcd a divorce from Stephen 
Q^ason, fltndld art director, In 

A. ■ 

Cbarglng that Ann Harding failed 
*A nay $165 for room rent and Incl- 
fenW the Warwick ^ hotel. ^N. T., 
has Bued the actrees In Ij. A. Mu- 
Sicipal Court seeking a judgment 
for that amonijt. 

Gwen Lee, actress,; owes the New 
York Cloak and Suit House ?411 for 
Sothlng, according to a suit to colr 
lect that amount filed In Ih A. Mu- 
UicipaJL Court, 

. New. Tork dentist, I^. George W. 
Connell, charges that Rlchard,Ben- 
nett atUl ow'es $60 of an $820 dental 
bm and has asked a Judgment for 
the amount alleged due . In I», A. 
Municipal Cou rt 

When th§ auto In which, she was 
riding turned, turtle. Ruby Neeley, 
employed In makeup department iat 
Meti^ studio, suffered possible skuU 
fr«U:.ture and internal Injuries aild a 
broken leg. She is at a San Ber- 
nardino, Cftl., hoppitaL 

Checks from friends which were 
inalled to Jess WlUard following his 
testimony in court that he was 
broke and working as a $15 , a week 
bouncer in a Holly wood , market are 
being returned by the foi»mer heavy- 
weight champion to the donors. 
.Wllard said he Is going to fight hie 
own battle. 

'■ • . «> 

The 2,000: children employed as 
actors in pictures are from B to 
20% ahead bf other Juveniles in 
their studies, according to- J. H. 
!rhomas '.of the 1*qs Angeles board 
of education. 



mam Suit wa« the aftermath of a 
party given by Blale Janls, at which 
a $10,000 diamond rln^ was reported 
stolen. 

Damages of • $100,000 are sought 
from the Hal B,oach studios by 
Geoi'ge Alexander. Letter charges 
he lost.a hand as the result of in- 
juries sustained when a bomb used 
In a picture exploded. 

Kathryn Carver has been confined 
In a hospital near li. A. from a. 
nervous breakdown. This was 
learned following the announcement 
of an amicable separation between 
Adolphe Menjou and herself. Di- 
vorce impends. 



Hit by a bicycle in Long Beach, 
Cal., Beatrice Prentice, actress wife 
bf . Harrison. Ford; Is in a serious 
Condition. 

Adjudged guilty of contempt of 
ceurt In Li; A., Cbarlle Morton, ac- 
tor, has been given 30 days In which 
to pay alimony which Is charged 
due for the support of his nine 
months, old daughter. 



.Charles Morton, screen actor, re- 
leased . by Hollywood . police after 
latter convinced he. had no part ivn 
alleged attempted suicide of Dona 
Rose 'Wheelock, at hisr apartment 
following a party. 



Armed guards have been sta- 
tioned at the Hollywood home of 
Marian Nixon and heif husband, Ed- 
ward HlUman, Jr., following threats 
made as a result of their identifica- 
tion of Buster B. Bevill as the one 
who stole Jewels valued at $7,900 
from them. 



Will of the latO ' Paul Bern be 
queathlhg all to his wife, Jiean Har 
low, hais been admitted to probate 
In Probate Court, L. A., with the 
actress named sole administratrix. 
No estimate of the estate has been 
made. Crowds packed the corri- 
dors and court room to see the 
actress. " 



Contending It is for f ratiernal and 
not social purposes, the 233 Club, 
formed for Masons in the motion 
picture industry, Hollywood, has 
sued in Federal Court to have the 
government return $12,905 paid in 
taxes in 1924. 

Joyce- Selznlck iagency, Hollywood, 
is suing to collect 10% commlsh on 
the $15,000 which John Francis Dil 
Ion, a client. Is said to have earned 
at Fox since July 16. Agency 
charges also that Dillon , owed it 
$6,500 prior to that date, but this 
sura was included in his liabilities 
in a bankruptcy petition. 

Helehe Costello robbed of $30,000 
in' Jewels by two second story men 
who entered her Beverly Crest 
home'. One bracelet containing a 
21-carat diamond was valued at 
$24,000, 



Telling L. A. Superior Court Judge 
Frank C. Collier that her htisband, 
Jack. West, screen' actor, bragged 
on the Etrets of his thespian ability, 
Buby West awarded a divorcee. 

Sleanor Holm, Olympic swim 
ehamp, and Antonio Moreno, film 
actor, made defendants in $16,000 
damage suit-^lied in Los Angeles by 
OUve Worum, a nurse. Suit is 
altcrniath of. an auto accident in 
August. Complaint aleges Miss 
Hqlm was driving the actor's auto 
end ran down the nurse and her 
obairgo, a six-year-old girl. 



Aggravated by blinding studio 
lights, a tiger severely lacerated its 
trainer, Mabel Stark, in a scene for 
a Paramount picture being filmed at 
the Al Cr. Barnes winter quarters 
near L. A. 

Rush for the exits by Hollywood's 
all htghters resulted when Feds 
pushed in on an evening's entertain- 
ment at the Pup cafe. 'Virginia 
Peterson, believed by police to be 
the.hostess, and William A. Staley, 
said to be owner or manager, were 
among the .eight arrested. 



of Qerinany in their 1930 tour of 
America, lost her $1,00,000 suit 
•gahnst the White Construction Co., 
Chicago, for a knee Injury allegedly 
resulting from her stepping in a 
.hole caused by their negligence, 

Tom Powers, from 'Another Lan- 
guage.' will be the piece . de re- 
sistance at the Chicago Drama 
League's tea today .(24). He will 
give the ladies some readings. - 

Melba Louise Reineke and Clvde 
Frankly n iCelly won the Missouri 
"Valley radio auditions and will go 
to Chicago for a run-oft audition. 
They hail from St. Louis. 



Samuel Pirle, 39, escaped prosecd 
tlon on assault to rob charges over 
an alleged $80' debt In Chicago. 
Pirle, a flute player, stated he had 
a Job with the Portland, Ore., sym 
phony orchiestra and would leave 
town.' 



Mother of Florenz Ziegfeld'passed 
her 84th birthday in Chicago. She 
did not know that . producer is 
dead, as .she has been in a conia for 
several months. She failed to red 
ognlze Blllie Burke and ' Patricia 
Zlegfeld, her grandchild, who 
stopped off. 



Three^ Polish 'beauties with un 
pronouncable . names . departed for 
Hollywood. They are Chicago win 
ners of a pulchritude contest. 



A little theatre production of .Ten 
Nights in a Barroom' failed to en 
tlce enough patronage in St. Louis 
to pay off. They charged it up to 
art. 



De Wolf Hopper will guest star at 
the Chicago Women's Club theatre 
In 'The Mikado.' IJi^ wife recently 
did 'Pinafore' under the same aus- 
pices. 



Beatrice, Neb., •wants Sunday 
shov/s. Or at least 2,500 petitions 
were signed, and only 856 were 
necessary, . 



Chicago Tribune'- Investigated 
and caused the conviction of two 
advertisers. William Battj^e, 36, and 
Orvin Smith, 32, got 20 days in the 
workhouse' for advertising for 
waitresses when they really wanted 
'hostesses' for speakeasies. 



Htirry Bannister returned here 
from London, finishing the trip from 
WInslow, Ariz., by train after plane 
was forced down by bad weather. 
Bought a. play in London and says 
he'll try it out In L. A. before taking 
It to New York. ■ 



Courtenay Terrett filed suit in 
L; A. Municipal- Court against Par- 
amdiint for $916. Clailhs is balance 
due for his treatment on' 'Head- 
line Hunger.' Had already received 
$3,016. . 



Will of the late Herman Fitchen- 
berg, leaving $260,000 to the widow, 
has been contested in Superior 
Court; L. A.; by his nephew and 
niece. Jack Fltchenberg and Miriam 
Pltchenberg Kubby.'. 



^Howard B. Stockton, Janitor of 
rae Ifnoll theatre, L; A.; was robbed 
by biandits of $650 Of the theatre'is 
receipts. 



Damages of $25,000 are asked of 
Almee Semple McPhersoh-Hutton 
In L. A Superior Court by the four 
children of Mrs. Mathilda Sprague. 
Latter died a year ago following a 
lall on the steps of Angelus Temple, 
according to 'the complaint. 

. Suicide was declared to have been 
responsible for the death of George 
A. Davidson, Jr., film technician, by 
a coroner's Jury in L. Ai, following 
njB death from gunshot wounds in 
■Hollywood. 



.No motion picture work Is con- 
}J"^Plated by Margaret Livingston, 
•a Hollywood on business matters. 

On instructiona of Superior Judge 
Hproul, L. A, a jury signed a ver- 
"ct in favor of R. H. SemplerPalsa- 
rf"* millionaire, who had been sued 
EPf $60,000 on a slander charge by 
•xancis J. Verhaeren, eastern hotel 



Rosalinda Morlhl,-- who . was ^ to 
sing in the never-opened Stude 
baker opera, moved to the Stadium, 
Chicago, for 'Rlgoletto' on Nov. 12 
As a publicity stunt she arranged 
with the Stadium management to 
redeem all the tickets — ^not many — 
sold for the Studebaker. 



id-West 



Prank Willard, cartoonist of 
'Moon Mulllns' comic strip, divorced 
in Sarasota, Fla. He gives his wife 
60-60 on everything, including a life 
interest In a trust fund of $160,000. 
Couple llvfed in Kenllworth, Chicago 
suburb, where Willard commutes to 
his work on the Chicago Tribune.' 

Anna May Wong was profusely 
apologized to by Mae Tinee and the 
Chicago. 'Tribune' because' a "Vienna 
dispatch to the Trlb' reported the 
Chinese actress . as hitting a child 
In her automobile. 

Story was a case of wrong Identi- 
fication., Film actress is in Holly- 
wood working for Metro. 



. Nelson Freeman, with Doc Per- 
kins orchestra at the Rltz ballroom, 
Cleveland, was congratulating him- 
self on 'escaping a serious auto ac- 
cident with npthinig worse than a 
bent fender. Then he looked around. 
His bass viol, in the back seat, was 
entirely demolished. 



Chester Fredericks and Connie 
LaRue, who dance together for 
RKO, are now married, Disclosure, 
1£ it was previously a secret, came 
at the 105th Street, Cleveland. 



Mortimer Davis, millionaire Mont- 
real playboy, kidded the report that 
he would lead Texas Guinan to the 
altar for matrimonial . purposes. 

Lorna Doon Jackson, opera 
singer, sued In Chicago for divorce 
from HoUis Lamar Imes, described 
as, a utilities magnate. There was 
no home life, no love, and no re- 
.•ipect in their niiarriage which en- 
dured five years, according to the 
candidate for ex-wlfehood. 



Cornelia Otis Skinner gave her 
one-woman show In St. Louis for 
the benefit of the Jesuit Mission 
there. 



,\niiabelle Larsen, 27. actress 
with the Frleberg Passion Players 



Vladimir Golschmann arrived In 
St. Louis to open the ijymphony or 
chestra season. Since his last con 
cert In St. Louis he has been em 
ployed in Fi-anco by Pathe-Natan to 
organize a studio orchestra for 
syncing pictures. 



Nancy Link sued Billy Link for 
divorce In Pittsburgh. She Is a 
dancer. He Is described as 'of -Hoi 
lywood, Cal.' 



Swedish Rush 



(Continued from page 11) 

is about three old peasants, on one 
of the numerous little islands out 
side of Stockholm to which comes 
their salvation In the shape of a 
very capable hotisemald who puts 
their affairs In order. This picture 
is rich in all its poorness. Is well 
photographed and enacted by com 
paratlvely unknown players who do 
good work oh the whole. Played 
one week at the Olympia and Im- 
perial. It came at an unfortunate 
moment, too soon after Soderkakar, 
mentioned above, and the Stock- 
holm audiences got too much of 
hicks and backwood stuff. Soder- 
kakar is a picture for the people 
while "The Brothers Osterman's 
Slavey is too niuch. of a peasant 
picture to apiTeal at this particular 
time. . 

'Moderna Fruar' ('Modern Wives'). 
Paramount has discontinued its 
Swedish versions in Paris as well 
as their dubbing and this la the first 
attempt to make: a genuine Swedish 
picture. This one was>made at the 
Nordisk Tonefilm studio in Copen- 
hagen, Denmark. It came very ap- 
propriate (immediately after The 
Brothers Osterman's, Slavey) being 
a comedy enacted In modem milieu. 
It Is directed by Edwin Adolphson 
who also appears. The story is 
about a flirting wife who gets mixed 
up with her girl friend's husband. 
Now In Its 2d week at the big 
China theatre in Stockholm, Para- 
mount, of course, having the ad- 
vantage of running Its own pictures 
In a theatre which It controls. 

A number of good actors, prin- 
cipally recruited from the stage 
and revue theatres, have appeared 
In recent Swedish pictures, but a 
big Swedish picture star is yet to 
be created. 



Uncommon Chatter 



By Ruth Morris 



Loretta's Costume Picture 

They Call It Sin' has a costume 
and coiffure for every stop-over on 
Loretta Young's route from hamlet 
to big town. 

Back in Mcrton, Kansas, Mis?? 
Young favors the artless style of 
tidy sports frocks, fluffy organdies 
for church-going, plain silks, 
trimmed at the shoulders with self- 
fabric flowers, for best. Ifer hair 
draws away from a center pan in 
restrained waves, caught behind the 
ears in two large rolls. 

She arrives in New York in an 
insignificant suit that describes 
country cousin's poor approxima- 
tion of the tailored town mode. Each 
new frock shows keener apprecia- 
tion of line and applied detail. By 
the time she's acquired ^bles, she's 
learned how to wear themi casually. 
Her hats tilt at , the right angle. 
Her hair sweeps off her brow in 
deep, soft waves. . Her costumes are 
through with modesty. Now they 
study Just how much they can re 
veal with precisely placed waist- 
lines, carefully fitted skirts and 
clever bodice treatment. 

The heroine's wardrobe gro.ws up 
more logically than the heroine. 
She, poor thing, is the center of a 
vague plot that hopes to be censor 
able without being censored. The 
'they* In Its cheap, , dime-npyel title 
probably refers to those darling 
censors who must have had a merry 
old time cutting out the substance 
of a simple Cinderella story. 



what would otherwise have seemed 
a sweet, adequate performance. 

It would have been wiser if Fox 
had said less about its new player 
and done more for lier in the studio 
—coaxed her out of cool, British 
reserve, animated her frail, delicate 
features with studied make-up and 
a coiffure not so harslily comjiressed 
into, tmsympathetic, . fiat wa,ves. 
G)nly . the lucky and gifted may 
btirst on picture audiences in a 
flame of glory. The others must be 
built, groomed into glamorous 
stars. Miss Jordan; with beauty, 
poise and delightful, diction in her 
favor, calls for the grooming 
process. 

Her costumes, on the whole, lack 
lustre and style authority. One's 
very nice— a black velvet with a 
moulded princess line and an at- 
tached bolero bodice, outlined In 
strass. Another is in smooth .white 
crepe, its, jacket a sunburst of fine 
beads showered over neckline and 
shoulders. 



Par's Hallowe'en 

It's by no mistake that all the 
ladles in Paramount's 'Soft Lights 
and Sweet Music* appear in pump- 
kin r color costumes. Montedoro 
meant it that way. He plans to 
l>rlng them back, after their spe- 
cialties, to a finale . celebration of 
Hallowe'en— and what could be bet- 
ter and more economical than to 
make one costume serve the pur- 
pose of two? , • ' 

It's all the fault of the Alton Bal- 
let. They would get dressed up as 
witches, bending under the weight 
of large pumpkins Just to celebrate 
an occa'slon in which the rest of the 
revue Is not interested. If the Misses 
Samuels, Dlxbn 'and Eulalle 'want 
to come to the party, they have to 
wear orange colored dresses find 
like them. 

Orange taffeta Isn't the best 
medium for plumpish Rae Samuels, 
but she makes the best of it. She 
also makes the best of material al- 
most as old as Hallowe'en. Good 
humor, informality and clear diction 
see her through -until her assistant, 
Eleanor Whitney, appears to dance 
.them both into show- stopping pop- 
ularity. 

Miss' Whitney fancies a becoming 
Jeune fille haircomb and a seventh 
grade middy blouse and skirt. The 
costume's, perfectly charming, ex- 
cept that a knee-length skirt never 
did a blessed thing for a mature 
dancer's legs. 

Miss Dixon's gangling, acrobatics, 
achieved with great facility, arc 
suited by an orange basque and 
bloomers, skirted in orchid fringe. 



Roxeyettes* Competish 

If the Roxeyettes aren't awfully 
careful, the Albertlna Rasch girls 
will steal their thunder at the 
Cathedral. They're so beautifully 
trained, those tall, rangy Rasches. 
They stand well, they walk with 
long, graceful strides,- they dance 
with the poise and assurance of so- 
loists. 

This week brings them two sets 
of costumes that are chic and ar- 
restlngly dramatic. All-over scar- 
let sequins, combined with Jet 
shawls fastened over one arm, defy 
rival costumes to cheat them of ef- 
fectiveness. Mexican blanket col- 
ors splash on the gleaming satin 
of wide swirling skirts and heighten 
dance routines. Each dress fits as 
though it had been specially de- 
signed for the girl who wears It 

The Roxeyettes, meanwhile, must 
put up with costumes devised for 
group effect. If the groups happen 
not to be startling, they're dismally 
out of luck. 



Too Much Touting 

High words have emanated from 
the Fox publicity department on the 
debut of Miriam Jordan, the beau- 
tiful EnglLsh girl who appears op- 
.posite "Warner Baxter In 'Six Hours 
to Live.' Advance praise is always 
a little risky. In Miss Jordan's 
qase it has made an anti-climax of 



When Ladies Meet 
If anyone can find a new for- 
mula for tlie ladles who appear In 
action pictures, he should be re- 
warded with a Pulitzer prize. 

The heroine sits on the side- 
lines, in decent,, fairly smart cos- 
tumes, and cheers her hero. The 
menace chooses elaborate gowns 
and a lascivious smile to lure him 
away from whatever path of duty 
happens to cross, the glances, 
Gloria Studrt, as the heroine, and 
Myrna Kennedy, as the menace, do 
this much for 'All-American.' 
They're properly costumed, roilged, 
pencilled and powdered.' 

June Clyde as the bouncing, en-i 
thuslastic comedy relief Is true to 
the stereotype requirements of her 
part. 



A Wicked Wardrobe ' 
Karen Morley goes about her 
blackmailing tasks In 'Phantom, of 
Crestwood' with » juicily wicked 
wardrobe. She describes black lace 
and satin In daring necklines, high 
waistlines, long sinuous trains. 
'When she chooses something light, 
she prefers white crei>e, pure and 
chaste to contrast the bitter leiers 
that break across her smooth fea> 
tures. If she isn't a thoroughly 
bad lot, her clothes have wasted a 
■great deal of effort 
y Miss Morley. wears her clothes 
confidently, pkrtlcularly' the isevere 
street ensemble that, features a 
neck-high cape banded in rich blue 
fox, topped with a saucy, self- 
cbrded turban. She doesn't do so 
well with her new hair comb, ,a 
banged affair that lengthens her 
face and allows her hair to pour 
with unflattering freedom about 
neck and shoulders. 

"Vyhatever wickedness .abounds in- 
'Phantom' Is made up for by the 
angelic sweetness of Anita Louise, 
one of the most hardWoi'}:ing]y 
sweet Ingenues In Hollywood, 



The Style Parade 

Mayo Methot's" smart and breathr 
lessly fitted wardrobe predicting her 
villainy In 'Vanity Street' ;.. Sophie 
Tucker radiant in diamonds, fore- 
casting the mode for wool-trimmed 
evening gowns, at the Paramount 
Grill. ..Elizabeth Patterson, dour-r. 
faced and sullen as the small town, 
matron of 'They Call It Sin'. . .The 
chatter-box technique of Una Mer^ 
kel enriching the role of a self- 
assured acrobatic dancer who re- 
fuses to'go through her full routine 
at her rehearsal — as what acrobatic 
dancer hasn't?. ..Helen Vinson and 
Nella 'Walker styling ' the luxurious 
frumperles that denote the ultra 
cinema rich. . .B6ryl Mercer's bon- 
net, shawl and tremulous speech 
earning a bit in 'Six Hours to Live' 
. ..Katherlne Wilson's inspired 
scream scaring the soul out of the 
audiences of 'Criminal at Large'.,. 
Constance Cummings, well groomed 
to out-smart the political villians of 
'Washington Morry-Go-Round.' 



A Cinderella Specialist 
Helen Chandler Is the most con- 
vincing of Hollywood Cinderellas. 
She seems always to be hovering 
over thiB threshold of some new sur- 
prise— just a little fcawful that 12 
o.' clock will strike to send her rac- 
ing home from the ball. 

These are rare ingenue qualities. 
Most of the sweet young things In 
Hollywood pretend to extreme 
qualntness and naivete, Miua 

Chandler comes by them naturally 

t 

(Continued on naee 65) 



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Vol. 108 



ZSTo. 7. 



15 YEARS AfiP 

{From 'Variety' <md 'Clipper'y .. 

Some people - were halHne the 
flop of the Wintergarden opening at, 
$6 as a sign the price was too high. 
Show 'Doing Oyr Blf did not at- 
tract and there was a quick •mack- 
down to $2 and ?2.B0 wlth nq rip- 
fund to those -who-.had paid a hlghr 
er price. . , . 

Rlngfling-.Brofl. buUdllhg winter. 
Quarters at Oak Bidge, N. J., Part 
of It had a glass root With the. Idea 
of renting: out the animals - on the 
TC T. Ricl^rda' show, to the pictures 
In .i'o^'t /Lee. ' Never., got .ov^r. 
Rlch^irds Show was run by' Blchard 
RlngUng,; son of GharleB. First mo- 
tor shbw'. ' . , 



- John . Barryihore was ..asWng 
i8;,BpD" i wCiBk for/.plctiirjBS.' .Btad 
be^n asking ei grttnd lesi. but h}s 
latest : show was; a; hit Teter Ib- 
betson.' • V 



. liptfel Knlckei:b6ckCT ,".had the 
Dolly - SlsteM in .t'helirl flppr'show. 
Tliey'.e<>t the.^coiuvert char|res,' with 
the , hotel making It . up to '|2",0Ciq 
if ^ihe;,w©elt ."wren'tf below t^it Top 
Vidney tbV'that'' Satd;^^ . ' ■ 

yaudevllle" ^ raising 
funds fbr smokes for the 'siJldlers. 
Had . already c.bUecttd;:abbuY jSB.OOO. 

9?heatrlcai profession recognized 
as;th% greatest elhgle; spur to pur-, 
chiade lilberty lioan bonds. Not only 
selling, but buying. 

Shuberts were: trying to get 
Studebaker theatrb, Chicago, to re- 
move the Inscription 'All passes — 
art' alone endures- from over the 
entrance. Pelt It gave the review- 
ers too good 6, chance to play on 
the- first t^o words, 

Vaudeville naanagers took a t><tge 
to advise all artists to, carry cos- 
tumes In handbags. Trunks were 
often late and prevented making 
the first show. 



SO YEARS AGO 

(From 'OMrtper*): 



Inside Stiitf-Pictiires 



Deal whereby Warners obtalnS' filming rights to the U. S. .C,-Notre 
Dame game this -fall calls for a three-way split on the net returns, WB 
guaranteeing the two universities %7,600 as th'elr minimum share. Deal 
was closed with Ariiold Bddy, graduate nnanager for U. S. C, only after it 
had been made clear to WB that the Institution was far from pleased 
with the financial returns from last year*B liJ. 8, C.-Tulane game. 
' Fox was In'; competltlpin with ,WB for the film rights thle y^r, as. Wer§i 
several Independent prdducers, but the Warner bid topped them. : 

With a $7,600 guarantee, as compared with the' Idss than |9,000 netted 
by thQ universities last year, general feeling Is that the Institutions got, 
an .unusual, break considering the fact that there Is an uncertainty ■ as 
"to hoW:U^•S. p. wlll rate when It meets Notre Dame, - The fact that the 
g^me may not- be 'crucial' Is an element which enters Into -the proposed 
filming, and wlU be a factor In determining Whether the picture of the 
game will again be In feature length or merely a condensed version. If 
the latter results WB returns hardly figured to reach the {[guarantee. 



Claim of Byron Morgan, writer, against Warner Brothers for salary 
and loss of certain screen credits on 'Five Star Final,' . has been settled 
after being- In dispute oyer a year, ivfatter had beeii turned over- to the 
Academy but Was Wlthdracwn before reaching the arbitration committee. 
Instead,-' an agr^lement Was reached between thel. contending parties. 

Morgan,^' under the settlement, received one weeic's salary arid a letter 
stating he had written the adaptation of the newspaper play. ' Robert 
I<ord had been given screen credit for the adaptation with Morgan get- 
ting only dialog and screen play, credits. 

- Writer, now at Metro,- left Warners along with most of the writing 
staff when -the studio closed down in the summer of 1931. ' His contract 
had called for seven; more weeks, but had a six weeks' layoff- clause. 
Hende, the week's, salary. 



Due to pretests by .Will Hays against the! tyi>e of copy used by the 
RKO -Mayfalr In. New Torfc. for the premiere of 'Washltigtoh Merry- Go- 
Rouhict,' the Coast campaign for the Columbia picture, opening Thursday 
(27) at the; Rj(c6. Hlllstreet, Los Angeles, has bee • 

ibiys objected' .to 'such ad slogans as 'I>on't Vote Until You've Seen 
'Washlrigtori .Merry-Go-Rqund,' 'Where has govemmerit by, of and for 
the people gohe^' '(^Ive us .back bur United States,'. ''Why is the U. S. in 
the r^d?' and similar catch lines. ' .' 
I Hubert yolght is doing 'Columbia's, exploitation for the, Los Angeles 
lirdmlere ot 'Washington. Merry-GorRound.' Picture op<pns Oct 28 at the 

Hiiiatreet. ^ , .1.. 

: Volght WM ^'ecently.: head of this .studio's pui>llclty . d.epartmei\t .but was 
replaced. '■ ■ . i;.'. 



Warniers may arrange for a special ropenlngTof 'I'm a Fugitive* In. the 
south ajU - Atlanta; Speculation 'has arisen, aqr, to. the picture's, possible 
rece'ption In the south, partlcuiariy Georgia, .because of .the ctialn gang 
angle. - ■ ' . '. . • / 

It Is figured that the newspapers Will be certain to comment on It and^ 
If nothing else the feature should figure'' for a lot qf publicity. ' ' 
Robert E. Burns, author of the book, is actually a fugitive from 
Georgia. A foreword to the picture has a brother of Bums swearing the 
film is based on facts which are. a matter of record. 

Radio's chain ga.ng ptx, 'Hell's Highway,' encountered some qpposltlon 
in Georgia, where theatres at first were afraid to book it.' No unusual 
reaction either way.. when film was screened; 



Hays ofilce is warning producers that certain charitable gestures, tra- 
ditional within the industry, cannot be set aside because of present eco- 
nomic pressure." This, speclfleally, has to do with serving certain public 
Institutions, including prisons and hospitals, free of charge. 

Where it is possible prisons have alwkys ;pa,ld rental for films shown, 
but where not It has been customary for the industry to supply prints 
gratuitously. 

■ ' Reason for the comment now Is that two companies are reported to 
have discontinued the practice and the danger that others may follqw. 



Capt. ,Webb began In .a .Boston, 
hall an effort 'to stay lii the water 
10.0 hours, .taking only 16 minutes 
time byft evei^. 12 hours. He was, 
famous for -his water . stunts. . . 



So 'many, circus tfalnS were hay-. 
Ing trouble 'ClippteV* cqn^mented ed- 
itorially.' Ba;tcheller."& Doris' show 
was the latest' Had a; qraflh at 
Mesqutte, nelttr t>allas. Three in- 
jured and one dead/ . . 

.Havana circus . was advertising. 
fbt> Spanish speaking- and Irish 
clowns. .' 



.Eiits groijying. so 'numerous ..that 
•Clipper' started , a "special "depa^'t- 
inent ;. Conducted 'by ' Arthur More- 
land, grand seci ' 

•Clipper' . gravely advised, a cor- 
respondent that it was cheaper to 
practice plate spinning with a tin 
plate instead ot crockery. 



Warners, is finding It difllcult to get exhibitors to make aflQdaylts sup- 
porting, the company.'B allegation against Western Electric that its ser- 
'vlce charges and equipment parts were excessive In price. Such state- 
ments are considered an ' important part ot the 'WB efforts to prove its 
points in Its action to have IBRPrs license, declared lllegaL - 
: Reason . behind refusals in many instances Is said to be .that' the 
exhlbs feel that WB has styinled many Hayslah moves which would 
have been of benefit to the Indle boxbfilce. Chief reluctance,' it is 
pointed. out, was Warners' stubborn antl-unlform contract attitude, 



While on her Coast tour Lily Pons, opera star, dgured in the same 
Hollywood ruriaround accorded all celebs qutslde pictures. Result was 
that all major studio publicity departments crashed the local papers with 
stories to the effect that their particular companies were about to engage 
the soprano for pictures. 

Facts are that Miss Pons still has six months to . go on her existing 
concert and operatic contract and she Informed istudlois 'that she would 
not consider pictures; at least not until after her ptirrent operatic work 
was completed. . 



Johri'E. ince, father qf the mo- 
tion picture Inces, was starring as 
Prof. Gimcrackon in 'Pun In a 
Boarding School.' 



Strakosch English grand opera 
had just closed a highly successful 
ehgagement at the Griind Opera 
house. Opera made money in those 
days because salaries permitted 
moderate scale at b.o. 



'Esmeralda' finally quit the Mad- 
ison Sq. theatre to glv6 place , to 
'Toung Mrs. Wlnthrop.' It had run 
so long some of the players dropped 
out because they had gone stale in 
their parts. Managed by the Frohr 
man Brothers. 



A Brooklyn sheriff attached the 
box pfflce bf the Grand Opera 
House to satisfy a claim against 
Alice Oates. Miss Oates, fearing a 
body ' warri^nt, went away from 
there, leaving her understudy to 
finish the performance. 



Unpopularity of a Presidential nominee with the N. T. Parampunt's 
audience created . a disturbance that menaced thq prbgress of Friday's 
opening show.' Demonstration was, occasioned by the newsreel,. Clip 
elicited bops, cat-calls and whistles from the audience. 

Ribaldry carried over. to -the stage show, which, until It hit its stride, 
was stalked by the spirit, of raspberry. 

Situation has ialso been noticeable in other programs— wherein political 
subjects meetlhg with the dissension of audiences, ha,ve engendered a 
mocking attitude that endangers the entire performance. 



. First foreign trade paper reporter to play the dual role of representing 
not bniy his paper on a visit to New York but evidently also a foreign 
film company, Is from England. 

Visitor is now in New York and announced upon arrival that he was 
here to look over thie American trade situation for story material. After 
a few days, i)owever, heads of major companies credit him with trying 
to sell them a bill of goods; that It would be much cheaper for them to 
release their pictures in England through certain dlstrlbutipri channels. 



' - 

cure his h&y. feybr. Is carrying on all business froqa there. Activity at 
the studio, apart ;froin production, has slowed while: execs await ions 
distance calls frqm LaemmTe. . • - ■ 

A studio car has' been detailed;tq make 'regular trips to the Springs, . 130 
miles from the lot . Over the past weekend a group 'Of U execs made the 
jaunt to hqld corifabs.- 

San Francisco theatre men are worried about the new opera house 
arid vets' auditorium, ..both civic buildings, which opened last week, a, 
meeting wias held and managers appointed a coinn^ittee to find out if the 
opera house and auditorium Will be rented for events that might run 
competlsh to theatres, fioth.sltes are rentirig at low. figures;--, 
: Since opening the opera house, which . Is the only clvio building: of Its 
kind in the country, has been doing tremendous business, nightly opsraa 
pulling ca:paclty with standing rpom opening night going at |4 a crack, 

Namb portrait phqtbgrapheir,' recently brqught to the Coast by a major 
stiidlo to take charge of its still department has gone high hat Despltd 
a six months' contmct at $460 weekly, he refuses to press a bulb. Instead, 
he st9.nd^ by and arranges the pbsing/ : 

However, he's not too smart about studio lighting and what the pub« 
liclty department wants, so lets one of the studio still caniera nden ar- 
range the lights. He also lets the studio man do the snapping. Boys 
around the lot are trying to figure what he contributes. 



One of the first- qallprs demanding to see Sam Katz on the latter's re- 
turn to New Yoric was a man whb got.as far as katz's outer office and 
Insisted on seeing the boss so they could discuss a big .contract. Vlsltot| 
wasn't exactly sure what klrid of a contract he should discuss with Katz, 
but on belng' alsked 'if he was an actor he' piped thai he Wasn't but if 
that;s what the public' w^anted him to be that's what he'd be. 

With reluctance he finally agreed to take the /matter up -with Rusa 
Holman. . ; ' " 



Girl cashier for a Coast theatre was Informed by the nianager that she 
wo^ fired, after five years on the job, because her husband was working 
for a rival chain and therefore grosses would no loAger be a secret. 
Couple had been married for six months and they thbught It strange 
that It took tliat long for the order, which was prestlmably from New 
York, to come through. 

District manager is at present doing a burn against the husband's 
circuit because he lost some his company's pictures to the other chain. 



•Gqoria Gpona,| In its seventh week at .the Cameo, New York, is no'£ 
being booked by the chains ais yet, outside of a few 'dia.tes 'With RICD, 
which opened It in Albany Sunday (23). That's the first date for RKp), 
Rochester and Syracuse having been cancelled. ■ . : 

First Division, dlstribu'tqrs of 'Goona,' want to hold off on offer olj 
picture to chains until it- has finished its run at the Cameo. F. D. 
has the picture there on. a percentage With RKO. 



Some kind of an award for working off the cuff on a taiajbr lot goes toi 
Metro ifor 'Mask of Pu -Manchtk* Picture ' was started with only pne 
scene Written. ' ' ■' 'i- ' ' 

Edgar Allari 'WoKO>lfe, Irene Kuhri and a fiock of writers -worked indi- 
vidually preparing scene^ just, ahead of the' camera?' None krieW what 
the qthererwere doing, wltK all 'the parts being as'seiiivbled later on the Set 
Plcturb W.a8 iri its slith week] when writers completed their Wbrki 



Picture house mariagers in San Francisco are . hurried over the adver- 
tising cariipalgri by the management .of the United. , Artists, grind house 
showing U.A.'s 'Rain' exclusively. Newspaper ads in a dally change of 
cqpy specify, different sections qf the city where the picture positively 
win hot be shown. . 

Principal burn is the b.o. scale of 26c from 9 to 1, 36 to 6 and 60 cents 
after that hour including Sundays. 



Hints from Warnerltes that Robert Burns, chain gang fugitive, whose 
story has been made into a picture by WB, Is no softie were borne oiit 
last week When arrangements were made for some of the newspapei* 
people tp personally meet Burns. 

At least two newsmen riarrpwly avoided a fight with Burns, latter 
giving it to 'em in strong language when the boys got too personal ill 
their questioning. 



Box office rise is reported . for RKO's Jersey houses, formerly the 
Bradder & Pollock group. The houses which averaged a Weekly loss of 
(4,000 Jiimped into the black last week. .The b.o. rlsb has made the RKO 
execs hopeful and commerit at the h.o. is that RKQ will probably drop 
Its former intention of turning the spots over to iSkburas. Idea was fbr 
Skouras to take the B. & P. houses on a straight lease basis. B. & P. 
group comprises 12 theatres, all in small Jersey towns. 

Montaenie Glass in his hew Broadway show, 'Keeping Down Expenses,* 
carried a crack about Goldman Sachsl The financlal house requested that 
any reference to OS be eliminated from the shbw, as^has been the policy 
ever since Eddie Cantor, et al. started ribbing GS. 

Glass compiled and Warner Bros, was substituted. 

Many studio press agents have been falling for a puzzle concern uslngr 
facsimiles of stars without gratuity. 

In the past the jigsaw people are reported to have paid from $1,000 ±9 
$2,000 for the privilege to ciit up stage and screen people. However, two 
prominent stars walked into a sales talk through their publicity depart- 
ment arid gave permission free of charge.. 

For its Los Angeles :first run at Warners' Western, 'Last Mile' CTll*) 
was plugged as the play in which Clark Gable leaped to prominence. 
Gable played the 'Killer Mea'rs' part in the Coast production at the Ma- 
jestic, Los Arigeles, and the Geary, San prano'lsco. . , 

Preston Poster, who followed Spencer Tracy in the original New York 
production, did the screen version. 

How it seems to be kicked like a football, and to travel at the sam* 
yelbcity, is a wrinkle to be sprung on film audiences shortly. An inven- 
tion, wherein a camera Is bulU into a cork football, is claimed to mak» 
this possible. ^ . 

Dudley Murphey, Radio Pictures director, is using the device for thd 
first time in 'Sport Parade.' , 

Tod much adverse criticism qf studio execs cost a young actor his 
contract at a riiajor studio. Though his option called for only $160 rais^ 
the , studio decided it would be better to drop the player rather than 
have him continiially knocking the ability of the head men. . 

During the past five riionths, the player has been on loan to qther 
studios, mostly for small parts. 



Although Radio Intends making Rex Beach's 'Goose Woman,' ah out- 
standing Universal silent several years ago, latter conipany won't cash In 
on the new buy. Story was originally Sold with the provision that all 
rights would revert to the author after a period of. years. ■ 

Under the new sale Beach will share In the gross of the picture ovef 
a certain figure. 



Associate producer at one of the majors got his studio Interested iri 
a yarn and sold the. execs on sending him to New York to negotiate 
with the author for its purchase. 

Arriving east, associate producer discovered that the author was iri 
Hollywood, living within a few blocks of the studio. 



Holdover of 'Smllin' Through' at Loew's State, Los Angeles; for a 
second week marks the first instance In the history of the one-time 
Coast deluxer that a picture has remained for two stanzas. 

Stage policy, in effect for seven years untir three weeks ago with Fan- 
chon & Marco units, precluded the possibility ' of any holders due to 
units being consecutively booked. 

» 

Headquarters for activities of Universal studio will >ye at Palm Springs, 
Calif., the rest of this week. Carl Laemmle, Jr., at the desert resort to 



When Ed Doherty Was on the New York 'Daily News' he Was know* 
as one of the country's best crime reporters. 

He is how on the Radio lot oiit west and his first assignment is adap" 
tatlon of 'Little Women.' 



First publication to hook up the'fllm Industry with the public school IS 
scheduled to bow shortly. Boone Mahcall| publisher of technical flliri 
papers,, is in back of the undertaking which is called 'Visual Educa^ 
tlon.' ' ^ 



E C I T I W /i T E 



VARiETY 



41 








Marquee Names^^^^^^ 



' , Broadway— <)r a. goodly portion 
©i it— Tirent native Thuroday |20). 
Fra«;tlcally every actor on .the street 
Jewish backgto'uhd ■ made the 
trip over to Second Avenue to pay 
homage to Bertha JC*jich, called the; 
greatest contribution of the Yiddish 
eitjge. to the world's theatre. • 
.'it was calied a -'teetlmpnlal enter- 
tainment In honor of Mme. Kallch's 
4,0 years In the; theatre/ That 
sounded better than calling it a 
benefit for Mme. Kallch. And It was 
equally effective,, the Yiddish Art 
Theatre being sbld oilt' several houl-s 
be'Cbrfe trie , perfoi^anbe started. 
I'bl'ice were needed to handle the 

• overflow mob trying to crush its 
wky into the ^houee.- The' total in- 
come was about $6,000; ' 

Among the stars appe'arlhg were- 
Paul Muni, Molly Picon, Jack 
Benny, Maiirlcci Schwatti, Sophie 
Tucker, Lutheir ^ and' Stella. Adler, 
Arthur Tracy and Willy Rbbyn, 
;0n H6hf»e Ground 

' .'it wasn;t so/miich' that;the star? 
wended , their way over. , to Second 
Avenue. It was more that they 
were coming home. Paul Muni got 
h's start in show ' business in the 

'. Yiddish theatrie. He was Muni 

• ■ipV'elsenfried then. ' Luther and 
Stella ' Adler are currently " on 
Broadway In 'Success Story,' but 
Second Avenue yeriiembfers them as 
the children of the greatest Jewish 
theatrical family, the children of 
jAcob P. Adler. Molly Picon Is an 
iiit^rnational celebtity; but Second 
Ai'^nue remembers her as the star 
of homely musical comedies in Yid- 
dish. Arthfir Tracy Is '4 radio name 
to cope. 'With; Secbnd ieivenue recalls 
him as a slim Yiddish actor with a 
stronger than average voice. 

It was a ibng^;^ and' varied enter- 
t^Uiiinent, thiB' m.oi3|t drahiatic . mo- 
ment coming when, jiniei ' ICallch 
herself appeared .in 'p;te act but of 
a . Jriddish play iii which she once' 
scored heavily, before she came' to 
the English stage f6r woHd fecog- 
nltioh. Mme. Kallch, weak and wan 
after her foiir' yea'^s' 'illness, ' stlU 
showed beirself ^o' be 'ln''con'trol' of 
hei" theatrical powers 'In acting out 
her role without giving 'the slight- 
est hint, until her exit speech came 
at the end of the act, of her'affllc- 
tl6n, approa:chlng blindness. 

r^braham Cahan, editor, in chief of 
the 'Dally Forward' wa's chairman 
oi the committee that arranged the 
affair and a testimonial' address Ih 
Yiddish was made by William Ed- 
Hn, Yiddish newspaperman. 

Smith and Dale Signd 
For Tdrward March' 

; .Brown and ;Hen4ep,so)(i,. .doing an, 
aljput-face on th^lje 'new, talent' mo- 
t^f .for 'Forwar^., Marchj;-.are after, 
Bopie musical comedy names. 

- ^3mitb and DaJe^ have, been signed 
to join the show in "Washington next 
week and W. C. Fields Is among 
those being dickered for. Show 
ipoved from Phila, to:: Washington 
Sunday. Broadwp^y,. opening date at 
Selwyn to be set thW iweek. 

Marioii Play for Selwyn, 
Mary Boland Starring 

Hollywood, Oct, 24. . 
'The Lady Is Tired,' play by 
Frances Marlon, Metro writer, will 
be produced in New York by Arch 
fielwyn, with Mary Boland starring. 
January opening is scheduled, pro- 
viding 'Face the Music' in which 
Miss Boland is appearing, closes by 
then.. 

Edgar Selwyn, Metro director, 
bought production rights to 'Lady Is 
Tired'- last- year, with the intention 
of doing it himself, but picture work 
te keeping him here. 

Miss Boland left Wednesday (19) 
for New York to vacation until 
N'o^-,- IB. 

She' opens at Boston In 'Face t ha 
J^tis'lc' on that da'tb; ' 



THROW SWITCH ON CO. 



Cuban Troupe Stays Till: N< Yd 
' Houid Goes Dark^^So It 'Does ' 



Contract held by Manhattan Play- 
houses Circuit with the Otero Span- 
ish "language tstock troupe at the 
San Jose theatre. In Harlem, con- 
tains, the clause that the. company 
must remain all ■ season unless the 
house goes dark. : Troupe came over 
•from.: Cvrba, 

Clialmlng the troupe is unproduc- 
tive of business, the circuit is uti- 
lizing th^. only meaijs/by -which it 
is , able to dlfeniiss ^^e company by 
cl.osli)g the theatre this ^ week. House 
repPe,nE| iVlday (2fi). Vith the pre- 
ypus, policy of. Spanish vaude 
booked .week to , week. 



MUSICAL SMASH FOR 
NON^UBO B'WAY HOUSE 



'Muslc 'in the' A<f;' 'WhIt!h. opened- 
to Ti^feh promise In' Philadelphia last 
\VeeTt, "^in remain ■'IHei'e another 
two weeks being due into the Alvin, 
New York, on election eve (No'v. 7). 

Operetta is spotted at the Gar- 
rick in Philly, booked independently. 
Broadway house is also Indie, both 
being outside the United Booking 
Office, 



Hemdon's Bankruptcy 
Leaves a Door Open 

Richard Herndon, . wbiose trans- 
planted. 'M a n h a t t,a.n Varieties' 
opened at the. Cpsmopbiita.n, New 
Yorit, on Friday (21), haying moved 
oyer from the Belmohi where the 
vaucie-revue;' was ,.captlor|ied 'Bel- 
inopt /Varieties,' had . ,a Judgment 
for .?3,718 .entered, agiinst him by 
Jtiiltisi ' Berihstein. ' tiakter sued in 
Ch'Iiago Aprir 28, 'li^atj on a $3,B90 
Ipain, ah.<^ reco-vei'^d' Judgment. 

Thrduigh JuUiis/; K^pdler, Berln- 
stfeln' hioved to collect -on the Chi 
award. , . ,. 

' ■ In',' his recent' " voiuritary bank- 
ruptcy, Herndon'- iifeglecfed to in- 
6lude the Berinste'irt-' daim' amoing 
his liabilities; • ' tHMs' -'' permitting 
Keridler' tp sue ' thertoil. 



Bliimey Now Ai|g:eliiig 
Basch-lMo!ni||kitt Ballet 

. A. C.^'BIumenthaI. wiUrback a per-, 
manent American .j^allet.. under the 
auspices of Albertina Rasch and 
Dlmitri. .Tiomkln;.,, her. composer- 
husband. .. :.. ., : 
: .Idea is to foater a,;typical .^Lmerl- 
cau: school of .chor.eograpJhy> never 
before . in; existence in . this , :COuntr/, 
with Miss Rasqh as i the . ballerina 
entrepreneur and Tiomkln the bal- 
let: cp.mpQseF, . .! , i i.,-:. v 
. Incidentally a Rasch gi'oup is go- 
ing: into the new Peggy,. Fears. Blu- 
menthal operetta, 'Music in May,', as 
a. supplen'rJntary addition.-, ... -, 



'Flanders/ *Hariein' Fold 
After Dropping Plenty 

. \ Los. Angeles, Oct. 24.' 

After four -weeks at the Mayan, 
'Rose of Flanders' closed Saturday 
night (22). Backers had dropped 
around $9,000 in their attempt to 
put the show across. 

'Harlem' at the Music Box shut- 
tered Sunday evening (23), having 
gone three weeks. 



CHI B.O, MEN'S BAIL OFF 

Chicago, Oct, 24, 
In view of the deplorable state of 
legit in Chicago this year, the 
Treasurers Club will not hold its 
annual winter, ball nor issue their 
usual souvenir' program, a fruitful 
source of income in the past. 

Some sort of a soiree, ho\yever, 
will be. held, and in all probability 
tiie friends of the clubj meaning the 
advertisers, will be Invited as guests. 
Theory is to keep the good will for 
next year while not asking anybody 
to contribute this year -with times 
a/i they ar6. 



r[WllllSDFIIR, 




Showmen Root for Cheap Cak 
As Biz 6u3der4IpiMHrs 



Fall Season Near End With, 
out Musicfil Smash-^More 

. Than Half New Starters 
Already Taken Off— $12,- 
000 Weeks Only Fair in 
Bponi' Times, Now $10^- 
000 Means Excellent 



WHY ROAD STANDS UP 



There ar« reasons why Broad 
way's season is backward, but the 
main idea is that Broadway needs 
more hits. !n-be|^ween svccesses can 
draw but mild n>d.p«y!i.n these tinties> 
Only smashes .c,a^ eomm.ande real 
coin. Ticket eipcies. Verify that. 

The smash acoxel tp date is mea 
gre, wit,h none, /in, 'the ffiiusical com 
edy field. .Tardy, ^iit better musical 
fare is in the offlng, according t6 
latest l(idicatiops. .Despite the feuit 
that out-ofrtp.w'n. reborts .ha-ve been 
particularly errtttic .thfa Bea:son, hriu- 
sicals have been , t^\T^y ""^^^ tabbed 
out of tbw^."" ' ' ■ 
' Some showmen, discounting the 
disappointing initial six weeks, now 
look to the first of the year to see 
the legits at the peak— for this sea- 
son. Usually the best going of the 
theatrical year la encompassed with- 
in the first three nionthe— Septem- 
ber, October and November— the 
:climax being Thanksgiving. That 
holiday is but a month away (Nov. 
24), after which the pre-Christmas 
slide is inevitable.. For the next two 
weeks theatres -figure to be affected 
by the bitterly-fought presidential 
struggle. 

Hanfl It on .Critics 

There hai? been a tendency to 
blame critics— the squawk conilng 
earier thik season, than usual — but 
the, majority pf. productions have 
been niedlqcritleEi. There h%ve been 
28 new productions presented on 
iBroadway since the season's start, 
hot including thie ae.vfin premlieres of 
this week. ' Alre'ady taken !ofE more 
or liess promptly were . IB, eo that 
more than . 50% cif the new shows 
distinctly ft'oppted: ' Among ' those 
new attractions still playing are Ad- 
dltiohai failures, also' severii I'nter- 
knediate successes sLnd the few hits. 
Last sjeMon there were more pro- 
ductions within the same period and 
several earlier clicks. There hUs 
feeen comment to the effect that re- 
viewers might , aid legit trade by 
tempering the -'notices^ but few 
ahownien believe .'that :would turn a 
weak show into «isuocess. 

Success; '29 and '312 

The difterence between the pres 
ent times, and those before the de- 
Ipression is clearl^ |shown in figures, 
ln> addition toi tlie' li'ssene'd number 
|of productions. In boom times 
straight shows,, getting . $12,000 and 
leveh $14,t)o6 Vel-e 'rfegia'rded as niod- 
ierate successes, "While moderate inii- 
isicais got from' '$2"0;do* "upward, and 
■some leaders $36,0D0"to' $40,000. ' At 
:present $8,0C0 toi $10,0j00 grosses f6r 
icomedie.s and dramas are accept- 
able, while the 'best 6f the musicals 
■have "hot as yet' bfeen able to top 
!$30,000 — even if '*iuelcal standouts 
jarrive latter figure looks okay. 
There hffs been d- 'dbwnward revlJ 
slon In a'dmlssibil scales, but lower 
grosses are not so much due to 
lower prices as to reduced attend- 
ance. 

The ticket agencies are not help- 
ing theatres because the brokers are 
unable to sell a material quantity of 
tickets in advance. It is advance 
distribution that builds up the de- 
mand for hit tickets. Brokers can 
rarely exact high premiums In such 
a situation,' which is a break for the 
theatre patron, though it may cause 
eome anxiety to producers of suc- 
cesses. 

Business out of town has been 
relatively better than on Broadway, 
but there is an explanation. The 
successes of last season principally 
make up the stage fare on the road. 
People ih the keys are assured of 
seeing something worthwhile, shows 
with Broadway, run reputations. 
But New York has to establish the 
success before Neiw Yorkers and it.s 
vl.vitors will buy tfck^ts. 



Not So Late 



R. H. , Biirnslde, veteran 
atage director, says that he- 
doesn't . know anything about 
that alleged daughter who. was 
reported about to give a ,bene- 
flt for unemploved actors on 
Long Islun'd. 

Also, offers mild objection to 
her statement that he is . 'the 
iate Mr, Burnside.' 



HEARST SENDS ASHTON 
STEVENS BACK TO JOB 



■ Chicago, bet; 24. 

Asliton Stevens has been restored 
as dean ■ of . Chicago's critics on or- 
dets f ron> 'William I^andolph Hearst 
perfiohally, and is. back to work to- 
day reviewini^ 'Reunion 1ft 'Vienna.' 

Off th^ Hearst payroll iot several 
'w^ks, ' Stevens switclt'es ' from th^ 
morning 'Herald-Kxaminer" a 
mbhey 'loser, to the evening 'Ameri- 
can,' Hearst's local money maker. 
His salary, one of biggest in local 
journalism, is thereby Hf ted off the 
'Bxamlner' budget. 

Steyens oh the .'American' will 
presumably mark a drastic change 
In that sheet's reviewing policy, 
which under Frederick. McQulgg> 
business head of the ainusement 
section, seldom panned a show. Mc- 
Quigg continues as head of that de- 
partment, but not reviewing. Carol 
Frink combines dramatic and pic-^ 
ture reviewing on the 'Herald Ex- 
aminer.' 

Coincidental with Heai'st's reas- 
signing Stevens all Chi<!ago dailies 
carried paid advertisements an 7 
nouncing his addition to the 'Amer^ 
lean.' Loop- was smiling at the StAs, 
which billed the -'American' a;9 'a 
good newspaper,' with good .under-, 
lined. 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 
Legit showmen here are rooting on 
the side of the Public Service Taxi 
company which lis fighting, a tough ' 
uphill battle to put cheap taxis on 
the streets. Yellow Cab . which. iitiB : 
a practical monopoly locally is'' 
throwing every cohceiyable obstacle 
in the path of cheap com-eyanceB.. 

Thfeatre men have long felt that 
a more economical means of trans- 
portation would help them. At the 
very high 35-10 meter rates this- 
is a luxury few can afford in a city 
like this. Only other comnion cair- • 
•riers are' either remote or crowded 
and unpleasant. 

Meanwhile Alderman James BOWr 
ler has undertaken to champion the 
new company and to. force through, 
new ordinances that ; will remove, 
the legal difflcultles and the arbi-r 
Ir.ary police power now hindering,, 
cheap rates. 



Levy Quits Blumey; 
Usurping His Duties? 

Arthur Levy is but as p. a. for 
A. C, Blumenthal as a result of sev- 
eral discussions &s to wtiat the p. 
a.'s duties consist oi'. Trouble broke 
Qiit when Bluiiienthal sent for all 
the dramatic' crities and columnists 
several weeks ag6 saying he had 
an announcement t.6 makei 

Several of ' them phoned Levy to 
find but what it-was all about only 
to learn that it was Levy's first In- 
timatlDn a press conference, had 
been called. It developed- that Blu- 
menthal wanted to announce, some 
future show. Levy. Insisted that he 
should have been asked to get the 
scribes together. It ended by Levy 
turning in his resignation. 



Quinlan Minstrels Fold . 

'■ :' ■ Cincinnati, Oct. 24. ' 

The Dixie Mlhstrela closed Sat- 
urday riigfht (22),' following seven 
nights at the Taft auditorium with 
take of only $i;5po at a scale of 25, 
50 and 75 cents. ' '" 

Show was produced here by Dan 
Quinlan and took to the road early 
in Oiitober, playing sevek-al Ohio 
towns. 

Earl Kearney, backer, is trying 
to keep the troupe together pend- 
ing negotiations with picture cir- 
cuits on bookings. 



'Magoo's' Vaude Leads 

Billy Rose's 'Great Magoo' goes 
into rehearsal next week with Clare 
Carlton set in the title role for 
which Claudette Colbert -was wanted. 
Jack Osterman, Chick Chandler, 
Dennle Moore, Stella Mayhew, and 
Jack Hazzard complete the cast. 

George Abbott is staging. Bud 
Murray will stage manage. 



PROPS FOE 'AMERICANA' 

Shubertfl have opened la.st-minute 
negotiations with Phil Baker to 
Jdmp Into 'Arriericaria.' 

Some other talent being t'jilked to 
f:l.°o in a hfipe of jjerkinK up the 
niut^icaL 



ERLANGER-SAUL BARON 
IHSI^ FLARE 



The dispute between former Jus- 
tice Mitchell Li Erlanger and Saul 
J. Baron, temporary administrator, 
for the estate of A. L. Erlanger, <- 
fiared anew in Surpogate James jt. 
Foley's court Monday (24). when 
!Baron sought an order directing the 
former jurist to surrender records- 
of confessions of judgment and a 
bond and mortgage which he. claims 
belong to - the estate. Argunient 
.was put oveir until Nov. 7. Ilr- 
^anger stated he desired tx> obtain 
new counsel to replace Nathan D.-. 
Stern who- died In September. Stern 
isucceeded Isidor J. Kresel as at.*.- 
torney of the estate. 
I JUistlce Erlanger and Baron quai-- 
i-eled dufine the hearing- of the' 
clalin of Charlotte FlJcdl. • There- 
was also a quarrel- between Eri'.' 
linger and Kresel, who- represented '■ 
the Erlanger esate In the Fixel pro- 
.ceedlngs. 

. In the Sii^^renib' Court Ikst! Aveek 
the form'er' judge' 'efiirfeed tbat Kre- 
Isel compelled . hintl' to , make out a 
pote for $26,o66 in favor of the at- 
jtorney^ >wlio,,he clttiiped, threatened 
to withdraw, Krepie) sued to collect , 
on tl)e ppte. Erlariger squght'tq f|l,e, 
a new answer to thfe suit .apd mjade 
the charges, contending thie hoje, 
was made uiidor dureias. 
i Surrogate jphn P. O'Brien, the 
Demo,Qratl<? . candidate for . Mayor of . 
;l«f.ew York, signed, an order last 
week , making effective his decislqn 
as of Aug. 1, recognizing Miss Fixel 
as A. L. Erlanger's'wltloW., 



One-Nierht Stands for 
; l&Me Burke's *]Vlarquise* 

Holiy\vood, Oct 24, 
: Jienry ' liuitfy. will . rpad '.show hia . 
current "Bl Capitaii production, "The 
;Marqulse, starring gillie Buvkei| 
bates are now being' booked foh" 
coast one-nlghters by M. D, (Doc) 
(Howe . of . Jpb^f ."West Coast; Duffy 
also intends reviving 'As Husband^' 
Go, featuring" Pauline FrcderlckJ' 
jfoF the northern one-nlghters. Top 
price will be $L50. 
' llowei is booking, the Charles 
Burke production, 'Mrs. Moonlight,' 
which Is set to open at the Fox 
California, San Diego, Nov. 6. Fol- 
lowing week outfit plays Santa 
Barbara, and then goes into the . 
Curran, 'Frisco, Nov. 14. This 1» 
also a $1.50 priced attraction. 



Four L. A. Tents 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 
Two new tent stock companies 
in suburban Los Angeles bring the 
total to four. Voze Players, at 
Alhambra, headed by Phillip T.oze, 
is currently pre.senting 'Int^rfer^ 
ence.' 

Arthur Parker Players have .suc- 
ceeded the Torf-Pelton troupe at 
Hawthorne, the latter having ryir\, 
into financial diflflculties. 

Other canva^ compan'ies ar^.Mur-.' 
phy'.s Comedians at .SQUth Gale and , 
the :\If-K<?n2ie' PJiiyere at CuTvW.'. 
City. - ■ ■ • . 1-. ••, 



42 



VARIETY 



L EGITIM ATE 



Taesdaj, October 25, 1932 



Plays on BroaiTway 



DINNER AT EIGHT 

Drama In three acts and 11 scenes 
presented at the Bfueic Box . Oct. 22 by 
Sam H, Harris: written by GeorRe S. 
Kaufman and Edna Ferber; staged by 
Kaufman. 

Uilllcent Jordan.... .....Ann Andrews 

Dora Mary Murray 

Chistave .Gregory Gaye 

Oliver Jordan. ...i Malcolm Duncan 

Paula Jordan. Marguerite Churchill 

Rlcol ; .Cesar Romero 

Hattle Loomls...^... Margaret Dale 

Miss Copeland .....Vera Hurst 

CarlotU Vance. ...Constance ColUer 

Dan Packard.......... Paul Harvey 

Kitty Packard.... i........... Judith Wood 

Tina ....... .........i...... Janet Fox 

Dr. J. Wayne Talbot Austin Falrman 

Larry Renault Conway Tearle 

The Bellboy ....Robert Griffith 

The Walter. James Seeley 

Max Kane.... ....Samuel I;«vene 

Mr. Hatfield.... ..William McFadden 

Miss Alden. ...iv. Ethel. Intropodl 
Lucy Talbot. .... .. . . .... . .Olive Wyndham 

Mrs. Wendel .......Dorothy Waltera 

Jo Stengel................. Frank Manning 

M*-. Fitch.............. George Alison 

Bid Iioomls. ...... .I.... Hans Robert. 



Denham, Denver Stock, 
Wired for Pictures 

Denver, Oct. . 24. 
The Denham theatre, longr the 
home of stock here, Is , being wired 
and win open Nov. 1 with an ex- 
clusive picture pojicy. No contracts 
have been signed but- Educational 
and some others will supply fea- 
tures.: Twenty-flve cents wUI prob- 
ably be the top. price with first-run 
policy; 

The house will be managed' by 
Louis Hellborn, for years manager 
of the Orpheum here. He will also K 
manage the Broadway, beine^. put In 
shape for stage shows. 



'Vanities' Cut-or-Close 
Edict; Berle Stands Pat 

Milton Berle ts reported refusln;; 
the 26% cut which iEJarl CarroU 
would like to Institute for /Vanities.' 
Otherwise the revue, may close 
shortly. 

Will Fyffe has been given his no- 
tice and other of the Imported ta- 
lent may be likewise noticed. 



hside Stuff-Legit 




THE MORTGAGE 



Sam H. Harris revealed the 
awaited Kaufman-Ferber 'Dinner at 
Eilig;ht' Saturday night before a 
swaiik audience which without go- 
ing Into ecstacles, accorded it 10 
curtains at the finale. That; It will 
ra^k as one of the season's dra:- 
matlc ■stand-outs there seems little 
doubt. 

Productively, dlrectlonally and in 
plajrlng performaffcCj 'Dinner at 
Eight' Is superlative drama. But 
first nlghters did not quite verify 
the exceptional praise of those whp 
sat in at several private perform- 
ances. The authors were expected to 
deliver crlsper dialog to the well 
peopled cast. Perhaps they ex- 
pected a gay play or at least more 
laughs. There seemed to be a tinge 
of disappointment In the imfolding 
of a serious stdi^ dealing with the 
American social scheme. There is 
nothing funny about human frailty 
in many phases. 

A number of characters are, in a 
way, the counterparts of some In 
%}raiid Hotel' with Its light upon 
the thoughts and acts of its varied 
humans. The fallings, of the people 
in 'Dinner at Eight' are disclosed so 
naUirally that the tragedies they 
flPe verging oui as the strange, last 
curtain falls, strike the audience 
more after the performance is over 
than during its enactment. That 
subsequent audiences will get a 
bigger kick out. of the show is 
natural and Indicative of Its suc- 
cess. 

'Dinner , at Eight' Is one of the 
most costly productions yet given a 
dramatic attraction; The attention 
to authentic . detail without stint 
may not be apparent but is actual 
and that the production, outlay ex- 
ceeded $60,000 Is believable. It Is 
played in 11 scenes, seven complete 
cbiangesw : A revolving n platform is 
employed, scenes blacking but and 
the curtain being lowered. No 
special attempt for speed, nor did 
that seem necessary. 

*f he story has to do with the de- 
cadence of the Jordan family. 
GUvdr'^ forefathers established a 
.line oJC sea freighters, an enterprise 
6t, high reputation and' supposed 
vast wealth. His wife Mllllcent is 
preoccupied with social activities 
atid at the moment is arranging a, 
dinner in honor of recently arrived 
titled liondoners. She is unaware 
that the house of Jordan is totter- 
ing, what with^he decline In ship- 
ping trade and the shrinkage of the' 
securities market. Stock in the 
Jordan company is held but by six 
people. Since dividends were al- 
ways paid until the last year or so, 
Oliver •believed, the invested would 
hold on. and support him; 

Placed In the position of asking 
financial favors from a promoter, 
the windy western Dan Packard, he 
unwisely divulges his list of stock- 
holders.'^ Packard sets dummies to 
buying In the stock, coldly schem- 
ing to oust Jordan, although a guest 
at his dinner party. Jordan does not 
know that he not only will be pen 
niless, but that a heart condition 
means his death within a few days 
He goes down to dinner a doomed 
man, leaving only three Hungarian 
musicians in the scene, then curtain^ 
The audience knows but neither he 
ndr his wife is aware that. Paula, 
their engaged daughter. Is Involved 
with a, former picture star of ma- 
ture age and washed up for stage 
and screen; because of drunkenness 
and evil conduct. The audience 
knows, but the girl does not, that 
^ Larry Renault, once a coast Idol, 
with but 17 cents to his name, has 
turned on the gas In his hotel room. 
To supply anguish to the wife's 'lot, 
her titled Britishers fail to appear 
for dinner at eight, having passed 
it Tip and gone to Florida. The 
collapse of the affairs of those con- 
cerned is perhaps a sordid story 
but as they say these days; 'That's 
life.' 

Deceit In the upper strata is also 
present among the servants. Dora, 
the maid, is willing enough to ac- 
cept the advances of Riccl, the 



LOW TAKE, NO HOUSE 
CLOSES COAST KRIDE' 



Los Angeles, Oct/ 24. 
Failure of 'Bride the Sun Shines 
On' to click in 'Frisco, and unwlll- 
inghess to tr^^pe to take a chance 
with an. outside hpUise here, led Be- 
lasco & CUrr^n to close the play in 
the Bay City Saturday night (22). 
Bride' lasted two weeks. : 

Curran has several road shows in 
prospect, among them 'Another 
Laneruage*. and .'Of Thee I Sing,' 
both now playing In Chicago. 



Ersldn East to Direct, 
But WiU Not Produce 

Chester Erskln may stage Court- 
ney Burr's iftuslcal 'Walk a Little 
Faster' with Beatrice Llllle and 
Clark and McCullougb. Erskin just 
arrived in New; York from Holly- 
wood, where he completed the Al 
Jolson film. 

Erskin, if he doesn't go through 
negotiations for the show, will stage 
an unnamed straight- drelmatic 
piece for someone else. He has until 
February to devote to legit, at which 
time he must return to the United 
Actist lot on the coast. 



'Nanette' Rehearsals 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Joe Herbert, Jr., who is produc 
Ing 'No, No, Nanette' . with Lon 
Murray, will play one of the parts 
James Bradbury, Jr., and Darrie 
Welfbrd are also In the cast. 

Musical ' starts rehearsals tliis 
wee£:, although no Iiouse is set. 
Carleton ifCelsey is musical director. 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Few clubs can boast of solvency 
these days, partioularly those con- 
nected with the theaixe. But the 
Masquers held a celebration signi- 
fying the burning of the mortgage 
and told the world that the club 
didn't owe a cent after seven years 
of operation. It is Hollywood's only 
actor's club. 

Organized in 1926 by the late 
Robert ,Edespn, Fred Esmelton, Ned 
Sparks; John SalnpoliS( Robert 
Schable, . 'Warner Baxter, George 
Read and Alphonz Ethler, the Mas- 
quers was Installed in a smali dwell- 
ing on Yucca street. After two 
years of operation its growth neces- 
sitated larger quarters, but ready 
cash was low. A piece of property 
costing $87,000 and fulfilling the 
niemberis requirements wab found, 
Antonio Moreno bought the prop- 
erty, gave it tb the' club and told 
the members to pay oft when they 
had the money. . The celebration 
marked the returning of ,.the last 
dollar to Mqreno, and made the 
club one of the country'is exceptions.. 

William Collier, Sr., Just returned 
from New York, told the members 
of the bad financial conditions of 
both the Lambs and v Friars. He 
pleaded with those , who are mem- 
bers of the New York clubs to do 
what they could to aid the two 
eastern organizations. ; 

Mortgage burning was preceded 
by the first Revel of the year. At- 
tendance was capacity and marked 
the return of Sam Hardy to the 
position of Harlequin, the club's 
head post^ . ' 

Unlike other clubs which are of- 
fering a,U sorts of inducements ' to 
new members, the Masquers is 
boosting its lnltla,tl6n fee Nov. 1 to 
$100. Other non-professional clut>s 
in the city are looking at the actors* 
hangout and hissing. They can't 
figure how a bunci) of performers 
can successfully operate a . club. 



Withdrawal, At least temporarily, of 'The Pure In Heart' by the Theatre 
Qulld on the road Saturday (22), is believed to have relieved tension 
within the Guild directorate. Reputed discussion was ' occasioned by 
'Chrysalis,' presented by Lawrence Langner at his Country Playhouse 
at Westport, Conn., during the summer and regarded a likely Broadway 
success. Theresa Helbum collaborated in its staging and has a piece of 
the show. Miss Helb.urn and Langner are leading Guilders. 

For an unexplalned^'roason 'Chrysalis' was. not put on the GuUd pro-i 
ductlon program. 'Pure in Heart' figured in the situation. While the- 
stories of the two pl&ys are^Iaimed to be different there appeared to be 
a similarity id characters. Upshot of the matter was an agreement 
not to show 'Chrysalis' on Broadway until a(ter 'Heart' was presented. 

Osgood- Perkins and June Walker were in the 'Chrysalis' country show- 
ing. Former was in 'Heart,' but upon its closing he was announced for 
the 'Chrysalis' cast, the premiere being set for the Beck, New York, Nov. 
8, following th(Bi current engagement of the Abbey Players (Irish).- 

In addition to Langner a,nd Miss Helbum, Martin Beck is .financially 
Interested in 'Chrysalis,' to the extent oit 40%. FCr the past several 
seasons the Guild has been using his thea!tre for its attractions when 
the Guild theatre was occupied. Last season the Beck drew a winning 
break with the Guild's highly successful 'Reunion in Vienna,' 



Crosby Galge, whose widely divergent activities include show business, 
contributed to the October Issue of 'Babies,' the magazine edited by Mrs, 
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Article Is entitled 'I Am a Reaj Bachelor Father.' 
He tells of rearing Jeremy, a . boy whom he adopted and now oyer four 
years of age, Gaige was married but is divorced. 

The showman writes in some detail of his 300-acre estate near Peeks- 
kill, N, Y. Every known spice used in the making of condiments, one 6t 
his specialties, is grown on the place, in fact everything used in savories 
except salt and sugar. A recently developed product is a special tomato 
Juice cocktail. There are 60 varieties of tomatoes nearly all. of which; 
are Gaige's f iarm products. He also distills oils from flower petals^ malcr. 
ing pertumes, cold cream, sachets, etc. 

Place Is equipped with carpenter and machine shops and chemical- 
lab. Gaige is credited with a number of inventions. One an automatic, 
silent signal i;br use In hospitals for the summoning of doctors and' 
expected to be. adopted in other institutions and plants. This was sold', 
to a financial group recently, . 



tave. Then Dora Is dlslllus^bned 
when she learns that her man lias a 
wife and children in Switzerland. 

Care tn calsting. is rewarded with 
many fine performances. For the 
lighter moments there is Constance 
Collier, as a former Broadway star 
and now an expatriate in London. 
One old admirer had built the 'Car- 
lotta 'Vance' theatre for her here. 
It has had .so few shows that she 
has come over to dispose of -the 
property, now located 'between a 
flea circus and a shooting gallery.' 
'Miss Vance' describes herself when 
in the prime as being 'too young 
for Edward and too old for Wales.' 
She explains her depleted fihances 
by saying admirers gave her stocks. 

Another interesting person is 
Kitty Packard, giddy former hat- 
check girl in a New York hot spot. 
She easily captured the promoter 
from the west who loads her with 
bracelets and gives her every lux- 
ury. But she knows him as a brag- 
gart and a cheat, calls his bluffs and 
voluntarily divulges an aCCair with 
another man — the doctor, the last 
person the bull-headed Dan would 
suspect. Kitty is the spice of the 
piece and as played by Judith Wood 
stands out. 

The choice of Conway Tearle as 
the dissolute picture actor, Renault, 
is another bit of expert casting. 
Renault is a fellow who once was 
paid eight G's a week. But that 
was in the days of silent pictures. 
''Man enough to admit his mistake 
with: Paula he tries to convince the 
deb that it's all wrong. Tearle's 
drunk scene ending in the suicide 
was a particularly convincing epl- 
isode and his best. The scenes with 
his agent Max Kane were perhaps 
too long nor did that character seem 
particularly well written. 

Ann Ahdrews played Jordan's 
wife Milllcent In the coldly social 
manner, but more Impressive was 
Marguerite Churchill as her willful 
daughter Paula, rhe play brings 
back Olive Windham as the doctor's 
wife who knows he is cheating. 
There is also Margaret Dale as 
Mllllcent's sister, not in the social 



Denver U. Theatre Has 
1,000 Subscriber List 

Denver, Oct. 24. 

University Civic Theatre at the 
(Tniverslty.of Denver starts the yea^ 
with over 1,000 members. Member 
ships cost $8i' and include admission 
to all plays. Plays this year will in 
elude .'Distant Drums,' 'These Pew 
Ashes,' 'Crime at Blossom's,' 'Mtu' 
der on the Second Floor,' 'The Fire 
brand,' and 'Good Friday.' 

From four to six performances 
will be given for each production. 
The theatre seats 288 and is a part 
of a building donated to the Unlver 
sity by Mrs. Vernier Z. Reed, mother 
of Joseph P. Reed, N. Y. play pro 
ducer. Walter Sinclair is director, 
and Lea Reiber his assistant. 



swim and content with her husband 

chauffeur, untn'olTstave. 'the^'swYss t'^e'f, *^*^^^®®"/°°P 

butler, comes into the Jordan home """'^^ ^'^^ hi„<itPHn^ T?n,.varfl 



From him she demands marriage 
and they wed on Thursday, their 
day ott. A pantry scene ends in a 
fierce fight between Rlcol and Gus- 



Harvey as the blustering I^ackard, 
Malcolm Duncan as the suffering 
Oliver Jordan and Austin Falrman 
as the doctor smart enough to walk 

(Continued on page 45) 



Legit After 5 Years 

LIpc4>ln, Neb., Oct. 24. 

Liberty players (stock) opened 
here last week (17). Locals showed 
evidence of having been starved for 
stage shows for nearly five years 
and made a nice turnout. 

Phillip Brandon and Marjorlo 
Clarke, carry the leads. Prices 75 
60-40-26. 



'Pilgrim' Pays Off 

Cast of 'The Passionate Pilgrim' 
which opened and closed at the 48th 
street last week after playing four 
days, was paid two weeks' salary. 

Cash guaranteeing the players 
was on deposit with Equity. 



OP'S bamer-mgel 

San Francisco, Oct. 24. 

Erlanger's Colunibla opens a sea 
son of operetta either Nov. 7 or 10, 
with 'Merry Widow* the first. 

Altho.ugh conductors aren't def 
initely set. Max Dollh and Alfred 
Hertz may land the assignments 
Karl Hajos will stage. 

Herbert Fielshhacker, wealthy 
local banker and. philanthropist, is 
reported angeling. 



Tlying Colors,' the Ma:t Gordon musical on Broadway, has rather, 
a light royalty tax to its writers for such an expahsive production. Show 
pays the writers 7%% of the weekly gross. It is divided between the two 
principal writers, Howard bietz, book and lyrics, 5V&%, and Arthur 
Schwartz, composer, 2%. , 

6ui of the Dietz share, he pays his collaborators so Dletz's net is un> 
known. Schwartz retains his full collection. The show is grossing around 
$30,000 weekly. 

Lee Shubert has 60% ot the show's ownership, with Max Gordon 26'%.; 
Gordon is said to have passed on some of his original 60% holdings, with. 
Sam Harris now a partner in 'Colors' and Dietz also believed to have ^. 
piece. 



■/. — ~ 

-Bertram Harrison completed the. staging, in association with Dimltrf 
Tlomkln, the producer, on 'Keeping Expenses Down,* which opened at 
the. National, N. Y., last week; Dan Jarrett, co-author >7ith Montague 
Glass of this new version of Abe and Mawruss, had to bow out on a quick 
call to the Cqsist for Fox. Glass and Tlomkin (u-e partnered In tlie;pro- 
duction, although It's principally Tlomkln's. Latter, better known, as. a 
composer, is. the husband of Albertina Rasch and her business associate 
tn the dancing « school. 

'Expenses' is geared low and can make mioney at a little over $3,000;| 
although there's the usual $8,000 stop clause, on the National. In the cast 
is Ann Burradge, a niece of George Ade, and Willlanii :Tannen, Son 
Julius Taiinen. They're the romantic interest. . 



Baltimore's legit theatre situation is pecullur. Its leading houses, the 
Maryland and Auditorium, are dark most of the time, while the old Ford's 
gets attractions from the United Booking Office. .JThe Maryland and 
Auditorium, along with the hotel, occupy one property site. There was 
a mortgage of $100,000 on the realty and Fred Scliamberger, Baltlmor^^ 
showman, raised the mortgage to $200,000 several years ago. 

At fdreclosilre last summer no bid exceeded the mortgage total and 
the entire property weut to the bank; lleonard McLaughlin is in ciiarge 
of the theatres which can only hOpe to get independent shows unless a 
new deal is made with the U., B. O. Only legit attraction this season 
for either house was 'The Budget' and that' flopped. 



Hugh Murray, racing sheet publisher, is reported the principal backer 
of 'Ballyhoo,' the revue at the 4'*th St., New York, with George T, 
Delacorte, Jr., the publisher of the magazine 'Ballyhoo' in for. only a 
small amount. 

Delacorte was believed to have been the money man in the financing 
since the, show is rated as a publicity for the monthly iiumor mag. The 
Shuberts put^more into it than Delacorte and each of the four artlflcecs-H 
Lew Gensler, Russell Patterson, Bobby Connolly and Norman Anthony, 
editor of 'Ballyhoo' also have coin in the. venture. 



Star of a Coast operetta took it upon herself to keep the cast after a 
performance and read them the riot act on letting down on their worki 
Only one not present was the leading man. When he refused to shoW 
up after being sent for, the star went down to his dressing roOmJto 
repeat her lecture. — 

Down front seats for' this musical haye been in extraordinary demand 
since everyone complains they have been unable to hear the femme star 
back of the eighth row. 



Feeling from inside that th6 J. B. Priestley play, 'Dangerous Corner/ 
set for early opening on Broadway^ is similar to her own play, 'What 
Makes It Tick,' Joan Lowell iias called off piroduction plans and is. at* 
tempting to sell the story for pictures. 

Miss Lowell is said to have raised $26,000 toward production when 
she decided to call it off for the stage. Miss Lowell authored the book« 
'Cradle of the Deep.' 



Alfred Rode, Vienneise orchestra conductor in 'Americana,' New York 
revue, was bid away from Martin Beck for RKO by the Shuberts at $750 
a week.. 

The orchestra itself was recruited in this country but Rode, who haiSl 
been playing at the Ambassadeurs, Paris, was imported for his eccentrid 
maestrolng, a la Dave Rublnoff at the Paramount, N. Y. 



James Kenney and Frank Levitt, a new managerial duo; presented 
'Absent Father' at the Vanderbllt last week. Interested also were Joe 
Levitt and 'Maxwell O. Salt. Latter said to be the backer, the corporate 
name of the ownership being Kensalt. Francis De Witt, who authored 
the play, has composed theme songs heretofore. 

The group hab announced it is readying another show. 



Title of Gilbert Mlllier's next production, 'The Firebird," comes from 
a Stravinsky ballet' by the same name^ Third act of the play contains 
several references to thei ballet. 



Taeaday. 0«tob«* US, IMS 



LECITIMATE 



YARIETV 



43 



Week Brills Two More B'way Hits, 
1)iimer at ftrady 



Broadway now tbreo flra- 

«iatlc succeeseB, Including the two 
indicated hits that arrived last 
week. There hsua not been a musical 
fltand-out as yet, but l^ovember Is 
likely to see two or more clicks 
ttom that end. 

-Ot last week's, Important pre- 
mieres interest centered on Dinner 
at Bight' at the Music Box (Satur- 
day. 22). Morning papers gave It 
great praise, but the p. m. dailies 
^ere divided. A steady line at the 
ttoz office probably more accurately 
indicated the chances of the drama 
to obtain, smash rating, which Is 
; tUcely. First comedy hit was "When 
X^adles Meet,' which again drew 
118,000. - 

. Earlier in the week .. 'Mademoi- 
selle,' at the Playhouse, was re- 
garded a comedy success. It was 
Quoted getting |12,0(rO. In Ave days. 
Which would give it a weekly pa:ce 
of around $14,000; 'The (Qood^ Earth,' 
at the Ouild, drew some hard pan- 
nlng» but with subscriptions was 
estimated bettering |14,000; the 
Irish troupe from the Abbey thear 
tre, Dublin, surprised by grossing 
112,000 at the Beck, while the other 
new shows did not measure up. 
•Absent Father,' Vanderbllt, not 
over $2^500: 'The Fai^sionate Pll- 
griih' t)pehed and closed at the 48th 
Street; ^Keeping Down Expenses,' 
National; looks doubtful. Entrknts 
late In.. the previous week also 
doubtful, 'Men Must Fight' getting 
around- (6,600 and 'Rendezvous,' at 
the Broadhurst; $6,60<), despite a 
heavy agency buy. . . 

Show Boat $27,300 

Trade slipped off last week, the 
^ shadow of the presidential election 
probably a factdr In distracting in - 
■ terest • from theatres. 'Of Thee I 
Sing' Is still the ace of the musicals 
and grossed $28,O0O; 'Show Boat' In 
Its lln^l week spurted to (27,300 iat 
the Casino, matinees going clean; 
•Flying Colors' Is best of the new 
musicals, about (2&,000 last week. 

There are now 31 shows on the 
list. Inclusive of this week's eight 
Incoming shows, the largest num- 
ber since late last winter. Among 
the starters arie two revivals, mak- 
ing such on Broadway. 

Due next week are: •The Late 
Christopher Bean,' Miller's; 'Incu- 
bator*, < house; to be named); the re- 
vival of 'Camille/ Morosco, and a 
repeat of 'Whistling In the Dark' 
(no house named). It Is the lightest 
card In some time. •©!' Man Satan' 
was taken ofE at the Forrest last 
Saturday, while the revival of 'The 
Great I^ovier' stops at the Waldorf 
this week. 

Estimates for Last Week 
'Absent Father/ Vanderbllt (2nd 
week) (C-771-$3.30). Third string 
reviewers covered this lightweight; 
first week estimated under $2,600. 

'Americana,' Shubert (4th week) 
<R-l,395-$4.40). Business, spotty; 
extra space ads attracting balcony 
'■ trade; gross moderate at $18,000. • 
'Another .Language/ Booth (27th 
week) (C-708-$3.30). Shading off 
generally last week did not niate- 
rlally affect pace here; around $10,- 
000, which Is plenty for this run 
show. 

'Ballyhoo of 1932,' 44th St. (8th 
week) (R-l,32B-$3.66). Moderately 
paced for revue; average around 
$18,000 hardly profitable; some cut 
rotes. . . 

'Carry Nation,' Biltmore (ist 
week) (C-l,060-$3.30). Presented by 
Arthur Beckhart; written by Frank 
. McGrath; opens Saturday <29). 

'Clear All Wires,' Times Square 
(7th week) (C-l,057-$3.30). Probably 
bettering even break; picture rights 
reported sold at good figure; esti- 
mated over $8,000. 

'Criminal at Large,' Belasco (3rd 
week) (D-l,000-$3.30). Matinees 
Very weak, but evenings rather 
good; takings around $9,500 appear 
satisfactory for mystery piece. 

'Dangerous Corner,' Empire (1st 
Week^ (CD-l,099-$3.30). Presented 
by Harry Moses; London success 
rep; written by J. B. Priestley; 
opens Thursday (27). 

'Dinner at Eight,' Mu.'sic Box (1st 
week) (C-l,000-$3.85). Opened bril- 
liantly Saturday (22) after several 
dress rehearsals; some notices of 
the rave kind and hit indicated. 
. 'Flying Colors,' Imperial (7th 
Week) (R-l,446-?4.40). ^ Heavy, up- 
stairs with floor fairly good; best o£ 
toewer musicals to date; around 
$26,000 last week. 

'I Loved You Wednesday/ Harris 
(3rd week) (C-l,05l-$3.30). Ampng 
the doubtful new comedies; started 
hilldly and yet to build; around $8,- 
000 estimated. 

'Keeping Down Expenses/ Na- 
tional (2nd week) (C-l.lC4-$3.30). 
Opened late last week; dialect laugh 
Show drew so-so notlce.s; - also 
doubtful, but chances not definitely 
rated as yet. 

'Mademoiselle/ Playhouse t2nd 
week) (C-876-$3.30). Succe.ss indi- 
cated at fine opening; all but one 
review quite favorable and business 
first seven performance strong ' 



Bumside to Do Spec 
Modelled on Old BUpp. 

R. H. Burnslde will have charge 
of a spectacle to be staged in Chi- 
cago next summer. It will not be 
part of the World's Fair, being 
slated for a Loop house of large 
capacity. 

Spec will picture Chicago's 'Cen- 
tury of Progress.' It will be along 
the lines of the former Hippodrome, 
New York, spectacles, staged by 
Burnslde. 



"MarcV CanceBed, Break 
For Pittsbqrgh Stock 



Pittsburgh, Oct. 24. 

With Nixon dark last week as re- 
sult o'f 'Forward March's' cancella- 
tion, Pitt, With E<l Vail's stock com- 
pany, had legit lleld to itself and 
managed to make Its best showing 
thus far with 'Animal Kingdom.' 
Nice profit for repertory ..company 
indicated, with two-for-ones tossed 
around for three nights. 

Curriently Nixon hais 'Laugh Pa- 
rade/ but goes d^rk again next 
week, 'Cynara,' booked as third sub- 
scription play In American Theatre 
Society series, Tiavlng been post- 
poned. 'Cyrano de Bergerac' comes 
in NOV. 7, with 'Vanities' and 'Cat 
and Piddle' following. 



around $12,000; weekly pace should 
top $13,000, . 

'Men Must Fight/ Lyceum (3rd 
week)- (D-957-$3.30). Another re- 
cent -arrival of doubtful chances; 
first full week over $5,000, but must 
Improve to stay. 

'Nona/ Avon (4th week) (D-830- 
$3.30). Has not climbed as expect- 
ed; last week around $8,000 or 
slightly under; about an even. break. 

'Old Man Satan/ Forrest. With- 
drawn last Saturday; colored drama 
played three weeks to small tak- 
ings. 

'Of Thee I Sing/ 46th St. (44th 
week) (M-l,413-$4.40), Bun leader 
bettered $28,000. Last week Its sec- 
ond in new quarters; nothing on 
list topped It. 

'Rendezvous,' Broadhurst (3rd 
week) (D-l,118-$3.30). First full 
week around $6,600; disappointing 
considering sisceable agency buy. 

'Success Story/ Elliot (5th week) 
(D-924-$2.7£). Easy to sell in cut 
rates with best chance from- that 
source; estimated over $6,6.00 last 
week; top gross so far. 

'Tell Her the Truth/ Cort (1st 
Week) (M-l,048-$4.40). Presented 
by Mrs. Joe Leblang; Imported 
musical version of American farce 
highly regarded out of town; opens 
Thursday (27). 

'The Anatomist/ Bijou (1st week) 
(D-60S-$3,30). Presented independ- 
ently (John Leffler and Frank Con- 
roy); written by James Bridle; was 
done In England; opened Monday. 

'The Girl Outside/ Little (1st 
week) (C-630-.$3.30). Presented by 
Alfred B. Aarons; written by John 
King Hodges and Samuel Merwin; 
opened Monday. 

'The Good Earth/ Guild (2d week) 
(D-914-$3\30). Divided comment, 
with sonie reviews markedly un- 
favorable; book popularity 4nd sub- 
scriptions should carry it; first week 
tmder capacity; around $14,000. 

'The Passionate Pilgrim/ 48th St. 
Opened middle of last week and 
closed Saturday; panned; four daye. 

'The Surgeon/ Belmont (1st week) 
(D-515-$3.30). Presented independ- 
ently (Mirror Productions) written 
by Anthony Young; new production 
group; opens tonight. 

'Vanities/ Brpad\vay (5th week) 
(R-l,800-$4.40). Lower floor trouble 
with some performances ^out half 
capacity; revue estimated less than 
$20,000. 

. 'When Ladies Meet/ Royale (4th 
week) (C-l,050-$3). Comedy leader; 
matinees jammed and exttfa after- 
noon to be added; around $18,000 
last week, which is virtual capacity 
and great for present going. 
Other Attractions 
Abbey Theatre Players, Beck; 
Irish conipany with new plays and 
change of bill nightly attracted gopd 
business first week; over $12,000 
claimed. 

'Counsellor at Law/ Plymouth; re- 
peater making good money; over 
$12,000 afjaln. 

'Liliom/ 14th Street; revival; by 
Civic Repertory's initial attraction 
this .season; opens Wednesday (2C). 

'There's Always Juliet/ Barry-; 
more; success la.st season repeated 
with changed cast; opens Thursday 
(27). 

'Manhattan Varieties/ Cosmopol- 
it.an; vaudeville rcvuo first called 
'Belmont Varieties' at Eelrnont re- 
cently. 

'The Great Lover/ Hudson; re- 
vival; cut rates. 

'The . Great Lover/ .^aldorf ; re- 
vival; closed Saturday. 



I^ows in Rekieartal 



'Chrysalis' (Langner, Hep- 
burn, Beck) Beck. 

'Walk ■ Little Faster' 
(Courtney Burr) St. James. 

'Cyrano' (musical) (Shu- 
berts) Rltz. 

'Dark Hours' (Lodevick. 
Vroom) Little. 

•The Du Barry' (Mrs. Joe 
Leblang) Cohan. . 

•Nine Pine. Street' (Ray and 
Hewes) Lyric. 

'We're Three' ( ' H u m p t y 
Dumpty') (Schwiab and De 
Sylva) Selwyn. 

'The Perfect Marriage' (Shu- 
berts) 49th Street. 

'Firebird' (Gilbert MiUer) 
Miller's. 

'The Gay Divorce' (Wlman 
and Weatherly) Ambassador. 

'Love Life of the TiffFy' (L. 
Lawrence Weber) Longacre, 

'The Late Christopher Bean/ 
'Carry ' Natioiv' 'incubatori 
'The Surgeon/ 'There's Al- 
ways Juliet/ The Anatomist' 
opening out of town or on 
Broadway this week. 



'Musk in Air' Is Pbilly's First Smash, 
$21000: TorwardMarch' Poor $14,000 



Silent Film *Cyrano* Opens 
Week Ahead of Hampden 

Chicago, Oct. 24. 

One Week before the Apollo was 
due to play Walter Hampden in 
'Cyrano de Bergerac' the Cinenia 
Art presented a French motion pic- 
ture version of the same piece. 

Cinema Art had to delve into ob- 
scure sources for the picture, which, 
is silent. 



UL: TWO OUT 



lios Angeles, Oct. 24. 

•Gat and the Fiddle' Is stUl top- 
ping the town with neat capacity In 
its third week at $15,000. Runner 
up is 'The Marquis' at the El <3apl- 
tan, which grabbed oft $6,000. 

'Young Ideas' at the Hollywood 
Playhouse dragged along to $3,600, 
same as the opening week. Figure, 
though short. Is profitable with Uie 
nut but slightly over $2,000. 

'Harlem' folded at the Music Box 
after three slim weeks In which it 
never got out of 'the red. 'Rose of 
Flanders* ducked out of the Mayain 
Saturday night, also crimson. Lat- 
ter was co-op with the cast just 
about g:etting eating money. 
Estimates for Last Week 

'Harlem' Music Box (8rd and final 
week) (D-96e-$1.66). Folded to $800 
which Just about paid a^dvertlsing 
and rent. House goes dark; 

'Rose of Flanders,^ Mayan (4th 
and final week) (M-l,482-$1.66), 
Blew to $2,000 estimated. Nothing 
left for cast or house at that figure. 

'The Cat and th« Fiddle' Belasco 
(3rd week) (Mrl,103-$2.71IW Kc^ld- 
ing strong at $16,000. Advano* tor 
next three Weeks heavy. 

'The Marquis/ El C^pitan (4th 
week) (C-l,571-$1.66). Above aver- 
age at $6,000. Best money attrac- 
tion house has had for six months. 

'Youiig Ideas,' Hollywood Play- 
house (2nd week). Profitable at 
$3,500 with nut low. 



$2,500 in Minneapolis 

Mild for Bainbridge 

. Minneapolis , Oct. 24, 
Although liked by audiences, 
'Don't Wake the Wife' failed to pull 
for the Bainbridge dramatic stock 
company at the Shubert, the gross 
dropping to $2,600, which is pretty 
bad. Current offering is 'Elmer the 
Great,' with Andy Cohen, Min- 
neapolis baseball club second base- 
men, as guest start 

, 'That's That,' burlesque with 
'Bojso' Snyder, drew only around 
$2,400 to the Gayety, where em.^ 
i ployes are Working on a co-opera- 
' tive basis and having plenty of 
trouble making both ends meet. 

The Metropolitan Is announcing 
nothing to follow 'Reunion in 
Vienna.' , 



Future Plays 



'The Last Judgment,' by Eduardo 
Clannell and Genaro Curcl, will be 
the first production by Sheppard & 
Buchannan. 

'Lucky in Love' by Ian Hay is due 
for production by R.. H. Bumside. 



Cast Changes 

Paul W. Eeast replaces Dennis 
King in 'Showboat' 

Walter Gilbert replaces Ernest 
Glendinnlng in 'The Perfect Mar- 
riage.' 

Reglna Wallace Is playing the 
wife in 'Counsellor at Law,' replac- 
ing Mary SerVoss, who goes to 
'Dangerous Corner.' 

Barbara Bobbins replaces Betty 
H.mna In 'Dangerous Comer.' 



AHEAD AND BACK 

Melville Hammett, Crosby May- 
nard, advance; Rexford Connor, 
.company manager, 'Springtime for 
Henry.' 



Chicago Remembers 
'31 W Wistfully; 
1 Out of 3 Prospers 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 
While the fourth largest, city in 
the world struggles to support three 
legitimate attractions and manages 
to make life worth while for only 
one of them, anxious-eyed scouts 
scan the Ivorlzon for arriving the- 
atrical caravans. And there are 
none. Week after week the season 
gets older and sadder. As bad as 
last year was it seems in retrospect 
like boom times. 

Estimates for Last Week 
. 'Another Language^ — Harris (CD- 
1,100; $2.7R) (7th week). Folds at 
he end of the month and announced 
for a mldwestern road toUri Liked 
her^ but over-scaled $2.76 and 
went to $2.20 too late. Down to 
$6,600. 

'Of thee I Singf-rGrand (M.1,865; 
$3.86) (6th week). Claimed under- 
quoted week before last and got 
nearer $28,000 than $26,000. No 
doubt about show having run first 
month at practical capacity. How- 
ever, started to see empties around 
he edges of the- main floor. Depres- 
sion evident in , the demand for 
cheap seats, of which there are 
coinparatlviely few as house . Is 
scaled. Box ofillce dollared to death 
while higher priced ducats tend to 
become harder to sell. But still 
the beacon light In the western 
wilderness. Last week around $26,,- 
500. 

'Whistling in the Dark'— Erlartger 
(Crl,318; $2.75) (3rd, final week). 
Engagement more than enough to 
acconunodate demand, never robust. 
Third week around $6,000. "Reunion 
In Vienna' opens tonight (24) 
against Walter Hampden's 'Cyrano,' 
which gives the Apollo its first legit 
of the season. . ■ ' 



KRIDE,' 5G'S, 'HUSBAND' 
$6300; FRISCO DARK 

San Francisco,. Oct. 24. 

For second time In 'Frisco's the- 
atrical history the town Id Without a 
legit show. Only once before— six 
weeks ago — has there been no 
piece on the boards. Condition likely 
to remair) such until early Novem- 
ber, when Henry Duffy is due to 
bring BiUie Burke in 'The Marquise' 
into Alcazar Nov. 7. 

Erlanger's Columbia will go oper 
etta about same date, when 'Merry 
Widow' opens a season of similar 
productions under direction of Karl 
HaJoSi 

Opera season in the. country's 
only civic-owned opera house has 
been doing smash business, hurtipg 
the pair of shows which closed Sat- 
urday night. 'Bride Sun Shines On' 
bowed out of Cun-ah after two 
farish weeks, final stanza getting 
around $6,000. Pauline Frederick 
in 'As Husbands. Go' got three 'and 
a half weeks at Alcazar, last eight 
days hitting around $6,300. "Ndw In 
Oakland for a week at Auditorium 
theatre. 



Philadelphia, Oct. 24. 
. Phllly's four legit houses tli.'it are 
now- open. are pretty solidly booked- 
up to the Christmas holidays, but 
the possibility of another house or' 
two Joining the parade is remote. 
There Is no more than enough at-- 
tendance to be divided among four. 

At last the town has a smash 
hit. It is 'Music in the Air,' the 
Jerome Kern- Oscar Hammerstein II 
musical play produced by Peggy 
Pears.- It won raves the first night, 
and after a couple of average 
nights. Jumped close to capacity the 
last three performances, and should- 
be a sell-out all this week. 

A last-minute arrangement was 
made Friday by which '9 Pine 
Street,' try-out by Ray & He\yes, 
goes into the Broad next Monday 
instead of the Garrlck, thus allow- 
ing . the iECerh opera to stay another 
week at the latter house. 

The week's other musical open- 
ing— 'Forward March'— didn't fare 
so well at the. Forrest where it 
opened Tuesday. This Brown-; 
Henderson revue won praise for its' 
dances, score and ; girls, but raps 
for Its comedy and presentation. In 
seven performances. It's doubtful if 
the show hit $14,000. 

'Dangerous Corner' slumped at 
the beginning of its aecOnd week, as 
every amusement house In town did 
because of .the heavy rains, but 
carhe back strongly thereafter and 
turned In a credited $8,600. On Sat- 
urday, It Was decided to hold the 
show at the Broad for the first 
three days of this week. That 
wasn't because of the strong biz,' 
but because it was felt that some 
last-minute directorial touches were- 
needed. 

'Mia.n With a Load of Mlschler 
was panned by all but one critic 
wheii it opened at the Chestnut as 
the third Offering of the American 
Theatre Society (subscription) 
group. Even the Jane Cowl follow-. 
Ing, and it's large her^; couldn't- 
bring much biz in. 

This week's lone opening is 'Vanl»' 
ties' (9th edition) at the Foi-rest 
First time a Carroll show has come 
in here without -plenty , of opposition 
in years. Advance is fairly good. 

Next week, la addition to '9 Pine 
Street' at the Broad, there Is 'Cy-. 
hara' at the Chestnut. Nov. 7, 
'Show Boat' opens at the Forrest 
and the Schwab-DeSylva musical. 
'We Three' plays the Garrlck— both, 
for single week engagements. Lat-' 
ter is a recent booking. ' - . 

On the 14th, the Abbey Theatre 
Players come to the Garrlck, Cor- 
nelia Otis Skinner to the Chestnut 
and 'The Cat and the Fiddle' to the 
Forrest. The 21st promises 'Good 
Woman — ^Poor Thing* at the Broad, . 
'Cyrano' at the Forrest and 'Re- 
union in Vienna' at the Chestnut. 

The unprecedented , number of 
one-week bookings this fall is a; 
noticeable feature of the situation. 
Estimates for Last Week 

'Man With a Load of Mioehier 
;(CheBtnut, first week). Cowl or no 
Cowl, this One didn't click.. Not'ces 
were mostly pans. Not over $9,500, 
and that was largely subi^crlptlon. 

'Musio in the Air* (Garrlck, ' first 
week). A sensation and Phllly's 
first smash. : By midweek crowds 
started coming and capacity ruled 
at the end; $21,000 with six gi-and 
Jbetter than that indicated this 
week. Stay lengthened until Nov. 6. 

'Dangerous Cqrner' (Broad, .sec- 
ond week). Ott at start of week, 
but came back to get $8,600. Held 
over for first three days of this 
week. '9 Pine Street' Monday. 
' 'Forward . March' (Forrest, one 
week only). Opened Tuesday and 
notices not enthusiastic. Doubtful 
if it got $14,000 lix seven perform- 
ances. 'Vanities' this week. 



Engagemenfs 



Percy Waram, John Dunn, ?Nbt a 
Moral;' 

H. H. McCollum, Jos. Singer, 
Bernard Savage, 'Dark Hours.' 

Crane Wilbur, Lolita Laiie, 'Tin 
Boxes.' 

Chick Chandler, 'The Great 
Magoo.' 

Paul McGrath, Gerald Hamer, 
Wm. Foran, 'Love Life of the Tifty.' 

Violet Hemlng, Roger Pryor, Lil- 
lian Tonge, John Spacey, 'There's 
Always Juliet,' revival. (Complete 
cast.) 

Robert Loraine, 'Rape of Lucrece.' 

Josephine Dunn, Sarah Jane, 
Anthony Hughes, Oscar Ragland, 
Douglas Wood, Lee Begg.s, 'We 
Three' 

Romanei Callender, Wm. Tnpei'- 
.«olI, Jo.H. King, Kaiherlne Krug, 
Ueorgia Haivey, 'Nine Pine Street." 



Cast Changes Put Back 
'Corner's' B'way Opening 

'Dangerous Corner' slated to open 
tonight at the Empire (New York) 
has been set back until Thur^uay 
(27). It Is remaining over in Phila- 
delphia the first three days this, 
week, that being possible because 
the Broad- Street has an open date. 

Additional days In Phllly are be- 
ing played to enable Mary Servoss 
to familiarize herself with the play. 
She left 'Counselor at La-yv' to join 
'Corner,* replacing Hortense Alden. 
Another change has Betty iEIana be- 
ing replaced by Barbara Bobbins. 



Two in Frisco Go Dark 

San Francisco, Oct. 24, 
Henry Duffy's Alcazar went dark: 
yesterday when Pauline Fredci-Ick 
bowed put after thrce-and-a-half 
weeks of 'As Hu.sbands Go,' .mo\'ing 
acros.H bay to Oakland for a wtek at 
Auditorium theatre. 

.Vleazar locked up until Nov. 7 
when BUlle Burke is due In 'The 
Marqui.s.' 



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FORilCN iW^W NEWS 



Australia 

By Eric Gorrick 



Sydney, Sept.: 29. 

'Bitter Sweet' will mark up 100 
performance?. Dojmo .Sybil Thorn- 
dike very .successful In 'Saliit Joan.' 
wm also produce 'The ■ Medea of 
Euripides' and 'Macbeth' for W. T. 

Two revye yhits op.eratlne to good 
business. Frank Neir Is- presenting 
Ella Shields. George Wallace and 
Athol Tier In 'Pleasure Bound.' and 
Connors and Pktil have Roy Rene. 
Syd Beck and Sadie Gale in 'Oh! 
Fie irifl.' . „ 

The Fullers will open 'Grand Ho-r 
tel' Sept. 30 for a run. 'Cdngorllla' 
very strong for Hoyts and should 
stay some time. 'Aren't We AlV. in 
fourth week for Gafrolls. . 
■ Fairbanks' 'Around th©' "World in 
80 Minutes' no panic' ariji will close 
after two weekis. 



Currant in ■ Mfllbourna 

Grand opera season In Melbourne 
fcloses this week, and' Gilbert iahd 
SuUiVan revivals will replacei 'Dr. 
Pvgmallon' and Russell revue com^ 
pletes leglf offerings. Pictures In 
session include 'Huddle.' 'Thunder 
Belowi' 'Sunshine Susie.'r 'The Crowd 
Roars,'- 'Congorllia," and 'Brother 
Alfred.' ' •' 

■Current attractions Irt New Zea- 
land include 'Arrowsihith,' 'Sym- 
iihony of Slx MilHoh,' 'The Miracle 
Man;! 'Frail Wbmen," 'Huddle,' 'Re- 
becci of Sunnybrook -Farm,' 'Dah- 
gerotl'a Years; 'DaiibeTs In the Dark;' 



.' : CenMr , Ab.sur(|iti«i| 
- Charles Munfo, m;d. Hoyts The- 
atres; litd.. is sore at . the methods 
employed by the authorities In Mel-> 
bourne to enforce censorship. < 
■ -Recentlyt a' theatre on: their sub- 
urban chain was playing a. dual fea- 
ture bill on - which was the pl&ture, 
'Women Who Play/ • Police offlclaW 
made the -ushers round up . every 
kiddie in the audience under 16 and 
eject from the theatre before allow- 
ing the film to be screened. Ushers 
took kiddies from their parents and 
cared for them until the show coh- 
eluded. 

Victorian censors will not alio*' 
•-conditional' ruled pibtures to be 
screened' before juveniles. Only 
those- features • marked^ 'general bx-> 
hlbitlon' can be so exhibited, < 



,. Auatra.UanVMtide S9pret 

:;^Oh,tOur. . Selection,'. Australian- 
made., is proving .the- .blggest'>m6ney 
m^tkeji^ , ever. ;> handled ;\ by Greater 
iCcnion .Theatres^!-' -Picture ls:.in-'lt0 
flfth-Aveek m Sydney and has brpken 
all records in other states. 

Stuart F. Doyle, managing direc- 
tor Clnesound-jPro^ctions, has en- 
tered into an ' agfi^eement with Uni- 
versal to distrlbfitej the picture 
throughout Greiat Britain. Agree- 
meht' cdfries:'with-it a certain deflr 
nl^y . g;uarantde ; 'OnA adVanc* ,p'iir,-. 
merit' a'er^lnst .earningia.V .'^'hls l<i..tnQ 
first occasion ah American .organln 
.zation has actually financed the 'e^-' 
hlbltion of an -Aiidttttltaii . picture 
abroad. .. ' .>'. ', 

'I 'tioyle expects this picture ...£o 
gross ■ over $150,000 in Australia- 
alone. 



purpose,, other than the purpose of 

such company, a :check for £13,670 

pounds, contrary to law.' 
The charge has been laid by Al 

fred Parsons, liquidator of Harry 
Rickard's Tlvoll Theatres, Ltd. A 

big legal battlie is in prtgressl 

Hugh- D. Mcintosh .has conie in 
.for a heap of trouble slncie, his re- 
turn, from .England. Only recently 
he ■went through bankruptcy. Mc- 
intosh was in charge of the TivoU 
in the boom days: of vaude'andl re- 
vue. . He also.at one time, contrpllied 
a. chain of new^pap^rs over here. 
At .present^ he ,13 manager of the 
Sydney Stadluni. 



' Agaih the Centors. ■ 

' Some time, ago 'dhaiflies ChaiiVel, 
Australian, prp.ducei", •yverit; . to/ ,tlie 
South Seas to .get shots , of the na- 
tives for a. pjotylre he is making, 
called 'The Mjitihy: of . the Bounty.' 
Plc tur^e . de^ls, . wl.th . . early historic 
facts -cohc'erning. tnls, continent^ Oh 
his . retprn .'.the -producer submitted 
the film , to the .censor for approval, 
and the censor Oi^dered that flashes 
sliowlng Tahlti^n dances be. deleted. 
Chauvel - Jodged protest. ; ; 
, The - acting minister for- customs 
has. now. called for a report from 
the -censor on the banned portion; 
and. has offered to ttrbitrate in the 
dispute. In the meantime, Chauvel 
is going ahet^d with studio work. 



Chatter- 
Hugh J. "Ward, although retired 
from, .the. theatrical. .game,, still at- 
tends every, premiere ^and' is a well- 
known, figure in the bright lights 
dlstMct of the city. ■ ' " 

Fullers will have a splash open- 
ing, for. .'Grafid Hotel; , . next month 
(Oct.). . .Idea.slmtla.r:tQ -that used for 
American premiere.. Already house' 
has been sold out tor the- first week. 

Possible that Willlamson-Talt will 
maintain a pernianeht company to 
play Gilbert .and Sullivan produc- 
tions in Australia. Already- one 
coinpany. has^.been in operation for 
18 months. .. .. .!,•:. 

British picture^-, craze -Is sweeping, 
both Australia and New Zealand 
currently., Remarkable, the growth 
English productions . have experi- 
enced : In the last-few months after 
30 ipng In. the background of public 
approbation.. ■ Legitimate '^producers 
are now ladvertlslngi theif hew" at-'. 
tractions, as .'Bnitlsh vPlaya f or Brit- 
ish. People.' ......i.i.r-i ■ I 



""Wiser councils. ] prevailing, . the 

?)r6piosed natiohwide strike prptest- 
ng against' wage slashing has been 
at^ahdbned. "With" the cahcellatioh 
of the strike ' proposals, the maiii- 
ajgrenienlis breathied a sigh of reliist. 
Plans will .now be. put In n^o'tjon'.in 
in Endeavor to meet the' loWer .earn- 
ings of the people by offering enter- 
tainment at th^ lowest poasible cdst 
On6' bright feature Is the. fact . that 
leading banks are' 'willing to adr 
varice huge stims to the governmont 
to find emplbym^ht. Managements 
say that lower wages will help them 
irt their operating' overhead, ahd the 
benefit wilt be passed oh to . the 
public. If does look as though the 
days of dollar top prices in th^ pic 
ture theatres are over and ■ that 
cheap -priced entertainment will 
come into vogue to meet the pres 
ent conditions: The big ,bugb<^ac i& 
the huge taxation slug on amuse- 
ment enterprises. Prastically all the 
profit made by shbwtnon is eaten uix 
in the high govfernment-al tax. 

If the government v/lll assls; the 
shoWmeh, thehi say' tlie .showmen, 
.they win assist the public by lowerr 
fni; a'.l hiph admission charges. 

Australian Show World 

Contrary to expectations, 'Con- 
gorilla' failed to pull in Sydney and 
Will be removed after but two weeks 
'JBItter Sweet' still strong and will 
mark up 101 performances. Dame 
Sybil Thorndlke to produce 'Cap 
tain ^rasshound's Conversion.' Ella 
Shields will, apiiear in. the revue, 
'Hello Happiness.' Quite an array 
of English pictures opening next 
week. 



Tivoli Charges 

..Hugh D. Mcintosh, at one time 
QiAnaging director of -Tivoli ' Thea 
tnes/; Ltd.* together with Edmund 
Cpvell. and .William Curtis, K; c;, 
Btq.nd charged.. with a cohspir.tcy. 
The Summons - Court c'narge reads 
as follows: 

iiiTtiat,- as directors Of the oohipai)}', 
they did,! on' Sdptemb&r lO, 1-J>3*, at 
Sydney, fi^audulently apply for a 



IniEAfiiEiiiR (1^^ 

PROJiClB IN MOSCOW 



■-}■'■:' '■'• ■ ■ " • Moscow,' Oct' 'li.:, , 
.'A'^ilT^h^ai^ie' p^; eialsBic 'braina',' ist 
in ,prd'c,es(^ oii.origahizektlon heire, un^^ 
der, .th^,, leadership of .Vsevelod 
Blumenthalr.Tamarlh/' : ohe-i of ' th^ 
most gifted of the elder. generation 
of Russian lactors. 

New trotip'e, eiipected .to ; Include 
the most brilliant actors who can 
be mobilized, will liye .i|p.to..it£| pro^ 
Jected hfime and- itirilt. itself to the- 
theatre classics of all. nations. While 
Russian masters : will'.- hold a large 
place in the repertbty, they wiU by 
no means dominate It; Shakespeaire, 
Schiller, Goethe knid Moliere af'e 
anippg the bI^B$|l(!s';uhdeir cohslde'ra 
tlon for ' early, .prpduption. . : 

The go'verhment , has . not yet as 
signed - a theatre building to the 
new organization; Actors already 
enrolled ' Include Gzovskayai Gal'da- 
rov ahd'-Zhikhefevd.' ■ ■ . 



WOULD PARK CONGRESS 
IN HEX. mis THEATRE 



■ Mexico City, Oct 24. 
Five million dolar National thea- 
tre here won't be usied aa a play- 
house, at l^t as far as professional 
thesplans are concerned, when it Is 
finished next year, If a mleasiire 
psnding before, the federal legisla- 
ture is adppted. : 

Measure calls for< theatre to be 
used as headquarters of National 
Chamber of Deputies and Congi^ess. 
Sponsors of proposition contend 
ihat present quarters of both groups 
of federal soloiis are Inadequate /and 
at too great a distance from each 
other, and assert that theatre would 
not only be an okay site for both 
branches of the national legislature 
bnt-th(i,t' 'they ^jroiild be under tiie 
sanie irppt. . : ' , 

Sblons are of the opinion that the- 
atre would prove a big flop If operas 
and other high class spectacles, for 
which building is designed, 'were 
staged thisre, and government's only 
chance to benefit bjr Its Investment 
Is to .rmake It legtsiatlve head- 
quarters. ' 



AP-UP'Radio 



. (Continued from page 1) 

trotiled bjr . Its own political com- 
mentator^ David Lawrence, will suf- : 
flee .to flli .this election night need; 
Besides holding the: ma;|or stock- in 
the Consolidated- 'Prejis, Lawrence 
functions as the editor- publisher of 
the 'United States Dally.' 

On the other hand, Columbia ad- 
mits that the thumbi^-'down a.ttitude 
of the press associations has' put It 
In- a tough spot^ Only way out of 
thp dileftama. It says. Is to go ahead 
and organize its own news collect- 
ing service. To that end It proposes 
to make local correspondents of Its 
isome 90 afflllated stations, with the 
direct wire connection with every 
one of these s^iots , .providing as 
quick a return on the presidential 
.election .outcome, avers the network, 
ias would be obtainable through a 
press association hookup. Preds 
agents connected with these outlets 
iwlll In the main be - depended upon 
to , 'gather the results and transmit 
tthem to the .CBS headquarters ' In 
New York,- where, the tabulations 
jwould take place and - broadcast 
jacross the national web. 

UAdeirstoOd thitt a large percehtr 
lagre of the. xdemtiershlp;on hoth, the 
;AP and tJt» lists are.^even. pbjecibing 
jtp . permitting .newspaper-operated 
stations to broadcast the returns, 
lobtalned. from the central nSws 
Igathering sources. ; But since there- 
'is no deflnlte policy governing the 
'practice. It Is uhder^tdod that the 
heads of the associations will make 
ho' effort to rule either way. 



Landon Show W^rld 



Row on 'Suindown/ New . ^ 
Vehicle: jfor Jahnings 

- . Vienna, Oct. 16; 

Next production- on schedule of 
the Deu^tschea ' 'Volktheater Is Haupt- - 
mann's new play, 'Before SuhdQwn.' 
It Is lilanned as ,a festive perform- 
ance on the occa^ipn- of Hauptr 
ni^nn^s . 70th birthda,y, . and he U. 
to be present personally. •' 

First performahce was in Berlin 
ast year, under Reinhardt, who made 
a great many changes in the play. 
The original flve acts Wer'e chianged 
to four, and Relnhtirdt claims that 
he has. duthoir's rlghtis to the . ver- 
sloh that Is ;being. played. , ' He Is: 
going to protesjt against the .Vienna, 
performance because- the- Volksr 
theater has not- acquired the rights 
from him as ■vtrell -as from Haiipt- 
mann.' 

Enill Jahnings is to play the lead. 



NON-FILM AMUSEMENTS 
AT LOW EBB IN INDIA 



'After Dimwir/ London 
RcTne, Weak in Cast 



London, Oct 24. 
r 'After Dinner,' new revue at the 
^Gaiety, is a concoction with some 
clever ideas which are poorly ex- 
ploited by a negligible cast. 
. Billy and Elsa - Newell are the 
outstanding personalities among the 
actors. . 



George Dance Dies 

London, Oct. 24. 

Sir George Dance, wealthy the- 
atrical director, died in. London Sat- 
urday (22), 

He was 67 years old. 



Seastrom'a Return - 

'. Stockholm, Oct. 13. 

Victor Seastrbm, Iil retlreriient 
jsince his' return from Hollywood, 
came up to Spckhplni last week and 
Its' looking for a play, 
;• He contentplates dire<;ting^ • pro- 
ducing the. piece and returning to 
the stage himself this winter. 



Russian Hardsh ips 



\ (Continued from i>age 1) 

ithat C.omrade LeonidOT has special 
jshelves for books. 

■• A grade or two lower down In the 
scale of good fortune pome the film 
people with one fairly livable room 
to their names. Serjce Elsensteih, 
lately of Hollywopd . and Mexico, 
ifalls Into this category. His one 
room is Jarge and light. It has such 
startling comforts as a table, a bed, 
'a closet aind ' some chairs. But it 
^acks bookshelves such as' grace the 
abode 6f" Lebhldov. Elsehstein's 
.books are stacked on chairs* : on the 
'jfloor, under the bed. >And he has no 
space for , a piano,, which he needs 
In his wprk. When he reaches the 
musical part of his home jbbs he 
g'oes over to a friend's who posses- 
sessaplarip. 

Other accounts of the one-room- 
and-commoh-kltchen existence of 
film folk follow. Director Alexan- 
drov is exhibited with wife and child 
in a tiny cubicle. Director Shub's 
one . room does not even include 
kitchen privileges, which makes him 
totally dependent on restaurants and 
that in Moscow is no pleasant situa- 
tion. 

There follow sad tales of filni fa- 
vorites without any space of their 
own at all—buhklng with friends; 
sleeping on a triihk in someone's 
crowded comer; t>oarding with 
strangers. These are people who In 
similar positions - abroad . would 
tange from well-to-do to wealthy. - 

Nobody is to blame for this state 
of affairs, of cpurse. There just 
Isn't any' space In iVfoscpw. From 
1,000,0.00 the city has grpwn to near- 
ly 3,000,000 and' the extensive con-r 
struction work cannot keep up -with 
buch growth of -pbpulation. ' 



- • Caleutta, Sept; 20. 
Apart from tt' few Ill-tralhed Bu- 
.rasian glrlSj^wlth >y^li-ch:ilked,legiB,' 
doing sp-cailed/ 'bairet taps' .among 
the tables of s.econd-rate hotels and 
cafes, and a negro. slnger.Tpianist 
Dr. .. Jazz,' at a', local restaurant, 
there is nothing whatever but the 
talkies In 'The Second City of the 
Empire.^. ■ ■ ' ■ 

An English' monolpglBt, ''Scott 
Leslie, opened at the principal hp--, 
tel, but as only 24. seats >vere bboiteil 
he has f adad away. "The JGreat 
Levant/ illusionist; awaits work ' in 
.Colonxbo, where also are Rek Story 
and Rose Lee with four girls; work- 
ing small cinemas. In Colombo also 
is our star advance man. Alec Ross, 
filling In time— and probably a. very 
long tinie — with a portable broad- 
cast set used for advertising pur- 
|p'oses. - 

Another well-knowri advance man,' 
Billy Williams, Is booking order's 
for a paste maker. Gaby Hyi,' Aus- 
tralian delineator of Indian dances, 
gets .fairly . frequent . Work,; b.ut 
jumps ■ hundreds, ,of miles for a 
week's.ahow.- ' - i. 

Grant Anderson' has broken up his 
bomedy company and is now puttihg^ 
on 'ShakeepeAre iW 'Iin|:llsh with Ih- 
dikn artists ;at nitlVe cinemas.' Eur 
ropeah band^.','at.,.liptelsj have beeh' 
gradually "replaced by (j^qanese perr 
jformers at a quarter the money — 
iand the grease paint and wig man 
closed his' shop here a: month ago. ' 




By Hi Hanson 



, Cape .Town,' Oct 4.' 
Unexpected unseasonable 'weather 
through Cape Colony cutting 
amusement attendance. : 
' Signs of the hard times and un- 
employment were seen when Pa(rer$ 
Circus, while In Capetown, adver- 
tised for a .secretary. The ad 
brought a big crowd of applicants, 
of every description. 
' Seven native girls were found 
traveling unaiithQrlzed on the spe- 
cial train transporting Boswell's 
Circus around the country. It cost 
them ten shillings each in fines, 
with a seven-rday stay In prison in 
pefault for the railway fares. 
• Schleslnger had the big Idea to 
put up a theatre and restaurant In 
Durban, Natal. News is out that 
the theatre idea has fizzled out, 
bwing to. the depression.. It is un- 
derstood the restaurant will be 
Completed. . ■ . 
I The death . occurred Saturday, 
B-*pt 10, of Mrs. 'Edna Caroline Cblr 
lins, .booking ' clerk at the Opera: 
House - and Alhambra, Capetpwn, 
due to heiart trouble. Ten year's ago 
her husband, manager of the Tlvoll, 
Capetbwn, met his death in a motbr 
accident. An only son, Basil, sur- 
vives. 

Queries., are afoot regarding the 
quotation in the Stock Exchange 
dally list of African, Theatres 7^% 
debentures at sellers, £ 81, and 
KInemas, Ltd., ordinary at sellers, 
1 shilling, and 8% preferred at buy- 
erg, 1 shilling and ninepence. These 
concerns were merged into African 
Consolidated Theatres, Ltd. 

Two snooker players in a country 
town here completed 20 hours of 
continuous snooker play, and it Is 
believed have put up a record. The 
game aros'e through a commei;cial 
ti^veler walking into the local club 
and challenging the town champion 
to a game,. They played through .the 
afternoon' arid , night finishing at 
9:30 the next mbrning, playing '48 
frames, with both player;^ dead, heat J 
Questions arp asked , if there' Is 'ap 
overseas record on this. 



'■ \ ^ Loha6h, oct. 16. 

; Lepntine Sagah-' produced the 
istage versibn of her flUW; 'Maedchen 
irt Uniform,' at the D^i'chess theatre ' 
Oct. 7, undep the title, 'Children in' 
.'Uniform.' Despite the restriction of' 
la small stage, the play was as force-' 
iful and realistic as the picture in- 
deed more .trajglc,. ^Ince It ends in 
suicide, end being changed for 
scteen purpose's. >■• 
; The. acting and setting of this un- 
happy .story. Is almost, flawless, and • 
the cast -bf. over 40 womeh drew 
praise . from, all critics. ' Not cpm>- 
mercla), however, but is an. 'artistic'''^ 
successi' 



■ . Belaaeo Revival - 

. David Belascb's 'Tonight or 
Never'', has been acquired for Engi 
land' by Lawrence Ireland, and is- 
scheduled for ■ production here 
shbrtly. 



Verdun at.'.'Comedy 

■ Although ^nrioiihced the Comedy* 
theatre would close down complete- 
;ly, -owing to,. exteijslvei alterations, 
jdemanded by qpuncll/ authorities, al 
temporary cpmpromlae has been 
;effected. It reopens ' Oct 25 with' 
/Miracle at Verdun,'., the highbrow, 
ianti-war. play transferring from the 
Embassy, thpatre at Swiss .Cottdge*! 

i -:• ■ -•- — - ■. , ..>•)• 

, • ■ F'eW ' ^i».bte«hi Uef.t ' , ''; 
. The •death of R! A. Roberts, the 
English protean actor,, narrows' the 
humber of .these 'quick-change' dra-? 
matic artists.: . Gh^riofte Parry and.- 
Henri de Vries are. the most impor- . 
tapt ^hat.how .reihaln, . 



I Many GiH iSrtiufii 

iSherman Fibhpri who had a troupe 
bf girls at the PaHadium for several, 
^easbns aixd walked out tp go, to the-- 
Londpn . Paylllbn,' has' t|een called, i 
back by George. Rlapk. . 

He returns to the j>alladium OftUs 
24, with management waiving the 
exclpslve. claim. Fisher nbyir has, 
four troupes at four West End, the- ( 
atres, all owned, by Tdiffei;ent. man- r 
agements, which Js a record, for any • 
English dance iprpd'ucer. : - •■: - 

\ ■ - /■ ' ! • 

! 'Crazy Month'. Acta 

; Cardinl and the Colleario Familiy 
will be- Included in the' next 'Criizy 
Month' at the Pallaainm, which " is"- 
scheduled for Nov."2r. '" '"' 



BehnV'^lpii. '• 'y? 
, Harry Benri,„ j9upervisor of Mqss,- 
Emplres, whd',jMs'.t resigned after l^: 
i^ears, Is shortly -toi -v^rltio hjp .Jlfei: 
J* it ,tled.. .tears Be-.; 

l|iind the Scenes.*, i . ..j 

I ', ' Pro'fft|,in-.$v,|^-Leaa« 
' M, Mi. Si Theatres, oorttfolled by>< 
John Southern,, has ^leased- Collins* - 
thet^tre ;to . Cumberland Clark, a 
Scottish authon who is.ttiaklng hlS'r 
Initial venture In; show business. ' -r 
-' .Understood Clark la paying a, flat> 
rental of $400. i per i -week; whIcH' 
meiEinB a weekly- profit to M. M. Si' 
I'heatres of $240 minus headaches.'- 

Continuous Boxing Now 

, After continuous varliety, continu-': 
ous revue and continuous Grand' 
Gulginol comes ' continuous boxing. ' 
The promoter of the Ideal, which IS' 
being^ tried at the Whitechapel Pa- 
vilion, the fiaSt Side theatre devoted" 
to Yiddish plays; Is Jack Bloomfleid,; 
undefeated -ex-crulser weight cham-:-:' 
pion of England,, who is ' also th*' 
owner of several saloons In the ' 
"VVest End. 



Butt's Return 

I Sir Alfred. Butt will niark his re-*-- 
turn to the theatrical world, after al.-- 
humber of years with a presenta- 
tion at the Phoenix, theatre of Fred- ^ 
eclck Lonsdale's new play, *Nevep - 

Come Back.' , , ,. 

, In the cast will be Ath'ole Stew-' 
nvt, who also' produces; Allan 
Aynesworth, Raymond Masseyy Ellis 
.TeffCreys, NQr^!:.rS.wlnburne, Viola,- 



ree. 



Cade Staging Abroad 



Stockholm; Oct 13. a 
Svend Ga>de, who was with Uni- 
versal and First National for four 
years as director and scenarist in 
Hollywood, Is now principal director 
for the Royal Dramatic theatre in 
(jopenhagen. He has Just come to 
Stockholm to stage 'Utspoor' for the 
Blanche theatre. 

. This Danish play by Locker has 
been optioned by the Theatre Guild. 



Real Names of Authors' 

Jtfhn Jervls Connln'gton, a,uthor at 
'The Castleford Conundrum,' Is Al- 
fred Walter Ste-^irart Alexander G. 
.fenkins, who wrote 'Pol: The Story, 
of an Alrdale,' Is Alexandra Car^ 
tisle, tlie actress. Lida. Lafrimoro, 
(jsredlted with 'Robin Hill.' is Llda 
Lida Larrtmore Turner. Diplomat, 
author of 'The Corpse on the White 
House Lawh,' l^t Jbhri'. Carter. Fran-^ ' 
Cis"EVert;bn, \Vh'b did,' 'The 'Yoving. 
Vanish,' Is .^rahcls .WlUiam Stokes;", 



taes^yv October 25v'193i2 ' > 



lE€ ITI M AT E 



VARIETY 45 



DINNER At EIGHT 

• (Continued from page 42) 
«ut on . the firld^y .Kitty, all fit well 
Jito this moving drama; 

'Dinner at Eight' ' 1b ?3.8§ top, 
ugiial b.' o. price this season for a 
drama, hut the performance Is 
worth thai much of anybody's coin 
and more.' Medals for Harris, 
^aTJfmiah, Feber, Ihee. 

MADEMOISELLE 

AjmeOy In throe acts. Freqontea nt the 
maybouse Oct. 18 by William A. Braily, 
-Adapted from Jacques Sevai's orlElnal by 
□race Geonre, who la co-atarred with AMce 
Beady; A. S: Matthews featured. . Staged 
by .Devdl and .Clorence Derwont, . 

'Vadoine Galvoaler. .Alice Brady 

iliuclen GalvoMer. A, B. Matthews 

Valentin ......... ^ ■ > . • Frank Bothe 

Helena .)..,•>>' • ...Lillian Savin 

Christine Golvosler. , . . Peggy Coriklln 
Mademoiselle. ........•..<.... ... Grace George 

•fiBUrlce Oalvosler. ;., ; . . .Thpmas Beck: 
Tberese. . • • . .......... ..... . . ;Garda Olcsen 

Georges Boutin. .Harpld ^est 

Bdouard .Kenneth Trcscder 

Juliette. May Marshall 

A Parisian success acted splen- 
didly, with the Brady family prom- 
inently represented — Grace , George 
and Alice Brady; while Bill, ; Jr. 
pulled for dad to put It over from 
the back of the house. And 'Madem- 
oiselle' has a very good chance. ': 

Miss George in making, the' adap- 
. tation held pretty much to the orJg- 
'jhal iscript, but whereas in the 
French version the real lead was 
mademoiselle, a matured governess 
or,', rather, chaperon to a debutante, 
there are now four, the others being 
the girl Christine, her mother and 
her father, Lucien. 

Play opens with ian amusing first 
act, with M. 'and Mme. Galvosier in 
.a sprightly marital scene for a 
couple wed 20 years. . I^uclen is 'a 
busy lawyer, fussing around at his 
desk In the library and t^lways on 
the point of rushing to the railway 
station to try a case in some funny 
town. She is vivacious if not friv- 
olous for a woman with a grown 
son and daughter, constantly send- 
ing out Invitations or taking rejuye- 
Qation treatments and trying on hew 
frocks. 

'Mademoiselle,'. the new governess, 
|8 engaged. She quickly finds out 
.the matter with her ndw charge. 
Christine had had an affair at ' a 
cummer resort with a young Egyp- 
tian and there Is to be a baby, as 
8he defiantly admits to mademoi- 
selle, declaring she will kill herself. 

The . governess is a niggardly 
spinster until afya meets Christine; 
then comes a change. iShe hates 
men, byt the reaction of her frus- 
tration takes a curious turn-:-she 
•yearns for a chlld> dreams of being 
the first to hold a newborn Infant 
In her arms. She devised a way to 
take' the girl to the country, and 
thcire the babe is bom. Mademol- 
. aelle's attentions, mlnt&tratlons a;nd 
liberality are based on her belief 
that heaven sent the child to her. 
The boy Is left in charge of a wet- 
nurse. "When mademoiselle'' and 
Christine arrive .home there are 
gifts galore, and the' festive board is 
prepared. '. Christine platihed to tell 
jier parents everything, but made- 
moiselle quietly and firmly prevents 
that . by departing for the country 
and the babe, promising the girl the 
seoret will neve^ bd disclosed and 
that she. will rear the. child as her 
own. Christine assents. She wants 
gayety, attentions, pleasure. For 
her, mother-love id absent, so far 
as the. firstborn and unwanted, child 
Is concerned. 

The story Is not as dramatic, as 
It might seem, 'nor as serious. It Is 
rather' made light Jn the playing, 
but the author finds a new slant on 
the problem of a maid gone astray 
and in distress. 
' Miss Brady reveled in the role of 
Christine's mother, bent on matron- 
ly social activities. The part is so 
divergent from her sombre duties 
In 'Mourning Becomes Eliectra' that 
she delighted the first-nighters. 
Miss Qeorge, a rflrect opposite in the 
name part, supplied the shade to the 
sptirkllng mother, reposed and au- 
thoritative, although a curious per- 
son. A. E. Matthews, whose wor- 
. Ties were mostly in keeping his ap- 
pointments and supplying enough 
money for his profiigate family, 
duos excellently with Miss Brady. 

But a goodly share of acting hon 
ors went to Peggy Conklin as Chris 
tine, able to rebpund from the tor 
ment of unwed 'motherhood to. the 
life of a carefree girl. Direction 
doubtless added to Miss Conklin'a 
performance. 

'Mademoiiselle' has wit enough, 
and it looks like the Bradys will do 
all right this season. 76ee. 



about, while the production and 
(lasting rendered by Dimltri Tiom- 
kin are the realization of such a 
dream, . 

Heavy popularity Is beyond 
reatih. but this comedy does get a 
good share of laughs with dome 
sparkling lines which are spread 
out to average up as a pleasant 
^couple of hours. All things con- 
sidered—and that small overhead 
must be considered first— it should 
eke out eight weeks .or thereabouts 
for ia slight margin on the good side 
or at least a draw decision; 

Montague Glass did a Potash, and 
Perlmutter with the script. In char- 
acter if not in name, and turned out 
a typical three-act biz partnership 
comedy. His collaborator this time 
was Dan Jarrett, most of whose re- 
cent work has been for John Golden. 

Fishbein (Potash) and Blintz 
(Perlmutter) are the usual argu- 
mentative but devoted partners, this 
time in real estate. They're pushed 
into a financial jam in the first act 
and : dragged out of it in the third, 
with the jailh'ouse looking like it's 
going to beat prosperity in turning 
the corner all through Act 2 and 
up to the finish. There's also a 
romance between the steno and a 
boy in the office, 'which stays secr 
ortdary but dovetails neatly into the 
plot. 

The dialog is 90% cross-fire be- 
tween the partners, sounding like a 
Silnlth : and Dale hext-to-cldsing 
serenade most of the time; but sly 
lines are spaced with sufficient fre- 
quency to keep things going. The 
streijgth is always in the comment 
growing out of situations rather 
than the situations themselves. An 
example of the chatter, most of 
which is in dialect, and probably 
the script's best gag, is 'Payment 
in six months in 1932 is better than 
cash in 1929.' 

Cast is full of vaudeville veterans, 
topped by the Dutch comic, Solly 
'Ward as one of the partners. His 
running mate is Louis Sorln. Wil- 
liam E. Morris is a standard name 
frbm the full stage sketch days; as 
Is Arthur Jarrett, who is the co 
author's brother besides being the 
father of the \ radio singer of the 
i^ame na:me. The 'name of Tanneh 
also has its spot on the program 
with Julius represented by his son, 
William. 

Young Tannen does a straight 
Juve as half of the love interest, 
being a good looking" youngster and 
tall enough to spot by a couple of, 
Inches the cast's stately leading 
girl, Alice Burrage. The only other 
woman among the 11 players is Pa 
trlcia Dunn in a three or four-mln 
uie on a.nd off. 

. Good character and straight per 
formances from all of these are du 
plicated by Bernard Gorcey and Joe 
Greenwald.: The latter is especially 
interesting. 

One set, and that's second hahd 
Bill Brady used it last year for 'A 
Church Mouse.' It was futuristic 
then. Now it's modernistic in more 
ways than one. Bige, 



Keeping Expenses Down 

Comedy In three acts presented by 
ulmltrl Tlomkln at tbe National, New 
York, commencing Oct. 20. Written by 
.'Montague Glass, and. Dan Jarrett and 
staged by Jarrett. $3 top. 

Jnlluis Bruckllner. Joe Greenwald 

David Gordon. ...i.i..... .William Tannen 

Harris .Fishbein .Ixiuls Sorln 

Esther Feln,..,i ....Alice Barrage 

Isaac Bllnt?...i,...,, Solly Ward 

Ub^kln.: Samuel Schneider 

Kent J. Goldstein.. .Bernard Gorcey 

Maac Fein;.; ...Wm. E. .Morris 

Do Witt C Rubensohp.. Raymond Brinmley 

Miss Ross..;... Patricia, Quinn 

Thombusch. Arthur Jarrett 



ABSENT FATHER 

Comedy In three acts, presented at the 
Vanderbllt, Oct. 17, by Kenney and Levitt; 
written • by Francis De 'Witt; staged by 
Lionel Bevans. 

Larry , Joseph Cotten 

RIggs ; Alexander Frank 

Anne Kathryn Glvncy 

Oliver Clyde Fillmore 

OHIe Edward Crandall 

Julie ....Patricia Barclay 

Gloria .Lea Penman 

Janice .Barbara' AVeck's 



Plays Abroad 



La Lecon d' Amour Dans EDITION SPECIAL 



un Pare 



New . managerial firm presents a 
well enough mounted show, V)ut as 
a performance it is marked by 
mediocrity; A brief stay unless the. 
sponsors have a bankroll and are 
willing to persist spending it. 

Perhaps the reason for the pres- 
entation, is the incorrect judging of 
the script's potential stage value. 
It may have i-ead better than It 
played — some, successful managei-a 
can and do go hiaywlre in making 
Up their minds about ah author's 
work. . 

There Is no special managerial 
fault in this instance. The play is 
simply not there. "» It is virtually a 
laughless comedy. A stream of 
cablegrams from the former, hus- 
band of a woman who; is married 
again was expected to supply the 
comedy. The absent brie weds, a 
Parisian- dancer,, he being the mar- 
rying kind, but when he learns that 
his son eloped with a. speakeasy 
cigar^ette girl, he wires his protest. 

The plot Is rather balled up be- 
cause of the Townsend household, 
nice enough Park avenue penthouse 
lot. parents of severa,l grown chil- 
dren have both been divorced and 
now married. 

The mixed-up relationships is 
puzzling to the onlooker. There is 
another character,' the. butler, and 
one of the busiest of such guys ever 
noticed on Broadway. Acting about 
on a par with- the play. 

If the new managers are to stick 
around they'll, have to pick 'em 
better. ', . 76ee. 



GOOD EARTH 

Play In three acts and 11 ' scenes ' pre 
seated by the Theatre Guild. Story from 
Pearl S. Buck's best seller novel of same 
name, with adaptation by Owen Davis arid 
Donald Davis. Directed by Philip . MOeller, 
Settings designed by Lee Slmonson. Thirty- 
three characters listed. Scaled at 93 top; 
At the Guild theatre, Oct. 17. 

Wang Lung.. ........ ^ Claude Rains 

Wang's Father l, Henry Travers 

Cuckoo . . .' Mar Jorle ' Wood 

O'Lan. Alia Nazlmova 

Wang's Uncle..'... .....Sydney Greenstreet 

Wang's Aunt ....Jessie Ralph 

Chlng ' Clyde Franklin 

Fool Child.. .....Helen Hoy 

Lotus Gertrude Flynn 



While chances are slight that 
"Keeping Expenses Down' will make 
much , money. It's a cinch it can't 
lose miich. The script, with its 
short cast and simple settings, is 
the sort that economists dream 



The Pasifionate Pilgrim 

Coiniedy drama In three acts presented at 
the. 48tb Street by Howard Inches: written 
by Margaret Crosby Uunn; '.staged by ire- 
senter; Incidental miislo by Charles Hau- 
biei. ■ ' . . . ■ ' . '.'. •• 

Ann Hathaway.' .........Emily Ross 

John Richardson..; Donald Wilson 

Tavemer ..'..,',.-,.'..-..' Alan Wallace 

William Shakespeare.. ..Albert Van Dekker 

BallUy Charles Henderson 

Sir Thomas Lucy Thomas F..Tracey 

Peter Dumpser........;i.Burford Hampden 

Robert - Armln . . ; Charles W. Homer 

Nicholas Tooley.-. ....Wilbur Cox 

Hemmlngs John Bryan 

William Slye ........Richard Enbach 

Elizabeth Vernon, .Ara Gerald 

Florlan Perclval Vivian 

Earl of Southampton George Macready 

Lady' Bridget Manners. .Beverly Roberts 

Countess of Rutland Wauna LIdwell 

Earl of Essex... Leslie Dennlson 

Ea'rV of Pembroke w.... Donald WUlson 

PhlUlda .'Norvell Barry 

A play about the Bard of Avon, a 
romantic Shakespeare but not' a di- 
version by any means. 'The Pas- 
sionate Pilgrim' is just a stop-gap. 

A new manager and an unknown 
authoress. Understood that Mar- 
garet Crosby Munn, 73, devoted up- 
ward, of 15 years to the writing. In- 
cidentally,' she Is the reputed 
backer. 

Will Shakespeare Is shown in his 
home at Stratford with Anne Hath- 
way. Anne is mindful of the chil- 
dren, so that Will's inclination to 
write plays instead of filling the 
larder brings her wrath upon him. 
The poet trudges to London/town. 
What.- hardships, he goes through 
and what triumphs he experiences, 
the play has naught to do with.. His 
suit for the love of Mistress Eliza- 
beth "Vernon is the mainspring of 
'The Passionate Pilgrim,' but the 
successful rivalry of the Earl of 
Southampton supplies little dra- 
matic tension. 

It is a costume affair and for 
those who like their actors in pic- 
turesque garb It may be a change. 
But that it Is an interesting play 
about the Bard is questionable. 
First night had its comic mishaps, 
such as the persistence with which 
.goblets and rapiers dropped from 
a table. 

Several of the players are of 
rec6gnlzed standing, including Ara 
Gerald (in a strange part forj-her) 
and Albert "Van Dekker. They say 
a well known actor given to ror 
mantle parts refused the lead. He 
had. the idea that the play was 
suited to semi-pro presientation i£ at 
all, arid he was correct. liee. 

(Closed Saturday. Review printed 
for the r«e<frd.) 



The Guild, undertook a prodigious 
task for this, the first play of its 
16th subscription season. The task^ 
no less, is the crystallizing Into the 
limits of a stage play the enormous 
substance, the vast detail, the intrl 
cate .atmosphere .and the epic theme 
of the Pearl Buck . novel of life 
among the humble of China. 

That it has done well is a tribute 
to Its courage and Its resources and 
special genuflexions go In the direc- 
tion of the Davises, father and son, 
who accomplished the job of adap- 
tation with great distinction, both 
as to its literary results and as .to 
its outcome as ah enterprise for the 
commercial theatre. For the play 
will satisfy admirers of the fasci- 
nating book and will draw them to 
the Guild theatre. Play will create 
talk that will keep interest alive in 
it for a long time. Difference in 
critical opini'-n after the premiere 
will contribute td that end. So it is 
an easy prophesy that the venture 
will prosper both materially and for 
the benefit of the Guild's prestige, 
Performance of ' Nazlmova as the 
peasant wife is bound to be a topic 
of theatregoers through the win- 
ter, partly because it is a Nazlmova 
performance arid partly because it 
is an oddity that invites debate. 

Everybody who has surrendered 
to thei grim fascination of the novel 
will be anxious, to see how it has 
been translated into a play and for 
the most part they will have only 
applause for the craftsmanship of 
the Davises. For one thing, the 
play Tollowd the T^ook with aston- 
ishing fidelity. Herein lies one of its 
large virtues. An ordinary literary 
hack . probably ■ would have ex-- 
hausted a whole bag of theatre 
tricks on the adaptatiori. Davis, a 
creative artist in his own right, 
was above stage: device. He dbubt- 
iess could have! turned out a neat 
and Interesting play by Owen Davis 
bearing some reasonable reserii- 
blance to Mrs, Buck's story. 

Instead, he fashioned something 
that is scarcely a play at all, judged 
by canons of the theatre itself, but 
a transcript of the original work 
that is thoroughly satisfying to its 
adorers. Davis' craftsmanship is as 
eloquent in what he has left out as 
in what he has employed and the 
rlghtness of his artistic instinct is 
abundantly proved by his refusal to 
allow any contrivance of his' own to 
intrude. And so there eventuates 
a modern miracle, a play by a mod- 
est adapter. 

The play is shaped to a sort of 
unity starting with the marriage of 
the humble farmer Wang Lung and 
the slave girl O'Lan and ends upon 
her death and burial; that is to say, 
not much more than half the .span 
of the book itself. But that half Is 
the essence of the whole history. It 
conveys the vital point that the 
siib.starice.s, material and spiritual 
of the world come from the ground; 



('Love Lesson in a- Ptirk') 

Paris, Oct. 13. 

■A four-act ploy by A. -Blrabeau and P. de 
la Batut. Produced by Rudolf Darzans at 
the . Thontre aes Arts, Paris, Oct. 0. 

Cast: M.. Roma. J. ThariPi aernrd-^Fewt. 
J. B. Evrard, M. Plerrat, J. Mftrhnnge, J. 
<VT<1, S. Bonelll, S; Fleurant, Vlola-Var- 
eyne, S, Barny, J. Pecault, B, DorvaUey.. 

The play is a legit adaptation of a 
novel : by Bene Boylesve. Action 
lakes place in 1750 when the French 
court was' most dissolute; arid, the 
piece, thoiigh artistic, is deliberately 
erotic. The story shows a French 
noblewoman attempting to . tone 
down In her house the prevalent 
licentiousness because, her little 
daughter lives with her. An obscene 
statue in the garden is the key- 
stone, getting everybody sex-mindr 
ed, and though the little girl is not 
actually compromised, she is seen 
spying on people in hectic goirigs on. 

Play has been staged by Paul Cas- 
tan, with stage production and act- 
ing as befits a show of this kirid. 
Better known still than Boylesye's 
book is an epistolary novel written 
about 1780 by Chaderlos de Laclos, 
and depicting a vicious nobleriian 
using his dissolute mistress to help 
him seduce a maid. Sariie idea to 
cloak virtue under polite manners. 

Mtuci. 



Robinson Mustn't Die 

CRobinsbn Soli Nicbt Sterbeii') 

Vienna, Oct 12. 
Piay In three acts by Frledrlch Forster; 
first presented at the- - Akad^mtetheater, 
Vienna. In the cost: Frl,- Kramer, Frail 
Karolyl, Schmidt, Hoblliig, '. Wehgraf, 
Braun.' 



Paris, Oct. 15. 

Adaptation by Henry Torres of T.onlB 
Weitzenkorn'S 'Five Star Final.* Staged 
by Lewis Allen and' Henri RoUan, PTe> 
sented by Camllle P. 'Wyn at the Ambas- 
Shdcurs, Paris, Oct. 10. ■' 

Cast mcludes Georges Vallee, Mnroel Du- 
puv, Maxime Fabert, Duard Ftls, - Maurice 
Allani Robert le Vlgan, Henri Rollan, Paul 
Asselln, Jac<iues Varennes, Pierre CalUabet, 
Philippe Richard, . Fanny Marctte, Ronianne, 
Plevte Arnac, Luclenne le Mfirchand, Ger- 
mnlne Dermoi, Jeanlne Crispin, Jacques 
ErwiKi,- Marcel Aiidre, Jennnlne MIrande. . 
Germalne'Gralnval, Georges Piieur. Evelyn' 
Mussey, Genevlevd Rosemond. Laurence 
Baptlste, Jim Wnngo and Robert Mathe. ' 



Akademletheater, ' Burgtheater's 
studio, exaggerated its mission of 
experimenting with young actors 
and authors. Their new play Is by 
a youth still In his 'teens arid riot 
yet out of high school. He will 
write better plays in tlnie-than this 
romantic drama of the 1730's, and 
it can't be denied that it shoves 
marks of talent, but that Is no rea- 
son to. present it in a regular 
theatre. 

It is about the aged and blind 
Daniel Defoe, the author of. 'Robin 
son Crusoe,' who is 111 treated ^y a 
powerful aristocrat and sriffers 
every kind of ignominy at thd hands 
of the high and mighty. Two boys 
of 13) . Charley Brown and Jim 
Drlnkwater, constitute them&elves 
his champions. They play Robin 
son and Friday, attack the proud 
aristocrat who made their hero, 
Defoe, suffer, and despite whipj^ings 
from their fathers, fight the blind 
poet's battles for him and h^Ip him 
to his rights, 

Much tha;t.ls unspoilt, fresh and 
original in the depicting of childish 
imagination especially, bqt it Is aHy- 
thing but a play. The performance 
was weak in the crucial point, the 
two young boys not being up to the 
mark, but Fraulein Kramer in the 
part of Maud, the blind poet's 
guardian angel, was .cha^rming, and 
may hope for a Burgtheaters en- 
gagement soon. . 

that they come only by travail, and 
that all departure from that simple 
precept leads to sorrov^ and discon- 
tent. The play's end shows the be- 
reaved Wang Lung turning baSk 
to the land and therein varies from 
the novel wherein the rich Wang 
Lung dies full of luxury and regrets. 
But Mrs. Buck reaches the same 
logical end as doe's the play, though 
she takes a sequel arid another 
generation to accomplish the goal in 
her new novel 'Sons'. 

All concerned in the play co- 
operate in a seeming . effort to get. 
the essence of the book somehow 
on the stage. Lesser playmakers 
might have staged it with large 
flourish, wl4h- settings to command 
attention to themselves and florid 
acting to make an actor's holiday. 
Here everything serves the novel, 
whose enormous vogue was the rea- 
son for the whole enterprise. Philip 
Moeller's staging is reticent and Lee 
Simonson's settings are modest to 
the ppint of scantness. 

There is no parade in the acting. 
Naziniova speaks her lines with flat 
bluntness and wears, a countenance 
that is blankly impassive. O'Lan 
wag a humble creature of the 
kitchen and the fields, innocent of 
outward beauty or grace. Nazimova 
doesn't look the part. She can but 
suggest It In . a heavy countenance 
arid a diction as primitive as the 
earthy woman. 

Claude Rains no more suggepts 
the physical counterpart of a lowly 
Oriental farmer and he doesn't make 
the mistake of trying to. No artifice 
could accomplish that. But an ut- 
terly simple, artless style of play- 
ing is the best possible alternative. 
Henry Traver.s as th6 very aged 
father of the hero was excellent, 
making the most of the many fcom- 
edy lines put in the. mouth of this 
character old man. His was one 
of the few . 'fat' roles in a ca.st 
bristling with problcmB fov a con- 
scientious director. Sydrioy Grof-n- 
atreet played a trivial part of a Chi- 
nese • Hchonict as you'd t-xnr-ct a 
trouper of hi« r.-irigi? to do. liufih. 



Play loses some of its significance 
here as an attack .on the yellow 
press; beca;use local sheets ai-e pretty 
colorless, and consider it their only 
duty to keep the masses under gas. 
Front page here, as compared to 
American sheets, look like an educa- 
tional reel next to hot news clips. 
However, clever staging, fineness of 
production, and human iriterest aT.e 
giving it a fair chance. 
. Camllle F. Wyn, who produced the 
play here, is a thorn in the fiesh 
of local' producers, like' anybody who 
bi'lngs worthwhile imported opposi- 
tion on the market, and Camllle P." 
Wyn Is responsible here for 'Rose- 
Marie,' 'Mary Dugan,' and practi- 
cally every other American hit 
which has been pi'oduced. Also, the 
local press boys are-, still sore at 
some past difllcult-les and practically 
hone of them mentions him— though 
he is the producer — in their reviews 
even if.thoy must praise the show. 

What goes biggest in the play Is 
tiie human element,- with the French 
Interest In femme evident by ■ the 
two. biggest scenes here, being Jenny 
Townsend bursting Into tears when 
an. under taker comes for order, and 
also later, when she denounces yel-* 
low press methods. 
- Show has necessitated three re- 
volving stages, plUB two upper 
cabins to be set in the Ambassa.- 
deurs, and production is o. k. to 
every respect. Acting ejccellent, too, 
though there is no name outstaiid.> 
Ing to constitute a draw by itself> 
Henri Rollan is very good, and haa 
a piece la the production. Othdr 
names include Jacques "Varennes, 
stage and . screen actor, okay as 
Hinchcliffe. So -is Marcel Andre. 
The principal femmes are satisfac- 
torily done by Jeanlne Crispin as 
Miss Townsend, Germaine Dermoz 
as her suicide mother, and Luolenne 
Lemarchand as the girl- reporter.' '' 
Play enjoys good woird-of- mouth 
ptibltoity, and exploitation is well 
done. Maxi. 



AVRIL 

('April') 

.Paris, bet iO. 
A comedy Jn tllree acts, by Georges Beirr 
and Louis VemeuUt Staged by... AbdN 
.Brule. Produced by Max ' Maurey. V»f 
.rltles. Paris. 

Philippe Menneray .'........'.. .Andre Bml« 

Alexandre Carbonnel. .>.,.....^.... Atnaudx 

Ls' Roycr.. .....Berthler - 

Roger Pclure Jacques Oatitler 

Victor .......:..i.,'....'.... casteloin 

Gabrlelle CarbOnnel.V. <.;.Marcelle Froinee 

A revival of an old idea, with a 
brilliant first act, a second act that 
. is slow and painful, and a third 
act which, despit^ some, brilliant 
comedy, might easily be compressed, 
and Is so obylovs that it looks like 
the closing sequence of a hors« 
opera flicker. 

Good acting, the enormous dra^ 
of Andre Brule among, the femmos 
arid some very Ttritty dialog in parts, 
prognosticates a fair engageriient at 
the Varietes, but attempt to trans- 
late would probably kill what con- 
stitutes the entertainment value. 

Show, opening b.eifore. 9 p. m., ends 
well after 12, with two short in- 
termissions. It will have to be very 
much compreissed, and this should 
he done easily, except that prlri? 
clpals are always unwilling to give 
up bits which they ;think give them . 
a, chanci. 

'The story shows ah ISryear-Qld 
girl ' (Solange Moret), daughter , of 
-an impetuous woman of 40 (Mar- 
celle Pralnce) and her financier 
husband who is 70.' Latter, done 
by Arnaudy, alternates between be- 
ing wealthy and broke, and is an 
Al comedy type. The mother has 
an. affair of 20 years' istanding with 
a vc^/ wealthy man of her own age, 
done by Andre Brule, and to make 
sure that he will leave his fortune 
to the girl, has always made him 
believe, that he is her real father. 
To this end .qhe has told him the 
girl was born in April^hence >he 
title of the play — wheii she was 
really born In. Mai'ch, 

First act, apart from the comedy 
of the father and sb.trie by-play - 
between the girl and a ydung' sec- 
ondary part lover to wljom she g(?t6 
engaged when wealthy and breaks 
her engagement when broke, Is filled 
v/ith dlsc'j'-sions between the moth- 
er, her lover and a lawyer — done 
1 y Eorth'.^>r- to decide the best way 
for the lovtr to will his fortune to 
the girl without the father getting 
wise, t-'inic stanza ends on deciding 
!hat the iv.st way out is for i he 
inothcr's lovfi" to marry the girl, 
whom ho believes to be his child 
;ind give her a quick divorce. 

.S'^'fond act, which takos place 
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VARIETY 



L C Ci T I M AT C 



Tueisa«7f Octolier ^$5, 1932 



Plays Out of Town 



MUSIC IN THE AIR 

Philadelphia, Oct 24. 
Philly has had , plenty of try-outs 
this fall, but until this Jerome Kem- 
Oscar Hammersteln II 'musical ad 
venture' opened last Monday at the 
Oarrlck, there had been only one 
show that smacked of smasb quali 
flcations aiid that one was 'Good 
Earth' which wasn't generally Uked 
but clicked on the universal inter- 
est In the original noveL 

'Music in the Air* was being 
'loiaed about all over town Tuesday 
norhlng. By Thursday it had the 
irowds coming; Friday night found 
only a few scattered seats and by 
Saturday it was capaci]ty. It should 
come close to that mark all this 
week and has beeii held in for, an 
extra six days which is a godsend 
for the theatre situation here. 

"Tliough in every respect a 'class' 
musical, 'Music in the Air' has an 
amazing amount of human appeal 
and good sentiment.. There- Is 
scarcely a wise-crack in it, and. yet 
the comeidy, produced by plot situa- 
tions and by characters who are 
creating live, fleish -and-blood people 
rather than by clever clowns. 

In fact, alUiough Jerome Kern 
has turned out anolhef fine scores 
the Hammersteln book is, in many 
ways, the strength of the produc- 
tion. It could come pretty close to 
standing on its own as a straight 
romantic comedy without musical 
embellishments. 

Bavaria Is the localei ; and strong' 
sympathy is .estfibllBhed by the in- 
trodu'ctlon of a group of simple 
country people, an old man, hlg 
daughter and her sweetheart. Itito 
the blase .theatrical world of Mun- 
ich. First and last scenes are laid 
in a small rural village;, the rest Is 
playhouse atmosphere. . . 

Thei'e are plenty of unusual fear 
tures to -the book. One Is that the 
simple, , country heroine does hot- 
make good in -her diabut as an iac- 
■< tress. In fact, she's a complete flop 
at rehearsal and quits. Another Is 
that the< first act. curtain falls on a 
quiet sc^na between two elderly 
men discussing their youth and 
. memories of a mutual romance with 
a glamorous stage star. No chorus. 

Th$ : E^ern music carries ahead 
what he essayed in The Cat and the 
Fiddle.' Maybe this one doesn't have 
as many potential popular hits; but 
every : single number is beautiful 
and every one fltd the action. 
'There's a Hill Beyond a Hill,' 'I've 
Told Every Little Star, 'And Love 
Wag Born,' 'Egent bn the Tregem 
ape' and 'When the Spring is in the 
Air', are sqme .ot ,^© outstanders; 
but they're not all. 

Casting is exceptionally keen, 
with the understanding on the out- 
side that Kern and Hftmmerstein 
were responsible. Tullio Carminati, 
of 'Strictly Dishonorable' fame, is 
a sentimental. , rpntantlc playwright 
and. he ,gives as. fine a characteriza- 
tion. a$. would be found in most dra- 
matic ©lays. Walter Slezak Is per- 
fectly fitted to. the role of the peas- 
ant lover and Katharine Carrlngton 
is good as his sweetheait. Al Sheon 
Is going, to be a revelation to those 
who remember his former work. As 
the heroine's fathee. he gives an in- 
terpretation that brought out plenty 
of handkerchiefs and a hundred 
laughs. - - 

Reinald Werenrath, of grand 
opera, has only one number which 
he sings splendidly, but it seems 
like wasted talent He has little 
acting to do. 

Natalie Hall probably takes the 
vocal honors and does some swell 
acting too as a temperamental 
prima donna. Good bits are sup- 



plied by Ivy Scott Prince Obolensky, 
Nichols Joy and I^arry Mestayer. 

The Joseph Urban sets are equal 
to anything he has ever done for 
the musical comedy stage. Several 
of them are gems, especially the 
Zoo scene which also is notable for 
its spirit There is a singing chorus 
with nice voices, but they halve only 
one number and appear only a 
couple of times as a unit. Hammer- 
stein's staging is notable. 

It ran too long at the opening 
and still does, but management 
wants to lie careful in its cutting. 
A couple of the changes noted Sat- 
urday night haven't impiroved the 
performance. "Music in the Air' was 
one show that was ready for Broad- 
way the night it o)E>ened hero. It 
should be a sensation. Wafer*. 



CARRY NATION 

Baltlmore.'.Oct 19. 
Bloeraphldal drama, in 17 scenes by Frank 
HcOrath. Presented by the Theatre Unit 
In aisftociatlon with Arthur J. Beckhard. 
DIreoted by . Blanche Turka. aesleted by 
JoEhua I^gan. Settings by Charles Boss; 
coelumes by Elizabeth Hlgglns Sullivan^ 
At the Maryland, Boltlftiore, Oct. 18. 
Aunt Judy........... Fanny Bell McKnIgbt 

Qeorge Moore; John Parrlsb 

James Campbell...... Arthur C. Morris 

Ohartes Gloyd.. ...^^yron McGrath 

Mery Compbell Moore Oertnide Gnrstln 

Sarai. '.. . . . .' ..........Buddy De Loach 

Mrj. Oioyd. Frieda Altman 

Dr. Bull...... ...Ernest Pollock' 

Miss. Slcat^.. Jean- Barrett 

Da vld - Nation ... : Leslie Adams 

Mrs. Noblo. . . . ... . . .Mildred Natwick 

Carry Nation. ....Xlstber Dale 

Danle( Dent.......... Donald Foster 

Vlxa. Cain, t ............... ...Daisy Belmore 

A Brute. .Clarence' E. Smith 

Mart Strong. .....Joshua t,. Logan 

Constable Oano. -. James Stewart 

Mayor 'Washbrook.....^......Harvy Melville. 

O. L. Day. .George Smlthfleld 

Salesman . . . . ; Kenneth Berry 

Mrs. Stroll. ................. .....Nina VaresI 

Skoll , Luther Williams 

Tho Mayor of Kiowa Alfred Dalrymple 

Jailer. ;.M]afon McCormIck 

United States Senator. ; ..John F. Horrleeey 

Landlord Harry Bellaver 

The Le<uler of the VIgllantea.Karl Swenson 

Dick. -.Leslie Hunt 

Louie SaaerbergeF...........Tom Maltland 

Mrs. Klopp,. .Katherlne Bmery 

MIsB Sheriff. Helen HUbertb 

Mrs. MoHenry.. Mary JeSery 

Chairman ....Charles B. Amt 

Companion of Carry..... ^ Lilian Oknn 



What Charles "Chic" Sale 
(America's Foremost Rural 
Character Actor) 
Thinks of an Annuity 

"I consider an Annuity the 
sui'est and safest investment 
that an Actor, or professional 
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With 'Carry NaUoh' biographical 
drama reaches its utmost point at 
loast as far as comprehensivencBS is 
concerned. While such historical 
plays as 'Elizabeth the Queen' and 
'Barretts of Wimpole Street' con- 
tented themselves with slmplie por- 
tionQ out of the Uvea of its people, 
this play endeavors to encompass 
all the. ground covered by the book- 
lehgth biography, and in this case 
range? from the period before the 
bi^rth of Carry Nation to some 22 
yep,rs after her death. 

And it is this very bulk of the^ at- 
tolnpt that detracts fi;om the power 
and forcefulness iof McGrath's.play. 
Inr his effort to give a complete pic- 
ture of - Carry Nation, the demoH- 
rum hatchetator, he has sliced the 
life of the -woman into sharply 
sketched scenes, in order to get the 
entire show over before midnight 
Elimination of some of these snap 
shots, and the more careful delinea- 
tion of the more Important scenes of 
Carry Nation's life would do. much 
to give the play coherence and unity 
of pace It now lacks. 

The play itself and -its method of 
attewk. offer a new angle in the the- 
atreJ It shapes as a brave attempt 
to present the entire life of an his- 
torical character by way of comic 
and dramaUc blackouts. And while 
the present play as originally pro- 
duced here is disiinctly a long shot 
for popular approval, it Is some- 
thing new. • 

Piece cries out. for the revolving 
stage, but for some reason the pro 
ducers have not used the device. It 
would be enormously helpful, how' 
ever, though perhaps not as 'arty.. 
The present arrangement of having 
the drapes shut In from the sides 
at the conclusion of each dramatic 
blackout renders the piece Jerky and 
spasmodic, when It should flow 
smoothly. 

The production minds have. It 
seems, taken particular pains to give 
the Impression of a series of tab 
leaux, rather than a rounded play. 
They've erected a sort of lai'ge pic- 
ture frame, oval, through which the 
audience views the play. The 
di'apes .work on a straight curtain 
rod hunt on the inside of this frame. 
And the manner in which they 
squeak on being pulled closed and 
opened reminds forcefully of the 
amateur efforts In high-school audi- 
toriums. That part of the produc- 
tion, which might have sounded 
swell enough on paper, doesn't work 
out at all In practice. 

In the first place from the simple 
point 01 view of time allowance, it's 
bad. There were long waits between 
srenes, longer than they should be, 
opening night or no. So long that 
the show broke within 16 minutes of 
midnight. Tlie pace must be 
speeded up productionally. 

But McGrath is also at fault on 
this point He has too much that 
!s non-essential. Two scenes which 
don't belong at all, tearing down 
and spoiling everything that has 
been so laboriously built up pre- 
viously, and a couple of other scenes, 
particularly at the start, which 
co.uld be sliortened and tightened to 
the benefit of all concerned. 
J For instance, there are four long 



scenes before Carry Nation meets 
the audience. It's too long, and the 
audience becomes impatient over all 
that background stuff. MoOrath has 
pounded his strokes in, repeaUng 
Ills points. The repetition is irritat 
ing. 

First of the 17 scenes takes place 
in 1846 on the birth day of the sub 
Ject and the three- succeeding 
scenes in 1867, 18CB and 1877 .aU 
take place without Carry- appearing 
on the stage. All this background 
of Carry's heredity and Juvenile en- 
vironment could be condensed tV'the 
good. • 

While McGrath has takieh much 
trouble to paint the mental traits 
and psychological twists of her par- 
ents and the peculiar religious fer- 
vor, even to insanity, of the people 
who surrounded her in early life, 
he has not given a psychological 
portrait of Carry herself. The story 
of Carry is told quite on the sur-. 
face. Carry is first introduced when 
she is already 63 years old (in 1899), 
having married for the second time, 
and being Just about to start her 
career of saloon-busting in Kansas. 
Ttie next 12 scenes are concentrated 
on the last 12 years of Carry Na- 
tion's life. Final scene is the pres- 
ent, with a fiash of her grave, an 
anti-climax and meaningless, 

In this last scene a drunk panto- 
mimes past Carry Nation's grave, 
takes a swig but of a bottle and 
tosses the empty flask on the grave. 
Thus, typifying the futility of Carry 
Nation's endeavors as it were. But 
it is unnecessary, since McGrath 
has tliroughout the play brought- out 
the point of futility and frustration 
in the hatchet-wielding. 

The enth-e play appears written 
With that sort of bias in portraying 
the futility of. Carry Nation. It's, 
as if the author and the producer 
were trying to string along with-the 
public's disapproval of prohibition 
by over-emphasizing the uselessness 
of the' Nation efforts.. -So muchrin- 
Jury has been done t<r the strength 
of the play by this attitude and a 
tendency toward, making the people 
in. the play caricatures rather than 
Characters. Maybe the fault still 
Mm with McOrath's over-shading 
his characters. His main characters, 
Garry Nation and her husband 
David Nation are able to withstand 
the heavy painting, but the minor 
characters lose their touch with 
reality. .They look and act hardly 
human; the Glbsb'n-glrl type is 
over-Gibsonlsh, - the viUlan is over- 
villianous, the comedy- sheriff looks 
like he steppied out of a 1915 Key- 
stone comedy. ESverybody is over- 
drawn. 

Other than the closing iscene, the 
other, dramatic bit wblch should be. 
out is scene 15. Carry Nation is 
shown hyating up a saloon for no 
reason for this Scene, since McGrath 
bad painted that picture twice 
earlier in the- play, and the scene 
came only as a let- down repeat In 
the other scenes, it was partly off- 
stage, and much more effective. In 
this iscene the production depart- 
ment couldn't present the idea ait 
alL For Ihstfuice, even the sup- 
posedly grand flash of Nation toss- 
ing a brick through the saloon mir- 
ror went blah because the mirror 
was tin and the brick i>apier-machel 
Unless they caji give the audience 
the real thing, the ofE-stage angle is 
preferable. 

Jiiat one other especially bad 
point of Judgmient-is the scene in the 
hotel room in Enterprise, Kans., that 
night in 1900 when Carry Nation 
Was ganged and whipped by a mob 
of Vigilantes Intent on keeping^ her 
out of town. Her husband, in a 
room next door, is a. lazy .soul, 
though igood-hearted. There is an 
intensely dramaUo scene while Car- 
ry is being horse-whipped, and the 
audience is deadly, quiet while she 
lies moaning on the floor, alone. 
She calls, 'David.' And .in answer, 
from; the room next door, comes a 
snore. No doubt McGrath thought 
that would be effective and power- 
ful, and once more symbolic of the 
futility of Carry Nation's life. But 
the snore was bad.theatre, and ut- 
terly spoiled what had been and 
would have been one of the strong 
spots of the show. . 

The play takes Carry right 
through her life, her religious fer- 
vor, her battles with saloons, 
crooked officials, and her final rev-, 
erence by the W.G.T.U. and Its ele- 
ment McGrath has supplied an ex- 
cellent scene in which to bring out 
in the beginning the type of char- 
acter that Carry Nation was. It's 
the scene in her husband's church. 

Esther Dale, who has been known 
for the past few years mainly as. a 
soprano in the NBC music appreda 
tion series, does the Utle role, and 
she makes an extremely able Job 
of it. ' She and Leslie Adams, as 
David Nation, carry off the perform 
ance laurels, doing much to give 
the play what reality it has. Miss 
Dale has made the Carry Nation 
character a sympathetic one; and 
brings the hatchet lady to the stage 
big as life from the physical re- 
semblance angle even if some of the 
lines given her are not genuine Na 
tions. 

With this play Arthur Beckhard 
tries something entirely away from 
the style of his 'Another Language.' 
But as it stands now he can't hope 
for a repetition at the box offiQe. 
The play needs much editing and 
fixing before ii can enter Broad 
way, and there its chances axe 
doubtful. 



FORWARD MARCH 

Philadelphia, Oct 24. 
There is so much good material in 
this first musical revue production 
of Lew Brown and Ray Henderson, 
that it seems surprising the sum 
total of effectiveness is not higher. 
Despite a fairly smooth opening at 
the Forrest last Tuesday, the show 
registered as one upon which all 
kinds of yi^ork must be done before 
it has a fighting chance. 

On the credit side of the ledger 
are. bome extraordinarily fine danc- 
ing, both chorus and by teams and 
specialists, a score by Ray Hender- 
son that, while not the equal of 
some that he has turned out, has 
plenty of air, dance floor and band 
possibilities, and as stunning a 
chorus as has been seen in Philly. 
In seasons. 

Oh the debit side are comedy 
sketches that reach the lowest mark 
for banality and a general lack of 
co-ordination In the putting on of 
the show. 

The costuming, credited to Klvi- 
ette and Charles Le Maire. is far 
and away better, than a.verage, while 
the settings of Henry Dreyfus are 
both good and bad; some being clut- 
teried and too ornate. . 

No nanies in the show here, al- 
though management is understood 
to, have decided, some will be needed^ 
despite emphasis on hew talent In 
the program, Hugh Herbert, Sally 
Sweet, Eric Cowley and George 
Dewey Washington get their names, 
in bold type. 

Seymour Felix, staged the. dances 
(the program credits him with stag- 
ing the whole production, as a mat- 
ter of fact) and the girls do some 
capital stepping. Dance teams that 
stand out are Theo Phane and Jack 
StlUman, Margaret Knight .and Le 
Roy Olin, Nora and Jimmy Bell and 
Bob Robertson . and Betty. Dewitt. 
They all work plenty ;and get re- 
sults. 

Sally Sweet does well by a couple 
of Henderson's lighter times. Dewey 
Washiiigton slnga with much de- 
clamatory effect a number called 
'Home to Harlem' that got plenty of 
applause. Joan Abbott had two of 
the song hits of the show which 
clicked in spite of her rather than 
because of her. Nan Blackstone had 
two or three blues numbers at a 
piano which were, too inside for the 
mob here. Milton Watson warbled 
nicely and Lois Ravelle started off' 
the 'Restless' number which flnaled 
the' first- act There was plenty of 
effective staging in this one, but it 
was far too long and brought in 
everything, but a heard of elephants. 

There were clever comedy ideas 
back of the ^ring 'Em Back Alive,' 
Soviet Baseball' and 'In ^the Name 
of Art' skits, hut they were lost in 
the presentaUon. Cowley, a fine 
finglish drawing room comedy actor, 
was way out of place, and Ed Con-, 
rad, Herbert and. Sam.Dody didn't 
help any. 

Only when the youngisters of the 
cast or the lively chorus broke Into 
a dance was 'Forward March' really 
spirited. Several of Henderson's best 
numbers, mangled in the singing, 
weren't really appreciated untU'the 
dance incidental started. 

An i*attractive novelty, fSteins,' in 
the second act was attractive in at- 
mosphere and charming, but seemed 
out of place. A burlesque of 'Torch 
Songs' was seriously hurt by bad 
handling. 

I Hate to Think You're Growing 
Oldj' sung by Miss»Sweet and Wat- 
son, came late in the show, but im- 
pressed as the best of a number of 
Henderson's good songs.' 

Plenty to be r^one on this one, 
but the dancing; costumes and tunes 
are worth salvaglftg. "Waters. 



MR. MARY SAWYER 

Pasadena, Oct 18. 
Domestic comedy by Emerson Treaoy and 
JefFerson Barker. Gllmor Brown, super- 
vlalnff director; Morris .'Anknim. director. 
At the Pasadena- Community Flayho.uae, 
Dot, 18. 

Cast: Emerson Treacy, Oay Seabrook, 
Michael Fenwlck, Leah Wlnslow, Kay 
Murray. StelU Sloan, Ivsslle Abbott The- 
resa Carmo, William Bums. John Hallam, 
Esther Qay, William V&nce, Mildred 
Prlnsle. Thomas L. Brower, Helen Servls. 

Human little comedy, rather ado- 
lescent in character, that falls to 
rise to any emotional or laugh cli- 
max. It hasn't the smash qualifica- 
tions needed today to rate Broad- 
way or film attention., Play's main 
weakness ' is its failure to follow 
through on the male lead, letting 
down on that character to build up 
the femme part and finishing on a 
logical, but not showmanly, note. 

Story opens with the financial 
trials of a young married couple. 
Tpung woman's ability to bake 
cakes, coi^pled with the offer of a 
former sweetheart to set her up. in 
business, leads to the formation of a 
bakery concern that in two years 
becomes one of the biggest chains 
in town. Husband tags along, un- 
able to fit Into the business and 
breaks away Just as the exrsweette 
becomes too attentive to the wife. 
Latter leaves the concern and it 
toboggans almost to bankruptcy 
when the rival bakery head steps <in 
to buy the firm and- reunite hus- 
band and wife.- 

Emerson Treacy, stage, screen 
and radio Juvenile, wrote 'Mr. Mary 
Sawyer, with Jefferson Parker. He 
and Gay Seabrook, his stage and air. 
foil, have the top acting spots and 
their performances carry the play 
along smoothly and expertly. Team 



appears In 'Qrowln*' Up,' KFWB 
•erlai; and 'lAr. Maty sawyer* could' 
be uUIizsd as a ntdio sculpt to bet* 
ter advantage than by any other 
presehtatlon route,' 

Thomas Ii. Brower and Leah 
Winslow, vet character players, 
handle, their parts "well and Wil. 
llpjn Burns rates attention as a 
dumb young oointc John Hallam. 
the former boy friend of the wife, 
does a good Job as an irritating, 
boisterous show-off type, 

INSULT 

Beverly Hills, Oct 21.- 
Produced by the Beverly Hills Community 
Players. New play by lAwrence Bl. - Sterner 
atid O. H. 'HtiKzard, Directed by Wilfred 
North, uiider supervision ot Mrs, Lew Llpa 
ton. Caot; Mola IiSixtord, Ted Csborn. 
Nadja, Wilfred North, Henry Hobray, WIU 
fred Harl, . Jose . Rnblo, and Clara Suskl. 
Three acts. OpeDinS'week ot Oct. 0. 



Lacking enough development to 
be classed ais timber for a conmier- 
cial production, 'Insult' still has the 
germ of ah idea which might make 
it a pQsslbiUty for professionals. 
Play would have to be strengthened 
and dialog freshened. ' 

Action occurs in a mountain stu- 
dio near Budapest, with the leading 
characteirs a princess who has mar<<. 
ried an artist beneath her rank, and 
is honeymoQhing with hint incognito. . 

Outside world finally 'discovers 
their hiding plia,ce, and Deiphina, a 
dancer and former flame of the 
artist, pays him a visit. Princess 
VroQca is an ethereal soul, while 
the artist, Franz Laval,: is material. 
They quarrel over .Deiphina and sep-. ' 
arate. ■ . 

Months later, the princess is pre- 
paring to commit suicide. She has 
been iihbued with oriental philos- 
ophy by her Japanese -servant, Ota- 
San. Her family is disgraced and 
she is unhappy. Franz returns in 
time and wants to start over again. 
While his head is turned, the prin- 
cess, in front of a statue of Buddha, 
kills herself. 

Nola. Luxf ord, formerly leading 
w.bman in Fred Thomson's westerns, 
and Ted Osborn do nicely as the 
princess and artist* Despite the 
cumbersome lines, and slightly old- 
fajshloned theme, they bring reality 
to the story. Nadja. as Deiphina, 
was good in heavy role< 

Wilfred Harl, Japanese boy, was 
the servant, but lacks experience in 
a difficult part. Mrs. Wilfred North 
and, Henry Mobray filled their roles 
of a middle-aged English couple 
smoothly. 



AVRIL 

■> • ■ '— 1_ 

(Continued from page 45). 

after , the .mairiage, shows the girl 
dissatisfied on, finding that after a 
week her husbi^id Is aloof and de- 
termined to remiedy the situation. ' 

Obvious end is cheeking of. th«i' 
dates, bringing things back to nor« 
malcy. by showing the girl's hus* 
band that he ts not her father. 

Though Ahdre Brule is starring, 
and his« acting is without a. flaw, 
his serious part In what Is after 
all a light comedy, is overshadowed' 
by that of Amaiidy as the burlesque 
father who gives a riproarinig per- 
formance. Berthier as the lawyer 
is also another excellent comec^ 
support The mother, is beautifully • 
done by Marcelle Pralnce, whose 
comedy opposite Arnaudy makes 
the play. The very limited cast 
makes the play a good bet for local 
tours, but abroad, nix. Maxi. 



CORPS A CORPS 

. ('Ciosa Range Fighting') 

. Paris, Oct, 10. . 
A three-act comedy by Fordyca. Produced 
by Paulette Paz and Luclen Beer. Theatre 
de I'Oeuvre. 



Play Is on for a limited 'engage- 
ment of two weeks only. It would 
not be likely , to last longer, and it 
the idea is to be used abroad, it 
would require- entire rewriting. No 
screen chance. The. play was writ- 
ten by a girl who wishes to remain 
anonymous, and who intended to .act 
the leading part herself. Shortly 
before opening she disagreed with 
the producers on some details, and 
resolved to have nothing more to 
do with the business. 

The idea of the play is that a girl 
with a business mind alwauys gives 
priority to business in her love af- 
fairs. Show opens in a bookstore 
which a girl (Jacqueline Hobstein) 
has bought with the money a boy 
friend lent her. Many boy§ make 
love to her, but she pays no atten- 
tion to them, and gives her boy 
friend backer the sack when he asks 
for a share in the profits of the 
business. 

Next stanza shows the girl angeled 
by a new boy friend, but this time 
she has bought an Important book 
selling business. However, the boy 
Is lazy, and she is afraid he is go* 
ing to hit her for cash, and thus 
hurt the business: so he also gets 
the sack. Third and last step shows 
one more boy friend who this time 
she believes unable to give, her 
money worries on account of his 
wealth. However, whett it develops 
that the boy was only pretending to 
be. rich ph account of his, Ipve for 
her, she also gives him the sack, 
after a short hesitation during which, 
she nearly weakens to his pleading 
true ' love. And so on for bigger 
and better bookselling business. 

Staging by Paulette Pax is cheap 
— ^first act in the bookstore, and isist 
two In the girl's bedroom. Acting 
is all Indifferent Maxi. 



Ttte64a^ ' Mp>er 25, 1932 



I. I T E R A T I 



VARIETY V 47 



Best Sellers 



" Henri. Rogewaki Dies 

Henri Boigowskl, 88, retired head 
^ the printing firm which still hears 
I1I0 liame, died suddenly In his home 
in New Tork Monday, Oct. 17. He 
^as a childless widower. Some years 
sgo he disposed of his Interest in 
the plant, which probably has print- 
ed more first editions of trade and 
dally jpapers than any other oflice in 
NeV Torlr, The first Issuefs of "Va- 
riety' were printed there, and 'Va- 
riety' returned to that office' when 
crowing circulation required print- 
ing oh a newspaper press. . He printed 
the New York- 'Call,' the 'Morning 
Telegraph,' 'Daily America,* the "Re- 
Tlew,' the Shubert Sunday house 
orsan, and inhunierable other ven- 
tures..-' 

Bom. in Poland, he learned his 
trade there, coming to America first 
to work on the New Tork "World,' 
later going to the "Recorder' when 
that publlcatiph started, about 40 
years ago. For them' he established 
the first battery of linotype ma- 
chines installed- in any newspaper 
ofiBce. 

/When the 'Recorder' failed, Ro- 
gowski took over the machines, set- 
ting them up alt 42 iSpruce street 
with, tbe idea of doing composition 
for the traded For; years he set 
much of the 'City Record' and did 
special work for most of the New 
Tork dallies when their own facill- for news, only 116 are on the ac 
ties were crowded. He was print-t credited list, just published by the 



Ing the 'Dally »|ercury' for Tam- 
many Hall when the : politicians 
gave the paper to Blakely Hall, who 
presently turned lit Into the ^Morn- 
ing Telegraph.* The type was set 
by Rogowskl and the paper printed 
oh a press installed by Hiall in the 
basement of the plant. The arrange- 
ment continued until the 'Telegraph' 
moved around to 116 Nassau street 
aiid installed its own plant. Eight 
years ago owing to failing health 
and retiring; from all business, Mr. 
Rogowskl sold the plant to H. A. 
Skinner who has continued the old 
: organization. . > 



Group Roto Deal 

A new gravure advertising unit 
of eight Sunday newspapers serving 
New York and New England terrl 
'tory is being ofCiered to purchasers 
of space by the Gravure Service 
Corp. of New York and Chicago. 
The unit consists ; of the New York 
^Herald Tribune,' Albany. "Knicker- 
bocker Press,' Buffalo 'Courier-Ex- 
press,' Rochester. 'Pemocrat-Chron 
icle,' Syracuse 'Post Standard,' Bos- 
ton 'Herald,' Springfield 'Union and 
Republican' and Hartford 'Coufant.' 
The Albany and Rochester publica- 
tions are' links 10 the Gannett chain; 
the other papers are locally owned. 

A combined circulation of 1,126,- 
288 is claimed for the unit, with a 
group rate of ^3.48 a line compared 
to $4.33, and a rate of |6,790 a page 
comapred to that, of $7,986.02, when 
the eight papers are bought sepa 
rately. Gravure Service turns out 
the roto sections for these publica- 
tions. 



Bonfils' Deposition : 

District, Judge E. V. Holland . de 
elded that F. G. Bonfils. publisher 
of the Denver 'Post,* must continue 
his deposition in a $200,000 llbol 
cult against the 'Rocky Mountain 
New&,' Denver; Charles Lbunsbury, 
editor, and Roy Howard and Robert 
P. Scrlpps, executive heads of the 
Scripps-Howard chain. The judge 
had ordered Bonfils to submit to an 
exaihihation by attorneys for the 
defense, but Bonfils refused to 
answer so many questii—o that the 
hearing was adjourned until the 
court could rule on them. Judge 
Holland ordered -the deposition con 
.tinned and directed the (Jefendants 
to ask all the questions , they wished 
When the deposition . is completed 
Holland' will rule whether Bonfils 
must answer. Jdost of the ques 
. tions he refused to answer had to 
do with his life from high school 
age and for a number of years fol 
lowing. The deposition will be con- 
tinued on Nov. 10. 



Best sellers for the week ending Oct. 22, as reported by the 
American News Co., Inc. ,. 

Fiction 

'Sons' ($2.60).. .X.. By Pearl S. Buck 



By Ellen Glasgow 



'Sheltered Life' ($2.50) . 

Iiight in August' ($2.50),.... ....,v,..By William Faulkner 

"the Fountain' ($2.60), .....By Charles Morgan 

'The Fortress' ($2.50) .... ...... .. . . ........ By Hugh . Waljiole 

"Inheritance* ($2.60).. ... v. . . .... ........... iBy Phyllis Bentley 

Non-Fiction 

"Death in the Afternoon' ($3.50)............ ..Biy Ernest Hemingws^y 

'March of Democracy' ($3.60>.. By James Truslow Adanis 

'More Merry Go liound' ($3.00) .Anonymous 

'Van Loon's Geography' ($3.76),...... .By Hendrlk Willon Van Loon 

'Epic of America' ($3.76) ......... ... . . . . .By James Truslow ^Adams 

"Princess Marries the Page' ($2.00) . . , . . . By Edna St. Vincent Millay 



tlon went, the book would net him 
$600. 

For 80,00() woi'ds, even at a cent 
a word, he can get $800, and with- 
pulp scribblers quantity is the only 
thing that figures. This scribbler 
rarely gets less than two cents a 
word, though, and he gets paid from 
the mags on acceptance. With a 
book he would have to wait six 
months for a royalty statement. 

Hence, the average pulp fictione^r 
can't see book publloation. Ex- 
cept when he occaslorially gets 
away from what he is the first to 
admit to be 'hack' writing a^nd turns 
out what he thinks is ia. real piece 
of 'literature.' Then he will have 
to work twice as hard to make up 
for what the piece of 'literature' 
failed to. bring. him. 



Clbuter were ^ all other than . first 
novels. 

Clouter fails to mention, however, 
that "Hatter's Castle' did hot come 
to Little, Brown entirely unknown. 
The book was a success In England 
before Little,- Brown took it for 
pubilcatlbn over here. 



116 Accredited Scribes 

Of the several huhdred corre- 
spondents and so-called press and 
mag representatives In Hollywood 
seeking entrance into the studios 



producers' association. 

The 116 haye been giyen creden- 
tial cards admitting them to the 
studios, but no co-operation will be 
accorded other news gatherers un- 
lesis they show prdof of definite as- 
signments. The credential plan Is 
to combat the time wastage by 
studio p.a.'s with self-styled free- 
lancers who cannot guarantee pub- 
lication of articles written. 



New Literary Montlily 

'The American Spectator,' 10 i. 
monthly of standard newspaper slz?. 
made its initial appearance with tho 
November issue of four pages last 
week. The demand was so big the 
dealers around Times square, in. 
New York, particularly, complained 
of the siiortage 

George Jean Nathan, ES-nest Boyd, 
Theodore Dreiser, James Branch 
Cabell and Eugene O'Neill are the 
editors; . Richard R. Smith, the book 
publisher, is president of American 
Spectator, Inc., 12 East 41st street, 
N. Y. 

Authors in the first issue besides 
the editors' own contributions in- 
clude Clarence Darrow, Frank 
Swinhertoh, Jcseph Wood Krutch, 
Van Wyck Brooks, Havelock Ellis, 
Lincoln Steffens, Llam ' ©'Flaherty, 
Ring Lardner, Louis Untermeyer 
a:nd Calvin B. Bridges. . Policy is 
committed to the expressions from 
the ' distinguished literati of Amer 
ica, Englahd, France, German, Aus 
tria and Italy, who have been in 
vited to contribute. 

Among the caustic departments Is 
a "Worst Book of the Month' nom- 
ination and "Hayslana,' a satirizia 
tlon of the manner in which tho 
films' p. a.'s do not observe the ten 
ets of the Haysian code. 



Brewers' Trade Paper 

Anticipating the return of beer, a 
trade paper for the brewing Indus 
try win be Issued soon, called 'The 
Brewing Industry.' 

Publisher of the new tradie is A. J. 
Fehrenbach, Raymond C. Kennedy 
associated. 'Brewing Industry' will 
appear every other week, and will 
be In newspaper form. When real 
beer becomes a fact, the sheet may 
go. weekly. 



First, a Best Seller 

Claimed by F. M. Clouter,' of Lit- 
tle, Brown, that his house is the 
sole one to set a best-selling first 
novel in. years. Book is A. J. 
Cronin's 'Hatter's Castle," the au- 
thor's first literary try. 

Clouter points out that practically 
all other best-sellers in recent years 
were not 'firsts.' Sinclair Lewis had 
five novels published before he 
turned out 'Main Street.' 'The Good 
Earth' Vas Pearl S. Buck's second 
hook. A. S. M. Hutchison did three 
before lie rang the oell with 'I£ Win- 
ter Coriies.' Charles Morgan did two 
"before, 'The Fountain,' and Vickl 
Baum'.s .'Grand Hotel' wa.s preceded 
>'y a flock of others. 

Other hest-pell'-rs named by 



Lewis Settles io Vienna 

Sinclair Lewis has taken a fiat th 
Vienna and says he has settled there 
for good, according to news from 
Europe. He says he will spenii at 
least six 'months in Vienna every 
year, making the Austrian capital 
his: headquarters. 

Lewis' wife, Dorothy Thompson, 
is very much at home in Vienna 
where she has been acting as cor 
respondent to various American 
papers, off and on, ever sinpe the 
war. 



C. B. Stilson Dies 

Charles B. Stilson, 52, newspaper- 
man and fiction writer, died sud 
denly Oct. 22, of actite indigestion 
in Rochester, N. Y. He was city 
editor of the Rochester 'Herald' 
from 1911 to 1918, and left to enter 
war service. 

At the time of his death he was 
copy reader on the 'Democrat and 
Chronicle,' He wrote hundreds of 
short ijtories and five novels, the 
best known of which was 'Ace of 
Blades.' Survived by vylte and two 
daughters. 



Ki D/s 100% 

Kktherind Da,ugherty, for 16 years 
associated with the. late Jim Quirk 
in "Photoplay,*. Is virtually 100% 

owner, or will i>ecome such, wh^n 
paying for Quirk's 76% interest in 
this mohthiy fan publication. Miss 
Daughcrty, as the new publisher- 
editor/ now, as before, owns 25% 
of the perlbdicai. / 

Quirk, by an agreement with the 
W. F. Hall Printlhg Co. of Chicago, 
was to have paid up for his 76% 
out of ^ the profits, but somehow 
never got around to it. The Hall 
printers . were ; the . original owners 
of 'Photoplay,* inciudliig title and 
good will, , when taking it over some 
17 years as a bad debt, at which 
time Quirk was Installed, 

With the growing importance of 
Miss Dougherty as chief aide to 
Quirk, the board of director is, two. 
years ago, had made provision that 
in the event anything haprtjned to 
Quirk or herself, one or the other 
would acquire the complete owner- 
ship on, the same convenience of 
pay-out-of -profits. 

For I61 x^ai^ K. D., as Miss 
baugherty iA called in the trado, 
ran the publlc^ation as n^aging ed-^ 
Itor with Quirk :X0tatihg around thS"^ 
country. 

Upon Quirk's death, . despite his 
loss of financial equity iii 'Photo- 
play,' an arrangement was made 
for May Allison (Mrs. Quirk) to ac- 
cept an associate editorship at $10,- 
000 or $16,000 a year. She acquiesced 
but later withdrew. 

Bbb Eastman, sportsman, and the 
executors of the estate of the late 
Colvln, who were partners In the 
Hall Printing Co., have since made 
clear to Miss Allison and her friiends 
why and how the late editor-pub- 
lisher lost his financial equity In 
'Photoplay.' 

Miss Daugherty, due in New York 
from Chicago within a week, may 
arrange for a change of the mag's 
editorial headquarters to New York. 
Understood she 'has always fav- 
ored the east and has been in N. Y. 
five months out . of the year for 
some time. Her husband is Jack 
Tuomey, circulation manager . of 
'Photoplay* and In charge of ex- 
ploitation and promotion. 

Quirk's estate, it is_said, was prin- 
cipally In lhi9urance,~between $200,- 
000 and $260,000, about equally di- 
vided between his first wife and 
children and Miss Allison and her 
children. 



Grouse's Latest .' 

Russell Crouse has. been at it 
again with shears and paste-pot 
and has produced "The .American 
Keepsake,' which Doubleday Doran 
has manufactured in handsome 
fashion with Illustrations by Ed- 
ward A; "Wilson that, never would 
have - been countenanced by the 
original authors of this compilation, 

Crouse. has.' collated from a score 
of sources the advice oh decorum, 
sex relationship, amative corre- 
spondence, riddles, parlor games, 
the once, famous 'Oraculum, or 
Book of Fate,' toasts, hints on dress 
and all of the other points which 
used to go to make up the famous 
guides, compendlums or epitomes 
that were popular long before the 
new generation. Most of the stuff Is 
Incorporated from books produced 
between 1840 and 1870, and looks it 

Young women are urged not to 
lift their skirts with both hands In 
crossing the street, to wear their 
bathing skirts to their ankles in 
stead of the boot tops, etc.. 

It's not so.much a bobk tb be read 
through, as to be picked up and 
read bit by bit as leisure permits. 
And it is something to be pret 
served instead of given away after 
reading. Crouse has done a splen 
did bit..of compilation. 



O'Malley Dead 

Frank Ward O'Malley, 56, died in 
Tours, France, Oct. 19. He h.id 
been in poor health for several 
years, and his condition took n turn 
for the worse about 10 days botbre 
his death. 

O'Malley was not only the star 
reporter for the old N. Y, 'Sun' but 
one of the most widely known 
writers on any newspaper, many of 
his stories becomlhg newspaper 
classics. He knew hia Broadway as 
fe|w men did, and hiuch of his best 
stuff Ayas written from that angle. 
In his own words .he ha4 been a 
reporter for the "Sun' for 14 year.s, 
13 of which had been spent , in Jack' is 
restaurant. It was he who started 
Jack's flying wedge of waiters 0;h 
the road to sehiirlmmortallty. He 
wrote two plays, 'The Head of the 
House* and "A Certain Party' and 
two books, 'The War Whirl In 
Washington* and 'Swiss Family 
O'Malley.' Some ot hiis best work 
was done on thA. bld 'Sunday Sun' 
which was 'far better .written than, 
most of the magazines of today. 

One. of O'Malley's best rehiem- 
bered contributions was that of the 
'Wabble.* A steamship long over- 
due turned up in Bermuda and a 
shipping firm wired the owners add- , 
ing the code Wbrd "wabble,* which 
meant 'Shall we act as your agents?' 

The 'Times* printed the report and 
wound Up with the statement that 
the steamer was in tow of 'the 
Wabble.* O'Malley wrote a long 
story about the Wabble which, ac- 
cording to his account was a left 
handed sldewheel steamer With a 
home port in the tank' of the Hip- 
podrome. For years his occasional 
references to the Wabble made 
Times' men squirm and others 
chortle with glee. 



oSelma Lagerlof Gives In 
Selma Lagerlof, long regarded as 
one of the hardest persons in Eu- 
rope to Interview, has broken down 
the bars at 74. She'll stop any day 
now from her work to grant inter- 
views to newspapermen from 
abroad, with the sales of her books 
'way off. ' 

Her famous home, Marbacka, has 
almost been turned into a tourist: 
center, with Miss ' Lagerlof supply- 
ing a visitor's book to sign and post- 
cards of herself and her home free 
of charge. She says she's given up 
being a recluse and has got a pow- 
erful American radio so she can. 
keep up with broadcasts in Paris, 
Berlin, London and Rome. 

She still keeps a big watchdog 
aroUnd, however. In case the traffic', 
becomes too heavy. 



New Mag Distrib ■ ■' 
Lee Ellmaker, former Macfadden 
publishing exec, who recently added 
to his mag holdings with the pur- 
chase of 'Woman's W«^rld,' is going 
into mag distribution, too. Ell- 
maker has organized the Pictorial 
Distributors, which gets its name 
from another Ellmaker publication,. 
"Pictorial Review,' and which will 
distribute Ellmaker's own mags, as 
well as those of others. 

Ellmaker, now out of town, is un- 
derstood to be offering his new mag 
distributing company facilities to a 
number of publishers. 



Hearst's Column Orders 

Hearst papers have been ordered 
not to iise any material from column- 
ists bther than by those operating 
under the Hearst syndicates King 
Features, International News Ser- 
vice, and New'spaper Feature Ser- 
vice". 

Personal wire from W, it. Hearst 
is said to have reached all his pa- 
pers to this effect last week. 



Author's Mail Orders 

Albert Stevens Crockett, who. had 
a run-in with the publisher of his 
'Old Waldorf Bar Days,' has made a 
settlement by which he gets all un- 
sold copies of his book In lieu of 
royalties duei him. It's Crockett's 
idea to sell the book himself, via 
mail order, he being without dis- 
tribution and other regulation sales 
facilities. 

Crockett la libw selling the book 
for $2, a marked reduction from its 
original price of $3;60. "The author- 
publisher is conducting his new ac- 
tivity out of his home. 



Non-Commercial Authors? 

That book publication holds no 
attraction for the average pulp flc- 
tioneer Is illustrated by the action 
of one steady contributor to those 
mags who turned down an offer 
from a book house for a full length 
tale.. This particular scribbler had 
earned something of a rep for his 
western pleceis, and the book house, 
seeking a western, asked him for 
one of 80,000 words, to be refused. 
And that despite a $500 advance. 

The scribbler figured It this way. 
The book wouldn't go beyond a first 
edition^if selling all of that^which 
meant, at the most, 3,000 copies. At 
the usual royalty. If the entire edl- 



*New Yorker's' Pay Rates 

"New Yorker' magazine, pays con- 
tributors on a graduating scale ac- 
cording to seniority. Up to 26 ac- 
ceptances. It's 5c a word and from 
then graduates, in units of 25 or so, 
at so much more per word up until 
lOc. 

That's high, for the most consist- 
ent contrlbs although the quality of 
a piece, regardless of the wordage, 
often finds a proportionately high- 
er pro rata. 



Under 30— Must 1 

Younger scribblers will get their 
inning in a new mag to be called 
'Modern Youth,' to make its initial 
appearance in January. Open to 
authors under 30 only^ 

'Modern Youth' will carry a gen- 
eral run of features, from short fic- 
tion to essays. Must be strictly 
modern and from the angle of youth, 
ir. keeping with the title. First is- 
sue now m- preparation, and some 
more pieces can be used. 

Publisher and editor of 'Modern 
Youth' is Viola lima, who's under 30 
herself, of course. 



Bolton's Bolts 

Whitney Bolton back from Holly- 
wood last week, resumed as m e. oii 
the N. Y. 'Morning Telegraph.' He 
wa.s gone two months, engaged to 
work on '42d Street' for Warner.s. 

Bolton'.s arrangement .with the 
dally calls for leaves of sihticncc If 
and when CnaKt cails arl.^e. 



Chattsr ^ • 

^Gargoyle,' high-hat weekly Hous- 
ton magazine established five years 
ago with Allen Pedeh, ex-hews^ 
p'aper man .as publisher, has .sus- 
pended publication. 

Ina Gillespie, music and fine arts 
editor of 'The Chronicle,' Houston, 
daughter of the late C. B. Gillespie^ 
editor, wai^ married last week td 
Herman Frank Grotte, advertising 
man.. 

Carols Borcosque, former Spanish 
version director for Metro, remains 
In Hollywood as studio representa- 
tive for 'Cinegraf,' Argentine fan 
mag; 

Robert Lee Eskrldgel atithor of 
'Mangareba/ haia ; gone to Hawaii 
.for a year, to write a book. 

- "Torch Singer, n6w King pmbllca- 
tion by Charles Grant, is otherwise 
Bill Lengel of Hearst's 'Cosmopoli- 
tan.' Lengel has one or two other 
pseudonyms. 

Herbert Asbury is seven chapters 
ahead on his history of Frisco'.? 
Barbary Cbast. Jim Geller, of the 
Morris ofQce, will handle it. 

Rockwell Kent's 'Greenland' post- 
poned tin next year. 

Lewis Browne's book on Spinoza 
will compete with Benjaniin de Cas- 
seres' on the. same subject. 

Notice of the dissolution of the 
Graphic Syndicate, bperated in con- 
nection with Macfadden' B how de- 
funct New York tab has been filed 
at the N. Y. Secretary of State's 
office. 

■ Harry Stuhldrefier, quarterback 
on.. Notre Dame's 'Four Horseman* 
eleven and present coach of Villa- 
nova, la writing a weekly football 
article, 'Right Off the Grid,' for the 
N. C. W. C. Service, which syndi- 
cates to Catholic newspaper.*}.. 

Anne Rodnian, associate editor, 
124 West 72nd .street, with $840 
debts and no assets, and Benjamin 
.Stolberg, newspaper man, 9 Ea.st 
17th street,, both N. Y., have taken 
tho voluntary bankruptcy petition 
route. 

Dean Van Clute, the blind con- 
tributor to the 'Amerlmerk,' has 
turned out hl.j first novel. It's rtjostly 
autobiog, called 'Pour Wine for Us." 
iTl.s brother, Walton n Cluto, 
helped write it. ..'^ , . 

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Andy Rice co-ftutbortng with Billy 
K;. W«llg for JacK : Pearl pn the 
,ether. ' - • ,- 

Otto Gray's Okldhomans hopping 
Into WGT, Schenectady, from thea- 
tre engaeementa within a 150-nille 
radius, ■■•to broadcast' 'a- Monday 
mornirig ■•program ' over .aa; NBC 
hookup.. ' ' ■ '. 

Atlas Broadcasting Corp. o£ Pali- 
sades' i>ark,K. J., petitioning FRC 
for. peifmlssfon to erect a 600 watter, 
operating .10 hours a day, . 

Building Industries Broadcasting 
Co. of Cincinnati applying for per- 
mit for new station, superseding ap- 
plication filed in name of Building 
. In^uBtrles Exhibit, Inc. . 

WiCC, Bridgeport, Conn., seeking, 
to mbvis , transmlttet to Stratford, 
Conn. . : . ■ ^ ■ 

r State of JJew, York £lyen author- 
ity to'operat^ ^bree portable experi- 
mental stations to' In-irgstlgate prac- 
ticability of 'f regencies assigned in 
connection with fighting forest .fires. 

WJW, Mansfield, O., permltte'd to 
remain: silent while station was be- . 
Ing moYed .to -Ala'on. ■ . . : 

■WRC granted 426 amateur station 
licenses during, ^rst half of ^ October. 
Of these, ?.47 yr^rie.fleV: stations, 122 
renewals and 67 changep. . ^ 

H,. Bilioti stuckel Joins Herbert 




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6tover?i9 p^scadtlng statf at Ob 
lumbla. : 

Irene Beiasley audltlohW . by CBS 
for 'Dutch Girl.' 

NBC farming out Sally Davles, 
blues warbler, to yTLiW, Clncy, for 
couple of months. . 

Paul White, CBS press headman, 
ran Into a ticklish situation be- 
tween, the network's local ^fflllate 
Hnd the dailies while visitiiie. Pitts- 
burgh; ," . 

Hart Glddings out of NBC a^ as- 
sistant to Keith McLieod of the pro- 
gram board. ' ' 
: Duke Bllinirton lectures Percy 
Grainger's class at, New York. Uni- 
versity on composing: and arrang- 
ing, with the band playing samples, 
i Among those competing fpr the. 
:Spajig • Bakinjg ■ Co. prdgram over 
rWTAM, Cleveland, are Brad Brown 
>and Al Xjlewlyn, at: Cameron and 
.jPete Bontsema, and Macy and 
'SmaUe. J^ivch act gets a or^cK at 
the WTAM pilke on successive days, 
with the winner picked according to 
■the votes of the Spang dealers. 
! "WGS.T,: Atlant£i, Ga., requesting, 
tacilities of Wtfi and doubling of 
power. ■ 

■ WJBY, Cfadsden, Ala;, wants to as- 
sign license from Gadsden Broad- 
casting Co. to W. m; Ingram. 
! Liberty Broadcasting Co., Athens, 
Gia;, wants to change' location of 
T7TFI to Greenville, S. C. , 
! Arkansas .Radio and Recording 
po.. . of Little Rock, - ^seeking, a new 
Ptatlon licehs'^. , and facilities of 
JCAltK. 

!Flrst "Natlbhal Television Corp', of 
Kansais City, Mo., granted experi- 
mental -television lieensei. ' 
i Muskegon, Mich., ^ wants a police 
ti^ansmltteir. ' . .. .[ 

•One Hour with You* : let ,the. title ; 
0f a, new lB-min,ute ..Tuesday and 
Friday program over WMAQ, on 
behalf 6t J: W. Mdrthw Co. ,(hair, 
tonic)/ Gene Arnold ^rovidihe' thie 
^rttertainmeht.-'^ -' • • 
- KFAC, Lqs Angeles, granted spe- 
cial .authority to operate unlimited 
tipae, subject to immediate cancel- 
lation on final determination of the 
Issue's in th& case of K6SF; Bob 
Shul6r's station; b9<or6 the Court 

of.-iii»peali3;' '>'■■'•■ . •• ■ '-^ 

I Merfedlth Wllldon, NBC conducttir 
in :'Frisoo, to Kiew Yotk on'ti mottith'^ 
Vacation.' ; 

Francis Cr^lff and;. orchestra, Cos-: 
mppblitq,^ hotel, Denver, l>roadcast-r 
In^, three tlmes^a week over. B;o^.,.. 

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i . ..... . , lMS,.J^LJffiele8, Oct, 24. 

rPblitlcians^ , usln£r th.e , raxllp ,.|pr, 
elept^pii l>IurbB haye .been exemfited 
from paying the 3% mustc tajc,.un- 
det ruling by . th^" Ajh'erlcan So 
dety of Cpmpbseirs, .Authors kxy^ 
Publishers. . Se-ve^, . local st^tlonsi 
witicb have .cbllected tt,© item are. 
preparing to '.rtturn it. 

As the As'cap tax ■was, on all gross 
commercial business, local, stations 
included the politicians in. the bite, 
althbugh hone used music oh the 
programig. Soplety members .burned 
when they heard 'this and ordered 
stations to return the cash- ' , ; 

Local broadc&st o'wnei's SAy that 
the ' ASCAP Is tifryljig tb play iSaht^ 
Claus to the cahd^dateii who might 
b©' sojourning- In Cohgrl:ess -when fu- 
ture fights c6me up on the' copy- 
r;ight laws. 



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■/ Riulio iJsts af Last 

Chicago, OcV 24. 
' Oulptly deciding to revbrse' Its 
traditional Jtollcy, the ' citlcago 
'Tribune' last.tr^eek began prln'ting 
radio listlngrs, 'About '20 'inches 
daily appeared of carefully edited 
programs. All allusibhs to the ad- 
vertiser. iBponsorinSTt Pr°67funs Is 
pnllttedt ••■ ''. .'.'. ," . . .*, 

•Trifcune' was 'always cbhsisteht 
treatln'g Itis pwn station, WQN, 
kindlyonly In the Sunday edition, 

Lairy Wolters, radio editor of the 
•Trib,' has heretofore been practic-^ 
ally c6nflhed to" ^Sunday. It is not- 
reported whether the *Trlb' cbntem- 
plates printing radio chatter as do 
the other local dailies. 






Opposition to the etherizing of 
comic strips syndicated to them Is 
^lathering momentum^ among news- 
papers throughout the 'country. Ad 
agencies report that'-caftoonists are 
finding it tough to.' get their news- 
paper clients to okay, raiilo versions 
bf the strips, under newsprint con- 
tra<;t. .Attitude is holding iip deals 
on 'iaeveral pen-and-lhkers ' thit' 
com'mei'clals arel Interested- in dra- 
fsatizlng. ;' :- 

Co.ntra<?ts he]^d by the newspftpers 
contain :np . cl)^u9e.,tlxat preyentp .the ' 
barttponlst from, jsejiing th© tether, 
irerslon. without . cpnsultingr., ; thent. 
But th© ..artists say they're pot in-, 
clined to .take.', any chances. Af ter 
&11, the cartoonists aver, the ne-wsr. 
papers h%v© always, -been and .wlU 
always be their J^ajor source of, 
inc.omel an4, .1^ t^esb. customers nix 
ihe radio, ' .t^iey^wdji^^ "rathe^ pas^ 
up the by-producV Qbi]|i,th»n .c?i*nce 
the loss of the newsprjlnt' iiccbunts. 
' In\a recent! case ,^^(^'re a couple 
of papers had giveiii the. baribbnlst 
the -thumbs-down Bi$n, thb Ihterest 
©d ' sid ■'agehcs^ had ' Inyb'stlgiteil' aini' 
^ouhd thai the 'dallib^' In-volyed 'wekffe 
on' the «igert'cy'd';Ilst' fbr' ■ 'different 
natiohar acCdU&ts'; A ' gentle Ibtter 
of tdminder tutned -the ti^ck.' ' 

'N©Wst>at>ers elaiiiii' ^hat=' surveys 
|iave discloseci' 'tb ''theni that' the 
-ethfer- versions oif -tWB *<f6Tmic strips 
serve to detract- frpito the dally pefii 
^ndi-lnker; i)iartlculstrly among the 
lower age adolescents; With' the 
dramatized episodes 'easily tnaking 
the latter Impression tame in com 
I>arison. On the'. 'Other hand, the 
agency impresarios lipid thait the 
radio: voice embodiment of the strip 
characters would -tend to. stimulate 
interest in the newsprint reproduC' 
tion. 

Of the better known strip pro 
grams on the air, are 'Sklppy' 
(Wheaties), "Little Orphan Annie' 
(Ovilltlne) and iSeketary Hawkins 
^■Ralston Purina)^' 



Van-pbn,iQ.<^hi, 
. .Sah Francisco, 09t. .,24. 
i 'Va.n and I^oh stbwed . wives and 
baggage'.ln their car. Saturday (2?) 
&n4 hetided ' for Chicago,, where the 
Lord, Thpm^ Logan wilt ta^e 
them in <;ow, . 

, Duo's Qqajker Oats . cbntract oh 
NBC expired last week and cereal 
firm stays cjft aire t;or a, ]«rhile. 



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; San IVahcl^col Oct: 24/. 

; Ubq XrtistsV.i^iiireaii 'is^^^^^^^^ 
,but ia.new contk;act inclfldlng clauses 
^or eif hew high 'cohimisjBipn''; rate pif 
perSdnal api^eat'tihc^B.' Effective 
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hencefbrih ' takb^ . 2ff%"ph' co'hceirls' 
and 15% bn' thek'trti cltkb, '-'ptlvittfe' 
entertainments and all other per- 
sonal, appearances. Copainish on pic- 
tjure work, , re9ordljijgs, iteliSylslon, 
'endorsements, and radio programs 
remain at previous 10% level. 

Paragraph, in contract qualifies 
the new paper by stating NBC 
wishes 'to unify the policies of the 
Artists' Sei'vlce throughout the vari- 
ous divisions.' 



DMplta 'apparent stalling,' 'iind 
plenty ot asides and downing >for 
the benefit 'of ''the generally crowded 
studios, Beverly Hill Billies continue 
as one of the commercial mainstays 
of the smaller Lbs Angeles , air eta-j 
tions. Clurrently; . outfit ■' is on KTM, : 
giving a one hour nightly projgram 
: fair an L. A. dental' concern. 



. Jphn Swallow, handling the broad- 
cast sit the Coast bpei^ng of Xtaidlo's 
'Bill of Divorcement,' introduced ii,n 
inno-vation.to get away from those 
long- lapses between the celebs' Tm 
glad to. be here and I know It will 
be a good picture' rontine., M.Q'.lng 
from th<$ Hlllstreet (L.A,) Ipbby he 
spotted Harry ilacksoh's string en- 
semble nbair the ihlke to do their 
stuff between the introducttonet. ' ' 



: Phildpitalny's Nestle Cbocblateers 
music certainly is a decided ti,t- 
tempt to get awa^ from! the ordi- 
nary and to be different. Sjpitalny 
accomplishes this very satisfacttir- 
Uy with his corking arrangements, 
particulat-ly the penchant which he 
manifesto to .substitute. vooaUeffects 
in lieu of the instrumentation.' He 
has his choral background perform* 
some , of the ' scored modulations 
which wbufd -be ordihapily entrusted 
to the reeds* ofr brass. The 'effect 
is therefore as startling as it's 
novel, and niakes pne wondet . no- 
body before.has thoug'ht of ^ra- idea 
of . u^lng Voices instead of :''ih8tru- 
ments for the 'effects.* 



NBC is now.picklng up Charlie 
Kerr from the. neW Marguery club 
in the Adelphla ; hotels Philly;- aa a. 
late hour featuuei and doing right 



eUrliy =the . Qultk^rtbwn -lUftestrA 
.Who's qalte avl inotitution 'there; 

Kerr's mualo is well' known iA 
PhlUy and Atlantic City and evi^ 
dences its ratlni; for the ton spolt - 
jasslgmnent in the. snooty, supper 
iroom of the Adelphla;^^ Vr • • ' , ; 

- Ray Fox eah warble pop's In' okast 
inanner. She sounds like' big leaguei 
Umilier' as- (Soming through. Sundan 

' i Another - interesting combo pit 
iWMCA are the Dark Horses, who 
jalso evidence important potentialt* 
ties .with their musibo-warbling. 

- Seeminoly thie "VriUage Orove Nut 
Club is accepting cbuhsel and re» 
coursing to the nocttirnal nuttery 
that .'inade'. the spot when La Bell^ 
Hos.e was ln <full . hloom. - The VIU 
lage cabaret hadvgpne :yery cohven<i>. 
tional of late with rputlhe band and! 
flooif Worn, but Cliff. CllftPn, m. c.''it 
Ihg,' plus Joe ' Lewis' 'huttisms^' 
against EJnoch Light's okay danc» ' 
musid, harkehed back tb the halcyon 
days;- . '"'■. I.-- • 

The Nut Club's kindred enterprise,. 
Village. Barn, incidentally, has a) . 
good band combo on. ,WJZ, Joev. 
Furst's . o.rchpstra, ; The . legit- 
rhytl>mpatlon iS;more in order fron^., 
a place such as thlsi . . ■' 



mu.comAGEm 

REMOTE COAST SPOTS 



Holly.wpod, Oct. -24.: 
i Novel way 'of • cbinbattlng the 
bhains is beliig used- here by 'thi^ 
North American Broadcasting coni- 
pany, a new xtrganlzation which ^Is. 
buying time <^ye'r '^CNX,; Ibical sti- 
fion to rebroadcast. for coverage In 
partlculaj? Spots ' ■' ■wanted by .Its 
^illents; ' ' ■■ ■ 
I Plan has been worked for several 
Weeks li^ . covering the San Bern- 
ardino 'valley, , Adjacent to . liej^, 
Whiiih idtie 'tb clliptitip and teii^n 
'CoUditiphs ,hfi^ lt>i^'e>n' hard to reaich 
by* the local, s{tatloi(k' Territoiry..^(is 
a '|[>bpiilfttloh .'pf a^^^ 
.iced only hy '^inall stations at ;S^ 
Bernardiho^'. 'i'. ,,..'.'' 

i 'A^' ■wbi-ked, .thp n^w btbadbastlnj^. 
cbmptihy sells accbunts particuIaji*T! 
ly for thli? tiirritpipir in.bbnjuhctlb^ 
With the' 'covreirWe ' of : KNX.' . : These', 
progt-ams ' are ' picked up ' spa- 
cially constructed .receiving set's oh 
the' desert, three miles from. Sah 
Bernardino, nnd then go tO KFNX, 
in that city over ' tplephOne Wltes 
for rebroadc^stiiig; ^ . ;. , . 
: ,North AinejricaYi is ajao preparing, 
to go into, Fr£^cisco on' a, slim- ' 
ilar set-up fcetweeh Kl^X and. 
KTAB, as 'opp^^.ltlpn in th£|.t "(Tl'^y; 
to the twb ' chkln ''A'titlef& th^re. 

Talking :p<>lht being lise^i in d'eli.i' 
In^ this spi^clail'y dllrected .seirlce 
Is that it allbv^si advertisers to ^'<iy^^^ 
er Just the te'rrltplry needed without 
having to piy' chain prices for "fhil" 
coast coverage'. 




(The B«loved 
Minstrel) 

and 




Leonard 

Jr. 

itlie Levable 
Singer aid 
iv JCeapaay) 



Daily Buys WHBF 



; Rock Islarid; 111.; Oct.' 24. ' 

: Rock Island 'Argus,' daily news- 
paper, has bought WHBF from the 
Beardsley Specialty Co., known as 
the Rock' Island: Sfpaidcasting com- 
pany. Price lsi .$20;00p wlth.flnal 
Retails awaiting ..approval by Fed- 
eral I^adl'o Commission.; 

J Plan Is to' place, the tr£>.nsmlttov 
ih editorial offices, with v,ag to, plu? 
Us daily nfews, '.features ; and ni^m-, 
hers of the. sto^E. .."..' 



'Bodj)* bki Air 

I ^e.tty . Boop- .„ ca^rtopn• . reel w,Ul 
haye , an,' ^thej:, ivappibn : on . I?BC p,exf; 
weeli:.; . \:Ex%ct, , 9jj,o,ii .on : the. w.eekly, 
schedule isiy^.>ip , be charted..., Qoep 
su3taifilng,fpp;fU/j«rhl^^^ 'with the. ;net-, 
wpirk ^rjiejanwljil^ JoKoklng aro,und,;fp'r 
a "eommerci-^ bj^nkjcoll^ ■. ..■■..,,,.{ m. 
.J past. .ga,therpd^'f or,it|^, prograrn.. xire 
.Mae Questrel,! . radio ^ minaic. who has 
been filling the reel's title role;. 
Bradley Barker, 'Cookie' Bowers and 
the Vic Irwin orchestra. 



PK«..'-';;';;:X PAX 

"^SS^^^ 

Known . to . «hb Scidltt yfMA M 



I 



VolaaBes fUid'Jaiivary' 

in ^ . 

Maxwell Eoiisi ShoW Boat 

WBAF, THVB8DAX8, 9 P.M. 



&'3 

Ondt ana "BmV 
■in-. • ■ .■ . ■ 
Macy Minstrels 
WQR, rtiN.8:30 |t.iii. 

PAT 



an; ' 
«]BaxO«*7 
- In 
iMendshlp 'Vown 
WJZ, Tiiw.»-Ja«.«. 

PICK: 



HERrS 




"The Brofiid way Jester" 

HAWt^lipSE 



; WABC, Wed., Ttlg;. Frl., 745; ' 

' Sun., 8:00 P. .M, 
Pergonal Mann^ement LEW COOPEB 



GENE and GLENN 

CJAKE anc| LENA) 

QUAHEB OATS COMPANY ' 

....,DB.iIy: 9 A. M.viNBC.!RED NETWORK ,' ■ ■ 

. ^ , STANDARD,, Olt COMPANY 

0£vflj' 6 1^6 p; M.,, E.g.T., ; WTAM— CLEVELAND 
' PitUy 7:16 P. M..' B:fl.T.j WLW— CINC?'NNA'Ty 





THOSE TURKE tOVELY VOICES 
IN I'ERFECT HARMONY 

KELtiR SISTERS and UNCH 

5th' MONTH--WOR--3 TIMES WEEKLY 

7:IB P. M., Mondiiy— AVedne.sdny — Saturdoy 
■OlwtlSk PHI|,TYRBU . 



1 



iTaesdayt October 25> 1932 



■ A BIO 



VASETY 



49 



AS A VOTE-GEHER 




EDITOR RiU^ 
FRC AS UNFAIR 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 

Jamee G. Stahlman, publisher of 
tiie NaBhyille 'banner' and fiery op- 
ponent of radio, last week declared 
to the Inland Daily Press Associa- 
tion that unless the newspapers of 
the country woke up, the American 
dallies would become only a mem- 
ory 'commemorated by a memorial 
tablet on the walls of Radio City.' 

Stahlman rapped the :. Federal 
Radio Commission as unfair to 
newspaper interests and suggested 
that the remedy for this was for 
publishers to see to It that, as va- 
cancies, occur in the Radio Commis- 
fiibn, new members favorable to 
newspapers be appointed. 

Radio -has Invaded every newspa- 
per activity, he said, but newspapers 
reversely cannot trespass on radio's 
'domains.- He described wave lengths 
as mohopollst(c, and the radio's ex- 
emption from postal lottery ruleis as 
a hardship on the press. 



Geise Quits KMTR 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Harry Geise has resigned as pro- 
grani director of KMTR. 
• He was the only holdover from 
the former V. G. Freitag owner- 
ship. 



ABE I 



LYMAN 

AND HIS 

CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA 
Colantbls BriMdCMtlns 9jit«m . 
PHILLIP'S DENTAL MAGNESIA 
Toes.. Thon.. Sat. 8:15 CBast) 



COAST-TO-COAST 



1WAB CI 




DUMB 
CRACKERS 

ROBERT : 
BURNS , 
PANETELA 

yVABC 

-Every 
VrjedhcMlay 
Xirenlnr 

I 



BUREiS^oAUEN 

' DIv.: WHS. HOBBIS AotSSCV 



BADIO'S 
RELATION 



UNGLE DON 




On 

WOR 6 P.M. 
Every 
Evening 
Except 
Sunday 



JOHN 



SHEVLIN. 

„ . (TENOR) 
-Peatarea on the Sweetheart Soap 
prwram every Wednesday, H:4;» 
A. 91., W4IZ. 

MaiiaKement of 
• NBC ARTIST BUREAU 




Those Benefits 



within three hours after 
Donald Novis'.date at the Par- 
amount, Brooklyn (21) had 
been okayed all around, a 
couple of radio editors In that 
borough had him booked for 
six personsd ^appearances of 
their own. 

Among the events for which 
they have the tenor set is a 
cooking school conducted by 
one of the sheets, a tri-bor- 
ough spelling bee, a church 
euchre party and a department 
store anniversary celebration. 



Medicos, Mystics 
Hock to XEPN, 




Los Angelos, Oct. 24. 

XEPN, under construction In 
Mexico, over the line from Kagle 
Pass, Tex., will broadcast on a fre- 
quency of 100,000 watts which will 
make it the most powerful cpmmer- 
blaX station in North America. 
, Expected to be In operation In. a 
month. It will be supported mainly 
by American medicos and mystics 
who have been denied time on 
America stations. 

One of the principal owners is W. 
B. Branch, iradlo engineer of this 
city. 



SHOOT RUSSIAN EVENT 
FOR REliY ON RADIO 



Moscow, Oct. 9. , 
Offlclal opening Of the . gigantic 
hydro -electr to station on the river 
Dnieper, the so-called . Dnl^perstroi, 
will .be shot by Victor Geyraan^and 
his co-worker's as a '^dlp-iB)m..' He 
w.iU. record, on. tegular iaipi sound 
strips the wh^le. ■ celebratlpn, - from 
the roaiing pi the Dniepejr waters 
through thie .dain sluices . to the 
roaring of the orators; this ma- 
terial will then be edited anh mount- 
ed for radio transmission.^ ' 
.. Successful experiments with such 
radio-films, recording .current events 
In- orga,nl2ed dramatic form, on the 
basis of ne^wsreel shots, indicate an 
extenslpn of this type of liroadcast 
in the . near future. In iia ideal 
form, of course, the visual portion 
of the. him should be iavailable as 
well as the. oral;,- but that m^st wait 
for a further development; of tele- 
vision. . Geyman . Is . &mb^e the 
group of -persons ' deyotlnp 'them- 
selves to television. He began his 
career as a fllm director. ; 



Mnrrayr Agent 



■William' Murrayi who was with 
the NBC Artists Service In charg<e 
of popular entertainment until three 
weeks ago, .has Joined the radio 
department of the William Morris 
oillce. He and Harry W. Spingold 
will handle that dept. 

Prior to coming to the network 
Murray was booking manager for 
the Judson Radio Program Corp. 



Television Suits 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 

Two suits against local television 
companies have been filed In Muni- 
cipal court. 

Ralph G. Fear wants $530 back 
rent from American Television Lab- 
oratories, Ltd., and Mildred M. Mat- 
kin is suing Television Products. 
Ltd., and Charles Dlltz on a $120 
promissory note. 



K U Z N ET Z O FF 
N I C O L I N A 



a n d 



32ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK 



STEERO-' Program, Wednesdays/ 10:15 a.m., WEAF 





[ 

m m Fieiis 



Spankted Vby FRC, Shuler 
and Brinkley Buy Time 
on Indie Stations in Bat- 
tle for U. S. Senate and 
Governorship— Wise Owls 
Admit They Are Likely to 
Win High Office 



NOV. 8 THE TEST 



Los Angeles, pet 24. 
Radio will 'oflt its r«al test ■■ a 
vote getter in three, widely tepa- 
rated apotii Nov. 8. On Indication!; 
the ether may click at the election 
by putting into office two U. 8. sen- 
ator* and one governor, all candi- 
dates who, in pre-radlo.days, it is 
contended, wouldn't be accorded the 
chances of the darkest dark hoi^e. 

PeculIarlty^ Is that two of the can- 
didates were sta-iloh owners who 
previously lost their air licenses be- 
cause the Federal Radio Commis- 
sion ruled In each case that the 
owners were not using .their sta- 
tions 'to the best public interest.' 

These offlcei seekers 'are the Rev. 
Robert Shuler, Los. Angeles,' who Is 
contesting for tJ* B. senator from 
California, and Dr. Brinkley. run- 
ning for .governor In Kansas. 

Aij's Gland Specialist 

Latter "is the 'famous gland spe- 
cialist who losi'liis license for sta- 
tion, ownership in iUlford, .Kans., 
and has since beibnf'jiiilng XER, Mex-. 
Ico, for seDlng hils rejuvenation rem- 
edy when not, e^tplllng his gubernar 
torlal qu{Ulfl(»tlbn« ,from the same 
station. Third Is the ilr senatorial 
fight being waged by Henry Fields, 
the Iowa seed inerchaiit,~'who.. used 
the air to such good advantage in 
defeating. Senator ^qokbardt in tbe 
Republican primary. ] ']■ '■ I 

On. the coast It's evieii-.money bet- 
ting that, California's ail* candidate, 
Shuler, iflll win . out In. the thrcie- 
cornered- contest for se^atbr.'; Whiie 
running oh a prohibition' platform, 
the minister had previously polled 
a hieayy yote on bofh the Republican 
and Democratic tlcl^ets in the Au- 
gust primaries. 

8huler a Pojri^ iDry; , 
Shuler- is expected, to get ibe dry 
voters iCrom both the old lln^ parties, 
due to th^ wringing .wetness 'of . the 
Republlc&n candidate. I^lant Tubbs 
pf San Francisco and ttiia .wet plat- 
form of the Democrklts Whoser stand- 
ard-bearer Is William MdAdpo 
Glbbs. • 

Ether clergyman, barred .(from 
using a station of his ownf, li using 
time on several Independent outlets, 
and Is covering tl^e atajte nightly 
with his Sahara 'i^lesis. ^If he' can 
gamer aJl the dry votes In Cali- 
fornia, While the wets are. spilt be!- 
tween the Democratic and Repub- 
lican candidates, wise ipolltlc^ancf' 
admit It should be a . cinch' for .-this 
radlolte to land In Washington. 



4 After Waves 



Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 

Don Lee, operating the CBS coast 
chain, is the latest to seek the 
wave length of KTM and KBLW, 
local stations threatened with, loss 
of their frequency. 

Line-up for the disputed wave 
length now Includes Lee, William 
Randolph Hearst, Elarle C* Anthony, 
owner of the two NBC stations, KFI 
and KECA, and Guy Earle of KNX 



HOETpN AT XHTR 

Hollywood, Oct 24. 

Harold Hortoh, formerly chief an- 
nouncer at the Don Lee CBS station 
KFRC, San Francisco, Is the new 
program director of KMTR. He suc- 
ceeds Harry Geise. 

Horton previously was with WOC, 
Davenport, Iowa, and for a time 
helped stage prologs for 8Id Grau- 
man here. 



Full of Ether 



Tliey're telling one about a 
Jazzing jurist, .with a. radio 
yen, who was . consulted by a 
client for a divorce. 

As the woman walked into 
his oIRce, the lawyer's greeting 
was, 'Commercial or sustain- 
ing?' . 



NABALLHETUP 
ABOUT ASCAP 
MUSIC TAX 



CUBAN RADIO 
GOING COMMl 



Topic slated to play an important 
part at the National Association of 
Broadcasters' convention In St. 
Louts Nov. 10-12, Inclusive, Is the 
application of the music tax. It Is 
reported that numerous station 
operators will take -this opportunity 
to voice their dissatisfaction with 
thq way that the heads of . the 
American Society have gone ^ about 
signing .contracts. 

Claim of . .these broadcasters will 
be that the society has not hahdled 
the situation equitably. T.h^y :'Vir'il 
contend that E. C. Mills has cut the 
sustaining fees In some Instances, 
eliminated them entirely In other 
cases-, and retained them liitact In 
still many other Instances without 
regard to equality of treatment.' 
Argument !wlll be advanced . that 
while one high-powered putiet Ifa an 
area had Its sustaining fee, entirely 
canceled, ai competitive transmitter 
of similar power was refused any 
relief and taxed the full sustaining 
quota In addition to the' 8% clip on 
commercial business. 

Tlie discontented, broadcasters, it 
Is reported,' win In their plaint con - 
.tend that the best bargainers got 
the best deals from Mills, and that; 
the network owned and operated 
stations were unduly favored In the 
passing around, bt cpntracts. These 
recalcitrants may Also' demand tliat 
the committee appointed to Ihqulre. 
Into th^lr complaint contain i:ep-i 
resehtatlon. of three Ihdle sWion 
operators to two chain men. 

In connection with . the, jiatter 
poliit, , the iihsufgent elemenft); it ^ is 
reported, will declare to the' con- 
vention that the, reverse representa- 
tion on the committee, tl^at ne^p-^ 
tla;ted with the society, was respon- 
sible for the deal that put the tax 
direct upon station, ilncorae and 
passed up entirely revenue takeii in 
by the networks. In other words. 
If a chain soils' time fin a Bta,tton 6n 
a. national hookup for, say, $600, 
and of .that iBUm pays the station the 
customary fee of |60 for jthe. hour, 
the music tax on commercial in- 
come applies only to the station's 
ISO and passes up all consideration 
pf the 1460 retained by, the network; 

As a departure from. Its usual 
procedui'e the NAB at this .conven- 
tion will hold no. nomlna,tlipns . In 
connection with the election of 
officers. Instead the free-^or-all 
voting system will prevail, -with no 
tickets drawn, up In advance. 



WHT STATUS QUO 

Waterloo, la., Oct. 24. 

WMT's application for removal to 
the state capital, Des Moines, has 
been denied, FRC holding that, 'Des 
Moines now received high grade 
radio service and there was no. need 
for another station In that area.' 

WMT received license renewal 
on 600 kilocycles. 



Havana, Oct. 24. 
The International Broadcasting 
Co. has Installed Its new WE elec- 
tric transmitter here for its station 
CMAF, 5,000 watter, so for. the most 
powerful station on the island. 

Jesse Jay, president of the sta- 
tion WIOD, MlEiml, is V. p.. of the 
IRC and plans the exchanging of 
programs between these two sta- 
tions. CMAF's hew transmitter is 
the old WIOD's which last year was 
replaced by a more powerful, outfit 
. RicardO Nodarse, for the pasi 10 
years manager of CMC, of the 
Cuban Telephone Co., Is the new 
commercial manager of CMAF. 

Cuba now boasts a national' net- 
work operated by the telephone 
company from its Havania station. 
Chain programs are broadcast Sun- 
day, Monday, Wednesday and Fri- 
day, from 8-10 p. m. 

The head station is CMC at Ha- 
vana, 600 watts, which feeds a 160 
watter at Cardenas, CMHt> with 
600: watts at CaibtM'len. CMJK with 
600: wktts at Camaguey, CMKG with 
260 watts at Santiago, CMHJ with 
260 w:atts at Clenfuegos. 

The rates per hour asked for the 
chain programs are $100 with no 
takers so far, . ' ■ 

Donate Blanco is general manager, 
Luis Casas ■ chief engineer and 
O'FarrlU, official aniaouncer. ' 



HAROLD 

MUSICAL DIRECTOR 

'Two Seats in the B^alcony* 

^ Wednesdays, 4 p. M.< ; 

Bed ' 'Ketwork ' W.B.A JT.' ■ 

-ALWAYS WELL RECEIVEOl 



ANSON WEEKS 

And His ORCHEStRA 

VOyf In Sth 'SKAB AT 
HOTEL MAFtk HOPKINS 

>;-:' I SAN' '.FRAiAOISCO 

Dreadcii^Iair Nightly 
. C.B.6.: COAST NETWOBK- 



Lacfcjj - Strllia Dane« Hoar 
' Semi-Monthly 

, Exclusive MansKement 
Hoslo Corpo^tion ; of . America 




RUTH ETTING 



GtOfUFYIKG Me POPULAa SONG 

^STERrnEU^ 

0LUMBIAaMSTKHDASr NHWORK 

WED. 10 P.M.— SAT., 9 P.M., E.S.T. 

. Management 

THOMAS G. ROCKWELL 

IBB Seventh Ave., New Ifork 




50 VAMIETY 



RAOm MEPORYS 



Tueadaj, 'Oct6ber\25, 1932 



GREAT MOMEfjTS IN HISTORY 
Dramatic Skatch 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, New York 

One successful script idea de- 
serves repeating: -with anotlier ac- 
count, 'Roses and Drums,' drama- 
tized incidents from American his- 
tory, has done a lot to help Union 
Central Life Insurance sell policies. 
And why not the agency handling 
both accounts must have questioned 
Itself across the conference table, 
package a similar program for 
Fleiischmann's Yeast. The same 
writer could prepare both scripts 
and the same set of actors 9puld 
work on both programs, since one 
session would follow the other by 
about two hours. Thus jeaCh Sunday 
the Insurance company gets its licit 
over CBS at 5 p. m. EST, -While the 
Fleischmann good-willer comes 
kiiocycling into the parlor by way of 
NBC at 7:30. 

Like Its brother act on the oppo- 
sition chain, the 'Great Moments of 
History' stanzaMs, expertly staged 
and acted. It frequently goes hokey 
in ita effort to make a fustian holi- 
day for the guest . star by over- 
utreosing points of coippara lively 
minor signlflcance, but the high 
level Upbh which • the show as a 
whole Is maintained makes t'ais 
shortcoming easy to overlook; AlSo, 
the breaking lip of the Illusion by 
liaving the player wjio is supposed 
to be an addressing an assembly at 
the top of . his voice step close to the 
mike for the rendering of the quieter 
passages. And, again, the maladroit 
sojiud elfects devised for musket 
and cannon Are- With a little more 
experimenting NBO, sound effects 
department might arrive at a closer 
approach to a passable imitation. 

■But the. pace, the punch and all- 
arbund' goqd acting is there. Each 
program has . a name from legit 
playinsr the lea d.^ Some of these 
legit players fill the part patly and 
others not so by a. wide span. Most 
of these 'guest stars' are cast one 
week in 'Roses and Drums' and the 
next in the Fleischmann contribu- 
tion. . 

In the 'Defense of the Alamo' 
dramatization (23), Quy Bates post 
as Sam Houston came through . a 
little overemphatlc but otherwise 
okay. Frequently In his exciting 
passages he dropped the southern 
accent and became Back Bay, but 
the same thing happened to practi- 
caUy everyone else in the cast; It 
was one of those draniatic composi- 
tions that allowed for ho subdued 
:moment, biit demanded that evei-y- 
thleg. be.kepf at a tense, noisy pitch 
of eicltemfintr and the cast gave it 
all the violence .they .had in them; 
All of which made the afllalr sound 
quite hokey In epbt?. • • 
. ■ Sketch WiSff "capably cued musi- 
cally thrptighout,; with the bits as- 
signed the narrative confined to 
J.ust enough to link one sequence to 
the other. ■ Pro-am, which is strict- 
ly of the institutional type, men- 
tioned Fleschmann only once, ard 
that was at the very end .of the final 
segment of copy. Instead of plug- 
glnjpMts yeast, as prevailed In its 
pri^vlous programs, the sponsor de- 
votes :thi3 Sunday frame to exhort- 
ing the housewife to buy her bread 
.and sweetstuffs f rani the baker In- 
stead of rolling her own dough. 

'. Odec. 

DOC WHIPf^lLE 

Oi'^anlog "'- 

Stistaining 

WGY, Schenectady 

Whipple, formerly heard on a 
half -hour Saturday afternoon pro- 
gram from the NBC's Cleveland 
outlet, is now broadcasting a quar- 
ter-hour morning . oreranlog ort the 
red network six times weekly. It 
ccmes over the air at 8:1B a, m., 
fl 'in^ the slot long taken by a re- 
1 -us program originating in 
\. . AF's studio. . c 

No announcement is made as to 
pi-?an's location or Whipple's out- 
side connections, if any. Tlje 'Doc' 
to. J apparently comes from Doctor 
of Music degree. 

Broadcast carries a more cheer- 
ful air than the religious program 
which it supplanted, and for this 
reason probably Is more welcome to 
ll.steners preparing to leave for the 
day's work. It's a shot that does 
not demand deep concentration, can 
be heard while one is Juggling the 
Java cup or scanning headlines of 
morning's paper. 

While Whipple's programs are 
neither- as ambitious nor as bril- 
liant M several piped out of New 
York later in the day, they suffice. 
Instrument is a pretty good one; 
oi'ganlst is competent. 

Fewer pops sung and played to 
death via radio, and more standard 
- numbers that lend themselves well 
to organ treatment, would enhance 
the entertaining value of these 
broadcasts. Jaco. 

WCAE After More Chain 
Bands; Local Combo Out 

Pittsburgh, Oct. 24. 

WCAE, in an economy move, has 
let out its entire staff band of 14 
men. That also means the end of 
the 'Sun-Telegraph Nite Club of the 
Air,' a thrice weekly feature over 
the station. 

Studio plans to hire musicians 
only as It needs them, going in mori 
freely for network orchestras. 



THE PIG SHOW 

CharUs NeUnd, Cy J«nk9, Eddl* 
Lambertr Eddie Borden, Johnny 
Kiadeo, Ariene Francis, Virginia 
Barnett, Henry Starr 
COMMERCIAL 
KFWB. Hollywood 

Regular Wednesday night feature 
(10th week) follows along the lines 
of the several 'Jamboreeis' so popu- 
lar With Coast listeners. This one, 
sponsored by the Navy Oil Co., has 
a - somewhat novel way of bringing 
out a studio audience. Each pur- 
chase of five gals, of Navy gas 
brings a coupon, two of which when 
sent in bring a single admission 
ticket to the studio show the fol-, 
lowing Wednesday night. Result is 
usually a packed house and plenty 
of applause for the talent. 
. New skipper . or . m.c. was in 
choirge last Wednesday (19). He's 
Charles Neiand, whose, husky voice 
indicated a severe cold, but otheiv- 
wise f unctibning oke. Eddie Lam- 
bert made his second appearance 
on- the hour, doing his time-worn 
'Cinderella,' monolog. '. Another for- 
nier vaude name, who is a regular 
on the program, is Eddie Borden 
with a line of comedy patter and 
gags. Other talent night caught 
included Johnny Kladep, accordion- 
ist; Cy Jenks, rube, cioihic; three 
Rhythm. Kings, harmony cropning; 
Virginia Earhett, blues singer; 
Henry Starr, tenor; Arlene Francis, 
comedy monologlst, and Fuzzy 
Knight, comedian. 

Short announcements covering 
the sponsor's product made at 15 
min.: intervals do .not become tir- 
ing. Program as a whole fairly en - 
terta.ining, biit as usual with this 
type of broadcast there's too much 
studio applause to make it interest- 
ing for the folks outside. 



ABE. LYMAN and 'Holtyvvood 

Nevysboy' 
Music and Chatter 
15 Mins. . 
COMMERCIAL 
WABC, New York 

A so-so program; Phillips. Milk 
of Magnesia has tried to be differ- 
ent hut instead of songs and biand 
it's talk arid band, which is n. s. g. 

The tie-up is with United Artists 
studio and the 'Hollywood Newsboy* 
is the film gossiper. The chatter 
Is rather innocuous and as for the 
UA tieup It plugs WB pictures more 
thaa UA. 

Spieling Is of the sophomoric 
school which attempts to impress 
that brushing one's teeth will give 
a radiant, smile. It's a rather tar- 
fetched hookup. • Next they'll be at- 
tributing correction of fallen arches 
to toothpastes. Lyman's band is 
just, a one-to-flll, in. between the 
chattering. He too. is bombastically 
ballyhooed as Movieland's Favorite 
Dance Band, and to prove the Coast 
connection his signature song is 
'California Here I Come.' 

There are repearted reminders to 
'remember .that the movie stars all 
use .Phillips Milk of Magnesia 
toothpa,ste,' and that each dressing 
room on the UA lot is equipped with: 
a tube so that the players can.giv.e 
it a once-over-light before going oh 
the sets: It's all primed to bally- 
hoo radiant personality and radiant 
smileage, obtainable from a denti- 
frice tube. That's stretching it 
pretty far. Under the circumstances 
it eclipses whatever value the Ly- 
man band might have, which isn't 
m\ich in evidence. Abel. 



SPANISH TROUBADOURS 
And Concert Ensemble 
COMMERCIAL 
KELW, L. A. 

Only strictly Spanish -Mexican 
air program on the Coast is this 
nightly half hour sold to a Spanish 
advertising concern, with the musi- 
cal portion of the outfit repeating 
for a two-hour before-daylight 
broadcast from 4 to 6 a.m. Pro- 
gram is designed primarily for the 
large Spanish-speaking population 
of the extreme southwest. 

Announcements in Spanish are 
somewhat lengthy and precede or 
follow each musical number. Trou- 
badours are instrumentalists and 
vocalists offering a complete change 
of program nightly, as well as for 
the early morning broadcast. Pro- 
gram has been on the air for some 
time, but just who the 4 to 6 a.m. 
broadcast appeals to has not been 
clearly determined. 

Doubtful If even the Spanish 
speaking class gets up at that hour 
to listen in. 



vARieriEB 

Disks 

COMMERCIAL 
WQY, Schsntotady 

A series of half- hour waxed 
programs sponsored by Kresge'^s 
26c-|l etotes. WGY has been re- 
leasing one a week since Septem- 
ber, Broadcasts are timed to syn- 
chronize with ' weekend sales, de- 
tails of which are given oh disks 
as well as by a station announcer. 

Ben Selvln's orchestra is the 
'basic feature of .the series, with 
other name attractions added. These 
include Scrappy Lambert and Billy 
Hillpot, Wally Sullivan, m,c., a 
coniedian named Charley Doran (so 
it sounds), who works opposite Sul- 
livan, arid, on one record, a tearii 
doing a Sums and Allen routine. 

Selvin'ii music Is corking; ar- 
rangements, style and everything 
bespeak class. Unit is 'way above, 
average in-person orchestra on the 
air during the early a.m. hours, A 
chap with a pleasing tenor choruses, 
Lambert and !HilIpgtt pour oiit their 
usual effective harmony, Their 
contributions, too, smacks of big 
time stuff,^ usually reserved for shots 
later in the day. 

Sullivan, announced as a writer 
of special material: for Main Stem 
artists, does" not' dppear to be the 
happiest choice for the riri.c. comedyi 
role. His style/ oke for a night club. 
Is a bit too Broadwayish, too brassy, 
for a morning . hroadcast, particu- 
larly one aimed at class of lis- 
teners interested in Kresge bar- 
gains.' Voice Is penetrating; rather 
unpleasantly so, via a loud speaker. 
A more subdued delivery and less 
emphasis on T thing would help, 
if Sullivan Intends to continue - In 
the radio field.: ' 

Doran, a boob, hesltarit in-speech 
comic, is not of thia kind usually 
heard over ether waves,; but is a 
capable entry here. He teams well 
with Sullivan, and has possibilities 
for development (if he Is the new- 
comer nariie would seerii to in- 
dicate). : 

A Mrs. Roberts delivers an ad- 
vertising spiel on the record, while 
Sullivan and partner slip in a plug. 
Announcer also does his share of 
advertising which includes mention 
of prices. 

Real entertalnriient on these plat- 
ter affairs. Jaco. 



PIECES OF EIGHT 
Serial 

COMMERCIAL 
KNX, Hollywood 

Molded on- the 'Treasure Island' 
theme, serial is aimed especially for 
the kids. Not particularly well 
done, but gets juvenile interest be- 
cause of the prize features that go 
with it. 

Paid for by a local baking con-' 
cern which gives awards to the 
children getting most new custom- 
ersr Very little Ingenuity seems to 
have been used In the writing of 
the serial/ and with the exception 
of Xionel Belmore, who plays the 
chief pirate, the actlrig Is not par- 
ticularly effective. . Three nights a 
week on 15-mln.- programs. 



JAY WHIDDEN'8 ORCHESTRA 

Sustaining 

KFI and KECA, Los Angeles 

This. Is a new orchestra, recently 
recruited by Jay Whldden, who 
came Into prominence with his 
Hotel Carleton combo In London. 
He spotted his new outfit in the 
Miramar, Santa -Monica, when this 
hotel changed from its staid family 
policy to a night spot. Dance band 
is now being remoted nightly at 
different times on the two NBC out- 
lets here, KFI aqd KECA. 

It's one of the smoothest combi- 
nations of the current dance bands 
in these parts. Orchestra carries 
several good singers with about 
every other number haying vocal 
Interpolations either by a quartet 
or a single.. Lawrence King, for- 
merly Owen McGlIvary, boy singer 
of vaude. Is the principal soloist. 
He has an . excellent high tenor 
voice, and from the receiving end 
of the set Is a ringer for Donald 
Novls. 

Most Of "Whldden's material Is 
popular stuff that can be put over 
without excessive brass or blatancy. 

Stan. 



DEATH VALLEV^^ DAYS 
Dramatic Sketch 
30 Minutes 
COMMERCIAL 
WJZ, N«w York 

In resuming the series this season 
Borax decided to shift from Chicago 
to the NBC studios in New York, 
With the change has come a marked 
Improvement In every phaise of the 
program. It's on a weekly Schedule, 
Thursdays, hitting the airlines, 9 
p. m. EST. 

For two seasons Harvey Hays 
filled thie :,'01d Prosnector* role, giv- 
ing the p(irt the exact basso twang 
he applied to 'Old Timer,' the nar- 
rator in the Great Northern It. R. 
series. But the characterization, 
helped by one of the most resonant 
acting voices on the air- at the time, 
has clearly and definitely associated 
itself with either program. The 
present player of the 'Old Prospec- 
tor' happens to be the only 'Weak 
link in an ' otherwise usually hap- 
pily gathered cast. 

Program last caught (20) carried 
the title of 'The Little Old Lady of 
Death Valley,? with Pejjgy Allenby, 
NBC's ace character player. In the 
lead. It was a yam oozing with 
sentimentality of the boklest sort, 
but the class of script that will find 
a ready listening hibb by the 'parlor 
loudspeaker. Fart assigned Miss 
Allenby had - loads of adroitly con- 
trived dialog and she gave it a 
reading that must havia had them 
sniffing In their rocking chairs. In 
other words. It was a perfect com- 
bination of lines and actress, fpr 
radio. 

Tenor strumming a guitar and 
caroling hillbilly laments is used to 
open the show and between se- 
quences of the sketch. , Credit copy 
is neatly arid laconically' devised, 
with the purpose more institutional 
than selling. Odec. 



0PT(MISTI.QJ(>PUQHNUT HOUR* 
yVith Jaofc C«rt«r, Biil Hatch's or.* 
ohsstra, H«ttie MeD«nieli, Bobby' 
Gross, Law Kelly« Four Sheiks of 
Harmony and . Jack Stern and 
Grace H«mllloil» 

60 Mins. 
COMMERCIAL 
KNX, Hollywood 

This prograrii. Is the oldest of its 
type on the Coast, although during- 
Ita more, than four years has under- 
gone many changes. It was stan- 
dardized for a long time as an alU 
Negro bill but in its new form is a 
well-assembled variety program, 
with several vaude names holding 
It up dnd bringing It under the wire 
as an excellent hour's entertain- 
ment. It's on Friday nights. 

I Program , is bacKgroundcd by Bill 
Hatch's string combination, en- 
hanced for this pa^rtlcular spot with 
extra brass. Jack Carter, former 
English hiusic hall performer, in.c.'s 
and handles the bill with snap. On 
night caught he did well with a 
couple of English bally-ass types 
of songs, one of which was origlnalj 
Hebe chatter Is. in from Bobby 
Gross with Lew Kelly handling tha 
Irish end. Hattle> ,McDaniels, col- 
ored, sang a' couple of " good torch' 
numbers and cross-fired with Car- 
ter with passable Negro dialect 
stuff. Four Sheiks of Harmony, ^ 

j colored quartet,- are Jake in South- 
em ballads with Jack - Stern and 

-Grace Hamilton rounding out a well 
balanced program, "with popular, 
soriga and domestic patter. 

. All in all. It's excellent air fare 
due to Its tempo and the brevity 
of the announceriients. Unlike most 
of the air variety programs here- 
abouts the wisecracks are almpst 
new. . ■ ■ , 



New Program Calendar 

PeriodB on the air for the first time, or resuiniiig oommercially 



PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF 

SONG 
Sustaining 

WTMJ, Milwaukee . 

A very pleasing prpgram with 
sufficient variety to satisfy is this 
combination of Stanley Morner, 
Dorothy Jubllier and the Arlstg- 
crats. 

Sustaining programs of this kind 
sometimes are a bit ultra in the 
choice of numbers, but such an 
error has been avoided by the sta- 
tion's musical director, William J. 
Bennlng. 

With much theatre experience to 
guide him In his selection of mu- 
sical rhenus, he has th'e knack of 
turning into the air about what the 
niajorlty wants. 

There is a well-balanced an'ange- 
ment of vocal solos and duets with 
the excellent orchestra doing its 
own share of popular hits and semi- 
classlcs. 



JIMMY BITTICK ORCH. 

With Peter GrosBo, Joan Stone; 

Va'nska Cochran. 
Sustaining .' 
KMTR, L. A. 

Musical outfit,, formerly at the 
Town House, class L. A. hostelry, 
has a good coast rating as- a dance 
band, but seems to lack something 
in Its' air programs. Selections, 
mostly of the semi-classic and pop 
type, were oke, but there was a 
mechanical rendition : that seeriied 
to say: 'We've got to play ao many 
numbers, so let's get them over 
with.' They lack punch and feel- 
ing. 

Program is divided into two 15 
min. intervals, with soloists changed 
for each period. Peter Grosso, 
tenor, has an unusually pleasing 
voice. His accompanist Is Harold 
Curtis. . Vanska Cochran, harpist, 
handles the stringed Instrument 
satisfactorily. Second part had 
Joan 'Stone, soprano,, soloing, and 
the Town Boys, f rohi the band, 
warbling. ' 

Station announcer should wake 
up to the fact that United Artists 
has no Hollywood theatres. * 



THURSDAY, OCT. 27 
'Whitman's Melodies' (CBS). Jack 
Denny's band and vocalists spon- 
sored by Stephen F. Whltnaan & 
Son, candy manufacturers. Orig- 
inating from WABC, N. Y., 8:45 to 
3 p. hi.,. EST. 

SUNDAY, OdT. 30 

'Canada Dry'RevUe' (CBS). Can- 
ada Dry Ginger Ale ^debuts its show 
on this network with Jack Denny 
and the Ted Weems band, over 
the basic network and outlets in 
Montreal, Toronto, Minneapolis and 
Atlantic City. - jOriginating from 
WABC, N. Y.„ Sundays from 10 to 
10:30 p. m., and Thursday from 
8:16 to 8:46 p. m., ESI?; 

'Jungle 'Thrills" (NBC). Frank 
Buck will do the adventure spieling 
pn this session for' A. . C. Gilbert, 
with the hookup taking in the basic 
red, the northwest, the orange and 
KFSD, KTHS, KOA and KSL. Or- 
iginating from 'WEAF, New York, 
5:45 to 6 p. m.,- EST. 

MONDAY, OCT, 31 

'Muateroleans' (CBS). The Mus- 
terole Co, of Cleveland returns the 
previous Absorbine, Jr., combina- 
tion, Whispering Jack Smith, the 
Humming Birds (Dorothy Greeley, 
contralto; Margere^ Speaks, so- 
prano; Katherlrie Cavalli, mezzo 
soprano) and Arnold Johnson's or- 
chestra, for two, quarter hour 
periods a week, Mon. and Wed., 
over 22 stations. Originating from 
WABC, N. Y., 8. p. m., EST. 

•WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2 

'The Fitch Professor' (CBS). 
Fitch Co. of Des Moines, hair toriic, 
resumes the weekly morning musi- 
cale out of .the CBS studios in Chi- 
cago, 10:30 to 10:46 EST. 

MONDAY, NOV. 7 

.'Adventures of Bud Rogers' 

(CBS). Kellogg Co. has this dra- 
matization of the newspaper strip 
clocked for five times a week over 
20 stations. Through "WABC, N. Y., 
7:15 to 7:30 p. m., EST. . 
THUI^DAY, NOV. 10 
'international Special' (CBS). In- 
ternational Silver Co. of Mertden, 
Conn., . has .Tony Wons spotted for 
a two-week cariipalgn bveir -53 sta- 
tions, Thursdays, Fridays and Sat- 
urdays. Originating from WABC, 
N, ■y., 9:30 to 9:45 a. m., EST. West 
coast gets this broadcast 12:15 to 
12:30, EST. 

SATURDAY. NOV. 12 
'Carborundum Band' (CBS). Car- 
borundum company brings this one 
out of Niagara Palls for a 15-sta- 
tlon hookup. Comes through WABC, 
N. Y., 9:30 to 10 p. m., EST. 
SUNDAY, NOV. 13 
'Smith Brothers— Trade and Mark' 
(NBC). Coughdrop maker's: pro- 
gram, slated for 20 weeks, offers a 
Nat Shllkret orchestra with Billy 
Hillpot and Scrappy Lambert over 
a hookup that takes; In WJZ, WBJ5, 
WBZA, WBAD, WHAM, KDKA, 
WJR, KYW, KWK, WREN, KOIL 
and KWRC. Originating from WJZ, 
N, Y., 9:15 to 9;30 p. m., EST. 
FRIDAY, NOV. 18 
'Big Six of the Air with Al Jolson' 
(NBC). Chevrolet has contracted 
time for this one. over a period of 
39 weeks with the hookup extending 
through the baislc red, the north- 



west, the southeast, the south cen-. 
ti-al, the southwest, the mountain, 
the orange links and KFSD and 
KTAR. Program besides Jolson will' 
carry an orchestra arid quartet. 
Originating from WEAF, N. Y.i 10 
to 10 : 30 p. m., EST. 



Musterole Absorbs 

Absorbine's Air Cast 

Ether bill formerly supported by 
Absorbine, Jr., has been taken over 
by Musterole for a 26- week run ju 
Columbia 'starilrig Monday (81)i ft 
comprises "Whispering Jack Sniitb, 
the Humming Birds and Arnold 
Johnson's orchestra. 

Hookup gives the program two 
15-mlnute i>erlods/ Monday and 
"Wednesday rilghts." 



Jean Calloway Stricken 

Waterloo, Icl, Oct. 24. 

Stricken with peritonitis, JeaA 
Calloway, New York, vho was play- 
ing here with her orchestra, was 
taken from the Waterloo dance pav- 
ilion and is. now at Allen Memorial 
hospital. ' 

Necessary for her to remain here 
at least a week, orchestra going ort 
alone. 



Literati 



(Continued from page 47) 
tyros how to scribble In acceptable 
fashion. 

James Waterman Wise's mag, 
•Opinion,' has gone monthly. 

Annual nieeting of the Dramatists* 
Guild Is at the Hotel Shelton to- 
day (Tuesday). ^ 

The Ives Washijurns back at their 
city shack. 

Sinclair Lewis down with the flu 
at his Austrian place. 

So many books on bridge; who 
reads them all? 

Chalk up 75 years for the 'At^ 
lantic Monthly.' 
• Faith Baldwin lecturing, 

S. S. Van Dine's 'The Kennel 
Murder Case*^ is definitely his last. 
He now becomes his own self, WU- 
lard Huntington Wright, 

Gilbert Seldes Invites cbntribs to 
the new 'Americana.' 

Knopf has: Max Swing's first 
novel, 'Groing Somewhere.' 

Valentine Williams likes to write 
plays, but novels earn him a living. 

Morris L. Ernst has a hew; col- 
laborator In Alexander Lindey. 

'The Best Short Shorts of 1932' 
anthology which Putnam's issues 
sopn, will contain a piece by Rube 
G9ldberg, of all people! 

"With his 'Give Us ileroes' on the 
press, David Cort has thought of a 
new title for his book. 

Glertrude Atherton, In Frisco, was 
honored with a 'Gertrude Atherton. 
Day' by the League of American 
Pen Women there.' 



Tuesday, October 25, 1932 



R A D B O 



VARIETY 



51 



NETS' INCOME 
DENUMN 
SEPT. 



Both NBC and Columbia went 
Ibrough September yiitti, their in- 
come from time saleei pretty well! 
dented. NBC clip In revenue, as 
compared to Sept., 1931, amounted 
to 6%. while the drop Buffered by 
CBS was 27.9%. Despite these de- 
creases the networks Jointly show 

jump of 13.7% for the first nine 
months of 1932. 

September gross by NBC on facU- 
Jties totaled $1,807,795, as compared 
to the same 1931 month's Income of 
$1,961,82«. At CBS the total pald 
by commercials for hookups reached 
1682,646 for the month, with that 
network's Intake for the correspond- 
ing month the year before $789,160. 

Each chain Is still maintaining 
a firm stride on the year's business 
to date:' Up to Oct. 1, NBC had ac- 
cumulated total from time sources 
of $20,487,211 as against $18,216,860 
for the same stretch last year, or 
an increase this year of 13.6%. 

From Jan. 1, of this year to the 
end of September, CBS has accum- 
ulated $9,506,474 as compared with 
$7,218,914 for the flrst nine months 
of 1931, an Increase of 13.8%. 



Isham 
Jones 



Currently at the 
Hollywood Restaurant 
New York 
Indefinitely 



JACK DENNY 

AND ORCHESTRA 



Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 
Victor Records 
Lucky Strike Dance Hour 
Whitman Candy 
^(Oct.27) 



Management M. C. A. 



TONY WONS 

(AND HIS SCRAP BOOK) 



R YOU LISTENIN'? 



WABC 
Dally at 0:80 A. H. 
I'm Iiitroducin' 
"A Pair of Red Heads" 
Peggy Keenan &. Sondra Phillips 



R YOU. WATCHIN*? 



Reader Reaction 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 

Reason for tl^e Chicago 
Trlbunte' reversing a five-year 
antagonism toward listing ra- 
dio programs is lieing told in 
radio circles here as an amus- 
ing anecdote on Col. Robert 
McCormick, the publisher. , 

About two weeks ago he was 
at home alone and decided to 
listen to the radio. As It hap- 
pened, there wasn't ia newspa- 
per lirvhls home except the 
'Tribune' and he was conse- 
quently unable to Idok up and. 
see what was on the radio 
generally or his own WQN In 
particular. 

Visualizing the probable re- 
sult of other persons finding 
themselves in' a similar pre- 
dicament the decision to hence- 
forth list radio programs In 
the 'Trlb' followed. 



BELIEVE PRESS BEHIND 
RADIO LEGISLATION 



Birmingham, Oct. 24. 
BUI taxing broadcasting stations, 
Introduced in the special session , of 
the legisliature, has been killed fpr 
the present session. Radio stations 
believe, however, that it will be re- 
Introduced at the coming session- 
The bin levies a 6% gross tax on 
stations as well as a tax of $100 per 
yetCr on announcers and $25 on en- 
gineers. 

It Is hinted around that newspa- 
pers are back of the bill and will 
see that It is brought up at the next 
session. 



OLSEN- JOHNSON WANT 
VODE PEP FOR AUDITION 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 
Olsen and Johnson will give an 
audition to-morrow (25) In Cleve- 
land for Dutch Cleanser. Milton 
Schwartzwald joins them there 
specially to conduct the musical 
end. 

Nut comics declined to stage ah 
audition for NBC in Chicago on 
their recent appearance there at 
the RKO Palace because they want 
a vaudeville type of musician to 
cue and support their stuff. Vin- 
cent Lopez was suggested to them 
but vetoed by Olsen and Johnson 
who felt a dance orchestra wouldn't 
be right. 

On their recent appearances with 
the! . Flelschman hour Olsen and 
Johnson felt that Rudy Vallee's 
dreamy style of music cramped 
them. 



Radios New Variety Show Trend 
Proves Break for Vaude Talent 



Old Gold's Script Show 
For Air Comeback on CBS 

Old Gold Is to return to the ether 
again via CBS with the signaturing 
of contracts depending on how soon 
the account okays the script show 
that It has been auditioning the past 
two weeks. 
: Cigaret hasn't done any ether 
inerchandizing the past two sea- 
sons. Last program U bankrolled 
had an astrologer, Lorna Fontaln, 
and prior to that It sponsored Paul 
I Whlteman. 



Inside Stuif-Radio 



PRESS^WNED RADIO 
STATIONS m CONFAB 



There's no easier way for a radio artist to put himself In a ticklish spot 
than by getting chummy with an exec In a network booking or program 
department. Social contact tags hini automatloalljr as the other fellow's 
man, and the department colleague Immediately starts giving the artist 
the cold shoulder. It's an envy founded on -the stiff rivalry existing 
among the men In. each of these two departments, with the artist unfairly 
penalized in many instances. 

If the mike performer or orchestra conductor appears ctulte friendly 
with one artists' 'service exec, the other members of the staff make It 
practice of never proposing the performer or leader for a program 
they are handling, even if the former would fit In the bill perfectly. 
Same attitude prevails upon draniatlc show producers, pai:tlcuiarly. These 
directors of the ' spoken work have built up iron-bound cliques of their 
own, with actors not on the inside finding It practically impossible to 
crash the inner clicle. 

At. NBC, for Instance, there are about a half dozen dramatic players 
who are to be found Included In almost every sustaining or conimercial 
script now staged from the inside. These have created a sort of closed 
union of their own, mopping up on the vast majority of assignments 
available, and If extra parts are to be filled the* break ts limited to their 
friends. Ab comparatively small as Is the stipend per program for 
dramatic players around the networks, the members of this inner circle 
are known to have averaged as high at $800 each a week. 



Chicago, Oct. 24. " 

Walter J. Damm, of the Milwau- 
kee 'Journal* and Station WTM J, 
called a secret meeting- lait Thurs- 
day in the Sherman hotel here of 
newspaper-owned radio . stations. 
Understood this group is not satis- 
fled with the terms offered by the 
ASCAP,' despite large rebates. 

They object to provisions calling 
for guarantees and Immiediate mini- 
mum boost in total l!ees. Conversa- 
tions may lead to formation of 'a 
Newspaper-Owned Radio Stations 
Association. 



Smidi Band Gets CBS 
Saturday Night Hookup 



Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 
Stanley Smith's orchestra, open 
Ing Oct. 31 at the Biltmore Garden 
room, gets a national hookup over 
CBS on Saturday nights as a build- 
up. 

Band was booked In by Tommy 
Lee, son of Don Lee, coast. CBS 
partner, and Biltmore will switch 
wires from-KPWB to KJH Oct. 31 
Oh Saturday nights at 9:30 a half 
hour program will go east. First 
proerram will be released Nov. 5, 
night of the USC-Callfornia foot- 
ball game, when the band will piay 
from the Sala de Ora Instead of 
the Garden room because , of the 
anticipated crowd of grid cele 
brants. 




'"The South in My Sonl" 

WEAP 

Ponds, Friday, 9 :30 P. M. 



ART LMCK 

In Ills brietiml Cliarncter 

IR. SCHLACENHAUER' 

■SponNored by TASTyEAST 
VOO P. M. to 5.15 P. M.'CST 
>VBBM-r-Chlcairo 



Francis, Daniels with 
NBC; Sponsors Sought 

Hollywood, .Oct. .24. 

Kay Francis, currently In New 
York, will make two commercial 
broadcasts during the next three 
weeks for NBC, which is trying to 
line-up a sponsor or spot her in an 
existing program. 

NBC will also try to get a spon 
sor for Bebe Daniels, who Is op 
tloned for 12 broadcasts, Actress 
Is now In Warners' '42nd Street, 
which finishes in about 10 days, 



Gershwin Comml? 



NBC is putting on another audlr 
tion for Squibbs toothpaste, framed 
around George Gershwin, both con 
ducting and' piano soloing, Nelson 
Eddy, baritone, and Graham Mc 
Namee. 

Previous session proposed by the 
network was a 15 -minute affair 
headlining John Charles Thomas 

- ■ . r . 



Variety show idea for each pro- 
gram, with- a permanent orchestral 
combo and m.c. as the nucleus, ts 
spreading among network commer- 
cials. First of the major accounts 
to put the policy Into effect this 
season was Fleischmann' s Teast 
and the latest sponsors, to adopt it 
are Jo-Cur hair wave and Linit. 

It's the old' picture house pres- 
entation scheme, of maintaining a 
regular band and m.c. and framing 
a new show around them with an 
elitirely different set of specialty 
workers each week. In radio these 
in and outers will continue to come 
under the heading of 'guest ar- 
tists.' One thing this policy ; will 
:tend to do is give many more vaude 
performers a crack at the mllce on 
real national hookups and also a 
chance to build themselves for box« 
office. . 

Freque^nt changes of the program 
is also opening the way for book- 
ing offices outside the networks to 
cut In on the talent cream. Line> 
up on the initial Linit show (23), 
represents i)ookings from three dif- 
ferent sources. 

Fleischmann hour maintains Rudy 
Vallee permanently, while the Llhlt 
show win be built around Fred 
Allen, his wife, Portland Hoffa, Ann 
Leaf and the Louis iCatzmah or- 
chestra. Jo-cur Sunday matinee 
show carries an 18 -piece orchestra 
under Victor Arden a.nd Jimmy 
Lyons as m.c. on the regular pay- 
roll. : 



Newspaper ownership of radio ha& its distadvantages, too, the Pitts- 
burgh 'Sun-Telegraph,' Hearst dally, learned last week. Daily controls 
WCAE, one of the two> NBC outlets there, and trouble arose over. Henry 
Ford's scheduled talk in behalf of President Hoover's election. 

Station accepted Ford address, with newspapers giving It a big play, 
only to discover that it had a 16 -minute local commercial scheduled for 
the first half of the time allotted to Ford, When Informed that WCAE 
could take only the last section of the Ford address, NBC ofllcials wired 
back the station that It would be better to cancel the talk entirely. 

It so happened that the Democratic nominee. Franklin . D. Roosevelt, 
was speaking there the same night at a big oi>en-air gathering at Forbes 
Field, where 30,000 flocked to hear him. 

Llstcners-in, when they learned the Ford' address had been cancelled, 
deluged the ''Sun Tele' with phone calls, blaming the local daily for par- 
tisanship. 'Sun-Tele'. Is, of course, a Democratic paper and hundreds of 
protesting Republicans Insisted the Ford address had been maliciously 
stricken Srom the local waves. 



When It comes to racial dialects before the mike NBC now believes It 
most expedient to go after the real thing and pass up resorting to char? 
acter actors. New policy has been , introduced by George Engels, NBC 
v.p. In charge of the artists' service. 

It is the Engels' contention that a member of the race designated in 
the script Who has retained a natural disposition toward that race's 
lingual characteristics In his English speech will fill the. mike bill far 
more specifically. If the script, for Instance, calls for a Swede role the 
network will from now on bring in a native-born Swede to fill the part. 
That Is, if he has the ability to read his lines with the required Interpre- 
tation. 

Network gave the Idea a tryout on the Buick audition and It proved 
satisfactory all around. For his initial script Fraser Hunt framed a nar- 
rative dealing with his Interview at one time with the boy Chinese em- 
peror. To give the dramatized phases of tlie Interview an air of veri- 
similitude the artists' service assigned the part of the ruler to a young 
Chinese student whose limited mastery of English speech filled in nicely. 



'Phantoni Fame' Musio. 

. Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Three musical numbers in Radio's 
'Phantom Fame/ include two 
dances, and the song, 'Oh ilr. Carf 
penter.' 

Lupe Velez sings the latter by- 
Harry Aks^ and Edward. EIlscu. 




OB8— WABO . 
TYbOL JUBILEE 
MoiL, Wed.,. M., irtSO P.U. 

Personal Management ED WOI>F 



Possibly a lesson in the newspapers' estimated 12,000 Army-Pittsburgh 
attendance for those colleges which have seen fl,t to bar microphones 
from the stadiums. Theory has been that heralded broadcasting reduces 
the urge to be present in person. 

The decision at West Point to keep Its gridiron appointment with the 
Pantjiiers off the air may have Impressed the public with .the idea that 
the meeting couldn't be so vital a sporting matte^. Of course, the price 
scale for the game, around $4.50, coUld have had something to do with the 
scant crowd, too. But radio has been doing much to Impress the nation 
witii the idea that if It's important it'll be on the air and, perhaps, the 
colleges should, think twice before ignoring that angle. 



''The Voice OS 
Jj Experiencei^^ 

I WOR Daily at. 12 Noon 
I Also Saturday 6:30 to 7 P.M. 



An unusual aeriea, running the 
entire oamut of human emotions 



HanaKement 
ELMEB A, BOOEB8 
18 E. 41st St., Ne^ York City 



Any talk of television or anything else to displace radio as a popular 
entertainment Is obviously extraneous In view of the iricrcaiae of 40% In 
sales, since 1928, of radio setSi With the prices down, the extra radio In 
the bedroom has become the thing replacing the 1929 boom era slogan 
about the two-car family, etc. The average household now has an extra 
receiving set in every bedroom and those miniature, book-size sets are 
now spotted on the business men's desks, and are also porta,bly em- 
ployed at the dinner table, on occasion, so that the host can tune at will 
without getting up. "These are all supplementary to the parlor radio in 
the average house. 



Los Angeles cops finally did prevent James W. Ford, candidate for 
V. p. on the Communist ticket, from speaking over KNX, Los Angeles. 
When tile gendarmes previously tried to get the station to cancel, the 
studio retorted that the rules of the iFederal Radio Commission made the 
granting of mike privileges to all political candidates compulsory. Proxy 
liicked to , read the Ford speech was also barred by the police from the 
air, . 

When this lad, Lawrence Ross, Communist campaign mgr. for Southern 
California, entered the studio he was tal^en in tow and jugged for a while 
at the Wilshire police station in L. A. 



Rare case of a broadcaster petitioning FRC to decrea.se operating 
power of its tran.smitter Is the application of KGB, New Mexico Collpge 
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Albuquerque, N. M. Station wants 
to lower its current kilowattage from 20 to 10. 



TED HORITO 

AND HIS ORCHESTRA 

: : HOTEL ST. FRANCIS ; ; 
SAN FRANCISCO 

' BBOADOASTINO 
If.J.B. Deml-Tasae Revue, NBC, X 
Monday. Nights - \ , , 
X Columbia Network, Saturday Nlgiits' > 

< » ens-Don liee Chain, Nlirhtly, 
" ■ 10 P.M. PST . * I 

' Lucky Strike 

Hst. MUSIC COSP. OF A3IERI0A 
»♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦ » ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» 



THREE LITtLE GIRLS 

OF RADIO LAND, 
THREE SINGING GIRLS 
WHO HARMONIZE GRANOl 

DO-RE 



ON 



Coast 

to 
Coast 



WABC 



Net 
Work 



Friday, 2 P. M.— 8*turd«y, S.I 8 P. M. 

Sunday, 8 P. M. 

with 

RAY BLOCH 

Pianist- Armnrer 
"IIEAKING IS BEMKTING" 



52 



VARfETY 



MU§IC-NITE d-UBS 



Tuesdaj, detoi»er 25, 1932. 



MUSIC SALES 
UP IN SEPT. 



Bi lfflU tone that started hoveilne 
over the sheet business towird the 
tail end of the warm season ex- 
panded into a glow of activity as 
the moiUli of September drew to a 
close. Aside f roni the usual fall 
picitup. the big incentive here was 
the bunch of hits available. Though 
coming along nicely, the mechanical 
field failed to match this pace. 

Of the lead folios on the list 
'Shanty in Did Shantytown' . Im- 
pressed notably with the -way It 
staunchly continued to sell; Indica- 
tions are that this smalltown ditty 
will take the current year's record 
for maintaining inclusion among the 
blue ribbon sextet over a period of 
months. First two weeks of October 
found this number climbing better 
than ever in the less thickly popu- 
lated ^pots. 

Revised best seller list for Sept- 
enibev has the 'Shanty' glorification 
nudged down to second place and 
•Berlin's 'Say It Isn't So' plotted 
under it and on the way to top- 
-mount the ladder for thie first half 
'Of October. Feist's 'l^asquerade' 
• had befeh • moved from second to 
fourth slot and 'Three's a Crowd'. 
(Wlthiark) had become an easy 
fifth. 

Grouped just behind the top sell 
Ing six were 'Strange Interlude' 
(Miller); 'I Can't Believe It's True* 
(feist),' i'U Never Be the Same' 
(Bobbins), 'Three on a Match' (De- 
Sylvk), 'So Ashamed' (Ager), and 
'As You Desire Me' (Kelt-Engel); 
Flgurerf to wind up the current pajge 
oif' the calendar among the blue rib- 
bon sextet Is 'Put Out the' Lights' 
(Harms).' 

In the disc section Rudy Vallee 
covered both first and second nota- 
tions: for' Columbia, as did Paul 
Whiteman for Victor, while the Guy 
Lombardo was the Brunswick Inaln- 
stay. ■ '• ;■ 



SEPTEMBER MUSIC SURVEY 

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE LEADING SIX SELLERS IN SHEET MUSIC AND PHONOGf^APH RECORDS GATHERED^FROM. THE REPORTt 
OF SALES MADE DURINd SEPTEMBER BY THE LEADING MUSIC JOBBERiB AND DISK DISTRIBUTORS IN THE TERRITORIES 



6 Best Sellers in Sheet Music 
Reported by Leading Jobbers 





NEW YORK 


-CHICAGO 


Lbs ANGELES 


80NG— No. 1 


'We JuBt Couldn't Say Good-bye' 


'We Just Couldn't Say Good-bye' 


'We Just Couldn't Say Good-bye' 


SONG— No. 2 


'Shanty in Old Shantytown' - ' 


'Shanty in Old Shantytown' 


'Maaquerade' 


SONG— No. 3 


'Say It isn't So' 


'Masquerade' 


'Shant/ in Old Shantytown' 


SONG— No. 4 


'Maaquerade' 


'Three's a Crowd' 


'Say It Isn't 8o' 


SONG— No. 5 


'Three's a Crowd' 


•Goofua' 


'Stranne Interlude' '■■ ■ 


SONG— No. 6 


'Love Me Toniaht' rRobblna) 


'Sav It Isn't So' 


'Love Me Tonioht' (Robbins) 





3 Leading Phonograph Companies Report 6 Best Sellers 

Side responsible^ for the majoij^sales only are reported. Wh ere it is impossible to detcirmihe the side responsible for the 

sales, both sides are mentionc^d: 



BRUNSWICK— No. 1 


'I'll Never Be the Same."Couldn't Say 
Good-bye' (Guy Lombardo Orch.) 


'We Couldn't Say Good-bye' (Gxiy 
LiOnibardo Orch.) . 


'We Couldn't Say Good-bye' (Giiy Lorn, 
bardo Orch.) 


BRUNSWICK— No. 2 


'Say It Isn't So,' 'Got You Where 1 
Want You' (Ozzle Nelson Orch.) 


'I'll Never Be the Same' (Guy Lom- 
bardo Orch.) 


'Love Me Tonight' (Robbins) (Bing 
Crosby) •' 


BRUNSWICK— No. 3 


'It Don't Mean a Thing/ 'Coney Island 
Washboard' (Mills Brothers) 


'Say It Isn't So' (Ozzle Nelson Orch.) 


'Bugle Call Rag' (Mills Brothers) 


BRUNSyVICK- No. 4 


'1 ^uees I'll Havd to Change My. Plan,' 
'Aa Long as. Lives On' (Gtuy Lom- 
bardo Orch.) 


'Bugle Call Rag' (Mills Brothers) 


'Have, to Change My Plan' (Guy Lom- 
bardo Orchi) 


BRUNSWICK— No. 6 


'Love Me Tonight,' 'Isn't It Romantic' 

(Jacques Renard Orch.) 


'Three's a Crowd' (Tom Gerun's Orch.) 


'Three's a Crowd' (Tom Gerun's Orch.) 


BRUNSWICK— No. 6 


'Bugle Call Rag,' 'The Old Man of the 
Mountain' (Mills Brothers) 


'Coney Island Washboard' (Mills 
Brothers) , , • 


'Tea for Two' (Don Redmond Orch.) 



COLUMBIA— No, 1 



COLUMBIA— No. 2 



COLUMBIA— No. 3 



COLUMBIA— No. 4 



COLUMBIA— No. 5 



Chi Also Up 

. Chicago, Oct. 24. 

September showed some seasonal 
Improvement but nothing to brag 
aboiit. It was not as proportionately 
good - an Increase over August ad 
August had "been over July. 

Local favorites continue to . hold a 
few niches but essentially the lead- 
ers are the usual ones. Armstrong, 
.Vallee' and Lfewls on Columbia, 01- 
sen a,nd Whiteman on Victor, Lom- 
bardo and Mills Bro^. on Bi'unswlck 
are still dominant. 



Coast Oke Too 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 
September mudlic sales continued 
better than the.t>reyious month with 
j;ounters all along the Coast pepped 
up at thd prospect of a profitable 
winter. Top tunes had little com- 
petition from the rest of the list 
Little change in amount of disc 
. business. 



COLUMBIA— No. 6 



'Guea* I'll Have to_ Change My-Plans/ 
'Maori' (Rudy Vallee) > 



'Strange Interlude,' 'Same Old Moon' 

(Rudy Vallee) ■ . . ■ ■ ' 



'We Just Couldn't Say Good-bye,' 
'Good-bye . to Love' (Fred Martin 

Orch.) ' . . . - • ' 



'Sheltered by the 3tars,"Another Night 
Alone' (iRbger Wolfe Kahn Orch.) 

'Let's Have a Party,' 'Old Man of the 
Mountain' (Joe Hayes Orch.) 



'It Was So Beautiful,' 'I Love a Parade' 

(Harry Rlchman) 



'Sweethearts on Parade' (Louis Arihr 
strong Orch.) • 



'Maori' (Rudy Vallee Orch.) 



'Hell's Bells' (Art Kassel Orch.) 



•Old Shantytown' (Ted Lewis Orch.) 



'It Was So Beautiful' (Harry Rlchman) 



'Strange Interlude' (Rudy Vallee Orch.) 



'Shantytown' (Ted Lewis Orch.) 



'Have to Change My Plan' (Rudy 
Vallee Orch.) • 



'Something in the Night' (Lee Morse) 



'It Was So Beautiful' (Harry Richnian) 



'Shine' (Louis Armstrong Orch.) 



VICTOR— No. 1 



VICTOR— No. 2 
VICTOR— No. 3 



VICTOR— No. 4 



VICTOR— No. 5 



VICTOR— No. 6 



'I'll Never Be ithe Same,' 'Couldn't Say 
Good-bye' (Paul Whiteman Orch.) 



'Three on a Match.' 'Here's Hoping' 

(Paul Whiteman Orch.) 



'So Ashamed,' 'My Heart's at Ease' 

.(Ruby Newman Orch.) ' . 



'As You Desire Me.' 'The Lady I Love' 

(Russ Columbo) 



■Music Everywhere.' 'And Still I Care' 

(Isham .Tones Orch.) ' ■ ■ 



'Say It Isn't So.' ^Love Me Tonight' 

(George Olsen Orch.) 



1-: ' — — - — e- 

'Sweetheai^s Forever' (Wayne King 
Orch.) 



'Cat and Fiddle' Gems - (Savoy Hotel 
Orch.) 



'Everybody Sez I Loye You' (Isham 
Jones Orch.) 



'All-American Girl' (George Olsen 
Orch.) 



'I'll Never. Be the Same' (Paul Whlte- 

man Orch.) - 



'Say It Isn't So' (George Olsen Orch.) 



'Three on a Match'. (Paul Whiteman 

Orch.) • . • 



'Say It Isn't So' ^^George Olsen Orch.) 



'We Couldn't Say GOod-bye' (Paul 
Whiteman' Orch.) 



'Three on a Match' (Paul Whiteman 
Orch.) 



'As You Desire Me' (Russ Columbo) 



'Good Night Vienna' (London Mayfair 
Orch.) 



'She Didn't Say Yes' (Leo Relsman 

Orch.'t • 



GRANLUNDBOWSODTOF 
HOLLYWOOD RESTURANT 



Roof Garden's New Owner 

San Francisco', Oct. 24. 

Roof Garden cafe gets new owner 
and reopening Oct. 29 when Bud 
Hutchins takes over the lilght spot. 

He's putting in his own band. 



"Undemeath the Harlem 

Moon" 
'*Wc're Alone" 
"M, But I've Learned" 
"When I'm Sippin' a Soda 

With Susie" 
"Who'd Believe" 
"I Cannot Tell You Why" 
"You're a Symphony of Love" 

DeSYLVA, BRDWN 
& HENDERSON, Inc. 

745.7th Ave., New York 



JACK DUNN 

and HIS ORCEESTBA 
89th Week, Rainbow Gardens 

liOS ANGELES, CALIF.. 



WITHOUT A SONG 
THROUGH THE YEARS 

1iy Vincent Toumans 
\KE PUBLISHED IN 8 KEYS 

MILLER MUSIC, INC. 

' Ce W, 45th St., New York City . 



Last week, at NTG's valedictory 
to the 'kids' In the ,NTG revue at 
the Hollywood restaurant, witnessed 
a sob scene ^t the formal peirting 
between the m. c. and the chorus 
as it was staged during the after- 
noon wheii the entire revue was 
called together. It wa^ announced 
that NTG- (Nils T. Granlund) had 
sold out his interest In the Holly- 
wood restaurant and with it another 
m. c, would pace the show and tha 
radio frolics nightly. 

Since Granlund staged, produced 
and engaged all the talent for the 
elaborate floor show at the Holly- 
wood, the parting was accompanied 
by a Niagara of tears from the com- 
pany. 

. Granlund may . go to the Coast 
for a brief vacash, although he ha^ 
plans to reopen a similarly elab-. 
orate popular priced restaurant 
across the street from the HoUy-i 
wood restaurant, on the second floor 
of the Brlli building (1619 Broad- 
way) along the lines of the Holly- 
wood which too is an upstairs eat- 
ery with a 1,200 capacity. It will 
similarly feature a $1.50-$2 cluh 
dinner, no couvert, relying on th-^ 
costly floor show to bring in enough 
trade to make it worth while all 
around. . 

Nicky .Blair will be associated 
with NTG in the new venture anl 
Paul Whiteman is being approached 
to. purvey the dance music, rely- 
ing on the maestro's name for Im- 
mediate sock draw. 

The Hollywood's policy. With it.j 
gross of 120,000 a week, some weeks 
just for food and minerals, sans 
Cpuvert and no selling, has already 
inspired a copy by the Club Lido 
Gardens at 52nd street and 7th ave- 
nue. NTG plans calling his spot 
the Paradise. 

Joe Moss and Jacob Amron con- 
trol the Hollywood, with NTG !• 
for a 'piece' Granlund and Moss 
got alonsr air t iplu, but it's been _no 



secret that the m. c, and Amrbn 
didn't Ollck which was one reason 
for the split-up. 

The Hollywood restaurant show 
since Its opeiilng three weeks ago 
had' been revamped, Olive Borden, 
from pictures, dropping out as 
hea^llner. Her nervousness on a 
floor was such that It upset the 
rest of the company. The film glrUn 
voice also went awry and although 
she came back for another try one 
night, after resting up for a few 
days, she decided to bow out alto - 
gether. 

Fowler and Tamara have been 
elevated to top billing with the rest 
of the show as is, plus Isham Jones 
orchestra. 



Night Spots on Coast 
Backfire on Raiders 



Billy Curtis Back-in 

After a couple Of years in the 
west Billy Curtis has been returned 
to New York. He la at the City 

Hospital, Welfare Island (New York 
City) and expected to be operated 
upon there. It is his flfth opera- 
tion, either east or west; for rupture. 

Curtis was among the pioneer 
cabaret agents of tiiie metropolis. At 
one time he led the flock by a big 
margin. Through no fault of his 
own the Curtis agency fell upon 
tough . times in the slack cabaret 
days of some years . ago when the 
change went into effect for night 
clubs. 



Soph Quits Par Grill 

Sophie Tucker quit at the Para- 
mount Grill last night '(Monday)i 
Leave-taking was by mutual ar- 
rangement. 

Miss Tucker opens at the Va- 
lencia, Jamaica, Saturday (29) and 
will follow, with a week at the Parar 
mount, N. T. 



Latest campaign song adopted by 
the Democrats Is titled Tour 
Roosevelt and Mine'; written by a 
couple of Brooklyn , boys, Morris 
Pearlman and Wesley Ossman. 



. Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
. Steps to stop the fun Fedeiral 
prohibs and local police have been 
having In their repeat raids on Hol- 
lywood's night spots as a part of 
the pre-election gesture of 'Mayor 
John C. Porter, have been taken by 
the B. B. .B., cellar cafe which the 
mop-up squad. has pounced upon for 
the third time in three weeks.- Mo- 
tion to show cause why the Feds 
and police should not bei restrained 
from entering and raiding the place 
comes up Oct. 24 for decision before 
Federal Judge William P. James 

In the third , raid early Friday 
(14) B. B. Berman and Sam Rosen, 
managers^ and Ray Ries, head 
Waiter, -were arrested and released 
on (1,600 bonds. Other all-night 
places that; have been victims of 
the raiders recently are the Back 
Yard, a three-timer, and Bal Tab 
arln, which got in dutch its premiere 
night. 

At the hearing of the flrst Back 
Yard case the U. S. commissioner 
ruled that one bottle of liquor on a 
table does not constitute a nuisance. 

B. B. B.'s had its first encounter 
with the Fods immediately follow- 
ing a Mickey Finn incident, in which 
a writer, an agent and an actress 
were concerned, the latter getting 
the knockout. 



AL DDBIN EAST ON 
NEW WITMARK DEAL 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

His contract with Witmark's up, 
Al Dubin left Saturday (22), for 
New. York, .to talk terms on' a new 
deal. New contract calls for less 
money. Dubln's song partner, Harry 
W&rren, left for New York, Wednes- 
day (19), although he's tied up with 
Witmark's until Jan. 1. 

Tune pair return here in January, 
for another musical at Warners. 
They wrote five numbers for '42nd 
Street.' 



I ANSON 

new Tfo'^"- ; 

.lUOVe "J^ ^BEAMS' 



$50 to $150 for Singer 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24.. 

Superior Court Judge Parker 
Wood has been petitioned to ap- 
prove the contract Qf Leah Ray 
Hubbard, 17-year-old singer known 
as Leah Ray, with the Ambassador 
Hotel Operating Co. 

contract, which started Sept. 9, 
runs until Dec. 30 with an additional 
six months if . tho -Ajnbassador ,takes 
up its: option. Beginning at $60 a 
week,. U went to $76 on Oct. 7, Mlns 
Ray will i^et $160 if she is retained 
at Co.coanut Grove after the flrst of 
the year; 






Not Impossible with Thk Catiilugue 
PLAT, FIDDLE, PLAV 
VIBE IN MY HEARF 
TOM THUMB'S DBVM 
BELLE OF BABCELONA 
MISSISSIPPI BITER 
. (He«p oa Croonln') 

New Daaoe OrcliestratioiM 
40c Each; Any 3 for $1.00 
No Free Copies 

Edward Marks 

MUSIC COBPOBATION 
S2» W. 46T9 ST., NEW YORK 



Mil Sic 



VARIETY 



SS 



Clark s Appointment to Head WB 
Mnsk Group Has Radio Tax Angle 



With the main objective, that of 
flndlns ways and means to increase; 
the income from performing, me- 
chanical ana foreign rlerhts, War- 
ner Brothers has designated Waltier 
Clark, formerly with Victor Phono- 
graph, as supervisory head of ail 
the producing conipany's music, putor 
lishlng Interests. Clark will serve 
as . the exclusive contact between 
these music sufosids and Harry M.' 
Warner, who did the \appbinting. 
Clark is scheduled to step into the 
Job Nov. i-- 

' Though retaining the title of v. p. 
and general manager of the Music 
Publl^lng H oldin g Corp., which 
represents the WB complete control 
of, JR.emlck, Hanns,,^nd Wltmark^ 
and a half interest in Famous Music 
Corp., Buddy Morris under the new 
arrangement will confine his author- 
ity -to the publishing and . selling 
operations of Witmark iand Remickr 
That will leave Hehry^ Spltzer, as 
general manager of Harms, pretty 
much to his own devices and report- 
ing ohly to Clark on important ques- 
tions, of policy. . 

Society Slant 

What influenced Harry Wa^i'ner 
most In his dieciislon to bring Clark 
in, was the proposition made recent- 
ly by the radio Interests for the per-, 
forming rights to the Remick, 
Harms and Witmark catalogs. Major 
part of the Clark assignment will 
be :to give thorough study to the 
incojtne likely to be derived as a 
member of the American Society as 
compared to the guarantees offered 
by the broadcasters now trying to 
organize their own performing rights 
combine. It Will also devolve upon 
Clark to make a survey of the for- 
eign possibilities and device means 
of Increasing the Warner group in- 
come from that source. 

With all other publishers Warner 
Brothers has been asked by the 
American Society to signature the 
jO-year renewal contract, effective 
with the expiration of the current 
agreement, which is Dec'. 81, 1939. 
picture producers have advised the 
Society directors that this date is 
too far in advance for them to enter 
Into an extended agreement and 
that it preferred to . leave the mat- 
ter in al>eyance until , a much later 
date.. . . 

New director of the WB music in- 
terests formerly managiQd the art- 
ists and repertoire' dept for Victor 
In Camden and Is a br<»ther of Alfred 
Clark, the managing director of the 
Gramophone Co. of ISngland, the 
British branch of RCA Victor. 



More Openings 



Among the new openings In. the 
New York band field one of the 
most spectaculcu* was Harry Barrls' 
.at_the Park Central hotel roof Fri- 
day (21) amidst a Cbcoanut Orove 
setting, a somewhat Fanchoh & 
Marco duplicate of the Los Angeles 
Biltmore's C. G. Barrls, originally 
one of the Paul Whlteman Rhythm 
Boys, has a nice little combo about 
him, . and also his wife, Lioyce 
Whlteman, as featured songstress, 
which isn't the least of the spot's 
attractions. 

■the night previously the Anson 
Weejis band Irom the Hotel Mark 
Hopkins, San Francisco, came into 
•the Hotel St. ftegls. It's just the 
: type of band for a cl4ss spot such 
as ..this. Weeks is not new to New 
York, having been here previously, 
at ;th« Roosevelt. • 

The week before another turnout 
was for- Roger Wolfe Kahh at the 
Hotel Pftnsylvania grill. Kahn had 
Mayor . ^icKee and an equally ultra 
premiere attendance. 

Sophie Tucker's start at the Par- 
amount hotel grill was a No. 2 
'opening', as but a few days before 
Biddle Jackson, Ozzie Nelson's orch 
and Harriet Hllliard had been, in- 
ducted into the spot by Nat Harris. 

New 7ork nite life is beginning 
to hum with the class speaks still 
flolng the bulk trade; but blass 
rooms lik^. the El Gturron, El Patio 
and Montparnasse are catching, 
They're all couvert spots. 



E. E. Davis, Suicide 

Los Angeles, Oct. 24. 
Eugene E. Davis, 62, head of the 
Davis Musical College, Los Angeles, 
committed suicide Oct. 23 by shoot- 
ing himself at his home in Bui-bank, 
^allf. He 'had suffered a heart at- 
tack on Oct. 19. A widow survives. 



Taking Everything 



Both parties ai-e taking 
everything In the way of po- 
litico phjg songs. Figured it's 
good publicity, regardless. The 
Socialists have none, but 
there'Ef about a score of ditties 
extolling the Dem. and Rep, 
candidates. 
. Each song also carries with 
it the wrinkle of the music 
publisher's plugging represent- 
ative making the rounds of the 
city desks as 'publicity man- 
ager for a new political song,' 
as a. means of getting a- news- 
paper plug. 



Con Conrad Co. Assigns 
For Craditors' Benefit 

Assets on the Con Conrad music 
publishing firm have been assigned 
to Harry Kerner tor the benefit of 
creditors. Legal move followed the 
decision of Harms, Inc., to make no 
further advances on the Conrad cat- 
olog. 

Harms, which has a contract cov- 
ering the: printing and distribution 
of the 'Conrad llbrai*y under the new 
arrangement will turn all moneys 
due the writer-publisher pver to the 
creditors' fund. 



A. F. M. Protests CBS Plan to 
Extend Band Bookings on Natl 
Scale; CBS Contends 'Protection 



MS-MUSIC 
TAX IMPASSE 



BOLTON MUSIC CO. 
BOLTS FROM MM 



This Bolton Music Co. has with- 
drawn from the Music Dealers' Ser- 
vice, allegedly dissatisfied with the 
business obtained through MDS 
channels. They were in the com- 
bine for one month. 

When Bolton joined MDS it sig- 
natured a two-year agreement, giv- 
ing the combine exclusive distrlbutT 
ing' rights on its sheet output. In 
asking for a release, the publishing 
house stated that its sheet sales had 
in the past fOur weeks fa,llen oft 
over 15%, and that as the proposl- 
sitlon stood .lt wati either a case of 
discontinuing the MDS contract or 
discontinuing business. 

After this message had been .d<e- 
llvered, Maurice Richmond, the 
MDS general manager, advised Phil 
Schwartz of Bolton that the com- 
bine's executive board had agreed to 
tear up the contract. Makes the 
first, firm to quit the distributing 
group, reducing the list of pub- 
lisher members to 26. 



KDiSEY KILLED; NEGRO 
JAZZISTS IN 2 WRECKS 



Quincy, 111., Oct. 26, 
William Kihsey, n^gro singer and 
member of the MclClnney Cotton 
Pickers' orchestra, was killed when 
the truck, loaded with ' Instrumeiits 
of the 14-piece band, collided with 
a fourjng car at 2 a. m. the morn- 
ing of Oct. 17, en route to Kansas 
City. Police report indicated that 
Klnsey, driver of the truck, failed, 
to observe the arterial highway stop 
sign fit the Intersection and crashed 
into the oncoming sedan. 

James Peters, another member of 
the band, riding With Klnsey, wcis 
uninjured and the young people who 
figured in the accident escaped with 
minor injuriea Kinsey's only- known 
relative is an aunt in Detroit where 
the singer made his home. 



Charlton, la,, Oct.. 2.6. 

. L. L. Gaines, Omaha, 38-year-old 
member of Sir Arthur's Clown band, 
a negro organization, was Instantly 
killed and Abe Saltzman and Leo 
Nogg, Council BlyfCs, bakery firm 
employees, are in a serious condi- 
tion as result ot an auto eollision 
three miles east of . Russell, Iowa, 
the afternoon of Oct. 22. A touring 
car. with the 10 orchestra members 
was en route from Omaha to Mystic 
to fill an engagement. . 

According to witnesses the bakery 
truck cut In ahead of the touring 
car after passing it and both ma- 
chines were wrecked. 



Two Songs for Mae West 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 

Two songs are set for Mae West 
In 'Queen of Diamonds,' at Para- 
mount. They are. 'Better Bring It 
Yourself and a ditty still untitled. 

Ralph . Rainger . and Sam Coslow 
did the music and word."?, respec- 
tively. 



SPIVACK'S TWO-Dr-ONE 

Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Murray Spivack, in charge of Ra- 
dio's sound effects department, has 
been given the additional Job of 
assistant to Max Steiner, musid 
bead. 

Spivack, formerly the drummer In 
Nat .Shilkret's orchestra, Is super- 
vising recordings. 



With the 'bbotleg* seat tax matter 
completely settled and out of the 
wa:y, the music publishers are now 
trying to decide ob' what steps to 
take toward effecting a new syn- 
chronizing rights*' ^'agreement with 
Uie picture producing companies. 
Substantial number pt the pro- 
ducers are still unlncllned. to deal 
with the M.P.PJIL. through ERPl, 
and it is now up to the publishers 
to propose' individual deals. 

M.P.P.A. had taken- the attitude 
that nothing would be done about 
negotiating for a, contract to re- 
place the one that: h^ expired Sept 
6 until the 'bootleg* fee suit bad 
been first disposed of. Final papers 
covering the settlemeht sum were 
signatured- last week< with the 
M.P.P.A. receiving $600,000 In cash 
iind 1826,000 In iiegotiable notes. 

Totally unwilling to enter into ei 
newVdeal with the M.P.P.A,^t least 
through ERPL. is Warner Brothers.. 
That company is of the opinion that 
it can rely for 1'.-:) inusic needs upon 
the publishing firms It controls — 
Harms, Witmark and Remick — and 
.upon Famous Music Corp., in which 
it holds a halt interest. Other pic- 
ture companies inclined - in a simi- 
lar, direction ot purpoije is Fox Film, 
affiliated with Sam Fox, and M^trp, 
a 49% stockholder, in Bobbins. 

Meantime all producers are going 
along without any sort of synchro- 
nizing agreement binding them, and 
the M.P.PJL Is carefully maintain- 
ing a file ot the numliers sound- 
tracked .since Sept. 6. 



Shop-to-Jazz Idea Ups 
Hayana DepL Store Biz 
150% and Saves Day 



Havana, Oct. 6. 

What started out as an experi- 
ment for ten days Is now In its 
sixth m^nth ot consecutive run and 
according to plans drawn It will 
continue tor many months to come. 

The PrecIoB Fijos, one of the 
town's largest department stores, 
is holding a fair with two orches- 
tras furnishing the music during 
morfilng and afternoon sessions. 
The programs are changed weekly 
and all the crack orchestras of the 
country have passed by the band 
platform built in the center of the 
store. 

A public speecn amplifier system 
is used with horns distributed 
throughout the large ground fioor, 
which covers a whole city block. 

'The fair has proved a success to 
the Precios FiJos, which has In- 
creased Its sales 160%, proving a 
life-saver. 

The fair uses the p.a. system of 
the Cuban Telephone Co., besides 
broadcasting one hour dally in the 
morning direct from the platform 
at the store, with , Rene Canizares 
acting as master of ceremonies. 

The whole idea was conceived by 
Manolito Sanchez and .Luis Campos, 
two young employes of the . firm, 
who have been made members of 
the firm as a reward. 



Grooming Zug? 



Chicago, Oct. 24. 

Nell Conklln is still representing 
Ralph Wonders of the Columbia 
band department in Chicago. With 
the departure Of Bob Sanders two 
months ago Conklih, from New 
York, was supposed to stick ai'ound 
only for a. week or two. 

Meanwhile Wonders has selected 
no. succe.sBor although Albert .Zug- 
smith, former press agent, is re- 
ported taking lesBonB in the band 
business with a view to moving to 
i Chi. 



Savoir Faire 



Management of the' St. Regis 
hotel, New York, elected to 
limit the cpltimnist invitees for 
the Anson Weeks opening (21) 
to four, expressing the opinion 
that the quartet picked could 
be depended upon to' conduct 
themselves with the elan and 
savoir faire that the occasion 
would require. . 

They were two Broadway 
and two radio columnists. 



UNION'S SERVICE BAND 
PEEVE FLAMES IN WASH. 



Washington, Oct. 24. 
Musicians' union protested against 
the Army, Navy and Marine bands 
again with a ..threat to yank all 
union men from every. CBS station 
from New York .to. California, if the 
military bands played on the 'WJSV 
dedication program Oct. 20. 

Uitimatum was presented by . tele- 
phone to Julius Seebach In the New 
Tork! CBS oflices five hours before 
the program. JoisQph Weber, presi- 
dent. ot° the union, was Ia Washing- 
ton at time and saw tbe adyance 
publicity in papers. Plan of WJSV 
was to pick up short programs by 
each band for local station's debut. 

Local union orchestra had been 
hired to standby in the studio al- 
though only six ntmibers were 
scheduled to be played. Weber took 
the stand that the service bands 
were playing in competition with 
commercial tooters and after a 
frantic afternoon of calls between 
D. C. and New York, CBS gave In. 

Fight between union and service 
bajids has been spasmodic for years. 
Recent Instances are squawk- from 
musicians about use of Marine 
Band at Hoover notification cere- 
monies and at Secretary of State's 
home for Bar Association reception. 
In the first case t>bjection was that 
the function was puirely "a partisan 
and not governmental. > 

Attitude Si the Nflvy Department 
is that the President Is Commander 
in Chief of Army, NaVy and Marine 
Corps and bands can and will i>lay 
whenever he see fit to order. 

Another angle la the claim by 
chains that service bands played 
long hours In old days when talent 
was scarce and they owe them & 
break now. Militarists have been 
crowded off of late and have gotten 
pretty sore about it. 



C-C TURN BACK 50<S 
VICTORIA INTEREST 



London, Oct. 18. 

Campbell-Connelly has turned 
back its 6'0% interest in the Victoria 
Pub. Co., which is owned by Louis 
Sterling of the Columbia disks and 
Louis Dreyfuss of the Chappell- 
Harms interests. C-C will continue 
its own biz exclusively, figuring that 
the double effort wasn't worth the 
consideration. 

Practically regarded, Jimmy 
Campbell and Reg Connelly each 
owned 25% of ' Victoria. It means 
that Connelly was thUs shouldered 
with 100% operating the G-C busi- 
ness and Campbell, for his 25%, 
had to worry about the Victoria; 
company while Sterling- Dreyfu.s, the 
original owners, didn't do any work. 
Connelly had his own troubles with 
the C-C firm, . 

Victoria is the pop publishing ad- 
junct of Chappell-Harms, having 
the English rights to the Hartafis, 
Inc. (American firm) popular songs. 
Some show tunts also figured but in 
the main the Chappell company, for 
England, handled all those releases. 



SHAPIBOS DIVOECED 

Split between the Elliott Shapiros 
has been made final. Wife of the 
Shapiro-Eernsteln v.'-p. obtained 
the papers from an Emporia, Kan- 
.sas, judge. Decree permitted her to 
re.sunie her maiden name, Dorothy 
Morris. 

There wi\n no fina/xial settle- 
liient. 



CBS plan of extending its band 
selling operations to every section 
of the country by making Its affil- 
iated stations agents for the net- 
work's artists service has brought 
a protest from the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians. Union voiced 
its opposition to the project after 
competing booking organizations, 
notably MCA, had complained that 
the CBS idea carried out to the 
ultimate would eventuate In a Vir- 
tual monopoly of thO dance hand 
business, or, at least, of Its one- 
nlghter pha:se. 

Cry set up here to the federation 
was that the network in exercising 
certain advantages it held would 
inevitably build a booking business 
with which its competitors would 
have ho chance of contending.; 
CBS mode of operation, already 
launched, is founded on the prop- 
osition of using 'the artists' bureaus 
of its allied stations to obtaining 
local bookings for the network's, 
bands and of splitting commissions 
for this service. 

'With eight owned stations and 
around 70 others taking the Co-, 
lumbia program service on its list, 
the network on evolving its plan 
originally figured it would have 
that many band selling agents 
spotted around the country. These 
stations are continuously being ad- 
vised of what dance attractions the 
band bureau has availa.ble and ot' 
their current locations and Itin- 
eraries. For the bookings these local 
outlets obtain they get an even 
spit with the network on the com-, 
mission. 

Collections Too Good 

But the main advantage that 
this arrangement has over the bp- 
poisitlon booking . offices. Is that they 
can not eontenu- with the collec- 
tions angle. In brl^f, when a local 
station books a date It. guarantees 
that there'll be no last mlhute can- 
cellations or , possible entangle- . 
ments over money due for the en- 
^gement. Being a local businesa 
establishnient It Is expected to 
know the credit standing of the 
band placement sources It deals 
with. Under any circumstances it 
Is presumed to be In a position to 
obtain a substantial deposit for an . 
engagement and In the event of a 
percentage date have a man on the 
spot who knows the local ropes to 
take care ot the accounting. With 
the station also handling the pub- 
licity tor the engagement, these va- 
rlquB services It contributes elim- 
inates the necessity for having a 
CBS artists service rep traveling 
with the band, and thereby saves 
the expense of his salary and trav- . 
eling expenses. 

In answer to the objections of its 
competitors, the network contends 
that the plan of working with its 
allied stations will not only serve 
to stimulate the road touring busi- 
ness but, above all, guarantee the 
bands booked that the engagements 
will be there when they arrive on 
the spot and the stipulated coin 
will be theirs after the date its 
played. It sees no reason why the 
federation should object as long as 
the musicians toured comply with 
the union rules and have their In- 
terests properly looked out for. It 
the tle-ln with the allied outlets 
gives It an advantage, says Colum- 
bia, that advantage is in accord 
with good and above-board busi- 
ness' practices and In no way con- 
flicts; with the best interests, of th4) 
bandmeh in the dance business: 

Federation of Musicians in : its 
protest took the stand that the plan 
had vestiges of monopolistic pos- 
sibilities, but withheld taking of- 
ficial action against it pending ob- 
servation of its further develop- 
ments. 



B. B. B. Changes Plan 



Hollywood, Oct. 24. 
Proceedings to restrain, by tem- 
porary injiinctlon, Federal prohlbl* 
tlon officers from raiding the B. B. 
E. cafe before U. S. District Judge 
James, were suddenly called off by 
Bobby liurhiB Herman and Sam 
Rosen. They notified U. S. District 
Attorney Davie they would al-)andon 
their Intention to get the order and 
would wait for the action of U. S. 
grand jury to deeida whether or not 
Federal officers had the right to raid 
their establi.shment. 



54 



VARIETY 



Tuesday, October 25, 1932 



HOLLYWOOD 

and Los Angeles 

"Variety's" Offic«, 6282 Hollywood Blvd^ at Vino St. (Taft Bldol 
Phono Hollywood 6141 



Hollywood Sound and Radio Cast 
Ingr bureau, which prompted comi 
plaints to, the Better Business bu 
reau because of alleged mlsrepre 
sentatlon, ' became the target of 
■wage claims by Warren Schuck, ad 
vertlslng man, and BUI Malone, 
sound technician. Schuck says there 
is f H5 due him and Malone Is seek- 
ing ?125. 

Six show girls at the Frolics, Cul- 
ver City right club, say they were 
fired by Harry Miller, .manager, be- 
cause of lack of money to pay x>ff. 
Asking for total of $27. 



. Jean Plaiinette, continuity writer, 
sought the aid of the State Liabor 
commission In collecting the balance 
of 189 alleged due her for a script 
she wrote last year tor Jesse J. 
Obiaberg. 



George D. Hensley, scenic artist, 
Died . a )70 claim against Arthur 
Hookwold for work performed oh 
'Georgia Minstrel' idea, now on 
Fanchon & Marco time. 



Topsy's Southern Honie, suburban 
eatery;, hailed before the labor com- 
Aalsslbn, chatged with withholding 
:$160 in salaried due five musicians. 



. Donald Mufray, stage actor and 
radio announcer, who Intoned air 
jplugs for Graygoite, hair d'ye, suing 
the Oraygorte Laboratories before 
the labor commissioner for $50 sal- 
ary he • says was nqt forthcoming. 
I<4b pleads lack of clash. : 



Pox studio does not recognize 
claim of Joe; Ritchie, fighter, for $15 
as pay for a day's work on the lot. 
Says he was never hired. 



Vrank Thome, actor, wants $70 
-pay, at $6 a day, for his Work with 
the Ypze Playfers, Alhambra tent 
company. 



■ Alexander Film • Co. of Colot-ado 
has brought ia Municipal court suit 
against Bernl<;e C. Gaughey, <>pera- 



tor of a south side store, for $296, 
claiming that amount Is due on a 
year's contract for advertising trail-, 
ers that wore to be shown at the 
Madrid, neighborhood house. Alex- 
ander produces playlets with titles 
spliced in, utilizing the name of the 
concern that buys the service. 

Curtis Nagel sued In Municipal 
court by Hollywood Kiilpkerbdcker 
for $242 rent. 



with the melody. Indeed, being a 
typical . negro orchestra* a popular 
song of the day ^as all hut unrec- 
ognizable when filtered through 
their technique. I'hey seldom both 
ered to watch the performers, and 
it was doubtful if they were reading 
music at any time. Still, they man 
aged to get better than lukewarm. 
' Three Percolaters 1b the billing of 
one of the teams. Regal Four, 
Rogers and Stevens, and others par 
tlclpated. The average of talent was 
slight. The average of pep was high 
The audience, mostly white, thought 
it was great. So what? Land, 



William McDuffle,' receiver, for the 
Richfield Oil Co., has brought suit 
against Howard Bretherton. for a 
$68 gas and oil bill. 



Oumblner Theatrical Enterprises, 
Inc., and the Los Angeles theatre 
target of a $293 suit for the recovery 
of ofnce furniture by Miller , Desk 
and Safe Co. 



La Mo.de Shoes, through an as- 
signee, has started Municipal court 
action against -Mr. and Mrs. Noah 
Beery for $41. . 

Distribution and exhibition 
branches of the motion picture in- 
dustry, have been orgaiilzed for par- 
ticipation in the annual Community 
Chest drive, starting Nov. I, by W. 
H. (Bud). LoUleir, chairman for 
those sections. 



J. W. Kays Co., insurance firm, 
suing Marie . Prevost for $603, 
premiums. 



Mitchell Camera Corp. seeking 
$60. from Richard Talmadge Pro- 
ductions, Inc.,- through. Municipal 
court route. 



PARAMOUNT, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Oct. 20, 
Stage show this week is doml" 
nated by Eddib Garr, who holds the 
spot for the last 16 minutes and was 
considered valuable enough for spe- 
cial 24-8heets, although his only 
other local showing was In the 
'Rain' prolog at the Chinese. He 
repeats his impersonations done 
there and lands solidly. Show as a 
whole is pleasing. ^ 

More thani the usual amount of 
production in this bill, which con- 
tained a Japanese number, football 
rally finale and . voodoo opening. 
Sanaml and Michl, also from the 
'Rain' prolog, were the center of the 
Oriental scene, doing their Buddha 
a>rm drill and shadow dance, whloh 
Is a bit too lengthy for this house. 

Louise Fordham, a looker, makes 
a good impression with her war- 
bling and Lewis and Garson, nut 
comedians, did average oh applause. 
Eddie Stanley continues as m: c, 
but falls to get as much out of the 
three old. maids gag as did Riley of 
Heller and Riley, caught the same 
day at the United Artists, three 
blocks away. In 'Mystery,' a Fan- 
ch6n' & Marco act: that has been out 
for five months; 

Feature is 'Night After Nlghf 
(Par). Business average.' 



Frltzl Ridgeway Bakallenikofr, 
Constantlne Bakalienlkoff and De- 
Tahqulz Hotel Co., Ltd., sued for 
$2,276 by. Chesebro, .Bender and 
Mayo, attorneys, ' who clia,iih that 
sum is due as legal fees. 

Ai'thur and Edith Lake attached 
for $193 by the Hillcrest Motors 
Co. for auto repair service. • 



y FOX, BROOKLYN 

(Continued from page 34) . 

and then the trio back for a second 
number (the only repeat), a 
straight ballroom • dance. Ifs 
spotted here to he^p over,, the Pri- 
jganza specialty, 

■ ■She comes next iind mops ' up. 
Has a nice bit based on the tnoon 
over the mountain, but only a flash 
of ; Kate Smith. The doubler-upper 
l5 a runiba' in a short skirt and 
bolero. It had the crowd yelping. 
She also does a brief bit . with the 
two men In the: dance trio, taking 
the girl's place and ' parodying the 
tricks. That helped loosen the 
chairs from their screws as the au- 
dience rocked. Goes right into the 
finish chorus with a plug for the 
orchestra and a vote of thanks for 
the audience. Latter deserved it. 
They did nobly. 

Sam Jack KauiCman and his band 
in the usual frivolities. Rosa Rio 
and Bob Hammond doing a Craw 
ford at the double consoles, a Hairy 
Langdon comedy, the newsreel and 
•Blame the Woman' (Principal). 
Picture doesn't help any and all 
the credit goes to the Frlganza. 

Chic. 



IMPERIAL, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Oct. 18. 
Although nobody Is leaping into 
.the air in paroxysms, It looks as if 
hope has finally come to the great 
midwestern badlands. People that 
wouldn't be expected to are heard 
murmuring the word 'vaudeville, 



DOROTHEA ANTEL 

116 Vy. 72d St., New York City 

The Sunghine Shoppe 

New AMortmrnt bt 
GREETING CARDS 
For All Oocasiont 



RKO STATE-LAKE 

„ V tHICAdO 

HKO — VAU1>EVILI,E RKO 

RALPH OLSEN CO., CLYDE 
HAGER, POLA NEGRI and 
others. 

— On the Screen — 

"13 WOMEN" 



and although what now passes for' 
vaudeville would, provoke gastric 
disorders in many an old sentiment- 
alist, thje fact remains that the 
Irrondhogs are coming out of their 
holes and looking around. 

Take the Imperial on West Madi- 
son street, for instance;' • Of course, 
some people might not want to take 
it for instance or any other pur- 
pose. It's a house th»t carries a 
fUnd for aspirin the lease. It's old, 
well worn, scuffed by two crenera- 
tibns, its lobby pock-marked by the 
thumb tacks of yesterday. And it's 
In the shabby center of a working 
class neighborhood. But it's still a 
good exOimple. . ■ 

Florence Paleiy owns and runs the 
Imperial. She's, Chicago's . only 
^oman exhibitor and a .'slicker 
showman than many of the igents 
who classify thema^lveg as ' such. 
With a down-to-earth realism she 
gives her neighborhood what her 
nelghbprhood. very obviously -seems 
to relish. Quantity and volume. 
Lots of people and lots of noise. 

It's called vaudeville, and why 
waste time arguing definitions. One 
week It's colored vaudeville. The 
next week it's ;white. And at the 
budgeted salaries it's odds on the 
Negro shows will outshine the 
whites. For 25 cents at the paybox 
the. Imperial on the night reviewed 
offered 31 persons on the! stage in a 
divertissenient put together by 
Percy Venable, Negro showman of 
the " south side. An equal number 
of whites at the same figure would 
surely lack the pep" of the earnest if 
not always gifted representatives of 
Chicago's Harlem. 

This is Miss Paley's venturesome 
answer to what to do about busl- 
nessi) It was too soon to know, but 
when the hour's show was over the 
question put directly to the audi- 
ence, 'how did you like the show?' 
was thunderously" answered in the 
afHrraatlve. . This had . previously 
been apparent by the eagerness to 
laugh and the quickness to applaud. 

A show should be judged by the 
house In which it is seen, and by 
that standard it was sl good show. 
To be sure, the eight chorus girls 
were hardly capable of lifting their 
feet, but, then, they looked okay. 
The eight-piece orchestra oh the 
stage wasn't always aware of the 
plans of the specialty people, Unr 
ished too soon or too late on several 
dan(;es, and was at .cross -purposes 




irSTlTVTION 



1 N T B II N A T I O N A L • 



Shoes for the S^^g^ and Stmt 

SHOrFOXK'S SHOESOOP-ISSI BROADWAY 



SIX HOURS TO LIVE 

' (Continued from page 15) 

stories that are oft the beaten track. 
Six Hours to Live' Is one of these 
and mlfht not have appealed to the 
average producer. 

Dealing largely In the bizarre, it 
tackles its Idea In a somewhat fan- 
tastic manner, instilling a certain 
Interest even If . the action and the 
basis for action will have audiences 
thinking It nutty. 

In picture fare this season the 
public has fooled some pretty saga- 
cious show minds by supportln.g 
pictures their sponsors were soared 
to death of. That, same vacillating 
public might take to 'Six Hours^ 
Stronger than expected by. some and 
like it even if certain showmen or 
others will think It poor entertain- 
ment. 

Warner. Baxter does a political 
emissary from a mythical country, 
Sylvarla. He's aces in a tough role 
and alone tries to carry tha pic- 
ture. Miriam Jordan, .ppposite Bax- 
ter, overplays when opportunity ar- 
rives to do something, the balance 
of the time going pretty flat. 

Picture opens strong with Bax- 
ter holding out against the rest of 
the world at a treaty conference de- 
spite, threats against his life. After 
going through some dull details, he's 
finally strangled and d, scientist with 
a life -giving ray invention brings 
Eexter back to life. » 

Prom here on picture' picks up the 
pace it dropped after the first reel; 
Baxter renounces his love for the 
girl, casts final vote against the 
treaty, murders the man who mur- 
dered. him, and as the six hours are 
up curls up in a garden to die again, 
this time at peace with the world. 

Before dying, story has Baxter de- 
stroying the machine that resusci- 
tated him for the six hours, as far 
as it would go, because it was a 
dirty trick to bring anyone back to 
life. Those who believe in the here- 
after or possibly In reincarnation, 
wlU probably- get a kick out of. it 
p.ll. That may foe lanother angle on 
selling of picture. 

"virtually ho comedy has found its 
way Into the production. Char. 

DAVID COLDER - 

(FRENCH MADE) 

yandal & Detac production. ' Leo Brecher 
release for U. 9. Stars Harry 6a'ur. Di- 
rection arid, adaptation, JuUen - Duvtvler 
from a novel by Irene Neralrowsky; pho- 
tOBraphy. George Perlnal arid Armand Thlr- 
ard; sound, Herman Storr. At Vnv Little 
Carnegie. N. Y., on grind run beginning 
Oct. la. Running time, 83 mlns. 

David Qoider. . ; ; Harry Baur 

Marcus Gretlllat 

V"^""''' •••• • Pnule Andral 

Jf^yc* ....Jackie Monnler 

.Jean Coauelln 

i^'«o Joan Bradin 

""iP' ...Gaston Jacauet 

Tubingen .....Camllle Bert 

French filmers turn out so little 
ot actual cinematic worth that it 
seems a shame to condemn a picture 
which, like this, almost attains the 
heights. It's In the fact that the 
film almost makes good^ that It's 
greatest fault lies. It can't be con- 
sidered In the same vein as an ordi- 
nary .programmer, because it makes 
pretentions of being a dramatic 
epic. By dint of careful exploita- 
tion, and stressing of the Jewish 
angle, exhibitors ought to be able 
to make some money out of the film. 
But careful nursing of the b, o. will 
be necessary. 

It's a dramatic thing with consid- 



erable power, alonff Bmll Jannlngs 
Theodore Dreiaer .Unea. Whero it 
falls down ia In the fact that this 
sound is exceptionally bad, the pho- 
tography poor, some of the aotlng 
atrocious, and the adaptation mud- 
dled. That it standa up despite 
those deficiencies best explains what 
might have been. ' • : • • - 

Story ia taken from a novel, but 
In pattern It ia closer to a stage 
play than anything. Has to do. with 
one of those millionaire Jew charac- 
ters. He came froni a. small town 
in Poland to New York's ghettd 
and built himself, by his own efforts, 
to a niche among the mighty. -He 
built subway systems, he flnanced 
railroads and ship bullderli, he made 
the world's flhanclers tremble! 
That far, Iholdentally, the character 
reminds of Samuel Rosoff. Golder 
makes his home in Paris while his 
wife and daughter are living a gay 
life m Biarritz. 

They waste his money at a ter- 
rific rate arid don't even bother 
sympathizing with him when he's 
iU. During a dispute, his wife tells 
him that the daughter is not actu- 
ally his, that she has been unfaith-' 
ful to him for many yeiirs, and 
dares him to do something about it. 
He does. He quits work, and lets 
everything topple. He's old, be sayft,. 
and is satisfied to live . ^n poverty 
and lonesbmenelss. "The daughter 
who Is not his comes to him and 
pleads that the mother is forcing her 
tp marry a rich man for his- money 
despite the fact that she's actually 
In love with a poor youngster. So 
Golder goes back into-flnance, forces 
a deal with the Soviets for oil, leaves 
all the money to the daughter on the 
provision that mamma can't get 
any of It, and dies. 

Elements there of real traigedy. 
and as handled by Harry Baur in 
the leading role arresting most of 
the way. But technically the film 
is bad and^added to that is a mo$t 
astonishingly bad performance by 
Jackie Monnler as the daughter. 
Script might . have been better 
adapted also, some of the Incidents 
being pretty badly drawn and in 
some places there Is no cohesion of 
the story material. 

There's a story around that Metro 
.'a considering purchase of the work 
to do over again In English. It 
ought to be compelling screen fare. 

LA FOULE HURLE 

('The Crowd Roars') 

(GERMAN IVIADE) 

Paris, Oct. 12. 
French adaptation made In Germany by 
Jean Daumery from the American produc- 

w^:., •tS*" Featuring 

JJelene Pcrdrlere, Franclne Musaey, Prank 
O IJelll, Henri Etlevant, Helene Fredertque 
Serjlus. Gaumont Palace, Paris, Oct. 11. 

, The old trick of using French for 
closeups and inserting them between 
American long shots has been done. 
Technically very poor, with produc- 
tion arid acting, apart from Jean 
Gabin; also poor, and American 
motor-track scenes too numerous. 

Though mushiness of the femmes 
gets razzed and motor stuff is noth- 
ing new, the film does big business 
all the same. . Stage show, weather 
and motor . show, crowding Paris, 
all help. . Maxi. 

RED-HAIRED ALIBI 

Tower production and state rights release. 
Directed by Christy Cabanne. Based on 
.lovel by Wilson Colllson. At the Beacon' 
theatre, beginning Oct. 2i; Running time, 
T6. minutes. . - • 

J^ynn Monlth .....Mprna Kennedy 

i/ent Trayers.; '....Theodore von Eltz 

Rob Shelton oraht "Wlthere 

Regan.... .Purnell Pratt 

K.ente Huntley Gordon 

Gororan Fred Kialsey 

Morgan ..John Vosburgh 

Indies who persistently refuse to 
pay attention to story values and 
treatments will continue consistent- 
ly to produce . flops. 'Red -Haired 
AUbl' Is no exception. Everything 
is fairly good except the adaptation; 
but that Is sufflciently bad to rele- 
gate the feature to the country's 
least important locations. 

The. theme is slapped together in 
hit- or miss fashion. Even though 
the audience sees' the girl do the 
shooting and listens to her confes- 
sion, kind-hearted New York cops 
find that .there must have been a 
ghost marksman, because of the dif- 
ference in bullet calibre. 

In this one the only excuse for the 
girl and the story is that she has 
red balr; • Right after a gangster 
invites her to New York she gets a 
Job at three figures per week to 
keep him. company at night resorts. 
The police always agree with her 
that at no time did she have any 
idea of the identity of her employer 
until, also toward the end, he bumps 
off a rival leader. 

This red-headed gal, played by 
Merna Kennedy, no sooner quits the 
gangster than she marHes a former 
hotel pick-up. Grant Withers does 
as much as he can with this weak 
role.. 

Theodore von Eltz, incidentally, 
would make an excellent gang lead- 
er in a strong story. Waly. 



Coutiuriere De LiineviUQ 

(DrMtmaker of Lunevilla) 

(French Made) 

' .Paramount production and release Hi-, 
rlni Madeleine B9o«ud. Dlr™tlo??"iS!I: 
lAchnuui! atoor Alfred BavolrVcatthT 
o»udln» Pierre piftoctiar, J^nna FuSiJS* 
and Armand LuSTlle; At the Pifth^I^'' 

Oct. 18. Running tlmlv 86 mins.^ "''« 

Fair French programmer; dm 
well in Parte and ought to pii^Se 
most French audiences elsewlw^ 
despite the fact that the story aM 
handling are flimsy. ^ 

Alfred Savolr wrote the story an* 
made It even flimsier, than his suSe 
plays uisually are. Difference belS^ 
that . hte stage plays are so clevel 
In dialog that It doesn't matter'how 
thin the plot may be. The dlaloe 
in this fllm Is not clever. 
_ Madeleine Renaud, of the ComediA 
Francalse, Is the little dressm^er 
who's Jilted by the rlch ^Sy- 
So off she goes to New York and 
In the twinkle of an eyelid is back 
in Paris as a famous screen star 
Then she looks up the boy friend 
and makes him pay and pay and 
pay. §he doesn't give in until he's 
broke and ruined, as also, incident- 
ally, la most of the audience's ba- 
tlenoe; Only the truly Gallic in the" 
audleiwe will be able to enjoy the 
suffering of the lad. But they will 
enjoy it tremendously. 

Miss Renaud te a fine actress des- 
pite the fact, she doesn't know how 
to make up. Pierre Blanchar .: Is 
pretty ineffectual and much too 
elgolo-lsh, but .probably will pass: 
Hard to understand what happened 
to Paramdunt's technical man in 
Jolnvllle during the making of this 
film, fop them to. allow such atro- 
cious makeup ais Is used by both the 
leads. • JCou/. 

Der F^Uche Ehemahn 

('False. Husband') 

(GERMAN-MADE) 

Ufa produotton. . ' Leo' Brechei" release- Id 
y.^ 8. Bruno Duday, • supervision, and 
Johannes Guter, direction: camera. Carl 
HoiTman; etory and dialogue, Paul Frank 
and Bllllo "Wilder. • At the Tftth St. Play. 
nouae,'_on grind week, Oct. 14. Running 
time, 88 mlns. -. 



Peter 

Paul 

Ruth 

H. H. Hardegg.. 

ineb 

Maxim Tartakbff. 



Johannes Rlemann 

. •' Johannes Rlemann 

;...'...... .Maria Paudler 

..t Gustav Waldau 

............ Jetele Vlhrog 

Tlbor von Halmay 



Pretty* good comedy that.. Just 
misses somewhere. Probably was 
originally intended as a musical, 
with the trouble largely In the fact 
that director couldn't make up his 
mind between farce and straight 
comedy. No stars in the cast, but it 
ought to do fair biz in German 
nabes. 

It's one of those musicomedy 
Ideas about Peter and Paul, twin 
brothers. One is the Energetic Guy 
and the other Is Rip 'Van Winkle, 
The sleepy, one Is rapidly losing 
both his business and his wife.' 
Along comes 'the peppy lad and 
everything Is straightened out. But 
not before the usual complications, 
some Keystone comedy chases down 
the corridors of a de luxe hotel, 
and some romancing with, a South 
American' heiress, ,;wh6 has nothing 
but money. Good sign, that, liicl- 
dentally. They've stopped casting 
all the rich comedy . characters in 
films' as Americans; ' The money 
bags In foreign pics are South Am' 
Orleans now, even though the name 
given the lad is H. H. Hardegg. 

Maria Paudler as the leading 
femme te Just Maria Paudler. . She's 
husky and blonde, but seems to be. 
popular, Johannes Relmann Is bet- 
ter than usual In the twin part and 
Tiber von Halmay is amusing as a 
musician. . iTaw/. 



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Tuesday, October 25, 1932 , 



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MOSES ' ,t;MAUVJN8kY. 
Moses L. Malevinsky, one of the 
two founders,. Ay }thj ,C!i^pt. Dennis f . 
'"'o'Brlep, of "thp ptoniilnent New .Y.ork' 
' tJjJeiEitrlcal la\if; , jlrm "o* O'Brien, 
'uM-levlhsky, & JDrteooH, died Oct. IT 
In Mount SInat hospital, NeW Tdrk, 
; A of pneumonia, an aftermatH 'Of aiii 
operation for kidney trouble.' He 
'hud weathered the surgeon's' knife 

■ StfccesBfuily ' until : stricken with 

■ Itoheuinonla. . 

" An Inveterate' .first nlghter, and a 
...cloae student of the theatre, parti- 

; cularly the' dramatic stage. It Was 
-/■natural that hlS' law practice closely 
• rtoUoV^ed. ' th<j bar^'etif . of the. .most 
' prominent theatirlcai ^ pfersonalltles. 

■r'The law flriri 'r'^isfesienfs. Mary Pfck- 
' 'ford, Douglas ': F£^lrt»,aiiks/;' Sam 'IJ. 



fiERNtE 

/family . 

I' gratefully ^appreciate ihe 
l^md expre^iqris of sym- 
'■/ 'pathy re'ci^lded In .(heir. , . 
late bereaveftieni. ' 

Jeff, Ben, i)ave, Herman, Harry 



Harris, . . G.epf:;g^, M. ,.Cohan, Anne 

Nichols, 'Arthur ISopKlns^ Jack 

Dempsey '^Vid matty"' dther equally. 
..prpmlnent. ^tagei notables^ 'Maiiy 
i • of these' were personally cbunseled 
...Ify ■•Mai,' »a' he was . fondly called.- 
' ' An expert on theatrical copyright 
'•'lavtr/ hlsJbook, 'The Science of Pldy- 

wrlghtlijg,' published by Brentanp's 
... jn 1926,- has become an authorita- 
'■'tivja reference, •particularly the now 
!.'fai)^pu[i"';Wal'evlni3ky formula/ which 
'•.analyzes each play and; through the 

comparison of the component parts, 
.'-oan be^emplbyed to trace. legal sim- 

Uaries, . particularly, as concerns a 
^.plaglarism.suit, . ,.. 

^ . 'Mar .had ';3Uccess(f ijlly .represented 

'ilrs^Ida Ver^^ Simoriton. in her suit 
'against Leori Gorabn, 'the originally 

accredited aiith'or of ''Wfaite Cargo,! 
oand obtained a verdict for -th6 au- 
' thoress. He tibuh'seled Anile I^icHoIs 

In the 'Abie's Irish Rose' plaglalrism 
-/.'suit against Carl'Laismmle and Unf' 
•I versil 'Pictures Cofrb. , ' At ' the titn'e 
■'*trf hl'S' illrieas' he ' w^bl.ln the jhjdsf 
''tit preliecttn^' ^ajierfl' in : the' suit 'by. 
■^'ijSlai'gariet ';A.yer.'B4rne.S:'aInd Edwafrd 
, ,',^h'eldon, . .auijhors, of "kiatharlne Coi;- 
{.jDeH's 'Dlshqnore<<l - l<ady,',.. against 
...Jliet.ro over the, latter's ••film, . 'lietty 
■-ijjyjiton.' ■ .. •. .•..'.:< •" . • ■ ' 

.iMi-lt was Maievlnsky who had Ur^teid 

' that he 'and Cast. ' O'Brien, his oriV 

itial law partner, hiake; the ' firm 
- partnership a trio by. taking in Ai^ 
.r'.'thur. P. DriscoU some years agio 
"'whep that rising youiig atorp.ey; in 

Ifhe'lE'.offlce was making .himself felt. 
Malevinsky . was a natlv* of Hous;- 

toif,..Xoxas, born tbere 69;:yeai's ago, 
•vand. .educated in the state beforie 

-. coming to New^'TPork. Hls-New Torit 
■• ^residence • was '160 " Rly^rfllde .drive. 

A wldbw,. Mrs'. X^aiJ^llk 'Mal^vlnskyi; 
*J'a- daughtfe'r,' M*'S..;'M6r)jvip.'iC. . ^y^r- 
'■son;.th^ee sistefs afid twjp, brpihei-s 
svSrvive. ' . . 

R. A.' ROBERTS 

; R., A, Ro;bert3,.t .ffunpuB... protean 
! artl8t,:;died atihisi hbnie -iii' Brighton, 
Sng.,' pcti 10( ag<!a 66; - He Avais be^t 
kHbivn- tor his, 'Dfi^lt ' "Ttif pin' sketch, 
which was , almojsjt .a .sensjatlon in 
America. -Despite 'many, attempts to 
1 duplicate this .success, hie never 
<iuite^ f piind .^a |Suc^cei3sor, ... . , .... 
'Wl'tii characteristic modesty, hlis 
' "iwlfe, bel)(ig' .iritjerviexvbd, ''said thie 
sciclcet, of his. quick changes was 
nothing more of less than that he 
could dress and undress rapfdly> As 
a matter of fact, Roberts could hot 
do his quick changes without the 
assistance of his wife. They were 
ta devoted couple, 
-i Some half dozen or more years 
ago Roberts sustained a stroke and 
retired to his home at the seashore, 
j He amused himself by dabbling >in 
the stock market, Oollapse of secu 
I rlties made inroads upon his capltia.1, 
: and thlBijjear he^once more took to 
l.the road to rifecdup his fortunes. 
This resulted in a bad cold culml 
natlng in double pneumonia and his 
•rteath. ... . 



; EDWARD J. SULLIVAN . 

! Edward J. SUlllvan, 55,'VhD had 
i mjinagcd Sarah Bernhardt on three 
.■of her U..S. tours, died in St. Paul, 
: Oct. 22.. He had managed theatres 
,ln .St. Paul,' Winnipeg, St. Txiuip 
■and Xew Yxirk.- • - ■ •- • 



; JAMESt'.-WES.T 
jam.es "West, .72, old-time a^tor of 
vaude and dramatic-experience,, died 
Obt; 19 at the Hotel- Revere,- Chi- 
cago. ' Hfe was last einployed .as ' a 
guard •at th6 '.Chi,cagp ' Juvenfle 
Court. ■ i-.. 

He, was reputedly a cousin of the 
late "Wilton Lackaye. .No other relk- 
tlyeai or survivors reported. Burial 
in Chicago. .• 



while driving his automobile. Car 
stopped on embankment in front of 
street car with 'Spear found . dead 
at the wheel. , 



Laurence 'Tex' Comanche, -24, Ih- 
diaTi' flini extra, died Oct. 10 in 
Hollywood >frpm bullet wounds 
either self-inflicted or received in a 
suicide pact; . .. 



Brother, 20, of Theola Roberts, 
private secretary at' 'Warners-FN 
exchange, Los Angeles, was killed 
by a hit-and-run driver in Los An-r 
geles Oct. IB. 



ANKER S. GRAVEN 

Anker S, -^Bumps' Graveny 41, well 
known in theatrical circles as a thCr 
atrlcai architect, .^ied'' pc^. 016 fjrpm 
drowning in, I^l^le. Rice Liake, .Min- 
nesota.. He was .l>Ur.^.d Oct. 20 in 
Menomee, ■ Wisconsin; his home 
toNyrt. .. ■ ' ; ' '" 
• Pormierly with Rapp and Rapp, he 
Has' • for ' the pa'st- seyeral years 
headed 'his own, fli;mi at i.OP N. La- 
sai1e^tre*'t, Chicago. A widow and 
son suryice. ., , , ' 



Mrs. Anna Aneel, mother of Ben, 
Herman, Jeff and Dave Bernle, died 
in New Tork Oct; 18. Her 12 chil- 
dren were at her'>bedside 'when she 
passed. 



Mrs. . Molly H.uh.ter Giliinqwatiir, 

84, ...niother of iClaude Qilllngwater, 
actor, died Oct.; 13 in Huhtlngtpri 
park, Calif. Survived by three sorts. 



M:RS, ROSALIA ZIEGFELD . 

.Jus,t ais she,r'e£^c^ed. her .84th blrth- 
.dayt Mrs.- RosaIi& dP -Hez- Ziegfeld, 
died at midnight -Sunday (23) in her 
home,' 1448 Adams .^treet^ Chicago. 
Haying been in a \cpina for several 
months "shp 'never knew ;her. son^ 
Flojenzv luid died. : 
.: Bpfn ^n- France she was married 
.tp.Florenz 2ieg£eldi Sf., at the H6Iy 
•Name Cathedrali; m May;'18&5<. SPv- 
eral ; granddaughters.;', o'ife daughter 
ahd' a 'daughter'- in-laiw ' 'durvlve.; I 



Mrs. Carroll Johnson, 86, widpiw 
of the famous mlhstrel, died at the 
St. Paul hotel, I^ew York, Oct. 16.: 



Flexible Prices 



lorid Series Rodeo 



: . ; ANNIE'SAKER 

Annie Saker, -potiular'' War-time 
melo -actress, died' in a nursing 
'home in Essex, '^3ng.,' dct, 8, aged 
50.:'" ; ... ■ ■ ' 

Deceased had played. leading roles 
in the old- Lyceum dramas, such as 
'Seven Days' Leave,' 'The Story of 
the .Rotery,' in 'which she also ap- 
peared- in New yprk. ; Her later 
stage 'firprk. was . done in Australia.', 
while -touring with' Irene Vanbrugh 
ahd Dion Boucicault. 



LOUIS PROSAUER , • 

. 'Lp'mIs Pr'osau6r, 80, died at Jack- 
son, Miss., recently of 'double pneu- 
monia, A veteran carnival man, he 
was working on thP Castle-Erlich- 
Hirsch ^how, which -was playing, the 
State fair there when tie was taken 

■ ;The bpdy was sent to his home fn 
Ohio for, interment. ., I I 



WM. BEN2ENRAt.H 

•Wm. BenSiehrath', .,40', l^npy^,n to hiq 
ffi^n^s as 'Billy ' Ben,' died in • his 
home in Jersey City Oct. 23. Pre- 
parli^g to t£)k;e ;a ^th^ he'jturned on 
the gas healer 'and it is believed he 
succumbed to carbon monoxide 
fumes. His body Siyas •fpuhd in' the' 
tub of scalding water, . 

He was a pianist on WEAF pro- 
gra,ros; .'. ,' . ' 

: JACK TAYLOR 

Jack Taylor, 36, orchestra leader, 
di^d' In' tiohg Beach," dai;, bet. 21, 
of a stomaclr dji.sorder.i He, had led 
prchestras in New :Tork, ■■ Chicagb 
and Los Angeles, ^and ■ had played 
Jn a number' of •Warner Shorts. He 
was the former husband ot Vera 
St'ednian, Survived b"^ -hlV. mother, 
daughter, sister arjd ^three.l brother^.' 

'B'EN.vFljDLERi' ' ' 
. Ben Fidler, 65/ • actor, .died Oct. 19 
in Loss Aneeles.: • fie is - survived hy 
a son and daughter. ' ; • ' ; 



JaiSi^s A. SkeHeyl' td, father of Hal 
and Hiigh fekell'ey;. the for ijvei:; stage 
and s.cr.een star,_ and ,the\latter bf 
vaudeviile, died Oct. 22 In Daveii-; 
port,. Iowa, Two .. daughters,; Ann 
and Monica, are also in vaudeville. 
The elder Skelley had been chief 
electrician at the Rock Island Arr 
senal 25 years. 



Gertrude Wainwright, 57, daugh- 
ter of the late Marie Wainwright, 
died In New York Oct. 21 of heart 
disease following a complication of 
complaints. . Daughter of the once, 
famous Shakespearean player made 
a brief stage appearance with poor 
success. Since she has been stag- 
ing amateur plays. 



Lawrence Dews, 30, doorman at 
the F-WC Mesa, Los Angeles, died 
in L. A. Oct. 21 from burns sus- 
tained by contact with a broken 
electric light wire while doing a 
mfnbr repair job at the house. Wid- 
Pw survives. 



vy. H. Spear, mo.tion picture 
.s(udlo projectionist, died from heart 
disease Oct. 23, -In Hollywood,- Cal., 



(Continued frbni page 6)' 
can be Introduced with any hope of 
success. ■ ■; , 

The-averagp tPp admission for .the. 
the9,tres figiiried in the plan is ^5. 
cents.: With' adoption of the pjrb- 
posal this will .he raised to not more 
than .35 cenits .when an exceptional 
picture Is booked. By the sanie. 
token, howeyer,! When a lesser pic-, 
ture Is played' the top admissipn 
would be reduced to 16c. In this 
way originators^ of the plan are cef- 
talA that a mairked b. 6. Increase 
and a classification of attendance 
Will be realized for the flrpt time in 
theatre operation while not making 
the Joad too heavy on the public. 

:\ "r^-, Kent Hays' Rep ■ 
Motion' Picture Theatre Owners 
of America, Allied Exhibitors aiid 
the Hays Organization, which has 
been and is being officially repre- 
sented by Sidney R. Kent, will spend 
the next three weeks sounding all 
sides of the industry on the points 
agreed.upbn among their representa- 
tives at sessions in the IJnlbn 
League Club last Friday and Satur- 
day (21-22). 

The exhibitor organizations will 
concentrate oh , informing the inde- 
pendents in the field of the sigiilfl- 
cance of the proposition. It Will be 
Kent's job to ireport back to the 
Hays Organization and obtain the 
reactions of . individual companies 
to the stand whicif he has assumed. 

, Not only independ,ehts° but neutral 
observers are .ot the understandii^g 
that,: the elaistic admissiPns piplioj^ 
will automatically sound the knell 
for 'exclusives.' ' ^hiri is • a pbiht 
which Is exjpected ,to start sbjne 
friction within the Hays body. Pro-, 
ppnentia, however, feel certain that 
they can sell exclusive devotees, 
such as Metro, on the general ben4- 
flt to the industry of the new pl^hl 
Under^tandihgs, among the cbii-; 
ferees w6re. alsp arrived at as to -a 
Uhifbr rh contract, 'arbitration^ a coii- 
ciliatlon- board and arbitration. The 
conferences, incidentally, were tl|e 
first in years to be made up of noij- 
lawyers, Abram .Myers for. Allied 
being substituted .by H. M, RichPy 
and Sidney Sagiuelson. 

Jibre wprk Was recorded last Prli 
day and Saturday than in the aver- 
age six months bf-mieetings around 
the formal r'otriid table, it /was 
pointed out yesterday (Monday). 



New York, Oct. 20. 
The seVi^nth-: annual 'World's 
Series' Rodeo is on at Madison 
Square Garden, filling a long date, 
from Oct. 14 to 30,.wlth Mre. W. R. 
Hearst's Milk Fund as its allspices. 
Last mentioned- fact ' -brings It a 
world of ballyTibo, ■ which " is re- 
fiected In .VnViae'rately gopd' attend-* 
a,n<je. On' th'e' hifelit witnessed the 
Oardeh was ' 'probably juist above 
half fillPd, arid that represents quite 
a sum of money it it averages that 
well. , Enterprise needs a lot, for the 
nut for the : stay is reported at 
$250,000. ' • V 

House Is scaled high ■with a top 
of $3.30 fpr boxes, running down to 
$1 for less choice, rafter, chairs. 
Mezzanine -seats' are J^2.2&, which is 
plenty for. what, one getsv Children 
at half price lappears- to bring in a 
lot of customers tekiftg care of^he 
kids. 

I^esentatlon scheme' involves lio 
novelty. Heavy- emphasis is laid on 
the 'contest' feature of the events 
and the fact: that "It -is riot a wild 
west show. Shownianly value of 
these two angles are doubtful in, 
populate appeal, -the firist because 'it. 
invites a- 'vfgProUs' doubt ' that a, 
strictly- cpnipetltive Spirit cPiild' b? 
maintained for such '^a '^permanerit 
show which makes long stands and 
moves about intact, and the wild 
west alibi ■ hash'^t any force aS ap- 
plied- to an exhibition that on its 
face finds it diffldult to establish 
its 'superiority; '-,•,. '. 

The almost fbrgtotten". 'Wild West 
show had a variety that i s ' absent 
from the modern rodeo... It had 
Indians- and it - had ■ di-aniatic fea-^ 
tiires ' llk^ the' pbriy Express and ' tl)ie 
stage coach hold-up, arid it', pre- 
sented a lot that is absent froin 
shows like that -at -the Garden. 
'iThls peWormaYice' i-uns' frbm' 8:30 
to 10: 55, and in ' that considerable 
stretch of time feats of horseman- 
ship, be they ever so thrilling in 
themselves, become a little tire- 
some, to grownups iat least,' who get 
the same thing in tabloid form week 
by week in thp' Mfewsre^ls. Ela^o- 
ratlrig a newsreel clip into two and 
a half hours df $3 show is an' un- 
dertaking. 

Direction of the show is routine. 
Nothing has been attempted beyond 
a stereotyped running off of a cow- 
boy sports prograrii, accompanied 
by announcements through a public 
address, system, that; do a. good deal 
to dull, the edge of the sh6w-> ■ Each 
eyeht. is pi;eceded by elaborate In- 
troduction of,, the riders who .are 
Reading. in the 'contests' and. there 
is much , vprb.iage< about the events 
themselves. ' This stalling Inter- 
feres with, the prisk: running of the 
perfprma^nc^*. : ■., ., ■ . : . 

Sho-vv's punch, lies entirely- , in the 
riding and handling, of wild stock, 
and the pageantry... pf the cowboy 
group, and the ,dlr,ectpr .Iptsj It gp kt 
that , 'without, .any. clever style of 
pr'ieS^ntatioh. '. Higji . spots., pf. this 
feVerilng c^nifr, .\Yith a ;Calf roping in 
^Phiething like rl^^.s^ppod^ after sev- 
ef-ai riders had either, missed both 
their, casts or..had, accomplished the 
'feat' after, '4<) or 50 seconds. An- 
other incident that evoked applause 
was the bull-dbggirig joi a steer in 
11' or so. seconi(l]p, 'She rest of it 
Was deceived '. in , silenq'e, suggestliig 
a bit of b,predbm !and creating, the 
suspicion' that thQ r|0,d,e,p thing has 
b'ecprifie.too 'straight; a show, lacfilrig 
the"fictitlb.us 'devices'! t,l^at "ai;e neces- 
sary to cllribhj tjie pppuiar fancy. 
In Short, the whbip business is too 
short on fritelllgerit ' hoke in which 
the old Wild Wje'st outfit abounded 
'-' "The 'Contest' ' plug doesn't quite 
go down. it. Is " cprt'c^Ivable , that 



the rafters,, but there was iiy eftort 
made to pep this feature up. Every- 
body, including the steers, seeined 
to be a bit listless ahd bored with 
the whole thing.- That feeling per- 
vades the whole show, with the ex- 
ception of the talkative announcer, 
who was as fresh and peppy at the 
finish as. at the start. 

Program carries the names of 135 
riders, but at this performance the 
grand entry numbered exactly 103 
niourited men and women, the band 
—Col. William T. Johnson's Texas 
Cowboy Band— being afoot. 

What the rodeo needs, if it is to 
supplant the old Wild West show 
as. entertainment, is a stage di- 
rector." -• Ru^h, 



Uncommon Chatter 



(Continued from page 39) 
—for Which ''Vanity Street! should be. 
grateful. Its herp}ne,-ls one pf those 
Unbelievably dendure bric-a-bracs 
taken down to throw her shadow 
across the screen; She is credible 
only as Miss Chandler makes her 
credible with her own singularly 
youthful appearance and unstudied 
manner. 

Her make-up could be more 
studied, and yet not steal character 
from a not-tob-pretty, elflri face. 
Deft pencilling would enlarge her 
eyes and bring them a trifle closer 
together. Her lips could be Sweet- 
ened Into more conventional Holly- 
wood contour. A calculating make- 
up would be more cordial to trying 
close-up.s". ,, 



Ex-Performer's Novel 

'Marquee Ballyhoo,' new novel by 
Maurlco L. Kusell, Los Angeles 
dancing school owner and formor 
performer, and M. S. Merrltt, .has 
been Issued. ,by the Overland-Out 
West Publications of Los Ang«le.5. 



RODEO MAY SEE PROFIT 
WITH $250,000 NUT 

The rodep, at Madison' Sq.iiane 
Garden, figures' to turn a profit by 
the end of the series which will be 
cbriipl^ted Sunday (29). Gross the 
first eight days; inclusive of Friday 
(21) .when,, attendance hit capacity 
was $10fr,000. Total -nut Is $250,000. 
Biggest expense-, is the live stock, 
costing $76,.000. , Prizes and pub- 
licity amount to iabbtit the same. 

satXir.day and . Siinday. afternoons 
were.' playedMast wefk' arid are 
scheduled for this week; A Friday 
matinee ha,8 heen add^sd. 



Py:emivin Ciaiii Vnclaimed 

R^ords 'bf> the' secretary ^ of i the 
Central ' loWa Falr<- association^ have 
disclosed that th^iri^ are 200 premium 
checks from the fall event still 
lying In tlie safe ay^'altirig, a call 
from prize winners, . 

Checks call for sums ranging 
from 16 cents to more than $80 each. 



W4II.4CE CIQ.SIN& SET 

' Plrmlrigham, Oct, . ;24, 
Hagenback- Wallace circus was 
here Friday-(2i), arid was ftp close 
six days later at Cprbln, Ky. Show 
has been -maklrig long jumps in: the' 
South and playing only the sure 
money spots and has bePn doing 
pretty gPod bu/sl^ess. * 

Show used the new circus lot 
here,- near town's center. Sells- 
Floto was first to use the lot tsev- 
eral' weeks ago. • . . . ■ 

-J -i-ii. — '■ — .-. 

AlfTI DOlff 'TRACK MPVB 

San FrahclsfPr Oct. 24.- 
Concerted . move, under way.: to 
close up two I nearby dog tracks, 
vBaden and Bielmonfi with flock of 
laWsuits getting lender way In local 

bbiirts, ';' . •' ■ ■ :'■ '.';• 

'Baden, Jlri sputh , Sah , Francisco, 
has just Ix^eri. .'granted a license to 
operate, until .Dep. i;' which privilege 
Is bringing charges down on 'city 
council's heads; 



rodeos In Texas or ;the Cattle 9oun- 
tn' -the' exhibit'.' gets its, spirit frohi 
an - atteridarice spurred on by .vital 
partisanship itor the contestants. In 
the ' <jrarden the audience dbesn't 
car*S a whobp' who wins,' pr whethfei; 
the riders ai^e risking 'their, nec^s 
for wage or awards., "The; compet^-.. 
five feature for big town purposes 
IS' worthless -and' tlpie 'giVeh 'over' t© 
emphasize that feature, is Wast'ed.l 
■ Arrangement of this show dpesii't 
lead • to anything; ' ' Program opens 
^ith a baseball ram^ on bareback 
'horses, and tb 'all 'Intents arid pur- 
•poses that Is as near ' a 'climax as 
anything that comes later. Rest Is 
fancy riding, rope spinning, calf 
roping, outlaw, riding, steer riding, 
fancy riding arid finally bull-dog- 
ging. Mild comedy in the form of 
mule riding cowboy clowns, and ari 
excellent , novelty in a onc-horse 
high school turn is pretty much on 
a dead level. Thrill of this per- 
formance was a crashing fall by an 
outla\y rider tliat called for the 
stretcher bearers, but even that 
wasn't especially dramatic. : 

Finale feature is an experiment. 
They drive a: score or more wild 
cows with their calves IntP the 
arena, and prizes go to any pair of 
hands that milk them,, .one holding 
an outraged bossy by the head 
while the othpr makes a futile stab 
.at getting awa.v with the milkmaid 
job. J'>alure didn't work olH verj' 
well. 

Crowd frfibably got. the mp.st 
amiifit-nipnt 'o'n't of w'filt-biiifj t))e 
.<<toe)-.s Jiftf-r thpy had hf-on bull- 
do'/Rf'd nju.]<inK pa.sKffi at th<» rtjw- 
)>i>\H or j>t a dummy .<--ii.«ppn(1o(1 from 



HOBEOW CO. FILES / 

Torki Pa„ Oct.' 24. 

The Horrow Novelty Co.; New 
York City; filed' a claim fpr .$r,709 
against' the , gobds . arid, .equibnient . 
of Mrs. j. ,K(nS^l', a coriccsplon- 
.naire" at the recent Tfork Fair.. : 

The Kinsel. fixtures were seized 
by the sheriff, and Mrs. Kinsel, -who 
did not furnish bond to release the 
goods, will be unable to move them. 

CARNIVAL RbOtEiS 

(Fbi' CiJrre>it 'Nyeek— Oct. 24-29) 

Bee- -.p. H.-^Dewiturl' - • . •■ ' ' 
.Bemftrdl JCxpoaltjoiiT-Phoenlx, Arlr.i.- 
Bloom's 9014 Med^^-^CotfeyviUc., , 
Burttrrf Qreater^tMn'den. 
Cetlln •&' 'Wlleon— Sumtei'.- S. C. ' 
< Craft> Qreajer-^pta Rosa.' • 

■ Dixieland— ^asp«r. . . c. 
Florld'a' Gxpoultlod— Lorls. 

Gloth— Emporia. ■ 

Qolden Rulri^olumSla. 

Mames, Bill H-.— Ruek. ' . 

■ 'Henry; Ijew— Suffolk. Va. 

.X^ndes, J. L,— ArltttnB?»,'Clt5!,, .'trk./ . 
• : tee AmUBement— Covington. 
LeBctte. C. B;— RUBBellyllie. 
Mft8lBeIf)pl VaJley— Meadvllle, M)»>' 
Patre. J. X-.— BennettBVllIe. S. • C. 
RcadtnR'B United— Cedartown. 
Roland Exnoflltlon— Greenville. 
Snapp. 'Wm. R,— Jasper. - 
Sol'fl Liberty— .Carutheravllle, Mo. 
Weetem.- J. 'W.— York. 
Williams, S. B.— West, 



Ch ump-Educator 



(Continued from page l) 

converted Into America's most ans- 
plclous town and they may move 
It to Missouri. 

Alyin Gillette, leading .spirit ot 
the cariipalgn, even broadca.st hlsi 
own wife's gulHoillty and how she 
had fallen for one igag. 

WIRA a,l3o revealed how a bunch 
of hard boDod polltitians were 
vampod by a group ol • gooi look- 
ng gals' uho.'^e crtdootials wouldn't 
.stand ihc gl.'ir(> i)t inve.silgciiionp. 
Mosdami •> wf^'i told to scram. AnJ 

r.'Kl. 



56 



VARIETY 



Tne^^af, OctoBer^^ 25, 1932 



R K 0 ' S 









INTERNATIONAL 

PRESENTING THE MOST ELABORATE ARRAY OF CIRCUS TALENT EVER ASSEMBLED AT 

ONE TIME UNDER TENT OR ROOF! 

(In AaMOciation with^Larry Boyd and Phil Wirth) 

RKO PAIACE iHiS WEEK, OCTOBER 22 

BROADWAY At 47tH SfREET, NEW YORK ./>•: , 

RECORDi 





VTHE GREATEST CIRCUS RIDER 
OF ALL TIME" 



MAY WIRTH 



and the Entire Famous 'Equestrian 
Family, Including 

STELLA, MARILUSi FREDDIE, 
ETHEL and CHARLES 



The Sight of 




s 





With SuperhuMan 
Intelligenee These. 
Beautiful Steeds 
Perform Seem* 
ingly - Miraoulouf 
Feate 



ROBINSON'S 





A HERD OF; FAMOUS PACHYDERMS 



ITALY'S 
WHIRLWINDS 
the famous 





The only troupe 
of its kind exeeutf 
ing a sensational, 
four high and 
double full tvrist 
into a chair. 



Champion of Aji (Vlon af^d 
Womeih in -Her Sensational 
One-Arm Throw-Overs 





Of the Famous Flyipg Wards 
and the Feature of Sells-Floto 
Circus for Years 



1^ 



"rOyal pair of 

THE AIR" 




JENNY 



FEATS OF STRENGTH AND 
DARING HIGH IN THE AIR! 



IN HER 



SLIDE 
FOR LIFE! 



TINY KLINE 



A Beautiful Girl in a Sensational 
Death Defying Slide fromr the 
Highest Point of the Auditorium 
to the Stage Suspended Only by 
Her Teeth I 



M AREE and PALS 



FEATURING DOGS, PONIES, 
MONKEY and COMEDY MULE 



THE THRILL 
of a 
LIFETIME 



ROMAN 



CHARIOT 
RACES 



BLUCH landolf 

PAUL JEROME 
ALT LA-RUE 
BILLY RICE 
HIP RAYMOND 
PHIL E. KEELER 

(and Sylvia) 

WORLD FAMOUS 
KLOWNS 



FREE-Strange— FREE 

People From Strange Lands 

MAJOR MUE 

Smallest ^Man in the World 
24 Inches Tall — Weighe 26 Pounde^Age 22 Years 

Fattest Twins on Earth 

CARLSON SISTERS 

Weigli Yz Ton 
Human Photo Gallery 

MILDRED 

Every Inch of Her Body Tattooed 



Kiiig of Swords 

AJAX 



SEALQ 

Strangest Man on Earth 
COUKTRSY OP SAM WAQNBR 



ELSA 
GREENWOOD'S 
CLOWNETTES 

A Dozen of America's . Most 

Beautthil Terpuchorean Artists 



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